O Lovely London, the beauty of England, and admiration of the world, leave off thy haughty pride, and ambition, and put on thy sute of Repentance, and Humility, for thy peo­ple have broken their peace with the mighty Cham­pion the Almighty God and governour of us all, his sword is drawne against us, and what is the cause? Alas it is the multitude of our sinnes; how many times hath our gracious God beene pleased to for­give us, in hope of our amendment? But alas, it is soone forgotten and out of mind! there are but few living about the City of London, that are of any age but may remember the time of dolor and woe, that was in and about this City of London, some eleven yeares since, and since that againe, God made a prof­fer to give us warning: O doe but thinke how death did then play his part, the clamour of Bells sounded [Page 2] mournfully in our eares, to call some or other to their last home, and our hearts always trembling for feare of our selves, our eyes weeping for the losse of our friends, wheresoever wee went, griefes and lamentations were our companions: sighes and sobs our comforters, whilest woe and misery were our daily objects: the drosse of this world was then worth nought, wee would have given all wee had, so that wee might have bribed death and taken any con­dition for longer life: but no man might ransome himselfe, or redeeme his brother; the raging Pesti­lence tooke away the rich with the poore, the young with the aged, leaving our houses desolate, did fill our sepulchers with the dead: what heart of stone was there whose eyes were spectators of this wofull sight, and did not mourne and shed teares, but all this was soone forgotten, for truly I thinke I may say with a safe conscience, that in a twelve moneth after, the sinnes of the people was growne as great as they were before: thus in former time he hath laid his hand of visitation upon us, in hope to make us amend our lives, but now alas, we doe exceed the former time, in our abominable prophanenesse, even our drunken­nesse, whoredome, swearing, despising of Gods Word, contemning of his Ordinances, our dissolut Sabbath-breaking, all which doth cause the very earth to mourne, the beasts of the field to repine, and the comfortable Sunne which sometimes doth make the grasse and flowers to spring, is now ready to burne them all away, if God should goe to justice and passe judgement upon us according to our deserts, we should bee utterly consumed, but hee with a merci­full [Page 3] visitation doth warne us to repentance, there­fore returne O London, & put on thy mourning gar­ment, that thy neighbours round about thee, may be provoked to commiserate thee in this thy affliction. For, what earthly Judge living in the whole world is there, that will alwayes shew favour to an extra­ordinary malefactor? or, what earthly King will al­wayes give pardon to a rebellious subject? and shall the mighty King of Kings alwayes give pardon to us that are rebellious sinners? Now seeing it is appa­rent that sin is the cause of sicknesse: It may appeare as plainly that prayer must be the best meanes to pro­cure health and safety, let not our security and sloth­fulnesse give death opportunity, what man or wo­man will not seeme to start, at the signe of the red Crosse, as they passe by to and fro in the streets? and yet being gone they thinke no more on it. It may bee they will say, such a house is shut up, I saw the red crosse on the doore but looke on thine owne guilty conscience, and thou shalt find thou hast a mul­titude of red crimson sinnes remaining in thee, thou canst spy the mote in thy brothers eye, but thou canst not see the beame in thine owne eye▪ if thou seest thy neighbour punished with Gods angry visi­tation, doe thou fall to prayer for feare the Lord lay the like on thee, suppose thou wert at Sea and see thy neighbours drowned before thy face, by reason of the stormes and tempests, wilt not thou presently seeme to pull in thy sailes and escape drowning if thou canst possibly? yes sure, I thinke thou wilt, dost thou see thy neighbours house on fire? it be­hooves thee to bee carefull of thine owne: in like [Page 4] manner, it behooves one and all of us, to bee carefull at this time, let others harmes be our armes, for God hath sent forth his Angell of wrath, and nothing can appease him but prayers, wee must sprinkle out cheekes with teares, as the children of Israel did the posts of their doores with the blood of the Paschall Lambe: Let us turne to the Lord with fasting, weep­ing and mourning, it is he that must be our Physici­an, for there is no helpe in any mortall man, but onely in God: if the Lord should strike us with fa­mine, that were a thing would torment us ten times more, or if the Lord should give us over to the hand of our enemies, that were a thing most lamentable, doe but thinke what care and dolour appertaines thereto, would it not grieve any Christian to see their goods distributed before their faces themselves, like to bee murdered, or their poore Infants slaine before their eyes? O this is a thing most lamentable and full of feare: but thanks be given to God, we are not troubled with no such thing, nor I hope never shall bee. It is our sinnes have made this breach with God, and it must be our Prayers that must stop this breach, therefore let all good Christians pray to Al­mighty God to cease this visitation.

A speciall or spirituall medicine for this time of infection or any other time.

FIrst, let the Patient that is in danger of any infe­ction or any other disease, take and use this spi­rituall medicine, first in the morning when thou a­risest out of thy bed, fall downe on thy knees, and give God thanks, that he hath preserved thee the night past from all dangers, and desire him of his mercy, to preserve thee the day following, blesse his holy name and magnify him, for hee is thy maker, and thou art his creature, thus passe away the day in the service of the Lord, and at night when thou liest down to sleep, desire the Lord to be thy keeper and defender, arme thy selfe with Faith, Hope, and Charity, bee sure let no envy remaine in thee to terrify thy conscience, the best thing to prevent envy is Patience, and that wil strenghten thee against all the assaults of Sathan, the World, the Flesh, or the Divell: let not the poyson of covetousnesse, rest in thy bosome, hate pride, for it is an abomination unto the Lord, use no idolatry, lying or swearing, for those are evills that proceed from the Divell, let thy dealings be just and true, let [Page 6] thy heart imagine no evill, and set thy tongue speake the truth: strive to doe that which is good, and let it tend to the glory of the Lord, feed the hungry, cloth the naked, comfort the afflicted, and thy reward will be great in heaven, and having done all this which be fits each true Christian for to doe, thou maist sleep securely, and rise in this morning speedily, serve the Lord willingly, and prayse his name thankfully, stand up couragiously, fight Gods battell, manfully beare all crosses boldly, suffer sorrowes patiently, so maist thou live everlastingly, and gaine heaven eternally, which God of his mercy grant us when we die, Amen: let all men say the same.