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             A most godly sermon preached at St. Albons in Woodstreet on Sunday last being the 10 of October, 1641 : shewing the necessity of selfe-denyall and humiliation by prayer and fasting before the Lord in regard of the present plague we now lye under : which God in his good time remove from amongst us / by ... Henry Burton.
             Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.
          
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           A
           most
           Godly
           SERMON
           :
           Preached
           at
           St.
           
             Albons
          
           in
           Woodstreet
           on
           
             Sunday
          
           last
           ,
           being
           the
           10.
           of
           
             October
             ,
          
           1641.
           
           Shewing
           the
           necessity
           of
           
             Selfe-denyall
          
           and
           
             Humiliation
             ,
          
           by
           
             Prayer
          
           and
           
             Fasting
          
           before
           the
           
             Lord
          
           ;
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           present
           
             Plague
          
           we
           now
           lye
           under
           .
           
             Which
             God
             ,
             in
             his
             good
             time
             ,
             remove
             from
             amongst
             us
             .
          
        
         
           By
           that
           faithfull
           Minister
           ,
           and
           Witnesse
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           M.
           Henry
           Burton
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             B.
             Alsop
             ,
          
           MDCXLI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           GODLY
           SERMON
           ,
           
             
               Luke
               9.23
               .
            
             Let
             him
             deny
             himselfe
             .
          
        
         
           
             DOCT.
             I.
             
          
           
             THE
             first
             Lesson
             is
             the
             
               A.
               B.
               C.
            
             that
             CHRIST
             teacheth
             us
             in
             his
             
               Schoole
               ,
            
             is
             this
             ,
             
               For
               a
               man
               to
               deny
               himselfe
               ,
            
             and
             so
             is
             it
             also
             the
             highest
             taske
             that
             is
             set
             to
             any
             .
          
           
             
               These
               words
               were
               spoken
               to
               them
               all
               ,
               a
               great
               many
               professed
               Christ
               ,
               and
               thronged
               upon
               him
               .
            
             Therfore
             Christ
             taught
             them
             a
             lesson
             ,
             that
             most
             of
             them
             never
             thought
             of
             .
             
               If
               any
               one
               will
               follow
               me
               ,
               let
               him
               deny
               himselfe
               .
            
             The
             Condition
             is
             ,
             
               let
               him
               deny
               himselfe
               ,
            
             the
             terms
             are
             selfe-denyall
             .
          
           
             Selfe-deniall
             consisteth
             ,
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 In
                 denying
                 our selves
                 in
                 all
                 good
                 things
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 In
                 all
                 evill
                 Things
                 .
              
            
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             all
             good
             things
             ,
             Selfe-denyall
             ought
             to
             be
             in
             all
             good
             things
             .
             1.
             
             
               Internall
               .
            
             2.
             
             
               Externall
               .
            
             Internall
             as
             the
             understanding
             ,
             will
             ,
             and
             affection
             .
             So
             in
             morall
             Habits
             ,
             as
             
               Temperance
               ,
               Fortitude
               ,
               Wisedome
               ,
               &c.
            
             3.
             
             In
             labour
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             even
             of
             such
             as
             are
             gotten
             by
             study
             .
             2.
             
             Selfe-denyall
             ought
             to
             be
             in
             Externall
             good
             things
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             
               In
               matters
               of
               duty
               .
            
             2.
             
             
               In
               Objects
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Jn
             matters
             of
             duty
             ,
             that
             is
             toward
             God
             ,
             where
             is
             discovered
             a
             main
             duty
             between
             true
             exercise
             of
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Counterfeit
             ,
             Those
             are
             true
             ,
             which
             are
             set
             down
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             none
             else
             ;
             
               for
               God
               will
               be
               served
               of
               himselfe
               ,
               he
               commandeth
               not
               as
               man
               prescript
               .
            
             2
             
               Here
               appears
               the
               vainnesse
               of
               that
               duty
               which
               is
               prescribed
               of
               men
               .
            
          
           
             Those
             of
             men
             may
             be
             knowne
             
               like
               trees
               by
               their
               fruits
               .
            
