Londons loud cryes to the Lord by prayer: made by a reverend divine, and approved of by many others: most fit to be used by every master of a family, both in city and country. With an account of several modern plagues, or visitations in London, with the number of those that then dyed, as well of all diseases, as of the plague; continued down to this present day August, 8th. 1665.

text bordered by images of skeletons, skulls, and graveyard implements Londons Loud Cryes to the Lord by Prayer : Made by a Reverend Divine , and Approved of by many others : Most fit to be Used by every Master of a Family , both in City and Country . With an Account of Several modern Plagues , or Visitations in London , With the Number of those that then Dyed , as well of all Diseases , as of the Plague ; Continued down to this present Day August , 8th . 1665.

London being struck by a plague O London , Repent , Repen● . OMnipotent Lord , thou sin-revengingGod , who for disobedience diddest threaten thine own people of Israel to smite them in the knees , Deut . 28.35 . and in the legs with a sore Botch that could not be healed , from the sole of the foot unto the top of the head : to smite them with the botch of Egypt , vers 27. whereof they could not be healed : Thou who by the mouth of thine onely Son diddest fore-tell to the Jews that Nation should rise against Nation , Kingdome against Kingdom , and that there should be Famines and Pestilences in diverse places : Mat . 24.7 Be pleased , ô thou great , offended Lord , in the bowells of thy compassion to let thine anger cease , Psal . 85.4 and to bow down thine eare to us miserable sinners . O our God , thou seest how we groan under the burthen of thy wrathful indignation , bemoaning the generall sufferances for our more general sins . Our sins , our sins doe far exceed the transgressions of Israel : yea they are greater then those of the Jews against the true Messias ; for thine own Apostle beareth them witnesse , 1 Cor . 2.8 that Had they known it , they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory : but we alas , both have known , and doe know him ; & yet we crucifie to our selves the son of thee our God afresh ; Heb . 6.6 and daily put him to an open shame . For these our offences thou hast begun thy Revenge , yea , and most justly too ; for thou art deer , though man should judge thee . Under this thy heavy wrath we groan O Lord , we cry , we howle ; for sicknesse increaseth , death approacheth : yea such a sicknesse , and such a death , as maketh us feare both our selves , and our neighbours ; because we have not feared thee the Lord of hosts . Thou seest , ô Lord , our afflictions ; even that our houses are made our prisons , & our sores our companions . Our streets are turned into pastures , our towns into wildernesses and for our backwardness in our devotions , our very doores instruct us to addresse our selves unto thee , and to beseech thee Lord to have mercy upon us . Our days are consumed in sorrows , and languishing ; and our nights in weeping , and mourning . Thou woundest us , and we cry ; thou smitest us , and we roare , thou plag●●st u● , and 〈…〉 troubled , we are dismayed . Our Golgothaes are surfeited with the dead , and our habitations infected with the living . We fly from place to place , from Country to Country ; and yet wee fly not from thy presence , wee avoid not thy judgments . What shall wee do , Jer . 8.22 . What shall we do ? Is there no balm , O Lord , in Gilead ? Is there no Physitian there ? Why then is not the health of the daughter of thy people recovered ? Thy Son , thy mercifull Son , thy sweet Son Jesus was sent to binde up the broken hearted , and to open the prisons to them that were bound , Isa . 66.1 . v. 2. and to comfort them that mourn : and he was not backward in the performance of this for which he was sent ; for he healed all manner of sicknesse , Mat . 4.23 c . 15.30 . and all manner of diseases among the people . At thy feet therefore , ô Jesus thou best Physitian , wee cast our selves down . A multitude we are that ly at thy feet : Cure us , ô Christ , heal us , ô Jesus , as thou diddest the multitude . A whole multitude once did seek to touch thee ; for there went virtue out of thee ; and thou healedst them all . Luk . 6.19 Mat . 14.14 . Thou wert moved with compassion , and didst heal their sick . Many didst thou cure of their infirmities , and plagues . Behold thy hand is not shortned that it cannot save ; Luk . 7.21 neither is thine ear heavy that thou canst not hear . The number of petitioners cannot deter thee ; Isa . 59.1 . the multitude of suitors cannot 〈…〉 healed many : Mat . 3.10 therefore , with the multitude in the Gospel , we presse upon thee , that we may but touch thee ; for thou hast virtue in thee ; thou hast power to heal . O Lord hear , ô Lord forgive , ô Lord heal us of our grievous wounds . In the depth of thy fury when thou didst resolve to be revenged of a Rebellious people , it was yet thy promise that thou wouldest leave a few from the Sword , Ezek . 