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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<P>THE FEMALES <HI>Legacy.</HI></P>
<P>Containing, Divine POEMS, On Several Choice SUBJECTS.</P>
<P><HI>Commended to all Godly Women.</HI></P>
<Q><BIBL><HI>PSALM XLV.I.</HI></BIBL> My Heart is Inditing a Good Matter.</Q>
<P>Written by Mrs. <HI>AMEY HAYWARD,</HI> Of <HI>Limmington.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Benj. Harris,</HI> in great <HI>Ea&s;t|cheap,</HI> for the Author. 1699.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="encomium">
<PB REF="2">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>A PANEGYRICK In PRAISE of the AUTHOR</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>[I.]</HEAD>
<L>WELL Done, Poetick Soul,</L>
<L>Let Envy Rage,</L>
<L>And (big with Critick's Poy&s;on) fret it's fill,</L>
<L>To &s;ee thy Lines, drawn with a loftier Quill,</L>
<L>Than ever came</L>
<L>From feign'd <HI>Parna&s;&s;us's</HI> Hill,</L>
<L>Which does Pre&s;age,</L>
<L>Thy Heav'n-inrolled Name,</L>
<L>Shall be Tran&s;mitted down to everla&s;ting Fame!</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>[II.]</HEAD>
<L>Indeed, thy Time's well &s;pent,</L>
<L>In teaching all</L>
<L>T'improve their Talents in an Age tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> grown</L>
<L>So Paganiz'd, as Man's a&s;ham'd to own</L>
<PB REF="3">
<L>His Lord and King,</L>
<L>When as he plainly &s;ees,</L>
<L>The World's vast Ball,</L>
<L>And all that is therein,</L>
<L>[Except's Ingrateful Self] acknowledges the thing.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>[III.]</HEAD>
<L>A Christ, <HI>[with &s;ome]</HI> is now</L>
<L>Of no Effect!</L>
<L>Aloof &s;uch Moralists, with all their Train,</L>
<L>Who'll all be Damn'd, unle&s;s they're <HI>Born</HI> again!</L>
<L>Can Men, by Works,</L>
<L>Think ever to Obtain</L>
<L>(At least, expect)</L>
<L>Salvation for their Spirits,</L>
<L>When they invalid both their Saviour's Blood and Merits?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>[IV.]</HEAD>
<L>If Carpers do De&s;pi&s;e</L>
<L>This Work, becau&s;e</L>
<L>One of the fairer Sex it was that Pen'd it,</L>
<L>Let 'em Con&s;ult their <HI>Alcherons</HI> to mend it;</L>
<L>For, &s;ure what's in't,</L>
<L>Compels me to Defend it:</L>
<L>But if &s;ome Flaws,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e Criticks chance to '&s;pye,</L>
<L>I am the Per&s;on who'll Protect her Poetry.</L>
</LG>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>B. H.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="table of contents">
<PB REF="3">
<HEAD>The Contents of the following Poems.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>ON <HI>Adam</HI> in Paradice, and Fallen. <HI>page 1</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Poem between <HI>Mo&s;es, Sinner,</HI> &amp; <HI>Chri&s;t. p. 3</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Meditation on the <HI>Song</HI> of <HI>Solomon p. 21</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The impotent man at the Pool of Bethe&s;da, <HI>p. 24.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Dialogue between Chri&s;t and a Young man, <HI>p. 26</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A meditation on the 25th of <HI>Matthew. p. 33.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The Author's Reque&s;t. <HI>p 39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>On <HI>Luke</HI> the 19th. <HI>p. 40</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>On the <HI>9th, 10th,</HI> and <HI>11th</HI> of Exodus. <HI>p. 45</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>On <HI>Solomon's</HI> Temple. <HI>p. 53</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>On Christ's Ancient Vine-yard. <HI>p. 56</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Dialogue between Christ and a Soul. <HI>p. 60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The Author's Reque&s;t to God, <HI>&amp;c. p. 66</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>On the Day of Judgment, <HI>p. 68</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A meditation on the <HI>5th</HI> of <HI>Luke. p. 69</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>&V;pon New-Year's-Day, <HI>1699. p. 71</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Dialogue between the Holy Spirit &amp; Soul, <HI>p. 73</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Between Death, and a carnal &s;ecure Sinner, <HI>p 76</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Between Death, and a Soul which fears it not, <HI>p 79</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Dialogue between Chri&s;t and a Believer. <HI>p. 81</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The Author's Belief, <HI>&amp;c. p 86</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Spiritual meditation upon a Bee <HI>p 87</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Hymn</HI> on mortality, <HI>p 89</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Caution to the Female Sex, <HI>p 91</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A Dialogue between the Word of God, and Care|le&s;s Women, <HI>I&s;aiah, 39, 2. p 92</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A meditation on the Deceitfulne&s;s of the World, and the Vanity of man's craving heart, <HI>p 94</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<PB REF="4">
<HEAD>The Author on her weak POEMS.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>GO, little Book, and take thy Rounds,</L>
<L>And if thou meet'&s;t with Angry Frowns,</L>
<L>Then Blame thy Author, and her Quill,</L>
<L>For having of &s;o little Skill.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But do not Blame her over much,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e that &s;he is one of &s;uch</L>
<L>Which counted is the weaker Sex,</L>
<L>And wanteth Skill thee to correct.</L>
<L>Kind Reader, though the&s;e Lines are few,</L>
<L>I pray do not them &s;corn to view.</L>
</LG>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>A Word of Advice to the Female Sex.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>COme, Female-Sex, and Labour now apace,</L>
<L>And do not &s;pend away your Day of Grace:</L>
<L>Our Souls let's value at a higher Rate,</L>
<L>And look about us, e'er it be too late.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For, Time being pa&s;t, cannot re called be,</L>
<L>As by Experience daily we may &s;ee;</L>
<L>For as the Tree doth fall, &s;o it &s;hall Iye,</L>
<L>And &s;o remain to all Eternity,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>We do not know how &s;oon there may appear</L>
<L>A Famine of God's ble&s;&s;ed Word, mo&s;t dear;</L>
<L>And that we may be forced for to fly</L>
<L>From Sea to Sea, after it's &s;weet Supply.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="4">
<L>And yet there is another thing to fear,</L>
<L>We know not when to us Death will draw near,</L>
<L>And with a Stroke may &s;end us hence away,</L>
<L>And &s;uffer us no longer here to &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This juggling World hath us all round be&s;et,</L>
<L>And &s;he has &s;pread out wide her charming Net,</L>
<L>Therefore let us be watchful, and take care,</L>
<L>That &s;o we may e&s;cape her 'chanting Snare.</L>
</LG>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>A few Meditations on the glorious Attributes of GOD.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>GOD's Attribute of Goodne&s;s is mo&s;t great,</L>
<L>And he in Goodne&s;s is a God compleat;</L>
<L>There is no Man nor Angel doth it know,</L>
<L>It is a Fountain that doth Over-flow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God's Attribute of Love, it hath no end,</L>
<L>It doth above all other Love tran&s;cend;</L>
<L>There is no Man nor Angel doth it know,</L>
<L>It is a Fountain which doth Over-flow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God's Attribute of Mercy is &s;o pure,</L>
<L>That now, and ever, &s;till it will endure:</L>
<L>No Man, or Angel, never can it know,</L>
<L>It is a Fountain which doth Over-flow.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God's Attribute of Glory is &s;o Bright,</L>
<L>That it doth Dazle all Beholder's Sight;</L>
<L>It is a Glory which doth &s;o prevail,</L>
<L>The very Angels doth their Faces Vail.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="5">
<L>God's Attribute of Knowledge is &s;o high,</L>
<L>That he did Know, from all Eternity,</L>
<L><HI>Adam</HI> would Fall, with his Po&s;terity,</L>
<L>And &s;o involve them&s;elves in Mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God's Attribute of Wi&s;dom, as we read,</L>
<L>By it the Heav'ns, and the Earth was made;</L>
<L>It is a My&s;tery which is &s;o high,</L>
<L>The Angels they de&s;ire therein to pry.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>God's Attribute of Ju&s;tice none can let,</L>
<L>When he upon his Judgment-Seat &s;hall &s;it,</L>
<L>To execute his Judgments Righteou&s;ly,</L>
<L>'Twill make the Guilty Sinner loud to Cry.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>To &s;peak of all God's Attributes,</HI></L>
<L><HI>it is for me too high</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which am an empty, barren Soul,</HI></L>
<L><HI>both withered and dry.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I Empty am, Lord, Fill me with thy Grace,</L>
<L>And Barren too, here in my Spiritual Race:</L>
<L>Wither'd and Dry, thou know'&s;t I am, O Lord,</L>
<L>Therefore to me thy Saving <HI>Grace</HI> afford.</L>
</LG>
</DIV1>
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<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="poems">
<PB N="1" REF="5">
<HEAD>THE FEMALES <HI>Legacy,</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD><HI>I.</HI> A Meditation on <HI>Adam</HI> in Para|dice, and Fallen.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>THE Scripture doth declare to us,</L>
<L>the Mercy, Love, and Grace,</L>
<L>That God from all Eternity</L>
<L>upon mankind did place.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L><HI>Adam</HI> he made a little lower</L>
<L>than Angels in degree,</L>
<L>And al&s;o gave to him a power,</L>
<L>with great Felicity.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>All Creatures in the &s;pacious World,</L>
<L>of him did &s;tand in fear,</L>
<L>And <HI>Adam</HI> had witn them no trouble,</L>
<L>for he was void of care.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<PB N="2" REF="6">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>All living Sub&s;tance in the world,</L>
<L>this Princely Man did &s;ee,</L>
<L>And what&s;oever that he would,</L>
<L>their Names mu&s;t called be.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>And when the Lord did <HI>Adam</HI> place</L>
<L>in Paradice upright,</L>
<L>Oh then the Devil he did rage,</L>
<L>with all his wrath and &s;pight.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>And then he did purpo&s;e to have</L>
<L>him Captive at his Will,</L>
<L>And for to make of him his Slave,</L>
<L>did try his Helli&s;h Skill.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>At length into his wicked Claws</L>
<L>he got this famous Creature,</L>
<L>And made him for to break the Laws</L>
<L>of his own Precious maker.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>And when that he had broke the Law</L>
<L>of his mo&s;t ble&s;&s;ed Guide,</L>
<L>Oh then he &s;oon did run away,</L>
<L>and from the Lord did hide:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Unto the Fig-leaves he did go,</L>
<L>to &s;hroud him&s;elf withall,</L>
<L>Though he did hear the Voice of God,</L>
<L>within the Garden call.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>And when the mighty God did &s;ee,</L>
<L>that man was quite undone,</L>
<L>Immediately he did reveal</L>
<L>the Covenant with his Son.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>My Son, he &s;hall my Ju&s;tice '&s;wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">,</L>
<L>which burneth doth &s;o hot</L>
<PB N="3" REF="6">
<L>Again&s;t poor, wretched, fallen man,</L>
<L>his Sin &s;hall be forgot.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Mo&s;t willingly did Chri&s;t comply,</L>
<L>in room of man to &s;tand,</L>
<L>And &s;o would fully &s;atisfy</L>
<L>what Ju&s;tice &s;hould demand.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Give Glory to this gracious God,</L>
<L>prai&s;e ye his Name on high,</L>
<L>Which did not leave poor, fallen Man,</L>
<L>in Hell and Mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD><HI>II.</HI> A Dialogue between <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> an A|wakened <HI>Sinner,</HI> and <HI>JESUS CHRIST.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>OH that I could by Faith m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">t up on high,</L>
<L>And on that &s;plendid City fix mine Eye,</L>
<L>Where my Creator &s;its in Glory bright,</L>
<L>In pre&s;ence of his Saints with great delight!</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>But while I wander in this Wilderne&s;s,</L>
<L>Surrounded here with Trouble, more or le&s;s,</L>
<L>And &s;inful Natu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> doth me &s;o &s;urprize,</L>
<L>I cannot <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">ep &s;aith up in Exerci&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<PB N="4" REF="7">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Sometimes whe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o the Throne of Grace,</L>
<L>The Lord doth &s;eem from me to hide his Face,</L>
<L>Then I am dead, and dead returns again,</L>
<L>Which fills my Soul with Horror, Grief and Pain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Likewi&s;e, my Heart it hath a Door, I find,</L>
<L>That lets in evil Thoughts into my mind;</L>
<L>Which makes my tim'rous Soul for to lament,</L>
<L>And fills me here with Wo and Di&s;content.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>In-born Corruptions are in me mo&s;t rife,</L>
<L>With me tho&s;e Enemies they are at &s;trife,</L>
<L>Moreover in this Wilderne&s;s doth go,</L>
<L>My furious Enemy, and potent Foe.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>He runs, and goes and hurries, night and day,</L>
<L>To hunt, and take my Soul, to make't his prey,</L>
<L>And, Lyon-like, he after me doth follow,</L>
<L>And frights me with the Eccho of his Hollow.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>O which way &s;hall I go? where &s;hall I run,</L>
<L>That &s;o I may this fiery Dragon &s;hun?</L>
<L>For if he doth but catch me in his Paws,</L>
<L>He then will me devour with his Jaws.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>If that I could a Coun&s;ellor but find,</L>
<L>For to impart to him my troub<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters"> mind,</L>
<L>And if he in good Coun&s;el have but Skill,</L>
<L>I will it take, let it be what it will.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Perhaps he may a way for me find out,</L>
<L>To ea&s;e me of my Trouble, Fear, and Doubt.</L>
<L>I know that <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> is both grave and wi&s;e,</L>
<L>I'll go to him, and hear what he'll advi&s;e:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>But if I &s;hould my grief to him impart,</L>
<L>And he do no way ea&s;e me of my Smart,</L>
<PB N="5" REF="7">
<L>I fear I &s;hall go with a troubled Heart,</L>
<L>Until I do this mortal life depart.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L><HI>Mo&s;es</HI> I come, with weeping Tears to thee,</L>
<L>Hoping &s;ome Comfort thou wilt give to me;</L>
<L>And that thou wilt unto me now declare,</L>
<L>Which way I &s;hall e&s;cape this Hunter's Snare.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Mo&s;es.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Come cea&s;e thy &s;ad complaint, and mournful Tears,</L>
<L>And do not &s;o po&s;&s;e&s;s thy Soul with fears,</L>
<L>I'll tell thee where thou may'&s;t &s;ome comfort find,</L>
<L>If thou unto good Coun&s;el art inclin'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Here is a Mountain in this Wilderne&s;s,</L>
<L>Where thou might'&s;t go thy &s;elf for to refre&s;h,</L>
<L>And there may hide from thy great Enemies,</L>
<L>That over thee they may not Tyranize.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>'Tis call'd mount <HI>Sinai,</HI> where the Law was given,</L>
<L>If wholly kept, 'twill carry Souls to Heaven</L>
<L>Keep thou this Law, 'twill &s;ave thee from all evil,</L>
<L>'Twill keep thee from the World, the Fle&s;h and Divel.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>I pray tell me what is Contain'd therein,</L>
<L>That I with &s;peed to keep it may begin,</L>
<L>For here I have but little time to &s;tay,</L>
<L>Therefore I would make progre&s;s in my way;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>For I unto this Law a Stranger am,</L>
<L>Therefore to me do thou relate the &s;ame;</L>
<L>I may it keep before my Life doth end,</L>
<L>And I will count thee for my deare&s;t Friend.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<PB N="6" REF="8">
<HEAD>17.</HEAD>
<L>For I am weary of this Wilderne&s;s,</L>
<L>And fain would ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Canaan</HI>'s Land po&s;&s;e&s;s,</L>
<L>This Wilderne&s;s is full of Pits and Bryers,</L>
<L>And often here my weary Soul it tires.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Mo&s;es.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<HEAD>I. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="18">18 <HI>There is but One True, living GOD you know,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And that the Scripture plainly doth it &s;how,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And thou must have no other gods but He,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Therefore beware of his Omni&s;ciency.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>II. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="19">19 <HI>&V;nto thy &s;elf no graven Image make,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Lest that the Lord he do thee quite for&s;ake;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For if this way thou dost him once provoke,</HI></L>
<L><HI>His Jealou&s;ie against thee hot will &s;moke.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L N="20">20 <HI>If unto any thing he likened be,</HI></L>
<L><HI>'Twill be beneath his glorious Effency,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Therefore do thou beware of &s;uch a thing,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For it will thee into Perdition bring.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>III. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="21">21 <HI>God's &s;acred Name thou mu&s;t not take in vain,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Beware of that, lest guilty thou remain,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nor &s;peak of it without due Reverence,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But thou must &s;trive God's Name for to advance.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>IV. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="22">22 <HI>The Sabbath-day thou must keep Holy too,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And thou in it no manner of work must do;</HI></L>
<L><HI>No evil Thought must enter in thy Heart,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For then thou do&s;s the Sabbath-day pervert:</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="7" REF="8">
<L N="23">23 <HI>Nor in thy Hou&s;e no Fire thou mu&s;t make,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For then thou do&s;t the holy Sabbath break;</HI></L>
