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THE

HYMNES AND SONGS

OF THE

CHURCH.

GEORGE WITHER.

PRINTED FOR THE SPENSER SOCIETY.

1881.

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CO UN C I L.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

^„„, For the Fh'st Year 1867-8.

1. The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood. Reprinted from the Original

Edition of 1562.

2. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Reprinted from the Folio Edition

of 1630. Part I.

For the Second Year 1868-9.

3. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Reprinted from the Eolio of

1630. Part II.

4. The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet. Reprinted from the Folio of

1630. Part III. ( Cojnpleting the volume. )

5. Zepheria. Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1594.

For the Third Year 1869-70.

6. The 'EKATOiinAeiA or Passionate Centurie of Love, by Thomas Watson.

Reprinted from the Original Edition oi (circa) 1581.

7. Works of John Taylor the Water Poet, not included in the Folio Volume of

1630. Reprinted from the Original Editions. First Collection.

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HYMNES AND SONGS

OF THE

CHURCH.

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GEORGE WITHER.

PR.INTED FOE. THE SPENSER SOCIETY.

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Printed ev Chaki.es E. Sui.ms,
Manxhester.

CONTENTS.

The HYMNES and SONGS of the CHVRCH. Diuided into
two parts.

The firfl part comprehends the Canonicall Hymnes, and
fuch parcels of Holy Scripture, as may properly be fung,
with fome other ancient Songs and Creeds.

The fecond part confifls of Spirituall Songs, appropriated
to the feuerall Times and Occafions obferueable in the
Church of England.

Tra7ijlated and Conipofcd by G. VV.

London Printed for G. W. 1623.

Cum Priuilegio Regis Regali.

{Lozcmdcs, 2965; Hazliti, No. 16 a.)

Tranjlatcd and Compofed by G. V V.

LONDON
Printed for G. IV. 1623.

Cum Friiiilegio Regis Regali.

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H Y M N E S

AND Songs OF
the C H V R c H.

Diuided into hvo parts.

The firft part comprehends the

Canonicall Hymnes,and fuch parcels of

Holy Scripture, as may properly be fung,

wdth fome other ancient Songs

and Creeds.

The fecond part confifls of Spirituall

Songs, appropriated to the feuerall Times

and Occafions obferueable in the

Church of England.

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THE FIRST PART OF
The HYMNES and SONGS of

the CHVRCH,containing thofe which are

Tranflated out of the Ca7ionicall Scripture;

Together ivithfuch other Hymnes, rt/f^/ Creeds,

as haue anciently beene fung in the

Chttrck ?/■ E N G L A N D.

The Preface.

l|l.ainely falfe is their fuppofition, whoconceiue, that iha Hymns
\\Songs, and Elegies of the Old Tejlament, are impertinent to
ihefe latter Ages of the Church. For, neither the Actions, nor
Writings of the Ancient Ifraelites, which are recorded by the
'iHoly Spirit, were permitted to bee done, or written, for their
owne fakes, fo much, as that they might bee profitable to warne and in-
ftructvsofthe latter Times ; according to Saint /'aji/, i Cor. lo. And indeed,
fo much is not onely teflified by that Apojlle, in the place aforerecited,
and throughout the Epiflle to the HebreTxies ; but the verie names of thofe
Perjons and Places, mentioned in thefe Ifyinnes and Songs, doe manifeft
it: and farre better expreffe the nature of that which they myftically point
out, then of what they are litterally applied vnto ; as thofe who will
looke into their proper fignifications fhall apparantly difcouer. That,
therefore thefe parcels of Holy Scripture 'which are for the nioft part Mee-
ter in their Onginall Tongue) may bee the better remembred, to the Glo-
rie of God, and the oftner repeated, to thofe ends for which they were
written; they are here difpofed into Lyrick-verfe : and doe make the Firjl
Part of this Booke. Which Booke is called, The Hymnes, and Songs of the
Church, not for that I would haue it thought Part of the Churches Liiur-
gie: but becaufe they are made in the Perfun of all the Faithfull, and doe
(for the moft part; treat of thofe things which concerne the whole Ca-
tholicke Church.

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Song I.

The Brd San^ of Jl/o/es. Exod. 15.

THis Song was coiHpoJed and Jung, to prayfe the Lord, for the Ifraelites
7>iiraculotis faffage through the'R.ftA-'s,(t2i: and/or their deliuery/ro»it ho fe
Egyptian?, who were there dro7uricd. It may iand/Jwuld alj'o) bee Jung in the
Chrijlian Coiigregatiiiiis, or by their particular members, both with reJpcH
to the Hiftoricall and ^\\K\ki^\\ fences thereof. Hiftorically, in comemora-
t ion of that fiarticularDeliueran'cev'hichGodhathfo long agoe,&'fo7vondrouf-
ly voiichfafcd to his J>erfccutcd and nftHilcd Church. UyK\c3.\\y, in acknow-
ledgement ofourotvne/iowerfullDeliuerancefrom ihebondage ofthofefpiri-
tiiall Aduerfaries, whereof thofewere the Types. For, Y'ha.roh(fignifying\sn-
geance] typified Our great Encmie, who with his hoaft ^Temptations, Affli-
elions, &.C. purfueth vs in our paffage to thefpirituall Canaan. The Red-Sea,
reprefentcd our Baptifme, i Cor. lo. 2. By the Dukes and Princes (j/'Edom
{mentioned in this Song': are pre_figured thofe powers and friends of the king-
dome ^/Darkeneffe. xvhich are, orfliall be, molejled at the newes of our Re-
generation. A lid therefore, this Hymne may very properly be ufid after the
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Well knowes the L O R D to war what doth pertaine ;
The LOR D-Almighiie is his glorious Name :
He Pharaohs Charrets, and his armed Traine,
Amid the S-:a o'rewhelming, ouercame ;

Thofe of his Armie that were mofl renoun'd,
Hce hath together in the Kcd-fea drown'd ;
The Deepes, a couering ouer them were throwne,
And, to the bottome funke they, like a flone.

LORD, by thy powre thy R ighf- hand hmows growes."
Thy Right-hand, LORD, thy Foe deftroyed hath;
Thy Glory thy Oppofers ouerthrowes ;
And, flubble-like, confumes them in thy wrath.

A blaft but from thy noflrils forth did goe,

And vp together did the waters flow ;

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Yea, rowled vp on heaps ; the liquid Flood
Amid the Sea, as if congealed, flood.

I will purfue them (their Purfiter cri d)

I will o'retake them, and the fpoile enioy ;

My liift vpon them fliallbe fatisfi'd ;

With Sword vnflieath'd my hand fliall them deftroy.

Then from thy breath a gale of winde was fent :

The billowes of the Sea quite o're them went;
And they the mightie roaters funke into,
Eu'n as a weightie peece of Lead will doe.

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LORD, who like thee among the (7 (9 Z> ^ is there !

In holineffe fo glorious who may bee !
VVhofe praifes fo exceeding dreadfull are 1
In doing wonders who, can equall thee I

Thy glorious Right-hand thou on high didfl reare,

And in the earth they quickly fwallow'd were ;
But thou, in mercie, on-ward haft conuai'd
Thy People, whofe redemption thou haft paid.

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Them, by thy ftrength, thou haft bin pleas'd to beare
Vnto a holy Dwelling place of thine ;
The Nations at report thereof fliall feare ;
And grieue fliall they that dwell in Falejline,

On Edoms Princes fhall amazement fall :

The mightie men of Moab tremble fliall ;
And, fuch as in the land of Canaan dwell,
Shall pine away, of this when they heare tell.

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They fhall bee ceazed with a horrid feare ;
Stone-quiet thy Right hand fliall make them be,

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6 Song I.

Till paffed ouer, LORD, thy People arc ;

(Till thofe pnffe ouer, that were bought by thee.)
For, thou (lialt make them to thy Hill repaire.
And plant them there (oh Lord) where thou art heire;

Eu"n there, where thou thy Dwelling haft prepar'd ;

That Holy place, which thine owne hands haue rear'd.
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The LORD (liall euer, and for euer raigne ;

(His Soueraignty fliall neuer haue an end)

For, when as Pharoh did into the Maine

With Charrets, and with horfemen downe defcend,
The Lord did backe againe the Sea recall,
And with thofe waters ouerwhelm'd them all;

But, through the verie inmoft of the fame.

The Seed oi IJrael fafe and drie-flrod came.

The fecond Song of Mo/es.

THis .Song wasgiuen by God himfelfe, to be taught the lewes ; that it might
remaine as a witmjje a^aitijl ihein -when they fitould forget his benefits.
For, it a/>J>eares, the Diuine ^uifedome knew, that when the Law would
be lojl andforgotien, a .Song might be rcjtieiiibred topofleritie. In this Hymne
(Heauen and Earth being called to witneJTe) the Pr.>phet makes firjl a narra-
tion of the isvfi^speriierfenejfe: and then deliuercth prophetically three prin-
cipall things ; wherein dtuers other particulars are confiderable. Thefirjt is,
a Prediction of the lewes Idolatry, with thepunifimentsofit. Thefecondis,
their hatred to Chrift, with ;■/;<?;> Abiection. And the lajl, is of the calling of
^//^Gentiles. We therefore, that haue by faith and experience, feetie the fuc-
ceffeofwhat is hereinforetold, ought to Sing it often, in remembrance of Gods
lufticertwa' Mercy. A?td (feeing we are all apt enouoh to become as forgetfull
of our Redeemers/rti^o«r as they) wefiouldby the repetition heereof, feekefo
tojlirre vp our confiderations, that (as S. Paulcounfellethiwe might the bet-
ter mcAnais the goodneffe and feueritie of God, &c. For, if he hath not fpared
ike naturall branches, Let vs take heede, as the fame Apoftle aduifeth.
Kora. II. 21.

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SONG. II
Sing this as thefirjl Song.

'T'O what I fpeake an eare yee Heauens lend,
And heare thou earth what words I vtter will.

Like drops of Raine, my Speeches fhall defcend.

And as the Dew, my Dodlrine fhall diflill ;
Like to the fmaller Raine on tender flowers,
And as vpon the graffe the greater fliowers :

For, I the Z C 7? Z? S great name will publifh now ;

That fo our GOD may praifed bee of you.

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Hee is that Rocke, whofe workes perfecflion are /
For, all his waies with iudgment guided bee :
A GOD of truth, from all wrong-doing cleare :
A truly iuft, and righteous-one is he ;

Though they themfelues defil'd vnlike his Sonnes,

And are a crooked race of froward-ones.
Oh mad and foolifh Nation ! Why dofl thou
Thy felfe vnto the Lord fo thankleffe (liow ?

Thy Father and Redeemer is not hee ?
Hath hee not made, and now confirm'd thee faft .''
Oh ! call to minde the dales that older bee,
And weigh the yeares of many ages pafl.

For, if thou aske thy Father, hee will tell,

Thy Elders alfo, can informe thee well ,
How he {the highjl) did Adai/is fonnes diuide,
And fhares for euery Family provide ;

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And how the Nations Bounds hee did prepare,
In number with the Sonnes of Ifrael.

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For, in his People had the LORD his (hare,
And lacol) for his part alotted fell ;

Whom finding in a place poffefl of none,

(A Defert vaft, vntilled and vnknowne)
Hee taught them there, hee led them farre and nigh,
And kept them as the Apple of his eie.

Eu'n as an Eagle, to prouoke her young,

About her neaft doth houer here and there,

Spread forth her wings to trainc her birds along.

And fometime on her backe her younglings beare;
Right fo, the Lord conduced them alone,
VVhen for his aid, Slrafige-god with him was none.

Them on the High-lands of the earth hee fet.

Where they the plenties of the field might eate.
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For them hee made the Rocke with Honey flow :

Hee drained oyle from flones, and them did feed

With Milke of Sheep, with Butter of the Cow,

With Goats, fat Lambs, and Rams of BaJIian breed :
The finefl of the wheat hee made their food.
And of the ( irape they drunke the purefl blood.

But, herewithall vnthankfuU I/i-aci

So fat became, hee kicked with his heel.

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Growne fat, and with their grofeneffe couer'd o're,
Their God, their Maker, they did foone forfake ;
Their Rocke of health regarded was no more ;
But with flrange Gods, him iealous they did make.
To mooue his wrath, they hatefull things deuiz'd ;
To Diiiels, in his ftead, they facrifiz'd ;
To Gods vnknowne, that new inuented were,

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And fuch, as their Fore-fathers did not feare.

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They minded not the Rocke, who them begat,
But quite forgot the God, that form'd them hath ;
Which when the LORD perceiu'd, it made him hate
His Sonnes and Daughters, mouing him to wrath.

To marke their end, faid he, He hide my face ;

For, they are faithleffe Sonnes, of froward race ;
My wrath, with what is not a God, they moue ;
And my difpleafure with their follies prooue.

And I, by thofe that are no People, yet,
Their wrathful! iealoufie will mooue for this ;
And by a foolirti N'ation make them fret.
P'or, in my wrath a fire inflamed is,

And downe to Hell the earth confume, it fliall ;

Eu'n to the Mountaines botttoms, fruit, and all.
In heaps upon them mifchiefes will I throwe ;
And flioote mine Arrowes till I haue no moe.

