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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
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<P><ADD>This meditation is printed at the end of Samuel Clark's Bible with annotations Ed: 1690, but is omitted with other matters, in the Glasgow Edition of 1765.</ADD></P>
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<P>A POETICAL MEDITATION, Wherein the U&s;efulne&s;s, Excellency, And &s;everal Perfections OF HOLY SCRIPTURE, Are briefly hinted.</P>
<Q><L>A Ver&s;e may find him who a Sermon flies,</L>
<L>And turn delight into a Sacrifice.</L>
<BIBL><HI>Herb.</HI> Poems.</BIBL></Q>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>N. Ranew,</HI> and <HI>J. Robin&s;on,</HI> at the <HI>Angel</HI> in <HI>Jewen-Street.</HI> 1670.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem to the censorious reader">
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<HEAD>To the Critical Cen&s;urer.</HEAD>
<L>IF &s;erious matter will not plea&s;e thee, either</L>
<L>Naked or dre&s;sed in a &s;imple rhyme:</L>
<L>I'le ne're wear in my Cap a Peacocks Feather,</L>
<L>That thou may'&s;t call me witty or &s;ublime.</L>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem to the pious reader">
<HEAD>To the Sober and Serious Reader.</HEAD>
<L>IF in a little Map thou do&s;t de&s;ire</L>
<L>To &s;ee the u&s;e of Holy Scriptures hinted,</L>
<L>Read this and welcom; for I aim no higher:</L>
<L>For thee (although it was not Penn'd, yet) it was Printed.</L>
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<DIV1 TYPE="to the Christian reader">
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<HEAD>To the Reader.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Chri&s;tian Reader,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE indu&s;try of man hath con|tracted the whole Bible into &s;o &s;mall a Volume, that every one may make it their Pocket-Compa|nion; that thou al&s;o mai&s;t by thy In|du&s;try make it thy Heart-Companion, I do not wi&s;h it more contracted, but thy heart more enlarged. That which others make their Manual, do thou take for thy Cordial; That which others read, do thou believe: That which others di&s;cour&s;e upon, do thou live upon; And let that which lies by others in their hou&s;es, dwell richly in thy heart; Would&s;t thou have me com|mend this Word of God to thee? I cannot as it de&s;erves: Read it fre|quently, Love it ardently, and Live by it continually, and it will &s;ufficiently commend it &s;elf to thee, yet I have en|deavoured in &s;ome mea&s;ure to &s;et forth the Beauty, &V;&s;efulne&s;s, Excellency and Perfections of it in this en&s;uing Me|ditation.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
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<LG>
<L>THou Lord to me thy Word ha&s;t giv'n,</L>
<L>Precious and Pure,</L>
<L>Sweet, Holy, Sure,</L>
<L>To guide me through the world to Heav'n.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 18.30 &amp; 119.89, 140, 160, 103.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In all wants and nece&s;&s;ities,</L>
<L>Thy Word's my &s;tore</L>
<L>Heap'd, running o're</L>
<L>With plenty of mo&s;t rich &s;upplies.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mic. 2.7.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Temptations, Terrors, Dangers, Fears,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e petty Hells</L>
<L>Thy Word di&s;pells,</L>
<L>And all the way before me clears,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 4.3, 4. &amp;c. P&s;. 119.92. P&s;al. 18.32, &amp;c.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Satan flings his Darts at me,</L>
<L>Then, Lord, thy Word</L>
<L>Is Shield and Sword</L>
<L>To &s;ave me and to make him flee.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;a. 18.30. Eph. 6.17.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The world pre&s;ents it's objects rare;</L>
<L>But yet thy Word</L>
<L>Doth that afford,</L>
<L>Which &s;eems to me far co&s;tlier ware.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.14, 72, 96. Phil. 3.7, 8. P&s;al. 119.47 70, 16, 11, 36, 8. Heb. 11.25 2 Pet. 3 18 P&s;. 119.30, 102, 104, 118, 128. I&s;a. 30.21.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then lu&s;t invites me to it's plea&s;ure:</L>
<L>But to delights</L>
<L>Thy Word invites,</L>
<L>Which far &s;urpa&s;s in weight and mea&s;ure.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then Errors their gumm'd wares di&s;play,</L>
<L>But Scripture &s;ays,</L>
<L>Shun Errors ways:</L>
<L>Walk by my Rule; This is the way.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus when I'm tempted unto &s;in,</L>
