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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00175	Fire from heauen. Burning the body of one Iohn Hittchell of Holne-hurst, within the parish of Christ-church, in the county of South-hampton the 26. of Iune last 1613. who by the same was consumed to ashes, and no fire seene, lying therein smoaking and smothering three dayes and three nights, not to bequenched [sic] by water, nor the help of mans hand. VVith the lamentable burning of his house and one childe, and the grieuous scorching of his wife: with the birth of a monster, and many other strange things hapning about the same time: the like was neuer seene nor heard of. / Written by Iohn Hilliard Preacher of the word of life in Sopley. Reade and tremble. With the fearefull burning of the towne of Dorchester vpon friday the 6 of August last 1613.	Hilliard, John	1613 (1613)	STC 13507.3; ESTC S116587	14,244	56

to remaine within the Towne God open our eyes that we may behold these things aright and mollifie our hearts good Lord we beseech thee that we may repent as we ought And although I will not particularize the vnaturall proportions of that Monster yet I obserue that it wanted lippes to teach vs as I suppose that we want sanctified lippes to glorifie the powerfull name of our gratious God Moreouer it wanted the place of euacuation by meanes whereof the body could not be exonerate or clensed of the excrements To teach that whatsoeuer pretence or shew we make of Religion outwardly yet the filth of sin remaineth still within because there wanteth true Repentance in vs whereby our soules might be clensed in the bloud of Iesus Christ Truly I am perswaded that in this Towne and the parts adioyning where these Iudgements fell there is as much sinne raigning as there is in a greater parte of the kingdome besides but I beseech God of his infinite mercy that his long suffering of our sinnes be not an occasion that we plucke his feirce wrath vpon our heads which we daylie goe about prouoking him to anger that will not be tempted so vngratefull are we and so gratious is he I doubt the same sentence wil be pronounced against vs which our Sauiour vsed saying Woe vnto Carazaine woe vnto Bethsaida it is better for Tire and Sidon then for them at the dreadful day of the Lord. A seueare sentence pronounced by a mercifull Iudge who will doubtles in a more dreadfull time not onely vtter the like words against vs but will cast vs into vtter darkenes where shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth except that of his infinite goodnes and great mercie he call vs home to repentance Could the people of Israel tremble at the voice of the Lord when he talked with Moses insomuch that they accorded to all his lawes and ordinances which were giuen them so that they might not indure his presence and dare we the off-scum of the earth rebell against our Creator so obstinately that neither signes the word nor wonders can conuert vs doe we not remember the benigne blessings which he promiseth that our land shal be fertile our fruites shall increase our foes shall flye before vs c. if we please him serue him and keepe his commandements neither doe we feare his heauie wrath and horrible curse which he threatneth to the contrarie if we transgresse his precepts and breake his ordinances saying thy Wife shal be widdow thy land barren thou shalt flie when none followe thee and feare without cause famine shall confound thee warre shall waste thy countrie and hunger so assaile thee that the after-birth of thy wife shall serue for thy foode O terrible dreadfull and heauie wrath of God but more monstrous filthie and vglie hearts haue we that imbrace the blessings when we deserue cursings reape good where we sowe euill and yet cannot afforde thankes to the sender of all thinges who giueth liberallie and casteth no man in the teeth Doe we not know that he is of power to turne our Heauen into brasse and our earth into Iron or are we ignorant that if it please him not to bring foraine force vpon vs yet he can plague vs by our freinds send Grashoppers to spoile our groundes Frogs to fellow vs whethersoeuer we flie Caterpillers to consume our fruite in the blossome or Raine to rot our Corne and Grasse when it is readie for the haruest or that he can send Lice to liue by our flesh and Mice in such multitudes that neither power nor pollicie can keepe them from vs for thereby he shewes his omnipotencie not in a huge armie of enemies but in a mightie arme with the weakest of his creatures Hath he not sent famine to Samaria so that a little Doues doung was worth fiue pence an Asses head sold for fourescore shillings destruction to Ierusalem so sharpe that the mother was faine to eate her Babe to satisfie her hunger Fier and Brimstone to Sodome and Gomorrah a deluge ouer the olde world with infinite other Citties that he hath iustlie plangued for their iniquities and we thinke to escape that haue not onlie practised to be perfect in their sinnes but dailie studie to deuise new offences The times we sée haue almost changed their natures and our Sommer become euen a Winter yet nothing can prouoke vs to repent O stife-necked people put on sackcloth with Nineuie leaue pride and fall to prayers let Saule become Paule cease to oppresse and turne to preach let euerie man amend one so shall we all doe well at the last and seeing the spirit in the faithfull is willing but the flesh weake and blinde in heauenly thinges let vs beseech our heauenlie Father in continuall prayers that by his holie spirit he will daylie more and more increase and strengthen our weake and féeble faith And therefore we heartely desier thee O eternall Father that thou wilt not vtterlie breake vs though we bowe not as we should neither deale with Iustice though we doe not our duties according to thy will but keepe vs good Lord in thy wel beloued sonne illuminate our mindes with thy holie spirit by which we may be prepared to all good workes in the holinesse and newenesse of life that so with Paule wée may desire to leaue this wicked world and to be with Christ and so in the comming of the Lord being found readie with Oyle in our Lampes and adorned with our wedding garmentes we may finde entrance into the Lords marriage which thou for thy deare sonne and his beloued spouse the Church hast prepared and appointed from the beginning of the world To thee therefore O holy Father and to thine onlie begotten Sonne Iesus Christ and to the Holy Spirit our comforter be all praise honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen LAVS DEO Hereunto is anexed THE LAMENTABLE AND FEAREFVLL BVRNING OF THE TOWNE OF DORchester vpon the 6. of August last 1613. IF this dolorous discourse aforesaid of Gods fiery iudgement written by master Hilliard late hapning in Hampshire haue any whit penetrated the reader with remorse I am here presumingly bolde without disparagement to the Author to adde vnto his booke a second sorrow to our country a sodaine calamity late befalne vpon the towne of Dorchester in the West of England the heauy newes whereof euen strikes trembling hearts of people that so famous a Towne and the onely store-house of those parts for Marchantly commodities should in lesse then foure and twentie houres be ruinated by this great commaunding Element cosuming fier Dorchester as it is well knowne is one of the principall places of traffick for westerne marchants by which meanes it grew rich and populous beautified with many stately buildings and faire streetes flourishing full of all sorts of tradesmen and artificers plenty with aboundance reuelled in her boasom maintained with a wise and ciuill gouerment to the well deseruing commendation of the