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A45776	Levamen infirmi: or, cordial counsel to the sick and diseased Containing I. Advice concerning physick, and what a physician ought to be; with an account of the author's remedies, and how to take them. II. Concerning melancholy, frensie, and madness; in which, amongst other things, is shew'd, how far they differ from a conscience opprest with the sense of sin, and likewise how they differ among themselves. III. A miscellany of pious discourses, concerning the attributes of God; with ejaculations and prayers, according to scripture rule. Likewise an account of many things which have happen'd since the creation. To which are added several predictions of what may happen to the end of the world. The whole being enrich'd with physical, pious, moral & historical observations, delightful to read, & necessary to know. By D. Irish, practitioner in physick and surgery, now dwelling at Stoke, near Guilford in Surry, where he is ready to serve any person, to the utmost of his skill.	Irish, David.	1700 (1700)	Wing I1036; ESTC R221621	80,143	149

to allure Professors for what are many Here●ies but the Scum of Judaism and Paganism yet like in growth to the River Nilus which is famous and well known for its overflowing Streams though hidden and obscure as to its Fountain It 's the Justice of God to deliver them over to believe Lies who will not obey the Truth You are here put to understand what diffe●ence of days there is betwixt the Christians Jewish and Turkish Sabbaths The Christians keep theirs the first day of the Week call'd Sunday The Jews on Saturday and the Turks on Friday in Scorn of Christ who was on that day Crucified The true Church is an Assembly or such a congregation as Believes things which do not appear neither may be comprehended in the Mind that is ●t depends only on God's Word what the same saith the true Church Believes without any addition giving honour to God and taking that to be true which in the Word is delivered unto them Isa. 5.3 As to the place where this true Church is I answer 'T is wheresoever God's Word is purely taught and the head Shepheard of this Church is Christ Jesus Since nothing more provokes the Wrath of God against us than the breaking and prophaning of his holy Sabb●th the observance thereof can never be sufficiently inculcated int● Mens minds for said the spirit of the Lord to our Fore-fathers If you will no● hea●ken unto my words and keep my Sabbath holy then wi●l I ki●dle a fire which shall devour the Palaces of Jerusalem and none shall quench i● Jer. 17. Ezek. 2● 26.31 God's severity has ●een remarkable on Jerusalem and upon the disobedient and wicked Prophaners of his Sabbath as may appear by many Instances The first Blow given to the German Church was on the ●ord's Day which they carelesly observ'd the day of the Lord will be a dreadful day to them that despise the day which Christ has set apart for the Zealous performanc● of Religious Duties It is Mark'd with a Memento above all other Commandments Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy On the Lord's Day we should go into God's sanctuary and Reverence the same see Levit. 19.30 We have God's hand and seal for our observing it see Act● 20.7.1 Cor. 16. ● 2. Rev. 10. God is pleased to esteem it his Glory to have many Beggers such are all Men in respect of him to meet at his House or Temple to pay their duty of Thanks and holy Worship for their all since they have all things of him Mat. 18.20 Psal. 42.4 Christ himself went often into the Synagogues and Peter and John went up into the Temple at the hour of Praper Acts 3.1 and 13.23 4. The Day which is to be Sanctify'd is not the seventh but the first day of the week for the Jews Sabbath was Buried in Christ's Grave so that the first day of the week is of Divine Institution and honoured with the Name of the Lord's Day in regard of its Author who rose that day in the Morning from finishing the amazing work of our Redemption upon 〈◊〉 day he brought forth his Living Water On this day he gave his Bread of Life his Body On this day h● met his two Disciples 'T was on this day that the Saints which slept arose out of their Graves On ●h●s day the Holy Ghost descended on the Apo●tl●● On this day Christ brought forth the light of his ●●ew Heavens and Earth by his powerful Resurrection On this day St. Iohn ●●d his glorious Revelati●n containing the Churches state till the dissolution of the World On this day Christ visited his dea● Apostles saying Peace b● unto you behold my 〈◊〉 and feet On this day he burst asunder the Bonds of Death and broke the Gates of Hell led captivity Captive trampled upon Principalities suddued Powers triumph'd over the Grave conquer'd Sin absolv'd the curse of the Law and trod down Satan Upon this day he still rides Triumphantly in the Chariot of his Ordinances conquering all Profane ●pposition cutting down high Thoughts and ●●bduing Sinners to himself Blessed is the Man that ●eeps the Sabbath unpolluted Isa. 56. vers 2. It i● likewise thought that his second coming will ●e on this day called The Lords Sabbath Day and blessed is that S●rvant whom he ●inds well doing when he cometh and since we know not in what hour of ●he Watch he will come whether at the dawning of ●he Day at Noon or at Midnight we ought there●●re with more care keep our selves upon the Watch ●●st he come upon us unawares and find us sleeping ●●r neglecting our Duty for which we may be cast ●nto ●nquenchable fire as unprofitable Servants and ●o be for ever shut out of Gods favour and presence ●or if on Earth we do not frequent his Divine pre●ence by assembling our selves together for the re●erent performing the Duty of Prayer he so oft has commanded us to observe 't is in vain to flatter ou● s●lves with the expectation of being admitted i●to his Presence hereafter Therefore l●t us here make our Salvation su●e that we may of his Goodness gai● admi●tanc●●ereafter into his glorious Presen●e which is only to be obtain'd through Chris● o●● Lord our only Saviour and R●deemer by o●ten asse●●●●ng ●ur selves togethe●●o give Thanks and offer ●erv●nt Prayers to the Lord in Christ's Name this I ●a● will be the only way to obtain our desire which God grant we may all Enjoy and Live and R●ig●●or ever with him to give Praise and Glo●y to his Holy Nam● for his gracious Goodness in Redeeming us to himself O! how happy will our stat●●hen be we shall only be employed to Sing Praise and Glory and Honour world without End ther● we shall possess the fullness of Joys and never fading Pleasure● resting for ever from our Labours an● singing with Sain●s and Angels new Praises to hi● Holy Name 'T was the charming hopes of thes● Cont●ntm●●ts which m●de t●e Apostles so o●● conclude With a Come Lord Iesus C●me quickly Amen Te●tullian was of Opinion that no Souls did enjoy the Beatifical Vision till the Resurrection at whic● time he supposed the order of Rising would be according to the degrees of Holiness Men had attain●d to in this Life And to make his Opinion th● more plausible he affirm'd the Resurrection woul● continue the Thousand Years of Christ's Reign upo● Earth so that the highest Rank of Christians in hi● opinion shall ri●e in the beginning of the said Term and all others Rise in their turn according to thei●●leg●●es of Piety and Wickedness and therefore 〈◊〉 said The most sloathful and negligent would be d●fer'● to the Conclusion being ●o be held in Prison till they pay the utmost Farthing for this Parable he ascribes to the Morae Resurrectionis that is They are not to rise from the Dead till towards the end of the Thousand Y●ars 1 Cor. 15. vers 23.24 The whole Chapter g●ves a large Account thereof Besides St. Iohn in his Revelations

