A warning to Great-Britain, in a sermon preach'd at several churches in and about London, upon the spreading of the plague in France, and now publish'd for the benefit of others ... To which is added an appendix, containing an historical account of all the remarkable plagues, pestilences, and famines thro' the world ... with a large and particular description of that at Marseilles and other cities of France ... The whole is ended with Pope Gregory's sermon, preach'd at Rome in the year 590, when a pestilence destroy'd most of the citizens / By James Paterson, A.M.

  • Paterson, James, active 18th century.
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[1721?]
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Credit: A warning to Great-Britain, in a sermon preach'd at several churches in and about London, upon the spreading of the plague in France, and now publish'd for the benefit of others ... To which is added an appendix, containing an historical account of all the remarkable plagues, pestilences, and famines thro' the world ... with a large and particular description of that at Marseilles and other cities of France ... The whole is ended with Pope Gregory's sermon, preach'd at Rome in the year 590, when a pestilence destroy'd most of the citizens / By James Paterson, A.M. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rA. D. 717.) Leo. II. Ifaur. Emperor, A deadly Plague and Famine began in Qonftan- tinofle after the Saracens had befieged it for Three Years 5 which cut off 300,000 Peo¬ ple in a very (hart time ^ befides fuch a great Number of the Enemy dyed, that of 3000 Sail, fcarcely five returned home. After¬ wards it invaded Rome alfo, and cut off g0000 of its Inhabitants. A.D« 729.) A great Plague raged in the City of Norwich. A. D. 739*) A great Famine and Pefti- lence fpread over Britain, Wales, and Scot* land, A. D. 749.) t V. OtConfiant. Copron. the Emperor% a furious Peftilenct broke cut in Calabriat palling thro’ Sicily into Greece and Thrace9 it invaded Conftantinople ; where it rag’d with that infatiable Thirft for three years together, infomuch that the Living were hardly fufficient to bury the Dead: and at laft, there was fcarcc Ground enough for leterment, The* this Plague was acknow¬ ledged by all to be the immediate Finger of God, that it ferv’d rather to terrify than re¬ form Mankind. It was obferv’d, that they who feiz’d with this Contagion, were doom’d to die by little Croffcs made as it were with Oyl on their Gloaths, which by no Art could be remov’d. A. D. 7 A great Plague fpread over Walts, A. D* 771*) A great Plague at Chichefier cut off 34000 Souls._ • Schard bift. FtU «• page $$9*