With hunger parched, and confum'd with heat,

I will enforce them to a bitter end ;

The teeth of beafls vpon them will I fet ;

And will the poyf'nous duft-fed Serpent fend.
The Sword without, and Feare within, fliall flay
Maids, youngmen, babes, and him whofe haire is gray

Yea, I had vow'd to fpread them here and there,

Men might forget that fuch a People were.
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But this the Foe compel'd mee to delay ;

Lefl that their aduerfaries (prouder growne)

Should (when they heard it) thus prefume to fay ;

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This, not the LORD, but our high hand hath done.
For, in this People no difcretion is,
Nor can their dulneffe reach to iudge of this.
Oh had they wifdome, this to comprehend !
That fo they might bethinke them of their end.

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How fliould one make a thoufond runne away,
Or two men put ten thoufand to the foyle ;
Except their Rocke had fold them for a pray,
And that the Z C A"/) had clos'd them vp the while ?
For, though our Foes themfelues the ludges were.
Their God they cannot with our GOD compare.
For, they haue Vines like thofe that Sodom yeelds,
And fuch as are within Gomorrah fields.

They beare the Grapes of gall vpon their Vine,
Extreamely bitter are their cluflers all :
Vea, made of Dragons venome is their wine,
And of the cruell Afpes infedlious gall.

And can this (euer) bee forgot of mee !

Or not bee fealed where my treafures bee ?
Sure, mine is vengeance, and I will repay ;
Their feet fliall Aide at their appointed day.

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Their time of ruine neere at hand is come ;

Thofe things that fliall befall them haft will make.

For, then the LO R D fliall giue his People doome,

And on his Servants, kinde compaffion take.

When he perceiues their flrength bereft and gone.
And that in prifon they are left alone ;

Where are their Gods become ? hee then fliall fay ;

Their Rocke, on whom affiance they did lay ?

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Who ate the fattefl of their Sacrifice 1
Who of their Drinke-oblations dranke the wine ?
Let thofe vnto their fuccour now arife,
And vnder their protecftion them enflirine.
Behold, confider now, that I am Hee,
And that there is no other GOD with mee :
I kill, and make aliue : I wound, I cure,
And there is none can from my hand affure.

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For, vp to heau'n on high my hand I reare ;
And (as I Hue for euer) this I fay.
When I my fliining fword to whet prepare,
And fliall my hand to acfling vengeance lay,
I will not ceafe till I my Foes requite,
And am aueng'd on all, that beare me fpight :
But, in their blood, which I fliall make to flow.
Will fleepe mine arrowes, till they drunken grow.

My fword fliall eate the flefli and bloud of thofe.
Who fliall be either flaine or brought in thrall,
When I begin this vengeance on my Foes.
Sing therefore, with his People, Nations all.
For, he \i\'i,feniants bloud with bloud will pay.
And due auengement on his Foes will lay .•
But to his Land compaffion he will fliow,
And on his People mercy fhall beftow.

The So7ig of Deborah and Barak. ludg. 5.

THis Hymne was cowpojed to glorifie Q,OX)for the threat ouerikrmv giuen
to Sifera : who camming armed tvith many hundred Chariots of yron a-

gam/l

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gainjl Uie foore o/ifrgjed Ifraelites, {-when they had not a Szvord or Spearc
a7;:ong 40000. oftkan. -jjas ncuertkelejje yniractilonjly dijcotnfited: tojlieiv the
vtil'elf^uing people, that the Lord oitely it the God of Battels ; and tliat he is
both able, and doth often deliuer hr's Church, 7vithpiit the ordinary meattes. By
the repetition li^n'oftueprai/e God. incofnmeinorating one of the great Detiue-
ranees heretofore vouchfafed to his Church. A nd in theje times offeare and
7iiauering, ve ti:ay a IJo by this metnorable example of (joA?, prouidence,Jlreng-
then our faith , which it many times weakned hy the outward power, profpe-
rity, or vaine hnajliiigs of tlie Churches adverfaries: \V ho fliall ' doiibtleffe]
he at laji JliamefiiUy mined [according to the Propheticall Imprecation con-
cluding this .Song' not-uithjlanding their many likelihoods cfprcuailing.Yea,
then, perhaps, fiall that dcjlruclion come on them, to G'jis greater Glory,
vthen our ejiatejeemes to be utojl dejperate.

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Wlien thou leftft Edom field,
Earth fliooke, the heaiiens dropped there,
The Cloudes did water yeeld.

LORD, at thy fight

A trembhng fright
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And late, in Laers time, the wayes
Frequented were of none :
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(Who rofe a Mother there)
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To tliofe that If rets Captaines are,

My heart doth much encline ;
To thofe, I meane, that willing were :
O LORD the praife be thine.
Sing ye, for this,
Whofe vfe it is
To ride on Affes gray ;
All ye, that yet
In Middin fit.
Or trauell by the way.

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The place where they their water drew,

From Archers now is cleare.
The LORDS vprightnes they fliall fliew,
And his iufl dealing there.
The Hamlets all.
Through Ifrel fliall
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And downe vnto
The Gates fliall goe
The people of the L O R D .

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Arife oh Deborah, arife ;

Rife, rife, and flng a Song.
Abinoani's fonne, oh Barak rife :
Thy Captiues lead along.
Their Princes all.
By him made thrall
To the Suruiuor bee.
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The Mightie-one,
The LORD vouclifafed mee.

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A roote from out o^ Ephratrn,

Gainft Amalcck arofe :
And (of the people) next to him,
The Beniamits were thofe.
From Machir (where
Good Leaders are)
Came well experienc't men :
And they came downe
From Zabulon,
That handle well the Pen.

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Along with Deborah did goe

The Lords of Ifachar ;
With Ifachar, eu'n Barak too,
Was one among them there.
Hee forth was fent,
And marching went
On foot the Lower-way.
For Ruben (where
Diuifions were)
Right thoughtfull-hearts had they.

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The bleating of the flockes to heare,

Oh wherefore didft thou flay ?
For Ruben (where diuifions were)
Right thought-full hearts had they.
But, why did they,
Of Gilcad ftay
On lordans other fide ?

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And wherefore than
Didft thou, oh Dan,
Within thy Tents abide ?

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The Sea-fide AJliur lay.
But Zebulon, and Nephthali
Kept not themfelues away.
They people are,
Who fearelefle dare
Their Hues to death expofe ;
And did not yeelde
The hilly-field,
Though Kings did them oppofe.

12
With them the Cananitijh Kings

At Tattac'h fought that day,
Clofe by Alegiddo's water-fprings ;
Yet bore no Prize away.
For, lo, the Starres
Fought in there fpheres :
Gainfl Si/era fought they.
And fome (by force)
The water-courfe
Of KiJIion, fwept away.

Eu'n Kijlion Riuer, which was long

A famous Torrent knowne.
Oh thou my foule ! oh thou, 'Ca.tjlrong,
Haft brauely troden downe.
Their Horfe (whofe pafe
So lofty was)

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i8 Song 3.

Their hoofes with prauncing wound ;

Tliofe of tlie Strong,

Tliat kickt and flung,
And fiercely beat the ground.

A heavy curfe on Meroz lay :
Curfl bee her dwellers all.
The Angdl of the LORD doth fay
That Citie curfe you fliall.
And therefore this
Accurfmg is ;
They came not to the fight.
To helpe the LORD,
(To helpe the LORD)
Againfl the Alen of might.

But bleft bee lael, Heber's Spoufe

The Kenite ; bleft be fliee.
More then all women are, of thofe
That vfe in Tents to bee.
To him did (hee
Giue milke, when hee
Did water onely wifh ;
And butter fet
For him to eate,
Vpon a Lordly difh.
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She in her Left hand tooke a Naile,

And rais'd vp in the Right
A workemans Hammer, wherc-withall
She Si/era did fmite.
His head fliee tooke,

When

Song 3. 19

When fliee had flrooke
His pierced Temples through.

Hee fell withall :

And in the fall,
Hee at her feet did bow.

Hee at her feet did bow his head ;

Fell downe, and life foifooke.
Meane-while his longing Mother did.
From out her window looke :
Thus, crying at
The Lattice grate,
Why flaies his Chariot fo
From hading home ?
Oh ! wherefore come
His Chariot wheeles fo flow ?

18
As thus flie fpake, her Ladics-wlfe

To her an anfwer gaue :
Yea, to her felfe, her felfe replies ;
Sure, fpcd (faith llie) they haue :
And all this while,
They part the fpoyle ;
A Dam/ell one, or twaie.
Each homeward beares,
And Si/era fliares
A partie-coulor'd pray.

Of Needle-worke, both fides of it

In diners colours are ;
And fuch it is, as doth befit

the Spoylers necke to weare.

B3 So

So LORD, flill (<\
Thy foes o're-throw :

But, who in thee delight,
Oil ! let them be
Sun-lilic when hee

Afcendcth in his might.

Song 4.

Tht Song oi Hanfiah. i. Sam. 2. I.

T_IAnnah, the Wi/e <?/ Elkanali, being Barren (and therefore vphrayded
■*■ '■and vexed hy Peninnah, her Husbands other Wife) prayed vnto the
l^ord for a Senne. And hauiug obtained him, glorified doA in this Song,
/ordeliueringherfrom the contempt of her Aduer/aric. ^_j' Hannah ivhich
fignificth Grace, i)>- Gracious: 'was the Church (^/Chrift reprefented: And
hy Peninnah (figni/ying dcfpifed, or forfaken) •was figured the lewifh Syna-
gogJte. This Son,<j, therefore, is to be vnderjlood as a Myjlicall Prophecie of
that Abieclion of the lewes, and Calhng of the Gentiles, -which was fulfilled
vpon the Birth (^/lefus Chrift, oitr true Samuel: at whofe Conception, the
Buffed Virgin IVIary, in her Magnificat, achno^uledged the verifying of many
particulars fare-told in this Song ; ciien ahnojl /« thefavte -words. In memo-
riall therefore of ihofe Myfleries, -wee ought to fin g this Hymne: To comfort
vs alfo againfi the pride and arrogancie ofthp/c,-ivho,by rcafon of their Mul-
titudes fitallfcorne and vpbrayd the true Church, as Mother onely of afevj
poore and obfcure Children. A nd wee may vfe it like-wife to prayfe God for
thatfruitfuhzcfs-which hehathgiucn to o?/rHoly-Mother, -whohath lately had
many Children advanced to be Kings, and to fit on the >nofi eminent Thrones
of Glory in the Earth, according to this Propheticall Sons.

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So proudly vaunt not then as heretofore :
But, let your tongues from henceforth now forbeare
All vaine-prefuming words, for evermore. (kiiowes,
For why.? the ZOA'I) is G O £>, who all things
And dolh each purpofe to his end difpofe.

3
Now broken is their Bow, that once were flout;
And girt with vigour, they that ftumbled are.
The Full, themfelues for Bread haue hired out ;
■Which now they neede not doe, that hungiy were.

The barren VVombc doth feuen Children owne ;

And fliee, that once had many, weake is grownc.

4
The LORD doth flay, and he reuiues the flaine ;
Hee to the Graue doth bring, and backe he beares :
The L 0 RD makes poore ; and rich he makes againe ."
Hee throweth downe ; and vp, on high, he reares.
Hee from the duft, and from the dunghill, brings
The begger, and the poore to fit with Kings.

Hee reares them, to inherit Glories throne.

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Song 5. 23

The World hath hee eredted thereupon.
Hee to the footing of his Saints- hath care.

But, dumbe in darkeneffe, Sinners (liall remaine .*

For in their ftrength, (hall men be ftrong in vaine.
6
The LORD will to deftrudion bring them all,
(Eu'n eu'ry one) that fliall with him contend :
From out of heau'n hee thunder on them fliall,
And iudge the World, vnto the farthefl end.

With llirength & power, his A7«^ hee will fupply ;

And raife the Home of his Ancinted, high.

The Lamentation oi Dauid ouer Saul^
and lonathan his fonne. 2. Sam. i. 17.

TiV this Funerall Elegit, DauiJ beivaileth the deaih ij/S«uI aitd lonatlian.
•'■ From 'whence, thefe objervatiotis may be colUiled. Firjl, that the /laughter
of a valiant Prince is an outward blemijli, and in/l caii/e of forrirw in the
State. Secondly, that the infuiting of an A diierfarie is not the leajl affliflion.
Thirdly, that the Mountaines (j/Gilboa are acctir/ed to this day. For, by
Gilboa (zvhich is tntei-prctcd flipperie or inconftanti is myjlically vn-
derftood that irrefrilution or defpairo, by ivhich men fall into the fioiver of
theirfpirituall Aduerfarie. Fourthly, u<e hence may Icarne to commemorate
thofe things7uliichare praifeiuorthyeueninour enemie. Lajflly,itjlie7uethvs,
thatuiife and good me?t may tender one Friend more affeflionately then ano-
ther; and that it misbefecmes them not, to beivaile their death. This is to be
fu}ig\ni\.or\ca.\\yforonrin/lruflion,in the particulars afore mentioned: And
jnay be obferued as a Patternefor our Funerall Pocmes.

