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A94270	Teratologia: or, a discovery of Gods vvonders, manifested in former and modern times by bloudy raine, and vvaters: vvith other prodigious occurences, being intimations of the divine displeasure; but withall, most gracious invitations to repentance. With certaine uses that a wise Christian will, and every Christian ought to make thereof. / By J. S.	J. S.	1650 (1650)	Wing S94; Thomason E612_16; ESTC R206493	17,511	27

Field and Battail Conditions of peace were tendered and on both sides received Articles drawn and Sworn unto by them and th' other party the Christian takes the Gospel and the Turk the Alcoran The Turk hereupon drawes off being confident of Christian fidelity and away he goes Bonfin de reb Ungar l. 6. dec 3. p. 462. c. Being gone some few dayes Journey the Army under the Command of Uladislaus by the perswasion of Julian the Popes Legat break their Faith with the Turk taking certain Townes contrary to the Agreement solemnly made and sworne to Whereof the Turk though farre remote being given to understand with all possible speed returnes to Varna in the confines of Mysia neer to which place Uladislaus his Forces lay Both Armies met againe and without any further dispute fall on A great slaughter was made on both sides but especially in the Turkish till Amurath at the length fearing the losse of the day drew out of his Bosome the Articles of true concluded upon between him and the Christians and lifting up his eyes towards Heaven with the writing in his hand he thus brake forth Haec sunt inquit ingeminans Jesu Christi foedera c. These these saith he are the Convenants which thy Christians have made with me by thy Divine power they have solemnly Sworne and violated their Faith given under thy Name they have treacherously denyed their own God Now O Christ if thou be a God as they say and that we are in an Errour revenge I beseech thee here in this place the wrongs done both to thee and me and manifest to those that as yet have not known thy holy name the punishments due for breach of Faith These words were scarcely out of the Turks mouth but presently an alteration appeared in the Battail downe went the Christians formerly successefull and victorious apace and the King slaine they fled with a very great losse even the losse of many thousands of their lives on the sudden O the incomparable wisdome impartiall justice and irresistable power of our God! See his ears are open to an Infidell calling upon him for justice he respects no mans person but where evill is committed punishment shall be repaid assuredly and how soon he can doe it he hath made sufficiently known Should I not be tedious to the Reader I could tell him how God delivered from Famishment and the Sword the poor Rocheleers in the yeer 1573 and how quickly he did it making them able after that bloudy Massacre to hold out against all the power of the French that Besieged and endeavoured to stop all provision from them And how did he bring it to passe why even thus De statu religionis in regno Galliae Comment fol. 106. He sent a certain kind of fish never seen nor heard of before they called them Surdones that every day presented themselves during the Siege near the shoar to be made use of By which means the people being nourished untill they had made their conditions of peace with the Army and they removing the Fishes also departed that very same day saith mine Author Eighty eight we must all remember with thankfull hearts what haste God made to come in to the relief of his people and the suddaine cessation of the great Plague must never be forgotten but must be acknowledged to be his alone work so easie and ready is his eare to heare a Prayer though weak and to take notice of but a very little humiliation and how quickly he is able to bring to passe his own work be it never so great we see Let then this be our comfort we have found God willing and able to help at any need let us make much of such a friend whilst he may be had and by all means decline that thing whatsoever it be pleasure or profit and shun it with detestation that may hazard the losse of him And let us take notice by the way that there is no wound no plague hath ever fallen upon a people from these supreme powers but by occasion of wounds first received Which being so Let us then in the next and last place goe on with a use of reproof wherein I shall and doe much blame such persons as let goe the reines to all kindes of licentiousnesse and vicious living taking no care to mortifie sin in the flesh Rom. 8.13 but wholly to live after the flesh and as much as in them lieth quenching the spirit also Crucifying as I may say the Son of God afresh and wounding at almost every word 1 Thes 5.19 Heb. 6.6 the Majesty of the High God of Heaven and Earth by their cursed and never till of late heard of hellish Oaths and Imprecations Bloud and Wounds are become complements in ordinary language and communication passing off without passion or any commotion or provocation inducing thereunto And so common hath this wicked and most unchristian kind of speaking been amongst us thanks to the Parliament for their pious Act against it that almost no notice at all hath been taken of it Upon this too too common miscarriage of men in these unhappy times I shall make bold to re-assume and repeat my precedent Theame namely Cavenda superna vulnera Heed and great beed indeed there being very great cause should be taken that the powers above be not wounded namely this way by our carelesse inconsiderate and rebellious words and actions If he shall not be guiltlesse and God declares he shall not that but only takes his name in Vain that is without due reverence Oh then what shall become of him that studies to find out new Oathes to blaspheme and dishonour his Name If for every idle word that a man speaks Mat. 12.36 an accompt will be exacted at the last day as our Saviour hath foretold us Oh then let the presumptuous and profane Swearer lay this to heart and know that without timely repentance sad and fearfull will be the account that he must give at that Great and to the Wicked that most terrible appearance If lastly one erring thought be of that dangerous consequence that puts a man to the hazard of his salvation as S. Peter in that case of Simon Magus doth seeme to imply and which Act. 8.22 to subdue and to bring into Captivity to the obedience of Christ 2 Cor. 10.5 as S. Paul tells us was a part of his spirituall task or warfare What then may such a one expect that all his life long doth cherish evill thoughts without controll giving way and consent to their operation the product whereof is nothing but blasphemy and horrible transgression 'T is to me indeed a wonder to hear so many men that came to the Church sort themselves as good Christians amongst the Congregation hear the Word of God preached and partake of the Ordinances and the means appointed for every mans convoy and direction to eternall happinesse Yet in their common converse and discourse

