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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13211	Sermons, meditations, and prayers, upon the plague. 1636. By T.S.	Swadlin, Thomas, 1600-1670.	1637 (1637)	STC 23509; ESTC S103474	86,706	284

murther of Tatius And doe not we deale treacherously one with another Doe not we hunt every man his brother with a net Doe no● wee seeke to undermine and cir● co●ve●t one another Is it then any wonder that the plague is amongst us God is hardly drawne to send this judgement but such sinnes as these will perswade him to send many more and many worse You see the Quare why the plague is sent Now upon the Qua●e you must give me leave to play ●he Lawyer and propose a crosse ●●terogatorie by Quomodo How the ●lague may be sent away againe Applic. 1. It is ●●y application of it And no way ●o remove it that I know Numb 16 46.47 but A●●ons way or Phinee's way or King Davids way When there died ●4700 of the plague Aaron takes censor puts fire therein from the Altar and put incense thereon and goes into the congregation and a●●onement was made Sic vos so do you Take the censor of humble devotion put therein the fire of ●eale from the altar of the Crosse and put thereon the incense of Christs merits and offer it quickly for the congregation and Gods ●and is not shortened his eare is not stopped but as then so now he will be reconciled and accept of this for attonement and stay the plague onely you must stand as he did beewixt the living and the dead● your dead sinnes with sorrow and the living graces of God with desire and desire God with those teares That from plague and pestilence hee would deliver us for ●esu● Christ his sake Amen Or if it increase to Phinea's number and there dye 24000. why then you must doe as Phineas did and what did he Hee rose up from amongst the congregation and tooke ● Iaveling in his hand and thrust Zimri and Cozbi through the belly so the plague was stayed Sic vo● so doe you you are Phineas Christ hath made you so to God his Father Kings and Priests Rise up● from the congregation for you are downe downe and asleepe in the sinnes of your companions But at last awake awake by repentance and arise Rise by faith and take a Javelin the Javelin of Reluctancie ●●d Feare and smite Zimri the ●●entation of sinne and Cozbi your ●onsent to and delectation in sinne ●●d smite them through the belly ●●at there may never againe bee a conjunction of your consent with ●●e Divels tentation and intreate God and he will doe it say the ●●ague through Iesus Christ Amen Or if yet the sicknes increase far●●er as in King Davids time from ●●an to Beersheba and slay 70000. ●●en why then you must doe as King David did He spake unto the Lord when he saw the Angel smite ●●e people and said Loe 2 Sam. 24.17 I have sin●ed and I have done wickedly but these sheepe what have they done let thine hand I pray thee bee against me and my fathers house Sic vos so must you If any of you are more conscious than others and which of you is not why then you must or if you are loath to bewray yo●● selves why then I will I will spe●● unto the Lord for I have seene t●● Angel smiting and I will say Wh●● have the people of this parish 〈◊〉 this Citie done O God it is I th●● have sinned it is I that have do●● wickedly they alas knew not ho●● to contrive these sinnes that I have committed so that thou wilt spa●● them let thy hand be against me and my house for I am the greatest sinne amongst them all and yet but of th●● extent I trust whom I●SUS CHRIS● will save and if thou wilt save me and them from the plague and he●● then we will goe up and reare thee a●● Altar and offer burnt offerings an● peace offerings unto thee From ou● sinnes wee goe up and the altar of ho●●ly protestations wee reare and swear● unto thee to meddle no more with sin● which hath brought this plague an●● will for ever offer unto thee the burnt offerings of broken and contrite spirits and the peace offerings of Turtle repentance and Dove charitie and 〈◊〉 leavened sinceritie upon the altar ●f faith in the crosse of Iesus Christ for whose sake heare us and helpe us ●nd have mercy upon us and bid the Angel that destroyeth thy people to ●old his hand that wee may live and ●raise thee in the great congregation ●●ilitant till wee come to thy congregation triumphant to sing eternall Hallel●jahs to him that sits upon the ●hrone and to the Lambe at his right ●and for ever Amen If any of you think the removing of the plague is not worth so much ●aines I entreat you to goe along with me and be resolved upon my second Quaere the Quid 2ª 1 ae ●●uid what is the plague what the plague is And what is the plague thinke you To know what it is you must not looke upon it under the genus of sicknesse for then it is but Humores male dispositi an ill di●position of the body so Secundum definitionem it is defined so sickne● is or it is a want a defect a privation of health It is not a thing i● nature but it is a thing against nature a violation of nature for therefore is sicknes called Disease 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because it is sine sanitate without health So secundum ●em or it is Macula a spot quia corporis formain deformat because it disfigures the beautie of the body i● makes him mauc and meagre pal● and wan and it is Debitum a debt quia ad mortem obligat because i● bindes us over to death and arrests us at his suite So it is secundum nomen it is named so sicknesse is Nay sometimes it is a double debt a debt to nature and a debt to physicke if we dye then natures debt is paid if we recover yet wee are still in debt to the physitian so farre sometimes that we spend the ●●st farthing of our substance So it 〈◊〉 as said of the woman in the Gos●ell she consumed her whole estate ●●on the Physitians or it is a percus●on and desolation either a smiting 〈◊〉 a desolation so the Prophet ●●yes I will make thee sick in smiting ●●ee in making thee desolate Mica 6.13 And I ●●ink the Prophet there meanes the ●lague for the plague is a smiting ●●cknesse and the plague is a desolating sicknes It is a smiting therefore called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for the fiercenesse ●f it it leaves a scarre behind it and 〈◊〉 is a desolating sicknes is therefore called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because it spreds and diffuses it selfe into many if not into all people so secundum divisio●em it is distinguished so sicknes is and this distinction complies most with the plague such a thing is the plague such a fearfull thing is the plague and I pray God deliver us all from it You will see the Feare of it mo●● perspicuously and be afraid of