Practitioners ●prung up to the scandal of Art called Mountebanks cannot but wonder that People will be so dis-inge●uous to their own welfare that they will sooner ●rust themselves with these Catterpillars who stay no ●onger in a place than you feed them with Money ●han with a known experienc'd Phisician or Surgeon ●hat hath liv'd many years by them that is able to ●o them Service when ever they have occasion But ●n the contrary I have observ'd the meanest sort of People who always plead Poverty to a Neighbour●ng Phisician will find Money enough to give to a Mountebank who perhaps in other places where he ●s known was not thought Skilful enough to give a Drench to a Horse These ignorant and impudent Pretenders who know nothing of Physick but mak● the poor unthinking people believe them to be 〈◊〉 fellows but if diligently observ'd by an indifferen● Person they will ●ind all their discourse to their Auditors nothing else but a company of egregious Lie●● backt with Noise and Nonsense and have the aud●cious Impudence to pretend that they have the onl● Arca●um or Secret yet known to the Christian Worl● when at the same time it is well known to some that those few things they expose to Sale on the● Stage or on Horse-back they are wholly ignorant 〈◊〉 the true Vertue of them which any Artist may ea●il● discover by asking them a question or two for ho● is it possible that Tumblers and Rope-Dancers an● other illiterate Fellows who know nothing of Medicine should undertake to Cure people of all Distempers when indeed all their knowledge lies in 〈◊〉 making up five or six things they sell in their Pacque● one of which they are pleased to call an Ant●do●● which they say if you dare believe them expell Poyson and if Mr. Mounteba●k will be pleased to ma●● an experiment upon himself first we shall be bette● able to judge of his Medicine Another is a Balsa● to cure all sorts of Wounds an Oyntment to cu●● all sorts of Burns and Scalds a Dose of Pills whic● cures all Distempers also an in●omparable Stiptic● Water which stanches the Blood when Legs and Arm● are ●ut off but before I give too much credit t● this much applauded Medicine I shall beg the sam● request of him in this as I did of his Antidote that 〈◊〉 would be pleased try the Experiment upon himsel● and then I doubt not but he will save the Hangma● the Labour He hath likewise another great Secret called an An●●l●● which is an excellent Remedy as he says against Witchcraf● but I think they are Bewich'd that believe him Never was the World more pester'd with these Impostors for they creep now adays into small Villages telling a Thousand Lies to thrust off their Trash and Trumpery making the poor ignorant people believe they are the only Men in the World for curing all Distempers incident to Mankind They commonly take half the Money in hand they agree for which is more many times than an understanding Phisician would really have for performing the Cure nay they often leave the Patient in a worse Condition than when they first undertook them On their Stages they give a large account of their great performances in Remote Parts which if but throughly known would be found for the most part as false as the Narration is loud and vociferous And if at any time they by chance perform a Cure they are so ignorant that they cannot give the Reason for such benigne Effects I cannot but stand in admiration at the Folly and Madness of such who will let such strange Fopperies foolish Pastimes and Iack-Pudding Tricks chouse them out of their Money and of what 's more precious their Health too boot Who would think that Men would hazard their Lives which every one esteems so dear unto them by letting these unskilful and ignorant Pretenders try their skill with unknown Medicines upon their Bodies I will appēal to any Judicious Person is it not much better to make use of experienced Men you have long been acquai●ted with or else have been credibly inform'd of their great Success in Relieving Mankind I wish I could be so prevalent to perswade you not to ●rust to Improbabilities nor to the Performances of Unskilful Hands whose Avarice is such that they will hazard their own Reputation as well as their Patients Life for a small Sum of Money 'T is their Money they only aim at when they have gotten that they have accomplish'd their desire And thus much for these Mountebanks or rather Vagabonds who are in Religion Atheists in Diet Epicureans in Habitation Vbiquitarians who are of as little Esteem among the best sort of People as the wandring Gipsies are among the greatest Professors of Christianity And now I am come to a Crew of Cheats in Balneo Maria who would fain be accounted Chymical Doctors which is much to be questioned whether they ever made any Process in the Chymical Art yet they have the confidence to talk and boast of their preparing the best Medicines that can be perform'd in that most Noble Art when alass these bragging and bouncing Fellows are in no greater Esteem among Artists than a Mountebank is with an Experienc'd Phisician They make a great noise of a Chymical Water that will cure the Scrubbado commonly called the Itch and a most excellent Chymical Powder that will restore decay'd Nature and make them look Youthful though much stricken in Age also a most admirable Arcanum or Secret which is a long while a Preparing a few drops being taken in a Glass of good Sack will restore a lost Maidenhead of Seven years standing If you will take the pains to go into their Elabaratory you will find there hath been hot doings by the broken Pots and Glasses and other Chymical Vtensils which had long since gone through the Fiery Tryal but hath of late days desisted from such a dangerous Enterprise for fear of setting their houses on Fire From such a crew of Salamander Doctors and Stage-Mounters I admonish all people to be aware of as they tender their own Welfare Now my Advise is that all honest People would avoid the dealing with any of these dangerous Pretenders by adhearing to the Prescriptions of Experienced Phisicians who are the only Men to be confided in Finally I give the Honour of the Success of my Labours unto God Almighty who restores all the Afflicted if it be his blessed Will to perfectness of Health stability of Strength chearfulness of Mind and liveliness of Faith purely out of his free Mercy and Bounty Lastly I heartily wish that when this our precarious Life is ended we may all be Elevated to those higher Orbs and Heavenly Mansions of inviolable Happiness where the Sun shall be no more our Light by Day nor the Moon by Night but the Lord our God remain our everlasting Light and Glory Amen This Reader is the daily Prayer of Your true Friend and Humble Servant D. Irish. David Irish Practitioner

