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A45776	Levamen infirmi: or, cordial counsel to the sick and diseased Containing I. Advice concerning physick, and what a physician ought to be; with an account of the author's remedies, and how to take them. II. Concerning melancholy, frensie, and madness; in which, amongst other things, is shew'd, how far they differ from a conscience opprest with the sense of sin, and likewise how they differ among themselves. III. A miscellany of pious discourses, concerning the attributes of God; with ejaculations and prayers, according to scripture rule. Likewise an account of many things which have happen'd since the creation. To which are added several predictions of what may happen to the end of the world. The whole being enrich'd with physical, pious, moral & historical observations, delightful to read, & necessary to know. By D. Irish, practitioner in physick and surgery, now dwelling at Stoke, near Guilford in Surry, where he is ready to serve any person, to the utmost of his skill.	Irish, David.	1700 (1700)	Wing I1036; ESTC R221621	80,143	149

all things he gave a real Blessing unto them willing and decreeing by an Everlasting Law that Animals should naturally multiply themselves by Generation At the making of Man as is hinted before God after a Divine manner consulted with himself the Father Son and Holy Ghost concerning the Creation of his chief Creature Man as it were to this Effect We have made our several Sub●unary Creatures in great Variety having given to them Being Life Sense and Motion but now let us make the Creature for whose sake the rest have been Created consisting of a natural Body wherein he shall partake with other Creatures in Being Life Sense and Motion and of a Spiritual Nature and Substance wherein he shall be like to us he shall be endu'd with all the faculties of a reasonable Soul with perfect Knowledge and Righteousness Thus in respect of his spiritual Soul was Man Created after the Image of God whom he likewise resembled in Integrity Justice and Holiness wherewith he was plentifully inspir'd his Soul is Immortal Immaterial seperable from the Body and so Man consisting of Body and Soul became a perfect Creature being endu'd with all things necessary to accomplish both God saw it not convenient for Man to be alone Therefore out of Man who was made of Earth he made Woman and g●ve a Spiritual Blessing to them and said Be ye through that power of Propagation which I give you Fruitful Multiply and replenish the Earth and be ye Possessors and Rulers of the same and God to show his care to preserve what he had thus made gave them leave to Eat freely of every Tree in the Garden only with this limitation That of the T●ee of the Knowledge of Good and Evil they should not Eat In a word God finished the whole Creation by his mighty Power in the space of Six days and on the Seventh day rested rejoycing in the view of his glorious Workmanship Hence God gave a special Blessing to the Seventh day and Honoured it with this Priviledge That it should be set apart for Rest and Holiness that by this means Men might be put in mind of the wonderful work of the Creation and might celebrate with holy Zeal the celebrated Rest of their Creator Thus I have given an account of the Creation wherein the Lord God who hath Eternal Being of himself gave a Being to the Heavens Earth and all things therein which will continue as long as God pleaseth and is kept a Secret in the Mind of God though ●s I said before it is probably Collected that in 6000 years which are but as Six days in God's Account as some suppose the World will be Dissolved Then cometh Christs Thousand Years Reign who bringeth with him an Everlasting Sabbath of Rest of this Opinion were many of the Fathers and also other more modern Writers who Calculated for the End of the World thus They allowed 2000 years before the Law 2000 years under the Law and lastly 2000 years to be accomplished under the Gospel the end of which 6000 years they thought would be accompany'd by the last and most dreadful Conflagration So then if we look back we shall find that from the Creation of the World to the Birth of our Saviour is 3948 years according to the best Chronographers to which add the time from our Savious Birth to this present yea● 1700 and you will find that there only remains 352 years according to this Account before the End of this World Then as many are of Opinion cometh the Sabatical Year wherein Christ will Judge the World Here consider the Destruction of Ierusalem as a Tipe and an assurance of the Destruction of the World see Mark 13. But as to the time many things make it uncertain chiefly the Words of our Saviour saying for the Elects sake the days shall be shortned who knows then dear Reader how near it may be at hand it may even happen before what I am now Writing be Printed or before any one Read it when Published Touching ●his fatal Day read 2 Pet. 3. where the Apostle discourses concerning the fiery D●struction of the World which will dissolve and purifie all things Then consider what the Scripture sai●h touching a new Spiritual Creation How old things shall pass away and all things become new as ● N●w Ierusalem d●scending from the New Heavens to t●e New Earth for God's Elect renewed People to dw●ll in who will have New Knowledge and New Names and Sing every moment New Spiritual Songs and Praises to God for ever What then Courteous Reader remains but that all good Christians ought religiously to e●pect the End of the World and the coming of Christ Matth. 