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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	great_a	sin_n	transgression_n	3,082	5	10.1157	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26343	A true and terrible relation from Maletravis in Maligo, an island belonging to the King of Spaine, of a sad accident that befell the whole citie, it consisting of seven and thirtie thousand families and how they were destroyed all in one night by a fog or damp that rose upon them, which destroyed both men, women, and children, except five persons ... : this relation was sent to a merchan in this citie ...	Adams, Richard, 17th cent.	1648 (1648)	Wing A491; ESTC R25835	3,518	19

A ●rue and Terrible Rela●h from MALETRAVIS in ALIGO an Island belonging to the ●ing of Spaine of a sad Accident that ●efell the whole Citie it consisting of seven and thirtie thousand Families and how they were destroyed all in one night by a Fog or Damp that rose upon them which destroyed both Men Women and Children except five persons which by accident got downe into a Vault and so escaped This Relation was sent to a Merchant in this Citie who lives in Creed-Church Parish in Leaden-hall London Published as a Warning for all people to repent of their Sinnes and to be prepared against sudden death Printed at London by E. P. for Francis Coles dwelling in the Old-Bayley 1648. A True and terrible Relation from Maletravis in MALIGO THe Sinnes of Man are so great and cry to the Lord so loud for vengeance upon all Man-kind that God must bee infinitely mercifull to spare us crawling wormes O England take thou warning from this Judgement of Gods look to thy selfe God sees thy Iniquities and records thy Transgressions and will be avenged on thee for thy sinnes he h● offered thee much of his Mercies a● hath spared thee in the height of t● Rebellion against him beware tho● and repent and amend thy wickednesse Let not the Custome of sinne take away the Conscience of sinne for God hath bent his Bow like an Enemie and stands with his right hand like an Adversarie and will slay all that is pleasant to the eye and will poure out his Furie like fire God threatens all impenitent sinners and will not spare them if they long continue in their sinnes How many years hath God spared this Nation who hath lived under the blessed meanes of the Gospel of Jesus Christ when wee have not brought forth any thing but sinnes and misdeeds he hath with patience waited the spring and growth of grace in us but wee have proved barren and dry Trees broken Cesternes which have held no water and may not God justly deale with us as with Sodome and Gomorrah Nay with us as with Maletravis consume us with Fire and Brimstone as he did these Nay with the least breath of his nosthrills and if one sinne divided amongst ten thousand be able to damne them all how shall this Nation ever be able to answer all those abominable sinnes that it hath committed No sinne but deserves punishment and man was never punished but for sinning therefore remember O England how wilfull thou hast beene in despising the Mercies of God from time to time he would have gathered thee as a Hen would have gathered her Chickens and thou would not Woe to thee England thou hast destroyed thy selfe if thou deferre thy repentance God will be sure to be avenged on thee God will bruise thee with an Iron Rod and breake thee in pieces like a Potters Vessell But if thou call upon him in the day of trouble he will have mercy on thee If thou callest on him in the day of trouble he will heare thee and divert those Judgements which hang over thy head from thee Had Sodome repented God had not punished had Comorrah considered her Iniquities God had not destroyed her and had Maletravis remembred her Transgressions and sorrowed for them God had nor punished her Iniquites God hath destroyed those Cities and many more for sin and undoubtedly will destroy thee London if thou returne not to the Lord thy God with speed lay hold on those things which concerne thy everlasting peace and comfort whilst it is to day least God take this opportunitie from thee Ah but some will say That Sodome sinned against God and in a larger measure then wee But O thou mistaken Soule compare the sinnes of Sodome and Gomorrah with the finnes of London and England and see whether the sinnes of London were not greater then the sinnes of Sodome Have wee not carryed our selves proudly against our God Despised his Ordinance Contemned is Goodnesse Abused his Patience and turned our backs upon his Mercies Have wee not poluted our Land with Blood Blasphemie and Oppression And may not God as justly destroy us as hee did them Ah but some will say This Maletravis were all Papists and Idolaters ●t is true they were so much the worse for us they worshipped God with more fervencie of spirit in their way then wee considering the measure of knowlege they had God expects no more from a man then what he hath received Had the Gospel of Jesus Christ beene so purely preached amongst them as us undoubtedly they would