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,…

For reproof of them that think,¹ if they escape one place of infection, they are safe enough. But cannot God or his Angel reach them wheresoever they be? ⟨p. 54⟩Though no infected person come near them, cannot the Lords hand find them out? Yes certainly, let them climb up unto heaven,² or go down into hell, or hide themselves at the centre of the earth, Gods eye is still upon them, and his hand near unto them: so that they can go safe no where without Gods favour. If the pestilence were only in India, we should as easily be infected in England, if God had a quarrel against us, and a purpose to plague us that way, as if we were in the midst of the infected persons. Who would have thought the Gehazi should have been smitten with the leprosy when his master and he were together? The like may be said of Miriam when Aaron was with her. Nay who would have thought that King Uzziah should have been plagued with that stroke in such an holy place as the Temple was, where God would have no unclean thing to enter? Yet when he presumptuously usurped the high Priests office, he was not spared, no not in the Sanctuary. So that this may be surely concluded, that no place can shelter a man from misery, if sin be harboured and entertained in his heart.

For reproofe of them that thinke,¹ if they escape one place of infection, they are safe enough. But cannot God or his Angell reach them wheresoeuer they be? ⟨p. 54⟩Though no infected person come neere them, cannot the Lords hand finde them out? Yes certainely, let them climbe vp vnto heauen,² or goe downe into hell, or hide themselues at the center of the earth, Gods eye is still vpon them, and his hand neere vnto them: so that they can goe safe no where without Gods fauour. If the pestilence were onely in India, we should as easily be infected in England, if God had a quarrell against vs, and a purpose to plague vs that way, as if we were in the midst of ye infected persons. Who would haue thought the Gehazi should haue beene smitten with the leprosie when his maister and he were together? The like may be said of Miriam when Aaron was with her. Nay who would haue thought that King Vzziah should haue beene plagued with that stroke in such an holy place as the Temple was, where God would haue no vncleane thing to enter? Yet when he presumptuously vsurped the high Priests office, he was not spared, no not in the Sanctuarie. So that this may be surely concluded, that no place can shelter a man from miserie, if sinne be harboured and entertained in his heart.