his bringing forth of Man with the help of Woman and withou● the help of Man observ'd in the Blessed Virgin Mary bearing our Redeemer Christ Jesus who neve● laugh●d but as we read in the Scripture three times W●pt First when Lazarus was Dead Secondly over Ierusalem And Thirdly upon the Cross where he delivered up his Spirit to his Heavenly Father and these things all prove the said Attributes of God There are four Duties incumbent upon Man which above others he ought diligently to perform that is to say To God Fear To his Country Love To his Parents Honour and to his Neighbours favour If we duly consider these Duties we shall look towards Heaven despise the World and prepare a Mansion for our selves in Heaven There are three especially Miserable First he that knows and teacheth not Secondly he that teacheth and doth not Thirdly he that is ignorant and yet l●arneth not Among the several Commands our Saviour hath laid upon us that seems not to be the least where he warns us Not to Iudge lest we be Iudged for 't is said With what measure you meet the same shall be measured to you again Besides nothing i● more unreasonable than to impute the fault of one Man to another but let us proceed in all cases with Clemency and Mildness remembring that we all sprang from our Grandfather Adam and cons●quently are all a Kin to one another which the Minister confirms in his Office for the Burial of the Dead though to the meanest Person in these words Forasmuch as it hat● p●●●sed Almighty God of his grea● M●rcy to take unto ●imself the Soul of our dear Brother here departed c. So that it plainly appears that we are related to ●ach other Now some of these Kindred live in the fear of God and by honest and industrious means procure a Livelihood for their Families others take ill Courses and become Reprobates hated both of God and M●n and in this Case why should any thin● ill of another for his Brothers misdeeds though he be so nearly Allied I think he ought rather to be pittied by ●very good Christian for that he hath so wicked a Relation And since every one must answer for his own Offences and not those committed by Father Brother or Friend let us abstain from rash Censures and fly from Evil and do the things that are good tha● we may live for ev●r Psal. 37.27 Again remember th● last day when only the Just shall be Saved then on thy Right hand shall thy crying Sins be accusing thee and on thy Left hand infinite numbers of Devils expecting thee and under thee the Sulphurous Furnace of Hell burning and above thee an angry Judge giving Sentance within thee thy Conscience tormenting without thee the World flaming when●e to fly is Impossible and to continue Intollerable This will be the sad condition of every one that while Living do not refrain from Sin or having Sin'd do not truly Repent of their Iniquities therefor● it is said Agree with thy Adversary while thou art ●n ●he way and while time is prevent that which oth●rwise in time will be For as one saith If it be no● pr●vented it will be Repented It is thought by some that there was no Writing to instruct the ●eople before the Flood Baptised the Earth to wash away the Curse which God laid upon it for the disobedience of our first Parents yet others subscribe not to this Opinion of the want of Writing but more wisely adhere to St. Iude and to the Learned Iosephus who writ that Enoch E●ected two Pillers the one of Brick and the other of Stone wherein he wrote of the Two-fold destruction of the World the one by Water and the other by Fire Some Notion of this was by Tradition as some Writers relate preserv'd even to the days of the Apostles Iude 14. The next thing I shall speak to is the final end of the World which will be effected by the fiery destruction abovementioned We read in Mat. 24. That the Apostles asked our Lord Christ about this matter the Event was that as for the day and hour he would not have them to be curiously Inquisitive because it is a Secret not disclosed to the very Angels in H●aven but reserv'd in the hidden Councel of God yet Christ gave them some intimation of the condition and circumstances of the time wherein it should be viz. That as it was in the days of Noah before the Universal Deluge swept away Mankind so shall it be in that time wherein Christ shall come to Judge the World in Fire see Ioh. 1.3 and Rev. 1. vers 3.7 But as to the time when it will happe● we are altogether in the dark and have nothing to say but the conjectures of the Learned who suppose it may continue 6000 years from the Creation which if true yet would not the time of the World's end or last Conf●agration be known because we have nothing but uncertainties touching the time of the Worlds beginning The World was at first a formless Chaos till God out of the abundance of his Goodness sent forth his holy Spirit which Dove-like with mighty out-spread Wings sate Brooding on the vast Abyss and made it pregnant of the World then Darkness gave place to Light and all the fulgent Lamps of Heaven appear'd as they truly are Glorious all Creatures receiv'd their Being and every Plant Tree Herb and Flower sprung from the verdant Earth which was raised above the Waters every thing of use had Seed in it self or other means to preserve its kind that a second Creation should never be requisite but as yet Man the Lordly Creature whose Province was to Rule and Govern the other Creatures was wanting He was framed with more Solemnity than all his inferior Creatures being as it were the Product of mature Council and deliberation stamp'd after the Divine Similitude inspir'd with the Breath of Life and Honour'd with many advantages beyond what any other Animal can pretend to the contemplating of which long since made the Royal Prophet break out into this Rapture What is Man that thou art mindful of him and the Son of Man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower than the Angels to Crown him with Glory and Worship Thou madest him to have Dominion over the works of thy hands and thou hast put all things in Subjection under his Feet Psal. 8.4 Moses sets forth plainly that this glorious Universe bespangled with sparkling Fires every where adorn'd with wonderful objects Proclaming the Wisdom and Omnipotence of its great Workman or Creator was in Six days made out of an Eternal Privation of Matter by the Omnipotent Fiat of God Hence because that in Six days the World and all that therein is was Created and because God rested the Seventh day it is probably Collected that in Six Thousand years which are but as Six days in God's Account the World shall ●gain be Dissolved When as is said God had Created

