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A69170	Salomons pest-house, or tovvre-royall Nevvly re-edified and prepared to preserue Londoners with their families, and others, from the doubted deluge of the plague. Item, a laudable exercise for those that are departed, or shall depart out of the city into the country, to spend their time till they returne. A handfull of holy meditations vsefull and requisite for Gods people ... By the reuerend, learned, and godly diuine I.D. preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is added Mr Hollands admonition, and Mr Phaers prescription for bodily physicke. Also, London looke-backe: a description or representation of the great and memorable mortality an. 1625. in heroicke matchlesse lines, by A.H. of Tr. Colledge in Cambridge.	I. D., preacher of Gods word.; Holland, Henry, 1583-1650? Spirituall preservatives against the pestilence.; Houssemaine, Nicolas de, d. 1523. Régime contre la peste.; Holland, Abraham, d. 1626. London looke-backe.; Phayer, Thomas, 1510?-1560.	1630 (1630)	STC 6176; ESTC S117096	52,379	80

keepeth vs from the Princes court Let not feare keepe vs from the court of heauen Nehem 2● Nehemiah although hee held the cup to the King yet how fearefull hee was to make a request vnto him But as for you O ye righteous soules feare yee not O you little flocke for it is your fathers pleasrue to giue you a Kingdome Luk. 12. Further in time of contagion not only the court but also the other cities townes and villages will not often lodge them that come from contagious places either the Lord of the soile or the magistrate of those places forbidding it but as for that heauenly Ierusalem and the Lord of the liuing thervnto euery one may resort the Lord and magistrate of heauen doth not interdict it Dauid cried vnto the Lord and said thou art my portion in the land of the liuing Psal 142.5 At Rome the housen of the Aediles were alwaies open for all men that they might resort thither to haue their causes heard and so is the house of the Lord for the afflicted soules In some places there are appointed as I my selfe haue seene watchmen with halbards to aske the passengers from whence they come and sometimes to keepe out those that come from infected places but in our going to this place we need not to haue such feare for as Chrysostome saith Hic non est miles assistens qui expellat here there is no Sergiant or Soldier to keepe thee out If the cities of the earth shut their gates before thee thou canst not enter As for that heauenly Ierusalem it is not lockt and although it were prayer as Augustine speaketh is a key to open heauen to bring thee to the presence of God Serm. 226. detemp the Towne and Villages in times of infection although they receiue some yet they will not harbour many and often there is no place for multitudes but so is it not with the name of Iehouah with this strong tower it is not like vnto the bulwarkes of mortall men into the which if too many enter they will hinder one another this fortresse can receiue millions and millions without any impediment Further the temple is also interdicted to the infected for they are commanded by the magistrate to keepe their housen for a time or if they come they are entreated to sit a side but the Lords holy temple aboue in heauen is not forbidden vnto the infected nor to any man it is lawfull for them to go thither and pray and that with the successe of Dauid Psal 18. In my trouble I did call vpon the Lord and cried vnto my God and he heard my voyce out of his Temple 6. A place neere vnto the Citie Sixtly some make a choyse in the plague time of a place which is neere whereunto they may easily goe without any great trouble or cost the name of the Lord is such a place compendious to cut off vnnecessarie labours yee need not to runne farre the Lord is neere as the Prophet speaketh to all them that call vpon him neither will it cost vs any thing mony or merites intercession of friends or gifts Poore men yee that want friendes or money and therefore cannot prouide your selues a place be not dismaide behold here is a place which will cost you nothing It is a place whereunto we may go at all times at dinner time and at supper as Chrysostome speaketh in the day time and at mid-night in thy health and in thy sicknesse the sicke man may ly downe vpon his bed and goe vnto it and when with King Ezekiah he cannot vse the feet of the flesh yet may he vse the feet of the spirit In a moment we can flie thither for as soone as we haue finished our prayer we are alreadie come to this place and to the Lord of this soyle our prayer and God meeting one another in heauen as Iesus Christ and the woman at the Well Ioh. 4. As for earthly places whereunto men resort either they are far off vneasie to goe vnto and that with trouble and cost or expences sometimes we are stopped we must haue Warrants and Certificates of the Parish Church-wardens that our house is not infected before we can be admitted all this trouble we need not in the time of plague in our going to the name of the Lord nothing will stop vs the bodily plague shall be no