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A36900 Heavenly pastime, or, Pleasant observations on all the most remarkable passages throughout the Holy Bible of the Old and New Testament newly allegoriz'd in several delightful dialogues, poems, similitudes, and divine fancies / by John Dunton, author of The sickmans passing-bell. Dunton, John, 1627 or 8-1676. 1685 (1685) Wing D2625; ESTC R17453 181,885 324

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the searcher out of Blood cryes Where is Abel thy Borther Nothing can be hid from his Eye Murther shall not go unpunished The Voice of thy Brother's Blood cryes to me from the Ground Guilt follows his Sin with the dreadful Wrath of God And now thou art cursed from the Face of the Earth c. At this stroak the Heart of Cain becomes a little sensible and the hardness of his Soul although too late begins to soften Alas Lord said he my Iniquity is greater than thy Mercies and my Sin is too enormous to hop● for Pardon I confess it and from this very moment I depart from hence like a banished Man to wander day by day without peace or relaxation Besides my Brothers Ghost persues and torments me with too much severity Even thy self O my God and my Iudge chasest me away far from thy Countenance and far from the pleasing glances which issue from thine Eyes Ah then let the Sun and Moon cease to enlighten the World and let me for ever wander amidst the Murtherous shades of Abel and let my life pine away in obscurity Otherwise I fear saith he that at the first sight and encounter some one may kill and treat me according to my deserts No no Cain saith God nothing of what thou ●earest shall happen to thee and if any one be so rash to attempt on thee I will make him feel the excess of my Wrath For this effect God imprinted a sensible mark upon his forehead which served him for a safe-guard against all the Assaults of his Enemies This done the poor wretch went away all alone pale trembling pursued by the stings of his Soul And after some wan●rings arrived in the L●nd of Ede● lyi●● Eastward It was under this Cl●m●te and near unto Mount Libanus that this fugitive at last made his retreat There it was where he built a City and had by his Wife a very numerous posterity And now Mankind with Fruitfull Race began A little Corner of the World to Man CHAP. VII Wherein you have an Account both of the Building of Noahs Ark and of his manner of entring into it Together with a Description both of the Deluge and Drowning of the old World and of Noahs descent out of the Ark and his Sacrifices on the Hills of Armenia Gen. 6. God for Mans sins intends the World to drownd With Men and Beast and all that 's in it found But he in the Ark saves Noah and his Seed With pairs of all kinds which on Earth did breed THe Decree is now given and I see nothin● that is able to with-hold an arm wholely irritat●d God repents himself for having created Man and bestowed on him all his labour and affection he repents himself and his Heart riseth at the sight and thought of this Object In fine being no longer able to restrain his Wrath and indignation I swear b● my self saith he that I will d●stroy Man and ef●ace hi● name and memory over the face of the Vniverse I will not spare ev●n Be●sts and Birds To the end that what hath been a wi●●ess complice or even a slave of his crime shall also be the Companion of the pain and punishment which is ordained him This said and done Of so many men who then lived upon the Earth and of so many Families that only of No●h deserved favour and was freed from Shipwrack God then calls this Holy Man an● great P●triark ●o advertise and communi●ate his whole de●ign unto him Fri●nd ●aith God the World is in its agony and my ●ustice shall put an end to this Work whi●h my Love began All my patience and delays h●●e only served to make way for evil and my cl●mency is converted into rigour after all my good●ess is tired and I am resolv'd to open all the Torre●ts of my Wrath that the World being no longer ●ut a great Abyss and a vast Sepul●her may be drowned in it sel● and that there may n●ver be more m●n●ion of it Go then Noah and build an Ark of Timb●r and Planks Make small apartments in it and pitch it ●oth within and without Let it be ●hr●e h●●dre● Cubits in length and fifty in brea●t● and thirty in ●●ight Make th●n a Win●ow a Cu●it h●gh ●nd in the s●●e contri●e a do●r to go in and out dispose also Ch●mb●rs therein and be car●full that the wh●le be ●ivided in●o three St●●i●s t● the ●nd the Body of ●●is l●r●e st●u●ture may be the more commodio●s and ●etter proportioned Afterwards I will make my accord a●d p●ct with thee And thou shalt presently enter in with thy Wife Children and Cattle Besides thou shalt conduct into this Sanctuary all sorts of Beasts and Birds with this distinction that amongst the clean thou shalt choose seven of every sp●cies and of the unclean two only Pairing alw●yes the Male and Femal● that they may repair the Earth and Air by their Copulations This good Man performed exactly all that God had commanded him he is already in the Ark and he bu●ieth himself in disposing and nourishing all these different Species of Beasts and Birds Seven dayes were spent about these preparations and in the miraculous inclosure of this new House At the e●d whereof the Heavens opened on all side● and the Sun Moon and Stars seem'd to be chang'd into Sources and Chanels the Air and Clouds became a Sea and all the ●lements joyned together to make of the who●e Worl● an Ocean without ●hoars without bottom without H●ven and without limit Gen. 7. The hig●est Hills by Waters are o're spread Mou●tains Trees Towers in Floods lye buried Men Women Be●sts and Birds are quite d●stroy'd W●ters possess'd all that the Land e●joy'd M●an while where are you the unhappy Inhabit●nt● of the City of Enos Poor Heirs of Cain Children of Men eff●minate Spirits wa●ton Souls where are you The Heavens f●ll on your Heads the Air stifles you the Water swall●ws you up and the Earth vanisheth away Fath●rs Moth●rs Children Husba●●s and Wives Brothers and Sisters Kindred Friends wh●re are you I behold I behold your Towers bur●ed u●d●r the Waves I hear your cryes your sighs and yo●r voices notwithst●nding the Te●pest in fin● yo●r flo●ting Bo●ies and your dying Souls ack●owledg●●ut too l●te the excess of your Sins Ah sin sin these are thy spoyls and this is the tempest thou hast raised sin do'st thou discern the state into which thou hast reduc'd the World the Air the Earth and the Heavens O God! Must all the Elements weep forty dayes and ●s many Nights And in fine must all Nature be in Mourning or rather in Tryumph Since every where she erects Trophies and Mountains of Water to swallow up the most shameful and most insolent of all Vices During this Triumph and mourning Noah stears his Vessel his Family and Troops upon the Billows This holy man enjoyes a Calm and say●●● securely over these Storms and Billows He behol●s the Day in the midst of Night and the Tempe●t which