Blind or both but let such Rich men remember that if they would be partakers with the Poor in Heaven they must let the Poor partake with them of their good things on Earth for to feed the Poor cloath the Naked relieve Prisoners is the same as if such works of Mercy were done to Christ. The safest way of laying up Treasure is thus to make a Store-house of Heaven which at last day will afford no less than a Crown of Glory Make O Lord the way pleasant to me that leads to such an End 't is no matter what Raggs or Colours I wear with Men so I may walk with my Saviour in White and Reign with him in Glory Luk. 13.3 We must Love o●e another which is the very distinguishing mark of a Disciple of Christ as Malice Hatred and Revenge are the badges of an Antichristian Mind We must in all things be reform'd from the Evil of our ways especially from our neglecting God's Service and the Duties we owe to him nor must we be remiss in our Duties to our King to our Co●ntry and to our Neighbours if we be we may fall short of our glorious Expectations Indeed all Ordinances of God are as it were the very face of God and they who worship him therein do solemnly ●ppear before him therefore at such Seasons all Men are Bound to be holy and recollected especially Ministers when they Read or Preach God's Word God requires an exactness of Deportment of them in his Courts and 't is no wonder for do but observ● under the Law how choice he was about all thing● relating to his Worship The Tabernacle was mad● of th● best Wood purest Gold and finest Linnen In short every part of it was done according to God'● Prescription and Order Such as offer Sacrifice mus● be without Blemish God expects to be serv'd b● holy Men in the purest and holyest Manner pur● must be the Person and pure the Performance fo● Men carry the Temple of God about them and therefore ought to keep their Hearts and Spirits clean fo● the Reception of God ought they not then to b● very watchful over themselves when they are abou● Religious Duties esp●cially those whose duty it is to lead and enlighten others to obtain the Peace of God and Everlasting Rest But I 'le pursue this Subject no farther least I should too much r●semble a Sheep that leaps out of the Fold to lead the Shedheard I know well every one has his Infirmity the Green-sickness is the Maids and Covetousness the Disease of some Teachers who Preach up hospitality and other virtues to the People but will not go to the cost of putting their own Doctrine in Practice On the other hand every thing has its Virtue the Bee gathers Honey out of every stinking Weed and every Weed is of more value and use than to be thrown on a Dunghill 'T is the Apostles advise That we do all things for the Edification of others hence those that can ought to Read the Script●res and other good Books while those that cannot ought attentively to give ear and lead their lives according as the Word directs see D●ut 6.11 And to incite the Minds of People to a more strict degree of Piety it would not be amiss for Ministers to Write or if there be enough already Written to buy some Books of Instructions according to Scripture Rules and give away once a year to their Parishoners By this means the Sheep will know the voice of their Shepherd from the howling of devouring Wolves and also to keep them from wandring from Christs Fold and runing astray after Novelties thro' the Wilderness of this World of Errors I know there are many well-meaning People who make a Co●science of their doings and are free from the folly of those that run to several places that are not tost with every wind of Doctrine as those commonly are that like any Preacher better than their own whom God by his Providence hath set over them These would willingly Read what was thus given ●hem by their own Shepherd or Pasture nay some of the other fickle headed Men would also Read their Pastors gift purely out of Curiosity this I say would be a ready way to lead them to the house of the true Shepherd I mean not where Christ was Born at Bethlehem to Sing Gloria in excelsis but where Christ now is at God's Right Hand interceeding for all his Servants 'T is chiefly the Ministers Office to take care of Christs Flock who have the Power of the Keys the Power to remit Sins by teaching the Truth of Christs Word and daily Administring the Sacraments left as Conduit-pipes to convey his Grace to our hearts the doing of which being omitted by Preachers is the retaining of Men in their Sins for if Men be so wicked that they will not ●elieve in Christ Crucified after he hath been Preach'd unto them then their Sins are retained and the Truth is not in them Good Ministers have the Keys to open and shut Heaven by Preaching and Administring the Sacraments to their Flock all that truly Believe in Gods Word which is the only Rule we ought to follow shall undoubtedly be Saved It is not every one that can Pray or Preach hath Power to remit Sins no it is the Undefiled Faithful Godly Ministers who lead their lives answerable to the true Doctrine deliver'd in God's Word that can do it they open and shut Heaven as many good Prophets did by pouring out their fervent Prayers to God Almighty do perform great things One by Prayer staid the course of the Sun another by Prayer put it back and when the Clouds withheld from Raining three Years a third offer'd up his Prayers to Heaven for Rain and God was pleased to send dow● Rain to refresh the Earth that all things grew and great Plenty of all things made glad the he●rt of Man These instances make it appear what I before asserted and that Man has power with God to Theologize Astrology that is to put by or prevent by Prayers offer'd up to God what the Stars foreshew to Ensue by the Phaenomena's whereof Astrologers were wont to deter and frighten People from doing ill Let us fear God obey his Commands and Love one another and believe in his Word who promised that whatsoever his true and faithful Ministers should ask in his Name should if necessary be granted according to that gracious saying in the Holy Writ That ● what time soever a Sinner doth Repent of his Sins he shall have Pardon with this Proviso he become a New Creature by the amendment of his Life such may come in favour with Christ the head Shepherd of Souls who makes intercession with his Father for all those that Believe in him and observe his Commandments And now to comprise all in a little remember our Saviours great Commandment which was Tha● you Love one another and whatsoever you would that Men should do unto you that do you

