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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>A VVATCH For a Wi&s;e Mans OBSERVATION.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of the moving parts of a clock</FIGDESC>
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<LG N="1">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L>ONe <HI>God</HI> there is, of Wi&s;dom, Glory, Might,</L>
<L>One <HI>F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">h</HI> there is, to guide our Souls aright,</L>
<L>One truth there is, that Errours doth de&s;cry,</L>
<L>One <HI>Bapti&s;m,</HI> for to know all Chri&s;tian by.</L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>Two <HI>Te&s;taments</HI> there are, the Old and New,</L>
<L>Wherein the <HI>Law</HI> and <HI>Go&s;pel</HI> thou maid view,</L>
<L>The one for <HI>Works</HI> and <HI>Deeds</HI> doth Precepts give,</L>
<L>The other &s;aies, the <HI>Ju&s;t</HI> by <HI>Faith</HI> &s;hall live.</L>
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<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>Three <HI>Per&s;ons</HI> in the Glorious <HI>Trinity,</HI></L>
<L>Make one True <HI>God</HI> in perfect <HI>Unity;</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Father, Son,</HI> and <HI>Holy Gho&s;t,</HI> the&s;e Three,</L>
<L>For ever Equal, and <HI>Eternal</HI> be.</L>
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<LG N="4">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<L>Four Holy, Ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Sanctified</HI> Men,</L>
<L>(For Comfort of all Chri&s;tians) that did Pen</L>
<L>Our Saviours <HI>Birth Life, Death,</HI> and his <HI>A&s;cending,</HI></L>
<L>Whereof our <HI>Faith</HI> mu&s;t have true comprehending.</L>
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<LG N="5">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<L>Five <HI>Sen&s;es</HI> do in every Man maintain,</L>
<L>A Governing of Power, Rule, and Raign,</L>
<L>Thy <HI>Hearing, Seeing, Ta&s;ting, Feeling, Smelling,</HI></L>
<L>Which all at <HI>Death</HI> will leave thee, &amp; their dwelling.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<L>Sir <HI>Days</HI> thou ha&s;t to Labour in,</L>
<L>(So <HI>Merciful</HI> and <HI>Good</HI> t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">y God hath been)</L>
<L>Of Seaven, to him&s;elf he takes but one,</L>
<L>Oh <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">ob him not of that, to leave him none.</L>
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<LG N="7">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<L>Seven <HI>Liberal Arts,</HI> by a <HI>Divine</HI> in<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3 letters">t,</L>
<L>Vnto Man's Vnder&s;tanding Soul is tinkt;</L>
<L><HI>Rhetorich, Grammer, Mu&s;ick, Geometry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Arithmetick, Logick, and A&s;tronomy.</HI></L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<L>Eight Per&s;ons in the <HI>Ark</HI> of Righteous <HI>Noah,</HI></L>
<L>Were &s;aved, when for Sin God did de&s;troy</L>
<L>The &s;oul de&s;ired <HI>World;</HI> all creatures drown'd,</L>
<L>Which in that Ship of &s;afety was not found.</L>
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<LG N="9">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<L>Nine <HI>Mu&s;es</HI> like unto the Heavens nine <HI>Sphears,</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Sacred Tunes</HI> intice inclining <HI>Ears:</HI></L>
<L>To elevate each &s;ad Melancholly mind,</L>
<L>And chear the heart that's dolefully inclin'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>X.</HEAD>
