places visited to other places free as if God could not as well send plagues to those places to which they flee for refuge as to them from which they departed but yet thus will men drowned in security flatter themselves with hope of immunity from dangers against all likelihood for if the judgements of War Pestilence c. be sent upon any place for sin as without question they are when one place is smitten another may tremble seeing it is in the same fault and knowes not how soone it may be in the same condition and the flying of men from a place visited to any other as yet free may be a meanes to lessen the punishment of the place in distresse and bring is upon the place that was free Tâ—cium in pectore isto circum feras fontem fomi temque tui mali Iust lipsi de Constan lib. 1. cap. 2. Iob. 34.21 22 seeing sin is removed from one place to another by the removing of such and so Gods wrath and vengeance will follow them as Joab followed Sheba into what place soever they enter for be sure their sinne that is punishment due to sin shall finde them out Cain cannot fly from his tormenting conscience no more can any marked out to destruction escape whithersoever they enter or betake themselves The mountaines cannot cover them nor the bottome of the sea hide them from those plagues that God hath appointed therefore whither should they fly But what if they doe fly Doth it not often befall such as if they should fly from a lion and a beare should meet them Amos 5.19 or goe into a house for safety and a serpent should bite them Yea God threatens such things against those who provide no otherwayes to suffer then by flight Isa 30.7 15 16. He cryes to all men that their strength is to sit still and that in returning and rest they shall bee saved but men by their action say no But we will flee upon horses and ride upon the swift therefore saith God shall ye flee and those that pursue you shall be swift one thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one c. An example of this we have in Zedichiah Jer. 38.17 who could not be perswaded to abide in Jerusalem to abide there what God had appointed for him to suffer but he would escape and flee away from danger and so he thought he should be safe but that his flight was his utter overthrow for while he thought to escape he run himselfe into dangers that he could not avoyde and farre worse then that he should have undergone if he had submitted himselfe into the hands of the Caldeans Ier. 39.4 5 6 Thus it befalls many men even at this instant in this our Kingdome they flee from one judgement Mors fugacem persequitur virum Hor. li 3. od 2. and meete with other more grievous how many are there who flying from the feare of War into other places there feele the misery of War in the oxtreamest manner and how many flying the Countrey into strong Holds are there in distresse and misery by famine or pestilence or some other disease from which they cannot escape finding true by experience that which was threatned against wicked people that while they escape from one misery another should take hold on them which seeing by woefull experience I say many feele let all that reads this be as wise as learne to get courage to stand in affliction without flying away from that which they can have small hope to escape and the rather because they heare of and see Gods judgements so various and withall so terrible that when they may thinke themselves safest then they may be in greatest danger Againe let such consider from whom they seek to hide themselves it is from the Lord now who can fly from his presence Psal 24.1 The earth is the Lords and the fulnesse thereof it cannot hide them at the command of him the sea shall cast up and deliver her dead in it therefore they cannot be safe in a word The Lord fills heaven and earth where then is roome for any to remaine from his presence Ier. 23.24 or from his judgements seeing he hath as is before said in eve-very place some thing to arrest them and bâ—ing them before him But if by flying such could save themselves from all trouble and outward affliction yet in so doing they provide the worst for themselves for the Wiseman that had experience of all estates and conditions saith It is better to be in the house of mourning Eccles 7 2. then in the house of laughter It is better to suffer affliction then otherwayes for many times great dangers come unto the soule by continuall pleasures Tribulatio prodest animae prosperitus vero spiritum bonum exâ—â—â—guit Stella de contem mundi lib. 2. ca. 31 and much good by affliction for while men stay encompassed about by calamities it causes them to looke up towards heaven for aid and assistance of the Almighty and strengthens in them their faith patience and other graces yea and teacheth them love brotherly kindnesse and pity towards their brethren and chaseth out of their thoughts all desire of pleasure or â—oâ—ght in sinning and workes in them care to please God 〈◊〉 to offend him c. in a word Ne fugias infirmitates tâ—ibulationes quae conducunt ad salutem animae admitte adversitates si modo velis sanari Stella de contem mundi li. 2 ca. 23 it is not to be expressed what good afflictions or staying where afflictions are may work unto men when on the contrary when men are escapeâ—â— as they thinke from danger 〈◊〉 manner of evill 〈◊〉 in upon them and so are they plâ—â—ged in the depth of