24. and so by a Pious Expectation prepare themselves for it and not too curiously pry into these hidden and unrevealed Secrets neither imparted to Men nor Angels 't is God only knoweth this who knoweth all things and see●h in all places let us then every where take heed what we do since we can do nothing out of his Sight for he will require an Account from us for every thi●g tho' never so secretly done as well as for every idle word that we speak Oh we must be accountable to him for all the time we hav● mispent in this our Pilgrimage on the Earth All Kings and Princes must give an Account how they have Govern'd their Kingdoms whether they have as becometh God's Vicegerents mildly lovingly and carefully trained by good Examples and Commands their Subjects up in the true Worship of God Bishops and Ministers of the Word of God who have taken upon them Curam Animarum the charge of Souls must give an Account how they have behaved themselves in the Ministry whether they have fed their Flocks carefully or fed upon their Flocks The Magistrates must give an Account whether they have sought the maintenance of Virtue and the confusion of Vice or discountenanc'd the former by a shameful Connivance at the latter And all Housholders must render an Account how they have govern'd their Families whether in Reading the Sacred Scrip●ures and offering up o● daily Prayers to the glory ●nd praise of God or suffering them to run without restraint to foolish Pastimes and into what Vice the dictates of their depraved Nature lead them Yea every Man and Woman must give an Account before the grea● Judge of Heaven and Earth of all their Deceits and ill Practices in their several Callings We must render an Account of our Works 2 Cor. 5. We must all app●ar before the Judgment Seat of Christ and there receive according to what we have done in the Flesh whether it be good or Evil How then will those griping Vultures make their Accounts ●hat have Oppression undone their Brethren in very deed The World is grown so cruel and hard-hearted that many can see the Poor starve in the Streets and not relieve or succour them Nay the ●ogs have the fragments of Rich mens Tables not the Poor tho' Lame or

to allure Professors for what are many Here●ies but the Scum of Judaism and Paganism yet like in growth to the River Nilus which is famous and well known for its overflowing Streams though hidden and obscure as to its Fountain It 's the Justice of God to deliver them over to believe Lies who will not obey the Truth You are here put to understand what diffe●ence of days there is betwixt the Christians Jewish and Turkish Sabbaths The Christians keep theirs the first day of the Week call'd Sunday The Jews on Saturday and the Turks on Friday in Scorn of Christ who was on that day Crucified The true Church is an Assembly or such a congregation as Believes things which do not appear neither may be comprehended in the Mind that is ●t depends only on God's Word what the same saith the true Church Believes without any addition giving honour to God and taking that to be true which in the Word is delivered unto them Isa. 5.3 As to the place where this true Church is I answer 'T is wheresoever God's Word is purely taught and the head Shepheard of this Church is Christ Jesus Since nothing more provokes the Wrath of God against us than the breaking and prophaning of his holy Sabb●th the observance thereof can never be sufficiently inculcated int● Mens minds for said the spirit of the Lord to our Fore-fathers If you will no● hea●ken unto my words and keep my Sabbath holy then wi●l I ki●dle a fire which shall devour the Palaces of Jerusalem and none shall quench i● Jer. 17. Ezek. 2● 26.31 God's severity has ●een remarkable on Jerusalem and upon the disobedient and wicked Prophaners of his Sabbath as may appear by many Instances The first Blow given to the German Church was on the ●ord's Day which they carelesly observ'd the day of the Lord will be a dreadful day to them that despise the day which Christ has set apart for the Zealous performanc● of Religious Duties It is Mark'd with a Memento above all other Commandments Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy On the Lord's Day we should go into God's sanctuary and Reverence the same see Levit. 