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For feare PhiliJUd's daughters flout :
Left vaunt th'vncircumcized ihould.

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Song 5. 25

You Mountaines of Gilhoa fall :
Let there be neither fhowers on you,
Nor Fields, that breede an Offring Ihall.

For there, with (liame, away was throwne
The Target of the Strong (alas)
The Shield of Saul ; eu'n as of One,
That ne're with Oyle annointed was.

3
Nor from their blood that flaughter'd lay.
Nor from the fat of flrong-men flaine,
Came lonathan his Bow away.
Nor drew forth Saul his Sword in vaine.

In life-time, they were louely faire ;
In death they vndiuided are.
More fwift then Eagles of the ayre,
And ftronger they, then Lyons were.

Weeepe I/raels Daughters, weepe for Saul,
Who you with Skarlet hath arai'd ;
Who cloathed you with Pleafures all,
And on your Garments, Gold hath laid.
How comes it, hee that mightie was,
The foyle in battaile doth fuflaine.
Thou lonathan, oh thou (alas)
Vpon thy Places-high, wert flaine.

5
And much diflreffed is my heart,
My Brother lonaiJian, for thee :
My verie Deare-delight thou wert,
And wondrous was thy loue to mee.

So wondrous, it furpaffed farre
The loue of Women (eu'ry way)

Oh,

26 Song 6

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Oh, how the Mighty fallen are !
How warlike Inftruments decay !

Daiiids Thanksgiuing. I. Chro. 29. 10.

T^ Ing Dauid, halting by ferfwafions, and his cwne lihe rail exa!>t fie, Jli^-red
^^vp the People to a bouittifull Bcneuolencc toivard the building of Gods
Houje ; pyayjcd hiin/or that ivilling and cheare full free Offering. And in
his Thanks-giuirig we ohjerve this methode. Fiijl, he acknowledgeth Gods
BlefleduefTe, GreatnelTe, Power, Glorie, Viclorie, Maieflie, Boiintie, with
the like: and confeffeth in generall, that Honor, Riches, Strength, -zi'itk
all other good things, are at the Almighties difpojing. Secondly, hee there-
Jore prayj'eth the Lord ; and ackncnvledgeth aljo, that his, and the Peoples
vjillingnejje to giue, came not 0/ them/clues, but was Gods 07une proper Gift
(as well as that which they had giuen.) Lajlly, he prayeth/or the continu-
ance 0/ GoAs, blejjing, both 7)pon their purpofes and endeuors: and, that
their Beneuolence ynay be diffojed to that end for which it 7uas giuen. This
Song May be very pi-ofirly v/ed, whenjaeuer among vs there hath beene a-
ny free and libe7-all Contributions to good and pious ends. And to fit the fame
the better to full purpofes; the Perfons, and fame few Cirattnjianccs, area
little changed in this Tranflation.

SONG VI.
Sing this as the fift Song.

QH LORD, our euerlafling GOD,
^-^Bliffe, Greatneffe, Power and Praife is thine ;
With thee haue Conquefts their abode,
And glorious Maieflie Diuine.

All things that Earth and Heau'n afford,
Thou at thine owae difpofing haft.
To thee belongs the Kingdoine, LORD,
And thou, for Head, o're all art plac't.
2

Thou wealth and honour do'fl command ;

Sonc^ 6. 27

To thee made fubiccfl all things bee :
Both Strength & Tow're are in thine hand,
To bee difposVl as pleafeth thee.

And now, to thee our GOD therefore,
A Sons: of Thankcfuhifjfe wee frame ;
(That what wee owe, wee may reftore)
And glorifie thy glorious A'avie.

But what, or who are wee (alas)
That wee in giuing are fo free !
Thine owne before, our Offring was,
And all wee haiie, wee haue from thee.

For, wee are Guefls and Strangers here.
As were our Fathers in thy fight :
Our dales but fhaddow-like appeare,
And fuddenly they take their flight.

This Offi-ing, LORD our GOD, which thus
Wee for thy Names-fake haue beflowne,
Deriued was from thee, to vs ;
And that wee giue, is all thine owne.

O GOD thou prou'fl the heart, wee knowe,
And do'fl affecft vprightneffe there :
With gladneffe, therefore, wee beflow
What wee haue freely offer'd here.

Still thus (Oh LORD our GOD) encline
Their meanings, who thy People bee.
And euer let the hearts of thine
Be thus prepared vnto thee.

Yea, giue vs perfect hearts, wee pray,
That wee thy Precepts erre not from :

And

28 Song 7.

And graunt, our CoiifrihnHou may
All hououi" to thy Name become.

The VxTiyev oi Nfhcmia/;. Nehem. i. 5.

"M^ Ehcmiah, deterinitiing (as the Jlorle Jlienvetk) to inoiie Artaxerxes for
•*■ ' the rejiaire of the Citic and Hou/c of the Lord, _/??;/? made this Frayer :
Wherein hauing ackuo^vledged the Maicftie, luftice, and Mercie ^ God,
he confeffeih the haynon/n-ejje of his and his Peoples Jinnes ; defireth for-
ginenej/e ; entrcateth fo>- the Peoples deliuerance from eaftiuitie ; and re-
guefteth, that he may find fauor in the fight of the Kinghis Mafler. Noxv, we
luho by regeneration are the Sonnes of I fracl (and fuch, as in a ffirituallfenee
may befaid alfo to be diffet-fed among the Heathen, as often as we are carried
caftiue by the lieathenifi concnfifcencesatid vanities of the World) euen we
may in a literal! fenfe make 7fe of this excellent forme of Confeffion, before
ourfeuerall Petitions. And doubt lejfe, afaithfullvfnig of thefe the Holy-
Ghofts cnvne words (with a remembrance of the hafpyfuccefle they hereto-
fore had) will ntuchflrengthen andencreafe the hofe, confidence, and comfort
of him that frayeih. U'hochanging the two lafl Linesonly, may affropriate
it to any necejfitie. For example : If it bee to beefung before Labour, con-
clude it thus: And bee thou pleas'd, Oh Lord, to bleffe, Our Labours
with a good fuccelTe. If before a lourncy, thus ; And, I-otd, all dangers
keepe vs from. Both going forth, and comniing home. If before a Battaile,
thus : And bee thou pleafed, in the Fight, To make vs victors by thy
might. If in the time of Famine, thus ; And, Lord, vouchfafe thou, in
this need. Our Soules and Bodies both to feed. If before a Sermon, thics;
And grant that we. Lord, in thy feare, INIay to our profit fpcake and heare.
And the like, as occafon rcguireth.

SONG VII.
Sittg (his as the 9 Song.

T ORD GOD of Heau'n, who onely arc
■*-^The mightie GOD, and full of feare ;
^Vho neuer Promife-breaker wert,
But euer fliewing mercie there,

Where

Song 7. 29

Where men affe(5lion benre to thee,

And of thy Lawes obferuers bee.
2
Giue eare, and ope thine eies, I pray,
That heard thy Seruants fuit may bee,
Made in thy prefence, night and day,
For Ifraels Seed, that ferueth thee :

For Ifraels Seed, who (I confeffe)

Againfl thee grieuoufly tranfgreffe.

4
I, and my Fathers Houfe did finne.
Corrupted all our Actions bee :
And dif-refpecfliue wee haue bin
Of Statutes, Judgments, and Decree;

Of thofe, which to retaine fo faft.

Thy Seruant Mo/es charg'd thou hafl.

4
Oh yet, remember thou, I pray,
Thefe words, which thou didfl heretofore
Vnto thy Servant Hlofes fay :
If ere (faidfl thou) they vex mee more,

I will difperfe them eu'ry where,

Among the Nations here and there.

5
But, if to mee they (halt conuert.
To doe thofe things my Lawes containe ;
Though fpread to heau'ns extreamefl part,
I would coUecfl them thence againe,
And bring them there to make repofe,
Where I to place my Name haue chofe.
6
Now, thefe thy People are (of right)

Thy

30 Song 8.

Thy Sfrnants, who to thee belong ;
Whom thou hafl purchas'd by thy Might,
And by thine Arme, exceeding flrong :

Oh lei thine care, Lord, I thee pray,

Attentiue bee to what I fav.

7
The prayer of thy Seruaut heare ;
Oh, heare thy Seruanis, when they pray,
(who willing are thy Name to feare)
Thy Seruaut profper thou to day :

And bee thou pleas'd to grant, that hee
May fauour'd in thy prefence bee.

T\\Q Song oiYiing Lemuel. Proii. 31. 10.

"^ His Song is Alphabetical! in the original!. It conta inctJi an admirable de-
^ fcripticn o/a gootlWde: And thefe three tilings arc Jioe principally confi-
derablc : The aduantage herk usband rcceiiietk by tier ; Tlie cotninendabli ver-
tuesjtte tuitli in tierj'el/e; And ttie reiuard ttiat/ollo^ves tier. Her If.isbnuds
advantages are ttiefe; A quiet licart free from iealvufie or dijlrujl if her;
a rich eflate wHliout opprefTmg ot tiers; and place of tionour in tlie Common-
wealth. Her vertues are Induflrj', Prouidence, Chearefulneffe, Courage,
and Vn weariedneiTe in providing for, and dijpofing of her tcmporall affaires :
Jiloreoiier, continuall lone to herliusband ; liberality to tlie poore; gouerninent
of her tongue ; and licedfulncffe to thofe cojirfes tier Itoujtiold tatics. Her re-
ivard is ttiis : Her husband is confident in her; fie fall liaue oinfort of tier
labours; tier pojlerity fiall bleffe her; tier tinfmnd fiall praife her aboue
otlier women ." ftie fialt be lionoured in life, and liaue toy at tier death. It is,
indeed, an cvcettent Marriage-Song, _/?/ to be 7 fed at thefoleninizing of thofe
Rites. /"<>?■ it minijlretli injlruclion becominiiig that occafion. Yea perliaps,
the Miiftetce of it would Jiirre vp good affeclioni alfo \2vttere vnpleajing
difcords are now lieard) if it were oftetifiing in priuate Families.

SONG VIII.

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A Gemme more worth then pearles hath got ;

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Song 8. 31

Her Husbands heart on her relies ;
To Hue by fpoyle he needeth not ;

His comfort all his life is (hee :
No wrong fhee willingly will doe :
In VVooll and Flax her labours bee ;
And cheerefull hands Ihe puts thereto.

2
The Merchant-JJiip refembling right.
Her food fhe from afar doth fet :
E're day fhee wakes, that giue flie might
Her maids their taske, her houfliold meat.

A Field fhe viewes, and that (he buies ;
Her hand doth plant a Vineyard there ;
Her loynes with courage Vp (hee ties ;
Hir Armes with vigor ftrengthned are.

If in her worke fhee profit feele,
By night her Candle goes not out :
Shee puts her fingers to the Wheele ;
Her hand the Spindle twirles about.

To fuch as poore and needy are,
Her hand (yea, both hands) reacheth flie :
The Winter, none of hers doth feare ;
Fcr double cloath'd her houfliold bee.

4
She Mantles maketh, wrought by hand,
And filke and purple clothing gets :
Among the Rulers of the Land,
(Knowne in the Gate) her Husband fits.

For fale, fine Linnen weaueth fliee,
And Girdles to the Merchant fends :
Renowne and flrength her clothings be,

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Z2 Sonir 8.

Ami loy her latter time attends.

She fpeakes difcreetly when (lie talkes ;

The law of grace her tongue hath learnd :
She heeds the way her Ilonjhold walkes.
And feedeth not on bread vn-earn'd ;

Her Children rife, and bleft her call ;
Her Husband thus applaudeth her :
Oh ! thou hajl far fii7 pajl them all.
Though inanv Daughters thrilling arc.
6

Deceitfull Faiiour quickly weares,
And Beauty fuddenly decaies ;
But, if theLURD ilie truly feares,
That Vronhiu well deferueth praife.

The fruit her handie-worke obtaines,
Without repining grant her that ;
And yeeld her what her labour gaines,
To doe her honour in the Cafe.

THE SONG OF SONGS.
T/ie Preface.