establish'd here by the Royal ●uccession of One and Twenty Kings descended from ●he Loins of this Royal Prophet Sin whose proper wages is Death brought many Calamities strange Revolutions and in the End a ●●nal Destruction to Ierusalem The Convulsions and ●roubles of this City were many and violent before 〈◊〉 was utterly Ruin'd as namely by this Hake King ●f Egypt in Rehoboams days at which time the Con●ueror carry'd away much Treasure By Ioas King ●f Israel who in the time of Amazias brake down ●00 Cubits of the Wall it was besieg'd by Resin and ●ekek King of Aram and Israel whom God put back 〈◊〉 the Reign of wicked Ahaz By Zenecher King of ●ssur whose Host in Hezekiahs days the Angel of God ●estroyed By the Assyrians who took Manasia Cap●●ve By Pharaoh Necho who carried Iehoazar Pri●oner into Egypt And lastly it was Besieged by ●he Caldeans who both Burnt the Temple and defa●ed the City see Kings 23.25 It was after the Captivity Rebuilt by the returned ●ews yet so that in the days of Christ it rather seemed a place of Slaughter and a Den of Thieves than the Royal Seat of a King or the place of Holy Worship for having Slain their Prophets and Persecuted the Saints they lastly filled the measure o● their Iniquity by shedding the Blood of that grea● One even Jesus the Lord of Life who by sufferin● Death in Ierusalem sealed the Redemption of th● World fulfilled the Law changed their Sabbath and in a word put an end to the glory of the Place Soon after by the Sedition of the Citizens and th● Caesars cruelties it became so desolate that one Ston● was not left standing upon another but as in th● Destruction of Sodom so was it all Destroy'd 〈◊〉 Walls removed Mount Sion excluded and Calva●● taken the Name Ierusalem was changed for that o● Aelia an unclean Swine set over the chief Gate and the Iews forbid on pain of Death to look back upon the City In this state the Romans held it till the year o● Christ 615 from whose Empire the Persians ●ore i● and kept it the space of Twenty Two Years Th● Sarazens were the next that Conquer'd it in the yea● 637 and possest it 372 years till in the year 100● the Turks took it and immediately lost it to the Sultan of Egypt who enjoy'd it the space of 90 year● at which time being in the year 1099 the Christian● under their General Godfrey Bulloigne Conquer'd 〈◊〉 and under the Government of several Christia● Princes one of which was Richard the first King o● England who was King of Ierusalem it continued 〈◊〉 years that is till the year 1187 at which time it wa● Surpriz'd by Soladine King of Persia and by the Persians held 330 years when in 1517 it was invad●● and won by the Victorious Solimo the Turkish Emperor and in it to this day the abomination of Mahom●● is set up Thus is Sion become a plunged Field and Ierusalem a heap of Stones the Holy Land laid wast under the feet of the Heathen and the place of Divine Prayer made a Den of Dragons so that as it was foretold Neither in the Mountain of Samaria nor in Jerusalem is the place of holy Worship see Isa. 66.1 2. But every Spiritual heart retaining the Ark or Testament of God's Covenant in Christ is the Ierusalem and Temple wherein the Lord will dwell and where ●his Spi●it with ours as the two Cherubins on the Mercy Seat looking each towards the other will witness our Reconciliation by Christ our High Priest who is entred before us into the Holy of Holies even the highest Heavens into which Divine Mansion may he whom my Soul loveth say come In the mean while let us consider what the Angel said ●o the Women when he sent them away from looking into the Sepulcre with He is Risen he is not here did he not thereby dehort them and us from Burying ou● affections in Christ's Grave and admonish us rather to seek him where he is to be found At this day a gracious heart maketh every place a Ierusalem where God may as well and as acceptably 〈◊〉 Worshipped as upon Mount Olivet or Christ's Mount so Named because it was his Pulpit as the whole Land was his Text when he made that famous Sermon on the Mount This Son of Righteousness had all Palestine for his Zodiack and the Twelve Tribes for his Signs St. Hierom observeth as the Two Tribes which were first carried into Captivity so Redemption was first Preached in their Countries Likewise in former Ages there were the greatest Examples of God's Justice shown upon disobedient Sinners for Example Lots Wife for one farewell glance at Sodom was turned into a Pillar of Salt which may teach us to measure a Sin by the in●ini●eness of God who forbiddeth it 'T is observed the Land of Iudea became Barrenou● af●er ou● Saviours Passion of bringing ●orth their principle Commodities as Balm c. Whether because the Tipe was to cease when the Truth was come or because that Land was unworthy to have so Soveraign Bodily Physick grow in her where the Phisitian of the So●l was put to Death Another wonderful remarkable thing shown ●pon all the outward formal Jewish Worshippers soon after our Saviours Ascention as he had foretold was the destruction of that City and Land by which we are made sensible that there was never sorrow like the sorrow of that Land who made the Messiah a Man of sorrow If we consider the Siege of Jerusalem began at the time of the Passover when in a manner all Judea was inclosed in Jerusalem all private Synagogues doing their Duties to the Mother Temple so that the City then had more guests than Inhabitants Thus the Passover which was at first Instituted by God in Mercy to save the Israelites from Death was then used by him in Justice to hasten their Destruction and to gather the Nations into a bundle to be cast into the fire of his Anger as our Saviour had foretold them besides those who had bought our Saviour for Thirty Pence were themselves sold Thirty for a Penny whilst this Storm fell among the Unbelieving Jews it was calm among the Believing Jews that is those that were become Christians who forewarn'd by Christs Predicti●●● fled betimes out of the City to Pella a private place beyond Jordan which serv'd them instead of a little Zore to save them from the eminent Destruction of Sodom And now the chief Head of the scattered unbelieving Jews keep the meaner sort as well as themselves ●rom the use of the New Testament nay they will ●oone Curse it than look into it the which thing is the hindrance of their Conversion and Salvation And thus we leave them in a state most lamentable and much to be pitied Lastly It may justly seem admirable how senseless religions should gain so much ground on Christianity such having neither substance in their Doctrine nor winning Behaviour in their Ceremonies