pleasures that it is hard for them ever to escape out again for most commonly such forget all love pity or fellow-feeling of their brethren â—â—lamities which in time dangerously hardens their heaâ—â— and workes in them by little and little a contempt of their brethren in distresse and by and by such an high conceit of their owne happinesse that they are rocked asleep in the cradle of sâ—cusity untill they become sencelesse of their sâ—â—ules danger to their everlasting destruction If these things were seriously pondered surely it could not chuse but worke in men a resolution to stand against all dangers and make them even rejoyce to be accounted worthy to suffer and to thinke themselves the most happy when in the worlds eyes they seeme to be most miserable Moreover in flying from Gods judgements they doe not onely rob themselves of that which is good but they show their folly in thinking themselves wiser then God he is the best physician both of soule and body and he sends afflictions to places no doubt but for their good seeing that all things worke together for good of those that fear him men in flying refuse that which God
can walke without feare or danger where death cuts downe on every side of them so that I say If the Lord used not many sorts of plagues men would sâ—eke to hide themselves from him though they can never doâ— it or to devise meanes to keepe themselves from danger and so to escape punishment but the Lord prevents their escaping by his variety of punishments which he hath in store that they cannot â—ell how to prevent them because they know not how they will come or what they will be for all the policy or devises that any can devise cannot free them from Gods hand when he will punish seeing hee hath not some few but many and them so strange that none knowes how to shun them they can finde no evasion but hee will meet with them by one plague or other if by their doings they have provoked him Lastly we must know that God uses variety of judgements c. that so it may be knowne that he hath an hand in all judgements that are sent upon the earth for if sometimes strangeâ— and unusuall things were not heard or seene Isa 42.9 43.12 13. if the Lord did not punish sometimes after one manner sometimes after another men would â—â—lye the Lord and say it were not he that sends judgements abroad in the world but they wâ—hâ—d ascribe it to Faâ—e Fortune c as if the Lord had forsaken the earth and suffered all things to run at randome without disposing or guiding or if no destruction came upon the enemies of his people but by chance or that he were impotent and could doe nothing but as iâ— happened according to the course of times c. Thus the Syrians thought for they would not beleeve that the God of Israel could doe any thing for his peoples safety in any place but on the hills 1 Kin. 20.23 they thought if they got the Israelites into the valleys there they should have them out of Gods protection or power Ver. 28. and there they should vanquish them not considering that their former overthrows was from and by the Lord and therefore to let them know their destruction was from him hee show'd himselfe as well a God in the valleys as on the hills and delivered all that multitude into the hands of his people And as the Syrians were thus incredulous or heedlesse that judgements came or were sent from God and therefore stood need to bee awakened so are many even as yet in the same disease and therefore the Lord sends such judgements and plagues sometimes that all men may know that no plagues can come from or by any but from and by his command and shewes by the variety that is in the world that he alone is he that creates evill and hath his armory stor'd with all sorts of punishments that he will at any time use CHAP. III. â—eeing the Lord hath many sorts of Judgements men ought to examine their estates how they stand before God whether they 〈◊〉 expect peace or dangers A discoâ—â—ty of many sâ—mâ—es in these parts found out by a slâ—â—â—â—â— examination YOu have heard now the Lord is stor'd with variety of Judgements either to inflict upon his enemies or to comfort this peoples or to deliveâ— them from dangers or the Tyranny of the wicked It behoves us therefore all in these and all oâ—heâ— pâ—â—ts that are by Gods especiall favour in some good measure freed from the misery of War to examinie our estaâ—es that we may know what we may expect from the Lord wheâ—her againe more plagues to punish us or a further freedome from troubles For to being us into a sure and certaine knowledge of this we are to take notice of what was delivered in the precedent Chapter which hath showne why and when the Lord uses variety of judgâ—ments against a people and if by examination we finde our selves in some reasonable measure to have answered Gods expectation by taking warning by former judgements and aâ—cribing the glory power and Majesty the unto him and in feaâ—ing his greatnesse accordingly as he desires and submiâ—â—ing our selves under his mighty hand with reverence and humility not stubbornely exalting our selves against his judgements but thankfully imbracing what he shall send we may then hope that our God will no more reiterate his judgements upon us but in time more perfect this happy begun worke of our enjoying of peace and that we shall be a selected peculiar people in whom he will â—ake