God's terrible voice in the city

Now fearfulness and terror doth surprise the Citizens of London; confusion and astonishment doth fall upon them at this unheard of, unthought of Judgment. It would have grieved the heart, of an unconcerned person, to see the rueful looks, the pale cheeks, the tears trickling down from the eyes, (where the greatness of sorrow and amazement could give leave for such a vent) the smiting of the breast, the wringing of the hands; to hear the sighs and groans, the doleful and weeping speeches of the distressed Citizens, when they were bringing forth their wives (some from ⟨p. 63⟩their child bed) and their little ones (some from their sick bed) out of their houses, and sending them into the Countries, or some where into the Fields with their goods. Now the hopes of London are gone, their heart is sunk; now there is a general remove in the City, and that in a greater hurry than before the Plague; their goods being in greater danger by the Fire, than their persons were by the sickness. Scarcely are some returned, but they must remove again, and not as before, now without any more hopes of ever returning, and living in those houses any more.

Now fearfulness and terrour doth surprize the Citizens of London; confusion and astonishment doth fall upon them at this unheard of, unthought of Judgment. It would have grieved the heart, of an unconcern'd person, to see the rufull looks, the pale cheeks, the tears trickling down from the eyes, (where the greatness of sorrow and amazement could give leave for such a vent) the smiting of the brest, the wringing of the hands; to hear the sighs and groans, the dolefull and weeping speeches of the distressed Citizens, when they were bringing forth their wives (some from ⟨p. 63⟩their child bed) and their little ones (some from their sick bed) out of their houses, and sending them into the Countreys, or some where into the Fields with their goods. Now the hopes of London are gone, their heart is sunk; now there is a general remove in the City, and that in a greater hurry than before the Plague; their goods being in greater danger by the Fire, than their persons were by the sickness. Scarcely are some returned, but they must remove again, and not as before, now without any more hopes of ever returning, and living in those houses any more.