The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2, Table of contents – Table of topics
A Table of the severall Chapters contained in the two first parts of this Book.
Chapt. 1. TOuching the corruption and perversity of this World, how great it is. Pag. 1
2. What is the cause of the great overflow of vice in this Age. 3
3. That great men, which will not abide to be admonished of their faults, cannot escape punishment by the hand of God. 4
4. How the justice of God is more evidently declared upon the mighty ones of this world, then upon any other, and the cause why. 5
5. How all men both by the Law of God and Nature are inexcusable in their sinnes. 7
6. How the greatest Monarchs in the World ought to be subject to the Law of God; and consequently to the Laws of Men and Nature. 9
7. Of the punishments that seized upon Pharoah King of Egypt, for resisting God, and transgressing the first Commandement of the Law. 13
8. More examples like unto the former. 17
9. Of those that persecuted the Son of God and his Church. 20
10. More examples like unto the former. 25
11. Of the Iews that persecuted Christ. 29
12. Of those that in our age have persecuted the Gospell in the person of the faithfull. 32
13. Other examples of the same subject. 36
14. A Hymne of the persecution of Gods Church, and the deliverance of the same. 43
15. Of Apostata's and Back-sliders, that through infirmity and feare have falne away. 45
16. Of those that have willingly falne away. 49
17. Of the third and worst sort of Apostates, those that through Malice forsake the Truth. 51
18. More examples like unto the former. 55
19. Of Hereticks. 61
20. Of Hypocrites. 67
21. Of Conjurers, and Inchanters. 71
22. Of those that through pride and vaine glory, strove to usurpe the honour due to God. 79
23. Of Epicures and Atheists. 87
24. Touching the Transgressors of the 2. Commandement by Idolatrie. 94
25. Of many evills that have come upon Christendome for Idolatrie. 96
26. Of those that at any time corrupted and mingled Gods Religion with humane Inventions, or went about to change or disquiet the Discipline of the Church. 99
27. Of Perjurers. 101
28. More examples of the like subject. 116
29. Of Blasphemers. 130
30. Of those that by cursing, and denying God give themselves to the Devill. 134
31. More examples of Gods judgement upon Cursers. 136
32. Punishments for the contempt of the Word and Sacraments, and abuse of holy things. 140
33. Those that prophane the Sabbathday. 147
Judgements in the second Book.
Chap. 1. Of rebellious and stubborne Children towards their Parents. 151
2. Of those that rebell against their Superiours. 158
3. More examples of the same subject. 163
4. Of such as have murthered their Rulers and Princes. 168
5. Of such as rebelled against their Superiours, because of Subsidies and …es imposed upon them. 171
6. Of Mu… … …74
7. A suit of examples like unto the former. 177
8. Other examples like unto the former. 193
9. Other memorable examples of the like subject. 197
10. Of divers other Murtherers, and their severall punishments. 201
11. Of the admirable discovery of murthers. 203
12. Of such as have murthered themselves. 214
13. Of Paracides, or Parent murtherers. 221
14. Of Subject-murtherers. 226
15. Of those that are both cruell and disloyall. 231
16. Of Queens that were murtherers. 234
17. Of such as without necessity, upon every light occasion move war. 236
18. Of such as please themselves overmuch in seeing cruelties. 239
19. Of such as exercise too much rigor and severity. 241
20. Of Adulteries. 244
21. Of Rapes. 245
22. Other Examples of Gods Iudgements upon Adulterers. 251
23. Shewing that Stewes ought not to be suffered amongst Christians. 254
24. Of Whoredomes committed under colour of marriage. 256
25. Of unlawfull marriages and their Issues. 257
26 Touching incestuous marriages. 259
27. Of Adulterie. 261
28. Other Examples like unto the former. 264
29. Other Examples like unto the former. 268
30. More Examples of the same Argument. 272
31. Of such as are Divorced without cause. 275
32. Of those that either cause, or authorize unlawfull Divorcements. 277
33. Of Insestuous persons. 278
34. Of effeminate persons, Sodomites, … …onsters. 280
35. Of the wonderfull evill that ariseth from the greedines of Lust. 282
36. Of unlawfull Gestures, Idlenesse, Gluttony, Drunkennesse, …ancing, and other such like dissolutenes. 283
37. Of Theeves and Robbers. 292
38. Of the excessive burdening of the Commonalty. 297
39. Of those that have used too much cruelty towards their subjects in taxes and exactions. 299
40. More examples of the same subject. 302
41. Of such as by force of Armes have either taken away, or would have taken away the goods, and land… of other men. 304
42. Of Vsurers, and their Theft. 373
43. Of Dicers, Card-players, and their Theft. 376
44. Of such as have been notorious in all kind of sin. 379
45. More examples of the same argument. 385
46. Of Calumniation and false witnesse. 393
47. That Kings and Princes ought to look to the execution of justice, for the punishment of naughty and corrupt manners. 40…
48 Of such Princes as have made no reckoning of punishing vice, nor regarded the estate of their people. 402
49. How rare and geason good Princes have been at all times. 40…
50. That the greatest and mightiest Cities are not exempt from punishment of their iniquities. 408
51. Of such punishments as are common to all men in regard of their iniquities. 409
52. That the greatest punishments are reserved and laid up for the wicked in the world to come. 410
53. How the afflictions of the godly, & punishments of the wicked differ. 411
A brief Summary of more examples annexed to the form… … …e same Author.