delight and who shal be as a brand pluckt from the fiâ—e or as a remnant whom he will save to declare the dangers from which we have been delivered to all the world to his praise But if on the contrary by due and unpartiall examination we find that as yet Gods former corrections have not wrought those effects fore mentioned in us but we that still remaine presumptuous stiffe necked c. then we may have cause to feare that though the feare of Warre be removed from us yet it is but to make us more unexcusable before God but that still we shall have sent upon us other punishments that we little as yet feare or dreame of Now therefore let it not be offensive to any if I a little examine our estate and by searching our doings show what we may expect And in very truth when I look over our people and see what security carelesnesse and presumption possesseth them how they blesse themselves in their iniquity and put far from them â—he evill day it causes me to feare that us yet there is not wrought that humility or reformation in any among us as God requires in those whom he will establish in peace For as yet for ought I can perceive the fearfull name of the Lord is not feared among us as it ought to be nor his mighty power and strength feared as it ought to be if they were the judgements that our brethren now suffer should as much make us â—fraid as though wee our selves did beate them the Lion hath roared who can but fear or who is there but should feare Amos 3.8 yet hee roares but who doth feare the voyce of the Lord was so fearfull to Adâ—â— that when he had sinned when he call'd he hid himselfe Gen. 3.10 and for shame durst not appear for he was affraid because he was naked When the Lord descended downe upon Mount Sinai though it were for their good yeâ— his dreadfull Majesty made them so affraid that they neither durst approach nigh unto him nor heare him yet the Lord Exod. 20.18 19. as I said hath roared among us and hath call'd upon us by his terrible voyce of War and not onely so but descended downe in judgements upon us and by fearfull and terrible sights hath spoken unto us to prove us that wee may feare before him and not sin â—ound yet for all this we feare not not come in humility trembling before our God or show that we have any desire that
have every day a piece so greatly was he beloved of God that even when all the City was in want and he hated of all in the City yet was he provided for now these and the like examples of Gods kindnesse towards his people in such distresse may imbolden us to suffer with patience seeing God is the same he was and as carefull over his people as ever formerly and will assuredly relieve those that are in distresse if they doe but truly confide in him Suppose two men were to goe to prison or to such a place where they were sure to finde want of all things the one he knowes of a friend that will relieve him in necessity and therefore he with better heart and more comfort enters the undelightfull place the other he knowâ— of none that will at all help be his want never so extreem and therefore sorrowfully enters and with bitter griefe undergoes such unwelcome wants It is even thus with Gods people and ungodly men with men that have faith and unbeleeving persons those who trust in the Lord they feare not to heare of famine they know of a friend who will one way or other relieve them 1 King 17.6 the ravens shall feede them if men will not or cannot in prison they shall have bread when men that have liberty shall want pulse shall make them fat and faire Dan. 1.15 when others shall idye because they cannot undergoe hardnesse one handfull of meale shall hold out to preserve them when full barnes shall waste and be empty in a word 2 Kin. 17.14 Psal 34 1â— they know that God will provide for them and therefore they feare not but considently and constantly relye upon him On the contrary wicked and unbeleeving men in time of dearth know of no succour 2 King 6.27 if the Barne floore or the Wine-presse faile them they are at a stand they know not which way to turne themselves and so the very thought of famine terrifies them and to undergoe it seemes intolerable therefore I say let us put our confidence in God and consider what favour other of Gods servants have had in such distresses and let that worke in us an assurance of Gods favour towards us and then having that assurance we shall be ready to undergoe with patience this or the like calamity Againe if none of these forenamed judgements do molest us but that the Lord hath decreed that we shall be destroyed by Forraine Foes let us pray night and day to the Lord to keep them from us or led Captives from our own land to strange places 1 Pet. 1.11 c. to prepare to suffer this patiently os paroimois c. Vita nostra eleganter dicitur paroimia id est Peregrinatio nam Deus nobis hic Domicilium non habitandi sed commorandi de dit let us remember that we are but strangers and pilgrims here on earth we no continuing * Heb. 13.14 city here we are not now at home but even while here we live we are in a strange Countrey where onely for a while we must abide to endure afflictions that we may have algreater desire to be fetched home to that city above which is the mother of us all have we any more to doe then holy men before us have had and they counted the time which they spent upon earth but as a pilgrimage and themselves