<L><HI>And in breaking one thou art guilty of the whole,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which will bring Reprobation on thy Soul.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>V. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="24">24 <HI>Thy Parents thou mu&s;t Honour and Obey,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The Lord's Command expre&s;ly doth it &s;ay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t he doth cut thee down from off the Earth,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And make thee like to an untimely Birth.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>VI. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="25">25 <HI>Thou mu&s;t not Kill, that is a Crying Sin,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And on thy Soul God's Vengeance it wil bring;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For Vengeance will pur&s;ue the bloody Man,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And find him out, do all that e'er he can.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>VII. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="26">26 <HI>Adultery al&s;o, thou mu&s;t not commit,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t God another day Judge thee for it,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nor in thy Heart mu&s;t not conceive a Lu&s;t,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For after Death thou then to Judgment mu&s;t.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>VIII. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="27">27 <HI>Thou mu&s;t not Steal, nor from thy Neighbor take,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Le&s;t that thou do&s;t thy guilty Con&s;cience make,</HI></L>
<L><HI>When on thy Death-bed then aloud to cry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For Stealing to relieve thy Poverty.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD>IX. Command.</HEAD>
<L N="28">28 <HI>Again&s;t thy Neighbour no fal&s;e Witne&s;s bear,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For then the Devil has thee in his Snare.</HI></L>
<L><HI>And if thou do&s;t long time continue there,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thy Soul will filled be with di&s;mal fear.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB N="8" REF="9">
<HEAD>X. Command</HEAD>
<L N="29">29 <HI>None of thy Neighbors Goods thou mu&s;t not covet</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nor in thy Heart de&s;ire nothing of it;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Becau&s;e 'tis counted for Idolatry,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And God doth &s;ee with his Omni&s;cient Eye.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L N="30">30 <HI>Thy Covetous Heart, and thy De&s;ires too,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And at the la&s;t will fill thy Soul with Woe,</HI></L>
<L><HI>'Cau&s;e thou ha&s;t made an Idol unto thee,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which is forbid, as plainly thou may'&s;t &s;ee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L N="31">31 <HI>Another thing I do declare to thee,</HI></L>
<L><HI>In</HI> Gene&s;is <HI>the third, as thou may'st &s;ee:</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thy first Parents did Eat Forbidden-fruit;</HI></L>
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e thy bonds are put in Suit.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L N="32">32 <HI>When</HI> Adam <HI>broke God's po&s;&s;itive command;</HI></L>
<L><HI>A perfect Man no longer could he &s;tand;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For the Ten Precepts he did break withall,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which makes thee guilty of the breach of all.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L N="33">33 <HI>That po&s;&s;itive Command which</HI> Adam <HI>broke</HI></L>
<L><HI>Has laid upon thee this most heavy Stroke:</HI></L>
<L><HI>This is a Debt the</HI> Law <HI>will on thee lay,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And thou this Debt must to a Farthing pay.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L N="34">34 <HI>And if thou hast not wherewith to defend,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The</HI> Law <HI>will quickly thee to Pri&s;on &s;end</HI></L>
<L><HI>&V;nle&s;s that thou a &s;urety does get,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To re&s;cue thee, and pay thy dang'rous Debt.</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="35">
<HEAD>35</HEAD>
<L>Thou for this honour'd coun&s;el I do thank;</L>
<L>But it hath brought me to the very brink</L>
<PB N="9" REF="9">
<L>Of deep Di&s;pair, 'cau&s;e it I cannot take,</L>
<L>Though I did &s;uch a &s;olemn Promi&s;e make.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="36">
<HEAD>36</HEAD>
<L>If I do break but one of God's commands,</L>
<L>Then of the re&s;t thou &s;ay'&s;t I guilty &s;tands;</L>
<L>And I became a Debter to them all</L>
<L>When as I did in my fir&s;t Parents fall.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="37">
<HEAD>37</HEAD>
<L>I thought but for the Ten I was a Debter,</L>
<L>But now I &s;ee and under&s;tand it better:</L>
<L>Upon my Score I owe full for Eleven,</L>
<L>And this great debt will keep me out of Heaven.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="38">
<HEAD>38</HEAD>
<L>'Twas <HI>Eve</HI> and <HI>Adam</HI> brought Sin-Original,</L>
<L>When they that great command did break and Fall</L>
<L>That makes me &s;tand a naked criminal,</L>
<L>Nothing but Fig-leagues me to cloath withal.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="39">
<HEAD>39</HEAD>
<L>It was for Fruit of the Forbidden-Tree,</L>
<L>And that great debt imputed is to me;</L>
<L>But I am Poor, this debt I cannot pay,</L>
<L>Therefore I mu&s;t Seque&s;t without delay.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Mo&s;es.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="40">
<HEAD>40</HEAD>
<L>Hold, do not think this way thy &s;elf to flatter,</L>
<L>Seque&s;tring will not &s;erve in this great matter,</L>
<L>Thou mu&s;t a Surety get out of Hand,</L>
<L>To pay this debt and cancil thy black bond.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="41">
<HEAD>41</HEAD>
<L>A bare Confe&s;&s;ion, Soul! will never do,</L>
<L>It will but bring upon thee greater woe;</L>
<L>For thou do&s;t owe a very grievous debt,</L>
<L>Therefore thy &s;elf do not befool nor cheat.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="10" REF="10">
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="42">
<HEAD>42</HEAD>
<L>Ah where's the Surety will undertake</L>
<L>For me a Bond-Slave, Free again to make;</L>
<L>The Fame of &s;uch a thing &s;o Loud will Thunder,</L>
<L>That it will be the Univer&s;e's wonder.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="43">
<HEAD>43</HEAD>
<L>Alas, and woe is me, I do lament:</L>
<L>Oh, whether &s;hall I go my grief to vent:</L>
<L>I for my debt was troubled long before;</L>
<L>But now I am afflicted ten times more.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="44">
<HEAD>44</HEAD>
<L>Can&s;t thou no other way for me find out,</L>
<L>To ea&s;e me of my trouble, fear, and doubt:</L>
<L>If there's no other way my debts to pay,</L>
<L>I fear that I mu&s;t in a Pri&s;on lye.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Mo&s;es.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="45">
<HEAD>45</HEAD>
<L>There is no other way that I can &s;ee</L>
<L>Whereby thou mu&s;t from Pri&s;on be &s;et free,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s thou ha&s;t a worthy Surety</L>
<L>To Stop the Law and Ju&s;tice &s;atisfy.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="46">
<HEAD>46</HEAD>
<L>Dear Coun&s;ellor, I humbly of thee crave,</L>
<L>Tell me where I this Surety may have,</L>
<L>That I may ha&s;ten to him &s;peedily,</L>
<L>And in a loath&s;ome Pri&s;on may not lye.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Mo&s;es.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="47">
<HEAD>47</HEAD>
<L>There is a Prince of Fame and Royal blood</L>
<L>Which takes delight always in doing good:</L>
<L>He is the highe&s;t that was ever Born,</L>
<L>And yet thy Poverty he will not &s;corn,</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="11" REF="10">
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="48">
<HEAD>48</HEAD>
<L>If I unto this Royal Prince &s;hould go,</L>
<L>I have no Pre&s;ent on him to be&s;tow:</L>
<L>The very truth unto thee I do &s;how,</L>
<L>It is with me &s;o very poor and low.</L>
<L>Had I a noble Pre&s;ent in my Hand,</L>
<L>I could the bolder then before him &s;tand.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Mo&s;es.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="49">
<HEAD>49</HEAD>
<L>Mention this thing no more but take good heed,</L>
<L>For of a Pre&s;ent he has got no need;</L>
<L>And they that bring it he will not come near;</L>
<L>They do but ca&s;t them&s;elves into a Snare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="50">
<HEAD>50</HEAD>
<L>The Heavens and the Earth are all his own,</L>
<L>And he beholden can be unto none:</L>
<L>He will except no Pre&s;ent thou can&s;t bring,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s it be a broken Heart for Sin.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="51">
<HEAD>51</HEAD>
<L>Then get a contrite Heart I thee advi&s;e;</L>
<L>For &s;uch a Pre&s;ent he will not de&s;pi&s;e:</L>
<L>He matters not whether they be high or low;</L>
<L>The <HI>Jew,</HI> the <HI>Greek,</HI> the <HI>Barbarian</HI> al&s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="52">
<HEAD>52</HEAD>
<L>He kindly doth receive it of all Men</L>
<L>And Women too, which brings it unto him;</L>
<L>The Rich, the Poor, the Halt, the Blind, and Lame,</L>
<L>That ever to him with this Pre&s;ent came.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="53">
<HEAD>53</HEAD>
<L>The Learned and the Unlearned be&s;ide;</L>
<L>He never did this Pre&s;ent yet deride;</L>
<L>The Noble, and Ignoble, Bond, and Free;</L>
<L>The King, and Begger is alike to He.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="54">
<PB N="12" REF="11">
<HEAD>54</HEAD>
<L>He is a mighty Prince of high Renown,</L>
<L>And worthy is to wear the greate&s;t Crown;</L>
<L>He is a glorious One, of noble Birth;</L>
<L>And thou a broken Pot&s;herd of the Earth.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="55">
<HEAD>55</HEAD>
<L>Go now with &s;peed, and lay thy &s;elf down low,</L>
<L>And unto him thy &s;ad condition &s;how;</L>
<L>For he a Surety will be compleat,</L>
<L>To all that come and lye low at his Feet.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="56">
<HEAD>56</HEAD>
<L>He's all divine, I nothing of it doubt;</L>
<L>But where &s;hall I go for to find him out:</L>
<L>If I did know where he doth keep his Court,</L>
<L>I unto him am willing to re&s;ort.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Mo&s;es.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="57">
<HEAD>57</HEAD>
<L>He keeps his Court in new <HI>Jeru&s;alem;</HI></L>
<L>If thou art willing to re&s;ort to him,</L>
<L>Go often to the Foot-&s;tool of his Grace,</L>
<L>And there, by Faith, thou may'&s;t behold his Face</L>
</LG>
<LG N="58">
<HEAD>58</HEAD>
<L>Upon his Mercy-&s;eat thou may'&s;t him &s;ee;</L>
<L>For there he always doth delight to be;</L>
<L>And both his hands are full of Pardons free;</L>
<L>Run now with &s;peed, he holds one forth to thee.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Heavy-laden <HI>Sinner</HI> making its addre&s;s from the <HI>Law,</HI> to <HI>Je&s;us. Gal. 3.24.</HI> Wherefore the <HI>Law</HI> was our School-ma&s;ter to bring us unto <HI>Chri&s;t.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="59">
<HEAD>59</HEAD>
<L>My Lord and King, on me &s;ome pitty take,</L>
<L>And do this thing for thy great Mercy's &s;ake:</L>
<PB N="13" REF="11">
<L>Forgive the Puni&s;hment due unto me,</L>
<L>And &s;ave me from eternal Mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="60">
<HEAD>60</HEAD>
<L>I do confe&s;s I am a Sinner vile,</L>
<L>And I do not de&s;erve of thee one &s;mile:</L>
<L>Therefore I humbly lye down at thy Feet,</L>
<L>And there to Peri&s;h, if thou think'&s;t it meet.</L>
</LG>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>CHRIST.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="61">
<HEAD>61</HEAD>
<L><HI>Whence cometh this mo&s;t &s;ad and grievous cry?</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>From one which now Lord, at thy Feet doth lye.</L>
<L>A Heavy-laden Sinner, full of grief,</L>
<L>Which now is come to thee for &s;ome relief.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>CHRIST.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="62">
<HEAD>62</HEAD>
<L>Poor wretched Soul, who &s;ent thee unto me</L>
<L>That thou do&s;t thus implore my Maje&s;ty.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="63">
<HEAD>63</HEAD>
<L><HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> a faithful Servant, Lord, of thine,</L>
<L>And fir&s;t he &s;ent me to the <HI>Law</HI> divine;</L>
<L>But when he did my &s;ad condition know,</L>
<L>He &s;aid the <HI>Law</HI> would me no favour &s;how.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>CHRIST.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="64">
<HEAD>64</HEAD>
<L>What, would the <HI>Law</HI> no comfort yield to thee;</L>
<L>Nor give a clear di&s;charge and &s;et thee free?</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="65">
<HEAD>65</HEAD>
<L>No Lord, it is a holy righteous <HI>Law,</HI></L>
<L>Which makes all &s;uch as I am &s;tand in awe:</L>
<PB N="14" REF="12">
<L>Therefore to go to it I do not dare,</L>
<L>It wounds and drowns and drives me to di&s;pair</L>
<L>And I alas, can have no comfort there.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>CHRIST.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="66">
<HEAD>66</HEAD>
<L>Come grieved Soul, which in di&s;pair art droun'd,</L>
<L>Oh, turn again, that is a Sin profund:</L>
<L>Come unto me, and I will thee advi&s;e;</L>
<L>For I am nigh to hear poor Sinners cryes.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="67">
<HEAD>67</HEAD>
<L>Look in <HI>God's word,</HI> and thou may&s;t clearly &s;ee</L>
<L>I did a ran&s;ome dearly pay for thee:</L>
<L>Thou art the purcha&s;e of my precious Blood,</L>
<L>As thou may'&s;t find in God's mo&s;t holy Word.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="68">
<HEAD>68</HEAD>
<L>My Father's Ju&s;tice I did &s;atisfy,</L>
<L>When I upon the bloody Cro&s;s did die;</L>
<L>And all thy debt the <HI>Law</HI> doth now demand,</L>
<L>When on the Cro&s;s I paid it out of hand.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="69">
<HEAD>69</HEAD>
<L>Therefore, by Faith, do thou cleave fa&s;t to me</L>
<L>For I am now, a Surety for thee;</L>
<L>And while thou art in this dark Wilderne&s;s,</L>
<L>I will be unto thee a &s;trong defence.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="70">
<HEAD>70</HEAD>
<L>And when thy Enemies do &s;trive to foil thee,</L>
<L>I will be nigh, with Armour for to Shield the.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="71">
<HEAD>71</HEAD>
<L>Ah, happy News, I have a Surety;</L>
<L>But woe alas, here lyes my Mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>If I &s;hould wander out of the right way;</L>
<L>A guide I &s;tand in need of every day.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="15" REF="12">
<SPEAKER>CHRIST.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="72">
<HEAD>72</HEAD>
<L>God's Holy-Spirit, he will be thy guide;</L>
<L>Therefore do thou walk clo&s;e up to his &s;ide:</L>
<L>He Pen'd the Scripture to be thy director,</L>
<L>And I my &s;elf will be thy great Protector.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="73">
<HEAD>73</HEAD>
<L>The Holy-Spirit, and God's Holy Word</L>
<L>(For thy defence) is like a two-edg'd Sword,</L>
<L>Which will put thy great Enemies to flight,</L>
<L>If thou ha&s;t but the Skill to u&s;e it right.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="74">
<HEAD>74</HEAD>
<L>God doth afford his Armour great and &s;trong,</L>
<L>For unto Warr'ers it doth &s;till belong;</L>
<L>Such Warr'ers that will fight again&s;t Hell's crew</L>
<L>And keep the Battle always in pur&s;ue.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="75">
<HEAD>75</HEAD>
<L>Such Warr'ers as doth often Face about</L>
<L>To give their inborn Sin a total rout.</L>
<L>Come put on God's &s;trong Armour all compleat</L>
<L>And then the Tyrant thou wilt quickly beat.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="76">
<HEAD>76</HEAD>
<L>Thou mu&s;t begirt about thy Loins with Truth</L>
<L>A Girdle glorious to be worn in Youth:</L>
<L>Thy Bre&s;t-plate mu&s;t be of my Righteou&s;ne&s;s,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e my Kingdom thou can&s;t not Po&s;&s;e&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="77">
<HEAD>77</HEAD>
<L>Thy Feet be'ng &s;hod with Go&s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">l preparation:</L>
<L>Thou'lt &s;eek for Peace and tidings of Salvation</L>
<L>Be &s;ure to take the Shield of Faith al&s;o;</L>
<L>For through this howling De&s;ert thou mu&s;t go,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="78">
<HEAD>78</HEAD>
<L>And if thou meet thy Enemy by and by,</L>
<L>His fiery Darts at thee he will let fly;</L>
<L>But thr&ocirc; the Shield of Faith they cannot enter;</L>
<L>They will return again unto the center.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="79">
<PB N="16" REF="13">
<HEAD>79</HEAD>
<L>The Helmet of Salvation thou mu&s;t hold;</L>
<L>And with the Spirit's Sword thou mu&s;t be bold;</L>
<L>Then fight and skirmi&s;h often with thy Sin,</L>
<L>And never leave till thou the field do&s;t win.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="80">
<HEAD>80</HEAD>
<L>And do not vex me with thy cur&s;ed Sin,</L>
<L>Since I for thee a Surety have been:</L>
<L>Remember I from Pri&s;on thee reliev'd,</L>
<L>And do not thou my Holy-Spirit grieve.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="81">
<HEAD>81</HEAD>
<L>See in pre&s;umptious Sins thou do&s;t not dwell,</L>
<L>And think that all things now with thee is well,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e for thee I did the <HI>Law</HI> revoke,</L>
<L>And kept thee from the heavy dreadful &s;troke</L>
</LG>
<LG N="82">
<HEAD>82</HEAD>
<L>Of God's offended Ju&s;tice which did rage</L>
<L>Again&s;t thy Sin, and would with thee ingage.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="83">
<HEAD>83</HEAD>
<L>My Lord before thee here I trembling &s;tand,</L>
<L>I willing am to be at thy command:</L>
<L>Oh Lord, if thou but Strength wilt give to me,</L>
<L>Under thy Fanner I will fight for thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="85">
<HEAD>85</HEAD>
<L>Again&s;t Pre&s;umption I will &s;to<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">y fight,</L>
<L>And &s;trive my inborn Sin to put to flight;</L>
<L>This I tru&s;t do by thy Almighty hand;</L>
<L>For I am weak, I can't the Battle &s;tand.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="85">
<HEAD>85</HEAD>
<L>Thou know'&s;t, O Lord, I am but du&s;t and clay,</L>
<L>Therefore &s;et thou the Battle in array,</L>
<L>And weild thy Sword, and win the Field for me,</L>
<L>And all the Glory I will give to thee.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="17" REF="13">
<SPEAKER>CHRIST:</SPEAKER>
<LG N="86">
<HEAD>86</HEAD>
<L>Poor Sinner now thou art come unto me,</L>
<L>I'll tell in part what I have done for thee;</L>
<L>I and my Father made both Heav'n and Earth;</L>
<L>We gave all Living, Sub&s;tance, Life, and Breath.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="87">
<HEAD>87</HEAD>
<L>But &s;ome of the created Angels fell,</L>
<L>And then my Father threw them down to Hell;</L>
<L>Then all Mankind fell in Rebellion too,</L>
<L>And made them&s;elves Heirs of eternal Woe.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="88">
<HEAD>88</HEAD>
<L>Then I &s;tept in, Mankind for to Reprieve,</L>
<L>Even all &s;uch which in me &s;hall believe;</L>
<L>The fallen Angels I did them pa&s;s by,</L>
<L>And left them in Eternal mi&s;ery.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="89">
<HEAD>89</HEAD>
<L>But after this it was my Plea&s;ure then</L>
<L>That I would come and Live with &s;inful Men;</L>
<L>I came unto my own, my own refus'd me,</L>
<L>And more then that they greatly did abu&s;e me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="90">
<HEAD>90</HEAD>
<L>When I was Born, and of a Virgin pure,</L>
<L>I did &s;ome hard&s;hip quickly then endure;</L>
<L>As &s;oon as I was taken from the Womb,</L>
<L>Was in a Manger laid, for want of Room.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="91">
<HEAD>91</HEAD>
<L>This was the manner of my noble Birth,</L>
<L>Although I was then Lord of all the Earth;</L>