<L>By thy Word's Art</L>
<L>Hid in my Heart,</L>
<L>Both Battel and Reward I win.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;a. 19.11. &amp; 119, 11.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yea though &s;ins have defil'd my &s;oul,</L>
<L>Thy Word can clean&s;e</L>
<L>Tho&s;e noy&s;om Dens</L>
<L>Of lu&s;t, and &s;ins be&s;t &s;trength controul.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.9 Joh. 15.3. Eph. 5.26.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
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<L>Have I an unbelieving Heart?</L>
<L>Thy Word, Lord, hath</L>
<L>Pow'r to work Faith</L>
<L>By thy mo&s;t holy Spirit's Art.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ro. 10.17.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Have I an hard and &s;tony Heart?</L>
<L>Thy Word thus deals,</L>
<L>Fir&s;t breaks, then heals.</L>
<L>That &s;tone is cured by this &s;mart.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ezek. 36.26.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Will not my frozen Heart comply?</L>
<L>Thy Word,  thy Law</L>
<L>That Heart can thaw,</L>
<L>And change it for a weeping eye.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ez. 16.30, 60, 63. &amp; 36.26, 31. Act. 24.25 Rom. 12.3, 16. Phil. 3.4, &amp;c. 13.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Do towring thoughts po&s;&s;e&s;s my brea&s;t?</L>
<L>Thy Word brings low</L>
<L>The proude&s;t foe,</L>
<L>And lays him level with the lea&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Do mutt'ring thoughts ri&s;e and repine?</L>
<L>Thy Rod and Word</L>
<L>Teach Patience, Lord,</L>
<L>And &s;till tho&s;e barking thoughts of mine.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al 38.13, 14. &amp; 39.9. Jam. 5.10, 11.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Am I tongue-ty'd and cannot pray?</L>
<L>Thy Word in&s;pires</L>
<L>Praying de&s;ires;</L>
<L>Dumb lips un&s;eals; tells what to &s;ay.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ho&s;, 14.2. Rom. 8.26. Mat. 6.9. &amp;c.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I in darkne&s;s erre and &s;tray:</L>
<L>Thy Word's a light</L>
<L>Mo&s;t clear, and bright,</L>
<L>And leads me back into the way.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.105. I&s;a. 50.10.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I'm fooli&s;h, &s;imple, and want eyes: </L>
<L>Thy Word's Light, Rule,</L>
<L>Ma&s;ter and School,</L>
<L>Which makes the comers to it wi&s;e.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 19.7, 8, &amp; 119.104, 130. Gal. 3.24.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I &s;ee my &s;elf undone and poor.</L>
<L>Thy words infold</L>
<L>A Mine of Gold,</L>
<L>A Pearl of Price, all riches &s;tore.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al 19.10. Prov. 8.10, 11.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
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<L>With God by nature I'm at odds.</L>
<L>Thy Word my &s;oul</L>
<L>Converteth whole</L>
<L>From Satan's &s;ervice unto God's.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 19.8. Jam. 1.18.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Do outward Troubles, inward Grief</L>
<L>My &s;oul torment?</L>
<L>Thy Word is &s;ent</L>
<L>With comfort for my Soul's relief.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.28&punc; 50, 143 165.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Am I perplex't with doubts and fears?</L>
<L>Thy Word of Grace</L>
<L>Re&s;olves the ca&s;e,</L>
<L>And &s;o my clouded judgment clears.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Act. 16.29, 30, 31, 32.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Or do de&s;pairing thoughts me take?</L>
<L>Thy Word doth give</L>
<L>Me hopes to live</L>
<L>For Chri&s;t, my deare&s;t Saviour's &s;ake.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.81. &amp; 130.5.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Do multitudes of thoughts me pre&s;s?</L>
<L>I call to mind</L>
<L>Thy Word and find</L>
<L>Such comforts as my Soul refre&s;h.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 94.10 &amp; 19.8.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Can't I through weakne&s;s walk alone?</L>
<L>Thy Word, Lord, is</L>
<L>Strength to my knees,</L>
<L>And &s;taff to &s;tay my hand upon.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.28, 49.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus though I thir&s;t, faint, hunger, pine,</L>
<L>Thy Word me feeds</L>
<L>In the&s;e my needs;</L>
