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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07675	A godly exhortation, by occasion of the late iudgement of God, shewed at Parris-garden, the thirteenth day of Ianvaris: where were assembled by estimation; aboue a thousand persons, whereof some were slaine; & of that number, at the least, as is crediblie reported, the thirde person maimed and hurt. Giuen to all estates for their instruction, concerning the keeping of the Sabbath Day. / by Iohn Field.	Field, John.	1583 (1583)	STC 10844.8; ESTC S92533	15,903	45

He that might haue been both iudge and accuser wil haue vs both to iudge and accuse our selues that we may vnderstande how greatly we haue displeased him And if our conscience pronounce againste vs is not God greater then our conscience If our owne heart condemne vs is not God greater then our heart We are wont to be partiall in our owne causes because our senses are dull to perceiue our own iniquities and yet he committeth this to our selues to the ende to drawe vs to speedy repentance True it is that our partialities though we would flatter our selues could be so impudent to do it that cannot stain his iudgementes but euen as he tooke away the hedge of his vineyard shewing him selfe a iust iudge in being auenged vpon their vnthankfulnes so he will deale with vs. That which he hath builded amongst vs he wil ouerthrow againe That which he hath compassed about from forrein force from oppression of enemies to keepe out vncleane beastes that he might haue receiued a large croppe he will lay open and waste The wall and tower shall be ouertourned within beastes dogges and hogges without shall fall vpon it deuour and trample it vnder their feete One stone shall bruise another the cloudes shall not raine to make it fruitful but to make it ranck with thorns briers O England repent thou that hast tasted of so many blessinges and yet hast prouoked God with so many sinnes O London repent thou that haste sit as a Lady Queen ouer thy neighbour Cities to whom the Lord hath giuen besides temporall blessinges these precious iewels sending thee many messengers to warne thee to preach vnto thee and to comfort thee but thou hast not regarded the day of thy visitation If thy hedge be taken awaye if thou be laide open and waste for thy horrible sinnes If the Lord plant his vineyeard in an other place a more fruitful soyle what shall be come of thee Is God more bound vnto thee then he was vnto his owne people Hast thou any greater priuiledge then they who were once so precious in his sight And if he spared not them will he spare thee that doest passe them in all abhominations they regarded not the holy commandementes of God to keep them and obserue them no more doest thou They were Idolaters and followed the Gods of the Nations euery one rearing vp an Idoll in his owne heart and following his owne will and so doest thou thou art as far from the true spirituall worshippe of God belonging to suche a maiestie euen as they were His precious name is prophaned abused euery where in swearing forswearing and lying thinking speaking and practising superstitiously wickedly of it And as for the Lordes Sabboth as in times past they did defile it did not consecrat it to God to reste from sinne and to followe his will but gaue him onely a ceremonial outward seruice defiled with following their owne willes euen so dost thou This day is the sabboth of the Lorde thy God that is to say a daye consecrated to his glorye wherein all solemne assemblies of Gods sayntes shoulde bee occupied in hearing his worde in giuing themselues to prayer in receiuing his sacraments in meditating of his wonderfull workes and putting in practise of holy duties but we contrarywise euen from the highest to the lowest break this Sabboth of the Lord our God whither we come or do not come to the place appointed For if we come wee come with prophane minds deuided from God for custom and fashions sake without any preparation for so spirituall a seruice there hearing we heare not to make any conscience to learne our duties to grow in knowledge and carefully to practise holy doctrines wee come as they did in the Prophets times with lame sacrifices hauing serued first our selues as they did in their solemne fasts We bowe down our heads like Bull rushes and perhaps haue torn garmentes wee put on the countenance of sorrowe and our faces are not annointed but there is in vs no sorrow that leadeth to repentaunce nor hearty turning vnto our God Wee come to sit before the ministers as the people then did before the prophets to heare the word preached as some pleasaunt song but when they haue sayde they haue done we go our wayes and they passe through our iudgementes but the worde is passed as a dreame And if these sinns be found in al sorts of our commers what shall we think of them that come not at all who through couetousnes and prophanation dispise these holy assemblies eyther following their wordly chaffaire and busines or else thinking that the sabboth is well ynough kept if they giue God some little peece thereof othersome i● they bee idle following their pleasures and wicked pastimes with al gréedines O Lord what shall become of these loose and sinnful dais Howe manye prophane persons are there in this realme both in City and Country that hauing taken a muster of all the holidays in the yeare vrge the keeping of them and wil loose no iot of tune that they may follow their vayn delights and yet know not truly how to keepe one holy or Sabboth day to the prayse and honour of God Both in Sommer and Winter they can finde occasions to bereaue themselues of spirituall comfortes eyther to runne out into the countrie with their bagges and bottels or els beeing at home to follow wicked exercises Euery dore hath his stake and the streetes are full of blazers of iniquitie There is gadding to al kind of gaming and there is no Tauerne or Alehouse if the drinke be strong that lacketh anye company There is no dycing house bowling alley or Theater that can be found emptie Those flagges of defiaunce against God and trumpets that are blowne to gather such company will sooner preuaile to fill those places then the preaching of the holy worde of God the Catechizing and instructing of Children and Seruauntes canne be to fill Churches Nothing can stoppe them from the same neyther feare of daunger losse of tyme corruption of maners infection of diseases expence of money suspi●ion of honestie and suche like But to the other where to they should come with great ioye and cheerefully as to the house of the Lord nothing in a maner can allure or draw them neyther theire owne necessitie the sweetnes and comforte of true doctrine the reformation of maners the holynesse and obedience that by the grace of God is wrought in his Children by such exercises nor the hope and assuraunce it selfe of fayth and saluation Here three pence sixe pence a shilling or two a quarter is a great matter and a wonderfull burthen much humming and hawing about it but poundes and hundreds can be well ynough afforded in following these least plesures euery dore hath a payment and euery Gallerie maketh a yearely stipend Euery dog hath a coller euery Beare a prise Here is no feare of infection nor anie inconuenience