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spirit_n	flesh_n	live_v	mortify_v	7,524	5	11.3904	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07173	A wonderfull and straunge newes, which happened in the countye of Suffolke and Essex, the first of February, beeing Fryday, where it rayned wheat, the space of vi. or vii. miles compass: a notable example to put vs in remembraunce of the iudgements of God, and a preparatiue, sent to moue vs to speedy repentance. / Written by William Auerell, student in diuinitie..	Averell, William.	1583 (1583)	STC 982.5; ESTC S125869	9,271	33

A wonderfull and straunge newes which happened in the Countye of Suffolke and Essex the first of February beeing Fryday where it rayned Wheat the space of vi or vii miles compas a notable example to put vs in remembraunce of the iudgements of God and a preparatiue sent to moue vs to speedy repentance Written by William Auerell student in Diuinitie Ecclesiasticus 11. The workes of the Lord are wonderfull and glorious secrete and vnknowne are his woorkes among men Jmprinted at London for Edwarde White dwelling at the little North doore of Paules church at the signe of the Gunne 1583. Straunge nevves out of Suffolke IT hath séemed good in the eyes of our God Christian Reader no cause compelling but his mercie alwayes to admonishe and warne before hande by some extraordinarie euent of the punishmentes and plagues that he will send for sinne and so great is his loue towardes mankind whom he hath made that when he perceiueth his image to be defaced in mans soule he will not yet strike generally till he haue warned vs vniuersally so that before the stroke of his iudgements he alwaies sendes the messengers of his mercies which bursting out through vehemencie of his looue doth put vs in mind of the waight of his wrath albeit that the heartes of the wicked are hardened so that no iudgement will make them quake no maruailes amaze them no wonders wine them no myracles mooue them nor mercyes amende them for that they are of the nature of the stone which albeit it be wet without and séemeth neuer so moyst yet is it within nothing lesse then harde and drie therefore the Lorde giueth them ouer to their lustes so that they are brambles of the desert tares of the fielde chaffe of the Corne and stubble for the fire who whyle they heape sinne vpon sinne and draw sinne together with cart-ropes who while they multiplie one mischiefe on another gréeue the spirit of God treade downe the bloud of his Testament and drinke vp iniquitie like water who while they eate vp the poore oppresse the néedie defraude the simple and gnawe in sunder the heartes of the innocent treasure vp vengeaunce for themselues against the day of wrath to these therefore are the iudgements of God sent to make them without excuse but to the godly are they giuen for their better amendment who while they beholde the woorkes of the Lorde wrought onely to this ende that they should cast off the workes of darknesse and cloath themselues with the louely garments of light that they shoulde mortifie the déedes of the flesh and liue againe to the libertie of the spirit that they should put of the olde man with his concupiscences and put on the new man Christ Iesus with his vertues their conuersion should tend to his glorie and their saluation to his endlesse mercye Philip Melancthon recordeth in his Latine Chronicle that before the deuastation of Italie there were séene manye prodigious and woonderfull things as armed men fighting in the ayre bloud to flowe out of the earth and to breake out of the harde walles with manye other wunders which threatened great calamities Before King Philip inuaded Greece the heauens appeared all bloudie And if we may credite probable Authors when Marcus Acilius and C. Portius were Consuls the Elements rayned mylke with bloud and L. Volumnius and Ser. Sulpitius being Consuls of Rome it rayned fleshe Also in Lucania a Countrie belonging to Naples betwéene Fuel and Calaber before Lucicius Crassus was slaine of the Parthians it rayned corne L. Paulus and C. Marcellus beyng Consuls it rayned Wooll and at that time also hard burned Tyle stones fell downe from heauen Before the Warres in Denmarke were heard the noise and sound of trumpets from the skies The yéere wherein Vespasian destroyed Ierusalem a starre appeared in heauen in the figure of a sworde hanging ouer the Citie Wagons appeared wandring and running through the regions of heauen and armed men were séene fighting in the Cloudes Pope Leo the seuenth being Byshop of Rome the Sunne for certayne dayes séemed al bloody after which ther followed a greeuous pestilence In the yeare of our Lorde 1348. Charles the fourth béeing Emperour certaine Feastes fell from heauen the corruption and stinke whereof brought a sorrowfull plague In the yeare of our Lorde 1356 Calixtus the 3 béeing Bishop of Rome among the Sabynes was brought foorth a calfe hauing but two féete at which tyme in Rome ouer the gate of Venus It rayned bloode and the same tyme did it raine flesh in Lyguria Henrie the first béeing Emperour in the fieldes of Hemilianus and Flaminius in Italie It rained bloode in the Ides of Iune Innumerable examples and most straunge wonders could I recite which haue happened in times past among our elders which would aske a large scope and open too wide afeelde for me to wander in which albeit they are reported of credible Authors yet for that they would séeme rather incredible then probable to the common sorte I omitte them and will drawe to those which we all doe stedfastlie beléeue and yet in their effectes are farre more strange Doe we not reade how Arons rodde changed into a Serpent Exodus 7. which deuoured vp all the roddes of the charmers of Egypt and of the 10. wonderfull plagues that God sent vpon Pharo his people The Children of Israell murmured against God Exodus 16. Nombers 11 and he fedde them with quailes from heauen at euen and filled them with bread of Man in the morning they grudged for water and the Lorde burst the rockes to giue them drinke so he fedde their hunger with flesh and quenched their thyrst with water hée deuided the redde Sea so that they went through as on drye lande and closed the waters vpon their enimies like a wall Corah Dathan Abiram murmured against Moses and the Lord sent a wonderfull miracle vpon them the fast and solid earth opened her bowels and swallowed them vp with their families their goodes and all the men that were with Corah so they went downe into the pit aliue the earth couered them and they perished from the congregation In the dayes of Iosuah Iosua 4. the Lorde shewed wonders vnto Israell for he led them through the waters of Iordan as he dyd in the dayes of Moses through the red salte Sea so that when the feete of the Préestes that bare the Arke of the couenaunt stayed in the waters of Iordane they weare cut of and stoode still on a heape and as soone as the Préests féete weare set on the drie lande the waters of Iordane returned vnto their place and flowed ouer all the banckes thereof as they did before Sundry and manifolde are the examples of wonders set down or our view in the holy scriptures in the same booke Iosua 10 of Iosuah wée reade that when the fiue King Adoni Zedek Hoham Piram Iapia and Debir made warre vpon Gibeon the Lorde discomfited them and threwe downe