<L>Then bloody <HI>Herod</HI> try'd his helli&s;h Skill,</L>
<L>In order to fulfil his bloody Will.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="92">
<HEAD>92</HEAD>
<L>He &s;ent forth Tyrants poor young Babes to &s;lay,</L>
<L>In hopes to &s;hed my innocent blood that way;</L>
<L>But God their Tragedy did &s;oon prevent,</L>
<L>Me and my Mother into <HI>Egypt</HI> &s;ent.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="93">
<PB N="18" REF="14">
<HEAD>93</HEAD>
<L>When I was grown in &s;tature of a Man,</L>
<L>I then did go up to <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI></L>
<L>To Preach my holy Go&s;pel to the <HI>Jews,</HI></L>
<L>But they my holy Go&s;pel did refu&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="94">
<HEAD>94</HEAD>
<L>I laboured among them Night and Day.</L>
<L>And all to turn their Faces <HI>Sion</HI> way:</L>
<L>I healed all the Sick, and all the Lame,</L>
<L>And pitty'd all that ever to me came,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="95">
<HEAD>95</HEAD>
<L>The meane&s;t of them I did not deride;</L>
<L>But yet for all they could me not abide:</L>
<L>I made the Dumb to &s;peak, the Deaf to hear,</L>
<L>The Blind to &s;ee, as plainly did appear:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="96">
<HEAD>96</HEAD>
<L>Yet &s;till they did revile me at their Will,</L>
<L>And &s;o took Coun&s;el how they might me kill;</L>
<L>They hired <HI>Judas</HI> me for to betray,</L>
<L>In ha&s;t to &s;end me from the Earth away;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="97">
<HEAD>97</HEAD>
<L>And <HI>Thirty Silver Pieces</HI> they did give,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e that I no longer here &s;hould live;</L>
<L>Then <HI>Judas</HI> he betray'd me with a Ki&s;s;</L>
<L>No treachery was ever like to this!</L>
</LG>
<LG N="98">
<HEAD>98</HEAD>
<L>But when the hour was come, as I had &s;aid,</L>
<L>And not till then, I could not be betray'd,</L>
<L>I bound was led unto the <HI>Judgment-hall,</HI></L>
<L>And then on me tho&s;e Rebels they did fall.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="99">
<HEAD>99</HEAD>
<L>Then unto <HI>Pontius Pilate</HI> I was brought,</L>
<L>And there accu&s;ed, but it was for nought;</L>
<L>Though I always was doing of them good,</L>
<L>Yet &s;till they long'd and thir&s;ted for my blood,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="100">
<HEAD>100</HEAD>
<L>When <HI>Pontius Pilate</HI> &s;ought to &s;et me free,</L>
<L>Mine Enemies then they did all agree:</L>
<PB N="19" REF="14">
<L>Of <HI>Barrabas</HI> they would not be deny'd;</L>
<L>But as for me, I mu&s;t be Crucify'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="101">
<HEAD>101</HEAD>
<L>Though I no evil ever did to them;</L>
<L>But yet they cry'd away, away with him,</L>
<L>It was their cu&s;tom always at the Fea&s;t,</L>
<L>A Pri&s;oner &s;hould be to them relea&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="102">
<HEAD>102</HEAD>
<L>They did de&s;ire <HI>Barrabas</HI> for them;</L>
<L>But as for me they &s;aid, away with him;</L>
<L>Then very fa&s;t they bound me with their bands</L>
<L>And then they &s;mote me with their cruel hands</L>
<L>They &s;pit upon my Face, and did not &s;pare;</L>
<L>And from my Cheeks they palled off the hair.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="103">
<HEAD>103</HEAD>
<L>My Body al&s;o &s;ore they buffetted;</L>
<L>And with a Reed they &s;mote me on the head;</L>
<L>Above all Men, my Vi&s;age it was mar'd,</L>
<L>They did me crucify &s;o cruel hard.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="104">
<HEAD>104</HEAD>
<L>I was derided with their mocks and &s;corns;</L>
<L>And I was crowned with a Crown of Thorns;</L>
<L>Al&s;o they gave me Vinegar and Gall;</L>
<L>And made me wear a Purple Robe withal.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="105">
<HEAD>105</HEAD>
<L>My Hands and Feet was nailed to a Tree;</L>
<L>A death which they appointed had for me:</L>
<L>My tender Side they pierced with a Spear;</L>
<L>And then came forth both blood and water clear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="106">
<HEAD>106</HEAD>
<L>God's dreadful Cup of Ju&s;tice I did drink;</L>
<L>'Twas very bitter, yet <HI>I</HI> did not &s;hrink;</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> drank the dregs fill'd up unto the brim,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e thou &s;hould'&s;t in endle&s;s plea&s;ure &s;wim.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="107">
<HEAD>107</HEAD>
<L>The Cup of Ju&s;tice was &s;o very hot,</L>
<L><HI>It</HI> cau&s;ed me to &s;weat a bloody Sweat;</L>
<PB N="20" REF="15">
<L>Like drops of Blood falling down to the ground</L>
<L>On no Man yet the like was ever found:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="108">
<HEAD>108</HEAD>
<L>And when that <HI>I</HI> had overcome my &s;mart,</L>
<L>My Raiment then among&s;t them they did part;</L>
<L>The Soldiers they did likewi&s;e all agree,</L>
<L>That they would ca&s;t Lots on my Ve&s;tery.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="109">
<HEAD>109</HEAD>
<L>My Body from the Cro&s;s was taken dead</L>
<L>And in a new Sepulchre buried,</L>
<L>Where never Man was ever laid before;</L>
<L>Al&s;o a Seal was &s;et upon the Door.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="110">
<HEAD>110</HEAD>
<L>But when <HI>I</HI> had lain in the Grave three days,</L>
<L>By my Almighty Power <HI>I</HI> did rai&s;e</L>
<L>The &s;elf &s;ame Body which hung on the Tree;</L>
<L>Here be the Wounds the <HI>Jews</HI> then gave to me:</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> &s;uffer'd all this grief and pain for thee,</L>
<L>And yet thou art now welcome unto me.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="111">
<HEAD>111</HEAD>
<L>Oh boundle&s;s Love! oh Love beyond degree</L>
<L>My Lord and Saviour's Reconcil'd to me!</L>
<L>Ye ble&s;&s;ed Angels, Heavens glorious Quire,</L>
<L>Here is a Love for you all to admire.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="112">
<HEAD>112</HEAD>
<L>Here is a Love, a matchle&s;s Love indeed;</L>
<L>Ye Saints on Earth, be all a&s;toni&s;hed;</L>
<L>For ther<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> is now no other Love but this</L>
<L>Can bring your Souls to endle&s;s Happine&s;s.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="21" REF="15">
<HEAD>A Meditation compo&s;ed into Ver&s;e, on the Song of <HI>Solomon,</HI> where <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is &s;et|ting forth the beauty of his <HI>Church,</HI> and the <HI>Church</HI> &s;etting forth <HI>Chri&s;t's</HI> Ex|cellency.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Christ.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>O Who is She that looketh forth &s;o &s;oon,</L>
<L>Clear as the morning fairer than the moon?</L>
<L><HI>It</HI> is my Spou&s;e, my Si&s;ter and my Dove,</L>
<L>And it is She on whom <HI>I</HI> &s;et my Love.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>My Dove, my Undefiled is alone;</L>
<L>She is her <HI>Mother's</HI> choice, and only one;</L>
<L>For there is none that can with her compare,</L>
<L>And <HI>I</HI> will take of her a tender care.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>My Love come unto me now <HI>I</HI> invite;</L>
<L>For <HI>I</HI> in thee do take a great delight;</L>
<L>Thou art mo&s;t White, and like the Chry&s;tal fair,</L>
<L>Thy Beauty <HI>I</HI> upon my heart do bear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Thine Eyes compared is unto the dove,</L>
<L>And for to look on them <HI>I</HI> dearly love,</L>
<L>And '&s;pecially when thou do&s;t ca&s;t them up</L>
<L>To look on me in a well-grounded hope.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Thy Cheeks are very comely for to &s;ee,</L>
<L>L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ke rows of Jewels they appear to be:</L>
<L>Thou art mo&s;t comely too in each degree</L>
<L>When thou by Faith do&s;t look up unto me,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<PB N="22" REF="16">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Thy Temple-locks are lovely to be &s;een:</L>
<L>Thy comely Speech doth render thee a Queen;</L>
<L>When thou approche&s;t humbly unto me,</L>
<L>And by Repentance crave a pardon free.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Thy Lips are like a thred of Scarlet-&s;ilk;</L>
<L>Thy Neck like to a &s;tately <HI>Tower</HI> built;</L>
<L>One Chain of thy white Neck has ravi&s;h't me;</L>
<L>For thou art fair, and ha&s;t no &s;pot in thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>Thy comely Eye doth overcome me &s;o,</L>
<L><HI>It</HI> makes my <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> to &s;toop &s;o low</L>
<L>As to place on thee my endeared Love,</L>
<L>And <HI>I</HI> again will never it remove.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The <HI>Church</HI> &s;etting forth <HI>Chri&s;t's</HI> Excellency.</HEAD>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L><HI>My</HI> Well-beloved is the Prince of Peace,</L>
<L>And <HI>I</HI> do long to &s;ee his comely Face;</L>
<L>He's white and ruddy like the Diamond fair;</L>
<L>There is no beauty can with him compare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>His eyes are as the eyes of doves compleat;</L>
<L>His Cheeks are as a Bed of Spices &s;weet;</L>
<L>His Lips like Lillies dropping down &s;weet myrrh,</L>
<L>No fragrant Flower can with it compare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>His Countenance it is as <HI>Lebanon,</HI></L>
<L>And excellent above the Sons of men:</L>
<L>Oh all ye Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI></L>
<L>This is my Well beloved honour him.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This is my Well-beloved, and my Friend,</L>
<L>Ye Daughters &s;ee you do on him attend;</L>
<L>And he is cloathed in a glorious dre&s;s;</L>
<L>On him he has a Robe of Righteou&s;ne&s;s:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<PB N="23" REF="16">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>His Robe is white, and reacheth to the ground,</L>
<L>And in his Robe his glory doth abound:</L>
<L>See here's a <HI>Ja&s;per,</HI> and a <HI>Saphire</HI> clear,</L>
<L><HI>Most</HI> lovely it upon him doth appear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>A <HI>Chalcedony</HI> and an <HI>Emarald,</HI></L>
<L>It is a plea&s;ant fight for to behold:</L>
<L>See here's a <HI>Sardius</HI> and a <HI>Chry&s;olite;</HI></L>
<L>Enough to dazle all beholders &s;ight.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>Here is a <HI>Sardonix,</HI> and now look there,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beril,</HI> and a <HI>Tophaz</HI> doth appear:</L>
<L>Look here's a <HI>Cry&s;ophra&s;us</HI> with the re&s;t,</L>
<L>Al&s;o the <HI>Jacinct,</HI> and the <HI>Amethist;</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>Which makes me &s;ick of love for my &s;weet Prince,</L>
<L>And pained till I am removed hence;</L>
<L>For love I find it is as &s;trong as Death,</L>
<L>And Jealou&s;ie it burneth up my breath.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>Oh &s;et me as a Seal upon thy heart,</L>
<L>And never let my love from thee depart:</L>
<L>Ye Daughters of <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> be kind,</L>
<L>And if you do my well beloved find,</L>
<L>I pray do you declare that it is I</L>
<L>Am &s;ick of Love for him, and like to die.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>He is the &s;weete&s;t Ro&s;e of <HI>Sharon</HI>'s field;</L>
<L>Oh come and ta&s;te the &s;weetne&s;s he doth yield!</L>
<L>He is the Lilly of the Valley fair,</L>
<L>Al&s;o he is the bright and morning Star.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="24" REF="17">
<HEAD>A Meditation on the impotent Mans wait|ing at the Pool of <HI>Bethe&s;da. John 5.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>THere was a Pool once at <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI></L>
<L>Called <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ethe&s;da</HI> by its proper name;</L>
<L>Al&s;o five P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">es there was &s;tanding by</L>
<L>Wherein the With'red, Blind, and Halt did lye;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>For the di&s;ea&s;ed People thither came,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the Waters had &s;o great a Fame;</L>
<L>But that which made the Waters for to heal,</L>
<L>It was an Angel &s;ent for to reveal</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>The Power of the great Phy&s;ician high,</L>
<L>When as the People at the Pool did lye;</L>
<L>For at a certain time an Angel did</L>
<L>Come down, and &s;o the Water troubled</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Then who&s;oever &s;lept into the Pool,</L>
<L>Was cured and perfectly made whole:</L>
<L>A certain man with an Infirmity</L>
<L>Thirty eight years, did at <HI>Bethe&s;da</HI> lye,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Waiting the moving of the Waters then,</L>
<L>And he long <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> had there a waiting been:</L>
<L>Our ble&s;&s;ed Sa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">iour thither did draw nigh,</L>
<L>And on the poor Impotent ca&s;t his Eye.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>But the impotent man did not e&s;py</L>
<L>It was the great Phy&s;ician &s;tanding by:</L>
<L>When Je&s;us &s;aw him lye, and knew that he</L>
<L>Long time had been in great extremity;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<PB N="25" REF="17">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>He &s;aid to him wilt thou be now made whole,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e he did his mi&s;ery condole:</L>
<L>The poor Impotent an&s;wered him, Sir!</L>
<L>I have no Friend (when as the Waters &s;tir)</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>Will lend a hand and help to put me in,</L>
<L>Though I long time have here a waiting been;</L>
<L>But while I coming am down to the Pool,</L>
<L>Another &s;teppeth in, and is made whole.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Our ble&s;&s;ed Lord &s;aid to the man, ari&s;e,</L>
<L>Take up thy Bed before beholders eyes;</L>
<L>The man he was immediately made whole;</L>
<L>None could the great Phy&s;ician then controul.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The <HI>Author</HI>'s Reflection.</HEAD>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>This is an Emblem of my Mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>Here I a poor impotent one doth lye,</L>
<L>Waiting the moving of the Waters clear,</L>
<L>I mean the Spirit of my Saviour dear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>My Soul, which is the chiefe&s;t part of me,</L>
<L>Both withered and dry appea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> to be</L>
<L>The Faculties thereof are Halt and Blind,</L>
<L>Which daily I unto my grief do find.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Oh that the great Phy&s;ician would draw nigh,</L>
<L>And on a poor Impotent cast an Eye!</L>
<L>Oh that he would my mi&s;ery condole,</L>
<L>And &s;peak the Word and I &s;hall be made Whole.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Lord, there's no Pool on Earth can do me good,</L>
<L>But the pure Ocean of thy precious Blood.</L>
<L>There's nothing el&s;e can purifie and clean&s;e</L>
<L>My Wounded Soul from putrifying Sins.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<PB N="26" REF="18">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>Therefore, O Lord, thy precious blood apply</L>
<L>&V;nto my Soul, that healing Remedy</L>
<L>Is a &s;weet Cordial which will me revive,</L>
<L>And keep my wither'd fainting Soul alive.</L>
<L>Lord now with &s;peed this Cordial to me bring,</L>
<L>And fill me up a Cup unto the brim.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD>A Dialogue between <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> and a <HI>Young-man.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Young-man.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L><HI>I</HI> Walked have long time about to find</L>
<L>Some new-found plea&s;ure to delight my mind;</L>
<L>But in my plea&s;ure this doth me prevent,</L>
<L>I in my plea&s;ure have no true content.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>When I am merry with my Jolly Boys,</L>
<L>I then am checkt within, which damps my Joys;</L>
<L>Likewi&s;e I take delight in &s;ports and plays,</L>
<L>In it I &s;pend away my Nights and Days;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>But afterwards my heart's fill'd with Reflection,</L>
<L>Which almost has brought me into &s;ubjection.</L>
<L>Oh that I could the rea&s;on of it know,</L>
<L>What is the cau&s;e it &s;hould be with me &s;o,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>I would &s;ome cure &s;oon for it then look out,</L>
<L>Although I ranged all the World about.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="27" REF="18">
<SPEAKER>Con&s;cience.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L><HI>It is thy</HI> Con&s;cience <HI>which doth trouble thee,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And makes thee &s;o di&s;&s;atisfy'd to be;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Becau&s;e in merriment thou do&s;t offend</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thy Sov'reign Lord, on whom thou &s;hould'&s;t depend.</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Young-man.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L><HI>Con&s;cience</HI> if it be &s;o, I'll make thee Sleep,</L>
<L>And then my mind I &s;hall in quiet keep;</L>
<L>For if thou do&s;t thus trouble me alway,</L>
<L>Then I &s;hall never &s;ee a happy day.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Con&s;cience.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>If I do Sleep, I &s;hall awake again,</L>
<L>And then I will put thee to greater pain;</L>
<L>I ll pinch and cut and la&s;h thee bitterly,</L>
<L>&V;ntil I maketh thee aloud to cry.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Young-man.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L><HI>Con&s;cience</HI> thou threat'ne&s;t me &s;o very &s;ore,</L>
<L>I hope I never &s;hall offend thee more;</L>
<L>And &s;eeing thou profe&s;s to be my Friend,</L>
<L>I'll take my leave, and &s;o we both will end.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>This will not do with me, I am afraid,</L>
<L>I mu&s;t look out yet for &s;ome other aid.</L>
<L>Oh that my ways were but &s;o now directed,</L>
<L>That for the future I might be protected;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>And that I may &s;ome other object find,</L>
<L>To give content to my un&s;ettled mind.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="28" REF="19">
<SPEAKER>Chri&s;t.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L><HI>Young-man if of thy ways thou ha&s;t a fight,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And it doth &s;eem to thee not to be right,</HI></L>
<L><HI>God's word doth &s;how thee what thou ought to do,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To clean&s;e thy ways by taking heed thereto.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L><HI>And if thou do&s;t de&s;ire more to know,</HI></L>
<L><HI>I ready am and willing thee to &s;how;</HI></L>
<L><HI>I'll &s;how thee objects &s;hall give thee content,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And give thee plea&s;ure when thy life is &s;pent.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L><HI>Nay, more then &s;o I'll give a promi&s;e higher,</HI></L>
<L><HI>I'll give thee all thy heart can e'er de&s;ire,</HI></L>
<L><HI>If thou with &s;peed wilt now clo&s;e in with me.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Everla&s;ting Trea&s;ure</HI> I <HI>will give to thee.</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Young-man.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>'Tis endle&s;s plea&s;ure which my heart doth crave</L>
<L>And la&s;ting plea&s;ure, which I fain would have;</L>
<L>If thou this promi&s;e wilt make good to me,</L>
<L>I am re&s;olv'd to clo&s;e in now with thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>I willing am to part with all my Sin,</L>
<L>Which as I hitherto have lived in,</L>