          
           
             That
             of
             humane
             invention
             ,
             set
             upon
             the
             
               Conscience
               ,
            
             those
             who
             maintain
             it
             ,
             cannot
             but
             confesse
             the
             
               superstition
            
             which
             they
             maintaine
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             thing
             ,
             is
             the
             duty
             we
             owe
             to
             our
             Neighbor
             ,
             as
             of
             
               charity
               ,
               of
               equity
               ,
               of
               mercy
            
             :
             when
             we
             have
             done
             all
             that
             is
             commanded
             ,
             we
             must
             confesse
             we
             are
             unprofitable
             Servants
             .
             
               Here
               is
               selfe-denyall
               ▪
               yet
               there
               may
               be
               duties
               of
               Piety
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               a
               want
               hereof
               ,
               as
            
             1.
             
               Cor.
            
             13.3
             .
             
               There
               may
               bee
               seeming
               charity
               ,
               yet
               fals
               .
               There
               may
               be
               a
               giving
               up
               of
               the
               body
               to
               be
               burned
               ,
               yet
               want
               of
               charity
               ;
               because
               not
               proceeding
               from
               Faith
               .
               Even
               in
               these
               workes
               a
               Christian
               must
               deny
               himselfe
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             1.
             
             To
             condemn
             all
             
               Popish
               Charity
               ,
            
             and
             many
             which
             they
             call
             good
             works
             ,
             instead
             of
             
               denying
               themselvs
            
             in
             those
             works
             ,
             
               they
               deny
               Christ
            
             ;
             for
             in
             those
             works
             ,
             they
             say
             they
             deserve
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             
               Heaven
               .
            
             For
             there
             is
             salvation
             in
             none
             other
             but
             in
             
               Christ
               Iesus
            
             onely
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             2.
             
             To
             condemn
             another
             sort
             of
             carnall
             profane
             men
             that
             build
             their
             salvation
             on
             common
             duties
             ,
             works
             of
             morality
             ;
             who
             say
             that
             they
             doe
             all
             men
             right
             (
             
               though
               perhaps
               they
               are
               compelled
               so
               to
               doe
            
             )
             this
             overthrowes
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             this
             is
             not
             to
             deny
             
               themselves
               ,
            
             but
             to
             deny
             
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             3.
             
             To
             put
             a
             difference
             between
             true
             
               charity
            
             and
             false
             ,
             some
             men
             are
             naturally
             given
             to
             be
             upright
             ,
             to
             doe
             Justice
             ,
             to
             deale
             upright
             .
             
               This
               is
               not
               to
               deny
               ones
               selfe
               ,
               to
               build
               in
               these
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               not
               of
               Grace
               :
               for
               workes
               of
               Grace
               humble
               a
               man
               .
            
             This
             may
             be
             a
             tryall
             of
             our
             grace
             ;
             if
             they
             be
             of
             grace
             ,
             
               thou
               wilt
               deny
               thy selfe
               in
               them
               .
            
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             consider
             of
             certaine
             
               objects
               ,
            
             of
             a
             threefold
             relation
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             
               A
               Naturall
               .
            
             2.
             
             
               A
               Civill
               .
            
             3.
             
             
               A
               sensitive
               Relation
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Doct.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               ANd
               first
               a
               Naturall
               Relation
               ,
            
             as
             to
             
               Father
               ,
               Mother
               ,
               wife
               ,
               Children
               ,
               kindred
               ,
               &c.
            
             we
             must
             deny
             our selves
             
               in
               all
               relation
               ,
               where
               th●y
               stand
               in
               opposition
               unto
               Christ
               ,
               for
               proofe
               hereof
               .
               Luke
            
             14.26
             .
             If
             father
             ,
             mother
             ,
             wife
             ,
             children
             ,
             &c.
             call
             us
             to
             stand
             in
             opposition
             to
             
               Christ
               ,
               In
               that
               respe●t
               we
               must
               hate
               them
               .
               Mat.
            
             10.35
             .
             No
             marvell
             then
             if
             the
             world
             cry
             out
             of
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             call
             him
             a
             seditious
             Person
             .
             For
             a
             man
             to
             hate
             his
             Parents
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Father
             ;
             but
             to
             deny
             obodience
             to
             his
             father
             ,
             so
             farre
             as
             he
             is
             hinder'd
             from
             comming
             to
             
               Christ
               .
            