12.16 . and from the Famine , and from the Pestilence , that they might declare all their abominations among the people where they should come ; that they might know that thou art the Lord . Us thou hast Plagued , us thou hast punished , so sorely , so grievously , that but few of us are left : yet ô Lord , now at last look in mercy upon us : ô Lord let this remnant finde thy compassion . O cure us , ô heal us , ô help us for thy mercy's sake . When thou wert angry with Egypt , thou didst threaten to smite it : Isa . 19.22 but , even at that very instant , thou didst like wise promise to heal it ; and that they should return unto thee their Lord , and that thou wouldest be intreated of them . Jer . 33 6 Thou diddest proclaim unto Judah that thou wouldst bring it health , and cure ; and wouldest cure them , and reveale unto them aboundance of peace & truth . Thou didst promise unto Zion , that thou wouldest restore health unto her , cap . 30.17 and heal her of her wounds , because she was called an out-cast by the people , saying ; 〈…〉 , whom no man seeketh after . These were thy promises even in the midst of thy threatnings : and wilt thou be worse unto us then thou wert unto Egypt , or Judah , or Zion ? True it is that thou expectest our conversion ; Joel 2.12 thou commandest us to turn unto thee with all our hearts , and with fasting , and with weeping , and with mourning . To thee therefo●e , ô God ( though formerly we have not , yet now ) do we turn . Wee turn unto thee both our weeping Eyes , and our dejected Countenances , and our wringing Hands , and our bended Knees , and our mourning voyces , and our groaning hearts . Merciful God , behold our Tears , and view our countenances , and look upon our hands , strengthen our knees , and hearken to our voyces , and comfort our hearts . The Priests , ô Lord , vers . 17. even thine own Ministers doe weep between the Porch and the Altar , and they say , Spare thy people , ô Lord , and give not thine heritage to reproach . Our Ezra's pray , Ezra . 10.1 and confesse and weep , and cast themselves down before thine house ; and the people assemble themselves unto them , both our men and our women , and our children ; for we all weep very sore . We weep as the Israelites did before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation , Num . 2.56 . when twenty and four thousand of them dyed of the Pestilence . Thus we mourn ; thus we weep : our Eys , our Hearts , our very souls do weep : ô let us tast of thy love ; let us feel thy compassion . Make us to boast of thy praise , as thy servant David did ; when he cryed unto thee , and thou didst heal him . Psal . 30.2 Thou hast been wroth with us , as thou wert with the Jews for their coveteousnesse ; Isa . 57.17 and thou hast smitten us : thou hast hid thy self , and hast been angry ; yet we have gone on frowardly in the wayes of our hearts . But O our God , do thou make us as penitent as those Jews ; and then say unto us as thou didst unto thy Judah , I have seen thy wayes , and I will heale thee : v. 18. I will lead thee also , and restore comforts unto thee and to thy mourners . Alas , we mourn , and yet we are punished : we grieve , and yet we are Plagued ; Jer . 14.7 . and all because our iniquities do testifie against us : But for thy name's sake , O Lord , be pleased to spare us . vers . 8. O the hope of Israel , the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble , why shouldest thou be as a stra 〈…〉 the land ; and as a way-faring man that turneth aside to tarry but a night ? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished ; vers . 9. as a mighty man that cannot save ? Thou , O Lord , art still in the midst of us , and we are called by thy name ; therefore , we pray thee , leave us not . O here is a Pestilence in our land ; 1 King 8.37 . vers . 38. v. 39. v. 40. and we make our prayers and supplications , and stretch forth our 〈…〉 in heaven thy dwelling place , and forgive ; that we may fear thee , and walk in thy wayes all the dayes of our lives . Or if the sins of us thy people cause thee to stop thine ears at our prayers , O hear thou our Hezekiah's praying for us , 2 Chr. 30 18. who have not cleansed our selves . Stay the Plague from us thine Israel , as thou didst from thy people , when thy servant Phinehas executed judgment . Psal . 106.30 . Num . 16.46 . Cause our Aarons to take their Censers , and to put fire in them from off the Altar , and to put on incense : O let them come quickly to our congregations , and make an attonement for us . v. 48. Let them stand between the dead and the living , and let the Plague be stayed . Thine Angel stretcheth forth his hand upon our Jerusalem to destroy it : 2 Sam . 24 16. O do thou as in the time of King David : Repent thee of the evill and say unto the destroying Angel , It is enough ; stay now thy hand . Hear us , O Lord , for the distressed People in this City and Nation ; and hear them for us , and hear thy Christ for us all : That to Him , and Thee , and thy blessed Spirit , we may render ( as is most due ) all Praise , and Glory , and Thanksgiving , and Obedience , from this time forth for ever more , Amen . Saying as Christ himself hath taught us , Our Father , &c.