SVch IS the mercy of God, that he taketh aduantage, euen of our na-
turall affecuons, to beget in our foules an apprehenfion of his loue,
, and of the myfterios, which tend to our true happinefle ; fo fitting

his diuine exprefsions to the feuerall incHnations of men, that
meanes might be prouided to win fome of all. For, otherwhile he doth
it by comparing the fame to the glories of a temporall Kingdoiiie, to winne
fuch as are moft defu-ous of honours. Sometime he ilkiftrates it by Trea-

fiires

Soni,^9- 33

fures, Gold MX'i. prctious Stones, Sec. the better to allure fuch as are temp-
ted with things of that nature ; and diuers other vvaies alfo, as ap-
peares throughout the booke of God. But in this So>tg of Salomon
(wherein is mj-flicaUy exprelTed the mutuall affection betwixt Chrijl
and his Church, with the chiefe paffages thereof throughout all Ages,
from Abel to the laft iudgement ; at which time their blefTed jiiaria^e
fhall be fully confummated; he doth moft mouingly impart vnto vs
the rauifhing contentments of the diuitie Loue, by comparing it to that de-
light wl'.ich is conceiued in the flrongeft, the commoneft, the moft pleafmg,
the moft naturall, and the moft commendable of our Affeclions : And,
doubtlefle, it powerfully preuaileth to the enflaming of their fpirituall
Loue, who feeke rightly to vndenland and apply the mj-fleries and ex-
prefsions herein contained. Let no man therefore prefume to fmg or
repeat in a carnall fenfe, what is here fpiritually intended, vpon paine of
Gods heauie indignation : Nor let the wifedome of flefli and bloud vaine-
ly neglect Gods fauour, in offring this for the comfort of fuch as ■will
rightly apply the fame, becaule fome Atheijls and fenfuall men, fhall
perhaps turne this Grace of God into wantonnefTe, to their owne condem-
nation.

The firfl Canticle.

IT/ this Canticle, isfirjlexpreffed that longing which tJu whole Catholicke-
■*■ Church had for the anbraces of her Redeemer, (front the time of Abel,
till his firjl camming) luith her ackno-wledgeinent of his rauifliing Excel-
lencies ; her defire to be drawne after hijn, and Iter confejjion of that ioyfull
happineffe which will arife front his fauours. Secondly, the partic?tlar
Church of the Gentiles is brought in, entreating an vndejpifed vnion with
the Synagogue of the I ewes, both con f effing and exctifing her bleiniflies.
Thirdly, the whole Catholicke-Church ts againe introduced, as defiring to be
fed and guided by her bcloued Shepheard. Fourthly, her petition is mojl gra-
cioujly anfwe?ed, and Jiie direcled to follow the fteps of the holy Patriarcks
and Prophets. Finally, Chn^Jettethfotih the pcnver and rich graces of his
Spoufe, with what other orHaiiients he will prepare for her. This Canticle
luc may fmg to the /Hiring ip of our fpirituall Loue ; hauing firjl fet ion-
fly tneditated thefe things : to wit ; That defire we ought to haue in our Joules
to be ioyned to Chrift ; the excellency cf his perfeclions ; the backvjardneffe
of oH~, humane Nature toentertaine hisloue; the defortnitie aiiddammagcwe
fujiaine till ■:ve be jeceii:ed i".to the communion of Saints ; the readinejje of
Chrift to teceiite and dired vs; the plea/tire he will take in oicr loue; and the
prouifion he will maiiefor the furtlier beautifying of oitrfoules.

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And then wee after Thee will runne :

Oh, A'ing, thy Chambers bring me to ;
So, wee in thee delight fliall finde,
And more then wine thy loue will minde ;

And loue thee, as the Righteous doe.

And Daughters of lerufalem,

I pray you, doe not mee contemne,

Becaufe that blacke I now appeare ;
For, I as lonely am (I know)
As Kedar Tents (appeare in fliowe)

Or Salomon his Curtaines are.

4
Though blacke I am, regard it not :
It is but Sun bitrne I haue got ;

Whereof my Mothers Sons were caufe :
Their Vineyard-keeper me they made.
(Through enuy which to me they had)

So, mine owne Vine, negledted was.

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Vnto thy paflures me dired,

Where tliou at Noone, art flrctciit along.
For, why fliould I be flragling fpide,
Like her that loues to turne afide,
Thy fellow-iliepheards flocks among?

6
Oh, fairefl of all IVomankindc !
(If him thou know not where to finde)

Goe, where the paths of Cattell are :
Their Tracl; of foot-fleps ftray not from,
Till to the Shepherds Tents thou come ;

And feede thy tender KidiiHgs there.

7
My Lone, thou art of greater force,
Then Pharaoh's troups of Charret-horfe.

Thy cheekes, and necke made lonely Ijce
With rowes of ftone, and many a chaine :
And, wee gold borders will ordaine,

Befet with filuer lluds, for thee.

The fecond Cautide.

"^His Song feemeth to fet forth the my/lerie <»/" Chrift his Incarnation,
_ -ivhereby the C\\wrc\\c% fi rjl Petition (mentioned in the former Canticle^
IS accomf-lijlted. And herein, ihefe ^articnhirs a/'pcare to be mvjlically ex-
prefled_ 1 1 is Birth aud repofe bciiveen the two 'reflaments, ivith hisfiveet and
Jancpifying operations. Seeondly, the Churches acknonnledi^entent of her
Redeemers beauty, tnnocency, and delipjitfulneflc ; loith how pleafant and
mcorrnptiblt an habitation, is prepared for thoje Louers ; andivhat excellent
priuiledgesfu! hath by hisfaiior. Thirdly, Chrift and his Church do fas t7vo
1^0'<ers) interchangeably preferre one another before all others, by ivay of com-
P'arifon. Fourthly, the ^vmikr, fpirituall lone-ficke pa/sions are expreffed.
And lajlly, [Jlte haiitng declared hoio Jlie is cnclojed in his embraces (there is

ivarniug

Song lo 37

warning giuen that their Jivecl vnioti be not dijiiirhcd. This Canticle may he
Prof-erly Jung vpon the Fcajl of Chi ids Natiuity, or at a>:y other time ; 7iie
hauingjirjl prepared our Jeluesby a fruitfullineditaiin^t lie paiticularmyjle-
ries of the Song.

SONG X.

Sing this as the ninth Song.

V^THile that the ICing was at repafl,
* ^ My Spieknard his perfumings caft ;
And twixt my breafls repos'd my Deere :
My Lone, who is as fweet to mee.
As Alyrrha, or Caiiiphire bundles bee,
Which at Engaddi Vineyards are.

Loe, thou art faire ; Ice, thou my Lnue,
Art faire, and eyed like the Done:
Thou faire, and pleafant art my Deare:
And loe, our bed with flowers is ftrow'd ;
Our Houfe is beam'd with Ceedar wood ;
And of tlie Firre our Rafters are.

I am the Rofe that Sharon yeelds,
The Rofe aiid Lilly of the Fields,

And flower of all the Dales below.
My Ljjite among the Daughteis ihowes.
As when a fweet and beauteous Rofe

Amid her bufli of thornes doth grow.

4
Among the Sonnes, fuch is my Deare,
As doth an Apple-tree appeare.
Within a flrrubbie Forrefl plac't.

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38 Song II.

I fate mc downe bencatli his fliade,
(Whereto a great defire I had)

And fweet his fruit was to my tafi.

Mee to his Banquei-houfe he bare,
Eu'n where liis wine prouifions are,

And there, his Loue my banner was.
With Flaggons, mee from fainting ftay ;
With Apples comfort me, I pray ;

For, I am ficke of Loue (alas)
6
ily head with his left-hand he flaid :
His right-hand ouer me he laid ;

And by the Harts and Roes (faid Hee)
You Daughters of Tt-ru/aUm,
Stirre not (for you I charge by them)

Nor, wake my Loue, till pleas'd flie be.

The third Canticle.

BY contemplating this Canticle, u<e may he myjlically informed of <Oar&.%
calling his Church in the Apojltes, and of her ejlate in t!u- beginning of
Chriftianiry, '^vhcn he vjent from place to place (as a Hinde oner the Moitn-
taines) tofurt/ur the vjorke of our Redemption ; luooing his Difciplcs (and
in them his Church) to follonu him, by Jliezving his Diuinity a little, and
a little (as it -were) through the Grate, and from behindi the Wall of his
Humanity. Moreouer, the fprhig-likc feafon of the Gofpell, after the cloudy
and Winter-like time znder the Law, is here fct forth. And then, the
Church halting petitioned, that the Curtaines of the Ceremoniall Law might
befo drawne away as that fie may both hcare and fee her Beloued in his vn-
vailed perfeclion-s ; fie reguejleth alfo, that the Jlie enemies of his Vineyard
may be deftroyed. She rcioyceth likewife in their mntuall hues ; and pray-
€th him that -whilejl the day of grace lajttth,flie may on all cccafions enioyhis

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Song II. 39

fpeedy Civijolations. Lajlly, the Clnuxh coitfeffcth hoiv blindly Jlie fought
Chrift during the night of the Law ; how diligently (and through vhat affli-
clions) fie fearched after him; how at length fie foutid him; where, alfo,
andwith 'what affeflioiis fie entertained him: And fo concludes as in the

former Canticle. It ought therefore to befung with retierence, and confide-
ration of the myfleries therein contained.

SONG XI.

Sin-; this as the fift Song.

IHeaie my Lone, and him I fee
Come leaping b)' the Mountains there :
Loe, o're the Hillocks trippeth Hee ;
And Roe, or Stag-like doth appeare.

Loe, from behind the wall he pries :
Now, at the window grate is hee :
Now fpeakes my Deare, and faies, Arile,
My Lone, my Faire, and come with mee.

Loe, Winters pafl, and comne the Spring,
The Raine is gone, the Weather cleare :
The Seafon woes the Birds to fmg,
And on the Earth the flowers appeare.

The Turtle croweth in our Field :
Young Figs the Fig-tree down doth weigh,
The bloffom'd Vines a fauour yeeld ;
Rife Loue, my Faire, and come away.

My Done, that art obfcured, where
The Rockes darke ftaires doe thee infold .*
Thy voyce (thy fweet voice) let me hear,
And Thee, (that louely fight) behold.

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40 Song I r.

Thofe Fcxfs-Cuhs, the Vines that mar,
Goo take vs whilft the Grapes be young :
My Lout's am I, and mine's my Deare,
Who feeds the Lilly-Flcnvers among.

4
While breake of Day, when (hades depart,
Returne my Well-beloued-Om ;
Eu'n as a Roe, or hifly Hart,
That doth on Bether Mountaines runne.

For him, that to my foule is deare,
Within my bed, by night I fought ;
I fought, but him I found not there :
Thus therefore with my felfe I thought ;

5
I'le rife, and round the Cittie wend.

Through Lanes, and open waies Fie goe,

That I my Sonles-delight may finde :

So, there I fought, and mifl him too.

The Cittie ivatch me hghted on ;
Then askt I for my /onles delight :
And fome\\hat paft them being gone,
My /oii/es-iie/oited found I Ilraight.

6
"SATiom, there in my embrace I caught ;
And him forfooke I not, till hee
Into my I\Iothers houfe I brought ;
Her Chamber who conceiued mee.

You Daughters oi lerjifalem,
Stirre not (by field-bred Harts and Roes ;
For you I doe adiure by them)
Nor wake my Loue till fhee difpofe.

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Song 12. 41

The fourth Cantkle.

\JEre, the royall Prophet, firj} fingelh Chrift his go'mg forth to preach
*• the Gofpell, metaphorically exprejjing it (and as it ■were) by ivay of
admiration, at the excellent manner thereof Next, he mentioneth his Couch
(or re/ting place) incaiiing either the Church, or elfe that Bed of his Hn-ma-
nitie, which the holy Fathers and Paftors of the Church (as her valiant
Champions) defe?ided by the Sword of Gods lVo>-d, againjl Infideis, Here-
tickes, and all the poiuers and terrors of the kingdome ofdarfcnefle. Then he
tnyjlically defcribeth that Pallace, Throne, or abiding-place ^Chrift, together
■with the glory of it, a/well in regard of the precious matter of eac/ijctterall
part, as in ref peel of the forme and beauty of the whole Fabricke. A nd lajl-
ly, he exhorteth all the faithfull (vnder tlic name of the Daughters of Syon)
to contemplate Jerioujly the excellent glory op Chrift, ivhen (by his incarna-
tion) the Deity was e/poufed to the Humanity. /« fmging this, ive are to
meditate inwhat/ecurity, and glor/oHs content >nent,wefliallrnioy the embra-
ces of our Redeemer; feeing his Bed &• Place for entertainement of the
Daughters of \ftxwi3\e.n\. (that is, thefoidcs of the faithfull) isfo excellently
built, andfirnijlted, as this Allegory itnplycth.

SONG XII.

Sing this as thefift Song,

TXTHats hee, that from the Defert there
' ^ Doth like thofe fmoakie pillars come,
\Yhich from the Incenfe and the Mirrhe,
And all the Merchant fpices fume ?

His Bed (which, loe, is Salomons)
Threefcore ftout men about it fland :
They are of Ifraers valiant- Ones ;
And all of them with Swords in hand.
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And each one on his thigh doth weare

42 Song 12.

A fwcird, that tcrrours of the niiTht
May bee forbiil, from comming there.

King Salomon, a goodly place,
AYith trees of Libanon did reare :
Each piller of it Sihier was ;
And gold the bafes of them were.

With purple couer'd he the fame ;
And all the pauement (throughout)
Oh Daughters of Icnifalein,
For you, with charitie is wrought.

Come Syon Daughters, come away,
And crowned with his Diadem
King Salomon behold yee may :
That Crowne his Mother fet on him.
When he a married man was made,
And at the heart contentment had.

The fift Canticle.