tells us That the last Tru●pet is the Seventh Trumpet that is a m●●●●rious Number in which as by many instances ●●●ht be proved God seems peculiarly to delight S● that the Sixth Trumpet as it is expressed in the Revelations soundeth before this shewing that the ●a●t end of all will not ●e till the last Trumpet but yet there will be a vast tract of Time within the time of the last Trumpet many things being to be performed within its Compass so that at the first beginning of the last Trumpet the Enemies of God so fall that the Kingdoms of this World becomes the King●oms of the Lord and of his Christ c. Revel 11. vers 15.16 17 18. which is a Summary Preface or a Prefationary Sum to the Catastrophe or upshot of the Revelations to follow unto the End And in ●evel 20. and the first seven Verses is expressed how l●ng this visible Kingdom of Christ on Earth shall continue and consequently so long is the last Trumpet viz. As the Learned conclude a Thousand years but the last end of all and ultìmate Period shall not be till the last end of the last Trumpet Rev. 20.12 c. and thus 't is probable the Resurrection will continue the Thousand Years of Christ's Reign upon Earth touching this see Isa. 16.19 cap. 19.20 and cap. 25 vers 6 7 8. and Daniel 12. vers 5. where it is said Go thy way unto the End and rest and awake in thy lot in the End of Days for the Lord hath spoken it The Lord will then remove the Vail of Ignorance which is now cast over the faces of all people so as they shall clearly see the great and wo●derful Mistery of Man's Salvation Now touching the place where Christ shall sit in Judgment the Scriptur●s make it out that it shall be in the Air over the Valley of Iehosaph●t by Mount Olivet near unto Ierusalem then w●ll Chris● set for●h magnificently his holy Spou●e the Church Tri●●phant First all things will be made New sitting for the Merits of so Beautiful a Bride Secondly there will appear the Glory and Excellency of ●he Lambs Wife Thirdly the earnest desire of the Elect who will say Come Lord Iesus to whom the Fountain of Mercy will answer Behold I come quickly see Revel 3.11 This will be a glorious Spectacle repleat with Rareties far beyond what our weak fancies can imagine it will not be like our transit●ry Pageantry for a day but such as will for ever fully employ the most pier●ing eyes of o●r Souls with ravishing satisfaction Her● have we first the Precursor a Iohn Baptist going before and giving Warning Ecce Behold he is coming who hath been oft foretold and long the darling expectation of all Nations even Christ the only begotten Son of the Father Venio I come Thirdly the manner of his Coming will be Wonderful he will not come leasurely as he Rode to Ierusalem upon a slow Beast but Riding upon the Wings of the swiftest Wind born up as it were by a bright Cloud of Angels Venio cito I come saith the Lord quickly Now the many comings of Christ which are dispersedly related in the Holy Bible I will set down in the order following His first Coming was Virtual from the beginning of th● World full of the Vigour and Power of Red●●ption as he was a Lamb slain from the begining of the World and thus Abraham saw him as com● 〈◊〉 his day as present His other comings were Actual namely in Carne when he came to Man by assuming his Nature when he came ad suos to the Iews and they received him ●ot this Coming was in Humility and Debasement 〈◊〉 ●orma Servi in the form of a Servant to make us 〈◊〉 by his Sufferings and Bondage His Coming to Ier●salem was Local being both a Preparative to his c●●el Passion and a Prefiguration of his glorious Exaltation venit ●ex was the Proclamation which was f●llowed by the Royal Acclamations Hosanna being Sung to him With a Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. He also has a spiritual and invisible Coming into ●he secret recesses of our Souls by Grace and ●he power of his Holy Spirit which doth raise us from the Grave of Sin and Spiritual Death This Co●ing is in Misericordia in Mercy But his last Coming is in Justice in Majesty and in Glory to Judge the Quick and the Dead and to render to every one according to his Works whether they be Good or Evil and to Transform the Church Militant into the Church Triumphant And this C●ming is called by St. Paul the Glorious Appearance of our great God and only Saviour Jesus Christ and himself has foretold that he the Son of Man shall come Cloathed with a Triple Glory that is in his own Glory in his Fathers and in that of the Holy Angels Now of the several Comings I have hitherto spoken some are past some to come and others are daily coming and ever present as his coming ●o his Chosen by moving and changing their Hearts by renewing their Spirits by comforting and instru●●ing their Souls present also in his coming to th● Wicked and Reprobate in such mann●r as he cam● to Pharaoh But the last and most Universal Com●ng is that which is not yet come and is promised in th●se words Behold I come Rev. 5.6 and this is usually call'd his Second Coming which will be visible and proper wherein it is suit●ble to his coming by In●arnation and yet it much differs from that first in manner that being in the Depth of Hum●●iation this in the Height of Exaltation that in Re●roach and Infirmity thi● in Glory and p●●fection o● Health then he came to Die and bear a Crown of Tho●●s now to wear a Crown of Life in that he came to b● dispised and spit on by his Enemies in this to bruise his Adversaries like a Potters Vessel and to make his Foes his Footstool Secondly in Time that being in the fulness of Time yet i● Time when the Vail of Mosaical Tipes and Ceremonies was to be pull'd off and yield to the Substance Gal. 4.4 This Future in the very End of Time when the whole frame of the Earth is to be broke in sunder the Curtains of the Heavens to be w●thdrawn and all things sublimated and purified by Fi●e then shall Men see the Lord Christ coming in the Clouds with omnipotent Power and infinite Glory with Millions of Angels and all Souls whom he knows to be his by Faith and good Works each of which will than move in an Orb of Glory far surpassing the brightness of the Suns Meridian Be●●●s and yet the Glory of Christs Body will infinitely exceed them all then will the joyful Elect say The ●ime is come of Singing Eternal Halalujahs and the Voice of Christ and his Holy Angels will be ●eard over the whole World in a Diapason of most Revishing Notes which will awaken and raise up all that are in

Cor. 15.51 And lastly the Resurrection of the Deceased shall be by Christ effected at his Coming Christ as Man must judge Men as Men and so have Time to make his Judgment which in it self will doubtless be just Now this will take up a co●side●able time of the Thousand Years for Chris● will judge the whole World upon the Earth and ●h●●arth will be the Place of Judicature and all the Bo●ies that ever were mus● appear in a Place on the 〈◊〉 sit for that purpose I say on the Earth for 〈◊〉 in Heaven the Wicked cannot be to receive Sen●ence and only the Saints are caught up in the Clouds Satan and the wicked Hypocrites and o●●er Sinners will be sentenc'd into Outer Dark●es● As to the Place where this great Assize will be hel● the common Opinion is that it will be ●ear I●r●salem in the Valley of Iehoshaphat which Cosm●g●aphers assign for the middle of the Earth's super●●ies for if the termini à quibus be the four Parts 〈◊〉 the World then the terminus ad quem must be ●bout the Centre Another Reason is because the Angel told the Disciples That as they saw Christ ●s●e●d from Mount Olive● which is over the Valley of Iehoshapha● so He should in like manner descend ●rom Heaven Now that the said Valley or some Place adjacent to Ierusalem should be the place of Judgment 't is most probable because that as Christ was ●hereabouts Crucified and put to open shame so it is likely that thereabouts his glorious Throne ●hall be exalted in the Air when he shall appear in Judgment