impediment for wee haue a warrant that we may passe the King of heauen his warrant in the 50. Psalme Call vpon me c. The warrant of the infected and therefore this place is better then the earthly where the fearefull sonnes of men dwell which feare the apparrel houshold-stuffe yea and thy letters I know nothing then to stop our passage but the plague of the soule as the Lord of this soyle telleth vs in the 2. Cor. 6.17 Touch none vncleane thing and I will receiue you Obiection But I heare the weake conscience obiect I am infected with the plague of the soule and therefore it is not lawfull for me to call vpon the name of the Lord it is for the righteous as Salomon speaketh but alas I am vnrighteous and how can I therefore go vnto this strong tower The answer is Answer for thy comfort O weake conscience that Salomon speaketh not of them that are righteous by their owne righteousnesse but by the righteousnes of Christ Iesus such are all the faithful in whose mortall bodies the plague of sin doth not remaine their infirmities being healed by Dauids Physician Psal 103. If yee desire a certificate thereof you haue the Gospell subscribed and sealed by God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost If yee desire a witnesse ye haue a threefold witnesse The spirit the water and the bloud 1. Ioh. 5.8 7. A place where we may haue a Physician Lastly wee make choyse of such places where if need be we may haue good Physicians for we esteeme it a great miserie to be destitute of a good Physician and of meanes to helpe vs in our neede The place of refuge whereunto Dauid fled and wee also ought to flie following his direction hath the best Physician which is both in heauen or earth God the Father King Dauids Physician who hath both health and sicknesse life and death in his power to dispose of them for our good and saluation knocke therefore boldly with the hand of prayer and repentance at the gate of his mercie and thrust in his hands both thy life and health And thus much for the qualities and properties of the place To pray for others is also requisite Further we haue to obserue that Dauid went not to this place of refuge alone but with his whole family for he prayed with the Elders of the people for the people and for the deliuerance of his whole kingdome Herein imitate King Dauid remember in thy prayer thy whole family and the state of the whole kingdome the Tribe of Iudah and

for that hee is a place of refuge three things are able to prooue First the witnes of God himselfe second the confession of the righteous third the word running here vsed by king Salomon As for the Lord he doth attribute vnto himself this name by the pen of the holy Ghost calling himselfe a secret place Psal 91.1 a throne of Grace Heb. 4.16 a refuge Psal 9 9 a fortresse Psal 18 2. a strong tower and such like more Secondly this is the confession of the righteous Of Dauid the father in diuers places Psal 18 2. The Lord is my fortresse and my refuge and in the 32.7 Thou art my secret place and compassest me about with ioyfull deliuerance and so Psal 94 22. This is also the confession of the sonne in this place and of all the Saints of God vnto whose confessions I referre you as they are set down by the holy Ghost in the booke of God Thirdly the word runneth implieth as much which giueth me entrance to the second point opening vnto vs the feet which we need to goe vnto this place the which if ye are desirous to know The feet to carry vs thither they are two in number Faith and Praier Faith the first for if by faith we stand 2 Cor. 1 24. by faith we may also goe to the Lord who is faithfull Now how could we goe vnto him by the feete of prayer if wee did not beleeue in him Rom. 10.14 The second is prayer a spirituall legge to beare vs thither noted by Salomon making mention of running by Ionah speaking of comming Chap. 2 ver 7. And my prayer came vnto thee in thine holy temple By the Apostle when he speaketh of going let vs therefore goe vnto the throne of grace Heb. 4.16 Lastly by the holy Ghost vsing this word Climbing Apoc. 8.4 Both the name of the place which is appointed for vs to goe vnto and the spirituall legs which the Lord hath giuen vs to carry vs thither doe preach vnto the sonnes of men the admirable goodnes mercy of the Lord toward them In this world we are as pilgrims Psal 119. hauing here no continuing Citie Heb. 13.14 and while we are at home in the body wee are absent from the Lord. 2. Cor. 5.6 In which pilgrimage Many are the troubles of the righteous Psal 34. O the great goodnes of the Lord then that hee hath giuen vs feete to come vnto him and made himsefe a place of refuge for vs in all our troubles which goodnesse is comfortable vnto the faithfull for as it is a comfort vnto the pilgrim shepheard or souldier to haue in the heate of the day a place of refuge to refresh their wearied members So likewise what a comfort is it for you O afflicted soules in the heat of your afflictions to haue the name of Iehouah for a sacred Sanctuarie the Lord is not like vnto the Princes of the earth who desire not to be molested with the requests of