Chap: 1. Of such as have persecuted the Church of Christ. 414
2. Of Perjury. 414
3. Of Epicures and Atheists. ibid.
4. Of Idolatry. 418
5. Of Blasphemy. 418
6. Of Conjurers, Magitians, and Witches. ibid.
7. Of the prophanation of the Sabbath. 419
8. Of Drunkennesse. 420
9. Of rebellious & disobedient children to parents. 426
10. Of murtherers. ibid.
11. Of Adultery. 428
12. Of Theeves and Robbers. 429
13. Of … 431
14. Of the molestation of evill spirits, and their execution of Gods judgements upon men. ibid.
15. The Conclusion, concerning the protection of holy Angels, over such as feare God. 437
A Table of the most remarkable judgements contained in the last part of this Book, never before imprinted.
DEvoured by Wormes. pag. 3
Poisoned. 4
Self-murther. ibid.
…postume. 5
A Spanish History against pride in knowledge. …, &c.
The Popes Nephew hanged. 8
An Italian rack… … death 9
Herbert Earle of Vermendois. 10
Bajazet beats out his own brainis. ibid.
B…adaas neck broke by a fall. ib.
Earle Goodwin choaked at the table. 11
Earle Harold shot in the eye. 11, 12
Pierce Gaveston beheaded. 13
Sir Hugh Spencer beheaded, and his sonne hang'd and quartered. 13
Earle Mortimer hanged. 14
Sundry others executed. 15
A briefe relation of the life and death of Cardinall Wolsey. 15, 16
Envious persons punished sundry wayes. 17.
One Brother murthereth another. 21
A remarkable history of a Roman Prince 22
Pope Boniface his miserable death. 23
The death of Caesar Germanicus. ib.
Matrinus head cut off. 24
Bassianus and his mother torne in pieces & throwne into a …akes. 24
Alexander Severus miserably slaine. ib.
Prince Cranne, with his Wife and Children burnt to death. 25
One brother killeth another, and the mother murdereth her owne Son. 25, 26
Prince Morwith devoured by a Sea monster.
Sundry other remarkable judgements upon envious persons. 27
The unfortunate deaths of Edw. 6. his two Vncles. 30, 31
Ptolomeus Pisco torne in pieces. 33
Cirenes famished to death. ibid.
One destroy'd by Lightning. ibid.
Of another torne in pieces by Wolves. ibid
The story of Philaris brazen Bull. 33, 34
Sundry relations of bloudy women. 34, 35
Remarkable observations upon the Emperor Caligula, together with his death. 35
Avidius Cassius his bloudy acts and miserable death. 37
Sundry murthers strangely discover'd. 42
Sundry judgments against the sin of sloth 46
A strange story of a slothfull Chambermaid. 55
Covetousnesse defined. 58
The infinite riches of some men. 62
The monstrous covetousness of Mauritius the Emperor, together with his death. 64
Sundry judgments against covetousnes. 66
A strange Murther committed in Honeylane, and as strangely discover'd. 69
A Scholler murdereth his Fathers Servant. 70
Parents murder their own children. 71
Iudgements inflicted upon Usurers. 74
Lust learnedly defined. 76, &c.
Gods judgements against Gluttony. 96, &c.
FINIS.
End of the text · Thomas Taylor, The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 (1642)