The Triumph of Mercy in the Chariot of Praise, Treatise · Appendix
Some Paſſages to be inſerted in page 26. which through a caſualty did happen to be miſplaced.
AS that Perſon in Biſſeter Market, who having a piece of Bread in his Mouth, and turning ſuddenly to anſwer a queſtion while the Bread was ſwallowing, was immediately choack'd; and though he ſurvived about two or three days, yet no remedy prevailed.
Remarkable was that providence of a poor Taylor at Reading choak'd with a bit of Mutton, having wiſh'd it to himſelf as he was eating, if he had ſtoln the Stockings whereof he was accuſed: Which ſtory is ſet down in the Regiſter of one of the Pariſhes of that Town.
A ſudden accident alſo beſell Colonel Roſſiter, endeavouring to crack a Plum-ſtone, (as I am informed) brake a Tooth, and thereby loſt his Life.
I would not let paſs two or three ſtories more of ſignal providences as to ſudden accidents.
There lived ſome time ſince in Graſſechurch-street LONDON, a Vintner Mr. Fowler by name, who playing with his little Child abed received a ſcratch of a Pin: Firſt it rankled and coſt him a Hundred Pounds-under deſign of cure; but at length his Arm was cut off, and ſhortly after loſt his life.
There hapned alſo a notable memorial of Divine providence upon a Child in Biſhops-gate Pariſh (where ſometime the good hand of God was pleaſed to uſe my poor labours in the honourable ſervice of the Miniſtry:) This little Child looking up through a wooden caſe to a ponderous Jackweight; in that very moment the Weight drop'd down and kill'd it.
I have alſo received intelligence of a Perſon worthy of credit, that a Woman having a very fair Hand moleſted by a Wart, and ſubmitting to the skill of a Chirurgeon at Thomas Hoſpital in Southwark in order to cure: But the ſore place began to be angry at the improper Medicines and Feſters, and ſhortly receives from his hand the cure of all her Diſeaſes.
To end with a comfortable ſtory: My good Friend Mr. Ch. Morton then at Sea, and yielding to the advice of a Ship-Chirurgeon to lay the Lapis Infernalis to eat down a Wart; his Arm ſwelled very dangerouſly, but the Lord delivered him. So true is that ſaying of Paracelſus, That the greateſt Wounds may iſſue proſperouſly, and little Scratches may end diſaſtrouſly; ſince the Keys of Life and Death are in the Hand of God.
FINIS.