to manifest his Majesty and Glory and so He in that place will judge the World with ●ighteous Judgment where h● Himself was unjustly ●udged and condemned The Order he will observe in giving Judgment will as some think be first to pronounce the Senten●● of Absolution and Bliss upon the Elect because ●e will thereby encrease the Grief of the Reprobates that shall hear it and at the same time show that he is more prone to Mercy than Judgment more forward to Reward the Good than to punish the Wicked therefore he will in the sight and hea●ing of all the World say to his Elect Come ye Bless●d of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from th● Beginning of the World Come you now from Labou● to Rest f●om Disgrac● to Glory from the Iaws of Death to Eternal Life After this every Saint receives a glorious Crown from the Hands of their Righteous and Merciful Judge as the ample Reward which he promised o● his free Grace to all them that loved and hoped fo● this his last and to the Blessed everlasting appearing Then every one shall take his Crown and lay i● down as it were at the Feet of Christ the generous Giver and prostrating themselves shall with one Heart and Voice in a Heavenly Consort Sing P●aise and Honour and Glory and Powe● and Thanks b● unto thee O Blessed Lamb who sittest upon the T●ron● Thou by D●●th Redeem'd us from being Sons o● Wrath and Perdition to be the Children of God Out of every Kindred and To●gue and People and Nation thou hast made unto our God Kings and Priests to Reign triumphantly with Thee in thy Kingdom for ever Next follows the dreadful Sentence of Condemnation against the hardned Reprobates and evi● Angels immediat●ly after which Christ from his exalted Tribunal will arise waited on by his numerous Train of Elect and holy Angels with whom in Order and Array he will ascend Triumphantly unto the Heaven of Heavens and there present al● the Elect unto his Father saying Behold O Righteous Father these are they whom Thou gavest me I gave them thy Word and they Believed it I have ke●● them and none of them is lost Therefore l●t them Sing Praises to thee their God and King let them be glad and rejoyce and give honour unto thee for the Marriage of the Lamb is come and his Spouse hath made her self ready Hallelujah for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth Every thing tendeth to its proper Centre God ●s the Centre of our Souls our chiefest Good therefore the Soul like Noah's Dove cannot rest nor ●oy till she return and enjoy him she is ever desiring ●o keep a perpetual Sabbath with him to the Glory Honour and Praise of the Blessed Trinity to which ●appiness when we once Arrive we shall not only ●now our Friends departed in the Faith of Christ ●ut also joyn in a League of perpetual Friendship with all the Faithful that ever were or shall here●fter be our knowledge now is but imperfect then it will be compleat for we shall know as we are known of God or as the Angels know one another Come all you that thirst after true and perfect Knowledge and employ yo●r utmost endeavours to ●●ome Graduates in Christ's Heavenly University ●n this World the utmost pitch of Knowledge the ●ost diligent Students and the ablest Professors ●an with all their Faculties attain to is only the ●iscovery of the meer shaddow of our unspeakable ●reator but in Heaven we shall know God in rea●●ty and in him all things perfectly we shall know ●he manner of that stupendio●s work of the Creation ●e shall be able to solve the difficulty of making all ●hings out of nothing and conceive the amazing ●ist●ry of our Redemption In fine our Minds ●hich now labour in trifles with a Thousand invin●ible doubts will then be enrich'd with the know●edge of all things possible and we shall conclude as an undoubted Verity that in the Flesh we saw but a few of God's wonderful Works in comparison o● what shall be revealed then unto us Let us then labour for Heaven and like wise Merchants traffick for Eternal Life as a most precious Pearl which is worth our Purchase tho' it cost us all we have Mat 13. Abraham and Sarah left their own Country and Possessions to look for this City whose Founder is God David was so enamour'd with this Divine Mansion that he rather desired to be there a Door-keeper than to dwell in the richest Tabernacle of Wickedness It was into the Kingdom of Heaven that Elias so earnestly besought the Lord to receive his Soul to which he went most willingly tho' in a Fiery Chariot And St. Paul having but once seen 〈◊〉 glimpse of Heaven ever after desired that he might be dissolved to be with Christ and well he might for as David saith At God's Right Hand are Pleasures ●or ever more If Ruth left what is usually accounted most dear her own Country and followed Naomi her Mother in Law to dwell with her in the Land of C●naan which was but a Tipe of Heaven only upon the Fame which she had heard of the God of Israel tho' she had no promise of any Portion therein Ruth 1.16 With how much more alacrity ought we to follow our Mother the Church to go into the Heavenly Canaan wherein God hath given us an Et●rnal Inheritance assured to us

this World where it is not to be found there i● no st●te of Life be it what it will but what is att●nded with Misery enough in those that live after the Flesh. Nay many times the very Courts of Justice torment Men abroad as m●ch as their Families care does at home the Country life is opprest with continual Labours at Sea there is confusion of D●ngers the Merchant teaches his Estate to Swim and he that Travels with Riches gives a great Temptation to Highway-men and exposes his Life and Mon●y to the mercy of Thieves the Rich are Plagu'd with the desire of Encreasing care of keeping and fear of losing Riches while the Poor are obnoxious to Scorn and Contempt Marriage in general is no more ●han a conjunction of mutual Perplexities and accidental Calamities Children are ●onuments of Care and for the most part very un●●rtain Comforts especially in these days and on 〈◊〉 other side a single Life oft proves a solitary ●ischief or inconvenience the Fruitful bring forth C●res and Barrenness is counted a Curse Youth is a tormenting Fury old Age a meer lump of Infirmi●ies and an incurable Disease Thus there is something in every life that proves the bane of our Happiness except we entirely give our selves up to the Service of God Mat. 6.24 No Man can serve two Masters God and the World he that is a Vassal to his Wealth can never make a true Servant of God he that is a Rebel to his lawful Prince is no good Subject of Christs tho' Religion be the Pretence The Parable of the Rich Man and many other places of Scripture make out how hard it is for such who trust in uncertain Riches to enter into the Kingdom of God Therefore mis●rable is the case of all covetous Rich persons Usurers Extorti●ners Thieves and Robbers not can we think better of the Envious Murderers Whore-mongers Sorcerers Idolaters Sabbath-breakers Swea●ers Drunkards Gluttons and such as are given to Detraction and Anger without cause