<L>Thy Word it &s;elf is bread, milk, wine.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 4.4. 1 Pet. 2.2. I&s;a. 55.1.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus though poor, &s;corn'd, for&s;aken, pained</L>
<L>Thy Word alone</L>
<L>Hath all in one;</L>
<L>Health, wealth, friends, honor, all contained.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.51, 141. Pro. 4.20, 22.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus though Soul-&s;ick and wounded &s;ore</L>
<L>With grievous &s;in</L>
<L>Which doth begin</L>
<L>To fe&s;ter, rankling more and more;<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 John 2.1, 2.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
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<L>Thy Word &s;hows whence help may be had</L>
<L>And doth me guide</L>
<L>To Chri&s;t's pierc'd &s;ide,</L>
<L>Whence flows the balm of <HI>Gilead.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Jo. 5.39. Jer. 8.22.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yea though in me no life remain;</L>
<L>Thy Word is good</L>
<L>And living food,</L>
<L>Which fetcheth me to life again.<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Pet. 1.23 P&s;al. 119.93, 116. Phil. 2.16. Jam. 1.18.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Would I prolong this life for ever?</L>
<L>The Scripture &s;hows</L>
<L>Whence water flows,</L>
<L>Pure &s;treams, which who &s;o drinks dies ne|ver.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 36.9. I&s;a. 55.1. Jo. 4.10.14 P&s;al. 23. I&s;a. 55.2. 1 Pet. 1.23 25.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Lord be ble&s;t who thus provides,</L>
<L>And filleth full</L>
<L>My empty &s;oul,</L>
<L>With food which evermore abides.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ble&s;s God (my Soul) that thus hath giv'n</L>
<L>Strength, light, guide, way,</L>
<L>Le&s;t thou &s;hould&s;t &s;tray</L>
<L>In this thy Pilgrimage to Heav'n.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This Book, the&s;e Sentences, the&s;e Lines</L>
<L>Each Word and Letter</L>
<L>To me are better,</L>
<L>Then Chains of Pearl and Golden Mines.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Tis Heaven tran&s;crib'd and Glory penn'd:</L>
<L>God's mind no doubt</L>
<L>Was copied out</L>
<L>When he this Gift to men did &s;end.<NOTE PLACE="marg">John 17.17.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Tis Truth it &s;elf: God doth intend</L>
<L>Man's word &s;hall fall;</L>
<L>Heav'n, Earth and all;</L>
<L>But this &s;hall never have an end.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;. 119.89, 142, 151, 152, 160. Mar. 13.31 P&s;al. 119.18, 127. 1 Cor. 2.7, 9, 10.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Soul admire that hand and quill,</L>
<L>That did produce</L>
<L>For &s;inners u&s;e</L>
<L>Th' eternal Mind, the &s;overaign Will.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
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<L>Adore the Author too, and when</L>
<L>Thou can&s;t not rai&s;e</L>
<L>Sufficient Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>Sit down and wondring &s;ay A MEN.<NOTE PLACE="marg">P&s;al. 119.171, 164.</NOTE></L>
</LG>
<EPIGRAPH>
<Q>Wherefore lay apart all filthine&s;s, and &s;uper|fluity of naughtine&s;s,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><BIBL>Jam. 1.21, 25.</BIBL></NOTE> and receive with meekne&s;s the ingrafted Word, which is able to &s;ave thy Soul. The good Lord grant that it may in all parts and points, and to all ends and purpo&s;es be &s;uch to thy Soul, as it is here &s;et forth and de&s;cribed, or rather, as it is in its &s;elf, viz. <HI>The power of God to the Salvation of Souls;</HI></Q>
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<CLOSER>which is the hearty Prayer of, <SIGNED>Thine in the Lord, JOHN CLARK.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Ten Commandments in verse">
<HEAD>The Ten Commandments.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><LABEL>I.</LABEL> Have thou no other Gods but Me.</L>
<L><LABEL>II.</LABEL> Unto no Image bow thy knee.</L>
<L><LABEL>III.</LABEL> Take not the Name of God in vain.</L>
<L><LABEL>IV.</LABEL> Do not the Sabbath day profane.</L>
<L><LABEL>V.</LABEL> Honour thy Father, Mother too.</L>
<L><LABEL>VI.</LABEL> And &s;ee that thou no Murder do.</L>
<L><LABEL>VII.</LABEL> From Whoredom keep thy body clean.</L>
<L><LABEL>VIII.</LABEL> And Steal not, though thy &s;tare be mean.</L>
<L><LABEL>IX.</LABEL> Of a Fal&s;e Witne&s;s &s;hun the blot.</L>
<L><LABEL>X.</LABEL> What is thy Neighbours Covet not.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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