'T'I/it/ loticIiiteJTc ivhich is found in the ynoR hcaiiiif nil body, endo7vcd ivith
■•• the riches of ilic ininde. and adorned ivith the goods of fortiaie (being
cfall obietis the ino/I /ower/ull oner humane affeHions.) The Holy Clhoit
in this Song of Songs, hath thereby myjiically exprejjed the Churches ejlate
in her/eueralt Ages : thatfo it might the betterwoAe into our Joules an ap-
prelienfion, both of tho/e excellent perfeclicns Chrift hath be/lowed on his
Church, and the better inforine vs aljo of thai vn/peakable ttffeflion 7vhich
he heareth vnto her. And iifeemeth (the metaphors in this Allegory being
expounded) that the fate of the Church in herfeueral members is here de-
fcribed, with her Louers affeflion f tewed tozvards her, about the time of
the Gofpells entrance ; euen when our bleffcd Sauiour was abiding on the
earth. But, the explanation ofeachfeuerall Metaphor tu;// be too large for
this place: Nor will euery capacity reach vnto the particular application
of them. It mayfuffice therefore,^ iffuch doe (by an implicite Faith )fing thefc
Myfteries, with a genejall application of them to Chrift and Itis Church ; be-

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Song 13.

leening thcmjelues memhcrs of that lonely Spoufe ; And that Icfiis Chrifl: is
he, tuho in this Sons; profeJJ'eth an intire affeilion, not onely to the whole
Myfticall body of the faith/nil, but euen to euery iiieinl/er 0/ it in particular.

SONG XIII.

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"SYhich in rowes from wafliing goe ;

V.'hen among them there is none

Twinleffe, nor a barren one.
And thy Lips are of a red ;
Like the Rofie-colour'd thread.

Speech becomming thee thou haft.
Vnderneath thy TreJ'ses plac't

Are thy Temples (matchleffe faire)

Which (o'refhadow'd with thy haire)
Like Pomegranats doe appeare,
When they cut afunder are.

4
To that Fort thy N'ecH's compar'd ;
Which with Bulwarkes Dauid rear'd ;

Where a thoufand fnields are hung,

All the Targets of the Strong.
Breajls thou haft like twinned Roes,
Feeding where the Lilly growes.

5
While day-breake, and fliades are gone,
To the Mountains I will runne :

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Song 13. 45

And to tliat of Libanum.
Thou my Lone all beautie art,
Spotleffe-faire in eu'ry part.

6
Come my Spoufe from Libantim,
Come with me from Libannm.
From A/nana turne thy fight,
S/ienh-'s top, and Hermans height ;
From the dennes of Lyons fell,
And the hills where Leopards dwell.

Thou, my Sifter, thou art fliee.
Of my heart that robbeth mee ;
Thou, my Spoufe, oh thou art fhee.
Of my heart that robbeth me,
With one of thine eies afpect,
And with one locke of thy necke.

8
Sijier, and efpoufed-Peere,
Thofe thy Breajls how faire they are !
Better be thofe Dugs of thine.
Then the mofl dehtious wine :
And thine Oyntmoits odours are,
Sweeter then all Spices farre.

Loue, thy Lips drop fweetneffe fo,

As the Combs of Hony doe.

Thou haft vnderneath thy Tongue
Hony mixt with Milke among.

And thy Robes doe fent as well,

As the Frankiiiceji/e doth fmell.

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Tliou, my Sijlcr, nnd cfpoiif'd,
All a Garden, fad incJos'd ;

\Valled-S]iring, a Foiintaine feal'd ;
And tlie Plants thy Orchyard yeeld
Are of tlie Po»igranatc-trec,
With thofe fruits tliat pleafant bee.

II
CampJdrc there with Xard doth grow,
jYard, commixt w^ith Crocus loo,
Cahii/ius, and Ciiuv/ion,
with all trees of Libanum ;
Sweetefl Aloes and JMyrrhe,
And all Spice that precious are.

12
All the Gardens eu'ry where.
Take their firfl. beginning there.
There the precious Foiiniaine lies,
Whence all liuing; waters rife :
Eucn all thofe Streames that come,
Running downe from Libanum.

The fixt Canticle.

TN this Canticle is inyjlically Jet forth the Death &' Paffton (j/ lefus Chrift ;
^/rom whence all the Sacratnents and fpirituall Graces, he/lowed on the
Church, tooke their beginning. Firjl, Chrifc dejlreth, that by the bloTiiing
0/ thofe two co7iirarie IVindes. the Charitable Will of God, and the malici-
ous W ill of his .Adnerfaries, the workc of ottr Redemption might be wrought.
To which piirpofe, the Church addeth alfo, her Keqiicjl. Secondly, Q.\ix\fi.J]te%u-
eth, that he hath accomplijlied his owne, with the Chuiches dejlre therein:
and ejcpreffhig the fulfilling of his Bitter-Jwcet-Pajjion, iniiiteth all the
Faith full to come and take benefite therof. Thirdly, here iszvoiidrous moouing-
ly i7itiinated, both our Redeemers watclifulnes to feeitre vs (eueti while his

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Bodyjlept in the Graiic) and tJiofc Lone paffagcs of his, luherrwith he came
to wooe vs in his humane Nature (as it were a Loner knocking, and calling at
his Beloiieds Jl'indozu) in the darke Night of his PaJT'on, and vnhccdcd Af-
Jiiilions. Lajtty, here is dejcribed the Churches readi>ieffe, to open to her Re-
loued ; with thai Loue-dijlemperatiire which appca7-ed in her, ivhen the
Women and the Difciples inijjcd him in the Craue ; and when, through
feare of the H igh-Priefts, they were for a time difpoyled of tlwir Rohe and
Veyle (^ Faith. This Canticle may properly be fung in commemeratioii
of our Redeemers Sufferings ; and of his Spoufes^^'arf andforrow, before
his Refnrrcllioji.

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Vnto my Garden I am come :
My Spice I gather'd with my Mynhe;
I ate my Hony in the Combe,
And drunk my wine with milke among.
Come Friends, and Bejl-belon'd of mee,
Come eate, and drinke, and merry bee.

Song 14. 47

I flept, but yet my heart did wake ;

It is my Loue I knocking heare :

It was his Voyce, and thus he fpake;

Come open vnto mee, my Deare,

My Loue, my Date, my Spotlefse-Peere :

For, with the deaw my head is dight ;

My Locks with droppings of the night.

4
Loe, I haue now vndreffed mee :
Why fhould I cloath me, as before ?
And fmce my feet cleane vvaflied be.
Why (hould I foyle them any more ?
Then, through the Crevice of the doore

Appear'd the Hand of my Belou'd;

And towards him my heart was mou'd.

5
I rofe vnto my Loue to ope,
And from my Hands diftilled Myrrhe ;
Pure Myrrhe did from my fingers drop
Vpon the handles of the Barre.
But, then departed was my Deare.

When by his Voyce I knew 'twas he,

My heart was like to faint in mee.
6
I fought ; but feene he could not be :
I call'd, but heard no anfwer found.
The Citie-Watchmen met with me,
As they were walking of the Round,
And gaue me ftripes that made a wound :

Yea they that watch & ward the Wall,

Eu'n they haue tooke away my veyle.

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The feuenth Canticle,

'~r-HefubieSl of this Canticle h an allegorlcall exprejfwn of the Maiejlie,
■*• Pcnuer, aud Excellenck ^Chrift, and is in cffcfl that ivhich the Church
^/Apoflles c7iangeUicaUy fuHg of him, after his Refuyreclion andAfccnfioji.
Firjl, the Bride is introduced, adiin-ing the faithf till Ifraelites, that when
they haiic attained tlie knowledge ^/Chrift, /;.';- Spoiife, theyjliould profeffe
and teach him to the rrjl of her Members. Secotidiy, tho/e who long tofinde
him, defirc againe of the Church to knoiu the excellencies of that Belated of
Jurs; and (by doidding the queflion)feeme to imply his two fold perfecti-
on. Thi> dly, the ChmQ.\iJpcedily anfovcrs thofe that enquire after lur Spoufe ;
and, by defcribing his excellencie in his tenne principall Members, myjlically
7totifieth his tenne fold fpirituall perfeflion: 'whei-eupon to infi/l were noi
here conuenient. Lajlly, the Faithf nil crane the Churches diretlion, to helpe
herfifide him out ; and >-eceiue her gracious an/were to that purpofe. What is
to be obferued in the zfe of this Hynuie.yWA as are ignorant are referred
to that which is f aid before, in the fft Canticle of this Song of Songs.

SONG XV.
Sing this as the 13 Song.

OH ! if him you happen on,
Who is my Bcloitcd-One,
Daughters of Icnifalem ;
I adiure you, ferioufly,
To informe him, how tliat I

Sicke am growne of loue for him.
2
Fairejl of all zvoiiien, tell
How thy Loner doth excell.

More then other Louers doe.
Thy Bcloned, what is hee
More then other Louers bee,
That thou dofl adiure vs fo?

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Song 15. 49

. Hee, in whom I fo delight,
Is the pureft Red and White ;

Of ten thoufands, Chiefe is he.
Like fine Gold, his Head doth fliow.
Whereon curled Lockes doe grow ;

And a Rauen-blacke they bee.

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L-.ke the milkie Doues that bide

By the Riuers, he is Ey'd:

Full, and fitly fet they are :
Cheekes like Spicy-Beds hath he ;
Or like flowers, that faireft be :

Lips like Lillies, dropping Myrrhe.

5
Hands, like Rings of Gold befet
With the precious CJuyfolet :

Belly d like white luory,
Wrought about with Saphires rich :
Legges, like Marble Pillars, which

Set on Golden Bafes bee.
6
Fac'd like Libanus is hee :
Goodly, as the Ccvdar-tree :

Sweetneffe breathing out of him.
Hee is louely eu'ry where.
This my Friend is, this my Deare,

Daughters of leri/falein.

7
Oh, thou Fayrejl (eu'ry way)
Of all Women ! whither may
Thy Beloiied turned be ?

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50 Song i6.

Tell vs, whiUicr he is gone,
Who is thy Bcloiicd-one,

Thai wee feeke him may v/ith thee.
8
To his Garden went my Deare,
To the IJeds of Spices there ;

Where he feeds, and LilHes gets.
I my Loiies am, and alone
Mine is my Bcloiud-one,

Who amone the LilKes eates.

The eight Canticle.

\Si Erci:t is contained a continuation of tJic Prayfes of the Bride, and of that
■'■ ^ardent affcflion exprcffed by her Beloued in the fift Canticle: yet, it
is no vnnccefl'arie repctitioi. For, itfectnctk to Jiaue )-e//>efi to the Churches
cjlate, and the pafTagcs betiveene Iter and Chrift /;; another Age ; eiien luhen
the Gentiles began to be called and vnited vnto the Church of the lewes ;
according to what is defired in the firjl Canticle. And tliercfore,fie is here
compared to Tyrzah and lerufalem, for lonelynejfe. Her glorions encreafe,
hcrfmgnlarpuritie, herextraordiiiarirapplanfe,thefplendorifherJ\Taieflie,
and tJie powcrfulneffe ofherAnthoritie, is here alfo defcribed. J\[oreoucr,
the fearcs ajid hinderancesfnflained in Jicrflrjl Pcrfecutions, are here tnyjli-
caflyj/iowne. A nd, laftly, they ivlio through fea) e or objlinacie arefeparated
fromlier, are called to returnc,in regard of her apparant power. Thisive may
fing, to remember vs of thofe graces God hath befloivcd on his Church ; to
confort our Soules alfo, with that dearetieffc which Chrifl expreljeth to-
wards Her, of whom we are lifcmbers; and on dincrfe other occafious, ac-
cording as he that vjeth it, hath capacitie to vnderjland and apply the fame.

SONG. XVI.

Sing this as tJie 13 Song.

Beautiful art thou, my Dcare :
Thou as louely art, as are

Tirzah

Song 1 6. 51

Tirzah, or lenifaiem,
(As the beaiitifuirft of them)
And as much thou mak'fl afraid,
As arni'd Troups with Flagges difplay'd.

2
Turne away thofe eyes of thine ;
Doe not fix them fo on mine :

For, there beame forth from thy fight,

Sweetes, that ouercome me quite :
And thy Lockes hke Kidlings bee.
Which from Cilead hill we fee.

3
Like thofe Ewes thy Teeth doe fhow,
Which in rowes from wafliing goe,

When among them there is none,

Twinleffe, nor a Barren one.
And (within thy locks) thy Broives
Like the cut Poniegranat fliowes.

4
There are with her fixtie Qiteencs :
There are eightie Concubines ;

And the Damfeh they poffeffe,

Are in number numberleffe.
But my Done is all alone,
And an vndefiled one.

Shee's her Mothers onely Deare,
And her loy that her did beare :

When the Daughters her furuei'd.

That file bleffed was, they faid ;
She was praifed of the Qneencs,
And among the Concubines.

D 4 Who

52 Song 17.

Who is flic (when forth Hie goes)
That fo like the Morning Ihowes ?
IJeautifull, as is the Moone,
Purely bright, as is the Siintie :
And appearing full of dread :
Like an I/oaJi with Enfignes fpread ?