             A
             noteable
             
               Example
            
             is
             in
             
               Deutr.
            
             13.6
             .
             
               The
               Sonne
               must
               not
               conceale
               the
               Father
               ,
               if
               he
               seeke
               to
               bring
               him
               to
               Idolatry
               .
            
             We
             must
             not
             acknowledge
             Father
             and
             Mother
             in
             bidding
             us
             to
             do
             that
             which
             
               Christ
               forbiddeth
               .
               Mat.
            
             23.9
             .
             So
             there
             is
             a
             noteable
             
               Psalm
               .
               Deutr.
            
             33.9
             .
             
               This
               denyall
               brought
               a
               blessing
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               a
               Type
               of
               the
               Gospell
               .
            
             For
             every
             true
             
               Beleever
            
             is
             a
             
               Priest
               ,
            
             and
             must
             not
             in
             that
             respect
             looke
             upon
             outward
             
               Relation
               ,
            
             in
             
               competition
               with
               Christ
               :
               but
               deny
               our selves
               in
               those
               things
               ,
               which
               otherwise
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               love
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               .
               Trample
               upon
               thy
               Father
               ,
               cast
               off
               thy
               wife
               and
               children
               ,
               saith
               a
               Father
               ,
               if
               they
               seeke
               to
               draw
               thee
               from
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
            
             To
             condemne
             the
             Papist
             who
             hang
             all
             their
             Faith
             and
             Religion
             on
             their
             Ancestors
             ;
             because
             they
             liv'd
             and
             dy'd
             in
             this
             Religion
             :
             this
             is
             to
             set
             up
             the
             Parents
             against
             
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             2.
             
             To
             reprove
             too
             many
             
               Papists
            
             in
             this
             Land
             ,
             that
             doe
             propagate
             their
             Children
             ▪
             and
             Childrens
             Children
             in
             that
             
               Religion
               .
            
             Many
             amongst
             us
             ,
             that
             send
             their
             Children
             to
             
               Monasteries
               in
               Rome
               ,
            
             to
             make
             them
             
               bondslaves
               in
               darknesse
               for
               ever
               .
            
             God
             be
             thanked
             we
             have
             good
             Lawes
             ,
             &
             I
             hope
             we
             shall
             have
             them
             increased
             by
             the
             happy
             
               Parliament
            
             ;
             but
             happy
             were
             it
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             good
             
               Magistrates
            
             to
             put
             those
             Lawes
             in
             practice
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             3.
             
             
               For
               Parents
               that
               professe
               Religion
               .
            
             When
             the
             spirit
             of
             
               Christ
            
             toucheth
             the
             heart
             ,
             then
             they
             see
             the
             true
             way
             whose
             heart
             is
             so
             touched
             .
          
           
           
             Yet
             how
             many
             Parents
             cannot
             endure
             that
             their
             children
             doe
             outstrip
             their
             Parents
             in
             purity
             ,
             even
             for
             this
             they
             abhorre
             their
             own
             children
             ,
             and
             sometime
             dispossesse
             them
             ;
             and
             cannot
             endure
             them
             :
             this
             is
             lamentable
             :
             Kings
             in
             their
             own
             Thrones
             ,
             are
             not
             above
             Christ
             ,
             much
             lesse
             Parents
             in
             their
             Families
             .
             If
             God
             come
             into
             their
             Families
             ,
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             their
             children
             ;
             shall
             Parents
             lift
             their
             hands
             up
             against
             Christ
             to
             abhorre
             and
             hate
             their
             own
             children
             ,
             because
             of
             this
             ?
             The
             body
             is
             received
             from
             the
             Parents
             ,
             but
             the
             soule
             from
             God
             ;
             Parents
             may
             instruct
             their
             children
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             keepe
             them
             from
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             4.
             
