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A20507	The drousie disease; or, An alarme to awake church-sleepers Wherein not onely the dangers hereof are described, but remedies also prescribed for this sleeping evill.; Drousie disease.		1638 (1638)	STC 6913.5; ESTC S122417	51,584	164

who being asked what Anton. Max. ser de somno Aelian lib. 2 sleepe was answered The image of death and rest of the senses and that of Gorgias who being very aged and feeling deadly sleepe or death to creepe on him unto a friend who asked him how hee did answered Sleepe now beginneth ●ras lib. 6. ●ap 8. to commend me unto his brother and that of Epaminondas who having slaine one of the watch whom hee found sleeping thus justified his fact Such a one as I found him saith he I have left him To ●uslat ad ●om Ibid. ●ertull de a●ma Chrys ●● pop an t ●mil 5. ●rist lib. 19. ●nimal this purpose is it that of some sleepe and death are said to bee brethren or cousin-Germans Sleepe Deaths looking-glasse death a sleepe longer then usuall yea sleepe a kind of middle thing betweene death and life 2. Sleepe as it is common to all men and cannot bee driven away or avoided of any how sparing soever or well-spenders of time so it is ●eb 9. 27. ●om 5. 12. appointed unto him once to die Death passeth upon all men and ●al 89. 48. what man is he that shall not see death 3. Sleepe though usually it commeth by degrees as after labour meat wearinesse watching and the like yet doth it often steale on men at unawares So death though usually and by course of nature it 1 King 13. 24. followeth sicknesse as the forerunner thereof yet seazeth it often on men both good and bad on the very sudden So did it on the man of God that came Act. 5. 5. 10 unto Bethel so on Ananias and Luk. 12. 19 20. Sapphira Then said God unto the rich man Thou foole this night shall thy soule be required of thee when he had said unto his soule Soule thou hast much goods laid up for many yeares take thine ease eate drinke and be merry 4. Sleepe is proper to the body not the soule for even Corde vigilamus etiam cùm corpore dormimus Aug. de verb. dom Ser. 22. Isa 26. 19. then are we to be awake in soule when wee sleepe in body so dieth man in respect of his body not his soule Though the body rests and dwells in the dust of the earth yet doth not the soule so rest The dust that is the body returneth to the earth as it was and the Eccles 12. 7. spirit returneth unto God who gave it yea if the soule doe Anima quieti nunquam succedit Tertul. de anima not now sleepe whilst it is in the prison of the body much lesse shall it being freed therefrom As the soules of the godly are carried into heaven so Luk. 16. 22. are the soules of the ungodly into hell eithers bodyes in the meane time remaining in their graves As Cosimo the Florentine Hist Florent lib. 7. to some Rebels that sent him word they slept not answered that hee beleeved the same because their sleepe was taken from them So may it be affirmed of mens soules that as here they cannot sleepe so hereafter they cannot die 5. Sleepe though it bee of longer continuance with some then with others yet lasteth it not alwayes with any even the sluggard being at the length awaked or awaking therefrom so death must at the last restore her dead how long soever they have beene under the power and in the possession thereof For the trumpet shall 1 Cor. 15. 5 sound saith the Apostle and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed Agreeable hereunto is that of S Iohn And the sea gave Rev. 20. 13. up the dead which were in it and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them The difference between them Wherin th● differ in these 1. Though such as are asleepe may or shall awake yet doth not their awaking prove alike comfortable for Pharaohs Butler was restored and his Baker hanged according to Iosephs interpretation of their dreames So both the ungodly and the godly die yet doth not eithers death prove advantagious The houre is comming Ioh. 5. 28. in the which all that are in the graves shall heare the voyce of the Sonne of man and shall come forth they that have done good unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evill unto the resurrection of damnation Saith our Saviour himselfe All the ten virgins which slumbered as well the wise as the foolish arose but ●at 25. 7. ●● 12. the wise onely went in with the Bridegroome unto the mariage the others being excluded Depart from me ye cursed shall ●at 25. 34. ●● it be said unto the wicked on the day of judgement but unto the godly Come yee blessed of my Father Unto these death is not as death as having the Cor. 15. 56. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys ●● Heb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●rist sting thereof removed which is sinne but as a sweet sleep unto those it is otherwise even of fearfull things the most fearfull Those lose but these gaine thereby a palace for a prison rest for labour liberty for bondage God for men the company of Angels for the company of sinners and finally heaven for earth 2. As sleepe proveth unto many fatall wherein they die and from which they never rise so unto the ungodly the death of the body is a forerunner of that second death the death both of body and soule under which they shall lye world without end But it is not so unto Gods children Thereby is put an end unto all their miseries for they rest from Rev. 14. 13 their labours neither doe they hunger any more or thirst any more and all teares are wiped from their eyes Thereby are they freed from all sorts of Rom. 6. 7. sinnes for hee that is dead is freed from sinne thereby from the beeing of sinne from the infection of sinne from the guilt of sinne from temptations unto sinne from the authority dominion and rule of sinne from the imputation of sinne from the reward or dangerous effect and consequents of sinne and that wholly fully perpetually Thereby from all sorts of crosses Thereby from all sorts of feares Thereby from all sorts of cares In a word thereby freed from all sorts of evill past present and to come They lye downe in 〈◊〉 57. 1● sure and certaine hope of resurrection to eternall life Their ● Cor. 15. 42 ● 44. bodyes are sowne in corruption but raised in incorruption sowne in dishonour but raised in glory sowne in weaknesse but raised in power sowne naturall bodyes as many goe heavily to bed but raised spirituall bodyes when through the glorious beames of the Sunne of righteousnesse shining on them they shall fully recollect both their spirits and strength in all which respects that of Salomon may bee applyed unto them that Their day of death is better then the day wherein they were borne 3. As every