TERATOLOGIA OR A DISCOVERY OF GODS VVONDERS Manifested in former and modern times by Bloudy Raine and VVaters VVith other prodigious Occurrences being intimations of the Divine Displeasure but withall most gracious Invitations to REPENTANCE With certaine Vses that a wise Christian will and every Christian ought to make thereof By J. S. Fluunt multa ignaris mortalibus occultis quibusdum rerum causis mala bonaque agentibus astris nobis saepenumerò patent sed dum observare piget omnia casum facimus neque prudentiae ministerio industriâ consiliorum vel propensa numina invitamus vel minantis rabiem poti excludimus Marin Bartetius de vita gest Scanderbegi l. 9. fol. 163. LONDON Printed for Nath Brooks at the Angell in Cornhill 1650. To the READER IF my memory fail me not I have read but sure I am I have credibly heard of a certain Creature that lives upon the water so foolishly suttle that upon the apprehension of any approaching danger for security hastens away and hides its head in an hole thinking belike thereby that all is safe when the head cannot be seen How neer this comes in parallel to the nature of too many men will be acknowledged when we consider how indulgently favourable flesh and bloud lookes upon it self in its own way of naturall contentment and peace awake not my Beloved say they how apt the most are to misconstrue judgments and for a continuation of a being that the flesh would have and God will not to make a fair glosse upon a bad Text and to interpret Gods meaning deceiving their own soules as themselves would have it The Jewes had a Custome which yet is I am sure lately was in use amongst them to charme away noxious spirits Hags or Night walkers from their Childrens cradles Their Charm was and is this Adam Eva Hutz Lilith Elias Levit. in Thist Munsteri Messias Christianorum Adam Eve away Hag out of doores Hob-gobling And the Ancient Romans had their Lulla abi Lulla abi a song their Nurses used at the Cradle to the very same purpose as I have read Now as such a custome was amongst them so is it not true that the condition of most of the sons of Men is to sing a requiem or Lulla abi to their souls to rock themselves asleep in the Cradle of security and what in them lies to drive away all objects ocular and mentall and to charme them as the Jewes did their Lilith and the Romans their Lulla and may contribute any thing to an interruption of the free fruition and enjoyment of fleshly pleasure and delight whatsoever opposeth that is an enemy certainly away with it therefore out of dores with it in any case By this meanes we plainly shun the wayes of God Jon. 1. and Jonas-like endeavour to flie if such a thing could be possible from his presence And if he cannot be found resident with us in our Earthly and Carnall contentments in our luxury covetousnesse pride and excesse we care not could his presence be avoyded to see him at all God will appear unto men as it pleaseth himselfe and according as they please or displease him there is no enchauntment hath influence upon the Almighty Numb 23.23 to turn him this way or that way the breadth of an haire if they doe well they shall be accepted if otherwise Gen. 4.7 sin that is punishment for sin lies at the dore Sometimes we see him in his mercies le ts labour ever to keep him there sometimes we finde him in punishments and sometimes in seeming sometimes in apparent judgements Let it be our care upon all opportunities offered to fall in and close with God by Humiliation by Repentance by Prayer which will being serious fervent and unfeigned even bind the hands of the Almighty Exod. 32.10 Let me alone said God to Moses as if God had been disabled from doing any thing till Moses had left off praying But alas such is our great folly that which is and should be to us an occasion of goodis with a great many even summâ industria with the strongest and highest bent of reluctancy declined or with much contempt 't is a sad story to tell pretermitted What a strange thing it is that the very name or word Hell or a Book carrying that Title should become so terrible and should force such a melancholy impression upon the soul that it should make both seller and buyer afraid to deal upon such a subject But I demand is this well Is that Soul in a good condition and state thus affected and disposed I judg no man it may be so but 't is two to one against it It is a saying that the wise Excclesiastes hath Eccles. 7.1 2 3 4. It is better saith he to goe to the house of mourning then to the house of feasting c. And againe sorrow is better then laughter for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth Will we know the way to Heaven it is through the Valley of Baca weeping in a dry Psal 84.6 barren troublesome and unpleasant passage where there is no refreshing spring to be found but what by digging and hard labour we work out of the fountains of Divine Consolation the Scriptures which open their breasts unto us from whence we may seek such nourishment as will feed our soules to eternall life Along this valley the Valley of Affliction you shall trace the pious Votaries and find the holiest of Gods Saints of Ancient times in their pilgrimage towards Heaven Heb. 11.25 Moses chose rather to suffer affliction with the People of God then to enjoy the pleasures of sinne for a season How heartily and cheerfully did that Holy man Ignatius condemned to be torne in pieces by the teeth of Beasts break forth and say Euseb Eccl. Hist l. 3. c. 36. ex Irenaei l. 5. adversus Haereses Frumentum ego sum Dei c. I am saith he Gods Corne and am ground and kneaded with the teeth of beasts that I may be made clean or white bread for Christ O blessed magnanimity and highest example of Christian fortitude Ignes cruces bestiae dispersiones ossium discerptionesque membrorum ac totius corporis poenae omnia in me unum supplicia Diaboli arte quaesita cumulentur dummodo Jesum Christum merear adipisci Euseb ubi supra Heb. 1.2.6 7 8. Psal 94.12 This this is the way to Heaven which to all is not given to walk in nor hath God required it but onely from such as he hath enabled to undergoe so sharpe a passage no one of Gods Children is without his scourge his chastisement of one sort or another and blessed is he whom the Lord chastneth he receives none but such But enough for a Preface a large gate or entrance into a