             For
             Children
             that
             have
             received
             a
             greater
             measure
             of
             light
             from
             Christ
             ,
             then
             the
             Parents
             they
             must
             be
             modest
             and
             humble
             ,
             &
             beare
             their
             reproches
             patiently
             for
             Christ
             :
             but
             if
             the
             Parents
             will
             keep
             them
             from
             Christ
             ,
             we
             must
             hate
             &
             deny
             our
             Parents
             :
             but
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             to
             be
             patient
             to
             convince
             them
             ,
             and
             (
             if
             possible
             )
             to
             perswade
             them
             5.
             
             To
             perswade
             these
             children
             ,
             that
             they
             follow
             this
             light
             ,
             and
             not
             let
             their
             Parents
             ,
             nor
             any
             friend
             in
             the
             world
             draw
             them
             from
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               The
               
                 2.
                 
              
               Relation
               is
               civill
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Doct.
            
             A
             Christian
             must
             deny
             himself
             in
             all
             civill
             Relation
             ,
             if
             Princes
             or
             States
             make
             Lawes
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             against
             his
             Religion
             ,
             &
             his
             pure
             Ordinances
             ,
             threatning
             punishment
             to
             those
             that
             will
             not
             observe
             them
             .
          
           
             Herein
             a
             true
             
               Christian
            
             must
             deny
             himselfe
             ,
             both
             in
             matter
             of
             terrour
             ,
             and
             in
             matter
             of
             favour
             .
             1.
             
             In
             matter
             of
             terrour
             ,
             whatsoever
             is
             threatned
             against
             a
             man
             ,
             
               Mat.
            
             10.28
             .
             a
             
               Christian
            
             may
             say
             ,
             I
             am
             lower
             then
             all
             the
             terrours
             of
             the
             world
             can
             hurt
             me
             .
             We
             should
             deny
             our selves
             with
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             and
             be
             reday
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             bound
             ,
             but
             to
             dye
             for
             
               Christ
               .
               Theodorus
            
             (
             an
             
               Heathen
            
             man
             )
             was
             told
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             rot
             above
             ground
             ,
             I
             care
             not
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             it
             is
             all
             one
             to
             me
             ,
             to
             rot
             above
             ,
             or
             under
             ground
             .
             Thus
             a
             
               Christian
            
             should
             resolve
             against
             all
             feares
             ,
             and
             terrour
             whatsoever
             ,
             for
             
               Christ
               .
            
             So
             for
             matter
             of
             favour
             ,
             as
             
               Polyc
               Carpus
            
             had
             great
             promotion
             promised
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
               persecution
               ,
            
             answered
             ,
             
             I
             have
             served
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             fourty
             and
             he
             hath
             alwayes
             bin
             a
             good
             Master
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             not
             deny
             him
             now
             ,
             this
             is
             selfe-denyall
             .
             How
             many
             have
             bin
             overcome
             with
             these
             things
             for
             want
             of
             
               selfe-deniall
               .
            
             Those
             that
             are
             compelled
             to
             Popery
             and
             Popish
             wayes
             ,
             are
             not
             
               Christs
            
             followers
             ,
             but
             the
             followers
             of
             
               Antichrist
               .
            
          
           
             
               Obj.
            
             Some
             may
             say
             ,
             what
             need
             we
             to
             have
             such
             a
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             this
             of
             
               selfe-denyall
               ,
            
             in
             respect
             of
             civill
             Relation
             to
             be
             taught
             as
             now
             ?
          
           
             
               Ans.
            
             God
             be
             thanked
             ,
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             the
             storme
             is
             over
             of
             this
             oppressing
             :
             yet
             this
             Doctrine
             may
             be
             very
             usefull
             for
             this
             very
             season
             ,
             we
             are
             in
             the
             expectation
             of
             a
             true
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             very
             
               Reformation
               ,
               selfe-denyall
            
             is
             to
             be
             used
             .
             2.
             
             If
             some
             by
             
               Reformation
            
             be
             reformed
             ,
             and
             not
             others
             ,
             will
             they
             be
             quiet
             ?
             No
             ,
             the
             nearer
             we
             come
             to
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             the
             more
             we
             must
             looke
             for
             
               persecution
               ,
            
             2
             
               Tim.
            
             3.12
             .
             Let
             us
             not
             looke
             for
             a
             true
             powerfull
             
               Reformation
            
             of
             Religion
             without
             
               persecution
               .
            
             3.
             
