Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (page 1/2)

The following pages are taken from a charming little book printed in 1684, entitled Wonderful PRODIGIES of Judgement and Mercy: Discovered in Above Three Hundred Memorable Histories, Containing
I. Dreadful Judgements upon Atheists, Perjured Persons, Blasphemers, Swearers, Cursers and Scoffers.
II. The miserable Ends of Divers Magicians, Witches, Conjurers, &c. with several strange Apparitions.
III. Remarkable Presages of Approaching Death, and of Appeals to Divine Justice.
IV. The Wicked Lives, and Woful [sic] Deaths of wretched Popes, Apostates, and Desperate Persecutors.
V. Fearful Judgements upon Cruel Tyrants, Murderers, &c. with the Wonderful Discovery of Murders.
VI. Admirable Deliverances from Imminent Dangers and Deplorable Distresses at Sea and Land.
VII. Divine Goodness to Penitents, with the Dying Thoughts of several Famous men concerning a Future State after this Life.

Informally, I previously referred to this book as ‘Evil Papists.’

The author is given as “R. B.”—this is a pseudonym for Robert Burton.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Robert Burton.

The text of this book seems to be available online at Cornell University as text and black-and-white scans. There is a text copy at University of Michigan. Robert Burton also wrote The Anatomy of Melancholy, of which Project Gutenberg has made a text edition.