To the Nut-yayd downe went I,
(And the Vales encreafe to fpie)
To behold the Vine-Buds come,
And to fee Pomegranats bloonie :
But the Pi-inccs Charrets did
Vex me fo, I nought could heed.

8
Turne, oh turne, thou Shulamite,
Turne, oh turne thee to our fight.
What, I pray, is that, which you
In the Shidamite would view,
But that (to apparance) Are
Shewes like Troups, that armed bee ?

The ninth Canticle,

Solomon, in the firjl part of this Canticle, cointiieftdina the Churches vni-
nerfalt Bcajitic hi her fcmyalt farts, is vyicierjlood to haue 7-ef/>cfi to that
time, after the Conuerfioii from Paganifme, luherein Jlie mas endowed and
vtade lonely by the varietie of thofe ^OJices, States, and Degrees, into uihich
her Members were for orders fake diJlinguiJJied; as well as by the addition
of thofe other Graces, formerly 7-eceiued: Which States and Degrees are
here myjlically vndcrjlood, by the parts of^ a beautifnll Woman, as doth
excellently appeare, the Allegorie being particnlarly expounded. Thefecond
iart of this Hymn exprejfeth tlie mutitall enterchange of Affe^ion between

the

Song 17. 53

iJte Bride-groome, and his Bride ; and thnfe fioeet contentments they en-
ioy in each others Loues. LajUy, here is /et forth both the Churches de/ire, to
hefreedfroii thoje Perfecutions, which hinder Iter open, and/nil fruit ion of her
Belo~ued; and ]nentio7i is here 7nadc alfo, of thofe pitblique and vndiflu7-hed
embraces which theyjliall at length enioy. The firft part hereof we ought fo
tofing, that it may roneinher vs tofliun their biindnejje, who di/ccrne not
the beautie of Order and Degrees in i'/zf Church. The fccond part, puts vs
in 7ninde, tJiat flie is the Treafureffe both of thofe Graces which caufe con-
tentinetit within 02irf clues, and make vs acceptable to God. By the lajl part,
ive may apprehend the comfort that will follow, -when we defire, that tlie
open ProfeJJion o/"Chrilt vtay be granted, meerely for the lone of him.

SONG XVII.

Sing this as ike 9 Song.

'T~*Hou Daughter of the Roydl Line,
■'■ How comely are thofe Feet of thine.
When their befeeming Shooes they weare ?
The curious knitting of thy Thighes,
Is hke the coflly Gemmes of prize,
Which wrouglit by skilful workeme are,

Thy A^auell, is a Goblet round,
Where Liquor euermore is found ;

Thy faire and fruitfull Belly fliowes
As doth a goodly heap of Wlieat,
With Lillies round about befet ;

And thy two Breajls like twined Roes.

Thy Ahck like fome white towre doth rife :

Like HeJJibon Fiflr-Pooles are thine Eyis,

Which neare the Gate Bath-rabbim lye :
Thy A'ofe (which thee doth well become)

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54 Song 17.

Is like the Towre of Libaiutm,
Which on Daviafcits hath an eye.

4
Thy Head like Scarlet doth appeare,
Tlie Hayres thereof like Purple are ;

And in thofe Threads the King is bound.
Oh Lone ! how wondrous faire art thou !
How perfe6l doe thy Pleafures fliow !

And how thy loyes in them abound !

5
Thou Siattir'd art in Palme-tree wife :
Thy Breajls like Clufters doe arife.

I faid, into this Palme He goe;
My hold fliall on her Branches be,
And thofe thy Breajls (hall bee to niee

Like Clufters that on Vines doe grow.
6
Thy A^ojlhrilh fauour fliall as well,
As newly gather'd Fruits doe fmell :

Thy Speech fhall alfo relifli fo.
As pureft Wine, that for my Deare
Is fitting Urinke; and able were

To caufe an old mans Lippes to goe.

I my Beloued^s am ; and hee
Hath his affedlion fet on me.

Come, Well-beloiud, come away :
Into the Fields let's walke along ;
And there the Villages among,

Eu'n in the Countrey, wee will flay.
8
We to the Vines betimes will goe,

And

Song 17. 55

And fee, if they doe Spring or no ;

Or, if the tender Grapes appeare.
We will moreouer, goe and fee,
If the Pomegranats bloffom'd be :

And I my Loue will giue thee there.

Sweet fmells, the Maiidrakes doe afford :
And we within our Gates are flor'd

Of all things that delightful! bee ;
Yea, whether new or old they are,
Prepared they be for my Deare ;

And I haue laid them vp for thee.

Would as my Brother thou might'fl be
That fuck't my Mothers Breajt with me :

Oh ! would it were no otherwife !
In publike then I thee would meet.
And giue thee kiffes in the ftreet ;

And none there is fliould thee defpife.
II
Then I my felfe would for thee come ,
And bring thee to my Mothers home :
Thou likewife (hould'ft inflrudl me there.
And Wine, that is commixt with Spice,
(Sweet wine of the Pomegranat luyce)

I would for thee, to drinke prepare.
12
My Head with his left Hand he ftaid ;
His right Hand ouer me he laid ;

And (being fo embrac't by him)
Said he, I charge you not difeafe,

Nor

Song iS.

Nor wake my Loiic vntil flie pleafe,
You Daughters of lei-ufalcm.

The tenth Canticle.

IN this laft fart of Solomons Song, he firjl ftngctk that fivcft Peace and
extraotdinarif Pyofperitie, voucJifafed vtt'to the Church after her great
Pcrfecutions : and expreffcth it, by futtijig the qiiejlion, ■who fie vras thai
caitie out of the ■wildirneffe, leaning on her beloued. Secondly, he introduceth
Chrift, putting the Huviane Nature in remembrance, from luhat ejlate he had
ray/ed it ; and reguiritie tlu dearejl of our Affeftions, in 7-egard of the ar-
deficie, ungiienchablenejje,and inejlimablevalue of his loue. Thirdly, hauing
remembred tlu Church of tlie Affection due to him, Chrift teacheth her the
charitable care fie ought to haue of others ; and that fie being biought into
his fanour aJid protection, fiouldfeeke the pirfcrmcyit of her younger Sifter
alfo ; euen the People, who haue not yet the Brefis of Gods truo Tellaments,
to nourifi their fcnles. Fourthly, the Churches tntc Solomon, or Peace Ma-
ker meaning I efus Chrift ' hauing a Vineyard in Baal-hammon (that is)
wherefoeuer there are People ; herein is decla7-ed the 7-e'djard of ftch as
are profitably iinployed in that Vineyard. And lafily, the co'ifirination
of Chrifts Marriage vpcn the Hills of .bpice (meaning Heauen) is hajle-
}ted. Infnging this Canticle we ought to meditate, what ejlate God hath
rayfed us font ; what Lone he hath vouchfafcd; what our Charitiefiould
be to others ; what weflwuld minde concerning this Life ; and what defire
wejliould haue to the comforts of the world to come.

SONG XVIII,

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Me in thy heart engrauen heare ,

And Seale-like on tiiy hand-wrift weare;

For, Lone is flrong as Death :
Fierce as the Graue is Icaloiifu :
The coales thereof doe burning lye ;

And furious flames it hath.

Much water, cannot coolc Loiies flame :

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No floods haue power to quench the fame.

For Loite fo high is priz'd,
That \\\\o to buy it would affay
Though all his wealth he gaue away,

It would be all defpiz'd.

4
Wee haue a Sijio- fcarcely growne ;
For, (lie is fuch a little one,

That yet no Breajls hath flice.
What thing fliall wee now vndertake,
To doe for tills our Sijiers fake.

If fpolcen for flie be ?

5
If that a Wall (he doe appeare.

Wee Turrets vpon her will reare,

And Pallaces of Plate ;
And then with border of Ci^dar-trec,
Enclofe and fence her in will we,

If that file be a Gate.
6
A Wall already built I am ;
And now my Breajls vpon the fame

Doe Turret-like arife :
Since when, as one that findeth reft,
(And is of fetled peace poffefl)

I feemed in his eyes.

7
A Vtneyard hath King Salomori :
This Vineyard is at Baal-hammoit,

Which he to Keepers put :
And eu'ry one that therein wrought,
A thoufand filuer-peeces brought,

And

Song 19. 59

And qaue him for the fruit.

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My Vineyard which belongs to mee,
Eu'n I my felfe doe ouerfee.
To thee, Oh Salomon,
A thoufand fold doth appertaine ;
And, thofe that keep the fame, fliall giue
Two hundred-fold for one.

Thou, whofe abode the Gardens are,
(Thy Fellowes vnto thee giue eare)

Caufe me to heare thy voyce ;
And let my Lone as fwiftly goe,
As doth a Hart or nimble Roe,

Vpon the Hills of Spice.

The Flrrt Song of Efay.
F^fay 5-

T A'' this Song, the Prophet, fmging (7/Chrift and his Vineyard, firJlJJic7ucih,
•"■ that not-djithjlanding his labour beJlo"Mcd in fencing and manuring there-
of, it brought foi-th fo^vrc Grapes. Secondly, hejummoneth their Confcicn-
ces ivhum he eouertly vpbrayded, to be fudges of Gods great loue, and their
v>tp7ofitableneJfe. Thirdly, hejiiewes, both hozv he intends to deale with his
Vineyard, and who they are whom he pointeth out in this Parable. No^u,
feeing it hath befallen the lewes according to this Prophet icall Hymne, zue are
to make a twofold vfe inftnging it. Firfl, thereby to tnemorize the Mcrcie
and lujlice 0/ God; both which are manifejled in this Song; his Jlfercie in
forewarning, his luflice in punijliing euen his owne People. Secondly, we are
fo to meditate thereon, that rue 7nay be warned to confider what fauonrs God
hath vouchfafed vs. and what Fruits we ought to bring forth ; lejl he leaue
vs alfo to be fpoyled of our Aduerfaries. For, in this Parable the Holy Spi-
rit fpeaketh vnto enerie Congregation who abufeth his Fauours, And doubt-

leffe

6o Song 19.

leffe, nllfiuh (as it hath fall-n cut in Antioch, Laodicea, and vtany other
/articular Churchesi Jltall be def'riued 0/ Gods proteClion, of the Dewes
of his Holy S/>irit, and of the J\vcet Jlto7urcs of his Word, to be left to
Thorites and Bryers, the Fridt of their ou»ie tiaturall CorruptioHS.

SONG. XIX

Sing this as the 14 Song.

A Song of him, whom I lone heft,
•■'~*-And of his Vineyard ^ixw^ I will.
A Vineyard once my Loue poffefl,
Well fcated ou a fruitfull hill :
He kept it clofe immured ftill :

The earth from ftones he did refine ;

And fet it with the choyceft Vine.
2
He in the midft a Fort did reare ;
A //'7;?r-/;-(yJic' therein alfo wrought;
But, when he look't it Grapes fliould bearo,
Thofe Grapes were wild ones that it brought.
leriifalem, come fpeake thy thought,

And you of htdah Judges bee

Betwixt my Vineyard \\>trt, and me.

3
Vnto my Vineyard what could more,
Performed be, then I haue done ?
Yet, looking it Ihould Grapes haue bore,
Saue wild-ones, it afforded none.
But goe to, (let it now alone)
Refolu'd I am to fliew you too,
What with ray Vineyard I will doe.

4 The

Song 19. 61

The Hedge I will remooue from thence,
That what fo will deuoure it may :
I downe will breake the Walled-fence,
And through it make a troden ivay ;
Yea all of it, I wafte will lay.

To dig or dreffe it none fliall care ;

But, Thornes and Briers, it fliall beare.

5
The Clouds I alfo will compell,
That there no raine defcend for this.
For loe, the Iloufe of Ifrael
The Lord of Armies Vineyard is :
And ludah is that Plant of his.

That Pleafant-One, who forth hath brought

Opprefsion, when he ludgment fought.
He feeking lujlke, found therein.
In liew thereof, a Crying Jlnne.

The Second Song oi E/ay. Efay 12.

T Saiah hauiiig a little before prophccycd of the Iiura>>tat!on of lefus Clirifl,
*■ andthe excellcncie of his K ins^doiiic ; doth i?i thistiymnc /iral/e him for his
Mercie ; andforejliewes the Church alfo, ivhat her Songfnvtldbe in that day
of her Redetitptioji. The principall contents thereof are thefe : A Conff/ion
of Gods mercie ; A prediflio>t concerning the Sacrament of Baptifme ; and an
exhortation to a ioyfult Thanks-giuing. This Song the Ch.\xrc\ifioHld /till
fing to the honour of lc(\xs Chr'A for our Redemption. Vea, in regard the
Prophet (forefeeing the good Caafe ivefiould haue to make zfe thereof) hath
prophecicd it Jlionld be the Churches H ymne. It feemeth not vnproper to be
zfed on thofe daycs which arefolemnized in memoriall of our Sauiours Nati-
uitie ; Orwhenfoeuerweftallbe mooued topraife God in'jneniorizing the gra-
tious Comforts prom i/eit vs by his Proplicts, and fulfilled by his owne com-
niing ; And to fit the fame the better to that purpoje, I haue changed the
Per/en and the Time in this Tranjlatioti.