             The
             next
             thing
             is
             the
             consideration
             of
             such
             things
             as
             are
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Doct.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             THe
             sensitive
             part
             of
             man
             ,
             which
             hath
             3
             
               Heads
               ,
               Pleasure
               ,
               Profit
               ,
               Honour
               ,
            
             these
             3
             must
             be
             deny'd
             ;
             they
             were
             in
             great
             
               esteeme
            
             amongst
             the
             
               Heathen
               ,
            
             these
             3
             were
             all
             represented
             to
             
               Eve
               ,
            
             in
             the
             forbidden
             fruit
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             3.6
             .
             and
             it
             tooke
             such
             an
             impression
             then
             ,
             that
             every
             mothers
             child
             of
             us
             ,
             have
             the
             print
             of
             it
             remaining
             upon
             us
             .
             I
             heard
             a
             story
             of
             a
             fish
             in
             
               Garn●sie
               ,
            
             when
             I
             was
             there
             ,
             by
             some
             of
             the
             best
             there
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             fish
             in
             those
             sands
             ,
             that
             being
             stuck
             by
             the
             Fisher-man
             ,
             her
             young
             ,
             if
             she
             hath
             any
             in
             her
             belly
             ,
             are
             all
             wounded
             in
             the
             very
             same
             place
             .
             This
             is
             a
             direct
             
               Emblem
            
             of
             
               Man-kind
               ,
            
             1
             
               Iohn
            
             2.16
             .
             and
             with
             these
             3
             weapons
             the
             Divell
             assailed
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             tempting
             him
             ,
             
               Luke
               .
            
             4.
             
               beginning
               ,
            
             these
             are
             often
             in
             Scripture
             together
             ,
             
               Phil.
            
             3.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Do●●
               .
            
             4.
             
          
           
             A
             
               Christian
            
             must
             deny
             himselfe
             in
             pleasure
             and
             delight
             ,
             even
             the
             delights
             of
             meate
             and
             drink
             ,
             and
             lawfull
             recreation
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             themselves
             lawfull
             meat
             &
             drink
             in
             a
             continuall
             moderation
             ,
             keeping
             himselfe
             from
             excesse
             ,
             and
             sometime
             in
             a
             totall
             abstinence
             for
             a
             time
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             
               To
               avoid
               excesse
               at
               all
               times
               ,
               Luke
            
             21.14
             .
             Many
             Reasons
             there
             are
             ,
             why
             we
             should
             deny
             our selves
             in
             the
             immoderate
             use
             of
             the
             
               Creature
               .
            
             1.
             
             It
             is
             an
             Enemy
             to
             the
             soule
             ,
             a
             Enemy
             to
             all
             Christian
             duties
             ,
             1.
             
               Pet.
            
             2.11
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             They
             doe
             hinder
             us
             in
             the
             
               Christian
               race
               .
            
             1.
             
               Cor.
            
             9.2
             ▪
             
               When
               a
               soule
               is
               over-charged
               ,
               he
               is
               more
               fit
               to
               lye
               downe
               then
               to
               run
               .
            
             3.
             
             
               It
               brings
               many
               evils
               upon
               a
               state
               ,
               Luke
            
             20.
             
             Swilling
             in
             drink
             brought
             a
             deluge
             .
             So
             in
             
               Lots
               time
               ▪
               Sodome
               and
               Gomorrah
            
             did
             eat
             and
             drink
             ,
             and
             swill
             ,
             till
             fire
             came
             downe
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             burnt
             them
             all
             to
             Ashes
             ,
             
               Psal.
            
             76.
             4.
             
             
               It
               brings
               a
               man
               in
               the
               way
               to
               hell
               .
               Luke
            
             16.
             