as strangers in the earth what assurance or title soever they had of or to what they did possesse therefore we are no more now to strangers all places are alike they can be as well content in one place as another Gen 47.7 12.10 Heb. 11.13 should it not then be so with us although we should be driven or carried away our God is in all places and to him we may have free accesse in all places seeing in every place those that lift up pure hearts and hands to God Sapiens ubicunque est perigrinatur are accepted his watchfull eye of providence lookes upon us in all places and he is ready to assist all that call upon him with necessaries therefore what need we care whither we be carried if God have so decreed that it shall be so for let us not doubt but he will provide for our safety even in greatest extremity Psal 90.1 let us not feare but he that gave Jeremiah favour in the sight of his enemies Jer. 40.4 so that in a time of generall captivity he had free liberty â—o goe whither he would and likewise Gen. 39.4 Dan. 2.48 caus'd Jeseph and Daniel to finde such favour in strange landâ— that they were advanced to places of trust and dignity and in the time of the greatest bondage blessed his people with all manner of blessings in a strange land Exod. 1.7 but the same God will provide for us likewise if we put our trust and confidence in him as they did for the Lord hath alwayes a speciall care over his servants chiefly in the time of dangers so that how ever it goe with the wicked it shall goe well with them To be briefe let us take the words speken to Ebedmelech as spoken to us and that may cause us stand firme against all approaching danger Jer. 39.16 17 18. But yet perhaps it may seem an hard thing to be borne with patience to many to see strangers enjoy their labours lands houses and what was theirs and they themselves either be as slaves to them or forced to fly for their owne safety or carried by force to places where there is no hope of safety This indeed may seeme hard to flesh and bloud therefore let all men as I before shewed endeavour to draw their love and delight from them and withall consider that of all we do possesse we are but tenants at will and shall we not be as well content to suffer the Lord to doe what he pleaseth with his as that our temporall Landlords should dispose of theirs as they please it is nothing to us to whom an owner of land lets or gives it why therefore should we repine at what the Lord doth The earth is the Lords and the fulnesse thereof he may therefore dispose of it as he pleaseth which thing seriously considered of should teach us to lay our hands upon our mouthes and not murmure though all we had we taken from us and given to others But againe if it should be so leâ— us consider to further and procure in us patience to endure it that we are not alone in such a condition but even the dearest of Gods children have been in the like Abraham Gen. 15.13 the Father of the faithfull had a Land promised to his seed for an inheritance but it was possessed by strangers foure hundred years before they enjoyed it nay in the most of that time they suffered hard and cruell bondage in Egypt David by the Lord was chosen King of Israel but he lived in exile
and against all meanes oft-times he brings punishments upon the ungodly and wicked men For even in the day time wicked men meete with darknesse and grope at the noon-day The Sun he causes to loose his brightnesse and the cleare day its light in vaine can any expect safety if he walke in his evill wayes for with the froward God will shew himselfe froward and to those that walke contrary to him will hee walke contrary for what is man that he can strive against God For if he were never so strong he could not be free seeing God can if he pleaseth meet with him in any place at any time upon any occasion This Doctrine the Prophet taught the Jewes when they thought because one judgement was past that then they should have lived in safety for ever nay saith the Prophet Rejoyce not thou Palestina Isa 14.19 because the rod of him that smote thee is broken for out of the Serpents root shall come a Cockatrice and his fruit shall be a fiery flying Serpent So that though one judgement were taken away yet should they not be free for as much as two in its roome more fearefull should follow in vaine should they expect immunity for out of the root of one plague should spring another untill they should be consumed utterly from the face of the earth And it is no marvell that he hath such store seeing it is he that created darknesse and evill if there were no punishments apparent he could presently bring them for why he can produce them from nothing Isa 45.7 when men think the coast is cleare and there is no dangeâ— neere nor feare of any when they cry Peace peace then shall sudden destruction come upon them as upon a woman in travell and they shall not know which way to escape This the Jewes found to their woe the Egyptians had raised the Siege from before Jerusalem and all the Army of the Caldeans were gone so that there was no danger feared or expected Jer. 37.10 But what saith the Prophet If saith he ye had smitten all the Army of the Caldeans so that there had remained no more then wounded men yet should they burn this City with fire for as it is as easie for him to save by many as by few * 1 Sam. 14. â— Si Deus statuit homines