<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2008-07-06</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080614.pdcc.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B02722">
<STC T="W">D1728</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99884940</BIBNO>
<VID>182711</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<PB REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 7 -->
<HEAD>A DIVINE POEM OF CHRISTS FULNESS AND A Chri&s;tians Happine&s;s.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>CHRIST'S all-&s;ufficient Fulne&s;s, and his free</L>
<L>Di&s;pencing of the Fruits of Life's ble&s;t Tree,</L>
<L>In every part of Scripture &s;o are &s;pread,</L>
<L>That in each Book and Page they may be read.</L>
<L>We read of things, and per&s;ons of e&s;teem,</L>
<L>Yet &s;peaks the Spirit not &s;o much of them,</L>
<L>As All<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">gorizeth of anothers fame;</L>
<L>Means them but on the by, at Chri&s;t they aim;</L>
<L>They all to Him, as to their Center run,</L>
<L>And at him point, as Sun-beams to the Sun:</L>
<L>Whom Earth as yet unworthy was to view,</L>
<L>And God unwilling all at once to &s;hew,</L>
<L>Being &s;o rich a jewel, therefore He</L>
<L>In Shadows wrapt him in ob&s;curity;</L>
<L>But in due time his Son &s;hone forth, Heav'n then,</L>
<L>Nor Earth could cloud him from the Sons of men.</L>
<L>All, of this potent Prince, but Shadows were,</L>
<L>Vani&s;ht, when he in Per&s;on did appear:</L>
<L>As Stars extingui&s;hed their borrow'd light,</L>
<L>When as this Sun of Ju&s;tice &s;hone &s;o bright.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This Univer&s;e, and all it doth produce,</L>
<L>Which are the chiefe&s;t things of note and u&s;e,</L>
<L>As He them made, and doth them all &s;u&s;tain,</L>
<L>But for him had not been, could not remain:</L>
<L>So All their &s;ervice freely do pre&s;ent,</L>
<L>Him to illu&s;trate, in each Continent,</L>
<L>And are as Gems, t'embroider and adorn</L>
<L>The Robes and rich Apparel by Him worn.</L>
<L>The choice&s;t things, do &s;erve to &s;hadow forth</L>
<L>Parcels and pieces of his peerle&s;s worth:</L>
<L>Thus Heav'n and Earth, with all their Fulne&s;s, are</L>
<L>But meer Idea's of a Piece &s;o rare.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Author, Orderer, Actor, Owner, He</L>
<L>Is of the fir&s;t Creation &s;hewn to be:</L>
<L>From the &s;ame Womb, the &s;econd likewi&s;e brake,</L>
<L>Of which we &s;hall a brief De&s;cription make.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Chri&s;t in the Prophecies was promi&s;ed,</L>
<L>By Metaphors mo&s;t lively figured;</L>
<L>Types Heraulds were, they wore his Coat and Cre&s;t,</L>
<L>But now <HI>He's Come,</HI> and really expre&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Womans Seed &s;hall break the Serpents Head,</L>
<L>Chri&s;ts peaceful Government o're all &s;hall &s;pread;</L>
<L>The&s;e Promi&s;es, with many more, foretel</L>
<L>What pow'r &s;hould in the great MESSIAS dwell.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Gods Promi&s;es are an exhau&s;tle&s;s Mine,</L>
<L>Where in the glories of his Goodne&s;s &s;hine.</L>
<L>A Garden full of Flow'rs of fragrant &s;mell,</L>
<L>And Herbs who&s;e Virtues Earth can't parallel.</L>
<L>Such is their pow'r, that wounded Souls they heal;</L>
<L>And to all Penitents their Pardon &s;eal.</L>
<L>They are the product of Heav'ns boundle&s;s Love;</L>
<L>Firm as Earth's Ba&s;is, or the Poles above.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>CHRIST is the onely firm Foundation,</L>
<L>The living Bread, the Door, chief Corner-&s;tone:</L>
<L>From Him pure &s;treams of living Water run,</L>
<L>He's the true Light, bright Day-&s;tar, glorious Sun.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He's <HI>Judah</HI>'s Lion, who by &s;trength o'recame;</L>
<L>He's both a Shepherd, and a &s;potle&s;s Lamb;</L>
<L>Who once, for all, became a Sacrifice:</L>
<L>Perfections Self, thus Ju&s;tice &s;atisfies!</L>
<L>Who&s;e matchle&s;s Merits, Grace and Mercy bring</L>
<L>To <HI>Sion</HI>'s Saints, which make her Mourners &s;ing.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Sacrifices real Types were made</L>
<L>Of Chri&s;ts free Death, which pa&s;t, they all did fade:</L>
<L><HI>Mo&s;es, Melchizedech</HI> and <HI>David,</HI> they</L>
<L>His Per&s;on, and his Offices pourtray.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>His Titles Nominal, as Truth record,</L>
<L>Are <HI>God, Emmanuel, Je&s;us Chri&s;t</HI> our Lord;</L>
<L>He's our high Prie&s;t, arch Prophet, King of Kings,</L>
<L>Who Truth, Peace, Mercy, and Protection brings.</L>
<L>Chri&s;t for his Saints to God doth mediate,</L>
<L>And thus their Judge becomes their Advocate.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Chri&s;ts He is all in all to us, if we</L>
<L>By Faith and Love to Him united be.</L>
<L>He is our Wi&s;dom, gives us heav'nly Light;</L>
<L>He is our Ju&s;tice, hence is Heav'n our right:</L>
<L>He is our Holine&s;s, gives grace and power,</L>
<L>And our Redemption, brings us to the Tower</L>
<L>Of Safety, Heav'n, who&s;e perfect Happine&s;s</L>
<L>Mans heart can ne're conceive, or tongue expre&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then all, our little all, to CHRIST let's give,</L>
<L>Deny our Selves, and to Him onely Live.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Andrews</HI> at the white Lion near <HI>Pye-Corner,</HI> 1660.</P>
</DIV1>
</BACK>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
