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A78019	A divine tragedie lately acted, or, A collection of sundrie memorable examples of Gods judgements upon Sabbath-breakers, and other like libertines, in their unlawfull sports, hapning within the realme of England, in the compasse onely of few yeers last past, since the book was published, worthy to be known and considered of all men, especially such, who are guilty of the sin or archpatrons thereof. / By that worthy divine Mr. Henry Burton.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669, attributed name.	1642 (1642)	Wing B6161; Thomason E176_1; ESTC R18494	27,899	47

reformed things very well yet upon the publication of this book in print many of the inhabitants the Spring following were imboldned to set up Maypoles Morrice daunce and a Whitson ale continuing their rude revelling a week together with many affronts to their ancient and reverend Pastor but it pleased God that not long after a spark from a Smiths shop caught in that roome where the ale was brewed and though means were ready at hand yet it could not be quenched but set the house on fire and presently flew to the barn in which their disorder was and burnt the same with thirteen dwelling houses more most of whose Inhabitants were actors or abetters in the fame This is testified by many Example 26. Richard Jones son of Widow Jones July 1634. not far from Dorchester being severely admonished by his mother when she understood he had a purpose on Saturday night to go on the Lords day with other companions to Stoake to play at a sport called Fives but persisting in his resolution and going the next day accordingly being the Lords day at Stoke where he played at the said sport at night returning home with his companions William Burges William Hill John Edwards after they had there well drunk they fall first a justling one another in the way then to boxes and in the end Edwards stabbing Jones under the left side he died thereof the Munday night following about 7. of the clock Behold here a terrible example of disobedience to Gods holy Commandments not onely the fourth but the fifth also Example 27. At Ovendean in Sussex about nine or ten miles from Alfriston alias Ason one John Arcold of the age of one or two and twenty yeers eldest son to John Arcold a Blacksmith dwelling in Ason with other younkars would needs fall a ringing of the bels on a Sabbath day presuming the Book for Sports gave them full libertie so to do One of the Churchwardens Robert Kenward hindred them from their jangling whereupon the said Arcold and his companions fell in some contestation with him telling him that though he hindred them now yet they would ring the next Sunday whether he would or no. But the said John Arcold the ringleader before the next Sunday came was struck with a sicknesse in which he continued a fortnight or three weeks til he died in which time Robert Kenward the Churchwarden repairing to him and putting him in minde of his bold affronting of him he seemed to be sorry for it and promised if God would be pleased to restore him again to his health he would never do the like God make his surviving companions and all others wise by his example Example 28. At Walton upon Thames in Surrey 1634. not far from Oatlands in the last great Frost three young men on the Lords day after they had been at the Church in the forenoon where the Minister pressing the words of his text out of 2. Cor. 5. 10. that we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ c. they the while whispering one to another as they fa●e In the afternoon they went together over the Thames upon the ice unto a house of disorder and gaming where they spent the rest of the Lords day and part of the night also in revelling one of them in a Tavern merrily discoursing the next day of his Sabbath-acts and voyage over the Ice but on Tuesday next after these three returning homwards and attempting to passe againe over the Ice they all sanke downe to the bottome as stones whereof one onely of them was miraculously preserved but the other two were drowned Eccl 11. 9. Rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart chear thee in the dayes of thy youth and walk in the wayes of thy heart and in the sight of thine eyes But know thou that for all these things God will bring thee unto judgement Example 29. In the yeer of our Lord 1633. Octob. 