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A87056	Gods judgements upon drunkards, swearers, and sabbath-breakers. In a collection of the most remarkable examples of Gods revealed wrath upon these sins with their aggravations, as well from scripture, as reason. And a caution to authority, lest the impunity of these evils bring a scourge upon the whole nation. By W. L.	Hammond, Samuel, d. 1665.	1659 (1659)	Wing H623bA; ESTC R230554	59,944	204

dayes of their youth unlesse by blaspheming and cursing it A Noble person of the City of Eflinghen at a losse by gaming began to swear and curse bitterly in which rage and madnesse he mounts his horse for home the Devil meets him pulls him off who with his servants was misguided all the night by evil spirits and in the morning finding themselves not lost they get their Master safe to Bethen-Hansen where in great torment for three dayes he yeilded Justice victor A woman in Marchia being a prophane curser and swearer was justly left by God to Sathan for in sight of many people she is snatched into the air and thrown down again which brake her neck God we see can break us from our sins and lives together if we do not from the first break off by repentance One Margret VVood of Allercleugh in the Parish of Stanhop in the County of Durham was notoriously known for many years upon every slight occasion to use this imprecation I wish I may sink into the earth Upon the last day of August 1655. she with one Elinor Mason of the same Parish being both washing of lead oare to fit it for the Lead-mill and standing upon the same spot of ground where many horses laden with Lead had passed the immediate day before the earth suddenly failed under them and swallowed them both up next day when their dead bodies were digged out Elinor Mason was found with her body erect but Margeret VVood was many yards deeper within ground and her head direct downwards One Elinor Short of the same Parish did frequently use this imprecation I wish my feet may rot off if this or that be not so or so It pleased the Just God about 20 years ago to visit her with a pain in her feet which by degrees did rot quite off as afterwards did her legs also and she is yet alive at this day as a Monument of Gods signal Judgement she creepes upon her hands and thighs and doth often acknowledge Gods just dealing with her Robert Durance Butcher in Carlisle was a known Swearer and Drunkard who about 30 years ago being playing at Cards with some of his companions and having lost all his money except 30 s began fearfully to swear he would be revenged upon himselfe whereupon he run out at the gates of the City towards the River Eden and though he was followed by divers some on Horse-back yet did he destroy himself by leaping into the River in which River hard by the place where he leapt in he lay for the space of four years at the end of which a Fisherman found the lower parts of his body only the other parts being consumed William Knot of Dalston in Cumberland being a common swearer when he was a servant to Alderman Grey of York he fell into a lead full of boyling liquor by which means in ten days he dyed John Prestman of Weighton in Cumberland A Sheriffes Bayliffe being accounted a common swearer one night when he was drunk at Carlisle went out in the night and notwithstanding the perswasion of his Landlord leapt over the Bridge with his horse and was drowned in the River Caude One Hudson of Dalston in Cumberland did wager with another man who should swear more oathes by God the other man was by the just judgment of God struck dead ere he parted Hudston was struck dumb to his dying day and though he lived many years after yet could speak nothing but swear by God which he did upon every occasion Oh the justice of God to some and the patience and forbearance to others waiting to be gracious let such as swear by the name of God look upon this example this sad example On May Eve 1634. one Troe of Gloce●ter a Carpenter in the Parish of St. Michael being demanded by some whether he would go with them and fetch the May-pole swore by the Lords wounds he would go though he never went more But mark the justice of God on May day morning as he was working on the May-pole before it was finished he was by a Divine stroke of Justice smote with such a lamenesse and swelling in all his limbs that he could neither goe nor lift his hand to his mouth to feed himselfe but was forced to keep his bed for half a year together and to this day goeth lame May 4. 