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A49837 A sober vvarning to people that they may regard the work of the Lord. The 28th day of the 7th month, 1696 Laythes, Thomas, d. 1701. 1696 (1696) Wing L752A; ESTC R221697 1,348 1

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A SOBER WARNING TO PEOPLE That they may Regard the WORK of the LORD The 28 th Day of the 7 th Month 1696. AS I was pondering in my Mind of the Work and Wonders of the Lord and of his great Power and Might my Spirit was bowed and my Heart was broken and tendered within me and I said in my self Are the People so Blind Are they all so Dark and Ignorant and void of Vnderstanding that they cannot be awakened to see and behold the Works and Wonders of the Lord Or do they see and are they not Affected therewith nor Humbled therefore nor Afflicted thereunder as my Spirit hath been this Day Considering how that the Lord doth seem in divers places to take away the Fruits and Encrease of the Earth even the staff of Bread in some measure the good and benefit thereof by the continued Rain and unseasonable Weather in the time of Corn-harvest and gathering in of the Fruits and Increase of the Year giving us to see with our Eyes and not to taste thereof and how justly may he send want and scarcity and cleanness of Teeth instead of plenty and fulness because of the Waste Excess and Abuse of his good Creatures both by Rich and Poor For how have the Rich and Full wasted and destroyed them in Eating and Drinking Excessively and through the ill use of strong Drink often abuse both themselves and others also And what Unthankfulness and Ingratitude hath been in many of the Poor unto God for his Mercies and Blessings bestowed upon them And what Pride and High-mindedness hath abounded in many places seeking to Exceed and Excel one another therein as if this were their Crown and Glory setting up their Head-attires at such a height as hath not been understood from former Ages nor known in a great part of this Age in the Country in which we Live And may we not truly say See and behold the Crown of Pride exalted in a great Measure above what heretofore so that the next Generation can scarcely exceed this as these have done them that were before them and what Lightness and Vanity Laughter and Unseasonable and Unprofitable Discourse is used and practised amongst Men reputed Wise in the World and how common are Idle Words and Evil Communication amongst the most of People and what frequent and customary taking God's Holy Name in vain without all fear or reverence the seeing thereof many time is a grief and trouble to tender Consciences Oh! That People would be wise to consider their latter End and the shortness and uncertainty of their time here and mind and consider the Afflicting Hand of God upon some and his severe Judgments upon others and for that several are taken away by short and sudden Death as in a moment in the twinkling of an Eye how should these things move and provoke People to fear and dread the Lord that made them and continually stand in awe of him for none of these things come to pass without him either in doing of them or in suffering them to be done and that in Judgment or in Mercy in Judgment to the Wicked and Rebellious that do not Repent and forsake their Evil ways and doings but in Mercy unto his Children and People that Love Fear and Serve him in Sincerity and with an upright Heart O that People would be awakened and not spend their precious Time in Pride Vanity and Lightness in Joaking and Jesting without Fear and without Understanding Seeing the Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom and a good Vnderstanding have all they that depart from Evil Job 28. and 28. which that many may so do is the all-desire of him who is A Well-wisher to the whole Creation and a Lover of Souls Thomas Layths London Printed and Sold by T. Sowle in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-street 1696.