London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the Palaces of Ben-hadad: So he doth to Gaza, verse 7. But I will send a fire on the Wall of Gaza, which shall devour the Palaces thereof: So he doth to Tyre, verse 10. But I will send a fire on the Wall of Tyre, which shall devour the Palaces thereof: So he doth to Edom, verse 12. But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the Palaces of Bozrah: So he doth to Ammon, verse 14. But I will kindle a fire in the Wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the Palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: So he doth to Moab, Chap. 2. vers. 2. But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the Palaces of Kirioth, and Moab shall dye with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet: So he doth to Judah, vers. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the Palaces of Jerusalem. By all these remarkable Instances tis evident, that God by his fiery Dispensations tells all the world, that the sins of that people are great and many, upon whom the dreadful Judgment of Fire is inflicted in its fury, and therefore 'tis high folly and madness in many men that makes them impute this heavy Judgment of Fire to any thing rather then to their sins. O Sirs! 'tis sin that burns up our habitations, and that turns flames of love into a consuming fire. And this the Parliament in their Act for the Rebuilding of the City of London, well observes: the Clause of the ⟨p. 66⟩Act is this: And that the said Citizens, and their Successors for all the time to come, may retain the Memorial of so sad a desolation, and reflect seriously upon their manifold iniquities, which are the unhappy causes of such Judgments. Be it further Enacted, That the Second of September (unless the same happen to be Sunday; and if so, then the next day following) be yearly for ever hereafter observed as a day of public Fasting and Humiliation within the said City and Liberties thereof, to implore the mercies of Almighty God upon the said City, to make devout Prayers and Supplications unto him, to divert the like Calamity for the time to come.

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the Palaces of Ben-hadad: So he doth to Gaza, verse 7. But I will send a fire on the Wall of Gaza, which shall devour the Palaces thereof: So he doth to Tyrus, verse 10. But I will send a fire on the Wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the Palaces thereof: So he doth to Edom, verse 12. But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the Palaces of Bozrah: So he doth to Ammon, verse 14. But I will kindle a fire in the Wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the Palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battel, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: So he doth to Moab, Chap. 2. vers. 2. But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the Palaces of Kirioth, and Moab shall dye with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet: So he doth to Judah, vers. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the Palaces of Jerusalem. By all these remarkable Instances tis evident, that God by his fiery Dispensations tells all the world, that the sins of that people are great and many, upon whom the dreadful Judgment of Fire is inflicted in its fury, and therefore 'tis high folly and madness in many men that makes them impute this heavy Judgment of Fire to any thing rather then to their sins. O Sirs! 'tis sin that burns up our habitations, and that turns flames of love into a consuming fire. And this the Parliament in their Act for the Rebuilding of the City of London, well observes: the Clause of the