<L>Ten <HI>Precepts</HI> God hath in his Law declar'd,</L>
<L>Man breaks them all: and &s;o unle&s;s God &s;par'd,</L>
<L>And in his <HI>Mercy</HI> did our <HI>Sin remit,</HI></L>
<L>Our ju&s;t reward were in th' <HI>Infernal</HI> Pit.</L>
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<LG N="11">
<HEAD>XI.</HEAD>
<L>Eleven <HI>Di&s;ciples</HI> did with <HI>Je&s;us</HI> pray,</L>
<L>When <HI>Judas</HI> did the Son of God betray:</L>
<L>Through <HI>Covetou&s;ne&s;s:</HI> for greedy gain he fell,</L>
<L>To be <HI>Perditions</HI> Child, condemn'd in Hell.</L>
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<LG N="12">
<HEAD>XII.</HEAD>
<L>Twelve <HI>Tribes</HI> there were among&s;t our <HI>Fathers</HI> old,</L>
<L>Twelve <HI>Articles</HI> our <HI>Chri&s;tian Faith</HI> doth hold:</L>
<L>Twelve <HI>Gates</HI> in New <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> there be,</L>
<L>Vnto which <HI>City, Chri&s;t</HI> bring thee and me.</L>
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<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>Where is <HI>Alexander?</HI> Where is <HI>Plato?</HI> Where is <HI>Croe&s;us?</HI></HEAD>
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<Q><L>Alexander<HI>'s Victories,</HI> Plato<HI>'s Wi&s;doms,</HI> Cre&s;us <HI>Wealth and Lu&s;t,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Is all Forgot, Con&s;um'd, and come to Du&s;t.</HI></L></Q>
<Q><L>The Emperour, King, Nobel, Begger, All</L>
<L>Mu&s;t yield to Death, and come when he doth call.</L></Q>
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<P><FIGURE>
<HEAD>Time brings to Death, the King, and the Beggar.</HEAD>
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<LG>
<HEAD>Mortuus E&s;t.</HEAD>
<L><HI>O</HI> Earth of Earth, ob&s;erve this well,</L>
<L>When Earth in Earth &s;hall come to dwell;</L>
<L>Where Earth with Earth &s;hall clo&s;e remain,</L>
<L>Till Earth from Earth do ri&s;e again:</L>
<L>And Earth before his Iudge do come,</L>
<L>For to receive a final doom:</L>
<L>If Earth on Earth hath lived &s;o,</L>
<L>That Earth no fruits of Faith can &s;how</L>
<L>Then what reward &s;hall Earth expect,</L>
<L>That did on Earth his God neglect?</L>
<L>O &s;erve the Lord with might and power,</L>
<L>For here thou ha&s;t no certain hour:</L>
<L>Remember Man, when thou cam'&s;t here,</L>
<L>How Naked, Poor, thou did'&s;t appear;</L>
<L>And how again (what e're thou have,)</L>
<L>Thou naked mu&s;t return to Grave.</L>
<L>Thy Wooden Che&s;t (a narrow place)</L>
<L>A Coffin-lid clo&s;e up thy face:</L>
<L>Thy Soul (if &s;aved) to Heaven eyes,</L>
<L>Thy body here a rotting lies:</L>
<L>For&s;aken of thy Friends and Kin,</L>
<L>As thou on Earth had&s;t never been:</L>
<L>When they have brought thee to the Grave,</L>
<L>And yeilded Earth what Earth doth crave;</L>
<L>They back return from whence they came,</L>
<L>Till others do the very &s;ame,</L>
<L>In following them as they did thee,</L>
<L>This cour&s;e with all the World will be.</L>
<L>And here's thy Portion and thy Lot,</L>
<L>With men thou &s;halt be &s;oon forget;</L>
<L>And &s;o into Oblivion pa&s;s,</L>
<L>Who! &s;uch a Man &s;ometimes he was:</L>
<L>But neither Beauty, Riches, Strength,</L>
<L>Could give his Life a Minutes length.</L>
<L>Therefore, O Man! think on thy State,</L>
<L>Before thy life be out of date;</L>
<L>Vnto thy God for Mercy pray,</L>
<L>That at thy la&s;t and Dying-Day,</L>
<L>The Glorious Angels may thee bring,</L>
<L>Where Ble&s;&s;ed Saints for ever &s;ing.</L>
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<P><HI>Amen.</HI></P>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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