26. after the book for sports was known to be published in print David Price a Welshman servant to one Thomas Hill a known Grasier of that countrey coming to Banbury with his drove on Saturday night declared his purpose of driving them the next day early in the morning being the Sabbath or Lords day his Host where he lodged disswaded him because it was the Sabbath day and told him that he would certainly be stopped and made to pay for it according to the Statute He answered that he would drive them and let mee see saith he who will hinder me So in the morning two other accompaning him he went to fetch the Cattell out of the ground one that knew him mett him at the Townes end not yet one of the Towne and admonished him saying What David to day to day he made no answere but went onward and though for any thing that appeared to any other or that himself complained of he was then in good health as ever he was yet within little more then a stones cast of the Town he fell down dead suddenly and was buried in Banbury Church-yard the next day after None could discern any sensible or evident cause of so sudden a surprizall and himself gave no signe of any pain weaknesse or illnesse till the instant time he gave up the ghost Example 30. At Wicks a Town betwixt Colchester and Harwich in Essex upon Whit sonday last in the afternoon two fellows meeting at the football the one killed the other Example 31. At Oxford this last Summer on the Sabbath day one Bally Hawks a Butcher would needs go into his field with an hatchet and shovell to mend his ditch his wife disswaded him what she could being the Sabbath day but he said he would go and make an end of his work which he did for suddenly he was struck dead in his ditch and so made an end of his work and his life together Example 32. Also at Oxford a Carpenter undertaking to mend a Stage in S. Johns Colledge on the Saturday night for the finishing whereof he must of necessity spend some part of the Lords day morning that the Stage might be ready against the Munday following he that night fell backward from the stage being not far from the ground and brake his neck and so ended his life in a fearfull Tragedie Example 33. At Ivye Hinckley a mile from Oxford about the time when May-poles are set up on the Lords day after Evening Prayer when most of the Town were at the May-pole one John Cooper servant to master Tinmore of the said Town going along the street a maid out of a window in John Nicols his house not far from the May-pole called him to come in thither where also was another maid and a young man named Christopher Young servant to Master Willis of the said Town John Cooper at first refused to come to them but the maid earnestly intreating him he yeelded to her and being come in sate down by the other two where

Sabbath in the fourth Commandment to be Wholly onely and intirely dedicated to God and his true worship as they there teach and so pious as to beleeve that the exercise of vain idle sports pastimes and dauncing on it did much more offend God then ploughing or spinning and provoke his wrath and indignation towards us no wonder if we in the clear sunshine of the Gospel behold so many sad spectacles of his wrath and indignation against the offenders of this commandment in this kinde to teach these blinde Seers and seducing guides as o In his Sermons Bishop Latimer long since named them that God is now as jealous for the sanctification of his day and as much offended with the prophanenesse of it and infringers of the fourth Commandment by unnecessarie labours travell or idle pastimes as he had been in any age if not rather much more in regard of the great light of the Gospel that hath for these many yeers so clearly shined amongst us which if they will not yet beleeve I shall at once close up their mouthes with the resolution of our Homilies ratified by p 13. Eliz. c. 12. which ratifies the 39. Articles Act of Parliament and the 35. Article of our Church to which these Novellers have subscribed and whose Patronage they pretend against all q The treatise and history of the Sabbath novell Sabatarians But alas saith r Part. 1. of the time and place of praier p. 126. the Homily all these notwithstanding and I pray God I may not still say notwithstanding all these fresh examples it is lamentable to see the wicked boldnesse of those that will be counted Gods people who passe nothing at all of keeping and hallowing the Sunday And these people are of two sorts the one sort if they have businesse to do though there be no extreme need they must not spare for the Sunday they must ride journeys on the Sunday they must drive and carry on the Sunday they must come and ferry on the Sunday they must buy and sell on the Sunday they must keep Markets and Fairs on the Sunday finally they use all dayes alike work dayes and holy dayes are all one The other sort is Worse so the Homily against these * Treatise of the Sabbath day p. 231. new masters who make labour in mens callings on the Lords day Worse and more unlawfull then dauncing and Pastimes contrary to the judgement of ſ Tract 3. in Ioh. In Ps 32. 