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A72538 The drumme of deuotion striking out an allarum to prayer, by signes in heauen, and prodigies on earth. Together with the perfume of prayer. In tvvo sermons, preached by William Leigh, Bachilor in Diuinitie, and pastor of Standish in Lancashire. Leigh, William, 1550-1639. 1613 (1613) STC 15423.7; ESTC S103218 38,386 111

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THE DRVMME OF DEVOTION Striking out an Allarum to Prayer by signes in heauen and Prodigies on earth Together with the Perfume of Prayer In two Sermons Preached by William Leigh Bachilor in Diuinitie and Pastor of Standish in Lancashire Luke 21. 28. And when these things begin to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your Redemption draweth neere LONDON Printed by Tho Creede for Arthur Iohnson dwelling in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the white Horse 1613. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE SIR Thomas Parry Knight one of his Maiesties most Honourable priuie counsell and Chanceller of his Highnes Dutchie of Lancaster together with the Right vertuous Religious Lady his wife grace be multiplied in this world and glory in a better Right honourable IF as the Psalmist saith The Lord hath so doone his maruellous workes that they ought to be had in rememberance and are much sought out of all such as feare him pardon me in your honourable patience while I presse with passion such prodigies as haue fallen out of old in former times and now of late in these moderne daies of danger wherein we liue All harbingers of Gods Irefull wrath and indignation for mans transgression And yet I know not how which is a wonder of wonders signes from heauen are not respected sinnes on earth are not repented for We can discerne the face of the skie like the Iewes in the Gospell taxed by our Sauiour and thereby we dare prognosticate of the effects of faire or foule weather to come but we cannot discerne either by signes from heauen or prodigies on earth how the Lord is rison out of his place and threatneth our destruction if we repent not The meditations hereof I am bold to put vnder the shelter of your honours protection and pray they may passe your iuditious eye in sort as they are tendered that is from the dutie and seruice I owe in many rspects being otherwise vnable to answere the same but in such passages of prayer and religious exercises as fall within the compasse of my profession And surely such passages are best suted to your selfe whom religion hath made honourable and worthy those great and waightie imployments you haue vndergone abroad in forraigne parts and at home within the kingdome vnder two religious Princes Besides spare me to seeke protection at your honours hands in regard of the place you beare with vs vnder God and the king our worthy Chancellor the sterne of which gouernment you haue moderated for many yeares with such iustice mixed with mercy as I dare appeale to your clemencie and milde censure in any thing I haue here tendered And for the latter Sermon which is the Perfume of prayer the Arrow of our deliuerance in the daies of danger I trust it shall not be offensiue if I make it proper to the Elect Lady your religious wife and consort whose practise of much pietie with prayers and teares Church-weapons haue beene are and will be a blessing to your house and an ornament to the Church of God whilst Anna-like she frequents the Temple house of God treading vpon that holy ground with no lesse due then true deuotion And now the Lord Iesus as he hath matched you together in grace and giuen you much honour with length of daies espouse you to himselfe in the kingdome of glorie that you may come to the feast and mariage of the Lambe crowned with glorie and clad with immortalitie ensignes of a better world whither Christ is gone before and hath traced you the way to follow after which because you haue faithfully done he will come and fetch you to himselfe in a time accepted that where he is there may ye also be Against which day and blessed houre the Lord God of heauen prepare you with your oyle and your lamps light that ye may meete him in the cloudes and so be caught vp to raigne with him for euermore Amen Amen Your honours most humble and at command William Leigh THE DRVM OF DEVOTION Striking out an Allarum to Prayer by signes in heauen and prodigies on earth ACTS II. 19 And I will shew wonders in heauen aboue tokens in the earth beneath bloud and fire and the vapours of smoake 20 The Sun shal be turned into darkenes and the Moone into bloud before that great notable day of the Lord come 21 And it shal be that whosoeuer shal cal on the name of the Lord shal be saued VPon the reading of this Scripture prophesied of by Ioel applyed by Peter and to be accōplished in the latter daies me thoght I heard the Lord speaking from heauen as hee did by another Prophet and say Write this vision and make it plaine vpon Tables that hee may runne that readeth it for the vision is for an appointed time and at the last it shall speake and not lie though it tarry waite for it shall surely come and not stay Now what it is that shall come and not stay is the subject of my speech and the division of my Text. There shall come signes and wonders in the latter dayes to provoke our repentance there shall come faith and confidence to all the godly to assure them of deliverance and to this end are wonders wrought as in heauen aboue so in the earth beneath bloud and fire and the vapour of smoake that the dampe of our sinnes might be put out by the breath of our Saviour whose presence wee may be assured then presseth neere vs when these his wonders are vpon vs. If Kings of the earth stirre the commons are moved shal the King of heauen rise either to bee iudged or iudge the world and shal the creatures sit still surely no for though we his reasonable religious creatures bee silent in our sinnes and say nothing yet shall the senselesse creatures grieue and grone after a deliverance I say deliverance from the bondage of corruption wherin they are and from the dampe of sinne wherewithall they are pestered Of these in order as God will And first of prodigies provoking our repentance next of the sweet perfume of prayer assuring vs of deliverance when feare and fire shall fine vs for our good for it shall bee that whosoever shall call vpon the name of the Lord shall be saved What may be the meaning of the spirit in this place touching the time and manner of these signes when and how they should appeare to the worlds wonder divers haue diuersly divined 1. Some say the accomplishment should bee at the second comming of Christ to judgement and bee harbingers of that dreadfull day 2. Others for it shall bee at the siedge and sacking of Ierusalem by Titus and Vespatianus of which opinion the Greeke Paraphrase is which citeth Iosephus writing thereof 3. Some say the accomplishment should bee at the death of Christ and in the day of his passion when all the world should bee passionate for him but not with him for hee must tread the