The Lords loud call to England: being a true relation of some late, various, and wonderful judgments, or handy-works of God, by earthquake, lightening, whirlewind, great multitudes of toads and flyes; and also the striking of divers persons with sudden death, in several places; for what causes let the man of wisdome judge, upon his serious perusal of the book it self. Also of the strange changes, and late alterations made in these three nations. As also of the odious sin of drinking healths, with a brief of Mr. Pryns solid arguments against it, and his epistle to the late King Charls, to redress it. Published by H.J. a servant of Jesus the Christ, and lover of peace and holiness.

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Author:	Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663.
Title:	The Lords loud call to England: being a true relation of some late, various, and wonderful judgments, or handy-works of God, by earthquake, lightening, whirlewind, great multitudes of toads and flyes; and also the striking of divers persons with sudden death, in several places; for what causes let the man of wisdome judge, upon his serious perusal of the book it self. Also of the strange changes, and late alterations made in these three nations. As also of the odious sin of drinking healths, with a brief of Mr. Pryns solid arguments against it, and his epistle to the late King Charls, to redress it. Published by H.J. a servant of Jesus the Christ, and lover of peace and holiness.
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THE LORDS LOUD CALL TO ENGLAND:

To all, or any of such as love Iesus Christ in Sincerity.

A RELATION OF THE Lords wonderful works of late by an Earthquake, Lightning and , by Toads; and by smiting of divers vvith sudden death, upon Health-drinking, Stage-play, &c.

Of the Lords hand at Oxford, by sudden death of several persons, Actors in Play against Puritans; and others.

Of the sudden dreadful Death of the Clerks Daughter atin Glocester-shire,the third, just a neek before Whitsunday, 1660.

Of the great number of 〈◊〉 in Glocestershire, 〈◊〉 Mid∣summerday, 1660.

Of the Earth-quake in France, on Munday Iune 1660. Part of a Letter to a Merchant in London, dated at Bourdeaux in France, at his house there, Iune 14/4 1660. Translated from French into English, for H. I.

Others write, that at Tholouse, and some other places in France, was the same Earth-Quake.

Of the strange Whirlwind on Iune 2. 1660. in Leicestershire, 〈◊〉 be effects thereof.

A RELATION Of the Imprisonings, Plunderings, and Barbarous Inhuma∣nity and Cruelty, that hath lately been practised towards several Ministers of the Gospel, and other peaceable peo∣ple, in WALES, Lincolnshire, Glocestershire, and other places: Especially since the Late Remnant of the Long Parliament, by their Outing of many, prepared a COFFIN for themselves and others.

With the USES to bee made thereof by the Sufferers, and by others.

Part of a Letter from Mr. Tho. Guyn, with Mr. Ienkin Iones, the 29th. of the fourth Month, Iune 1660.

The Gross Abuses to many Good 〈◊〉 People in Lincoln∣shire, here follow, 〈◊〉 they were 〈◊〉 in their NARRA∣TIVE or Complaint thereof to the KING neer the end of Iu∣ly 1660. Testified under many of their 〈◊〉. Part of a NARRATIVE and Complaint, that by the help of an Honnourable Parliament man was presented to the King. the 26th. of the fifth Month, Iuly 1660. With the Kings Answer thereunto.

The substance of the Kings Answer to the Messengers that were sent with this Narration and Petition (upon the presenting it before him, and giving him the Contents of it, with the delivering the Confession of their Faith, into his own hand) was this.

From Glocestershire, writ April 3. 1660. Part of the First letter.

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From Glocestershire April 19. 1660. part of a second Letter.

Part of a third Letter from Glocestershire 18. of the second Month. 1660.

Another Letter from Glocestershire, from the house of a godly strict Presbyterian, it was written.

Part of another Letter from that County, the 28th. of the second Month. April 1660.

A true Declaration of the uncivil speeches and carriages of Mr. I. D. Son of Mr. I. D. of B. in the County of Glocester, against Edward Fletcher, Minister of the 〈◊〉 place, in the 〈◊〉 of my 〈◊〉 and one Mr. R. E. of the same Parish; 〈◊〉 was as followeth.

Part of a Letter from the North, to another Friend.

From Redding - Prison, Iuly 16. 1660. Where divers peaceable people were put, having Oaths put upon them, which they were not satisfyed to take: Of the LORDS Instructing, and comforting them, and their Relations.

A letter writ at Newport in WALES, 12 Iuly, 1660. of Rude Proceeds there.

OXFORD PROCEEDS, 1660. The Great Alterations lately made by Kings Commissio∣ners there, in Discharging the Vice-chancellor, and many Heads of Colledges, Beadles, Fellows, &c. are related in several thence, here .

Part of another Letter from another Colledge in Oxford, relatos , in several Fellows, and in the way of Gods Worship; That freedome that had been used and allowed of late years, not pleasing these now.

A Letter touching a Coopers acts, and end at Waltham neer Theobalds.

Of Healths drinking, and Heavens doom thereon; Part of a Letter from Mr. Ab. Ramsbotham.

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HEALTHS-SICKNESS: OR, A Compendious and Discourse, proving the drinking and pledging of Healths to be sinful, and utterly unlavvful unto Christians; By Arguments, Scriptures, Fathers, Modern Divines, Christian Authors, Historians, Councils, Imperial Lavvs and Constitutions; and by the voyce and verdict of prophane and hea∣then Writers; Wherein all those Ordinary Ob∣jections, Excuses, and Pretences, vvhich are made to justifie, extenuate or excuse the drinking of HEALTHS, are likevvise cleared and an∣svvered.

To the Most High and Mighty Prince Charls, By the Grace of God King of Great Britain, &c.

After his Epistle to the Reader, of the cau∣ses of that odious sin of Drunkenness, be∣ginning his Book, he urgeth many solid Arguments against Drinking of Healths, which are worthy to be Reprinted. The brief sum whereof followeth.

First Argument against these healths.

Part of the KINGS first PROCLAMA∣TION, May 30. 1660.

Also the next PROCLAMATION, Iune 1.

The Relation of the Death of above 20. or 30.