<L>My &s;ports and plea&s;ures and my Jolly Boys,</L>
<L>I count them all even but empty Toys.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Chri&s;t.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>If <HI>thou wilt clo&s;e with me, then take good heed</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thou mu&s;t into my</HI> Vineyard <HI>go with &s;peed,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And Labour there till</HI> I <HI>do for the &s;end,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thy Labour then</HI> I'll <HI>put unto an end.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<PB N="29" REF="19">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>I <HI>in the Garden laboured for thee,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Then in my</HI> Vineyard <HI>labour thou for me:</HI></L>
<L>I <HI>trod the</HI> Winepre&s;s, I <HI>my &s;elf alone,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Which made me in my Spirit &s;o to moan.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L><HI>And of the People, there was none with me,</HI></L>
<L><HI>To work out thy Redemption-work for thee;</HI></L>
<L>It <HI>was not for my &s;elf</HI> I <HI>took this care,</HI></L>
<L>I <HI>had no need of any thing to fear.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
<L><HI>No, 'twas to keep thee from the</HI> Serpent<HI>'s &s;ting,</HI></L>
<L>I <HI>had been happy had'&s;t thou never been.</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Young-man.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20</HEAD>
<L>Dear Lord, I &s;mitten am to hear thee &s;peak,</L>
<L>My heart within me now is like to break</L>
<L>To think that thou ha&s;t done &s;o much for me,</L>
<L>And I a wretch have nothing done for thee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21</HEAD>
<L>Into thy Vineyard now I'll go away,</L>
<L>And I will labour there both Night and Day;</L>
<L>But Vineyard work is hard, and I am Weak,</L>
<L>Lord &s;trengthen me this work to undertake.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Appoint the work Lord, thou wilt have me do,</L>
<L>For I am yet Stranger thereunto.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Chri&s;t.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="23">
<HEAD>23</HEAD>
<L>Some of thy Work mu&s;t be to plant and &s;ow,</L>
<L>And other &s;ome mu&s;t be to reap and mow;</L>
<L>All &s;uperfluous Branches thou mu&s;t lop,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e I &s;hall not have a thriving crop.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="24">
<PB N="30" REF="20">
<HEAD>24</HEAD>
<L><HI>Do thou take care my tender plants to nouri&s;h</HI></L>
<L><HI>For</HI> I <HI>love dear to &s;ee them thrive and flouri&s;h</HI></L>
<L><HI>Thou al&s;o mu&s;t plant in the choice&s;t Soil,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Then of thy Fruit there's none &s;hall thee beguile</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="25">
<HEAD>25</HEAD>
<L><HI>Likewi&s;e thou mu&s;t root out the &s;tinking weed</HI></L>
<L><HI>That they may not over top my pure Seeds;</HI></L>
<L><HI>But fir&s;t thou mu&s;t with thy own &s;elf begin,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And root out all thy own in dwelling Sin.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="26">
<HEAD>26</HEAD>
<L>If <HI>thou art willing they &s;hould in thee lurk</HI></L>
<L>Thou art not fit for this my Vineyard-work;</L>
<L>In <HI>Snow or Hail my work mu&s;t &s;till go on;</HI></L>
<L>Thou mu&s;t not take a &s;pell, and then be gone.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="27">
<HEAD>27</HEAD>
<L>In <HI>wet and heat and thunder thou mu&s;t bide,</HI></L>
<L>And not to run away whate'er betide;</L>
<L>When lofty winds does blow and rain de&s;cend,</L>
<L>My work thou mu&s;t keep to until the end.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Young-man.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="28">
<HEAD>28</HEAD>
<L>If I <HI>mu&s;t labour in the Snow and Hail,</HI></L>
<L><HI>The pinching cold will over me prevail;</HI></L>
<L>If <HI>in the wet and heat, then</HI> I <HI>&s;hall faint;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Likewi&s;e the thunder &s;orely will me daunt.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="29">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<L>When rain de&s;cend, and &s;tormy winds do blow</L>
<L><HI>Alas, how &s;hall</HI> I <HI>to my labour go;</HI></L>
<L><HI>This task it is too hard for me,</HI> I <HI>fear.</HI></L>
<L><HI>My earthen Ve&s;&s;el never will it bear.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="30">
<HEAD>30</HEAD>
<L>Therefore do thou Lord undertake for me,</L>
<L><HI>That</HI> I <HI>thy Vineyard-work may do for thee;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For thou do&s;t know that</HI> I <HI>am but a worm,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And have no &s;trength this work for to perfor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">;</HI></L>
<PB N="31" REF="20">
<L>I <HI>crave the &s;trength of thy Almighty hand,</HI></L>
<L><HI>That</HI> I <HI>before thee in this work may &s;tand.</HI></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Chri&s;t.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="31">
<HEAD>31</HEAD>
<L>Thou art a Worm I know, and al&s;o weak,</L>
<L>And I the work my&s;elf mu&s;t undertake;</L>
<L>When thou do&s;t work for me in Snow or Hail,</L>
<L>I will cover the with my &s;ecure vail:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="32">
<HEAD>32</HEAD>
<L>Which vail &s;hall cover me &s;o very warm,</L>
<L>The pinching cold &s;hall never do thee harm;</L>
<L>I'll &s;helter thee too from the parching heat,</L>
<L>So that upon thy head it &s;hall not beat.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="33">
<HEAD>33</HEAD>
<L>I'll cau&s;e a gourd to &s;pring up like a Ro&s;e,</L>
<L>Where thou &s;halt lye and take a &s;weet repo&s;e;</L>
<L>But if I plea&s;e to take this gourd from thee</L>
<L>(Like unto <HI>Jonah</HI>) do not angry be.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="34">
<HEAD>34</HEAD>
<L>The lofty winds I holdeth in my Fir&s;t,</L>
<L>And I can make them blow which way I li&s;t;</L>
<L>Thee I will into my pavilion bring,</L>
<L>And over thee will &s;pread my &s;aving wing.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="35">
<HEAD>35</HEAD>
<L>When flouds de&s;cend I will for thee provide,</L>
<L>And in the hollow of my hand thee hide,</L>
<L>Where evermore in &s;afety thou &s;halt be,</L>
<L>If thou art willing &s;till to work for me;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="36">
<HEAD>36</HEAD>
<L>For I will do my part as thou &s;halt &s;ee,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e my work ea&s;y be to thee:</L>
<L><HI>My</HI> Vineyard I will hedge in round about,</L>
<L>To keep the wild Boar of the Forre&s;t out,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="37">
<HEAD>37</HEAD>
<L>That &s;o he may not break my tender Vine,</L>
<L>Which does begin about me for to twine;</L>
<PB N="32" REF="21">
<L>For he about the hedge doth lye and lurk,</L>
<L>To enter in and &s;poil my Vineyard-work.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="38">
<HEAD>38</HEAD>
<L>He and all other &s;uch like rav'nous Bea&s;t,</L>
<L>&V;pon my choice&s;t Grapes delights to Fea&s;t;</L>
<L>But he and they with all their &s;trength and malice,</L>
<L><HI>My</HI> Vineyard &s;hall not hurt nor yet demoli&s;h.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="39">
<HEAD>39</HEAD>
<L>The Valleys I will fill with mod'rate &s;howers,</L>
<L>For to refre&s;h my tender plants and Flowers,</L>
<L>On them <HI>I</HI> will my warming dews di&s;till,</L>
<L>And cau&s;e them to &s;end forth their fragrant &s;mell.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="40">
<HEAD>40</HEAD>
<L>&V;pon my Flowers gentle Gales &s;hall blow,</L>
<L>To take off all the du&s;t, that they may &s;how</L>
<L><HI>Mo&s;t</HI> plea&s;ant and delightful to mine Eye,</L>
<L>When <HI>I</HI> about my Vineyard do pa&s;s by.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="41">
<HEAD>41</HEAD>
<L><HI>I</HI> often walk my Vineyard, for to &s;ee</L>
<L>If any of my Servants idle be,</L>
<L>And if my Labourers do work and toil,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> often give to them a plea&s;ant &s;mile:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="42">
<HEAD>42</HEAD>
<L>But if my Servants loitering are found,</L>
<L>Then <HI>I</HI> on them doth give an angry frown;</L>
<L>It's for their good that <HI>I</HI> do &s;erve them &s;o,</L>
<L>That they no more a loitering may go.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="43">
<HEAD>43</HEAD>
<L>Remember thou much of thy time ha&s;t &s;pent,</L>
<L>Thy time now to redeem be diligent</L>
<L>Labour therefore with all thy force and might,</L>
<L>And <HI>I</HI> will give to thee what is thy right,</L>
<L>A Penny thou &s;halt have as well as they</L>
<L>Which bore the heat and burden of the day.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="33" REF="21">
<HEAD>A Meditation compo&s;ed into Ver&s;e, on the 25th. <HI>Chapter</HI> of <HI>Matthew.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>TEN <HI>Virgins</HI> took their <HI>Lamps</HI> and went</L>
<L>their <HI>Bridegroom</HI> for to meet;</L>
<L>But <HI>five</HI> of them their <HI>Oyl</HI> had &s;pent;</L>
<L>their <HI>Lamps</HI> they could not fit;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>For <HI>five</HI> of them were <HI>wi&s;e</HI> ye know,</L>
<L>the other <HI>fooli&s;h</HI> were,</L>
<L>Yet they for company would go,</L>
<L>their pains they would not &s;pare:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>And they like <HI>fools</HI> did nothing doubt,</L>
<L>but took their <HI>Lamps</HI> with them,</L>
<L>And did not for no <HI>Oyl</HI> look out,</L>
<L>until the <HI>Bridegroom</HI> came:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>But while the <HI>Bridegrom</HI> tarried</L>
<L>a little by the way,</L>
<L>All tho&s;e <HI>Ten Virgins</HI> &s;lumbered,</L>
<L>and &s;o they &s;leeping lay,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Until a <HI>midnight-cry</HI> there was,</L>
<L>to call them from their &s;leep:</L>
<L>Behold! the <HI>Bridegroom</HI> coming is,</L>
<L>go forth ye him to meet.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Then all tho&s;e <HI>Virgins</HI> did ari&s;e</L>
<L>their <HI>Lamps</HI> to fit and trim,</L>
<L>And the <HI>five Virgins</HI> that were <HI>wi&s;e</HI></L>
<L>their <HI>Lamps</HI> fill'd to the brim.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<PB N="34" REF="22">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>The fooli&s;h <HI>Virgins</HI> did not &s;o;</L>
<L>no Oyl they had in &s;tore,</L>
<L>Therefore their <HI>Lamps</HI> they out did go,</L>
<L>never was lighted more.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>The Fools then to the Wi&s;e did &s;ay,</L>
<L>give us now of your Oyl;</L>
<L>For we mu&s;t ha&s;ten &s;oon away,</L>
<L>now we have heard our call.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>The Wi&s;e then &s;aid unto them no,</L>
<L>we dare not be &s;o bold;</L>
<L>Rather unto the place now go</L>
<L>where it is to be &s;old;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>For if we give our Oyl to you,</L>
<L>our Ve&s;&s;els be &s;o &s;mall;</L>
<L>Then we &s;hall want it to renew,</L>
<L>and trim our <HI>Lamps</HI> withal.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>The fooli&s;h <HI>Virgins</HI> they had been</L>
<L>lingring &s;o long before,</L>
<L>Until the <HI>Bridegroom</HI> entred in</L>
<L>and &s;hut them out of Door.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>But them that ready was before</L>
<L>unto the Marriage went,</L>
<L>Their <HI>Bridegroom</HI> ever to adore,</L>
<L>unto their hearts content.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>The other <HI>Virgins</HI> with vain hope,</L>
<L>&s;aid, <HI>Lord! open to us,</HI></L>
<L>And if thou wilt the Door but ope,</L>
<L>then we will be thy Gue&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>The&s;e <HI>Virgins</HI> unto the Door came,</L>
<L>as though they Oyl had got:</L>
<PB N="35" REF="22">
<L>But then the Lord did &s;ay to them,</L>
<L>verily <HI>I know you not.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>But when the Son of Man &s;hall come</L>
<L>with all his glorious train,</L>
<L>To &s;it upon his Father's Throne,</L>
<L>for ever to remain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>All Nations gathered &s;hall be,</L>
<L>before him they &s;hall &s;tand,</L>
<L>And they &s;hall Separated be,</L>
<L>by his Almighty hand.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>And as a Shepherd doth divide</L>
<L>clear from the Goats the Sheep;</L>
<L>Chri&s;t for his Sheep will then provide;</L>
<L>he will them &s;afely keep.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>His Sheep &s;hall &s;it at his Right-hand,</L>
<L>none &s;hall them hunt away;</L>
<L>The Goats &s;hall &s;tand at his Left-hand,</L>
<L>but little time to &s;tay:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
<L>And then the King will &s;ay to all</L>
<L>that &s;its at his Right-hand,</L>
<L>Enter the Kingdom great and &s;mall;</L>
<L>po&s;&s;e&s;s my holy Land.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20</HEAD>
<L>When I was Hungry you did Feed</L>
<L>my pinched Body poor,</L>
<L>And did admini&s;ter to my need</L>
<L>when I &s;tood at your Door.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21</HEAD>
<L>When I was Sick, and very Weak,</L>
<L>a Stranger poor and thin,</L>
<L>Then on me you did pity take,</L>
<L>and you did let me in.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="22">
<PB N="36" REF="23">
<HEAD>22</HEAD>
<L>When Naked was you did me Cloath:</L>
<L>when Thir&s;ty gave me Drink;</L>
<L>When others did my Per&s;on loath,</L>
<L>and &s;carce on me did think:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="23">
<HEAD>23</HEAD>
<L>And when I did in Pri&s;on lye,</L>
<L>oppre&s;&s;ed there with grief,</L>
<L>Ye came to &s;ee my mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>and gave me &s;ome relief.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>And then &s;hall the Righteous &s;ay.</HEAD>
<LG N="24">
<HEAD>24</HEAD>
<L>Lord when &s;aw we thy Body &s;o</L>
<L>oppre&s;&s;ed thus with grief,</L>
<L>And when did we unto thee go,</L>
<L>and gave to thee relief.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Then &s;hall the King an&s;wer.</HEAD>
<LG N="25">
<HEAD>25</HEAD>
<L><HI>Do not inquire how or when,</HI></L>
<L><HI>now you this thing &s;hall &s;ee,</HI></L>
<L><HI>If done unto my Bretheren,</HI></L>
<L><HI>you'ave done it unto me.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="26">
<HEAD>26</HEAD>
<L><HI>Enter into my Kingdom now,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and you &s;hall plainly &s;ee,</HI></L>
<L><HI>All Nations do before me bow,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and eke rejoyce in me;</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="27">
<HEAD>27</HEAD>
<L><HI>For it prepared was for you,</HI></L>
<L><HI>before the World begun,</HI></L>
<L><HI>And with my Blood purchas'd anew,</HI></L>
<L><HI>which from my Side did run.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="28">
<PB N="37" REF="23">
<HEAD>28</HEAD>
<L><HI>The King will &s;ay unto them all,</HI></L>
<L><HI>which are at his left hand,</HI></L>
<L>Depart, ye Cur&s;ed great and &s;mall,</L>
<L>no longer here &s;hall &s;tand.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="29">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<L>Into Perdition you &s;hall go,</L>
<L>which is prepar'd for you,</L>
<L>To weep and wail in endle&s;s wo,</L>
<L>depart ye cur&s;ed Crew.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="30">
<HEAD>30</HEAD>
<L>When I was Hungry, you did &s;light</L>
<L>my pinched Body poor,</L>
<L>And with your Tongues you did me &s;mite,</L>
<L>and drove me from your Door.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="31">
<HEAD>31</HEAD>
<L>When I was Sick and very weak,</L>
<L>a Stranger poor and thin,</L>
<L>Then you of me a Scoff did make,</L>
<L>and would not take me in.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="32">
<HEAD>32</HEAD>
<L>When I did bare and naked go,</L>
<L>you did not on me think,</L>
<L>When I was faint with Thirst al&s;o,</L>
<L>you gave to me no Drink.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="33">
<HEAD>33</HEAD>
<L>And when I did in Pri&s;on lye</L>
<L>oppre&s;&s;ed there with Grief,</L>
<L>The Pri&s;on you would not come nigh,</L>
<L>to give to me relief.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Then &s;hall the Wicked &s;ay</HEAD>
<LG N="34">
<HEAD>34</HEAD>
<L>Lord when did we thy Body &s;ee,</L>
<L>oppre&s;&s;ed thus with Grief,</L>
<PB N="38" REF="24">
<L>And did not mini&s;ter unto thee,</L>
<L>to give to thee Relief?</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>CHRIST's An&s;wer.</HEAD>
<LG N="35">
<HEAD>35</HEAD>
<L>To you this Parable &s;hall be &s;hown,</L>
<L>and now you &s;hall it &s;ee,</L>
<L>You done it not to the&s;e my own,</L>
<L>you done it not to me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="36">
<HEAD>36</HEAD>
<L>And the&s;e &s;hall go to endle&s;s wo,</L>
<L>for ever to remain,</L>
<L>The Righteous into Bli&s;s al&s;o,</L>
<L>like Princes for to reign.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>YE Virgins now no longer &s;it</L>
<L>drow&s;ing as you have been,</L>
<L>For when the Bridegroom's Door is &s;hut</L>
<L>there is no entring in.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ye Sleepy Virgins of this Land,</L>
<L>trim up your Lamps with &s;peed,</L>
<L>The Midnight Cry is near at hand</L>
<L>therefore beware, take heed,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And do no longer Sleeping lay</L>
<L>but on your Watch be found,</L>
<L>Then in that ble&s;&s;ed marriage day</L>
<L>your Joys they will abound.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="39" REF="24">
<HEAD>The Author<HI>'s</HI> Request.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>LORD give me Oyl of thy Free Grace</L>
<L>my Ve&s;&s;el for to fill,</L>
<L>And help me to run out my Race,</L>
<L>in doing of thy will.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Help me to clean&s;e my Lamp about</L>
<L>from all the &s;tinking Snuffs,</L>
<L>So that it may not Wiffer out</L>
<L>with any windy Puffs.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>But that my Lamp it may burn clear,</L>
<L>to light me on the way,</L>
<L>That I may meet my Bridegroom Dear,</L>
<L>him to Adore for Aye.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Lord give me Talents, Two or Five,</L>
<L>which &s;eemeth good to thee,</L>
<L>Them to Improve, then I will &s;trive,</L>
<L>Lord give them unto me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>But if it be thy Plea&s;ure, Lord,</L>
<L>to give to me but One,</L>
<L>And I &s;hould in the Earth it hoard,</L>
<L>then I &s;hall be Undone.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Therefore my God, for Je&s;us &s;ake,</L>
<L>give me a bigger Portion,</L>
<L>And grant I may it double make,</L>
<L>unto my great Promotion.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<PB N="40" REF="25">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Oh grant I may not be like him,</L>
<L>which in his Heart &s;hall &s;ay,</L>
<L>My Lord delayeth for to come,</L>
<L>he will yet longer &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>But that I may both Watch and Pray,</L>
<L>and waiting be al&s;o,</L>
<L>That when my Lord &s;hall come, I may</L>
<L>be ready for to go.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>A Meditation on <HI>Luke</HI> the 19th.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>OUR ble&s;&s;ed Lord and King is gone</L>
<L>a Kingdom to receive,</L>
<L>And for to purcha&s;e them a Crown</L>
<L>that doth on him believe:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>But when he will return again,</L>
<L>no mortal Man can &s;how;</L>
<L>And to inquire 'tis in vain,</L>
<L>the Angels do not know.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<PB N="41" REF="25">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>The King called his Servants then,</L>
