Four godly and fruitful sermons two preached at Drayton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…Foure godlie and fruitful sermons two preached at Draiton in Oxford-shire, at a fast,…

Now follow the events that ensued both upon the sin that David committed, and the message that God for the same directed unto him.

Now followe the euents that ensued both vpon the sinne that Dauid committed, and the message that God for the same directed vnto him.

The first whereof, was the great distress wherewith he was perplexed, which he bemoaned to the Prophet, telling him that he was in a wonderful strait.

The first whereof, was the great distresse wherewith hee was perplexed, which he bemoned to the Prophet, telling him that he was in a wonderfull strait.

The second was the choice that he made,¹ absolutely passing over the famine, without so much as speaking of it, as knowing it to be incomparably the sharpest scourge of the three: (for the Scripture saith, that they that are slain by the sword, are better then they which are killed with hunger) and rather also submitting himself to the Pestilence,² which was more immediately the sword of God, from whom he expected mercy and savour, then to the violence and sword of man: in whom what else in such a case is to be found, but cruelty and fierceness?

The second was the choyse that he made,¹ absolutely passing ouer the famine, without so much as speaking of it, as knowing it to bee incomparablie the sharpest scourge of the three: (for the Scripture saith, that they that are slaine by the sword, are better then they which are killed with hunger) and rather also submitting himselfe to the Pestilence,