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A45385	A warning-peece for England by that sad and fearefull example that hath happened to men, women and children, all sorts of cattle and fowles, by stormes, tempests, hail-stones, lightning, and thunder, June 25, 1652 / written by Charles Hammond.	Hammond, Charles, 17th cent.	1652 (1652)	Wing H499; ESTC R32474	4,891	16

A VVARNING-PEECE FOR ENGLAND By that sad and fearefull Example that hath happened to Mèn Women and Children all sorts of Cattle and Fowles by Stormes Tempests Hail-stones Lightning and Thunder June 25. 1652. Written by Charles Hammond Joel 2.30 31. And I will shew Wonders in Heaven and in Earth Bloud and Fire and Pillars of Smoake The Sun shall be turned into darkenesse and the Moon into blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord come Printed for Richard Burton at the Horse-shooe in Smithfield A WARNING-Peece for all ENGLAND BEloved Friends I have here presented to you a small Booke called A Warning-peece for all England which I would desire all true Christians to hearken to it and being fore-warned by those wonderfull Examples of Almightie Gods heavie Iudgements which I shall here relate unto you that hath happened in this our Nation of late that you may be hereafter fore-warned by Prayer to prevent stop the heavie wrath of God which deservedly is like to be poured out upon us all This is no Fable nor invented Story which is here to bée related but such truths that thousands can witnesse it but now adayes many folks in this our Nation are so hard of beliefe that they will not beléevs unlesse they sée who are like Thomas Didimus or like those People in Noahs time that all the time he was building the Arke would not beléeve the Floud till such time as it came upon them and drowned them all So in these our times wée have heard of the Iudgements that Almighty GOD hath sent in this our Nation and yet we will not beléeve it and if we did we never strove by hearty Prayer and sound Repentance to kéepe the like from us but to our great griefe we have of late both séen heard and felt the Wonders and Iudgements of the Lord here amongst us and yet our hearts are as hard as ever they were and so stiffe-necked we are that we will not humble our selves nor bow down neither our necks nor our knées by Prayer to the Lord our GOD that he may stop his Wrath and Iudgements and withdraw his heavie hand from this sinfull and prophane Nation How many sad and wofull Accidents hath there befallen many people since the beginning of this present Yeare by hanging drowning and killing themselves and one another It may justly be called a yeare of Wonder and Admiration the like whereof hath not in any age béene known Therefore all you that are true Christians and loves the Name of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ I desire you all that read or heare this Booke to love honour and feare that great God of Gods and King of Kings who by his Almighty power can make the Earth shake and tremble and the Foundations of the Hills to move as you shall finde it written in the 18 Psalme when David called upon the Lord to deliver him from his Enemies and the 11 12 and 13 verses Hee made Darknesse his secret place his Pavillion round about him were darke Waters and thick Clouds of the Skies At the brightnesse that was before him his thick Clouds passed Haile-stones and Coales of Fire The Lord also Thundred in the Heavens and the Highest gave his voice Haile-stones and Coals of Fire The LORD hath a long time spoken to this sinfull Nation by the voyce of the Gospell and by his Ministers which we not regarding he now begins to speake loud to us by the terrible voyce of Thunder and Lightning which many places of this our Land hath of late felt as for example On the twentieth of June last at a place called Laughton a Towne in Cheshire there happened such a tempestuous storme of Thunder Lightning and Haile in the Church of that Towne that amazed all the People therein killed a great many in the said Church to the number of eleven and also hurt many Whilst the Minister was executing his place there came a flash of fire into the Pulpit which struck him downe but God be praised it did him no hurt It is a wonderfull Relation concerning the passages of it for they that were strucken dead never groaned nor spoke not a word before they dyed and some that sat next them never hurt and yet touched them to the astonishment of all those that saw it Some were strucken and lay for dead but recovered againe and others were wounded and dyed since there was a Child in the Mothers armes killed with the flashing of Lightning and the Mother not hurt In severall places of this our Nation there was Houses and Barnes burned and shattered down many great Trées torne up by the rootes At Greenwich in Kent there happened such a Storme of Thunder Lightning and Haile that it broake not only many glasse-windowes but it broake downe the tops of many Houses in the said Town and overthrew the gates of the Parke by the violence thereof At Uxbridge by the violence of the Thunder it threw a great doore of from the hinges broke a great part of the house a man being at the doore blew him down yet did him no harm Also at Westchester the side of a Church was beaten downe but did no hurt At Ingerstone in Essex a péece of that Stéeple was beaten down and a Pillar of the Church Thrée Maids being together disputing one with another one of thē having a Bible in her hand which Maid was a Papist it is said immèdiatly came a flash of lightning and struck her dead and the other two had no harme nor the Bible hurt Besides in sundry places Hogs Shéep Oxen Horses divers other Cattle were killed in this tempest of Thunder Lightning Haile Great stormes showers of Haile Raine in some places and in some none at all in some Townes the people hath séen the stormes and showers round about them and no Raine at all with them There hath béene great harme done by the floods waters in some places and within five miles againe great want of raine water to refresh the thirsty land which wanted Now you may sée the wonders of the Lord the power of the Almighty some of those Haile-stones that fell 't is reported by many credible people that they were as big as egs very Icie and hard some had the print of a Rose and Crowne some the print of Death A most miserable sad Accident happened in the Church and Towne of South-Okenton in Essex the 21 of this instant June about six a cloke at night at which time was heard a most terrible great Thunder with much Lightning it burned a Barne full of Corne downe to the ground and then tooke hold of the Church burned a great part of the same melted the Bells and Lead of the Stéeple and dispersed the same in little péeces all about the Church The tenth of June last it was such a storme in Wales in Glamorgan-shire in Breknoc-shire divers other parts of that County that by

