RARE physic FOR THE church SICK OF AN AGUE PRESCRIBING EXCELLENT and most accurate physic to be given to the Church which has been sick a long time.  
With the names of every particular Disease, and the manner how she contracted them, and by what means, 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 physic for the Church sick of an Ague.  
THE languishing Church being extreme sick 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 schismatical disturbers thereof: And being in this deep Malady, many in an honest deploration condoled her estate; yet commiserating her distress farther, they would not leave her desolate of relief and comfort, but did co unitedly concur in one unanimous contribution to elevate and restore her to its former prosperity and pristine health. First than 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 sickness, every one endeavoured to add a salve thereunto; one would have cast her water, but the two Universities dammed up, and stopped the running thereof, for fear it should run to Amst●rdam: Another perceiving an obstacle there, laboured to find out her Disease, supposing her to be sick of the Mother: A third replied, that she could scarce attain to that maturity, since she laboured so lately of a young Suckling: Another answered, that she was abused by one living at the backside of Browne's barn, who ●ut of his running Hogshead broached such strange and prodigious prophecies to his prick-eared Auditors, that it stuck deeply in her stomach, and from thence she contracted so great a burning Fever, that many Books could not withstand the Flame thereof. They sent secondly to the roundheads desiring their assistance to help this distorted Church, but they were so greatly employed at Cheapside-cross, 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 steal so much time, to comfort the sick, which they never could endure to do in their lives. There are many places for several men appointed, and yet I wonder extremely, that one should be deficient: There is Newgate appointed for thieves, 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 fools, but in their New plantation (I think) they will erect an hospital● for fools, where they may do 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 asleep, the others were occupied by their wives in a conjunction copulative, and being so zealously employed, 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 skill to resolve us of her malady, but they with their New Canons are so employed 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 readiness: 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 deep Consumption, and so consequently she might have lain on her deathbed: but thanks be to the Omnipotent indulgency of Almighty God, who sent true and skilful physicians unto her, to cure her disease; I mean the Parliament, that illustrious Assembly of both temporal and ecclesiastical physicians: These as soon as they first perspicuously perceived the dangerousness of the disease, which by the long negligence of time she had contracted, began first to cast her water, which made so many fly over the Ocean, that then she did seem 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 papistical adherents be evacuated from her, that she began to wax 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 again, and by the imaginary countenancing of too much licentiousness, she is now sick of the Staggers, and unless she has another purge given her, and that speedily too, to purge her from brownianism, 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 heresy, that it will (it is supposed) almost sink her: But the Judicious and physical knowledge of the parliament will no doubt accurately cure her; the best way that I can conceive for her recovery is to be let blood, and then some hopes of reformation may be expected to her great health and prosperity, the kingdom's happiness, and the immortal Glory of those illustrious physicians of the Parliament.  
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