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A26382 An Address from earth to heaven, or, A defensative against the portentous significations of the late comets and blazing-stars that may concern London or Oxford. 1681 (1681) Wing A539; ESTC R25834 2,224 9

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AN ADDRESS FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN OR A Defensative against the portentous Significations of the late COMETS and BLAZING-STARS That may concern either LONDON or OXFORD EZEKIEL 9. 4. And the Lord said unto him go through the midst of the City through the midst of Jerusalem and set a mark upon the Foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof London Printed in the year MDCLXXXI TO THE READER HAving long observed that ever since we escaped being blown up by the POWDER-PLOT we have never wanted Plots by Fears and Jealousies to blow up our selves And in stead of keeping out Popery from abroad we have lost our Charity at home and when that is gone what will come in place thereof is a sad and dismal thing to consider Or what will at last become of Christianity it self I did resolve in the shades of solitude when a man is either Deus aut Daemon to offer to the vulgar part of the world so much now courted at this time and taught new methods of mutiny and murmur An Address to Almighty God to be made use of by them as their hearts may be moved to it which God grant And I hope as is said of Manna it may be fitted to every man's taste so especially to such as are seasoned with the precious Balm of true Christian love which is accompanied always with Peace Gentleness Meekness Temperance and all other Christian Graces which I pray God may fill the hearts of all men AN ADDRESS FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN O ALMIGHTY and Everlasting Lord God the Father of the Faithful and of their Seed who lookest down from Heaven thy dwelling place and hast seen the travels of Jacob and the wearisome toyl of the stock of Israel Take pity of the Sons of men and let not the wickedness of their ways call longer for Vengeance from thy Justice But let thy mercy Holy and Merciful Lord God breath forth upon the remnant that is left Let it be known to the World it hath a Saviour for whose sake thou wilt spare it and not for the sake of those that dwell therein Cause the fierce waves of advers ity and persecution to cease from overwhelming thy Church and let the calm still voice of thy most gracious and holy Spirit inspire all thy people to embrace the tenor of thy most holy and peaceable Gospel in loving thee above all things and their Neighbour as themselves Lord thou delightest not in Sacrifices nor with thousands of Rams or Ten thousand of Rivers of Oyl art thou pleased Will I eat the Flesh of Bulls saith the Lord or drink the Bloud of Goats But thou requirest of us to do justly to love mercy and to walk humbly This is thy Law which we have all transgresled and we have given thee in stead thereof the Services of strange Fires the Fruits of untempered Zeal and uncharitable Perswasions We all cry out We are thy Children and thy Servants and yet by our unbrotherly Affections it cannot appear we are the Children of one Father nor by strange and different Duties that we are the Servants of one Lord. What shall then become of us if thou O Lord deal with us according to our deservings The whole Earth is corrupt before thee There is none that doth good no not one Nation riseth up against Nation and Kingdom against Kingdom and the love of all men is waxed cold The Rulers are not ruled by thy most Holy Law The Sun is gone down over the Prophets who make the People to err biting with their lips and cry Peace Peace when War is in their hearts Thy Houses are laid waste as a plowed Field and the holy places of thy worship polluted with the sins of men The Son dishonoureth the Father and the Daughter riseth up against her Mother and a man's Enemies are those of his own House Lord into what a Deluge of sin are we cast by our vile corruptions which cry every day like one deep upon another for a Deluge of thy Judgments if in the Days of Vengeance thou didst not remember Mercy VVherefore O most gracious and merciful Lord God who didst preserve the Ark amongst the mighty waters and hadst compassion upon Lot and his Family in the midst of Sodom Look down we beseech thee on the Troubles and Afflictions of thy Church lying under thy most heavy Rod. Have mercy upon her and suffer not her great and powerful Enemies the VVorld the Flesh and the Devil to distract or divide her Members from her head Christ Jesus But let the Doctrine and Example of thy Son reconcile all differences arising among all Christian People Let not the variety of mens Minds and Opinions any more than the variety of their Languages Customs and Manners break the Bonds of Charity and brotherly Love among Members of the same Body Subjects of the same Kingdom and Brethren of the same Houshold of Faith It is true O Lord that thou hast said Offences shall come but thou hast pronounced a wo to those by whom they do come Thou hast foretold thy Church of her calamities and that one effect of thy coming should be to send a Sword and not Peace But we acknowledge O Lord and with confusion of Face do we acknowledge and confess That all these even all these great Evils are come upon us from the Principle of our most vile and corrupt Natures perverting thy most holy word to serve the variable ends of Humane Interests and Passions Forgive Lord all those from whom Offences do come as also all those to whom they come and blot out the Hand-writing that is against us for all our mutual and reciprocal Offences and Gainsayings whatsoever Let there be an end of all Envyings Strifes and Divisions and Whatsoever is corrupt and carnal among all that profess thy Name Teach all Congregations to know the bond of Evangelical Peace that whether it be of Paul or Apollo or Cephas that we are all Christ's and Christ is thine Lastly we beseech thee O Lord to give us Grace to add to Faith Vertue and to Vertue Knowledge to Knowledge Temperance and to Temperance Patience to Patience Godliness and to Godliness Brotherly-kindness and to Brotherly-kindness Charity which is the bond of all perfection Amen FINIS