the storme flood that fell after it drowned many sellers of salt carried away many fields of corne hay to the wonder astonishment of all that heares it it carried away 7 dwelling-houses in one place 5 in another a great bridge it carried not only the houses but the people all that was in thē a sad wofull sight to behold The Lord destroyed the world in Noahs time with a flood he destroyed Sodom Gomorrah with fire and brimston he made a Covenant that hee would not destroy the world no more by water he hath kept his Covenant with us but how many Covenants Oathes and Protestations have we broaken with him Let us consider with our selves not provoke the Lord our God he shews us by these signes wonders that he is the ssame God that he hath the seas waters at his cōmand he shews us that fire water are his ministring spirits to extend the viols of his wrath on al rebellious stiff-necked people The Foolish hath said in their heart saith David that there is no God I am afraid that in these sad and miserable times that there are too many of such Opinions in this our Nation that doe not stick to speake it openly and say that all things comes by Nature and there is neither God nor Devil but I desire all true Christians to beware of such Atheists for though they shall not have the happinesse to sée there is a God yet they shall acknowledge one day to their everlasting sorrow that they then féel the powerfull hand of God in punishing of such Blasphemy and that there is a God that can cast thē into that place where they shall sée there is a Devill to torment and punish all such Blasphemers You sée the Lord begins to speak loud to us to make us know there is a God and that he will be feared by all sorts of People How many severall Warnings hath the LORD sent to this our sinfull Nation First he sent the Pestilence amongst us which swept away thousands and hath not the Sword a long time bin amongst us insomuch that we have sheathed it in one anothers bowels hath not the Father bin against the Sonne and the Sonne against the Father and one Brother against another We know not how soone the Lord may send a Famine amongst us for all we have such plenty now the Lord bée praised Hath not the Almighty shewed Wonders in the Heavens above and Signe● in the Earth below and will none of all these soften and molli●ie our stonie-hearts to séeke the Lord our God by unfained Prayer and sound Repentance and never let him go as Jacob did when he wrestled with him hee would not let him goe till he had blessed him as you may read in Gen. 32.26 Beloved Friends I would not have you think that those on whom the hand of the Lord hath fallen by these accidents are greater Sinners then we for remember what Christ saith in the 23 Chap. of Luke speaking of those eightéene on whom the Tower of Siloe fell for saith he Unlesse ye Repent ye shall all likewise perish Therefore let us take warning by those examples for we know not whose turne it is next Prayer is the safest B●lwarke that we shall find in these times to protect us against all our Enemies if any thing wil prevaile with God to stop his Wrath which is like to be poured out upon this land it must be by that means When Jonah proclaimed yet forty dayes and Niniveh shall be destroyed yet by Prayer Fasting the Lord repented him of the evill he pretended and he did it not as you may read in the 3 of Jonah againe you may read in Martin Luthers time one had made a Covenant with the Devill had sealed a Bond with his blood and delivered it to him and when he had made it known to Martin Luther of his sad condition by Prayer that zealous Father prevailed so much with God that the Devill was forced to come and deliver the Bond up and so saved this poore Soule which was as it were almost lost By Prayer Joshua prevailed with God that the Sun and Moone stood still till he had avenged hims●●fe of his Enemies as you may read in Joshua 9.13 By Prayer Moses prevailed with God so that he destroyed not the people as he intended when they made the molten Calfe worshipped it But pray heare what the Lord said unto Moses Let me alone that I may destroy this people Exod. 33.10 So that you may sée that Prayer did as it were binde the hands of God so that he could not destroy the people by reason Moses prayer was so fervent to him for them By Prayer the Plague ceased in Davids time by Prayer and Repentance he had his sins forgiven There is a many that are living at this present that can remember how wonderfully God did aflict the City of London and divers other places in this our Nation by his Scourge of Pestilence but yet by their earnest Prayers and Supplications to Almighty God it pleased the Lord to stay his hand Nay what is it that Prayer will not do if it be done with earnestnes and sincerity Therefore I desire all true Christians whatsoever whether they bee rich or poore old or young to arme themselves by Prayer and Repentance against the Assaults of the Devill that they may not run head-long to ruine and despaire as many of late hath done since this Yeare begun and made away themselves to the great grief of their friends Likewise arme your selves by Prayer and Supplications to Almighty GOD in the Name of Iesus Christ our blessed Saviour and you néed not feare what man can doe against you for hee hath promised Mercy to all those that call upon his Name When had we not more néed of Prayer and when was it lesse used then now some holds it superstition to use the forme of Prayer but let them poore soules that hath not the Spirit of Prayer let them séeke by Forme of Prayer for the Lord will hearken to the cryes of his People I called unto the Lord said David and he heard me and delivered me out of all my troubles Againe I say arme your selves by Prayer and Repentance and you néed not feare Thunder and Lightning Sword Pestilence nor Famine it will be your best Buckler in the time of Warre it will be your best Physician against sicknesse it will be a good Store-house for you in the time of Famine and so I conclude in that short Prayer that once was used in the Church of England in which I am perswaded no good Christian can say that there is any hurt From Lightning and Tempest from Plague Pestilence and Famine Good Lord deliver us FINIS