did God command it saying by his Prophet 〈◊〉 2.15 Proclaime a fast This Fast is either corporall in abstaining from meat or spirituall in restraining the affections from sinne The corporall is not alwayes commanded by the State nor doe I meddle with it the spiritnall is evermore commanded by God especially in time of Plague and Famine and Warre And this from God I beseech you to observe Let your wanton eyes fast this time of weeping from the sight of vanity Let your curious eares fast this time of mourning from idle rumours and unsavourie talk Let your glibbe tongues fast this time of feare from evil speaking But what need I presse you to this The time presses you enough for let but your eyes imagine they see their eyes who are shut up by the plague watering and washing their bed bedewing their cheekes and then your eyes will have little list to roave upon forbidden flesh Againe by as strong a phansie let your eares imagine they heare their dolefull complaints O Lord thou hast justly restrained me of my liberty for I have abused my liberty I am worthily deprived of health These soares are deservedly upon my body for I have infected my soule more than once and often And then your cares will have little desire after newes and vanitie And with your tongues speake what they speake How long Lord how long shall thy iealousie burne like fire for ever O when shall I come into thy house O forgive my sinnes that brought this plague O remove this plague the iust scourge of my sinnes and I believe your tongues will not easily lye and sweare or talke idly In a word let your polluted soules fast and deny their owne wills to doe Gods so diet your bodies that you may fat your soules so feed your bodies so fat your soules that your Humility may have her perfect worke and that brings me to my second consideration Quid efficit What it doth what doth humility Exaltat it exalts 2a1 ae 2 ae what doez Humility Humilitas est Schola scala coeli He that desires to build high and seeke those things which are above must lay his foundation low for humblenesse of mind is the Schoole teaching and the Scale reaching Heaven so he and so the Poet Quo minor est quisquis maximus c. He that is least in his owne conceit Prov. 18.12 is highest in Gods so the Prophet Before honour is humility and so the Apostle Iam. 46. God giveth grace to the humble Pride is the beginning of sinne and Humility is the A B C of our Christian Ethicks and therefore sayes the Apostle againe Humble your selves under the mighty hand of God that he may lift you up Iam. 4.10 Humility mounts the soule that uses it to Heaven Pride keeps us downe for it is a plague The plague is Tumor in corpore and so pride is Tumor in mente That a swelling in the body this in the soule 〈◊〉 the plague be exalted and become Macula in corpore Tokens in the body then the body dyes so if prid● be exalted and become Macula in anima Spots in the soule then the soule dyes And yet it is observed by some that though the Tokens doe appeare yet lying upon the earth and breathing into the earth may possibly cure it And so humility the lowest and lowlyest of all Gods graces will cure the plague of the soule pride O quantum crimen superbiae sayes St. Ambrose ut ei etiam adulteria praeferantur Oh how great a sinne is the sinne of Pride that even Adulteries are preferred and saved before it Noverca virtutum mater vitiorum The stepmother of vertue and the mother of vice The stepmother of Vertue because it hates them as many women doe those children their husbands had by former wives and the mother of Vice because there is not one vice in the world but therein is found the contempt of God and that is Pride Humilitati autem nihil aequale Tom. 5. p. 171. De Humilit sayes St. Chrysostome haec est bonorum mater radix altrix occasio simul vinculum What is comparable to humility Humility is the mother of all Graces the root the nurse the occasion and the bond of all Graces The mother of all Graces shee is for she conceives them God had respect unto the lowlinesse of his Hand-maiden Luke 1. The lowlinesse conceived a respect in God towards her The roote shee is for they grow upon her if they be not upon the stocke of humility they turne into vices Nothing more wicked than to cleanse the Leper than to heale the lame than to raise the dead sayes St. Chrysostome How nothing more wicked why these are good workes how then are they wicked Why the Father tells you Ibid. Si sit cum insolentia If it be done in arrogance and selfe-conceite if it be done without humility No fire of Charity if it be not raked up in the cindars of humility and the Nurse she is for the Graces of God if they suck not upon the Breasts of humility they waxe leane and starve He hath filled the hungry Humble with good things but the rich he hath sent empty away And the occasion of other Graces she is when Saul sought his Fathers Asses humbly hee found a Kingdome gloriously when hee sought himselfe vainely hee lost himselfe and his Kingdome foolishly And the Bond shee is for when the other Graces of God sever themselves from humility they become sinnes Luk. 1.51 God puts downe the mighty from their seate but exalts the humble and meeke You see what Humility does It exalts I could tell you much more that it doth for all that I could and would tell you I tell you it secures Socrates secured himselfe from death when the Tyrant threatned him with death saying volo mortem I would dye Nay but then sayes the Tyrant thou shalt live why saies he volo sive mortem sive vitam I will either dye or live as you please and so was safe And so is the Humble man as the Reed answered the Oake The Oake wonders why the strongest of all Trees should bee sometimes Eradicated rooted up by the Roots and sometimes blowne downe by the winde when the Reede the weakest of all things should never be hurt by the wind Why saies the Reede thou need est not wonder at this for thou art a proud and inflexible piece of wood and will not yeeld and therefore the winde that is stronger than thy selfe breakes thee whereas I yeeld to every winde and so no winde hurts mee but I am secure so saies the Humble man Now God hath sent a Plague I am willing to dye and if it please him to take it away againe I am willing to live If I live saies he I will live to thy glory in newnesse of life and ascribe it to thy mercy if this destroying Angel passe over my house