have brought forth better fruits But now to come to the Story which is both Lamentable and true It is a great mercie that God hath given us of this Nation so long and large a time of our repentance God hath shewed himselfe a loving God a mercifull God a long-suffering God otherwayes wee had beene consumed as the stubble upon the earth and have caused the earth to open and swallow us up as he did Korah Dathan and Abiram It is not our fighting for Reformation that God is taken with it must be our practicall parts of duty which must establish us in the favour of our God It not going twice a day to the Church that will make God in love with us no it must be a Charitable and Pious Conversation that must make Gods face to shine upon us It is not our Fasting-dayes from victualls that will gage God to be reconciled with us no it must be a true and lively faith in Christ and an obstaining from Envie Oppression Covetousnesse Pride Murder Drunkennesse Blasphemie and Prophanenesse which must ingage God to be at peace with us If any of these sinnes predominate in our Land wee must looke for the Vialls of Gods Wrath and be sure to drinke the dregs of his Indignation for them And now let us turne to the Lord our God with all our hearts and soules and seeke him whilst it is yet time which if wee doe wee may find mercie and acceptance in the sight of our God and quit our Land from desolation which will inevitably fall upon us It is good to take warning by such Judgements and make our peace with God that he may turne his wrath from us and take us into his favour Let us prize these golden opportunities and not thinke those of Maletra●is were greater finners then wee for assuredly if wee doe not repent and amend wee shall all likewise perish This Storie is unparalell'd the Judgement of God hath appeared as much upon this poore Citie of Maletravis as upon any wee read on in any History if we look but at what a sudden God appeared against them it will make us all tremble to goe to our beds with the guilt of sinne upon us least God appeare in wrath as upon them Was it not a Judgement unparalell'd when above two hundred and fifrie thousand Soules had their lives taken out of the Land of the living in one night besides all manner of living creatures as well Horses Cattell Sheepe Dogs Cats Rabbets Mice and Rats Thus you see God did not spare the senselesse but destroyed them for the sakes of the sinnefull Once more I say O England consider the things which belongs to thy happinesse and turne to the Lord thy God for he can as easily destroy thee as he did this Maletravis And now to the truth of the Story I shall referre thee to a Letter sent by a Merchant in Maligo to a Merchant in Creed-Church Parish London which here I give you verbatim SIR UPon the second day of September God did show the wonderfullest Judgement upon the Towne of Maletravis that any eares hath heard for there was not a man woman or child that escaped the anger of God Nay the verie Cattell and all the living creatures in the Towne were not exempted from death five men onely excepted which feeling the Dampe come so violently got downe into a Vault which was made from the Cathedrall up to a Nunerie which is some two miles or thereabouts from the Towne They thinking themselves in danger seeing the little childrens breath taken from them as they lay at their mothers brests got downe and so escaped This Damp or Fog began at twelve of the clock at night and continued till betwixt one and two in the morning In which time were destroyed above two hundred and fiftie thousand Soules besides brutts The next morning being Market day these five men came neere the Citie to see who went in and whether any were left alive to buy of them but the Countrey-people comming in and seeing all the streets lying full of dead men women and children were much astoxished and ran away and left them with what speed they could But these five men seeing them goe in and out with safetie and without danger went in and found all dead and their owne wives and children lying in the streets and gardens breathlesse and life-lesse And when they had seene this sad Spectacle they went as fast as they could to the Governour of this Countrey and told him of it and hee commodiously summoned a Court of Councell and they immediately commanded in the Countrey to burie them and sent a considerable partie of Souldiers to keepe the Countrey from Sacking their houses This being done Proclamation was made That if any one had any kindred in that Towne they should come and make it appeare by some of the neighbours upon Oath and then they should goe in and take possession of their deceased Friends Goods Likewise to Merchants they were to make Oath and produce Letters and then they should goe in and receive the like And then they commanded all the poore to goe in and to be set at worke at such things as they could doe Thus have I given you as full a Relation as I can touching the businesse and shall remaine Sanderstons Deare Sir your friend and servant RICHARD ADAMS FINIS