<L>which was in number Ten;</L>
<L>The meaning of the Parable,</L>
<L>it is all &s;orts of Men.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>He gave a Pound to ev'ry one,</L>
<L>as you may plainly &s;ee,</L>
<L>In order for to trade upon,</L>
<L>that none may idle be:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>And when the King does come again</L>
<L>tho&s;e Servants he will call,</L>
<L>To &s;ee where it be &s;pent in vain,</L>
<L>what they &s;hould trade withal.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>The fir&s;t unto the King &s;hall &s;ay,</L>
<L>thy Pound hath gained Ten;</L>
<L>I willing was to trade each day,</L>
<L>till thou did&s;t come agen.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>The &s;econd al&s;o he &s;hall &s;ay,</L>
<L>thy Pound hath gained Five;</L>
<L>I willing was to trade alway,</L>
<L>that I with it may thrive.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>You good and faithful Servants are,</L>
<L>the King will then reply;</L>
<L>You of my Trea&s;ure takes a care,</L>
<L>and did not idle lye.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<PB N="42" REF="26">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Enter therefore, into my re&s;t,</L>
<L>my glorious Throne to &s;ee,</L>
<L>And you &s;hall evermore be ble&s;t,</L>
<L>to all Eternity.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Another came and he did &s;ay,</L>
<L>Lord, here's thy Pound again,</L>
<L>I did up in a Napkin lay,</L>
<L>lo! here it doth remain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>I know thou art an au&s;tere Man;</L>
<L>of thee I was afraid:</L>
<L>Therefore I kept it in my hand,</L>
<L>and would not with it trade.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Thou gathere&s;t, but wilt not &s;trew,</L>
<L>and reap, but wilt not &s;ow;</L>
<L>And thou do&s;t keep all in thy view,</L>
<L>nothing thou wilt let go.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Then &s;hall the King &s;ay;</HEAD>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>If thou hast known me &s;uch an one,</L>
<L>for to exact on thee,</L>
<L>Thou &s;hould&s;t my Money then have thrown</L>
<L>into the &V;&s;ury.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>Thou wicked art, and &s;loathful too;</L>
<L>thy Mouth hath Judged thee;</L>
<PB N="43" REF="26">
<L>Thou &s;halt to outward darkne&s;s go;</L>
<L>appointed 'tis by me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L><HI>When this is done, the King will ri&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and to his Angels &s;ay;</HI></L>
<L>Bring forth all tho&s;e mine Enemies,</L>
<L>before me now and &s;lay.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>The Drunkards, and Fal&s;e Swearers all</L>
<L>before me come and &s;lay;</L>
<L>They would not hearken to my call,</L>
<L>nor yet my Voice obey.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>Both Lyers, Whore-mongers, and Proud,</L>
<L>which live in high renown;</L>
<L>They for my Vengeance cry aloud,</L>
<L>on them to pour it down.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>Come bring the Thief, and Covetous,</L>
<L>with all the wicked Race,</L>
<L>And all that hate my holy Laws,</L>
<L>&s;lay them before my Face.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
<L>Come bring forth the La&s;civious crew,</L>
<L>the Hypocrite al&s;o;</L>
<L>For they together now must rew,</L>
<L>and in the Lake must go.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20</HEAD>
<L>The Glutten, and the Revellours,</L>
<L>and Sabbath-breakers too,</L>
<PB N="44" REF="27">
<L>They all mu&s;t &s;hare like Levellours;</L>
<L>their Mirth will end in woe.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21</HEAD>
<L>Come forth tho&s;e wicked Sinners all,</L>
<L>living and dying &s;o;</L>
<L>For <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ou under my Wrath &s;hall fall,</L>
<L>and into Hell mu&s;t go.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Author's Request.</HEAD>
<LG N="22">
<HEAD>22</HEAD>
<L>Lord, lend me thy Almighty hand,</L>
<L>and I will trade for thee,</L>
<L>And grant I in the Lot may &s;tand</L>
<L>with them that Saved be.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="45" REF="27">
<HEAD>A Meditation on the 9th. 10th. and 11th. <HI>Chapters</HI> of <HI>Exodus.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>THE Childeren of <HI>I&s;rael</HI></L>
<L>mu&s;t unto <HI>Egypt</HI> go,</L>
<L>And there as Strangers they mu&s;t dwell;</L>
<L>the Lord had &s;poken &s;o:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>And for full four hundered Year,</L>
<L>as you may plainly &s;ee;</L>
<L>In Bondage they afflicted were,</L>
<L>under <HI>Pharoah</HI>'s cruelty:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>For <HI>Pharoah,</HI> and his <HI>Servants</HI> they,</L>
<L>on them &s;uch Burdens laid,</L>
<L>Which made them to cry out and &s;ay</L>
<L>we greatly are di&s;may'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Their Task-ma&s;ters they were &s;o cruel,</L>
<L>and did them &s;o afflict;</L>
<L>They would allow them no more Fuel</L>
<L>wherewith to burn their Brick:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Yet you &s;hall the full Tale return</L>
<L>from each particular Man;</L>
<L>But you &s;hall have no Straw to burn;</L>
<L>get Straw where e'er you can:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<PB N="46" REF="28">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>And when their <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> threatned &s;o,</L>
<L>It &s;mote their Hearts with trouble,</L>
<L>Then they unto the Fields did go,</L>
<L>and plucked up the Stubble.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>In order to fulfil their Tale,</L>
<L>full hard to work they went,</L>
<L>In hopes that they &s;hould then prevail</L>
<L>their <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> to content.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>But they could not their work compleat,</L>
<L>as they had done before,</L>
<L>Then <HI>Pharoah</HI>'s <HI>Servants</HI> did them beat,</L>
<L>'cau&s;e they had done no more.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>They were with Burdens bowed down,</L>
<L>and they had no relief;</L>
<L>And <HI>Pharoah</HI> that did wear the Crown,</L>
<L>he added to their grief:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Then to the Lord they made their moan,</L>
<L>and unto him did cry;</L>
<L>So that the Lord did hear them groan</L>
<L>under their mi&s;ery;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>And for his own great mercy's &s;ake,</L>
<L>his People he will &s;ave;</L>
<L>And for the Cov'nant he did make,</L>
<L>and unto <HI>Abra'am</HI> gave.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<PB N="47" REF="28">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L><HI>Mo&s;es</HI> and <HI>Aaron,</HI> they mu&s;t &s;how</L>
<L>this me&s;&s;age to the King,</L>
<L>Now you mu&s;t let all <HI>I&s;rael</HI> go,</L>
<L>the&s;e tidings they did bring.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>The Lord &s;ent us thee to advi&s;e,</L>
<L>to let this People re&s;t;</L>
<L>For they to him mu&s;t Sacrifice,</L>
<L>in the great Wilderne&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>The King then in a rage did &s;ay,</L>
<L>it never &s;hall be &s;o;</L>
<L>Who is the Lord, I &s;hould Obey,</L>
<L>in letting <HI>I&s;rael</HI> go?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>The Lord, Jehovah is his Name,</L>
<L>and &s;oon thou &s;halt him know,</L>
<L>By Signs and Wonders of great Fame,</L>
<L>to morrow he will &s;how.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>The Lord then &s;mote them all with Blood,</L>
<L>throughout their Land &s;o wide;</L>
<L>They had no Water that was good,</L>
<L>&s;o that for Thir&s;t they cry'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>He &s;ent among&s;t them Frogs and Flys,</L>
<L>and Murrain on their Bea&s;t,</L>
<L>And all to ope their darkned Eyes,</L>
<L>that they from Sin might cea&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<PB N="48" REF="29">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>God &s;ent them Lice, with Hail, and Fire,</L>
<L>and Pe&s;tilence al&s;o;</L>
<L>But <HI>Pharoah</HI> yet had no de&s;ire</L>
<L>to let poor <HI>I&s;rael</HI> go.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
<L>The Locu&s;ts they did vex them &s;ore,</L>
<L>yet all was but in vain;</L>
<L>For <HI>Pharoah</HI>'s heart was hardned more,</L>
<L>and &s;o he did remain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20</HEAD>
<L>Then God did &s;end them one Plague more,</L>
<L>with great contempt and &s;corn,</L>
<L>Which made th' <HI>Egyptians</HI> for to roar;</L>
<L>he &s;lew all their Fir&s;t born:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21</HEAD>
<L>Then <HI>Pharoah</HI> ro&s;e up in the Night,</L>
<L>and thru&s;t them from his Land;</L>
<L>For he did &s;ee the Lord did fight</L>
<L>with his Almighty hand.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="22">
<HEAD>22</HEAD>
<L>The wi&s;e Magicians of the Land,</L>
<L>they all were &s;ore affrighted;</L>
<L>Before the Lord they could not &s;tand;</L>
<L>for they were all benighted.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="23">
<HEAD>23</HEAD>
<L>But when the King did under&s;tand,</L>
<L>that <HI>I&s;rael</HI> was gone,</L>
<L>And that no more into his Land</L>
<L>they never would return:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="24">
<PB N="49" REF="29">
<HEAD>24</HEAD>
<L>Then <HI>Pharoah</HI> after <HI>I&s;rael</HI> went,</L>
<L>with all his mighty ho&s;t;</L>
<L>For in his heart was no content,</L>
<L>he after them did Po&s;t;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="25">
<HEAD>25</HEAD>
<L>And found them Campt by the Red-Sea,</L>
<L>then thought they were his own;</L>
<L>But <HI>Pharoah</HI> and his mighty ho&s;t,</L>
<L>they &s;oon was over-thrown.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="26">
<HEAD>26</HEAD>
<L>Then to the Lord did <HI>I&s;rael</HI> cry,</L>
<L>for they were &s;ore afraid,</L>
<L>When they beheld their Enemy</L>
<L>coming with mighty aid:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="27">
<HEAD>27</HEAD>
<L>And then they did with <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> chide,</L>
<L>and vexed him full &s;ore;</L>
<L>Would God we had in <HI>Egypt</HI> dy'd,</L>
<L>and had been &s;een no more.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="28">
<HEAD>28</HEAD>
<L>Becau&s;e their were not Graves enough</L>
<L>in <HI>Egypt</HI> for to lye;</L>
<L>Therefore you now have brought us forth</L>
<L>i'th' Wilderne&s;s to die.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="29">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<L>Then God did make the Sea to &s;tand</L>
<L>on each &s;ide on a heap;</L>
<L>And God led <HI>I&s;rael</HI> by the hand,</L>
<L>through that great mighty deep.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="30">
<HEAD>30</HEAD>
<L>Then after them <HI>Pharoah</HI> did Po&s;t,</L>
<L>even at their very Heels;</L>
<PB N="50" REF="30">
<L>Then God to trouble <HI>Pharoah</HI>'s ho&s;t</L>
<L>took off their Chariot Wheels;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="31">
<HEAD>31</HEAD>
<L>So that their Chariots could not run,</L>
<L>nor after <HI>I&s;rael</HI> go,</L>
<L>Until the Waters did return,</L>
<L>and them did over-throw.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="32">
<HEAD>32</HEAD>
<L>Six hundred thou&s;and great and &s;mall,</L>
<L>with flocks and herds al&s;o;</L>
<L>Nothing of <HI>I&s;rael</HI>'s did fail,</L>
<L>but through the Sea did go;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="33">
<HEAD>33</HEAD>
<L>Becau&s;e the Sea it was a Wall</L>
<L>for them on every &s;ide;</L>
<L>Al&s;o the Lord the chief of all</L>
<L>was unto them a guide.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="34">
<HEAD>34</HEAD>
<L>It was not &s;o with <HI>Pharaoh</HI>'s ho&s;t,</L>
<L>for God on them did frown;</L>
<L>Therefore they all in Sea was lo&s;t,</L>
<L>and all their Army drown'd:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And on the Morrow they lay dead,</L>
<L>in heaps upon the Shore;</L>
<L>Their Bodies lay unburied,</L>
<L>and they return'd no more.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="36">
<HEAD>36</HEAD>
<L>To &s;how the Power of the Lord,</L>
<L>in doing of this thing,</L>
<L>And that in all the World abroad,</L>
<L>the Fame thereof may ring.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="37">
<PB N="51" REF="30">
<HEAD>37</HEAD>
<L>But <HI>I&s;rael</HI> out of that di&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>they tempted then the Lord,</L>
<L>And griev'd him in the Wilderne&s;s;</L>
<L>thus they did him reward.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="38">
<HEAD>38</HEAD>
<L>His holy Laws, and Statutes pure,</L>
<L>then they did not regard,</L>
<L>And they could &s;carcely them indure,</L>
<L>their hearts were grown &s;o hard.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="39">
<HEAD>39</HEAD>
<L>They murmured along the way;</L>
<L>to <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> they reply'd,</L>
<L>Oh that we had not &s;een this day,</L>
<L>but had in <HI>Egypt</HI> dy'd;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="40">
<HEAD>40</HEAD>
<L>For when we were in <HI>Egypt</HI> fed,</L>
<L>and by the Fle&s;h-pot were;</L>
<L>Then we had all our fill of Bread,</L>
<L>of Onions had no &s;pare:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="41">
<HEAD>41</HEAD>
<L>But now we and our little ones,</L>
<L>our flocks and herds al&s;o,</L>
<L>For Thir&s;t and Hunger often grones,</L>
<L>as we along doth go;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="42">
<HEAD>42</HEAD>
<L>For this light Bread our Souls do loath,</L>
<L>our Stomachs it doth cloy;</L>
<L>This Manna that comes from above,</L>
<L>and feeds us every day.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="43">
<HEAD>43</HEAD>
<L>When <HI>I&s;rael</HI> did murmur thus,</L>
<L>the Lord &s;trait-way did hear;</L>
<PB N="52" REF="31" MS="y">
<L>Therefore in the great Wilderne&s;s</L>
<L>he led them forty year.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="44">
<HEAD>44</HEAD>
<L>Becau&s;e they had provok'd him &s;o,</L>
<L>the Lord did then prophe&s;s</L>
<L>They &s;hould not into <HI>Canaan</HI> go,</L>
<L>that good Land to po&s;&s;e&s;s:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="45">
<HEAD>45</HEAD>
<L>But all your little ones &s;hall go,</L>
<L>your flocks and herds be&s;ide,</L>
<L><HI>Caleb,</HI> and <HI>Jo&s;hua</HI> al&s;o,</L>
<L>the Land for to divide.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="46">
<HEAD>46</HEAD>
<L>When into <HI>Canaan</HI> they were got,</L>
<L>and in that Land did dwell,</L>
<L>Then they in Wickedne&s;s were hot,</L>
<L>they &s;oon to Whoredom fell:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="47">
<HEAD>47</HEAD>
<L>Then <HI>Je&s;uran</HI> waxt fat and thick,</L>
<L>and at the Lord did kick;</L>
<L>They had forgot when 'twas their Lot,</L>
<L>in <HI>Egypt</HI> to make brick.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="53" REF="31">
<HEAD>A Meditation on <HI>Solomon</HI>'s Temple.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>THere was a Temple in <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI></L>
<L>Wherein the Lord Jehovah &s;et his Name,</L>
<L>King <HI>Solomon</HI> the Temple he did build,</L>
<L>A finer Temple never was beheld.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>It was a City of &s;o great a Fame;</L>
<L>To Trafick thither many Nations came;</L>
<L>The Tribes of <HI>I&s;rael</HI> was dwelling there,</L>
<L>Which was the <HI>Jews</HI> as plainly doth appear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>God with his gracious Pre&s;ence blest them &s;o,</L>
<L>Which made them into multitudes to grow;</L>
<L>Riches and Honour he to them did give,</L>
<L>And made them in that plea&s;ant Land to Live.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Al&s;o his coun&s;el he did give to them,</L>
<L>That they &s;hould Love, Obey, and Honour him,</L>
<L>And more than this, likewi&s;e he did provide;</L>
<L>He &s;ent his Priests and Prophets them to guide,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>And when they did of all that good pertake,</L>
<L>They quickly did their gracious God for&s;ake:</L>
<L>His Priests and Prophets they could not abide;</L>
<L>Them they did mock and likewi&s;e &s;ore deride.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>And &s;oon was turned out of the right way,</L>
<L>The Lord they would not honour nor obey,</L>
<PB N="54" REF="32">
<L>The Lord Jehovah they did then contemn;</L>
<L>They would not yield he &s;hould reign over them:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>But made them Idol-gods, and them did &s;erve,</L>
<L>And from the true and living God did &s;werve:</L>
<L>The Lord their City then did over-throw,</L>
<L>Into Captivity he made them go:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>And for their Infidelity and Pride,</L>
<L>Full Seventy Years he made them there abide.</L>
<L>When they were bound, and in Captivity,</L>
<L>Afflicted there with grief and mi&s;ery;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>They thought upon the goodne&s;s of their Lord,</L>
<L>Which formerly he did to them afford:</L>
<L>But then &s;aid they, his goodne&s;s we did &s;light;</L>
<L>Therefore we now are cast out of his &s;ight.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Our dance is turned into great vexation,</L>
<L>Al&s;o our Joy into a Lamentation;</L>
<L>Likewi&s;e the Crown is fallen from our head;</L>
<L>And Wo to us, that ever we Sinned:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>For this our hearts are faint, our eyes are dim,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e we have &s;o high provoked him</L>
<L>Which &s;hould have &s;way'd the Scepter over us,</L>
<L>Then we &s;hould not have been afflicted thus.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>Lord, &s;how to us thy mercy &s;peedily;</L>
<L>Be not for ever with us angery:</L>
<L>Draw not thine anger out against us, Lord!</L>
<L>But unto us &s;ome pitty now afford.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<PB N="55" REF="32">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Return, O Lord, and make thy City &s;trong,</L>
<L>For unto thee the City doth belong;</L>
<L>It is thy own, and it was proved &s;o,</L>
<L>When we into Captivity did go.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>The Lord did hearken then unto their cry,</L>
<L>And brought them out from their Captivity;</L>
<L>He from their Enemies did them remove</L>
<L>Becau&s;e he is a God of pure Love.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>He brought them back unto their Scituation,</L>
<L>And them he vi&s;ited with his Salvation.</L>
<L>Oh that the People they would prai&s;e the Lord,</L>
<L>For all his wondrous works he doth afford;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>And for his goodne&s;s he extends to them,</L>
<L>In &s;hewing mercy to the Sons of men;</L>
<L>The Longing Soul he filled hath with good,</L>
<L>The Hungry Soul refre&s;heth with his food.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>All of his People which did &s;uffer wrong,</L>
<L>And were in Iron Fetters bound full &s;trong;</L>
<L>When they did &s;eriou&s;ly upon him call,</L>
<L>He heard their cry, and brought them out of thrall.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>Oh that the People they would prai&s;e the Lord,</L>
<L>For all his wondrous works he doth afford;</L>
<L>And for his goodne&s;s he extends to them,</L>
<L>In giving Pardon to the Sons of men.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="56" REF="33">
<HEAD>A Meditation on <HI>Chri&s;t</HI>'s Ancient Vine-yard.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>THE Lord of Glory had a <HI>Vine-yard</HI> fair,</L>
<L>Whereof he took a very tender care,</L>
<L>And he did hedge it in all round about,</L>
<L>Al&s;o the Stones he gathered them out.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>He Planted it with the mo&s;t choice&s;t <HI>Vine,</HI></L>
<L>Becau&s;e it &s;hould yield him the &s;weete&s;t Wine;</L>
<L>I'th' mid&s;t of it he built a Tower high,</L>