AnexactandtruerelationofthenumberofthosethatwereburiedinLondon,andtheLibertiesofallDiseases,fromthe17ofMarch1591:tothe22.ofDecember1592. total . Pl. March 17 351 31 March 24 219 29 March 31 307 27 April 7 203 33 April 14 290 37 April 21 310 41 April 28 350 29 May 5 339 38 May 12 300 42 May 19 450 58 May 26 410 62 June 2 441 81 June 9 399 99 June 16 401 108 June 23 850 118 June 30 1440 927 July 7 1510 893 July 14 1491 258 July 21 1507 852 July 28 1503 983 August 4 1550 797 August 11 1532 651 August 18 1508 449 August 25 1490 507 Septem . 1 1210 563 Septem . 8 621 451 Septem . 15 629 349 Septem . 22 450 130 Septem . 29 408 327 Octob . 6 422 323 Octob . 13 330 308 Octob . 20 320 302 Octob . 27 310 301 Novem . 3 309 209 Novem . 10 301 107 Novem . 17 321 93 Novem . 24 349 94 Decem . 1 331 86 Decem . 8 329 71 Decem . 15 386 39 Baptized 5827 The total . 25886 Of the Plague , 11503

1603. total . Pl. March 17 108 3 March 24 60 2 March 31 78 6 April 7 66 4 April 14 79 4 April 21 98 8 April 28 109 10 May 5 90 11 May 12 112 18 May 19 122 22 May 26 122 32 June 2 114 30 June 9 131 43 June 16 144 59 June 23 182 72 June 30 267 158 July 7 445 263 July 14 612 424 The Out-Parishes this Week were joyned with the City . July 21 1186 917 July 28 1728 1392 August 4 2256 1925 August 11 2077 1743 August 18 3054 2719 August 25 2853 2535 Septem . 1 3385 3034 Septem . 8 3078 2728 Sept. 15 3129 2815 Sept. 22 2456 2192 Sept. 29 1961 1731 Octob . 6 1831 1649 Octob . 13 1312 1142 Octob . 20 648 852 Octob . 27 625 504 Novem . 3 737 592 Nov. 10 585 441 Nov. 17 384 255 Nove . 24 198 102 Decem . 1 223 105 Decem . 8 163 55 Dece . 15 200 66 Dece . 22 168 74 The total of the Burials this whole year , 38250 Of the Pl●gue , 305●3 .

1625. Buried in London and the Liberties of all diseases , Anno 1625. the number here following . total . Pl. March 17 262 4 March 24 226 8 March 30 243 11 April 7 239 10 April 14 256 24 April 21 230 25 April 28 305 26 May 5 292 30 May 12 332 45 May 19 379 71 May 26 401 78 June 2 395 69 June 9 434 91 June 16 510 165 June 23 640 239 June 30 942 390 July 7 1222 593 July 14 1781 1004 July 21 2850 1819 July 28 3583 2471 August 4 4517 3659 August 11 4855 4115 August 18 5205 4463 August 25 4841 4218 Septem . 1 3897 3344 Septem . 8 3157 2550 Septem . 15 2148 1672 Septem . 22 1993 1551 Septem . 29 1236 852 Octob . 6 833 538 Octob . 13 815 511 Octob . 20 651 331 Octob . 27 375 134 Novemb . 3 357 89 Novem 10 319 92 Novem . 17 274 48 Nov. 24 231 27 Decemb . 1 290 15 Decemb . 8 181 15 Decem . 15 168 6 Decem . 22 157 1 The total of all the Burials this Year , 54082 Of the Plague 3542

1630. total . Pl. June 24 205 19 July 1 209 25 July 8 217 43 July 15 250 50 July 22 229 40 July 29 279 77 August 5 250 56 August 12 246 65 August 19 269 54 August 26 270 67 Septemb . 2 230 66 Septemb . 9 259 63 Sept. 16 264 68 Sept. 23 274 57 Sept. 30 269 56 Octob . 7 236 66 Octob . 14 261 73 Octob . 21 248 60 Octob . 28 214 34 Novemb . 4 242 29 Novem . 11 215 29 Novem . 18 200 18 N●● . 25 226 7 Decemb . 2 221 20 Decem . 9 198 19 Decem . 16 217 5 The total of the Burials this whol year 10554 Of the Plague , 1317
Against the Plague .