perdere quamvis nemo sit hostis posse tamen solo statu eos omnes inte fiâ—ere Cal. preâ—ect in Jer. So is it as to destroy by few as well as many For he that could turn away the Assyrians from Jerusalem alone could likewise strengâ—hen a weake Army to destroy it when he pleased but though they were not a ware of it yet did he bring again the same Army which they least feared for no doubt but they were little or nothing affraid of the Army of the Caldeans which was chased from them and yet that danger came the soonest upon them for thus somtimes the Lord meets with men and againe sometimes quite * See an example of this in the hystory of Serpents contrary for sometimes when men seeme to be afraid of a judgement and therefore prepare against it because they thinke nothing can hurt them but onely that which then they fear perhaps before they be aware some other falls on them which they least expected Thus in a manner iâ— befelâ— those Israelites that came from Egypt with Moses they cry'd out against him and Aaron that because they brought them from Egypt into the Wildernesse their children and their little ones would all bee destroyed in the Wildernesse but quite contrary it fell out to them For Deut. 1.39 saith the Lord those little ones which you said should bee a prey c. they shall goe in thither and they shall possesse it but as for ye turne c. Verse 40. We ourselves in this Land may by experience know this for we once suppos'd and fear'd that Forreigne foes by invasion might worke our ruine and to this end prepar'd our Ships c. but now * And now perhaps he may destroy us by them contrary to our feare quite contrary to the expectation of most though indeed alwayes feared by some God hath met with us by sending a spirit of dis-unity among us which is now like without Gods especiall mercy to worke our utter destruction I might therefore shew how he hath somtimes feared a place with one plague and punished it with another but what hath beene spoke may shew sufficiently his variety c. For who can number his armies Job 25.3 saith Job he hath so many none can tell the number of them And yet besides all his visible judgements and the Earth the Sea and all things in them are ready to excute his command the Heavens the Stars c are all at a becke to doe what he pleaseth he hath an invinsible Army consisting of twenty thousand charets nay even thousands of Angels who are without number Psal 68.17 Dan. 7.10 therefore who can but assent to this truth that God hath variety of punishments to inflict upon wicked men c. Which yet will more manifestly appeare if we consider how he hath met with men in those places where they expected safety and where it was thought no feare could come nay which were so strong or free shot that it was thought impossible for any harme to enter from which It was thought troubles were so far that they were reforted unto by men to take delight in even in those places I say God hath oftentimes vexed men with unaâ—oydable misqâ—ies Thus he met with those rebellious Jews who notwithstanding they were fore-warn'd would needs go into Egypt because as they thought there they should neither see nor feele any evill but even there contrary to their expectation the Lord threatned evill should finde them out The sword saith he that you feared shall overtake you there in the Land of Egypt Jer. 42.14 15 16. and the famine whereof you were afraid shall follow close after you into Egypt and there ye shull dye And the very like doth another Prophet threaten against those who expected help or deliverance from Egypt Isa 30.3 The strength of Phraoh shall be your shame and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion Even there where they hoped to finde comfort and by whom they expected deliverance there they sound sorrow and they became a snare unto them and their hopes not onely failed but they were in a worse condition then otherwayes they would have been in for they on whom they leaned did not onely breake out wonnded them And indeed it befalls many times thus to men that fly from danger they finde worse entertainment then they departed from Those five Kings that warred against Joshâ— Josh 10.16 24 25 26. thought they had been past danger when they escaped from the Field and fled into a cave at Makkedah but destruction followed after
give us over to Popery hardnesse of heart Mat. 13.15 Acts 28.27.28 Luk. 3.20 Roma 21 24 26. Act. 19.9 or into a reprobate sence unnaturall uncleannesse bestiality open tyranny or to fall into Sects or Heresies c. for which these and the like crying sins he often punisheth the forenamed sins as by those places of Scripture in the Margent may appeare Againe let us not thinke that we shall escape punishment continuing in our sins seeing God may and many times doth punish men in and by those wayes and means which they take to be the comfortablest wherin they can walke as in and by their pleasures preferments wealth beauty c. yea making peace it selfe a plague and prosperity a a snare to catch them to their destruction for as one observes it is a plague to many that they are not plagued even the want of punishment is their punishment I know it is a thing desired of many to be rich and most men wish they may never be worse hurt but even wealth very oft pâ—oves no lesse hurtfull then the most fearfull plagues that ever are sent this the Apostle very well