E SON G.

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Song 20.

SONG XX,

OA'/), I will Ting to Thee.- For, thou difpleafed

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Thou art my health, on whom
A fearleffe truft I lay :
For thou oh Lord, thou art become
My Strength, my Song, my Stay.

2 And

Song 20. 63

And with reioycing now,

Sweet waters we conuay
Forth of thofe Spiifigs, whence Life doth flow ;

And thus we tlierefore fay ;

Oh, fing vnto the Lord :

His A^ame and workes proclaimc :
Yea, to the People beare record,

That glorious is his Name.

Vnto the Lord, Oh fing !

For wonders he hath done ;
And many a renowned thing,

Which through the earth is knowne.

Oh, fing aloud all ye,

On Sion Hill that dwell !
For, lo. Thy Holy -One in thee

Is great, oh Ifrael.

The third Song of Efay. Efa. 26.

"C^^Ly coiiipofed this Song fo rom/ori the Ifraelites in their CapiiuHy; io

^-'Jirengthen their patience in affiiflioji, and fettle their confidence on the
p7-otniJes of Gcd. Firjt, it remembreth them, that Gods proteflion being eue-
ry where as aiiailcable as a defcnced Citic, they ought al'waies to rely on
the fiynie peace %t>hich that affo>-deth. Secondly, itJJieweth, that the pride offin
fitnll be onerthroivn ; and that thefaithfullare refolned tofiye vnto their Re-
deemer, and auiaite his p leaf u re in their chafti/emeuts. Thirdly, heefingetk
the vttcr defdation of Tirants ; the increafe df the Church ; her affiiSlions ;
her deliueratice ; and the refny>ei~l ion from death through Chr'-A. Laflly,
the FaitlifuU are exhorted to attend patiently on the Lord their Saitiour, who
ivillcomefiortly to iudgntent, and take account /or the blood of his Saints.
This Song is made in the perfon of the Church, and may bee futig to com-
fort and confirme vs in all our chaflifements and perfecntions ; by bring-

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64 Song 21.

ing to our confideratiflii the Jltori time of our cnduratwe, and the ceriaiii-
iy of our Redeemers camming. It jnay bee njed aljo to praije Cod, both for
his lujlice and Mercy.

SONG. XXI.

Smg this as (he 3 Song.

A Citie now we haue obtain'd.
■^ Where flrong defences are ;
And God, Sahiation hath ordain'd,
For Walls and Bulwarks there :

The Gates thereof wide open yee,
That fuch as iuflly doe,
^And thofe that Truths obferuers bee^
May enter thereinto.

2
There thou in peace wilt keepe them fure,
Whofe thoughts well grounded bee ;
In peace that euer flrall endure,
Becaufe they trufted thee.

For euer therefore on the Lord,
Without diflrufl depend.
For in the Lord, th 'eternal Lord,
Is flrength that hath no end.

He makes the lofty Citie yeeld,
And her proud Dwellers bow :
He laies it leuell with the field,
Eu'n with the dufl below.

Their feet that are in want and care,
Their feet thereon fliall tread :

Their

ong 21. 65

Their way is right tliat righteous are,
And thou their patli doft heed.

4
Vpon thy courfe of iudgments we,
Oh Lord, attending were ;
And to record thy Name and Thee,
Our foules defirous are;

On thee our minds with ftrong defire,
Are fixed in the night ;
And after thee our hearts enquire,
Before the morning light.

For, when tliy righteous iudgments are
Vpon the earth difcern'd,
By thofe that doe inhabite there,
Vprightneffe fliall be learn'd :

Yet Sinners for no terrour will
luft dealing vndei-ftand,
But in their Sinnes continue flill,
Amid the holy-Land.
6
To feeke the Glory of the Lord,
They vnregardfuU be ;
And thy aduanced hand, Oh Lord,
They will not daigne to fee :

But they fliall fee, and fee with fhame,
That beare thy people fpight ;
Yea, from thy foes fhall come a flame,
Which will deuoure them quite.

7
Then, Lord, for vs thou wilt procure,

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66 Song 2 1.

That we in pc^icc may be ;
Bccaufc tliat eu'iy woike of our
Is wrou_2;lit for vs by Thee.

And Lord our God, tliough we are brought
To other Lords in thrall ;
Of thee alone flial! be our thought,
Vpon thy A'ainc to call.

8
They are dcccaft, and neuer fliall
Reucved life obtaine ;
They dye, and Ihall not rife at all,
To tirannize againe.

For thou didft vifit them therefore,
And wide difperfl them hafl,
That fo their fame, for euer more,
May wholly be defac't.

9
But, Lord, encreafl thy People are,
Encreafl they are by thee ;
And thou art glcrifide as farre,
As earths wide Limits be.

For, Lord, in their diftreffes, when
Thy rod on them was laid.
They vnto thee did haflen then.
And without ceafmg praid.

/o
As one with childe is pain'd, when as
Her throwes of Bearing bee,
And cries in pangues (before thy face)
Oh /(';•(/, fo fared we :

We haue conceiu'd, and for a birth

ong- 21. 67

Of winde haue pained beene :

The world's vnfafe, and ftill on earth

They thriue that dwell therein.

II
Thy Dmd fhall Hue, and rife againe
With my dead- Body fliall ;
Oh you that in the dufl remaine.
Awake and fing you all !

For as the ucaw doth hearbs renew,
That buried feem'd before ;
So earth fhall through thy heauenly deaw,
Her £>ead to life reftore.

My People to thy Chambers fare ;
Shut clofe the cfoore to thee ;
And ftay awhile (a moment there)
Till pali the fury be.

For lo, the Lord doth now arife ;
He commeth from his place,
To punifli their impieties,
Who now the world poffeffe.

The Earth that blood difcouer fliall,
Which is in her conceal'd ;
And bring to light thofe murthers all.
Which yet are vnreueal'd.

'Y'\\t'?x'M.QX oi Hezekiah. El'ay 37. 15.

T N this Praicr Hezekiah, hauing firjl achio-wledged Gods Maiejlie and al-
^tnightie poiver, defires hint both to heare and conftder his Adiier/aries

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Song 22.

blajphemic, Then (to manifejl the necefsitie pfhh prejeut afsijlance) vrgeik
the powir his Foe had obtained oiie7-fiich asjei-itcd^ not the true God. A nd,
as it Jeemeth, i/a/'Oftunesdeliuenn/ce, tiotjo »ntch in re'ia7-d of his ozunefafc-
ty, as that the Blafphemer, and alt the ivorhi might kito2u the diffe-
rence bet-.ueene the Lords /^rt't'r, and the arrogant bragsof men. This Song
vtay be v/ed, luhenfoeuer the Turke, or any other- great Aduerjary (/•reuai-
lins^ ai^ainjifalfe Worjliippcts) Jliall thereupon grotu injotent, and threa-
ten Gods Church a!fo: as if, in defpight of him, he had formerly preiiailrd
by his owne Jlrengih. For the name of Scmmchcrih may be myjlicatty applied
to any fitch enemie. Jl'e may ~fe this Hymne alfo, againjl tlwfefecret hlaf-
phemies, -which theDeuiU'whi'fpcrsvntoourfoiiles; or, ivhen by temptati-
ons hec feekes to drine vs to dejpaire, by laying before vs ho7v many others he
hath deflroyed, ivhofeoned to haiie been in as good affurance asive. For, He
is indeede, that myjlicall AlTyrian Prince, -Mho hath onerthro7i<ne ivhole
Countries and Nations, witli their Gods, in loltom they trufled: Such as
nre thefe ; Temporal power, Riches, Superftitious worfliip, Carnall
wifJume, Idols, &c. -which being but the ivorkes of men (and yet trnjled
in as Gods) he halh power to dejlroy them.

SONG XXII.

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What words Senacherib hath caft abroad ;

And his proud Meffage to the liuing God.
2
Lord, true it is, that Lands and Kingdomes all
Are to the King of AJIiiir brought in thrall :
Yea, he their Gods into the fire hath throwne :
For Gods they were not but of wood and flone.
Mans worke they were, and men deftroy'd them haue,
Vs therefore from his power vouchfafe to faue ;

That all the Kingdomes of the World may fee.

That thou art God, that onely thou art he.

Hezekiahs

70 Song 23.

Hezekiahs thanksgiuing, Efay 38. 10.

■ Ezeki.'ih, haiiinf; beene ficke and i-ecouered, made this Song of Thankfgi-
^iiing: Aytdfctteth forth the meycie of God by confideriiig thefc farti-
cidars: The tintc of his age; thefearesofhisfonle; the rooting out of his
pojteritie ; the violence of his difeafe ; a^td the forginoieJJ'e of his fumes, ad-
ded to the rejloring of his health. Then ' /eenii>ig to hane ejttred into aferi-
oits confideration of all this, hee confeffcth who ntojl are bound to praife God;
and vo^iveth this Deliuerance to eiierlajh'ng memorie. This Song may bee 7 fed
after deliuerance from temporall fickneffe : But in the principallfenfe it is
a fpeciall thanlcfgiuing, for that cure which lefus Chrift lurough't 7'pon
the humane Nature, being in danger of eucria/iing perdition. For. Heze-
kiah, luhich fignifieth, helped of the Lord, typified Afankind, labouring
•vnder the ficknefje of fmne and death. Ifaiah, 7vho brought the medicine
that cured him and is interpreted] The faluation of the Lord, figured our
bleffcd Redeemer, by whom the humane Nature is rejlored; and who/e fen-
ding into the world, was myflically Jliewed by the Miracle of the Sunnes re-
trogradation. To praijc God for that myjierie therefore [the circumjlances
being well confdered] this ^y\nne feemeth very proper; and, doubt lej^e,
for this caiife it was partly preferued for thefe our times ; and aught often and
heartily to beefung to that pu7pofe.

SONG XXIII.

Sing this as the fourth Song.

T'lTIIen I fuppos'd my lime was at an end,

Thus to my felfe, I did my felfe bemone :
Now to tlie gates of //ell I mud defcend ;
For all the remndnt of my yeeres are gone.
The Lore/ (faid I) where now the lining be,
Nor man on earth fiiall I for euer fee.
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As when a ShephcarJ hath remou'd his Tent,
Or as a Weaiters fliuttle flips away ;

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Song 23. 71

Right fo my Dwelling, and my yeares were fpenl ;
And fo my fickneffe did my life decay.

Each day, ere night, my death expecfted I,

And eu'iy night, ere morning, thought to die.

3
For, he fo Lyon-like my bones did breake,

That I fcarce thought to Hue another day :

A noife T did like Cranes or Swal/ozves make ;

And as the Turtle I lamenting lay.

Then, with vp-lifted eye-lids, thus I fpake ;

Oh Lord, on me oppreffed mercie take.

4
What (hall I fay ? He did his promife giue ;
And as he promis'd he performed it.
And therefore I will neuer whilft I Hue,
Thofe bitter pafsions of my foule forget :

Yea, thofe that Hue, and thofe vnborne (hall know

What life and reft thou didft on me beftow.

5
My former Pleafures, Sorrowes were become :
But, in that loue which to my foule thou haft :
The Graue, that all deuours, thou keptft me from ;
And didft my errors all behinde thee caft.

For, nor the Graiie nor Death can honour Thee ;

Nor hope they for thy Truth that buried be.
6
Oh 1 he that Hues, that Hues as I doe now ;
Eu'n he it is that fliall thy praife declare.
Thy Truth the Father to his Seed (liall (liowe,
And how thou me, Oh Lord, haft daign'd to (pare.

Yea, Lord, for this I will throughout my dales,

Make muficke in thy Houfe, vnto thy praife.

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72 Song 24.

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The Lai7ic7itations of leremie.

As vfefull as any part of the Old Tejlatnent, for tliefe prefent Times
','nigh fallen afleepe in fecuritie; are thefe EUgiacall Odes. For
they bring many things to our confideration. Firft, what we may
and fhould lament for. Secondly, how carefull we ought to be of the Com-
ition-iucalths profperitie ; becaufe, if that goe to ruine, the particular
Church therein cheriflied muft needs be afflicted alfo, and Gods worfhip
hindred. Thirdly, they teach vs that the ouerthrow of Kiiigdo»tes, and
Empires, followes the abufe and neglect of Religion ; and that Sinne be-
ing the only Caufe thereof, we ought to endure our Chaftifements with-
out murmuring againft God. Fourthly, they warne vs, not to abufe Gods
mercifuU long fuffering. Fifthly, they perfwade vs, to commifferate and
pray for the Church, and our Brethren in calamitie, and not to defpife
them in their humiliations. Sixthly, they learne vs, not to iudge the
truth of Fro/eJJions by thofe Afilictions God laies vpon particular Chur-
ches, feeing the leaves Religion was the Truth, and thofe Idolaters, who
led them into Captiuitie. Seaucnthly, they fliew vs, that neither the
Antic^uitie, Strength, Fame, or formail Sanctitie of any place (no nor
Gods former refpeCt thereunto fhall priuiledge it from deftnicliun, if it
continue in abufmg his grace. And laftly, they (as it were limiting our
forrowes) minde vs to caft our eyes ou the mercies of God, and to make
fuch vfe of his Chaftifements, as may turne our Laiucutations into Songs
of loy.