<L>For to be &s;een by all that pa&s;&s;ed by.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>A Wine-pre&s;s he did make therein al&s;o,</L>
<L>That the delicious Wine might overflow;</L>
<L>And when the Lord at this expen&s;e had been,</L>
<L>He Let it out unto &s;ome Husband-men:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>And when the time of Fruit was almo&s;t come,</L>
<L>Then of the Fruit the Lord de&s;ired &s;ome;</L>
<L>He &s;ent his Servants forthwith out of hand,</L>
<L>Unto his Husband-men for to demand</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Some of the Fruit which did belong to him</L>
<L>But the vile Husband-men abu&s;ed them;</L>
<L>Some of his Servants they did &s;orely beat,</L>
<L>The other they did evilly intreat,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<PB N="57" REF="33">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>The&s;e wicked Husband-men they killed one,</L>
<L>The other they mo&s;t cruelly did Stone;</L>
<L>So then the Lord he &s;ent forth Servants more</L>
<L>Than he had &s;ent out at the time before:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>But they did beat and kill them too likewi&s;e,</L>
<L>And did the Servants of their Lord de&s;pi&s;e:</L>
<L>But la&s;t of all he &s;ent his Son to them,</L>
<L>Saying, they now will &s;urely rev'rance him,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>Whom when they &s;aw among&s;t them&s;elves did &s;ay,</L>
<L>This is the Heir let's make him clear away,</L>
<L>And let us &s;ieze on his Inheritance;</L>
<L>For we thereby our &s;elves &s;hall high advance.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Out of their <HI>Vine-yard</HI> then they did him ca&s;t,</L>
<L>And their de&s;ign they had on him at la&s;t;</L>
<L>They caught and bound, and then they did him kill,</L>
<L>And on him they fulfill'd their bloody Will.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>The great Lord of the <HI>Vine-yard</HI> then was wrath</L>
<L>When they had &s;lew his Son of Noble worth;</L>
<L>Their wicked doings did him &s;o provoke,</L>
<L>It made his Anger hot again&s;t them &s;moke:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>And then his <HI>Vine yard</HI>-wall he down did break</L>
<L>Which wall before for &s;afety he did make,</L>
<L>And left it for the rav'nous Bea&s;ts of Prey,</L>
<L>Which wall is not made up unto this day.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Vine-yard</HI>'s eaten up the walls trod down,</L>
<L>Which was a <HI>Vine-yard</HI> once of high Renown;</L>
<PB N="58" REF="34">
<L>And it is de&s;olate unto this day,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the Lord did take the hedge away.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>And then the Lord did &s;courge the Husbandmen</L>
<L>In order for to purge away their Sin;</L>
<L>Their Cities he mo&s;t de&s;olate did make,</L>
<L>And eke their Hou&s;es utterly for&s;ake.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>With Famine he did vex them very &s;ore;</L>
<L>They never &s;uch a Famine felt before;</L>
<L>Their little ones they &s;wooned in the Street,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e they had no Bread for them to Eat.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>Their Skin which was &s;o ruddy fair and fat,</L>
<L>Like to an Oven it was turned black;</L>
<L>The Virgins hung their Heads down to the ground,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the Famine did &s;o &s;ore abound.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>The &s;ucking Infant at the Mother's brea&s;t,</L>
<L>Their Tongues cleav'd to their Mouths for very thir&s;t;</L>
<L>While they for &s;u&s;tenance did &s;eek about,</L>
<L>Their Souls did in their Bo&s;oms pour out.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>The delicate Women did her Children Eat</L>
<L>For want of Food the Famine was &s;o great.</L>
<L>Young men and Virgins in the Streets did &s;woon'd,</L>
<L>Like to the Slain they lay upon the gro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">nd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>The Lord did fill their Cities &s;o with angui&s;h,</L>
<L>Which made the rampart of the wall to langui&s;h,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e upon the Lord's Inheritance</L>
<L>They &s;iezed had, them&s;elves for to advance.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="19">
<PB N="59" REF="34" MS="y">
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
<L>The Elders mourning &s;at upon the ground,</L>
<L>Their Loyns with Sackcloth they had girded round</L>
<L>The pittiful Women &s;od their Children dear,</L>
<L>And did them Eat as plainly doth appear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20</HEAD>
<L>They were more cruel than the O&s;terige,</L>
<L>When they were cut with hunger in the &s;iege;</L>
<L>The Lord to them no pitty did afford;</L>
<L>He &s;lew the Prie&s;ts and Prophets with the Sword.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21</HEAD>
<L>Into Captivity then they did go,</L>
<L>And there the Lord did make them for to know</L>
<L>Their Wickedne&s;s which they to him had done,</L>
<L>In &s;laying of his dear and only Son.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="22">
<HEAD>22</HEAD>
<L>Their famous City burned was with Fire,</L>
<L>According as their Sin did then require:</L>
<L>But yet the Lord has promi&s;ed to call</L>
<L>Them back again, and bring them out of thrall;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="23">
<HEAD>23</HEAD>
<L>Becau&s;e the Lord a Covenant did make,</L>
<L>The Seed of <HI>Abra'am</HI> he will not for&s;ake;</L>
<L>Then they &s;hall it confe&s;s, and not deny</L>
<L>'Twas they his only Son did Crucify.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<PB N="60" REF="35">
<HEAD>A Dialogue between <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> the Phy&s;ician of Value, and a <HI>Soul</HI> &s;en&s;ible of the worth of his Cure.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Christ.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>HO! every one that thir&s;teth come to me,</L>
<L>And Living-waters I will give you free;</L>
<L>Here's Milk and Wine, al&s;o it is my Will</L>
<L>That you &s;hall drink thereof and take your fill.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Lord here am I a dry and thir&s;ty one,</L>
<L>For draught my Fle&s;h it cleaveth to the Bone;</L>
<L>My Heart is chapt, my Mouth is dried up,</L>
<L>Lord of thy Wine and Milk give me one &s;up</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>For to refre&s;h my parched Heart &s;o dry,</L>
<L>Now I am in this great Extremity:</L>
<L>Thou bid'&s;t me come, but when I &s;trive to go,</L>
<L>I am &s;o weak I &s;tagger to and fro.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>I feeble am by rea&s;on of the Sting</L>
<L>Of &s;trong Corruption and in dwelling Sin;</L>
<L>It has &s;o wounded me in every part,</L>
<L>Al&s;o it has infected my whole Heart.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<PB N="61" REF="35">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>It has &s;o filled me with grief and wo,</L>
<L>I know not what to &s;ay, nor what to do:</L>
<L>I am all over Leperous with Sin,</L>
<L>And I a long time lived have therein.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>This Lepro&s;ie has over-run me &s;o;</L>
<L>I am &s;o faint I know not how to go;</L>
<L>And here upon my Couch of Earth I lye</L>
<L>A loath&s;ome Spectacle in my own Eye.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>My putrified Wounds corrupt and &s;tink,</L>
<L>And yet from Death I ready am to &s;hrink;</L>
<L>Becau&s;e I know not whither I &s;hall go,</L>
<L>Either to Bli&s;s, or to eternal Wo.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>I weary am to live, and loath to die,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e this Body in the Earth mu&s;t lye</L>
<L>A little while, and rai&s;ed be again,</L>
<L>If not to Joy, to everla&s;ting Pain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>The thoughts of this when I it think upon,</L>
<L>It makes me &s;end up many a &s;igh and groan</L>
<L>Unto my ever ble&s;&s;ed great <HI>Phy&s;ician,</HI></L>
<L>To pitty me in this my &s;ad condition.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Phy&s;ician.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>I even I can cure all thy pain;</L>
<L>For I can kill, and make alive again:</L>
<L>I bringeth down unto the Grave, and then</L>
<L>Again I &s;ay, return ye Sons of Men.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<PB N="62" REF="36">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>I have Rich Bal&s;om which can cure thy &s;mart,</L>
<L>And Pills to purge thy putrified Heart.</L>
<L>I have Rich Oyl to mollifie thy Bones</L>
<L>When thou do&s;t &s;end up to me &s;ighs and grones.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>I living water have to quench thy thir&s;t,</L>
<L>If thou wilt live, this water drink thou mu&s;t;</L>
<L>This water to thee I will freely give,</L>
<L>That thy poor thir&s;ty <HI>Soul</HI> may drink and live.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>What th&ocirc; thy Fle&s;h do wa&s;t away with pain,</L>
<L>I power have to rai&s;e it up again;</L>
<L>No weakne&s;s then &s;hall compa&s;s thee about,</L>
<L>When I again &s;hall make thee new throughout.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>I am the great <HI>Phy&s;ician,</HI> which can do</L>
<L>All cures unto thy Soul and Body too.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<L>Thou great, and Soul-<HI>Phy&s;ician,</HI> &s;peedily</L>
<L>Give me the&s;e cures before, I faint and die.</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Phy&s;ician.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>The&s;e cures they are partly of my trea&s;ure,</L>
<L>And I will give them to thee at my plea&s;ure.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>Fir&s;t I will give to thee a Cordial pure,</L>
<L>Which of it &s;elf will make a perfect cure;</L>
<L>Drink up this Golden-cordial, rich and good;</L>
<L>'Tis a compound made of my precious Blood.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<PB N="63" REF="36">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>This Cordial it will make thee for to &s;weat,</L>
<L>And out of every Vein Corruption &s;et;</L>
<L>Thy hand of Faith unto me hold it up,</L>
<L>For I will give it &s;trength to take this Cup.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>Come take a draught, and nothing of it doubt,</L>
<L>Drink heartily the Cordial will hold out:</L>
<L>But in thy drinking take a &s;pecial care,</L>
<L>Wa&s;te not a drop, it co&s;t me very dear;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
<L>And yet I freely give it unto thee,</L>
<L>So that thy Soul may live again to me:</L>
<L>What, though thou art corrupt in every part,</L>
<L>Here is glad Tidings which will cheer thy heart.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20</HEAD>
<L>I am a Fountain open &s;et, for all</L>
<L>Which in me tru&s;t, and on my name do call:</L>
<L>And in the Fountain of my Blood, thy Soul</L>
<L>I'll wa&s;h and bathe, until made perfect whole:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21</HEAD>
<L>But when thou art relieved from thy grief,</L>
<L>And ha&s;t by me obtained &s;uch relief;</L>
<L>See that thou willing art, and ready then</L>
<L>To &s;trengthen thy poor feeble Bretheren.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="22">
<HEAD>22</HEAD>
<L>Yet one more heavy burden I do bear,</L>
<L>Which to my great <HI>Phy&s;ician</HI> I'll declare;</L>
<L>An Enemy I meet with every day,</L>
<L>And dreadful &s;trokes upon me he does lay.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="23">
<PB N="64" REF="37">
<HEAD>23</HEAD>
<L>He with his darts of evil thoughts doth wound</L>
<L>My Soul, which makes my mi&s;ery abound;</L>
<L>His grand de&s;ign, and purpo&s;e every way</L>
<L>Is, how he may my Soul and Body &s;lay;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="24">
<HEAD>24</HEAD>
<L>Therefore my Soul-<HI>Phy&s;ician</HI> try thy skill,</L>
<L>That on me he may never have his Will.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Phy&s;ician.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="25">
<HEAD>25</HEAD>
<L>Come, do not fear, I'll take this cau&s;e away,</L>
<L>By purging Potions I'll give thee each day;</L>
<L>For when I do but once take thee in hand,</L>
<L>Thine Enemy before me cannot &s;tand;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="26">
<HEAD>26</HEAD>
<L>And when my Skill I do begin to try,</L>
<L>This Enemy will quickly from thee fly.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="27">
<HEAD>27</HEAD>
<L>But I have nothing for to &s;atisfy</L>
<L>My Lord, for all his precious Remedy;</L>
<L>For &s;ince tho&s;e mi&s;eries on me did fall,</L>
<L>In &s;eeking of a cure, I have &s;pent all.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Phy&s;ician.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="28">
<HEAD>28</HEAD>
<L>Yes, thou ha&s;t got a never dying Soul,</L>
<L>Who&s;e mi&s;ery I cannot but condole;</L>
<L>Re&s;ign thy Soul to me I thee advi&s;e,</L>
<L>I'll take that as a living Sacrifice;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="29">
<PB N="65" REF="37">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<L>And give thy &s;elf to me and my Protection,</L>
<L>And that &s;hall be to me full Satisfaction.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="30">
<HEAD>30</HEAD>
<L>Thy offer, Lord, I will take at thy hand,</L>
<L>My Soul and Body is at thy command;</L>
<L>And &s;eeing thou de&s;ire&s;t no more gain,</L>
<L>I'll give it freely, take it for thy Pain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="31">
<HEAD>31</HEAD>
<L>If I had Souls a thou&s;and millions more,</L>
<L>With all the Trea&s;ure of this floating Shore,</L>
<L>They were too little for to give to thee,</L>
<L>For all thy loving kindne&s;s unto me:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="32">
<HEAD>32</HEAD>
<L>But I, alas, can never gratify</L>
<L>My ble&s;t <HI>Phy&s;ician;</HI> therefore, till I dye,</L>
<L>I will be &s;peaking of his glorious Name,</L>
<L>And &s;pread abroad a little of his Fame.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="33">
<HEAD>33</HEAD>
<L>Ye Sin &s;ick Souls which are in mi&s;ery,</L>
<L>See that you ha&s;t to this <HI>Phy&s;ician</HI> high,</L>
<L>And he will quickly ea&s;e you of your &s;marts,</L>
<L>And give a Cordial to revive your hearts.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="34">
<HEAD>34</HEAD>
<L>He heals the Dumb, the Blind, the Pal&s;y Folk,</L>
<L>He makes the Deaf to hear, the Lame to walk;</L>
<L>He <HI>heals</HI> the Fever, and the Withered,</L>
<L>He <HI>rai&s;eth</HI> up to Life tho&s;e which <HI>are Dead,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="35">
<HEAD>35</HEAD>
<L>He <HI>heals</HI> the Lepers be they ne'er &s;o <HI>bad,</HI></L>
<L>Al&s;o he <HI>heals</HI> the <HI>Lunatick, and Mad:</HI></L>
<PB N="66" REF="38">
<L>To them that comes unto him mo&s;t in pain;</L>
<L>He handeth forth his Medicines amain.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="36">
<HEAD>36</HEAD>
<L>The poore&s;t Creature that is on the Earth,</L>
<L>Shall have of him as good a Penny worth</L>
<L>As any King that ever reigned here,</L>
<L>Although his Remedies they co&s;t &s;o dear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="37">
<HEAD>37</HEAD>
<L>And all he does require at our hands,</L>
<L>Is for to clo&s;e in with his Go&s;pel-bands;</L>
<L>Which is to Love, Serve, Honour, and Obey,</L>
<L>And magnifie him in your Souls alway.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>The Author's Request to God that the Graces of his holy Spirit may be in a live|ly Exerci&s;e in her Soul.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>THE Graces of thy Spirit, Lord,</L>
<L>they are of mighty aid,</L>
<L>Them to thy poor weak Worm afford,</L>
<L>whereon I may be &s;tay'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<PB N="67" REF="38">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>The Evidence of <HI>Faith</HI> I crave;</L>
<L>with true <HI>Repentance</HI> too;</L>
<L>I true <HI>Obedience</HI> fain would have;</L>
<L>with <HI>Charity</HI> al&s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>The Evidence of <HI>Patience,</HI> Lord,</L>
<L>and true <HI>Humility;</HI></L>
<L>To me the&s;e Graces all afford,</L>
<L>and do not them deny.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L><HI>Mortification</HI> I de&s;ire,</L>
<L>and <HI>Sanctification;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Ju&s;tification</HI> to admire,</L>
<L>and him that hath it done:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>And let not <HI>Self-denyal</HI> fail;</L>
<L>nor <HI>Hope,</HI> I humbly pray;</L>
<L>But let the&s;e Graces all prevail,</L>
<L>and live in me alway.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>The&s;e Talents free, Lord give to me,</L>
<L>I earne&s;tly be&s;eech,</L>
<L>That with them I may trading be;</L>
<L>for they will me enrich.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>And guide me with thy mighty hand,</L>
<L>that I may trade for thee;</L>
<L>And grant I in the Lot may &s;tand</L>
<L>with them that Saved be.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="68" REF="39">
<HEAD>A Meditation on the Day of <HI>Judgment.</HI></HEAD>
<L>WHen as the final <HI>Judgment-day</HI> is come,</L>
<L>Then Sinners look out for your fatal doom;</L>
<L>And when the Lord de&s;cendeth with a &s;hout,</L>
<L>Ye Saints, do you triumphantly look out</L>
<L>To meet your gracious Lord, and glorious King,</L>
<L>That you to him may Hallelujahs Sing;</L>
<L>Al&s;o lift up your heads, and do not fear;</L>
<L>For your Redemption is a drawing near:</L>
<L>The Trumpet then &s;hall &s;ound, the Dead &s;hall ri&s;e,</L>
<L>The Saints with Joys, the Sinners with &s;ad cryes,</L>
<L>Weeping and wailing, loudly crying thus;</L>
<L>Ye Rocks and Mountains fall and cover us:</L>
<L>Tho&s;e things they will be dreadful for to &s;ee;</L>
<L>Al&s;o the glorious Sun &s;hall darkned be.</L>
<L>The Powers of the Heavens they &s;hall &s;hake,</L>
<L>And all the Earth mo&s;t grievou&s;ly &s;hall quake.</L>
<L>The Heavens &s;hall be rolled as a &s;croul:</L>
<L>Likewi&s;e, the Stars unto the Earth &s;hall fall;</L>
<L>And then the World with Fire &s;hall be burned,</L>
<L>And all things therein will be overturned.</L>
<L>And when the Judge &s;hall &s;it upon his Seat,</L>
<L>To Execute his Judgments all compleat,</L>
<L>Then all the Nations gathered &s;hall be,</L>
<L>And every Eye this righteous Judge &s;hall &s;ee:</L>
<PB N="69" REF="39">
<L>But he will them again all &s;eparate,</L>
<L>And then to cry, Lord, Lord, 'twill be too late.</L>
<L>He will &s;et all the Saints on his Right-hand,</L>
<L>And at his Left the Reprobate &s;hall &s;tand:</L>
<L>Immediately the Sentence will be given,</L>
<L>That all the Saints &s;hall enter into Heaven,</L>
<L>And with Salvation they &s;hall Crowned be,</L>
<L>And Live with Chri&s;t to all Eternity.</L>
<L>The Reprobates then they will trembling &s;tand,</L>
<L>Ready to be thru&s;t from the Lord's Left-hand;</L>
<L>For they &s;hall all be Sentenced to Hell,</L>
<L>With damned Spirits ever for to dwell,</L>
<L>Where they &s;hall evermore both weep and wail;</L>
<L>But yet, alas, nothing will then prevail:</L>
<L>They &s;hall be &s;ent away too with a Cur&s;e;</L>
<L>There is no Sorrow ever can be wor&s;e.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>A Meditation on the 5th. of <HI>Luke.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>OUR Lord and Saviour did fore tell</L>
<L>the happine&s;s of tho&s;e,</L>
<L>That his Commandments do love well,</L>
<L>and with his Go&s;pel clo&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Poor</HI> in <HI>Spirit</HI> God will ble&s;s;</L>
<L>their Ran&s;om Chri&s;t has paid,</L>
<PB N="70" REF="40">
<L>And they his Kingdom &s;hall po&s;&s;e&s;s</L>
<L>when they in Grave are laid:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Then all ye mourning <HI>I&s;rael,</HI></L>
<L>ye comforted &s;hall be,</L>
<L>When you in Paradice &s;hall dwell,</L>
<L>each one in his degree.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Meek</HI> and <HI>Lowly</HI> &s;hall Inherit</L>