91. de 10. chordis c. 3. Saint Augustine Gregory the great t Apud Alex. Alensis summ Theologiae part 4. q. 11. m. 2. Art 11. Alensis and all u Media villa Peraldus Nider Volaterranus F. Martyr Musculus Stuckius Aretius Hyperius Szegedine Angel de Clavasio Dr bound Dr. Criffith Williams Practise of Piety Osmund Lake and infinite others Writers since who una voce resolve that it is better and more lawfull to plough and spin on the Sabbath day then to daunce for although they will not travell and labour on the Sunday as they do on the work day yet they will not rest in holinesse as God commandeth but they rest in ungodlinesse and filthinesse prauncing in their pride pranking and pricking pointing and painting themselves to be gorgeous and gay they rest in excesse and superfluitie in gluttony and drunkennesse as they do at Wakes Ales and May-poles like rats and swine they rest in brawling and rayling in quarrelling and fighting they rest in wantonnesse and what else is dauncing Moris dauncing may gaming c. in toyish talking in filthy fleshlinesse so that it doth too evidently appear that God is more dishonoured and the devill better served on Sunday then upon all the dayes of the week besides And I assure you that the beasts that are commanded to rest on the Sunday honour God better then this kinde of people for they offend not God they break not their holy dayes Wherefore O ye people of God lay your hands upon your hearts repent and amend this grievous and dangerous wickednesse stand in awe of the commandment of God gladly follow the example of God himself be not disobedient to the godly order of Christs Church used and kept from the Apostles times untill this day fear the displeasure and just plagues of Almighty God if ye be negligent and forbear not labouring and travelling on the a See the Homily ●… times stiles the Lords day and the 3. Homily of rebellion twice Sabbath day and do not resort together to celebrate and magnifie Gods blessed name in quiet holinesse and godly reverence I shall conclude all with the words of the Councell of Paris under Lewis and Lotharius Ann. 829. li. ●… c. 50. li. 3. c. 5. 19. Multa alia terribilia judicia c. Many other terrible judgements have been and hitherto are whereby is declared how much God is offended with the dishonour of this day Wherefore the Imperiall highnesse is specially to be implored of the b Note Priests that this power ordained of God for the honour and reverence of so great a day may put a fear into all men lest none of what condition soever presume on this holy and venerable day to use these and the like sports dauncings and leapings hereafter because while they do these things they both darken the glory of Christianity and give occasion to the blasphemers of Christs name the more to dishonour him We require also and earnestly intreat that in the observation of the Lords day as we have a long time beseeched you you use due care that unlesse great necessity constrain you free your selves on that day as much as may be from worldly cares and sollicitousnesse And that which becometh the honour of so great a day that both you your selves do it and by your example do teach and compell yours to do it We wholsomely admonish all faithfull people that they give due honour and reverence to the Lords day because the dishonour of this day doth both much swarve and abhor from Christian religion and doth without doubt procure the perill of souls to the violaters thereof And with that of the Councell of Burges an 1582. Apud Bach●…llum Decretae Ecclesiae Gall. l. 4. Tit. 7. c. 21. Although Lords dayes and holy dayes are instituted onely for this purpose that faithfull Christians abstaining from externall and gainfull works might more freely and with greater piety give themselves to divine worship and to the meditation of the infinite benefits of Gods goodnes towards mankinde and so being wholly taken up with the wholsome duties of religion should diligently beware as Ignatius admonisheth the Philippians that they should not abuse holy dayes with any disgrace or injuries yet notwithstanding in our times it preposterously and usually comes to passe that both solemne and religious dayes are not onely spent in transacting unlawfull and secular businesse but likewise in luxury lasciviousnesse prohibited sports and pastimes Revels and the exercising of other wickednesses whereupon it is not to be doubted that for the greatest part so many calamities wherewith we were so long since confirm●… justly inflicted on us by God who is incensed against us by so great wickednesse To appease whose present anger and likewise to avert his greater indignation hanging over our heads we command all Parish Priests of our Province that they frequently and seriously admonish the people that on Lords dayes they not onely keep themselves from all prohibited works but likewise that they be ex animo cordially and religiously present at all sacred mysteries of the Church and at the preaching of Gods Word and that they preterm it not the works of piety in relieving the poore comforting the afflicted and in doing other pious things wherein Christian profession and charitie do most of all shine forth And we exhort all Magistrates according to their and our duty as far as possibly we may that they would take care that those holy and solemne dayes should be holily and piously celebrated this being principally in their power and belonging to their charge Neither verily can any manner of Governing the Common-wealth be better or more praise-worthie then that which gives the first place and care to divine worship and religion FINIS LONDON Printed for John Wright junior and for Tho. Bates and are to be sold at their shops in the Old Baylie 1642.