             
               Dives
            
             there
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             full
             that
             he
             forgot
             poore
             
               Lazarus
               ,
            
             and
             now
             he
             must
             pinch
             for
             it
             in
             Hell-flames
             ,
             burning
             in
             torments
             for
             ever
             .
             A
             Christian
             may
             have
             great
             occasion
             of
             mirth
             :
             but
             then
             we
             must
             have
             most
             care
             of
             all
             .
             As
             the
             wise
             man
             saith
             ,
             when
             thou
             commest
             to
             a
             full
             Table
             ,
             if
             thou
             hast
             an
             
               appetite
               ,
            
             put
             a
             knife
             to
             thy
             
               throat
               .
               This
               duty
               is
               requisite
               for
               all
               true
               Christians
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Sometime
             we
             should
             wholly
             abstain
             from
             the
             
               Creature
            
             :
             as
             for
             the
             removeall
             of
             some
             calamity
             we
             ly
             under
             ,
             or
             to
             prevent
             a
             calamity
             comming
             upon
             us
             ,
             or
             to
             procure
             a
             blessing
             to
             be
             fitter
             for
             some
             good
             duties
             
               Examples
               wee
               have
               many
               .
            
             2
             
               Sam.
            
             12.
             
               and
               Ionah
            
             3.
             
             
               Ezra
            
             8.
             
               so
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             7.
             
             
               Fasting
               keepes
               the
               spirit
               of
               Prayer
               awake
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vse
               .
               Here
               is
               an
               heavy
               charge
               that
               lyeth
               upon
               many
               Professors
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               wished
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               Kingdome
               were
               not
               to
               be
               blamed
               in
               this
               ,
               like
               the
               Children
               of
               Israel
               .
               Isay.
            
             22.3
             .
             cramming
             
               themselves
            
             with
             a
             desperate
             saying
             ,
             let
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
             ,
             for
             tomorrow
             we
             must
             dye
             .
             
               Is
               this
               a
               time
               of
               eating
               and
               drinking
               .
               &c.
            
             when
             the
             Plague
             is
             so
             hot
             amongst
             us
             ?
             Is
             this
             a
             time
             to
             be
             so
             
               desperate
            
             ?
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             perhaps
             tomorrow
             we
             shall
             dye
             ,
             but
             is
             this
             a
             time
             to
             drink
             and
             swill
             ,
             and
             feast
             :
             
               no
               it
               is
               rather
               a
               time
               to
               deny
               our selves
            
             ;
             for
             wee
             may
             be
             shut
             up
             in
             our
             houses
             before
             tomorrow
             night
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             dye
             tomorrow
             ,
             and
             be
             swept
             away
             with
             the
             
               Plague
               :
               is
               this
               a
               time
               to
               gorge
               our selves
               with
               eating
               and
               drinking
            
             ?
          
           
           
             what
             issue
             may
             we
             expect
             from
             hence
             :
             we
             had
             indeed
             a
             day
             of
             
               Thanksgiving
               ,
            
             but
             we
             had
             need
             ,
             that
             the
             next
             day
             should
             have
             bin
             a
             day
             of
             
               Humiliation
            
             ;
             for
             then
             was
             the
             Plague
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             when
             the
             motion
             of
             
               humiliation
            
             was
             made
             ,
             one
             in
             the
             City
             (
             &
             
               that
               of
               great
               note
               too
            
             )
             made
             answer
             ,
             that
             
               Winter
            
             was
             comming
             on
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Plague
             would
             be
             stayed
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             We
             have
             had
             many
             dayes
             of
             
               Humiliation
               ,
            
             both
             publick
             ,
             and
             private
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Those
             that
             doe
             so
             ,
             doe
             well
             ,
             
               Ezek.
            
             9.4
             .
             If
             they
             doe
             it
             in
             sincerity
             .
             Many
             that
             doe
             it
             in
             their
             private
             
               Families
            
             shall
             have
             a
             blessing
             on
             them
             .
             But
             let
             not
             this
             content
             us
             ,
             that
             others
             doe
             it
             ;
             but
             let
             us
             all
             ,
             each
             in
             our
             
               Families
               ,
            
             humble
             our selves
             by
             Fasting
             and
             Prayer
             ,
             every
             Parish
             ,
             and
             every
             Family
             .
             I
             hope
             this
             is
             not
             against
             the
             Law
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             is
             not
             against
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             to
             have
             such
             meetings
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Lord
               stirre
               up
               the
               hearts
               of
               all
               those
               whom
               it
               doth
               concerne
               to
               call
               for
               Fasting
               and
               Prayer
               ,
               in
               these
               evill
               times
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
    