to his eye-lids untill he found out a place for the Lord an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob And such must ours bee at the Word if wee would have any communion with God in that sacred ordinance Jacob being Labans shepheard Gen 31. 40. and making conscience of his duty his sleepe by night departed from his eyes and assuredly so would sleepe depart from ours especially by day if we made conscience of hearing the Word 7. Vse the creatures sparingly both sleepe for what is said of drinking water may be said of this the more it is taken Quo plùs sunt po●ae plùs sitiu●tur aquae the more it is desired and meate and drinke for when men have over-liberally eate and drunke they are wont to bee heavie and drowsie ready to slumber as they sit fit for nothing but for sleepe Such excesse as it is a meanes even to drowne the mind and by casting reason and understanding into a deepe and deadly sleepe to make men unable to watch against the motions of sinne to shut the doore of the heart against all vertues and to set it open to all vices so much more stupifieth it the body Contrarily Sobrietie is an especiall Thes 5. 6. helpe to vigilancie which therefore the Apostles Pet. 4. 7. are usually wont to joyne together 8. Consider whither wee are going before whom to what end and who wee are To Gods house into the presence of the God of heaven to bee made partakers of the Word for the good of our soules wee being as of our selves of all others the most unworthy 9. Pray as for the Preacher that his lips may preserve Mal. 2. 7. knowlede he may be faithfull in delivering the whole Counsell Act. 20. 27. of God unto us and hee may powerfully and wisely speake to our consciences and the Word read or preached Rom. 1. 16. that it may bee unto us the power of God unto our salvation 2 Cor. 2. 16. the savour of life unto life and as good seed sowne in a good ground so for our selves and others that our eares may be attentive our eyes fixed on the Preacher our mindes bee opened to understand and our hearts and affections sanctified to obey the holy Word Ob. Ob. I cannot possibly spare so much time from my Calling as to thinke on these things or be thus prepared Sol. A. 1. As our Saviour unto Martha Martha Martha thou art carefull and troubled Luk. 10. 41 42. about many things but one thing is needfull and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not bee taken away from her so may I unto thee The soule is to bee preferred unto the body and thou art more carefull of this then that 2. Bodily exercise profiteth little but godlinesse is profitable unto all things having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come 3. Seeke ye first the kingdome of God and his righteousnesse 1 Tim. 4. 8. and all these things shall bee added unto you 4. Even in the doing of the workes of our Calling wee may both meditate pray resolve c. and so that bee no let to this 5. Wee omit not our bodily recreation notwithstanding the workes of our calling and why should we this 6. Wee take time to sinne and why should wee not take time to prevent sinne Sect. 2. When wee come to When wee come to Church Church wee must In Generall In generall 1. Take heed unto our affections which the Preacher signifieth by these words Keepe Eccles 5. 1● thy foot when thou goest to the house of God and be more ready to heare then to give the sacrifice of fooles 2. Get our eyes to bee anointed with eye-salve that we may see and our eares open that wee Rev. 3. 18. may heare Remembring that as God hath bestowed upon us eyes and eares so when wee are come into his house both must be set on worke As our eyes must bee seeing so must our eares bee hearing and obedient as we our selves swift to Iam. 1. 19. heare To this purpose is that so often reiterated phrase Hee that hath eares to heare let him Mat. 11. 15. heare Yea as it is usuall for one that is drowsie to wash and rub his eyes or that feeleth any impediments in his eares to picke them so when wee perceive drowsinesse to creepe on us at Church wee must then rouse up our selves 3. Bee possessed with Gods feare that wee may tremble at ●sa 66. 2. Sam. 4. 13. the Word As Eli whilst hee sate on a stoole by the way side watched because his heart trembled for the Arke of God So if when wee are at Church our hearts shall tremble in respect of our present danger through Satan wee shall be kept waking Nebuchadnezzar ●●n 2. 1. being troubled his sleepe went from him so were wee troubled for sinne or did stand in awe of God because of the same it would not fall on us Griefe and sorrow occasion Luk. 22. 44. Vigilabis si ti●mebis August● Timor domin● janitor animi● Ber. formido facit solicitudinem Ter. Psal 4. 4. Pro. 16. 6. sleepe but feare and care make vigilant and watchfull This is as a Porter set at the doore of our soule and will also keepe our eyes waking There is no affection more watchfull then this Stand in awe and sinne not yea as by this men depart from evill so shall wee through it from this of sleeping at Church This being kept fresh in our hearts will make us carefull to shunne and fearefull to doe ought that may offend him whom we feare In feare of invasion men are wont to keepe due watch and ward but when there is no such danger misdoubted like the men of Lachish they are the more Iudg. 18. 7. carelesse and secure and thereupon are often upon the sudden oppressed At the hearing of the Word wee are at all times in danger of the assaults of Satan there is then neither time nor place to sleepe thereat The Crane which is by the rest Franc. Senens de Ex●●ub vigil appointed for Sentinell holdeth in its foot a small stone whereby it may be kept awake and Alexander the Great held in the night a silver ball over a brazen bason that if he should sleepe by the sound thereof he might be awaked such a stone such a ball will Gods feare prove unto us to keepe us from Church-sleeping 4. Bee perswaded that the Scriptures to bee read or the Sermon ready to be uttered may doe us more good then all those we have yet heard Yea that they may be the last which we shall ever heare as that very houre the last of our lives As Miltiades his triumph hindered ●●tar Themistocles from sleeping So did we consider the benefit of the Word and duly weigh what good God may thereby convey into our soules as he hath done to