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A46841 The Lords loud call to England: being a true relation of some late, various, and wonderful judgments, or handy-works of God, by earthquake, lightening, whirlewind, great multitudes of toads and flyes; and also the striking of divers persons with sudden death, in several places; for what causes let the man of wisdome judge, upon his serious perusal of the book it self. Also of the strange changes, and late alterations made in these three nations. As also of the odious sin of drinking healths, with a brief of Mr. Pryns solid arguments against it, and his epistle to the late King Charls, to redress it. Published by H.J. a servant of Jesus the Christ, and lover of peace and holiness. Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663. 1660 (1660) Wing J694; ESTC R202635 27,503 45

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Schollar of Oxford is certified by the Oxford Carrier That Mr. Glendal also one of the chief Actors in the Play is since dead Of the sudden dreadful Death of the Clerks Daughter at 〈◊〉 in Glocester-shire 〈◊〉 the third just a neek before Whitsunday 1660. AT a meeting there on that day were many met B. Collet and B. Collings gifted brethren from Burton on the water and divers others thence and from Stow and other places It was 〈◊〉 about that some of the County Troop would then come and seize upon them and Imprison some and rout them all The Clerks Daughter came with her Mother who had opposed and reviled them uttering hard 〈◊〉 against them and their meetings and ways and these two stood by in a corner When they came B. Collet was in exercise speaking upon Iude 14 and 15. verses with much affection being a 〈◊〉 humble tender hearted man upon these words Behold the Lord cammeth with ten thousand of his Saints to execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are ungodly amongst them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him Whilst he was preaching upon these words the hand of the LORD of HOSTS went out against that Daughter as it appeared for she gave a sudden great Schrich and fell down dead before them all Those that were about her rubbed and chafed her for her restoring but there was no appearance of Life at all B. Collet was much affected with this hand of the Lord and looked pale being of a very tender spirit B. Collins seeing it was about to seek the Lord for raising her up again but her Mother being much out of 〈◊〉 hindred their prayers for her and she never 〈◊〉 As some were carrying her corps out in the passage out Mr. H. met them who led that party of the Troop and 〈◊〉 came in and would have them away Prisoners And he charged 〈◊〉 with the death of the Maid that they had killed her 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 answered to this effect Nay we have not killed her but the Most High hath done it in whose hand is both your 〈◊〉 and ours After he had pulled the speakers towards the door and spake more to them He and the 〈◊〉 left them Since this time the Clerk hath spoke well of that people saying these are the people of God And since this so remarkable hand of the Lord there hath been much peace and freedom from molestation in their Meetings in those parts to hear Iohn 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 Market place and other places The Maids sudden death having been but two days before his going down to preach in those parts Of the great number of 〈◊〉 in Glocestershire 〈◊〉 Midsummerday 1660. A Company of Christians going to a meeting and at their private meeting at Fairford in Glocestershire which is about four miles on this side Cirencester called Ciceter on the 24. of Iune 1660. Being the first day of the week they were much abused by some of that Town in a rude manner The Lord of the Manor there stood looking on and did not in the least suppress the rude multitude but appeared rather to countenance them In the Evening of that same 24 day there was seen coming up from the Mill-lane great multitudes of small Toads they that saw them said that there might have been taken up many Cowls full of them And as they were going they divided themselves into two bodies First one Body or Division of them went to the Lord of the Mannors house which was about one Acers Length from the place where they were first seen They come up through his Orchard and went under 〈◊〉 Gate into the inward court and some did indeavour to prevent their coming into his house but could not though they killed many of them They 〈◊〉 into his Kithin and Cellar and the next morning there went an honest man to the house about business and did see the servants looking on them and took notice of them that they lay thick on the ground and being smal judged they were many thousands of them And Secondly The other Body or Division of the Toads went to a Iustice of the peace his house a little way off and went into his Barn to his amazement there being by providence also an honest man the next morning who saw the Toads in great abundance and heard the Iustice say that it was a judgment upon them for suffering the boyes to abuse those honest men in the Town and no man can tell whence these Toads came About a Fortnight after in the same Town these Christians were again sorely abused and the next Friday fortnight after there appeared in the Lord of the Manors Orchard a great swarme of Flyes about the bigness of Caddus Flies with long wings they that saw them said they might have taken up baskets of them and the same day also an honest Christian man saw the Lord of the Mannors Garden covered with these Flies in heaps like unto swarms of Bees After there had been in many about 〈◊〉 Reading and 〈◊〉 great noyse of these Toads or Frogs some went from London purposely to inquire at Fairford the truth hereof And some that came to Fairford found some that knew thereof very backward to speak of it it seemed lest these great men there should be offended some saying they saw then not but some being urged that they ought to prefer the glory of God above all and being asked and urged about it there was at last 〈◊〉 as much in effect as is above recited Some went to see the place where they had met that were so disturbed by the rude boyes and other people and they found how all the windows were battered down Also some of those that went to inquire at Fairford were credibly informed that a Minister of a place within about a mile or two of that place that by his inveiyng against these people that met at Fairford stird 〈◊〉 some of the people against them that so abused them dyed suddenly after 〈◊〉 The truth of the substance of the relation about the 〈◊〉 and those Flyes is credibly certified by 〈◊〉 persons Though some would obscure the works 〈◊〉 the Lord Of the Earth-quake in France on Munday Iune 〈◊〉 1660. Part of a Letter to a Merchant in London dated at Bourdeaux in France at his house there Iune 14 4 1660. Translated from French into English for H. I. SIR ON Munday the 〈◊〉 of this present month Iune at three a clock in the Morning God brought it so about that the Earth quaked some twelve or thirteen Leagues round about this City And this very City was attached therewith by two shakings as if it would Elevate it into the Skye The Bells of St. Sirrir by it sounded did dering with full voice The Castle of Cadillacque where was the Duke of 〈◊〉 their Governor shaked in a strange fashion and Baxat's City also where