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London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…
London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our (once renowned) city into a ruinous heap also the several lessons that are incumbent upon those whose houses have escaped the consuming flames / by Thomas Brooks.
London: printed for John Hancock and Nathaniel Ponder, 1670
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
THE TABLE.
A. Of strange Apparel. OF the Vanity of strange Apparel, Page 56, 57. The first Part of the Book. Of Atheism. Gross Atheism, practical Atheism brings desolating Judgments upon a people, pag. 67. to pag. 70. The first Part of the Book. In a strict and proper sense there was never such a Creature in the world as an Atheist, pag. 71, 72, 73, 74. The first Part of the Book. There are the seeds of Atheism in the best and holiest of the sons of men, pag. 74, 75. The first Part of the Book. B. Of the Balance of Deceit. Such as use the Balance of deceit, such run counter-cross to eight things, pag. 89. to 92. The first Part of the Book. Of the Blood of the Just. Shedding the blood of the just brings the judgment of Fire, and lays all desolate, pag. 154, 155, 156, 157. The first Part of the Book. There are nine things that speak out the preciousness of the blood ⟨image 10⟩of the just, pag. 157. to 168. The first Part of the Book. Of Bribery. Bribery brings desolating and destroying judgments both upon persons and places, pag. 87, 88, 89. The first Part of the Book. C. Of a City that hath Foundations. Burnt Citizens should make sure a City that hath Foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God, pag. 227, 228. The first Part of the Application. Heaven is a City that is built upon a fivefold foundation, pag. 228, 229. The first Part of the Application. The resemblance betwixt Heaven and a City holds in nine particulars, pag. 229, 230, 231. The first Part of the Application. D. Of the Devil. Four Reasons why the imprisonment of the Saints is attributed to the Devil, pag. 147, 148, 149. The first Part of the Application. Quest. What are the Duties that are incumbent upon them that have been burnt up? Answ. First, to see the hand of the Lord in this late dreadful Fire; pag. 131, 132, 133. The first Part of the Application. Secondly, To justify the Lord in all that he has done, pag. 133, 134, 135. The first Part of the Application. Thirdly, In patience to possess their own Souls, pag. 166, 167, 168. The first Part of the Application. Fourthly, To set up the Lord in a more eminent degree then ever as the great Object of their fear, pag. 168, 169, 170. The first Part of the Application. Fifthly, To be content with their present condition, pag. 170, 171, 172, 173. The first Part of the Application.