19.30 We have God's hand and seal for our observing it see Act● 20.7.1 Cor. 16. ● 2. Rev. 10. God is pleased to esteem it his Glory to have many Beggers such are all Men in respect of him to meet at his House or Temple to pay their duty of Thanks and holy Worship for their all since they have all things of him Mat. 18.20 Psal. 42.4 Christ himself went often into the Synagogues and Peter and John went up into the Temple at the hour of Praper Acts 3.1 and 13.23 4. The Day which is to be Sanctify'd is not the seventh but the first day of the week for the Jews Sabbath was Buried in Christ's Grave so that the first day of the week is of Divine Institution and honoured with the Name of the Lord's Day in regard of its Author who rose that day in the Morning from finishing the amazing work of our Redemption upon 〈◊〉 day he brought forth his Living Water On this day he gave his Bread of Life his Body On this day h● met his two Disciples 'T was on this day that the Saints which slept arose out of their Graves On ●h●s day the Holy Ghost descended on the Apo●tl●● On this day Christ brought forth the light of his ●●ew Heavens and Earth by his powerful Resurrection On this day St. Iohn ●●d his glorious Revelati●n containing the Churches state till the dissolution of the World On this day Christ visited his dea● Apostles saying Peace b● unto you behold my 〈◊〉 and feet On this day he burst asunder the Bonds of Death and broke the Gates of Hell led captivity Captive trampled upon Principalities suddued Powers triumph'd over the Grave conquer'd Sin absolv'd the curse of the Law and trod down Satan Upon this day he still rides Triumphantly in the Chariot of his Ordinances conquering all Profane ●pposition cutting down high Thoughts and ●●bduing Sinners to himself Blessed is the Man that ●eeps the Sabbath unpolluted Isa. 56. vers 2. It i● likewise thought that his second coming will ●e on this day called The Lords Sabbath Day and blessed is that S●rvant whom he ●inds well doing when he cometh and since we know not in what hour of ●he Watch he will come whether at the dawning of ●he Day at Noon or at Midnight we ought there●●re with more care keep our selves upon the Watch ●●st he come upon us unawares and find us sleeping ●●r neglecting our Duty for which we may be cast ●nto ●nquenchable fire as unprofitable Servants and ●o be for ever shut out of Gods favour and presence ●or if on Earth we do not frequent his Divine pre●ence by assembling our selves together for the re●erent performing the Duty of Prayer he so oft has commanded us to observe 't is in vain to flatter ou● s●lves with the expectation of being admitted i●to his Presence hereafter Therefore l●t us here make our Salvation su●e that we may of his Goodness gai● admi●tanc●●ereafter into his glorious Presen●e which is only to be obtain'd through Chris● o●● Lord our only Saviour and R●deemer by o●ten asse●●●●ng ●ur selves togethe●●o give Thanks and offer ●erv●nt Prayers to the Lord in Christ's Name this I ●a● will be the only way to obtain our desire which God grant we may all Enjoy and Live and R●ig●●or ever with him to give Praise and Glo●y to his Holy Nam● for his gracious Goodness in Redeeming us to himself O! how happy will our stat●●hen be we shall only be employed to Sing Praise and Glory and Honour world without End ther● we shall possess the fullness of Joys and never fading Pleasure● resting for ever from our Labours an● singing with Sain●s and Angels new Praises to hi● Holy Name 'T was the charming hopes of thes● Cont●ntm●●ts which m●de t●e Apostles so o●● conclude With a Come Lord Iesus C●me quickly Amen Te●tullian was of Opinion that no Souls did enjoy the Beatifical Vision till the Resurrection at whic● time he supposed the order of Rising would be according to the degrees of Holiness Men had attain●d to in this Life And to make his Opinion th● more plausible he affirm'd the Resurrection woul● continue the Thousand Years of Christ's Reign upo● Earth so that the highest Rank of Christians in hi● opinion shall ri●e in the beginning of the said Term and all others Rise in their turn according to thei●●leg●●es of Piety and Wickedness and therefore 〈◊〉 said The most sloathful and negligent would be d●fer'● to the Conclusion being ●o be held in Prison till they pay the utmost Farthing for this Parable he ascribes to the Morae Resurrectionis that is They are not to rise from the Dead till towards the end of the Thousand Y●ars 1 Cor. 15. vers 23.24 The whole Chapter g●ves a large Account thereof Besides St. Iohn in his Revelations

believe the same We should also truly call upon God successively to send Christian good and godly Governours that they earnestly may stand for the Christian Ch●●ch and true Religion which God hath caused to be taught among us that the same may continue manfully to resist erroneous and false Doctrine and now in our time God hath raised up certain high and mighty Heads and Princes which have been Nurses and Protectors of the Church God preserve them mercifully for the same and send continually Men able and willing so to do who shine with the Beauty of acquired and natural Parts and ar● free to impart the●r Knowledge by explaining the true Sence and Meaning of God's Word to all Rational People so as thereby they may come to the true Knowledge of God and his only Son our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ so as all Nations may be led by the Word of t●at one Shepherd who gave his Life for a Ransom ●or all those that believe his Word which is the true ●ight that enlightens every Man in the way to Eter●al Life So God grant that his Gospel may for ●ver flourish amongst all Nations to the End of the World Let me in the next place exhort all Men to remember to crave a Blessing of God and be thankful to him for whatsoever they eat or drink since it all ●omes from