Rare physick for the chvrch sick of an ague prescribing excellent and most accurate physick to be given to the church which has been sicke a long time : with the names of every particular disease and the manner how she contracted them and by what meanes as also prescripts to remedy the same : humbly commended to the Parliament, those admirable physicians of the church and state. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A71180 of text R21306 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T500). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. 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A71180) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 54417) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 242:E87, no 10 or 250:E137, no 8) Rare physick for the chvrch sick of an ague prescribing excellent and most accurate physick to be given to the church which has been sicke a long time : with the names of every particular disease and the manner how she contracted them and by what meanes as also prescripts to remedy the same : humbly commended to the Parliament, those admirable physicians of the church and state. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. [7] p. Printed for W.T., London : 1642. Thomason Catalogue dates this Jan. 31, 1643. Attributed to John Taylor. cf. BM. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Church of England -- Controversial literature. A71180 R21306 (Wing T500). civilwar no Rare physick for the church sicx [sic] of an ague prescribing excellent and most accurate physick to be given to the church which has been s Taylor, John 1643 1114 6 0 0 0 0 0 54 D The rate of 54 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2005-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-09 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2005-09 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion RARE PHYSICK FOR THE CHVRCH SICK OF AN AGUE PRESCRIBING EXCELLENT and most accurate Physick to be given to the Church which has been sicke a long time . With the names of every particular Disease , and the manner how she contracted them , and by what meanes , as also prescripts to remedy the same . Humbly commended to the Parliament , those Admirable physicians of the Church and State . London , printed for W. T. 1642. Rare Physicke for the Church sicke of an Ague . THE languishing Church being extreame sicke of many dangerous diseases , had once began almost to sing its ultimum vale to the World , it was so turbulently distracted by the contentious opinions of some Schismaticall disturbers thereof : And being in this deepe Malady , many in an honest deploration condoled her estate ; yet commiserating her distresse farther , they would not leave her desolate of reliefe and comfort , but did co unitely concurre in one unanimous contribution to elevate and restore her to its former prosperity and pristine health . First then they agreed in a conclusive determination to send for all the Neighbours round to visit and consolate her : The Protestants were first sent for , because they were the next Neighbours to her , who when they beheld apparently her desperate sicknesse , every one endeavoured to adde a salve thereunto ; one would have cast her water , but the two Universities dammed up , and stopped the running thereof , for feare it should runne to Amst●rdam : Another perceiving an obstacle there , laboured to finde out her Disease , supposing her to be sicke of the Mother : A third replyed , that she could scarce attaine to that maturity , since she laboured so lately of a young Suckling : Another answered , that she was abused by one living at the back-side of Brownes barn , who ●ut of his running Hogshead broached such strange and prodigious prophesies to his prick-ear'd Auditors , that it stuck deeply in her Stomack , and from thence she contracted so great a burning Fever , that many Books could not withstand the Flame thereof . They sent secondly to the Round-heads desiring their assistance to help this distorted Church , but they were so greatly imployed at Cheapside-Crosse , that they could spare no time to come to her . The puritans were next sent for , but they were in such hasty preparation for New-England , that their consciences could not suffer them to steale so much time , to comfort the sicke , which they never could endure to doe in their lives . There are many places for severall men appointed , and yet I wonder extreamely , that one should be deficient : There is Newgate appointed for Theeves , Bridewell for idle persons , the Counters for Drunkards , ●●●gate for Debtors , Bedlam for mad men , and Hospitals for lame persons ; yet amongst them all ( I wonder ) there is no place for Fooles , but in their New plantation ( I thinke ) they wil erect an hospital● for Fooles , where they may doe many miraculous deeds of charity , yet I hope some of them will be wise enough to admit themselves there first , because charity begins at home . The Familists were next sent for , but some of the holy Brethren being asleepe , the others were occupied by their wives in a conjunction copulative , and being so zealously imployed , they could not s●ffurate so much time to come . Thus the Church being variously distracted between these Sects , is involved in an irremiable labyrinth of opinions , and hereupon recontracted such desperate diseases , that it still requireth a more auxiliary remedy . The surest way then , that I can conceive herefrom , is to send for the Doctors , who I suppose have more sciential skil to resolve us of her malady , but they with their New Canons are so imployed in the Tower to defend the City , for they would otherwise willingly have come , but only they stumbled on the protestation and the Tower stood in their way , which hindered their voluntary readinesse : But in my opinion it was well they were excluded by so opportune an obstacle , for otherwise ( it is to be feared ) they would have rather brought her former dis●emper to a deepe Consumption , and so consequently she might have layn on her death-bed : but thanks be to the Omnipotent indulgencie of Almighty God , who sent true and skilfull Physitians unto her , to cure her disease ; I meane the Parliament , that illustrious Assembly of both Temporall and Ecclesiasticall Physitians : These as soone as they first perspicuously perceived the dangerousnes of the disease , which by the long negligence of time she had contracted , began first to cast her water , which made so many Flye over the Ocean , that then she did seeme respectively to recover . And after , there was some hopes of preservative health remaining , they thought it most expedient to give her next a sound purge , which made so many impedimen all excrements of papisticall adherents be evacuated from her , that shee began to waxe stronger and stronger : Thus the Church was delivered our of the almost incurable disease of popery and superstition , and so Flourshed a while ; till at length for want of strong suporters she became feeble againe , and by the imaginarie countenancing of too much licentiousnes , she is now sicke of the Staggers , and unlesse she has another purge given her , and that speedily too , to purge her from Brownianisme , necessarily she will fall into the former , or as bad , if not worse ) disease : For as the one swelled too high in popish opinions , and had almost overwhelmed her , so the latter dives so low in Heresie , that it will ( it is supposed ) almost sink her : But the Judicious and physicall knowledge of the parliament will no doubt accurately cure her ; the best way that I can conceive for her recovery is to be let bloud , and then some hopes of reformation may be expected to her great health and prosperity , the Kingdomes happinesse , and the Immortall Glory of those illustrious Physitians of the Parliament . FINIS .