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S121714 OH England be vigilant, and repent thee with spede, / And marke well the myrours of thy visitation: Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 18269 A Warnyng to Englan[d], let London begin: / To repent their iniquitie, & flie from their sin. A Warnyng to England, let London begin: To repent their iniquitie, & flie from their sin. A Warning to England, let London begin: To repent their iniquity, and fly from their sin. Birch, William Printer Alexander Lacie. ?-15165

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ISAIE.i. The Oxe knoweth his owner, and the Asse his masters crib, but Israell hath not knowen: my people hath not understand. Ah, sin- full nation, a people laden with iniquitie: a seede of the wicked, corrupt chyldren: they have forsaken the Lorde, they have provo- ked the holy one of Israell to anger: they are turned backewarde. OH Endland be vigilant, and repent thee with spede, And marke well the myrours of thy visitation: Prepare thee to prayer, for it was never more neede, And langwish for thy lewde life, with great lamentation. When God drowned the worlde in the dayes of Noye, For that sin onely (I saye) which we dayly do frequent: He sent Noye to preach to them, or he dyd them destroye, And gave them sixe score yeares, a space for to repent. Zodome and Gomorra also, were sunke in fyre ful hot, Burnyng all in Brimstone, untyll they were destroyed: And yet they were forewarned long, by the prophete Lot, With Repentance unto them, continually he cryed. But that happye citie Ninivie, among all the rest, They heard Jonas his preachyng when he came thither: Repentyng straight wayes, and of GOD they were blest, A goodly myrour to LONDON, yf they wolde consider. O London, London, Jerusalem I may thee call, For whye? thy conversation agreeth thereto now: They wolde take no warnyng before the plague did fall, And at this present day O LONDON, no more doest thou. What tokens have bene of late, of Gods feareful yre? The lyke before was never seene, in no time (I trowe) Thy cheef and beautifull Temple was defaced with fyre, A goodly admonition sure (yf thou couldest it knowe)
Neither coulde the Pestilence provoke us to repent, Nor cruell warres warne us that the end is at hand: No, we mocke at Gods threatnings lyke beasts impudent, No doubt, Gods justice must needes plague the lande. For we wyll not repent, nor our wicked lyves amend, But continue styll in wickednes, procuring Gods curse: What earnest preachers doth the Lorde us dayly send? It is but pearles before swyne, for we ar wurse & wurse. If a man rebuke drunkennes, swearyng or blasphemie, He shall in this wyse be mocked of one iavell or an other: [?]is good godly man, [?]e toe holy for our companie, [?] ar a precisian I t[?]r some unspotted brother. Alas, is this your repentance after so long preachyng? I pray you read the .xii. chap. of S. Mathewes gospell: Christ saith, of every idle worde we shal geve a reconyng, Then swearers and blasphemers, shal be punished in hell. Deare christians, consider our state this present yeare, Both with war and other plagues, we are round enclosed: Let us turne to the Lorde our God with tremblyng & feare, With harty thankes gevyng for his great mercies offred. Remember the .x. Lepers, in the .xvii. of Luke certaine, When the Lorde had clensed them of their sore infirmitie: One poore Samaritane come to Jesus Christ agayne, To geve him hartie thankes for his great benignitie. So let us geve thanks to God in hart both al & some, A[n]d repent our former lives, without any longer delay: [?]eare lest a grevous plague among us hastely come, [W]ithout speedye repentance, looke for it we may. Bryng forth the frutes of the gospel, I meane a godly life, Leave your filthy hipocrisie which stinketh in Gods sight Leave your abominable pryde, amend both man & wyfe, Leave your horrible blasphemie wherein you so delight. Pray England pray, and London leave thy wicked trade, Especiallye Covetousnes, Glotonie, and al fylthy lust: And remember our merciful God who hath us all made, A body that is mortall, and shall turne to dust. For our noble queene Elizabeth, let us al hartely [?] And for her honorable counsell, that God geve th[?] To maintayne his glorious Gospell both night [?] To the advancement of Vertue, all wickednes to ra[?]
FINIS. quod William Birch Imprinted at London, in little Britaine: by Alexander Lacie.