Take leaves of Sage Wormwood , of each an ounce & half , Rue six ounces and half , wash them in Spring water , cut & beat them let the juice run from them , & put it in an Earthen Pot with half a pint of strong white wine Vinegar , cover it close for 24. houres , strain it and add an ounce of Turbish finely powdered , cover all close 24. hours more , afterwards strain it , & then use it .

1636. total . Pl. April 7 119 2 April 14 205 4 This week was added to the Bill these Parishes , St. Marg . Westminster . Lambeth . St. Mary Newington Redriff Parish St. Mary Islington Stepney Parish Hackney Parish April 21 285 14 April 28 259 17 May 5 251 10 May 12 308 55 May 19 299 35 May 26 330 62 June 2 339 67 June 9 345 87 June 16 381 103 June 23 304 79 June 30 352 104 July 7 215 81 July 14 372 104 July 21 395 ●20 July 28 423 151 August 4 461 206 August 11 538 283 August 18 638 321 August 25 787 429 Septemb . 1 1011 638 Sept. 8 1069 650 Sept. 15 1306 865 Sept. 22 1229 775 Sept. 29 1403 928 Octob . 6 1405 921 Octob 13 1302 792 Octob . 20 1002 555 Octob . 27 900 458 Novemb . 3 1300 138 Nov. 10 1104 715 Nov. 17 950 573 Nov. 24 857 476 Decemb . 1 614 ●12 Dec. 8 459 167 Dec. 15 383 8● Dec. 22 316 76 Dec. 29 ●83 125 The total of a Burials this whole ye●● , 27415 Of the Plague 1●●●●

1637. total . Pl ▪ January 5 318 126 Janu . 12 314 73 Jan. 19 268 59 Jan. 26 289 72 February 2 351 103 Feb. 9 315 104 Feb. 16 285 78 Feb. 23 254 44 March 2 262 69 March 9 332 100 March 16 303 80 March 23 260 65 March 30 343 115 April 7 301 98 April 14 288 79 April 21 300 90 April 28 319 107 May 4 292 81 May 11 300 105 May 18 285 74 May 25 314 83 June 1 269 72 June 8 273 74 June 15 268 110 June 22 304 106 June 29 371 159 July 6 362 163 July 13 325 133 July 20 321 140 July 27 335 117 August 3 300 89 August 10 275 74 August 17 228 53 August 24 225 43 August 31 209 30 Septemb . 7 227 36 Sept. 14 200 21 Sept. 21 184 21 Sept. 28 197 27 October 5 166 15 Octob . 12 198 17 Octob . 19 174 13 The total of all Burials this year , 14270 Of the Plague , 3603

1638. Buried 16621 Of the Plague 508 1646 Buried Of the Plague 2436 1647. Buried 16452 Of the Plague 5285 1648. Buried 11509 Of the Plague , 693

1665. Buried in London and the Liberties of all diseases the number followeth , total . Pl. April 25 398 2 May 2 388 0 May 9 347 9 May 16 353 3 May 23 385 14 May 30 399 17 June 6 405 43 June 13 558 112 June 20 611 168 June 27 684 267 July 4 1006 470 July 11 1268 725 July 18 1761 1089 July 25 2785 1843 August 1 3014 2010 August 8 4030 2817 August 15 August 22 August 29 Septem . 5

Buried in the 97 Parishes within London , from August 1st . to the 8th . 341 And of the Plague 208

In the Out-Parishes this Week , of the Plague 2609 S. Andrews Holborn 183 S. Bartholmew great 17 S. Bartholmew lesse 6 S. Brides Parish 66 Bridwel Precinct 5 S. Botolph Aldersga . 46 S. Botolph Algate 81 S. Botolph Bishopsgate 133 S. Dunstans West 20 S. George Southwark 39 S. Giles Cripplegate 356 S. Olives Southwark 64 S. Saviors Southwark 41 S. Sepulchers Parish 205 S. Thom . Southwark 8 Trinity Minories At the Pest-house 10 S. Giles in the Fields 259 Hackney Parish 6 S. James Clerkenwel 136 S. Katharine Tower 12 Lambeth Parish 1 S. Leonar . Shoreditch 122 S. Magda . Bermonds . 7 S. Mary Newington 16 S. Mary Islington 24 S. Mary Whitechappel 158 Redriff Parish 2 Stepney Parish 136 S. Clement Danes 42 S. Paul Coven garden 16 S. Martins i th' fields 213 S. Mary Savoy 6 S. Margaret Westm . 173 At Pest-house . 39

Buri●d in London this week of all Diseases 4030 Of the Plague 2817 Increased in the Burials this week 1016 Parishes Cleare of the Plague 44 ●arishes Infected 86