1636. OF THE SABBATH DAY WITH GODS JUDGEMENTS UPON THE PROFANERS thereof OF THE SABBATH DAY With GODS JUDGEMENTS upon the profaners thereof I Am now to treat with the Sabbath-breaker who for many reasons will appear to be lesse excusable before God for this sin then either the Drunkard or Swearer Here is a double sin profaneing it and neglecting that which is ordained by God for the eternall good of our soul besides it is a premeditated act and goes along with a great aggravation as we shall see in a word presently It is now become so great a custome to prophane the Lords day that he almost becomes a scoffe to others that offers to reform or punish it and that men may not so much slight it I have collected a few reasons to perswade men to observe it and disswade from the profanation of it for God will not be mocked That we may know this day is no mock-day The Lord that made heaven and earth That great Jehovah stiles himself Lord of the Sabbath and the Lord hath in a more speciall manner singled out this Commandement with a memento Remember by no meanes forget the Sabbath for the Lord rested that day and he blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it It 's a great consideration to make us weigh the duty of keeping it for six dayes the Lord made heaven and earth and when the seventh day came he rested on it The Lord as it were hasted to finish the world in six dayes that he might himself be an example to lead us to the understanding of the great weight which God himself put upon this day And that we may see it is no ordinary nor common thing to break this day see how strictly God in his holy Word commands it This is that which the Lord hath said To morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord six dayes may work be done but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest Holy to the Lord he that works shall be put to death that soul shall be cut off from amongst the people it shall be observed throughout their Generations for a perpetual Covenant The Lord threatens sore Judgements and why Because they have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths and I am prophaned amongst them Blessed is the man that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it It 's called by the Prophet the Holy of the Lord Honourable there might be many more places quoted but these few are enough to let people see that it is not a trifling matter to profane the day and that we

ought to give all diligence and respect to this day as a day greatly valued prised and esteemed of by God himself Anno 1647. there was a deplorable accident a tremendous instance of the justice of God upon a person a ●armer in a Village called Little-●allerton in the County of Northumberland about six miles distant from New-Castle The Relation is thus The Minister teaching upon that Scripture 1 Epist. Pet. 2. cap. 2. latter part Who hath called you out of darknesse into his marvellous light and in the fore-noon Sermon insisting upon the spiritual darknesse and blindnesse of unregenerate men and aggravating the many evills attending upon that condition in this life and asserting the wofull condition period state and conditon of such as should die in that estate of spiritual darknesse how that to such is resreve● the blacknesse of darknesse which was occasionally improved to discove● the miserable condition of the damned in hell by reason of their separation from God called utter darknesse Mat. 22.13 and 8.42 25 1● At the ending of the first Sermon this miserable man accompanied others of his neighbours to the Al● house for refreshment the time of r●paire to the second Sermon bein● come some of them moved him to return with them to whom he replye● that the Minister was preaching upo● darknesse and he would not hear hi● till he should treat upon the light and so continued drinking in the Alehouse with some other profane souldiers and by having immoderately taken Ale and Hot Waters was in the height of his drunkennesse carried to bed in the Ale-house where after a short time he ended his miserable life dying in the very act of sin without any visible act of Repentance This Relation is inserted verbatim as I have it from a godly Minister of the Gospel in the same County and not farre from the same place and is indeed a sad example of Gods Judgement not only against the sin of profaning the Lords day but also of drunkennesse and contempt of the Gospel Now because I observe this day so greatly neglected by the generality of the Nation not onely neglecting to hear the Word preached which is able to save their soules but also violating of it by profanation give me a word and that only to such as professe the observance of it as lawfull for if such a slighting of this day grow we shall from it run to Atheisme by contempt of Gods holy Ordinances and Commandments Let us first consider the end of God in the Sabbath which is chiefly for sanctification of his name and what creature dare say he is not strictly tyed by all the obligations expressable It is a day of liberty not of bondage God can be sanctified without us he shineth not with borrowed lights these tapers that burne from mortall breach can adde no glory to God but as in his great mercy and condescention he is pleased to accept of us Then the intent of this day as to our advantages it 's for the eternall good of our soules that the Lord may by this occasion reach our slow understanding and with his Word preached that he may dwell with the humble and contrite spirit We are not only to avoyd profaning it by not Working Drinking Playing Idlenesse Travelling c but we ought to frequent the publick worship of God in the Assemblies of his people and there to hear his word with Godly reverence and fear The reasonablenesse of one day in seven for God