<L>the Earth, and &s;hall be fed;</L>
<L>When proud and wicked lofty Spirits</L>
<L>&s;hall want their daily Bread.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Tho&s;e that both <HI>Thirst</HI> and <HI>Hunger</HI> do</L>
<L>after God's Righteou&s;ne&s;s,</L>
<L>They &s;hall be Fill'd and Cloathed too,</L>
<L>with Heaven's Happine&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Ye <HI>Pure</HI> in <HI>Heart,</HI> which God &s;hall &s;ee</L>
<L>his Glory all divine;</L>
<L>A glimp&s;e of his pure Righteou&s;ne&s;s.</L>
<L>will make thee for to &s;hine.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Peace-makers</HI> are Stil'd you &s;ee,</L>
<L>the Children of their God:</L>
<L>No greater Title there c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">n be</L>
<L>in all the World abroad.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>All ye that <HI>Per&s;ecuted</HI> are</L>
<L>for Chri&s;t's Righteou&s;ne&s;s &s;ake;</L>
<L>Ye need not fear, of Heaven's &s;hare</L>
<L>e'er long you &s;hall partake.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<PB N="71" REF="40">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Ble&s;&s;ed be ye <HI>Reviled</HI> ones</L>
<L>whom Men do Vilifie;</L>
<L>Although they make your very Bones</L>
<L>within the Fire to fry,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>If that it be for Je&s;us &s;ake,</L>
<L>be glad and eke rejoyce;</L>
<L>For he of you will &s;urely make</L>
<L>his trea&s;ure and his choice.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Merciful</HI> that <HI>Mercy</HI> &s;how,</L>
<L>they Mercy &s;hall obtain,</L>
<L>And Mercy they &s;hall find al&s;o</L>
<L>when Chri&s;t does come again.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>And now ye Ble&s;&s;ed ones, I &s;ay,</L>
<L>rejoyce all in the Lord;</L>
<L>Sing Prai&s;es to his Name alway,</L>
<L>for He's your great Reward.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD><HI>A Meditation upon</HI> New-Years-Day, 1699.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>LOrd, if I may Live one Year more,</L>
<L>then let me Live to thee:</L>
<L>Let me not Live as heretofore,</L>
<L>in mine Iniquity:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<PB N="72" REF="41">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>For I have Lived hitherto,</L>
<L>always provoking thee,</L>
<L>Which hath fille<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> my Soul with wo,</L>
<L>and often troubled me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>After the Fle&s;h I would not Live</L>
<L>here for to &s;ee Corruption:</L>
<L>Neither my &s;elf I would not give</L>
<L>to Live in high Voluption.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>I fain would Live after the Spirit,</L>
<L>and give to God due Prai&s;e,</L>
<L>Eternal Life for to Inherit,</L>
<L>and Live with him always.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>The wicked Live in plea&s;ure here,</L>
<L>and wantonne&s;s al&s;o;</L>
<L>The Lord of Ho&s;ts they do not fear,</L>
<L>nor him de&s;ire to know.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>But I would Live more Righteou&s;ly,</L>
<L>here in this pre&s;ent World,</L>
<L>And when my end is come, that I</L>
<L>may not in it be hurl'd:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Al&s;o from &s;inful evil Thoughts</L>
<L>I fain would clean&s;ed be;</L>
<L>For it upon my Soul has brought.</L>
<L>guilt in a high degree:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>Therefore, good Lord, &s;ome pitty take,</L>
<L>or el&s;e I am undone,</L>
<PB N="73" REF="41">
<L>And clean&s;e me for the Merits &s;ake</L>
<L>of thy beloved Son.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Oh wa&s;h me in the Fountain clear,</L>
<L>which open &s;tands for all:</L>
<L>In whom thy Spirit worketh here,</L>
<L>tho&s;e thou art pleas'd to call.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Lord hear my &s;ad complaint and moan</L>
<L>I often make to thee:</L>
<L>My Sin doth often make me groan,</L>
<L>a burden 'tis to me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>Oh let not Sin in me prevail,</L>
<L>for I am heavy-lade,</L>
<L>Le&s;t that the Spirit it &s;hould fail,</L>
<L>and Soul which thou ha&s;t made.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD>More Meditations Compo&s;ed into a Dia|logue between the <HI>Holy-Spirit,</HI> and a dejected <HI>Soul.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Holy-Spirit.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>POor drooping <HI>Soul,</HI> why do&s;t thou lye</L>
<L>oppre&s;&s;ed thus with grief?</L>
<L>There was a Saviour once did die,</L>
<L>to give to thee Relief.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="74" REF="42">
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>But my Corruptions often do</L>
<L>my tim'rous Soul affright;</L>
<L>My gho&s;tly Enemies al&s;o,</L>
<L>&s;ay on with force and might:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>To wound my tired Soul, &s;o weak,</L>
<L>they do their be&s;t endeavour,</L>
<L>And fain would me a Pri&s;oner make</L>
<L>in their black gulph for ever.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Is there any relief for me,</L>
<L>that &s;o &s;urrounded am?</L>
<L>Oh, that I but a place could &s;ee,</L>
<L>to hide my &s;elf from them!</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Holy-Spirit.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>There is a Rock of Age and Might,</L>
<L>a great and lofty King,</L>
<L>With thy great Enemies can fight,</L>
<L>and kill thy in-born Sin.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>May &s;uch a worthle&s;s Soul as I</L>
<L>find Favour with this King,</L>
<L>That &s;o doth grieve continually,</L>
<L>and load me with my Sin.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="75" REF="42">
<SPEAKER>Holy-Spirit.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Come, rou&s;e thy dull and &s;luggi&s;h Soul,</L>
<L>filled with fear and doubt;</L>
<L>Make ha&s;te I &s;ay, do not delay,</L>
<L>Chri&s;t holds his Scepter out.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>Ah! ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Spirit,</HI> is it &s;o?</L>
<L>then I to him will go,</L>
<L>And beg the Pardon of my Sin,</L>
<L>and at his Feet lye low:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>And then I will hold out my hand,</L>
<L>if Chri&s;t will take me up,</L>
<L>And make me on my Feet to &s;tand,</L>
<L>and fill my Soul with Hope.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Now, with a holy boldne&s;s, I</L>
<L>thy Scepter, Lord, do crave:</L>
<L>O give it to me &s;peedily,</L>
<L>for I it fain would have.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<PB N="76" REF="43">
<HEAD>A Dialogue between <HI>Death,</HI> and a &s;tout carnal Secure Sinner.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Death.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>COme thou &s;tout <HI>Sinner,</HI> prepare to go with me</L>
<L>For I am come in ha&s;t to Summons thee</L>
<L>Before the great Tribunal to appear,</L>
<L>And there thy final Judgement thou &s;halt hear.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Hold! &s;tay, I know not what thou art, nor who;</L>
<L>Therefore in plain I will not with thee go;</L>
<L>For I have other bu&s;ine&s;s in the way;</L>
<L>Therefore to talk with thee I cannot &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>But yet I do demand of thee thy name,</L>
<L>And what thou art, al&s;o from whence thou came?</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Death.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>If thou de&s;ire&s;t for to know my name;</L>
<L>And what I am al&s;o, from whence I came;</L>
<L>I do declare to thee, my name is <HI>Death,</HI></L>
<L>And now am come for to demand thy breath.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<PB N="77" REF="43">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>I am a me&s;&s;enger, God &s;ent me forth</L>
<L>To warn all Sinners to e&s;cape his wrath;</L>
<L>And I am come to do his will and plea&s;ure;</L>
<L>Therefore I will no long wait thy lei&s;ure.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L><HI>Death</HI> thou mi&s;takes, I now am &s;tout and &s;trong,</L>
<L>Get thee to Age thou mu&s;t not nature wrong;</L>
<L>For I am Young, and Brisk, and in my Prime,</L>
<L>And have not lived yet out half my time,</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Death.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Do not thou boa&s;t of thy great &s;trength and Youth,</L>
<L>For I do now tell thee the very truth,</L>
<L>I'll give thee &s;uch a &s;troak &s;hall make thee reel,</L>
<L>And thou this day &s;halt my &s;trong la&s;hes feel,</L>
<L>I Strength and Power have to conquer all</L>
<L>Which on the Earth have lived &s;ince the fall.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>Oh <HI>Death!</HI> do not &s;o cruel be to Day;</L>
<L>To take from me my precious life away!</L>
<L>Oh Spare me yet a little time, for why</L>
<L>I am not yet prepared now to die,</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Death.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Then blame thy &s;elf, but lay no blame to me,</L>
<L>Have I not warning often gave to thee?</L>
<L>Even the Head-ach, Heart-ach, and the Gout,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e thou &s;hould&s;t in time for me look out:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<PB N="78" REF="44">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>And make thy Calling and Election &s;ure,</L>
<L>While oftentimes I pa&s;&s;ed by thy door,</L>
<L>But now it is too late, here is my Dart,</L>
<L>This very night &s;hall pierce thee to the heart.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>Delay no time, for go with me thou mu&s;t,</L>
<L>Now I am come to turn thee into du&s;t,</L>
<L>Thy date is out, thy Gla&s;s is near out run,</L>
<L>Unto thy Center therefore, now return.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Sinner.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>What is my date quite out, my Gla&s;s near run?</L>
<L>Then wo is me that ever it begun!</L>
<L>Indeed I find my Breath is almo&s;t &s;pent,</L>
<L>And tis to late for me now to Repent</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Of any of my Sins I have commited,</L>
<L>For I of them &s;hall never be acquited:</L>
<L>I feel in Head, and Heart, and every Vein</L>
<L>Horrour, and Grief, and &s;ore tormenting Pain;</L>
<L>My trembling Soul is taking of her flight:</L>
<L>Alas, my Day is turned into Night!</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Spectator</SPEAKER>
<L>The Soul is Fled, the Body's turn'd to Clay,</L>
<L>And <HI>Death</HI> has done his Work and Gone his way.</L>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<PB N="79" REF="44">
<HEAD>A Dialogue between <HI>Death,</HI> and a <HI>Soul</HI> which fears not <HI>Death;</HI> but de&s;ires to be di&s;&s;olved, and to be with <HI>Chri&s;t.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>HArk! who is this that knocketh at my door?</L>
<L>If it be <HI>Death,</HI> whom I have waited for:</L>
<L>Then why do&s;t thou not unto me draw near?</L>
<L>For I of thee do not much &s;tand in fear.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>I fear thee not, thou can&s;t do me no wrong,</L>
<L>Thou wilt but &s;end me from the Earth, along</L>
<L>Unto my Home, where I de&s;ire to be:</L>
<L>Come <HI>Death,</HI> and do thy Office unto me?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>For I have longed for my Di&s;&s;olution:</L>
<L>Therefore draw near, and do the Execution:</L>
<L>Compleat thy Work I pray thee, &s;peedily,</L>
<L>And do not keep me long in mi&s;ery!</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Death.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Come, weary <HI>Soul,</HI> which &s;ay'&s;t thou do&s;t not fear me,</L>
<L>Is not my gha&s;tly looks enough to &s;care thee,</L>
<PB N="80" REF="45">
<L>Which makes all Fle&s;h on Earth to &s;hake and quiver</L>
<L>When as I &s;trike my dart into their Liver.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Ha&s;t thou got Faith enough to bear thee up?</L>
<L>To ta&s;te of <HI>Death,</HI> it is a bitter Cup;</L>
<L>Or ha&s;t thou &s;ome Vain hope to comfort thee?</L>
<L>If &s;o, then I the &s;ame &s;hall quickly &s;ee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>My Sting, which is thy Sin original,</L>
<L>Shall cut thee off when that on thee doth fall:</L>
<L>Therefore be careful now, and &s;tand thy ground,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e my Sting may give a deadly wound.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>This cannot be, &s;ince Chri&s;t my glorious King</L>
<L>Has &s;aid to thee, Oh <HI>Death!</HI> where is thy Sting?</L>
<L>And to the <HI>Grave,</HI> where is thy Victory?</L>
<L>Thy Sting, nor <HI>Grave,</HI> &s;hall have no power on me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>I tell thee <HI>Death,</HI> when thou ha&s;t done thy wor&s;t,</L>
<L>Thou can&s;t but lay my Body in the Du&s;t</L>
<L>Until the glorious Re&s;urrection-day,</L>
<L>When Imperfection &s;hall be done away.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>My <HI>God</HI> and King this Body then will rai&s;e,</L>
<L>And I &s;hall Sing his Everla&s;ting Prai&s;e:</L>
<L>His <HI>Grace</HI> and Love will then extended be:</L>
<L>But not for any good there is in me:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>But for the Merit of his only Son,</L>
<L>The mighty <HI>God</HI> this good for me hath done.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="81" REF="45">
<SPEAKER>Death.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>What, &s;hall I &s;trike the &s;troke, and go my way?</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Soul.</SPEAKER>
<L>Strike now with &s;peed, and do not thou delay?</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Spectator.</SPEAKER>
<L>The Soul is Fled, the Body's turn'd to Du&s;t,</L>
<L>Until the Re&s;urrection of the Ju&s;t.</L>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD>A Dialogue between <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> the mighty <HI>King,</HI> and a <HI>Believer.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Believer.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>MY Lord thou art a lofty <HI>King</HI> 'tis known,</L>
<L>Thou rul'&s;t in Heav'n &amp; Earth, and thereis none</L>
<L>Which can the Scepter take <HI>out of</HI> thy hand,</L>
<L>Thou mak'&s;t all People bow at thy command.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Thou art the King of Kings, a King Peculiar;</L>
<L>Thou art the Lord of Lords, and Princes Ruler;</L>
<PB N="82" REF="46">
<L>Thou &s;ette&s;t up, again thou pulle&s;t down</L>
<L>Great Monarchies, which are of high Renown,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>My <HI>Sov'reign</HI> Lord &s;ome things I fain <HI>would know,</HI></L>
<L>If that it be thy plea&s;ure me to &s;how.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Speak forth thy mind, poor du&s;t and clay, to me;</L>
<L>For liberty I freely give to thee:</L>
<L>With Men that are but du&s;t, I do delight</L>
<L>To talk with them, if humble in my &s;ight.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Believer,</SPEAKER>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Thou art a King, mo&s;t plain it doth appear</L>
<L>By thy great Works, and providential care:</L>
<L>But oh, how little does &s;tout Sinners fear,</L>
<L>When of thy mighty Wonders they do hear?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>But that which makes me to admire more,</L>
<L>Thou being &s;uch a King, becam'&s;t &s;o Poor;</L>
<L>For in the Holy-Scripture we do read,</L>
<L>Thou had'&s;t not whereon for to lay thy head.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Alth&ocirc; I am a Prince of high Renown,</L>
<L>I did not come to Lodge on Beds of down;</L>
<L>Nor yet with Dainties up my &s;elf to fill;</L>
<L>But I did come to do my Father's Will.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<PB N="83" REF="46">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>It was my Father's Will to lay on me</L>
<L>Tho&s;e mi&s;eries which did belong to thee;</L>
<L>I at his hand imbrac'd it willingly,</L>
<L>That thy poor Soul may live Eternally.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Believer.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Lord &s;hall thy Worm again once more pre&s;ume</L>
<L>To &s;peak unto thy Maje&s;ty &s;upream:</L>
<L>Another thing I al&s;o call to mind,</L>
<L>Thy two Di&s;ciples thou did&s;t &s;end, to find</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>An A&s;s and Colt which was together ty'd,</L>
<L>Whereon thy glorious Maje&s;ty mu&s;t Ride</L>
<L>Into the City of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI></L>
<L>Thy kingly Office there for to proclaim.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>Was that a Bea&s;t for &s;uch a glorious King</L>
<L>To &s;et upon? I marvel at this thing.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>The Bea&s;t I &s;at upon plea&s;ed me well;</L>
<L>I then that place of Scripture did fulfil</L>
<L><HI>I&s;aiah</HI>'s Prophecy mu&s;t come to pa&s;s,</L>
<L>Great <HI>Sion</HI>'s King mu&s;t &s;it upon an A&s;s.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>Lowly and Meek this Scripture I fulfils,</L>
<L>Alth&ocirc; the Cattel on a thou&s;and Hills</L>
<L>Were all My Father's, yet I would have none</L>
<L>But my poor A&s;&s;es Colt to ride upon.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="84" REF="47">
<SPEAKER>Believer.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>Lord, may I &s;peak again, and not offend,</L>
<L>And &s;hall thy ble&s;&s;ed Ear to me attend?</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>Speak on thy mind to me, and nothing fear;</L>
<L>For I am ready &s;till to lend an Ear.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Believer.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>When that great <HI>Cae&s;ar,</HI> which was called King,</L>
<L>Did give command his Tribute to bring in;</L>
<L>Lord, why did'&s;t thou aba&s;e thy &s;elf &s;o low</L>
<L>As to bid one of thy Di&s;ciples, go</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>Unto a Fi&s;h to take a piece of Coin,</L>
<L>When all the Trea&s;ure of the Earth was thine?</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="18">
<HEAD>18</HEAD>
<L>'Twas for my Elect's &s;ake I &s;toop't &s;o low,</L>
<L>When my Di&s;ciple I did bid to go</L>
<L>Unto the Fi&s;h to take a piece of Coin,</L>
<L>Al&s;o to &s;how a Miracle divine.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="19">
<HEAD>19</HEAD>
<L>And that my <HI>Peter</HI> &s;hould confirmed be,</L>
<L>When &s;uch a Miracle was wrought by me:</L>
<L>I gave to <HI>Cae&s;ar</HI> that which was his Right;</L>
<L>Do thou do &s;o 'tis plea&s;ing in my &s;ight.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="85" REF="47">
<SPEAKER>Believer.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="20">
<HEAD>20</HEAD>
<L>Lord, &s;uffer me thy du&s;t and a&s;hes poor</L>
<L>To ask of thee but this one que&s;tion more:</L>
<L>What was the cau&s;e, Lord, that thou thought'&s;t it meet</L>
<L>To wa&s;h &amp; clean&s;e thy own Di&s;ciple's Feet,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="21">
<HEAD>21</HEAD>
<L>When they &s;hould have attended all on thee,</L>
<L>As other Princes they attended be?</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="22">
<HEAD>22</HEAD>
<L>Such wa&s;hings thou mu&s;t daily of me crave;</L>
<L>For them I wa&s;h I purpo&s;e for to Save;</L>
<L>But if thou wilt not wa&s;ht and clean&s;ed be,</L>
<L>A&s;&s;ure thy &s;elf thou ha&s;t no part in me.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Believer.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="23">
<HEAD>23</HEAD>
<L>Such wa&s;hings Lord, do not to me deny;</L>
<L>Such wa&s;hings Lord, let me have &s;peedily.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="24">
<HEAD>24</HEAD>
<L>If thou by Faith &s;uch wa&s;hings of me crave,</L>
<L>Such wa&s;hings of me thou &s;halt &s;urely have;</L>
<L>And what thou do&s;t de&s;ire more to know,</L>
<L>My Holy Scripture will unto thee &s;how;</L>
<L>Go &s;earch them daily, there thou may'&s;t it &s;ee,</L>