his Bounty which affords us what his Wisdom thinks fit and necessary For such gratis and gracious Gifts as ●e daily confers upon us let us if we would avoid the just Imputation of the greatest Ingratitude give his Divine Majesty thanks How thankful was our Blessed Saviour for two Loaves and a few Fis●es when he blessed God his Heavenly Father for them the Issue was a miracu●o●s Encrease to show us that if we were thankful to God for a little he would give us much yet we daily see how wonderfully forgetful Thousands are when they sit down to plentiful Tables and mind not before nor after they eat to return the Giver Thanks for their nourishing Varieties I fear it will go bad with such one Day through their neglecting ●he Du●y of Thankfulness for what they daily receive from Heaven's Liberality 'T is God that gives or at least ●ends us all we have can we then do less than thank him for the same which undoubtedly he expects even from our Hearts as well as in formal verbal 〈◊〉 which are but signs of our inward Gratitude What are such I pray better than Heathens wh● knowing their Duties herein rise from Meat u●san●tified We ought not only to be than●ful but also ●o bestow some part of what we have on the Poo● according to the Directions found ●n Sacred Writ Such as fail herein must expect God's I●dignation and Rebuke when he ●alls them to an account for their Stewardship Repentance then will be too late for our now Forgetfulness Now is the acceptable Time to seek the Lord whilst he may be found for in this Life whenever we call upon him he will hear and grant our request Let the Words of my Mouth and the Meditations of all Mens Hearts be now and ever acceptable in thy Sight O Lord God our Redeemer Most Great and Glorious Lord our God thou art and there is no other God besides Thee in Heaven nor in Earth for the Heavens are thy Throne and the Earth is thy Footstool and the Heaven of Heavens is not able to contain Thee the whole Earth is full of the Glory of thy Majesty O what miserable Creatures are we Dust and Ashes not worthy of the least of thy Mercies How dare we then present our selves before Thee who art so pure and holy a God yet still through thy Mercy we have here our Being whereas thou mightest have placed us in the Abyss of Hell for ever where there is nothing but weeping and wailing and gnashing of Teeth where the Fire burns and never goes out and where the Worm namely the lost Soul never dies Let us all then with Humility jointly say We have sinned against Heaven and against Thee Let us honou● our Callings with the Practice of good Works and f●llow P●ac● with all Men. Help us O Lord now to press forward to make our Election sure and ●h●t we may live every Day as piously as if it were o●r last since we know not how soon thou may'st summon us to appear before the Tribunal Seat of Jesus Christ to give an account of all our Works d●ne here in the Flesh. Purge us with Hyssop and w● shall be clean Wash us in the Blood of the L●mb and then we shall be whiter than Snow Take all our Sins and cast them in a Cloud behin● thy Back where they may be remembred no more Cr●ate in us new Hearts and new Spirits so as we may walk in Newness of Life according to thy Holy Will and Commandments And if it be thy Blessed Will pity all those that sit in Darkness and under the Shadow of Death that they may come at thy appointed time to the miraculous Light of thy Gospel dispenced to all true Christians by thy true and only Son our Blessed Saviour who sitteth at thy right hand making Intercession for all those that put their trust in thee Grant if it be thy Blessed Will that we may all be taught by that Head Shepherd of thy Church who said When you pray say Our Father c. Such as would know more concerning their Duties in Prayer Publick or Private by the way of Form or would attain to pray by the Spirit according to their present Necessities or Wants let such read the incomparable little piece set out by Robert Russell 1700. 't is the Third Edition in it are Seven Sermons Price Bound 1 s. 6 d. In a word I earnestly exhort all my Readers to be piously mindful of their Duties to God and Man if you fail not in this Christian Reader God will remember you and after this Life in Eternal Bliss you will live with him at Rest. Take but a serious prospect by a powerful Imagination of all the several conditions observabl● amongst worldly Men and you will find that not one of them sits easie upon its Possessor for the natural Man is ever a Repining and a perpetual succession of Doubts and Fears compleat the measure of his Inquietudes sometimes he c●mplains of the Ac●●ons of his Superiors and Governors and if they i● the end should prove ●greeable to his Fancy he will yet keep up th● height of his Misfortunes by grieving at the unob●●ging deportment of his Inferiors nor will it ever be otherwise with those that se●k Cont●nt below hence those that are circled with the greate●t Splendo● find not their Perturbations at all lessened by it but think they might be muc● more happy and therefore strain themselves afresh in the eag●r pu●suit of other Worldly advantages which if obtain'd bring ●ot the desired Content and the reason is because they look for it in the things of