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 eng God -- Worship and love. God -- Mercy. 2005-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2005-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-12 Sampled and proofread 2005-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-01 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

AN ADDRESS FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN; OR, A Defenſative againſt the portentous Significations of the late COMETS and BLAZING-STARS; That may concern either LONDON or OXFORD.

EZEKIEL 9. 4. And the Lord ſaid unto him, go through the midſt of the City, through the midst of Jeruſalem, and ſet a mark upon the Foreheads of the men that ſigh, and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midſt thereof.

London: Printed in the year MDCLXXXI.

TO THE READER.

HAving long obſerved that ever ſince we eſcaped being blown up by the POWDER-PLOT, we have never wanted Plots (by Fears and Jealouſies) to blow up our ſelves; And in ſtead of keeping out Popery from abroad, we have lost our Charity at home; and when that is gone, what will come in place thereof is a ſad and diſmal thing to conſider? Or what will at last become of Chriſtianity it ſelf? I did reſolve in the ſhades of ſolitude, (when a man is either Deus aut Daemon) to offer to the vulgar part of the world (ſo much now courted at this time, and taught new methods of mutiny and murmur) An Addreſs to Almighty God to be made uſe of by them, as their hearts may be moved to it, which God grant.

And I hope, as is ſaid of Manna, it may be fitted to every man's taſte, ſo eſpecially to ſuch as are ſeaſoned with the precious Balm of true Chriſtian love, which is accompanied always with Peace, Gentleneſs, Meekneſs, Temperance, and all other Chriſtian Graces; which I pray God may fill the hearts of all men.
AN ADDRESS FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN.

O ALMIGHTY and Everlaſting Lord God, the Father of the Faithful, and of their Seed, who lookeſt down from Heaven thy dwelling place, and haſt ſeen the travels of Jacob, and the weariſome toyl of the ſtock of Iſrael; Take pity of the Sons of men, and let not the wickedneſs of their ways call longer for Vengeance from thy Juſtice; But let thy mercy, Holy and Merciful Lord God, breath forth upon the remnant that is left.

Let it be known to the World it hath a Saviour, for whoſe ſake thou wilt ſpare it, and not for the ſake of thoſe that dwell therein. Cauſe the fierce waves of advers;ity and perſecution to ceaſe from overwhelming thy Church; and let the calm ſtill voice of thy moſt gracious and holy Spirit inſpire all thy people to embrace the tenor of thy moſt holy and peaceable Goſpel, in loving thee above all things, and their Neighbour as themſelves.

Lord thou delighteſt not in Sacrifices nor with thouſands of Rams, or Ten thouſand of Rivers of Oyl, art thou pleaſed: Will I eat the Fleſh of Bulls, ſaith the Lord? or drink the Bloud of Goats? But thou requireſt of us to do juſtly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly. This is thy Law which we have all tranſgreſled, and we have given thee in ſtead thereof the Services of ſtrange Fires, the Fruits of untempered Zeal, and uncharitable Perſwaſions.

We all cry out, We are thy Children and thy Servants; and yet by our unbrotherly Affections it cannot appear we are the Children of one Father; nor by ſtrange and different Duties that we are the Servants of one Lord. What ſhall then become of us, if thou (O Lord) deal with us according to our deſervings? The whole Earth is corrupt before thee.

There is none that doth good, no not one. Nation riſeth up againſt Nation, and Kingdom againſt Kingdom; and the love of all men is waxed cold.

The Rulers are not ruled by thy moſt Holy Law: The Sun is gone down over the Prophets, who make the People to err, biting with their lips, and cry Peace, Peace, when War is in their hearts.

Thy Houſes are laid waſte as a plowed Field, and the holy places of thy worſhip polluted with the ſins of men: The Son diſhonoureth the Father, and the Daughter riſeth up againſt her Mother; and a man's Enemies are thoſe of his own Houſe.

Lord into what a Deluge of ſin are we caſt by our vile corruptions, which cry every day (like one deep upon another) for a Deluge of thy Judgments, if in the Days of Vengeance thou didſt not remember Mercy!

VVherefore (O moſt gracious and merciful Lord God, who didſt preſerve the Ark amongſt the mighty waters, and hadſt compaſſion upon Lot and his Family in the midſt of Sodom)

Look down, we beſeech thee, on the Troubles and Afflictions of thy Church, lying under thy moſt heavy Rod.

Have mercy upon her, and ſuffer not her great and powerful Enemies, the VVorld, the Fleſh and the Devil, to diſtract or divide her Members from her head Chriſt Jeſus; But let the Doctrine and Example of thy Son, reconcile all differences, ariſing among all Chriſtian People.

Let not the variety of mens Minds and Opinions, any more than the variety of their Languages, Cuſtoms and Manners, break the Bonds of Charity and brotherly Love among Members of the ſame Body, Subjects of the ſame Kingdom, and Brethren of the ſame Houſhold of Faith.

It is true, O Lord, that thou haſt ſaid, Offences ſhall come; but thou haſt pronounced a wo to thoſe by whom they do come.

Thou haſt foretold thy Church of her calamities; and that one effect of thy coming ſhould be to ſend a Sword, and not Peace.

But we acknowledge, O Lord, (and with confuſion of Face do we acknowledge and confeſs,) That all theſe, even all theſe great Evils are come upon us from the Principle of our moſt vile and corrupt Natures, perverting thy moſt holy word, to ſerve the variable ends of Humane Intereſts and Paſſions.

Forgive, Lord, all thoſe from whom Offences do come; as alſo, all thoſe to whom they come; and blot out the Hand-writing that is againſt us, for all our mutual and reciprocal Offences and Gainſayings whatſoever.

Let there be an end of all Envyings, Strifes and Diviſions, and Whatſoever is corrupt and carnal among all that profeſs thy Name: Teach all Congregations to know the bond of Evangelical Peace, that whether it be of Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, that we are all Chriſt's, and Chriſt is thine.

Laſtly, we beſeech thee, O Lord, to give us Grace to add to Faith Vertue, and to Vertue Knowledge; to Knowledge Temperance, and to Temperance Patience; to Patience Godlineſs, and to Godlineſs Brotherly-kindneſs, and to Brotherly-kindneſs Charity, which is the bond of all perfection, Amen.

FINIS.