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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17298	A divine tragedie lately acted, or A collection of sundry memorable examples of Gods judgements upon Sabbath-breakers, and other like libertines, in their unlawfull sports, happening within the realme of England, in the compass only of two yeares last past, since the booke was published worthy to be knowne and considered of all men, especially such, who are guilty of the sinne or arch-patrons thereof.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1636 (1636)	STC 4140.7; ESTC S115279	33,687	58

your view to deterre all others from this Sinne. It is a true saying of Cyprian Praebentur cunctis Exempla cum fuerint quibusdam irrogata Supplicia The Divine Punishments of a few are warnings to all God grant that these may be so to us Hee saith the same Father is over audacious who strives to passe over there where he hath seene another to have fallen hee is outragiously bead-stronge who is not strucke with feare when he beholds another perish in that course which he is running he onely is a lover of his owne safety who takes warning by the Deathes of others and he alone is a prudent man who is made wise by the Ruines of other men God of his mercie vouchsafe that the exemplarie deathes of these few here specified and of thousands more in this time of mortality occasioned by this Sinne of Sabbath-breaking were as the former pests Together with a Plague in Pope Pelagius the second his time An. Domin 591. as Petrus Blessensis in his 20. Sermon de Litania majori records may prove life to many and the judgements on some become remedies to cure all who are sicke of the selfesame Sinne. Amen Examples of Gods judgments VPON SABBATH-BREAKERS THese Examples of Gods judgements hereunder set downe have fallen out within the space of lesse then two yeares last past even since the Declaration for sports tolerated on the Lords day was published and read by many Ministers in their congregations for hereupon ill disposed people being as dry fewell to which fire being put quickly flameth forth or as waters pent up and restrained being let loose breake forth more furiously were so incouraged if not inraged as taking liberty dispensed thereby so provoked God that his wrath in sundry places hath broken out to the destruction of many would to God to the instruction of any And the judgements are so much the more remarkable that so many in number as here are observed besides many more no doubt which have not come to our eares should fall within so narrow a compasse of time so thick and that in so many places as we read not of such a number of judgements in this kinde for this one sin throughout the whole history of time from the Apostles hitherto So many there are of them as it were too heathenish to impute them to chance too much stupidity and envy of Gods glorie not to acknowledge the speciall hand of God in them upon such transgressors of his owne sacred day And it were to be wished that all the examples in this kinde within this compasse of time were diligently collected and compiled into one Narration for the further illustration of Gods glory and for admonition to all Sabbath-breakers who if they repent not nor surcease from such their profanesse it may justly be feared that the number of such examples will be daily increased till they make a heape for all the World to stand amazed at In the meane time who so is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the loving kindnesse of the Lord Psal. 107. 43. As for the truth of them I have good testimony under the hands of men of sufficient credit for the most of them and the rest hath come to our eares by credible report If it shall so fall out that one or two or so should proove otherwise either for the substance or circumstance let not the Reader blame me who have used my best diligence to inquire out the certain truth of them all and I am sure the most of the examples are confirmed by witnesses without all exception and none of them is to me of any suspected credit So as here are no fained miracles nor fabulous stories nor ould Wives tales for profane Scoffers to ieare at and play upon thereby to disgrace and discredit all truthes in this kinde as some of late have done History of the Sabbath part 2. chap. 7. pag. 223. but these examples are such as will abide the and search of this present age wherein are yet living so many both eare and eye witnesse of them EXAMPLE 19. A Miller at Churchdowne neere Glocester would needs contrary to the admonitions both of his Minister in private and generally in publicke yea and that very day and of other christian friends keepe a solemne Whitson ale for which he had made large preparation and provision even of threescore dozen of cheescakes with other things proportionable in the Church-house halfe a mile from his mille his musical instruments were sett forth on the side of the Church-house where the Minister and people were to passe to the Church to evening Prayer When prayer Sermon were ended the Drumbe is struck up the peeces discharged the Musicians play and the rowt fall a dauncing till the evening where they all with the Miller resort to his mille where that evening before they had supt about 9. of the cloke on Whitsunday a fire tooke suddainly in his house over their heads and was so briefe and quicke that it burnt downe his house and mille and devoured with all the greatest of all his other provision and housholdstuffe This is confirmed by sundry good testimonies EXAMPLE 20. Richard Benfield an Apparitor in the parish of Hemsteed kept an Ale in the Church-house joyning to the Church-yard with dauncing and revelling night and day without controule pretending that the Bishop would beare him out and not unlikely because at his complaint to the Bishop of his Minister for preaching against dauncing and Maypoles he was suspended for his labour It happened that upon the Lords day at even being the 20. day of Aprill that his youngest Sonne was accused for stealing a purse and 20. Shillings in it from a Butcher who lay drunke upon the board or table in the Church-house for which he was like to be hanged the purse being found about him Vpon the 21. day of the said moneth Benfield his eldest Sonne Richard went downe into Hempsteeds Peirse about some busines his youngest brother with him where they mett with a litle boy called Baker that had beene a fishing having some small fishes in his hand Benfields youngest Sonne would have taken these fishes from Baker whereupon they fell together by the eares The eldest brother Rich. Benfield went to helpe his yonger brother being too weake for Baker This Baker did sweare a great oath that he would stabbe him if he did meddle with him upon which words Benfield fell upon Baker gave him a boxe or two and ranne away Baker followed him with his knife in his hand overtooke him and thrust his knife three inches deepe into his body which wound prooved mortall so that he never spake more words then these oh Iack Baker hath killed me and so fell downe Two men being present there tooke him up in their armes brought him up into the Church-house alive and so soone as they had put him out of their armes upon the Table he groaned