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<HEAD>A warnyng to Englan<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">, let London begin: To repent their iniquitie, &amp; flie from their &s;in.<FIGURE>
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<Q><BIBL><HI>&para; ISAIE. 1.</HI></BIBL>
<P>&para; The Ore knoweth his owner, and the A&s;&s;e his ma&s;ters crib, but I&s;raell hath not knowen: my people hath not vnder&s;tand. Ah, &s;in|full nation, a people laden with iniquitie: a &s;&eacute;ede of the wicked, corrupt chyldren: they haue for&s;aken the Lorde, they haue prouo|ked the holy one of I&s;raell to anger: they are turned backewarde.</P></Q>
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<L>OH Endland be vigilant, and repent thee with &s;pede,</L>
<L>And marke well the myrours of thy vi&s;itation:</L>
<L>Prepare thee to prayer, for it was neuer more neede,</L>
<L>And lang wi&s;h for thy lewde life, with great lame~tation.</L>
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<L>&para; When God drowned the worlde in the dayes of Noye,</L>
<L>for that &s;in onely (I &s;aye) which we dayly do frequent:</L>
<L>He &s;ent Noye to preach to them, or he dyd them de&s;troye,</L>
<L>And gaue them &s;ixe &s;core yeares, a &s;pace for to repent.</L>
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<L>&para; Zodome and Gomorra al&s;o, were &s;unke in fyre ful hot,</L>
<L>Burnyng all in Brim&s;tone, vntyll they were de&s;troyed:</L>
<L>And yet they were fore warned long&punc; by the prophete Lot,</L>
<L>VVith Repentance vnto them, continually he cryed.</L>
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<L>&leaf; But that happye citie Niniuie, among all the re&s;t,</L>
<L>They heard Ionas his preachyng whe~ he came thither:</L>
<L>Repentyng &s;traight wayes, and of <HI>GOD</HI> they were ble&s;t,</L>
<L>A goodly myrour to <HI>LONDON,</HI> yf they wolde con&s;ider.</L>
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<L>&para; O London, London, Ieru&s;alem I may thee call,</L>
<L>for whye&punc; thy conuer&s;ation agreeth thereto now:</L>
<L>They wolde take no warnyng before the plague did fall,</L>
<L>And at this pre&s;e~t day O <HI>LONDON,</HI> nomore doe&s;t thou.</L>
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<L>&para; VVhat tokens haue bene of late, of Gods feareful yre?</L>
<L>The lyke before was neuer &s;eene, in no time (I trowe)</L>
<L>Thy cheef and beautifull Temple was defaced with tyre,</L>
<L>A goodly admonition &s;ure (yf thou coulde&s;t it knowe)</L>
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<L>&para; Neither coulde the Pe&s;tilence prouoke vs to repent,</L>
<L>Nor cruell warres warne vs that the end is at hand:</L>
<L>No, we mocke at Gods threatnigs lyke bea&s;ts impudent,</L>
<L>No doubt, Gods iu&s;tice mu&s;t needes plague the lande.</L>
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<L>&para; For we wyll not repent, nor our wicked lyues amend,</L>
<L>But continue &s;tyll in wickednes, procuring Gods cur&s;e:</L>
<L>VVhat earne&s;t preachers doth the Lorde vs dayly &s;end?</L>
<L>It is but pearles before &s;wyne, for we at wur&s;e &amp; wur&s;e.</L>
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<L>&para; If a man rebuke drunkennes, &s;wearyng or bla&s;phemie,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;hall in this wy&s;e be mocked of one iabell or an other:</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> is good godly man, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> toe holy for our companie,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> ar a preci&s;ian I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> &s;ome vn&s;potted brother.</L>
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<L>&para; Alas, is this your repentance after &s;o long preachyng?</L>
<L>I pray you read the xii. chap. of S. Mathe wes go&s;pell:</L>
<L>Chri&s;t &s;aith, of euery idle worde we &s;hal geue a reconyng,</L>
<L>Then &s;weaters and bla&s;phemers, &s;hal be puni&s;hed in hell.</L>
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<L>Deare chri&s;tians, con&s;ider our &s;tate this pre&s;ent yeare,</L>
<L>Both w^t war and other plagues, we are round enclo&s;ed:</L>
<L>Let vs turne to the Lorde our God w^t tremblyng &amp; feare,</L>
<L>With harty thankes geuyng for his great mercies offred.</L>
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<L>&para; Remember the .x. Lepers, in the .xvii. of Luke certaine,</L>
<L>When the Lorde had cle~&s;ed them of their &s;ore infirmitie:</L>
<L>One poore Samaritane come to Ie&s;us Chri&s;t agayne,</L>
<L>To geue him hartie thankes for his great benignitie.</L>
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<L>&para; So let vs geue thanks to God in hart both al &amp; &s;ome,</L>
<L>A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d repent our former liues, without any longer delay:</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">word <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">eare le&s;t a greuous plague among vs ha&s;tely come,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ithout &s;peedye repentance, looke for it we may.</L>
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<L>Bryng forth the frutes of the go&s;pel, I meane a godly life,</L>
<L>Leaue your filty hipocri&s;ie which &s;tinketh in Gods &s;ight</L>
<L>Leaue your abominable pryde, amend both man &amp; wyfe,</L>
<L>Leaue your horrible bla&s;phemie wherein you &s;o delight.</L>
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<L>Pray England pray, and London leaue thy wicked trade,</L>
<L>E&s;peciallye Couetou&s;nes, Glotonie, and al fylthy lu&s;t:</L>
<L>And remember our merciful God who hath vs all made,</L>
<L>A body that is mor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">all, and &s;hall turne to du&s;t.</L>
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<L>&para; For our noble queene Elizabeth, let vs al harte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters"></L>
<L>And for her honorable coun&s;ell, that God geue th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>To maintayne his glorious Go&s;pell both night <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<L>To the advancement of Vertue, all wickednes to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>&abquod; William Birch</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>&para; <HI>FINIS.</HI></TRAILER>
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