LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US. This is the humble Petition of England unto Almighty God, meekly imploring his Divine bounty for the cessation of this Mortality of Pestilence now reigning amongst us: With a lamentable List of Deaths Triumphs in the weekly Burials of the City of LONDON, and the Parishes adjacent to the same. depiction of Death (a skeleton holding aloft an arrow in one hand and an hourglass in the other) standing on a thoroughfare amidst the daily traffic in London with the city in the background LORD show thy pity on this sinful Land, Have We not felt enough thy heavy hand: Mercy We beg of thee, do not sweet God Vpon Thy people too long lay thy Rod; us In thine anger do not quiter consume, LORD Let our prayers ascend like sweet perfume: Have Thou regard unto our moan, and show Mercy On them that prostrate lie below Vpon The ground; O do not strictly call us To account, for we have sinned all. LORD Be propitious, spare, O spare though wee Have Been rebellious children unto thee: Mercy Is still in store for those who will Vpon Amendment leave their former ill. us Wretched sinners unto grace receive, LORD We have sinned, now our sins wee'll leave: Have Thou commiseration on our grief, Mercy We want, relying( for relief) Vpon Thy wonted favours; for thou hast▪ us pardoned often for offences past. LORD Let us find, for we do humbly seek, Have Thou compassion, now our mindes are meek Mercy May enter: Thou imprint'st thy grace Vpon Those hearts where pride can ha●e no place. us Then admit into thy favour for, LORD Our iniquities we do abhor: Have We so wicked been, that thou canst not Mercy Afford? O is thy wrath so hot Vpon Us that it can't be quenched with tears? us Thou hast spared( indeed) for many yeares. LORD We confess it, yet on our repentance, Have Pitty and revoke thy dreadful sentence: Mercy O mercy still we crave, we cry, Vpon Us Lord have mercy, or we die. us Thou hast plagued with the Pestilence, LORD Stay thy hand upon our penitence: Have mind( good God) that we are dust and day, Mercy From thee we want, for this we pray; Vpon Our wretched states look favourable, us In thine ire rebuk not, we're unable LORD To do any good without thy aid: Have Pitty then, let these petitions made, Mercy Invoke from thy supernal throne, Vpon Our misery be thy favour shown, us In our wants relieve, let us not cry LORD Unto thee in vain for remedy; Have We not cause to weep, and with our cries Mercy To ask; O let thy gentle eyes Vpon Our miseries reflect; O heal us Both in soul and body; we appeal Unto thy mercy; sickness hath undone us, What can we say, but, Lord have mercy upon us. Amen Say I, M. P. A Prayer fit be used in this time of sickness or mortality. O Lord most just, and Father most merciful, thou it is that renewest thy Plagues against Man when he offendeth thee: thy vengeance from heaven is both sudden and fearful toward the rebellious and disobedient children: thou for one sin in King David, destroyedst with the loathsome disease of the Pestilence many thousands of his people: cast thine eyes of mercy upon us, O thou preserver of men, which languish now in this land, and in this house with the like disease and sickness. Now, dear God, hath not David onely offended thee, in trusting to his strength, and numbering of his people: but even each congregation; and every household hath one way or other provoked thee to plague thy disobedient people: and now that we see thy plagues appearing, to the piercing and parting of our bodies and souls asunder: Lord, we stand amazed in our mindes, hearty sighing with groans at sight of our sins. Now we consider, we have sinned grievously, we have done amiss, we have dealt wickedly, we have lived ungodly, wee have swerved from the way of truth, without any godly fear or remorse of conscience: thy great benefit of Peace, and rare blessing of long prosperity, under so good and gracious a Governor, have brought too too many of us, to such security and contempt of Religion, that altogether forgetting to be thankful, we have abused thy benefits as fast as they came, and that with a churlish kind of impiety: the thoughts of our hearts, the words of our mouths, and the works of our hands are vain, carnal, and devilish: yea, our service to thee oftentimes but mere abomination: so far( alas) have we erred from the path of thy commandements. As thou didst find with the Israelites wickedness in Gilgal, sin in Bethel, and iniquity in Bershyha: so in every Church, in every Court, nay, in every concourse or assembly amongst us, thou beholdest how the flesh hath overgrown the Spirit, and how reason is over-ruled with affections: so many labour in these our dayes under the displayed ensign of satan, that very few( dear Father) are found settled in the dutiful form of upright and spiritual obedience, which thou requirest. We confess, thou mightest justly therefore forsake us, as we have forsaken thee: and not onely proceed to sting the head-Cities, and whole body of this land, with sundry plagues and grievous diseases; but for our manifold sins and iniquities, which we daily commit, thou mightst justly and worthily condemn us, man after man, to eternal death, all consciences being so guilty; that they already condemn themselves. Yet who is he( O merciful Lord) that can measure thy goodness, who by thy word dost oftentimes being sinners to belief, repentance, and salvation? though it be not thy pleasure( good Lord) to make the wicked innocent, but rather to visit their iniquities, yet have we this comfort, that thy mercy to the humble ever rests unmeasurable and unmovable: though thou speakest to the Prophet against thine own people, being disobedient to thee, saying, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet have I no heart to this people: Drive them away that they may go out of my sight, some unto death, some to the sword, and some to captivity: yet we know( O our good God) that when as Ephraim was heard lamenting and praying hearty in this distress, thou thoughtest then upon mercy, as a Father pitying his own children. This thy clemency to others encourageth us to cry for thy mercies, in this our misery, upon our repentance, both for us, ours, and the whole land. Be entreated therefore to pitty this land, and the infected people thereof, that we may all say, The Lord liveth for ever, worthy of praise; because he hath been merciful unto sinners. Amen. An exact and true relation of the number of those that were butted in London and the Liberties of all diseases, from the 17. of March 1592. to 22. of December, 1593.   tot●ll. Pl. March 17 351 31 March 24 219 29 March 31 3●7 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 958 july 21 1507 852 july 28 1503 983 August 4 1550 797 August 11 1532 651 August 18 1503 449 August 25 1490 507 Septemb. 1 1210 563 Septemb 8 621 451 Septem. 15 62● 349 Septem 22 450 130 Septem 29 403 327 Octob. 6 422 323 Octob 13 330 3●8 Octob. 20 320 302 Oct●b. ●7 310 301 Novem. 3 300 209 N●v. ●0 301 1●● N●v. 17 321 93 Nov. 24 349 92 Decemb. 1 331 86 Decemb 8 329 71 Decem 15 386 39 Decem. 22     baptised.   5827 The total.   25886 Of the Plague.   11503 1603. ●●●ed in London& the L●●●rties, of all Diseases, Anno 1603. the number he●e following.   total. Pl. Ma●ch 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 10 144 59 june 23 182 72 june 30 267 158 july 7 445 263 july 14 612 424 The Out parishes this week were joined with the City. july 21 1186 917 july 28 1728 1392 August 4 2256 1025 August 11 2077 1743 August 18 3054 2719 August 25 2853 2535 Septemb. 1 3385 3034 Septemb. 8 3078 2728 Septem 15 3129 2815 Septem. 22 2456 2192 Septem. 29 1961 1731 Octob. 6 1831 164● Octob. 13 1312 1142 Octob. 20 766 648 Octob. 27 625 504 Novem. 3 737 592 Nov. 10 585 441 Nov. 17 384 255 Nov. 24 198 102 Decem. 1 223 105 Decem. 8 163 55 Decem 15 200 66 Decem. 22 168 74 The total of the Burials this whole year,   38250. Of the Plague,   30583. 1625.   total. Pl March 17 262 4 March 24 226 8 March 31 243 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 5203 4463 August 25 4841 4218 Septemb. 1 3897 3344 Septemb. 8 3157 2550 Septem. 15 2143 1672 Septem. 22 1994 1551 Septem. 29 1236 852 Octob. 6 833 538 Octob. 13 815 511 Octob. 20 651 331 Octob. 27 375 134 Novem. 3 357 89 Nov. 10 319 92 Nov. 17 274 48 Nov. 24 231 27 Decem. 1 290 15 Decem. 8 181 15 Decem. 15 168 6 Decem. 22 157 1 The total of the Burials this whole year,   54082. Of the Plague.   35428. 1630. The true number of all that dyed of several diseases, Anno 1630. at the lower end truly c●lculated and summed up, though here beginning as followeth.   total. Pl. june 24 205 19 july 1 209 25 july 8 217 4● 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 Septem. 16 264 68 Septem 23 274 57 Septem. 30 269 56 Octob. 7 236 66 Octob. 14 261 73 Octob. 21 248 60 Octob. 28 214 34 Novem. 4 242 29 Nov. 11 215 29 Nov. 18 200 18 Nov. 25 226 7 Decemb. 2 221 20 Decemb. 9 198 19 Decem 16 212 5 The total of all the burials this year, is of all diseases.   10554. Of the Plague.   1317. 1636. butted in London& the Liberties, of all diseases, the number as followeth.   total. Pl. April 7 199 2 April 14 205 4 This week was added to the City Parishes, S. Marg. Westminster. Lambeth. S. Mary Newington. Redriffe Parish. S. Mary Islington. Stepney Parish. Hackney Parish. April 21 285 14 April 28 259 17 May 5 215 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 21 395 120 july 28 423 151 August 4 461 206 August 11 538 283 August 18 638 321 August 25 787 429 Septem. 1 1011 638 Septem. 8 1069 650 Septem. 15 1306 865 Septem. 22 1229 775 Septem. 29 1403 928 Octob. 6 1405 925 Octob. 13     Octob. 20     Octob. 27     Novem. 3     Nov. 10     Nov. 17     Nov. 24     Decemb. 1     Decemb. 8     Decem. 15     Decem. 22     Printed at London for Thomas Lambert at the sign of the Hors-shoo in Smithfield.