dangerous as death is expected and little hope of life remaineth Example 50. At Craies two miles from Billerikey a servant of M. Holdsworth Minister there ringing on the Sabbath his Master sent to forbid him but he would ring still and before he had done ringing he was struck sick and a while after died This was a little after the book for sports was publikely read in the Church Example 51. In June 1635. on the Lords day the Tapster and Chamberlain of the Queens head in South warke rid into Kent to be merry and having drunk liberally riding homewards the one of them fell from his horse and broke his neck Example 52. Also in June 1635. and as some report the very same Lords day in Southwarke at the red Lion neer S. Georges Church in the afternoon a man with another sate drinking so long that the other about six of the clock departing fell a sleep so that he never awaked again Example 53. In the moneth of July 1634. one Mr. Quince the Chirurgion of the Tower of London having an horse to sel and meeting with a chapman went to Coleman-street where the horse was kept to see and contract for him on the Lords day in the afternoon the horse being sadled Mr. Quince gets upon his back to shew his chapman how well he would pace which done as he was a lighting off his back his foot which lighted on the ground slipped the other foot hung in the stirrup so as he fell to the ground and with the fall brake his thigh-bone short off so that he was carried from the place to an house neer adjoyning where he lay in great pain and agonie for eight weeks space or more almost despairing of his life and never stirring out of his bed at last it pleased God by degrees to recover and restore him to the use of his leg again he having little use of it and that with great pain for half a yeers space and more His son had disswaded him from riding because it was the Lords day and himself hath since acknowledged it a just judgement of God upon him for prophaning that sacred time which hath made him more carefully to frequent the Church and to avoid the prophanation of the Lords day ever since This the party himself and most of the Tower can testifie Example 54. Many more examples might here be added not onely such as have fallen out within these few yeers last past since the said book was published by the Ministers in their Churches but also since the book was first of all printed and published the very bruit whereof without being read by Ministers was enough and too much to imbolden youth to take their liberty in prophaning the Lords day but for the present I will adde but one more At Chidlington upon the edge of Hertfordshire not far from Hitchin a company of fellows upon a holy day being to play a match at Foot-ball one of them was tolling the bell to assemble the rest some being come into the Church the randevoze of their meeting suddenly it thundring was seen a black ball come tumbling down a hill neer by which took its course directly into the Church there it flew into the Bell-free and first slew him that tolled the bell then it flustered about the Church and hurted divers of them and at last bursting left a filthy stinke like to that of brimstone and so left a terror to all such spend thrifts of precious time and especially such as is dedicated to sacred uses Who so is wise and will observe these things even they shall understand the leving kindnesse of the Lord. Psal 107. 43. Example 55. Vpon May Eve Thomas Tree of Glocester Carpenter in the Parish of S. Michael some coming unto him and asking him whether he would go with them to fetch the May-pole he swore by the Lords wounds that he would though he never went more Now whiles he was working on the May-pole on May day morning before he had finished his work the Lord smote him with such a lamenesse and swelling in all his limbs that he could neither go nor lift his hands to his mouth to feed himself but kept his bed for half a yeer together and stil goes lame to this day May 4. 1636. Example 56. About a yeer since 1635. in Ashton under the Hill in the Parish of Beckford in the countrey of Glocester the Minister there Mr. Blackwell having occasion in his Sermon in the afternoon on the Lords day to reprove the prophaning of that day by sports c. as soon as the Sermon was done a young man of that place used these words Now Mr. Blackwell hath done we 'le begin and so taking the cudgels playes with them and at the second or third bout he received a thrust in one of his eyes that thrust it quite out so as it hanged by and could never recover it again THese Examples of divine justice so notorious so remarkable both for humber and variety having fallen out in so narrow a compasse of time and so dispersed over the whole land as every particular place and countrey might take speciall notice thereof if they will not take and make impression in our stony hearts to move us to speedy repentance as for many other enormities and crying sins so in speciall for this our ring leading sin of the heathenish prophanation of the Sabbath or Lords day what plea can we make for our selves why the Lord of the Sabbath should not send some universall epidemicall sweeping calamity upon the land sparing neither small nor great And now that the plague and pestilence begins to break forth and spreads it self much amongst us the Lord shooting these his terrible venemous arrows from which not even Princes nor Prelates palaces can secure themselves from becoming his buts and marks What can we more impute it unto as the cause thereof then to this grand sin of the prophanation of the Sabbath or Lords day occasioned so much the more by the publishing of the late book for sports and that by the Ministers themselves For was it not the judgement and confession of King James of famous memory and of the whole State and Kingdome in an exhortation published in that great plague beginning with his reign 1603. where are these words The Lords Sabbath is not kept holy but polluted c. and therefore the cause is apparant why the plague is broken in amongst us And was not the same exhortation afterwards republished by our gracious King Charles whom God long preserve a religious and righteous Governor over us in the first yeer of his reign with the approbation of the whole Parliament where the same is acknowledged of that other great plague in the beginning of his Reigne 1625. namely that one principall and speciall cause thereof was the not keeping holy but polluting the Lords day And if this were a principall cause of those great plagues then why not of this which now we suffer