observes Those that will be rich saith he fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtfull lusts 1 Tim. 6.10 which drowne * budizousi In profundum objiciunt men in destruction and perditionâ— they suck in so much pleasure by them that they forget all other happinesse while in the meane time they are insnared by Sathan to their destruction which surely is a punishment greater then any earthly sufferings the consideration of this Pro. 30.8 9. caus'd Agur to pray so fervently that he should not be made rich for he feared wealth would exalt him cause him to forget his Maker and the Philosopher thought to make his enemies rich was the greatest displeasure he could do them indeed very oft abundance of wealth proves a great deale of trouble to the possessours of it Who would be in so much care trouble and perplexity as with rich men in these dayes of danger for in their height of pleasures feares of danger perplex them and they scarcely can take rest because of continuall molestation that so one need wish their enemy no more trouble then to be rich for they may be assured that by that meanes they shall not be without vexation Mat. 19.23 But besides the vexation riches bringeth with them on earth Defipile est stare in alta dignitate carere cogitationibus elatis Stella de contemptu mundi lib. 1. ca. 13 See Mal. 2.2 Psal 69.22 they are in danger to deprive them of those celestiall pleasures which as far surpasse those earthly vanities as heaven doth hell And what vexations doe often come by preferment and honour even when men have their whole desire in injoyment of pleasures and dignities they most commonly are either inwardly vexed or their envyed happinesse dâ—th procure unavoydable misery which likewise by God are inflicted as punishments upon them though it may be not perceived and therefore the more fearfull To be briefe who knowes but even this small time of tranquillity which now we enjoy may be made a plague unto us for if the Lord do by it give us over to security and carelesnesse we shall presently be in a very deplorable condition and yet not to be pitied because we shall not know wherein we stand need of pity thus may we be severely plagued Eccles 7.2 3. even with judgements wounding us deeply in and by the same meanes which we take to be our onely comforts and the lesse that any take notice of this the more is the plague upon him Miserius inihil est misâ—rose non miserente for sencelesnes of Gods judgments is the greatest judgement of all and how much more a man thinkes himselfe happy though he sinne and yet enjoyes all temporall pleasures so much the mo e miserable is he Let every one that reads this consider of it and observe and mark how the case is with him whether or no he perceive or finde any of these secret judgements creeping in upon him and while there is time let us all beware we doe not provoke God to send them upon us and above all let us observe how sin decreases or increases if we see men rather growing more bold in sinne eâ—ery day more then other other let us then assure our selves the plague of God is against us and just cause we may have to feare Isa 22.14 that such iniquities shall not be purged till we die Or if we see men every day more then other given over to security and pleasures and carelesse of threatnings denounced against them by the Ministers and servants of God let us then likewise feare that the Lords hand is stretched out against us But if we see none of these secret judgements nor open plagues but that we still live under Gods protection in peace and tranquillity yet let us not grow bolder in sinne See Psal 69.22 23 24 25 27 28. Let us take heed that none of those or such like judgements fall upon us but alwayes call to mind this point and feare to offend and in the midst of prosperity beseech the Lord that our table may not become a snareunto us but that we may so be delivered from curses that Gods blessings may be upon us and all we have at all times in all places upon all occasions this if we doe we shall enjoy with increase our already begun peace but continuing in sin may cause us to expect nothing but wrath for there is no peace to the wicked CHAP. V. Wee may not onely feare that God hath Judgements in store for us but that wrath in some sort shall shortly be powred downe upon us OUr unmatched security causes me to stand upon this Point longer then otherwayes I would and makes me breake order and method that if by any meanes it may this my Scout may be faithfull to give an alarm to all sorts of men that they may be stirr'd up either to prevent by unfained repentance or to prepare against further danger Let it not seeme strange to any that I more then any should be thus fearfull of that of which as yet there seems no likelihood of appearance or that I should continually strike upon this string for truly me thinkes they are either blinde or quite fearlesse or carelesse what come that see not as well as I still clouds of wrath hanging over us ready againe to dissolve into showers it pities me that so few see it or feare it and those who doe see it or at least feare it should no better take notice of it or so little take care to prevent it or prepare against it and therefore to put them in minde that forget and instruct those who know not or consider not and to let all men know the ground of my feares in this Chapter as freely as I