and our own souls may convince us in a great measure of this day that is a sin less excusable that 's so reasonable that we may have the lesse to say for our excuse he gives us 6 for our outward affairs oh then who can grudge the 7th especially when God links in our immortal happinesse together with his own glory It was the custom of Christians in Trajan the Emperours time to meet on the Lords Day morning sing a Psalm receive the Sacrament and covenant to flie sin on that day and when Christians were summoned before the Heathen Governours and demanded Dost thou believe the Lords Day the answer was I am a Christian Take away the Sabbath sayes a Reverend Divine and Religion will soon wither and decay The Indians might as well have been chosen the subjects of this profitable Obedience and we in their conditions keeping instead of a Sabbath to God every day to the Devil It will be more tollerable I am afraid for them at that Great day than for us If we had been left to our own choice What squarer division of time could have been thought upon than one day for our souls and another for our bodies one for the World another for Heaven This had been the reasonable rule of proportion it s more grace than reason that God should desire but one day in seven and that day also to be for our eternal good Oh how inexcusable will it be for us that prophane it or neglect the advantages of it Is refraining from labour a toil to us Is to be eased of sin a burden Lord then let me be burdened for Lord thy yoke is easie and thy burden is light What is a more unspeakable mercy than for souls to have communion with God as well as our own hearts And as Divines say glory is but grace perfected So that eternal Sabbath of rest is but as I may say this perfected This sin is accompanied with many aggravations and this is none of the least that we have a will given us to refuse to prophane it Besides its a deliberate act of the mind it s not sudden as an oath or murder but in the very act it self thou canst not but know thou art sinning against the light of thy conscience it s the greatest sin that is accompanied with time to consider an enlightened mind to understand the evil to purpose to evil is an aggravation as high as the sin If aggravations face not this sin with a dreadful countenance consider and in reason think Is it not just with God to suffer thy frail composure of corruption to shrink under his heavy judgements that at night Gods protection should leave us as in our graves when we are in our beds Or canst thou expect any blessing upon thy outward estate when it is in the power of God to dispose of life being health estate and all Is it not just if we travel on this day that God should judge us with sudden death in the like severity as he hath made others examples of to all Ages Yet if God do suffer thy corn wine and oil to encrease fear a curse under the Strawberry leaves of thy enjoyments for a blessing is not the shadow of sin it will not follow thee in the wayes of wickednesse rather fear some judgement will overtake thy swift motion to impiety A word to two sorts First those that prophane it contemning not onely Gods Lawes but the Lawes of the Nation

his conscience as this Providence of God did and since it was no worse it should be an example and a warning to him for ever after Oh that it might be so to others that may heare of it or read it In the year 1644. was a Beer-Brewer dwelling in Giles-Criplegate London nigh unto the white Horse that usually followed the sinful practise of Brewing upon the Lords Day for which he was warned and told of the greatnesse of the sin and how severe God was to such sinful practises but he reformed not Once upon a Lords day at noon the Reverend M. T. VVeld Lecturer of the said place from whom I had the Relation went into the house and taking them at work lovingly yet sharpely admonished them to whom they promised to do so no more within a Sabbath or two after the same servant of the house which before was taken in the act was now again found guilty of the same sin but mark the Justice of the Lord for setting fire to the Copper when it was scalding hot he fell over into it and was immediatly scalded to death Another which I had from the same hand A Cook in the same Parish using to make it his trade on the Lords day to heat Ovens and bake meat whereby all the family was imployed as on other dayes without regard to the Lords day unlesse to his own profit never or seldom frequenting the Word preached was often admonished yet went on in his sin One Christmas day which fell upon the Lords day as he was working and labouring as if no time were unlawful to gain the world though he neglected his eternal soul he was consumed to death by fire A Vintner that was a great swearer and drunkard as he was standing at his own door upon the Lords day with a pot in his hand to invite his guests was by the wonderful justice and power of God carried into the aire with a whirlwind and never seen nor heard of more Much might be said but my Work swells upon the Loome yet have I left many example to have the choice I shall conclude with one word and that is to