%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Great Brittains Arlarm / to Drowsie Sinners in Destress. / Being a Rule for all sorts of people to follow in these distracted and dangerous Times: Shewing / the Judgements which hang over our heads for Sin, and the way by Repentance, to avoid the / same. Very good and necessary for all sorts of people to peruse. / All you that do this Larum hear, / Strive to live well, and God to fear. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1672-1672 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/20/2011 30669

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R228240 5 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Aim not too high UNKNOWN Aim Not Too High ROuse up dull Sinners all with one accord, / With prayers & tears now call upon the Lord, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 202 2: 203 Great Brittains Arlarm / to Drowsie Sinners in Destress. / Being a Rule for all sorts of people to follow in these distracted and dangerous Times: Shewing / the Judgements which hang over our heads for Sin, and the way by Repentance, to avoid the / same. Very good and necessary for all sorts of people to peruse. / All you that do this Larum hear, / Strive to live well, and God to fear. Great Brittains Arlarm to Drowsie Sinners in Destress. Being a Rule for all sorts of people to follow in these distracted and dangerous Times: Shewing the Judgements which hang over our heads for Sin, and the way by Repentance, to avoid the same. Very good and necessary for all sorts of people to peruse. All you that do this Larum hear, Strive to live well, and God to fear. Great Britain's Alarm to Drowsy Sinners in Distress. Being a Rule for all sorts of people to follow in these distracted and dangerous Times: Showing the Judgments which hang over our heads for Sin, and the way by Repentance, to avoid the same. Very good and necessary for all sorts of people to peruse. All you that do this alarm hear, Strive to live well, and God to fear. 1672-1672 P. Brooksby

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ROuse up dull Sinners all with one accord, With prayers & tears now call upon the Lord, Security hath lulld us fast asleep, When as we have most cause to mourn and weep. Remember Man, thy time it is but short, Then of the same thou shouldst not make a sport; Least thou by sudden death be snatcht away, To give account at the great Judgement-day. Whilst thou in prime of youth dost spend thy days, And takest pleasure in thy wicked ways: Be well advisd, and think upon thy doom, That young and old must all to judgement come. So soon as in the morning you awake, Unto your Lord by Prayer your selves betake: Then to thy labour fall if thou art poor, And God will bless thy basket and thy store.
Defraud no man although thou b be in want But be content, although thy stock be stane, For goods ill gotten will consume away, And leave a Curse that will remain for aye. Unto thy honest Neighbours still be kind, And sure therein great comfort thou shalt find A friend will stick when Riches they are gone, Therefore endeavour to provide for one. If thou art blest with Children at the board, Be sure you bring them up to serve the Lord: And for a portion God he will provide, And give a blessing to their Souls beside. A Child ill-naturd proves a grievous Curse, His wicked courses will offend thee worse: A twig will bend when it is young and weak, But being old and stubborn it will break.
Flye from all sin, as from a Serpents sting, Much harm to Soul and body it will bring: When sinful pleasures are blown ore and past, Then grief and sorrow doth remain at last. What pleasure hath the Drunkard in his wine, To make himself far-worse than any Swine: His wealth consumes away, if wealth he have, And surfeits sends him to his loathed Grave. He that on Harlots spends his gold and pelf, He neither values credit nor himself: Until diseases brings him to his end, And then it is too late for to amend. The Swearer he doth damn his Soul in vain, No benefit thereby that he doth gain: So that he doth fulfill his base desire, He never thinks of Hells eternal fire. The sin of Pride amongst us is too rife; Who should exceed in bravery is the strife: They do not think that one day dye they must, And then their Pride is laid within the dust. The covetous Miser makes his Gold his God, Whilst others wants it, he doth plot and plod To fill his Coffers whatso ere befall, Until at last he gets the Devil and all.
These are the sins, besides a many more, That brings Gods judgements down upon us sore And makes him smite us with his heavy Rod, Because we do offend our gracious God. Lord turn thy wrath away from us again, Least under thy displeasure we remain: For thy fierce anger we have felt of late, Yet it does not our hanious sins abate. With Plague and Fire we have suffered sore, And now with Wars our Land is vexed more: These judgements for our sins the Lord doth send, And worse may come unless our lives we mend. For blest be God; no Famine we have felt, The Lord hath mercifully with us dealt: But if we once provoke his wrath again, We may have cause for hunger to complain. Once more, I say, O sinners now awake, And all your hanious sins in time forsake: Who knows but that the Lord will hear our prayer: And shew us mercy for unfeigned tears. And let each one that reads what here is pend, Strive night and day their lives for to amend: That God in mercy all our Souls may save, When as we fall into the silent Grave.
Printed for P. Brooksbys at the Harp and Ball in Pye-Corner, near West Smithfield.