their distressed subiects It is a ioy to the wearied student that he may sometime come home to his fathers house recreate himselfe Into this world the Lord hath sent vs as in an Vniuersitie which although it is farre off from our fathers house yet the Lord hath giuen vs spirituall feet by which in a moment wee can ascend vnto our fathers house and recreate there our wearied spirits This world is a waste desart if wee neede any thing here are the legges by which speedily we may runne to this place and prouide our selues If the Lord hath cast vs downe vpon our beds and that wee cannot vse the feet of our bodies behold he hath giuen vs other feet to vse in stead of these King Ezekiah visited with the plague could not vse the feet of the flesh but with the feet of the spirit went vnto this place known vnto him by the name of Iehouah Ionah is locked vp in a prison in the belly of the Whale the Lords prison and cannot stirre himselfe and yet by the vertue of these feet out of the depth he ascendeth to the holy temple of Iehouah The hose to put on Now that these feet may be able to beare vs thither and that they may not faile vs in our voyage they must put on the hose of faith and as the Apostle speaketh our feet must be shod with the preparation of the Gospell of peace And as the feet to that Image of Daniel were part of yron Eph 6.15 part of clay which the Prophet expoundeth partly strong partly weake or broken Dan 2 42. So the feet of our prayers are according to the hosen wherewith they are couered if they put on feare and distrustfulnesse they will be shiuering and sinking downeward of clay weake and impotent if they put on faith and confidence in the mercies of God they will be feet of yron strong stable and firme keeping vs vpright and will carrie vs to the very throne of grace A dirction to know the way Further as they that depart into the Countrey if they know not the way to the place whereunto they goe must haue a guide or a direction because they should not erre So in the going to this place because there are so many false guides and directions the Lord himselfe hath giuen vs a Card of direction to lead vs thereunto the witnesse of his holy word written and sealed that can neuer deceiue vs. As the fierie pillar in the desart shewed the way vnto the Israelites So this word of the Lord is a fierie pillar vnto vs in the darke desart of this world to shew vs the way to that heauenly Canaan it is the lanthorne vnto our feete and a light to our pathes Luk. 12.35 Psal 105. and therefore according to the direction of our Sauiour Let our ioynes be girded and let vs beare in our hands this shining light The right or interest which the faithfull haue to this place Fourthly to go to this place it is necessarie to know what right or interest we haue in it In the places whereunto men betake their selues in the time of plague either they haue some right or interest there because they are their owne or because they haue some friends or acquaintance there that will receiue them or lastly because they haue either hired or purchased a house So likewise vnto the name of Iehouah the place where we ought to goe in the time of plague as also at all other times we haue a speciall right and interest First because it is our owne for he is our God and our Lord not by nature but by gift and donation Secondly there we haue acquaintance and our best friends God our father Christ our brother the holy Ghost our comforter Thirdly because we haue purchased it not we our selues by corruptible gold or by our merites but Christ for vs by his precious blood hath obtained this place of refuge for vs in our troubles Dauid 1. Chro.

There was neuer affliction or sore so great but the hand of that Physician hath beene able to matter it the least finger of his right hand being of more puissance then the whole arme of flesh His will and promise Psal 91.1 Ioel. 2.32 Iam 5.15 Eccle. 31.9 Matth. 7.7 Ioh. 14.13 The King of heauen is not like vnto the Princes of the earth or vnto that Philip of Macedon who answered vnto the widow comming in his Court to him to be heard I am not at leisure vnto which also shee answered iustly then be not a King any longer for seeing that he hath promised it he is also willing his promise being signed with the finger of the holy Ghost and sealed with the blood of his beloued and annoynted Neither is he like vnto him Matth. 