calling their Brother Fool to these add lying Reprobates the Proud the Cruel and ●●ard-hearted Hippocrites the Sloathful and Unbe●iever and many pr●sumptuous Sinners all which a●e threatned to be cast into unquenchable Fire as unprofitable Servants They are such as prefer Vice before Virtue Iniquity before Godliness Falshood before Truth and their own dark works before the light of the Gospel Also among the unprofitable Servants may be reckoned the Rebellious who by belying their lawful Governours rob the Peoples hearts of Obedience and so fit them for Rebellion which is a kind of Witchcraft and spiritual The●● Nay those that corrupt the Minds of others by leud Examples Hippocrites Slanderers teachers of Lies whereby ●he Souls of th●ir Hearers are rob'd of Eternal Life a●e condemn'd All that foolishly attribute to th●ms●lves the benefit of Health Weal●h or Liberty and so deprive God of his Glory are hither refer'd such as purloi● from their Masters Parents Husbands Wives Friends or Neighbour● suffer them to incur any loss or detriment whi●h they might prevent are in the same Class with the former such as Rob their Neighbours either by false Weights Measures bad Wares or subtile Practices all Lawyers that make good Causes bad or Bad Good all Debtors that never design to pay all Creditors that cru●lly Triumph over the Bodies o● their poor insolvent Debtors by Imprisonment or any other kind of Oppression And lastly Envious Men who when they have done a Man what disgrace they ca●●y Words fall to the practice of unjust Deeds to over-throw and ruine those whom they causelesly Hate such sure cannot so much as have the least pretence to be Servants of God but on the contrary Slaves and Vassals of Satan Now to know who are unprofitable Servants I say ●●rst They are such as are Magistrates abusing their Aut●ority to the hurt of those they ought to Protect Secondly Such as are no Magistrates but either neglect their calling or deprave it by their wicked Practice Thirdly Rich men who relieve not the wants of the Poor with their Plenty Fourthly Learned and well instructed Christia●s who suffer the Ignorant to go Astray without giving them good Advice or necessary Instructions Touching those that have their Portion in the Sulp●urous Lake which burneth with Fire and Brims●one where Men und●rgo as 't is call'd the Second D●ath see Revel 21.1 By this Second Death is understood the deplorable separation of the Soul and Body for ever from the Beatifical Vision or Presence o● God and this is the Death which the Wi●ked must suff●r y●t the fulness of their Punishment will not be inflicted ●pon them till the day of Judgment when th●ir Souls and Bodies are reunited then they will receive their dreadful Doom and condign Punishment for their Evil Deeds for your further instruction herein see Luk. 16.22 23. the 8.28 the 10.23 ●nd the 12.30 Mat. 23.23.31 and 5.24 and 13.14 ●nd 14.31 Thess. 1.10 1 Pet. 3.19 Iud● ● ● 7. Acts 7.5 and in many other places the Scripture g●ves a large account of Hell and of its Torments of which none can doubt since our Blessed Saviour said That Heaven and Earth should pass away but hi● Word should never pass away Therefore unless we be regenerate and renewed in Christ our condition i● d●sperate hence let us with all speed Repent and streighten the unevenness of our ways according to the Level of God's Word and Commandments let 's Love one another and do as we would be done by ●nd shew the loveliness of our Faith by the uprightness of our Works For it is not every one tha● cryeth Lord Lord that shall enter into t●e Kingdom of Heaven No It is the doing the Will of God that dwelleth in Heaven that must bring us thither We must be Born again not of the Blood nor of the Will of the Flesh but of God who in Christ is our Father and will renew his own Image in us every day more and more and apply to us the Merits of Christ's Sufferings fo● the blotting out of all our Sins original and actual together with the guilt and punishment belonging to them Blessed is he therefore to whom the Lord hath not imputed Sin s●e Ezek. 18.21.2 Cor. 33.13 for to s●ch all the Righteousness of Christ is freely and fully imputed to the Reconcili●tion of them unto the Lord who approveth them as Righteous not taking notice of ever● fault but bearing with their Frailties and Infirmities Exod. 34.67 Rom. 4.8 The godly Man hath an assurance of God's Fatherly care and protection Day and Night which care God manifests in providing all things necessary for his Soul and Body so that the godly Man is sure of having enough ● God gives his holy Angels as Ministers a charge to attend upon the Righteous Psal. 34.7 And to prevent all da●gers the Angels pitch their Tents about the lust for their safety where ever th●y go yea God will d●fend them with a Cloud by day and with a Pillar of Fire by night and his Providence shall hedge them from the Power of the Devil see Iude 1.9 where 't is Recorded that Micha●l the Arch-Angel was set to keep the Body of Moses which being secretly hidd●n by God was sought for by Satan by which it appears that God's good Angels keep all such as live and die in the faith of Christ and in the fear of the Lord 2 Kings 6.17 The Eyes of the Lord are always op●n to see their State and also his Ears to hear t●eir Complaint and in his good time will deliver them out of all their troubles and bring them to the glory of the Church in her perpetual Triumph in the World to come when joyned to her Bridegroom Christ Jesus in Joy that shall never have an End a tast of which Joy is in some sort made manifest unto us in the Revelations cap. 2.22 Therefore let us all with St. Stephen say Come Lord Iesus come quickly and in the mean time the Lord g●ant that we may be always Purging out by true Faith and Repentance the Malignity of our Spiritual Diseases till we arrive at divine and saving Health that at the End of our Bodily Infirmities the great Physician may administer a Cordial to us of his own Living Water and grant that at the Night of Death when our Sun shall set the Sun of Righteousness may rise upon us with healing under his Wings and make our Souls as the Lame-man's body in the Gospel entirely whole and so elevate us to those Light Orbs and Heavenly Mansions where the Su● shall no more be our Light by Day nor the Moon by Night but the Lord our God shall be ou● Everlasting Light and Glory Which are the Hearty Prayers of READERS Your True Friend And Faithful Servant David Irish. Advertisement THE Small-Pox being now in many Places I thought it convenient to publish That if I see the Small-Pox break out of any or but newly come out I will tell them at first sight whether there be any Danger of Death by having them or not And I do affirm That I can with God's Blessing give an Antidote against them and of such Vertue to those that are not already infected that tho they eat and drink and be always with those that have them yet shall they not have them So God preserve us all from all manner of Contagious Diseases and f●om sudden Death Amen