<L>That they are they which te&s;tify of me.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="25">
<HEAD>25</HEAD>
<L>There thou may'&s;t hear of my Humiliation,</L>
<L>Al&s;o again of my great Exaltation;</L>
<L>Which &s;hows my kingly Office unto all,</L>
<L>Likewi&s;e my Prie&s;tly, and Prophetical.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="26">
<HEAD>26</HEAD>
<L>A good Example I have been to thee;</L>
<L>Therefore take heed, and do thou learn by me:</L>
<L>I was a Pattern of Humility.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="27">
<HEAD>27</HEAD>
<L>As for &s;tout Sinners which of my wonders hear,</L>
<L>And do not of me greatly &s;tand in fear;</L>
<PB N="86" REF="48">
<L>The time will come when all &s;uch fearle&s;s ones</L>
<L>Shall filled be with fearf<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">l Sighs and Grones.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="28">
<HEAD>28</HEAD>
<L>Come, do not thou &s;o curiou&s;ly inquire;</L>
<L>But have a care, do not too high a&s;pire</L>
<L>Into the My&s;t'ries of my &s;acred Will,</L>
<L>Lea&s;t thou thy Pal&s;y-brain do&s;t over-fill:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="29">
<HEAD>29</HEAD>
<L>But &s;ee thou Ju&s;tice do, and Mercy love,</L>
<L>And walk thou humbly with thy God above;</L>
<L>Then thou &s;halt have the benefit of all</L>
<L>My Sufferings which on me hear did fall.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Believer.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="30">
<HEAD>30</HEAD>
<L>My Sov'reign Lord, I am a Sinner vild,</L>
<L>And my pre&s;umptious Heart has me beguil'd:</L>
<L>I &s;poken have, but I will not proceed;</L>
<L>Lord Pardon me this my pre&s;umptious deed.</L>
<L>My Hand upon my Mouth, I now will lay;</L>
<L>My Mouth into the Du&s;t, no more to &s;ay;</L>
<L>Yet &s;till an Int're&s;t Lord, I crave in thee,</L>
<L>And into Judgment enter not with me.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>The Autho'rs Belief concerning the dealings of God towards the Sons and Daughters of Men, in order to the Compleating their Salvation.</HEAD>
<L>A Soul cannot Eternal Life Inherit,</L>
<L>Unle&s;s the Father, Son, and Holy-Spirit,</L>
<L>Do work together in a near Relation,</L>
<L>In order to compleat poor Man's Salvation:</L>
<PB N="87" REF="48">
<L>The <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> the So<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">l&punc;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>The Son <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e'll im<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> again</L>
<L>Would give his Body f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">ely <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o be Sl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">in&punc;</L>
<L>The Holy-Spirit worketh too al&s;o,</L>
<L>Teaching each Soul God's ble&s;&s;ed W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters"> k<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">w&punc;</L>
<L>Thus God for our good doth freely do,</L>
<L>Yet for the &s;ame he will be &s;ought unto.</L>
<L>God's chiefe&s;t end in making of Mankind,</L>
<L>Was to fulfil the plea&s;ure of his mind;</L>
<L>And he by all will Glorified be,</L>
<L>Whether Sav'd, or Lo&s;t, to all Eternity:</L>
<L>And &s;eeing God his Plea&s;ure will fulfil,</L>
<L>Then what is now become of Man's Free-will?</L>
<L>Surely, Free-will was lo&s;t in <HI>Adam</HI>'s Fall;</L>
<L>And now to good, Man's Will is very &s;mall:</L>
<L>But God out of his matchle&s;s Love, and Trea&s;ure,</L>
<L>Makes Man to will and do of his good Plea&s;ure.</L>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>A Spiritual Meditation upon a <HI>Bee.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>MY Soul like to a little painful <HI>Bee</HI></L>
<L>To build her <HI>Combs</HI> in Je&s;us Chyri&s;t doth flee,</L>
<L>And if &s;he willing is to live and thrive,</L>
<L>Then &s;he mu&s;t ha&s;te, and get into her <HI>Hive:</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Becau&s;e her <HI>Hive</HI> is in a Garden fair,</L>
<L>Wherein &s;he gather may, and never &s;pare,</L>
<L>Of Blo&s;&s;oms &s;weet, and Flowers fragrant;</L>
<L>There is enough to give her full content.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<PB N="88" REF="49">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>My <HI>Bee</HI> with <HI>Honey</HI> there may fill her <HI>Combs,</HI></L>
<L>To keep her in the windy Winter-&s;torms:</L>
<L>Becau&s;e in Winter forth &s;he cannot go,</L>
<L>By rea&s;on of the pinching Fro&s;t and Snow:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>But when the Sumner-&s;ea&s;on is come in,</L>
<L><HI>My</HI> little painful <HI>Bee</HI> is on the Wing;</L>
<L>Abroad &s;he Flys then with a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">oyful mind,</L>
<L>To work on each &s;weet Blo&s;&s;om &s;he can find.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Over the &s;weete&s;t Flower &s;he will hover,</L>
<L>And there &s;he will her painfulne&s;s di&s;cover;</L>
<L>And when &s;he's Load, &s;he to her <HI>Hive</HI> will hye,</L>
<L>To Trea&s;ure up her Lading Joyfully,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>To fill her <HI>Combs</HI> again&s;t the time of need,</L>
<L>That &s;he upon her <HI>Honey</HI> then may feed;</L>
<L>But if my <HI>Bee</HI> a Shower &s;hould e&s;py,</L>
<L>Into her <HI>Hive</HI> away then &s;he mu&s;t hye;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>For if that &s;he doth long the time delay,</L>
<L>The Rain may drive my <HI>Bee</HI> out of her way;</L>
<L>But while my painful <HI>Bee,</HI> &s;he is at work,</L>
<L>The <HI>Hornet</HI> and the <HI>Wha&s;p</HI> for her doth lurk,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>To catch my <HI>Bee,</HI> her <HI>Honey</HI> for to take,</L>
<L>And then of my poor <HI>Bee</HI> a prey to make:</L>
<L>But if my <HI>Bee</HI> &s;he &s;hould become a drone,</L>
<L><HI>My Bee</HI> will quickly then be left alone.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Out of the <HI>Hive</HI> forthwith they will her beat,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e their <HI>Honey</HI> &s;he no more &s;hall Eat;</L>
<L>And of her Life they &s;oon will her bereave,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e with them &s;he &s;hall no more receive;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>For while they laboured to fill each <HI>Comb,</HI></L>
<L>She lo&s;t her Sting, and &s;o became a drone:</L>
<PB N="89" REF="49">
<L>Therefore, my Soul, do not to &s;loath incline;</L>
<L>But Labour now, the precious time is thine;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>For if thou &s;hould'&s;t be &s;luggi&s;h, and delay,</L>
<L>Then wo will be to thee another day:</L>
<L>Labour therefore, to get in Chri&s;t, thy <HI>Hive;</HI></L>
<L>There's <HI>Honey</HI> &s;tore, which will keep thee alive:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>And be not thou like to the idle drones,</L>
<L>Which lye and langui&s;h in their empty <HI>Combs;</HI></L>
<L>Take care in building, 'tis a curious Art,</L>
<L>In building <HI>Combs,</HI> each <HI>Bee</HI> to have his part;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>And do not build thy <HI>Combs</HI> confu&s;edly,</L>
<L>So at the la&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> there is no room for thee;</L>
<L>If thou do&s;t build with Hay, <HI>Wood,</HI> or with Stubble,</L>
<L>It will bring thee into confu&s;ed trouble:</L>
<L>But unto higher things thou mu&s;t a&s;pire;</L>
<L>For that is Fuel &s;it but for the Fire.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Author's Request.</HEAD>
<L>THE Stock of Honey now for which I trade,</L>
<L>Oh that it may unto me &s;o be made,</L>
<L>Like to the increa&s;e of the Widdow's Oyl,</L>
<L>Which in the Widdow's Ve&s;&s;el ne'er did fail</L>
<L>Until that &s;he in full her debts had paid,</L>
<L>As it is in the Holy-Scripture &s;aid.</L>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>A Meditation Compo&s;ed into an Hymn of <HI>Mortality.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>MAn's Life it like a Shaddow is</L>
<L>that &s;oon away doth fly;</L>
<PB N="90" REF="50">
<L>That we may know a&s;&s;uredly,</L>
<L>all Fle&s;h is born to die.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>We are compared to the Gra&s;s,</L>
<L>our Sub&s;tance is &s;o brittle;</L>
<L>Or like the running of a Race;</L>
<L>or like a Weaver's Shuttle:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>And as a Taper that is lighted,</L>
<L>full &s;oon doth wa&s;te away;</L>
<L>Or like a Traveller benighted,</L>
<L>who can no longer &s;tay.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Our mould'ring Bodies well they may</L>
<L>be termed to a Flower,</L>
<L>Which in the Morning's fre&s;h and gay,</L>
<L>and cropt within an Hour</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Oh, thou poor weak and feeble <HI>Man,</HI></L>
<L>why do&s;t thou lofty look?</L>
<L>Thy Life is like a mea&s;ur'd &s;pan,</L>
<L>or bubble in the Brook.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Therefore let all, both great and &s;mall,</L>
<L>prepare for Death, I &s;ay;</L>
<L>Before into the &s;ilent Pit</L>
<L>it Summons you away.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>When Death &s;hall &s;trike the Fatal blow,</L>
<L>who can him then with-&s;tand?</L>
<L>No pitty he did ever &s;how,</L>
<L>either by Sea or Land.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>You mu&s;t comply, as well as I,</L>
<L>when Death his S the does whet,</L>
<L>To mow you down unto the ground,</L>
<L>wherein you mu&s;t be &s;hut.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<PB N="91" REF="50">
<HEAD>Word by way of Caution to the Female-Sex.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>YE Female-Sex, Do you believe,</L>
<L>when fir&s;t the World began,</L>
<L>That God immortal Souls did give</L>
<L>to you, as well as Man?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Do you believe that God did make</L>
<L>both Sex upright to &s;tand?</L>
<L>Do you believe that both did break</L>
<L>God's great and &s;trict command?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>If &s;o, then how can we expect</L>
<L>favour with God to find,</L>
<L>If that we do his Word reject,</L>
<L>and ca&s;t it out of mind?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Do you imagine to e&s;cape,</L>
<L>or that you &s;hall go clear,</L>
<L>And that before God's Judgment &s;eat</L>
<L>you never &s;hall appear?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>If &s;o, then after Godline&s;s</L>
<L>you need not make &s;uch ha&s;t;</L>
<L>And as for &s;eeking Holine&s;s,</L>
<L>let that alone till la&s;t:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>But oh, do not your &s;elves decieve,</L>
<L>Satan to gratify,</L>
<L>Lea&s;t that you do your Souls bereave</L>
<L>of ble&s;t Felicity.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Virgins and Wives, I write the&s;e Lines to you</L>
<L>In Chri&s;tian-love, and &s;o Farewell, Adieu.</L>
</LG>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your Soul's Well-wi&s;her,</HI> Amey Hayward.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="dialogue">
<PB N="92" REF="51">
<HEAD>A Dialogue between the <HI>Word</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> and <HI>Carele&s;s-Women, I&s;a. 32.9.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Word.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>RI&s;e up <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="4 letters">le&s;s-women</HI> which doth &s;it at ea&s;e,</L>
<L>Befo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Wo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> much <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">pon you &s;ieze:</L>
<L>Ye carele<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s Daughters, it is now high time</L>
<L>To Labour after thi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">s which are divine;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Becau&s;e Death follows you even at the heel,</L>
<L>And will e'er long make you his la&s;hes feel:</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Carele&s;s-women.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>But we are Young, and Brisk, and in our Prime,</L>
<L>And we perhaps may live a longer time,</L>
<L>Some of the World's Happine&s;s for to have,</L>
<L>Before we do go down into the Grave:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Be&s;ides we have great Families withal,</L>
<L>Whi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">h on us for our dilligence doth call:</L>
<L>Our Hu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">bands, and our Children we mu&s;t tend,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e we &s;hall not be to them a Friend.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>We have al&s;o, Hou&s;es to wa&s;h and clean&s;e,</L>
<L>In order to accommodate our Friends;</L>
<L>And we have but a little time to &s;pare,</L>
<L>We of o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r bu&s;ine&s;s take &s;o great a care.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Word.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Alas, &s;uch things will be to you no &s;tay;</L>
<L>Nor do you good in the great Judgment day.</L>
<L>Ye <HI>Carele&s;s-women,</HI> think it not enough,</L>
<L>In clean&s;ing of your Hou&s;e, and Hou&s;hold-&s;tuff;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<PB N="93" REF="51">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>And keep your Soul both &s;tinking, and unclean;</L>
<L>Defil'd with Spirituall-&s;loath, 'tis that I mean:</L>
<L>You &s;ee that &s;ome doth out work you apace,</L>
<L>In labouring for God's true &s;aving Grace;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>While you trim up your&s;elves, and Hou&s;es gay,</L>
<L>And think that you are going <HI>Sion</HI>'s way:</L>
<L>I find gro&s;s Ignorance has you be&s;et,</L>
<L>Which makes you thus the be&s;t things to forget.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Carele&s;s women.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="9">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>But we are them which a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e the weaker Sex,</L>
<L>And if our duty we &s;ometimes neglect,</L>
<L>We hope the Lord will pardon us for it,</L>
<L>And at the la&s;t our Sin al&s;o acquit:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>Likewi&s;e we Breed, and many Children bear,</L>
<L>Which makes us nothing doubt of Heaven's &s;hare;</L>
<L>We hope of it we &s;hall not be bereaved;</L>
<L>St. <HI>Paul</HI> doth &s;ay, thereby we &s;hall be Saved.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Word.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="11">
<HEAD>11</HEAD>
<L>This will you not excu&s;e another Day;</L>
<L>Does not the Scripture to you plainly &s;ay,</L>
<L>A Woman &s;he was in the fir&s;t Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion,</L>
<L>And &s;o brought guilt upon the whole Creation?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="12">
<HEAD>12</HEAD>
<L>The W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">men which St. <HI>Paul</HI> doth mention there,</L>
<L>They be the Women which does per&s;evere</L>
<L>In F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ith, and Charity, with Holine&s;s,</L>
<L>The&s;e be the Women Heaven &s;hall po&s;&s;e&s;s:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="13">
<HEAD>13</HEAD>
<L>And not all Women which doth Children bear;</L>
<L>For then a wicked number would go there.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Carele&s;s-women.</SPEAKER>
<LG N="14">
<HEAD>14</HEAD>
<L>St. <HI>Paul</HI> doth &s;ay, Young-women they mu&s;t Marry,</L>
<L>And to this Rule we mu&s;t not walk contrary;</L>
<PB N="94" REF="52" MS="y">
<L>And we mu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Therefore our ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
</LG>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER><HI>W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters"></HI></SPEAKER>
<LG N="15">
<HEAD>15</HEAD>
<L>Peru&s;e that Scripture, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span">,m</L>
<L>St. <HI>Paul</HI> doth &s;et you forth in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>And that you may no longer <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>He therefore gives to you tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">berty.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="16">
<HEAD>16</HEAD>
<L>Ye <HI>Carele&s;s-women,</HI> now be Labouring,</L>
<L>That you may Honour to the Go&s;pel bring;</L>
<L>And if you will but bow, and bend your mind,</L>
<L>The My&s;t'ries of the <HI>Go&s;pel</HI> you &s;hall find:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="17">
<HEAD>17</HEAD>
<L>And that will make you more to &s;hun all Vice,</L>
<L>And long to be made Heirs of Paradice.</L>
<L>The great Jehovah doth a Talent give</L>
<L>To every Man and Woman that doth Live:</L>
<L>But if this Talent any does abu&s;e,</L>
<L>Then at the la&s;t, <HI>God</HI> will them not excu&s;e.</L>
</LG>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="poem">
<HEAD>A Meditation on the <HI>World</HI>'s Deceitfulne&s;s, and the Vanity of Man's craving <HI>Heart.</HI>
<FIGURE>
</FIGURE></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>THE <HI>Heart</HI> of <HI>Man</HI> it is Triangle:</L>
<L>the <HI>World</HI> is round you &s;ee:</L>
<PB REF="52">
<L>Therefore the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> with all the <HI>World</HI></L>
<L>will not contented be:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>For take the <HI>World,</HI> then if you can,</L>
<L>and put in the Triangle,</L>
<L>I mean, into the <HI>Heart</HI> of Man,</L>
<L>and yet he &s;till will wrangle.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>See here's a <HI>Globe,</HI> the <HI>World</HI>'s a Ball,</L>
<L>in this Triangle p t,</L>
<L>And &s;till the <HI>Heart</HI> for more will call,</L>
<L>it wants a filling up.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Then &s;ince the World unto thy Heart</L>
<L>can give no true content,</L>
<L>Why do&s;t thou grieve when &s;he does part,</L>
<L>and after her Lament?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Tu&s;h, let her go, &s;he is a cheat</L>
<L>unto the Heart of Man;</L>
<L>Although &s;he &s;eemeth to be &s;weet,</L>
<L>di&s;-prove it if you can.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>She'll &s;ing to thee &s;weet Lulla-by,</L>
<L>whil&s;t that thou do&s;t her keep:</L>
<L>But when &s;he takes her wings to fly,</L>
<L>will trouble on thee heap:</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Then put no Confidence in her;</L>
<L>for &s;he is but a Thief:</L>
<L>She'll rob thee of true comforts here,</L>
<L>and leave thee full of grief.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="8">
<HEAD>8</HEAD>
<L>To day &s;he charms thee with her Smiles,</L>
<L>and Frowns on thee to morrow:</L>
<L>She with her wiles, thy Heart beguiles,</L>
<L>and pierces it with &s;orrow.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="9">
<PB REF="53" MS="y">
<HEAD>9</HEAD>
<L>Tru&s;t not in Smiles, nor fear her Frowns;</L>
<L>but tru&s;t in <HI>God</HI> alone:</L>
<L>Fear him in whom true Joys abounds,</L>
<L>for the World yieldeth none.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="10">
<HEAD>10</HEAD>
<L>My Brethren dear, do you take care,</L>
<L>when you look in this Book,</L>
<L>And pray the World may not in&s;nare</L>
<L>you with her Bait and Hook.</L>
</LG>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>THere is a little Book &s;ent forth,</L>
<L>which is not all my own:</L>
<L>Some others added unto it,</L>
<L>which Book I do not own.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Although 'tis Publi&s;ht in my Name,</L>
<L>and &s;ent unto your View:</L>
<L>But the Addition to the &s;ame,</L>
<L>I little of it knew.</L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<PB REF="53">
</DIV1>
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</TEXT>
</EEBO>
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