7. who answered trouble me not my doores are shut the gate of heauen is alwayes open for vs. God reuoketh not his promise as King Salomon 1. Reg. 2.20.21.23 Aske my mother for I will not say thee nay and yet behold how this time is changed Adoniah hath spoken this word against his owne life of the Lords promise wee need not doubt but with Dauid boldly we may speake Psal 86.7 In the day of my trouble I will call vpon thee for thou wilt heare me Thirdly His goodnesse mercie and liberalitie which is so great that he giueth meat to the yong rauens which call vpon him Psal 147.9 Doubt not then but that hee will heare the supplications of men whom he hath made a little lower then the Angels to crowne them with glorie aboue other creatures Psal 8.56 Let therefore saith Augustine thy prayer ascend and Gods mercie will descend shall wee distrust his goodnesse who is rich to all that call vpon him Rom. 10.12 Or shall we suspect his bountifulnesse which powreth out plentifully his blessings vpon all flesh Rom. 8.32 And although we haue offended him yet our offences will not stop his mercies Men when they haue done any good turne to any if they bee neuer so little offended they cast men in the teeth with the benefits they haue done them and vpbraid them with the good turnes they haue shewed wherefore men are loath to make request to such for any thing If wee goe vnto the Lord we shal not meete with one that is of such a disposition and nature Iam. 1.5 he as the Apostle speaketh reproacheth no man nor keepeth his anger for euer Psal 103.9 The willingnesse mercie and goodnesse of the Prince to haue vs maketh vs also willing to goe to him who more willing then he that is our Father our Sauiour then he that hath suffered for vs scoffings spittings bands stripes and death it selfe Neuer lap of the mother hath beene so open to her babes as the bowels of Gods compassions are open to the righteous Harken to this yee faint spirits be strengthened yee weake hands and feeble knees receiue this comfort that he hath deliuered he doth deliuer hee yet will and can deliuer I ende this point with the 13.14 and 15. verses of the 10. Chapter of the Epistle to the Romanes wherein behold a singular and compendious gradation As they that would come to King Salomon sitting vpon his throne were faine to runne vp sixe staires for his throne was mounted vnto by sixe staires so the perfection and consummation of man going to the throne of the true Salomon Iesus Christ ascendeth and ariseth by sixe degrees the highest and the happiest staires being inuocating and sauing prayer and deliuerance These are then the fiue reasons by which wise Christians ought to be guided I imitate King Dauid only resorting to the wings of the Lords fauour And herein we should be wise if we leuel our hearts and affections at the very right center and marke of prayer which is the name of Iehouah alone and the period or scope in whom our requests must end Fiue sorts of men erring in the going to this place But alas there are fiue sortes of men which make choice of other places reiecting the wisedome of Dauid the counsell of the spirituall Physicians and the practise to the Saints of God going a crooked a circular and endlesse way not towards the marke nor with a right foot as the Apostle speaketh Gal. 2. The first kind flie first to the helpe of mortall man and with Asa make speed to the bodily Physician to the confections of Arte or to the purer ayre not once mindfull of this place but when all helpes faile them and that the Lord sendeth his Sergiant and heauenly Pursiphant to arrest them then they returne to runne to this place What name shall we giue you O yee of little faith but the name of weake Christians Put not your trust in the sonne of man for there is no helpe in him Psal 146. There is a second sort which runne onely to the ordinarie creatures deriding the name Iehouah yea denying that there euer hath beene or is yet at this present such a place to be found wh●…eunto the righteous is preserued such as Dauid describeth in the 10. Psalme 3.4 Which seeke not God but contemne him and thinke they shall neuer be mooued O yee meere Atheists what name deserue you but that name which the Lord himselfe giueth you Psal 14.1 the name of fooles If Cain hath beene ●…ct●d because hee offered an vnworthie sacrifice what deserue they that offer none at all The third sort runne to a place whose name is Hell seeking to Sathan and his artes gadding to the woman of Endor or to the Idoll of Ekron as Saul as Nero as Iulian Returne returne O yee wretched and bewitched sonnes of men with the name of deuillish idolaters The fourth sort seeketh to dwell vnder the protection and assurance of their merites and good workes but these alas as Bernard writeth on the 91. Psalme are ill lodged and haue a poore Tabernacle the diuell hath soone blowen that away The last sort are the superstitious Papists who in the time of plague runne to the house of the Spider to be preserued to stickes and stones mettals and papers Angels and Saints and principally to Saint Sebastian for as euery sicknesse disease hath his Apothecarie and Physician among them So the plague hath Saint Sebastian vnto whom with their families they runne to bee preserued That execrable Psalter of the Virgine Marie compiled by them maketh her to be this secret place whereunto wee ought to runne the prayer of Dauid which he made being visited with the plague Psal 38. is blasphemously abused in this maner O Lady rebuke me not in thine anger neither chastise me in thy wrath The 91. Psalme is in the like maner abused Who so dwelleth in the secret of the blessed Virgin c. But O ye blind seducers of soule it may be first a chalenge vnto you all that neither Dauid Iob or Ezechiah visited with the plague went to Cherub or Seraphin Gabriel or Raphael Abraham or Moses whom