pray us to consider that God blessed that is say Divines with intention of bestowing favours and benefits this day O let 's then labour for Gods blessing above all things Read those Promises in Esay 56.4 5 6 7. Jer. 17.24 25. let us labour for hearts to attend with delight to his Lawes and Ordinances when once we leave off Ordinances I durst almost say we are in a more sure way to ruin than the most outward prophane They are mercies not so much prized as they would if we wanted them A confluence brings a glut and that a disgust of the most relishing mercies A ten or five mile Sermon formerly tasted sweeter than now greater opportunities of grace and mercy nigher hand and within our reach I say let us set a high value upon the favour and means of conveyances let 's love and honour the faithful Ministers of the Word to love them is to love to hear them Hate thy Minister and then follows contempt of the Word and so hardnesse of heart this is commonly the sad effect of this sin Scoffers of Religion the Ministers of his precious Gospel and people have been made spectacles of Gods anger Judgements are prepared for scorners Prov. 19.29 They are blessed that sit not in their seat Psal. 1.1 One present in this Congregation sayes a Reverend Divine was an eye-witnesse of a woman scoffing at another for piety immediately she had her tongue strucken with a palsie and in two dayes died thereof Value therefore I say thy Minister for he is set over thee for to watch for the good of thy soul the love of the Minister and the Word is no small help to the keeping of the Lords day I conclude with the Psalmist Consider this all ye that forget God lest he teare you in pieces and there be none to deliver you Reader These following sad Examples came to my hand since the Printing of the former part of the Treatise which I thought good to insert here On Thursday in the last week save one of June 1620. A house was burnt down at Hether set in Norfolk there being a jar in the morning between the man and his wife as is said The woman wished that her husband going out might never return to his house which was burnt down e're he came home On the 22th of July 1627. at Barnham-broom some would needs draw up a Bell it being the Lords day into his place that it might be ready against the Bell-founder came on Friday that so they might not hinder their businesse Some went unwillingly to it but others went forewarned and did it when it was up he that was one of the readiest W. Baynes setting his foot on a board that brake or slipped fell and beat out his braines and miserably ended his dayes Aug. 6. 1627. At Scolebridge a man drunken being fastned on a Cart the horse turning suddenly overthrew the Cart into the River loaden with lime upon the drunken man where he was drowned and fearfully burnt with lime In the former part of Summer a man being drunk at VVimondham fell into a watery miry place and was drowned Another Drunkard vomiting a Sow followed him and eat up his vomit at last falling from his horse the Sow pulled out his throat and so he miserably died reported by the Judge at the Assizes FINIS Amos 3.6 Psal. 9.16 Epistle to Mr. Murcots Wo. * Mayor of Exceter Mr. Mantons Epist. to his life death * Suspected to favour Puritans VVilsons K. James Tit. 2.11 a 2. Turkish Hist. Wilson K. Ja. Prov. 23.29 R. Junius L. Bacon D. Taylor Esay 28.1 2 3 7 8 19. Chap. 22.12 13 14. Chap. 5.22 Joel 1.5 1 King 16.9 10. 2 Sam 13.28 Gen. 9.21 Peards Theatre Non ut vivat fed ut bibat Mr. Nealson Minister his Letter to Mr. Taylor in Theatre of Gods Judgements Mr. Ward his Wo to Drunkards D.T. Taylor Mr. Beadles Diary Mr. Clerks Examples Mr. Young Mr. Stubs Anatomy of abuses Mr. Young Doctor Beards Theatre Mr. Trapp M. L. marg Math. 5.34 Prov. 6.34 Levit. 24.14 Hosea 2.4 marg Psal. 109.13 Neh. 13 2. Mal 3 4. Mr. Beadles Diary Mr. Ridsley Serm. R. Junius Theatre of Gods Judgements Mr. Bolton Theatre of Gods Judgements Mr. Clerks examples Theatre of Gods Judgements Luthers Colloquia Theatre of Gods Judgements Mr. Terry's East-India voyage Theatre of Gods Judgements Theatre of histor● Theatr. Gods Judgements Stow. Cron. Theatre of God Judgements Fox Acts Theatre Histo. Theatr. of Gods Judgements Wilson K. James Sin stigmatised Sword against Swearers Dr. Williams true Church Mr. Nowel These two I have from a reverend Divine of this County The Relation from his Brothers own mouth now alive 1645. 1627. Mr. Burtons Tragedy c. Mat. 12.8 Exod. 20. Exod. 16.23 31.15 35.3 Ezech. 22.26 Isay 56.2 58.13 Rom. 10 14 17. Mr. Goodwin Mr. Cawdry Jer. 17 27. Neh. 13.18 Ezek. 22.26 31. Theatr● of History Theatre of Gods Judgements Mr. Clarks examples Rom. 11.33 Theatre of Gods Judgements Luke 13.4 Mr. Clarks Examples 1657. Mr. P. Goodwin Dies dominicus redivivus 117. Mr Clarks Examples Dr. Twiss on Sabb. Dr. Beards Theatre C. Tacitus Josephus Mr. Nelson Minister his letter to Mr. Taylor in Theatre of Judgements 1634. 1634. 1635. July 19. 1635. July 1654. 1634. July 1634. Octoct 1633. 1634. 1634. January 1634. March 1634. June 1635 Feb. 9. 1634. April 18. 1635. Mr. Weld Mr. Clark 2 King 1. 2 King 2 Mr. Greenhill on Ezekiel Psal. 50.22