Lament, i,

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iioncd. Secondly, it makes a confcflion of their maitifold Jlnnes covnnitted;
and is full of many paffionate and penitentiall complaints ; lujlifying the
Lord in his Judgements, and conf effing the vanitie of humane Confolations.
Lajily, it contaiiieth ajliort prayer for Gods mercie, and a Diuine prediction
of thofe ludgcntents which ivillfall on them, by luhovi his people hane becne
affliiled. This lilegie may befung, 'd'henfoeuer any general Calamitie falleih

Song 24.

on ihc Cornmon wealth {71 ivhich luc Hue, 7ue haztitigji-rfl cotiftdered and ap-
plyt^d tlw particular CirciDnJlances, as there Jliall he caufe. iVe may fin g it
aljo Hiftorically, to memorize th': lujiice of God, and the vtiferable Defolati-
ons ^ludah &* lerufalem recorded for our examples.

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That downe her Cheekes a flood of teares doth flow

And yet, among her Loiters there is none,

That Confolation doth on her befl.ow.

For, they that once her Loners did appeare,
Now, turned Foes, and faithleffe to her are.

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Now Iitdah in Captiuitie complaines,

That (others) heretofore fo much oppreft :
For her falfe feruice, She her felfe remaines
Among thofe Heathens, where flre finds no rcfl, :

And apprehended in a Strait is flie.

By thofe that perfccutors of her be

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Song 24. 75

The Gates thereof their lonelineffe deplore ;
Becaufe that no man commeth to frequent
Her folemne Fejliualh, as heretofore :

Her Piiejls doe figh ; Her tender Virgins bee

Vncomfortable left ; And fo is Shce.

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Her Aduerfaries are become her Chiefes :
On high exalted thofe that hate her are :
And God hath brought upon her all thofe griefes ;
Becaufe fo many her tranfgreffions were :

Her Children driuen from her by the Foe,

Before him into loathed Thraldome eoe.
6
From Sions Daughter (once without compare)
Now all her matchleffe louelineffe is gone :
And like thofe chafed Harts her Princes fare,
Who feeke for pafture and can finde out none :

So, (of their flrength depriu'd, and fainting nigh)

Before their abler Foes they feebly Hie.

lernfalem now thinkes vpon her Crimes,
And calls to minde, (amid her prefent woes)
The pleafures lire enioy'd in former times,
Till firfl fhe was furprifed by her Foes ;

And how, (when they perceiued her forlome)

They at her holy Sabbaths made a fcorne.
8
lerufalem^s Tranfgreffions many were.
And therfore is it (lie difdained lies;
Thole, who in former times haue honour'd her,
Her bafeneffe now behold, and her difpife ;

Yea, She Her-fcife doth fit bewailing this ;

Anil

^G Song 24.

And of Her-felfe Her-felfe afhamed is.

Her owne vncloanneffe in her skirt (lie bore ;

Not then beleeuing what her end would bee :

Tliis great deftrudlion falls on her therefore ;

And none to helpe, or comfort her, hath flie.
Oh, heed thou. Lord, and pittie thou my woes :
For, I am triumph't ouer by my Foes,
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Her Foe hath touch'd with his polluted hand,

Her things that Sacred were, before her face ;

And they whofe entrance thou did'fl countermand,

Intruded haue into her Holy phxce :

Thofe that were not fo much approu'd by Thee,
As of thy Congregation held to be.
II

Her People doe with fighs, and forrowes, get

That little bread, which for reliefe they haue ;

And giue away their precious things for meat,

So to procure wherewith their Hues to faue.
Oh Lo>-d confider this, and ponder Thou,
How vile, and how deie(f\ed I am now.
12

No pittie in you paffengers is there ?

Your eies, oh fomewhat hitherward encline ;

And marke, if euer any griefe there were,

Or forrow that did equall this of mine :
This, which the Lord on me inflicfted hath,
Vpon the day of his incenfed wrath.

He from aboue a flame hath hurled downe ;
That kindles in my bones preuailing fire :

Song 24. 77

A Net he ouer both my feet hath throwne.
By which I am compelled to retire ;

And he hath made me a Forfaken-one,

To fit, and weepe out all the day alone.

The heauie Yoke, of my Tranfgreflions now,
His hand hath wreathed, and vpon me laid ;
Beneath the fame my tjTed necke doth bow.
And all my flrength is totally decay'd.

For me to thofe the Lord hath giuen o're,

Whofe hands will hold me fafl for euermore.

The Lo7-d hath trampled vndemeath their Feet,
Eu'n all the Mightie, in the mid'ft of Me :
A great Affembly he hath caus'd to meet,
That all my ableft men might flaughtred be ;

And hidak's Virgin-Daughter treads vpon,

As in a Wine-preffe Grapes are troden on.
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For this (alas) thus weepe I ; And mine eies.
Mine eies drop water thus ; becaufe that he,
On whofe affiflance my fad Soule relies ;
In my diftreffe is farre away from me ;

Eu'n while (becaufe of my prevailing Foe)

My Children are compeld from me to goe.

In vaine hath Sion ftretched forth her hand ;
For, none vnto her fuccour draweth nigh ;
Becaufe the Lord hath giuen in command.
That Lacobs Foes fliould round about her lie ;

And poore I er u/a le m z.vaong them there,

Like fome defiled woman doth appeare.

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The Lord is iiiflified nny-the-leffe,

Becaufe I did not his commands obey.

All Xaiio?is therefore heare my heauineffe,

And heed it (for your warning) you I pray.
For, into thraldome (through my follies) be
My Virgins, and my Toungmen borne from me.

19
Vpon my Loners I haue cried out ;
But they my groundleffe hopes deceiued all ;
I for my reu'rend Priejh enquir'd about ;
I alfo did vpon mine Elders call :

But, in the Citie vp the Ghoft they gaue,

As they were feeking meat their Hues to faue.
20
Oh Lord, take pittie now on my diftreffe :
For loe, my foule diflemper'd is in mee :
My heart is ouercome with heauineffe ;
Becaufe I haue fo much offended thee.

Thy S'vord abroad my ruine doth become ;

And Death doth alfo threaten me at home.
21
And of my fad complaints my Foes haue heard,
But to afford me comfort there is none.
My troubles haue at full to them appear'd ;
Yet they are ioyfull that thou fo haft done.

But thou wilt bring the Time fet downe by thee,

And then in forrow they fliall equall me.
22
Then (hall thofe foule Offences they haue wrought.
Before thy prefence be remembred all ;

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Song 25. 79

And whatfoe're my Sinnes on me liaue brought,
(For their TranfgrelTions) vpon them flrall fall.

For, fo my fighings multiplied be.

That therewithal! my heart is faint in me.

Lament 2.

I A'' this Elegie the Prophet vfeth a verie paiheticall exofdiwn, the better
to a%sjaken the f>eoples Conftderation ; atid to make them the »t07-e fetifible
of their horrible Calainitie : Which he firjl ilhijlrateth in general'. Tearnies,
by comparing their ejlate to the miferable condition of one fallen from tlieglo-
rieofHeancn, to the lo-wejl Earth ; and in mentioning their being depriued of
that glorious Temporall&r' EccleJlaJlicallGoiternement, which theyformerly
enioyed. Afterivardshe dejcends to particulars ; As, the dejlruflion of their
PaJaces, Forts, Temple, Wals, and Gates : the prophaning of their Sabaoths,
Feafts, Rites, &c. the/ji/pending of their 'La.w&s, Priefts, Prophets; theflangh-
ter of Young-men, and Virgins, Old-men, and Children, with the Famine,
a7td reproaches they fuftained &'c. All which acknowledging to be the iujl
Judgments of God, he adiiifeth them not to hearken to the delufiotis of their
falje Prophets, but to return vnto the Lord by teares and heart ie repentance.
For the Vfe and Application, fee what hath beenefaid before in the former
Elegie.

SONG. XXV.

Sing this as the 24. Song.

"LT Ow darke, and how beclowded (in his wrath)

The Lord hath caufed Sion to appears !
How If/els beautie he obfcured hath,
As if throwne downe from heau'n to earth he were I
Oh, why is his difpleafure growne fo hot?
And why hath he his Foot-ftoole fo forgot ?
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The Lord all Sions dwellings hath laid wafl ;

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8o Song 25,

And in fo doing, he no fparing made :
For, in his anger to the ground he cafl
The ftrongefl holds that ludah's Daughter had :

Them, and their Kingdome he to ground doth fend,

And all the Princes of it doth fufpend.

When at the highefl liis difpleafure was,
From Ijyel all his home of flrength he broke ;
And from before his aduerfaries face,
His Kight'/tand (that retrained him) he tooke ;

Yea, he in Jacob kindled fuch a flame,

As round about hath quite confum'd the fame,

His Bow he as an Aduerfarie bent,

And by his RigJit-hand he did plainely fliew,

He drew it with an Enemies intent ;

For, all that were the faireft Markes he Hew ;

In Sions Tabernacle this was done ;

Eu'n there the fire of his difpleafure flione.

5
The Lord himfelfe was he that was the Foe ;
By him is IJ'rel thus to ruine gone ;
His Palaces he ouerturned fo ;
And He his Holds of ftrength hath ouerthrowne :

Eu'n He it is, from whom it doth arife,

That IjVeh Daughter thus-lamenting lies.

His Tabernacle, Garden-like that was,

The Lordv;\\\\ violence hath tooke away;

He hath deftroyed his Aj[fei)ibli)ig place;

And there, nor Feajis, nor Sabbaths now haue they :

Song 25. 81

No not in Sion. For, in his fierce wrath,
He both their Ji'ing and Priejls reiedled hath,

7
The Lord his holy Altar doth forgoe ;
His Safiduarie he hath quite defpiz'd.
Yea, by his meere affiftance hath our Foe
The Bul\var!:es of our Palaces furpriz'd ;

And in the Lords own Lloii/e rude Noifcs are

As loud as heretofore his Praifes were.
8
The Lord, his thought did purpofely encline,
The Walls of Sion fnould be ouerthroM'ne ;
To that intent he flretched forth his Line,
And drew not backe his hand till they were downe,

And fo the Turrets with the bruifed Wall,

Did both together to deftruclion fall.

Her Gates in heapes of Earth obfcured are ;

The Barres of them in pieces, broke hath he ;
Her Ji'ing, and thofe that once her Princes were,
Now borne away among the Gentiles be.

The Law is lofl, and they no Prophet haue,

That from the Lord a Vifion doth receiue.
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In filence, feated on the lowly ground,
The Senators of Sions Daughter are ;
With Aflies they their careful! heads haue crown'd,
And mourning Sack-cloth girded on them weare ;

Yea, on the Earth, in a diftreffed wife,

Lei-u/aleni's young Virgins fixe their eies.
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And for becaufe my People fuffer this,

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82 Song 25.

Mine eies with much lamenting dimmed grow .'

Each part within me out of quiet is ;

And on the ground my Liuer forth I throw ;

When as mine eies with fo fad Oljiedls meet ;

As Babes halfe dead, and fjjrawling in tlie fi;rcet.

For, to their Mothers called they for meat ;

Oh 'iOhereJluiU 7ve haiie vieate and drinke ! they crie ."

And in the Citie, while they food entreat,

They fwone, like them that deadly-wounded lye :

And fome of them their Soules did breath away,

As in the Mothers bofome ftaru'd they lay.

Icr!(falem, for thee what can I fay ?
Or vnto what maift thou refembled be ?
Oh ! wherevnto, that comfort thee I may,
Thou Sions Daughter, fliall I liken thee ?

For, as the Sca''s, fo great thy Breaches are :

And to repair them then ; Ah who is there !

Thou by thy Prophets hafl deluded beene ;
And foolilli Vifions they for thee haue fought.
For, they reuealed not to thee thy finne,
To turne away the thraldome it hath brought ."

But lying Prophefies they fought for thee ;

Which of thy fad exile the Caufes be.

And thofe, thou Daughter of lenifalem,

That on occafions paffe along this way,

With clapping hands, and hiffings, thee contemne ;

And nodding at Thee, thus in fcorne they fay ;

Song 25. Ss

In this the Citit', men did once bihight.

The Flmvre of Beauiie, a7id the Worlds Delight ?

Thy Aduerfaries (eu'r}' one of them)

Their mouths haue open'd at thee, to thy fhame ;

They hilfe, and gnafli at Thee, leritfalem ;

\Ve, we (fay they) haue quite deflroi'd the fame :
This is that day hath long expected beene,
Now commeth it, and we the fame haue feene.

But, this the Lord decreed, and brought to paffe ;

Hee, to make good that Word which once he fpake,

(And that which long agce determin'd was)

Hath hurled downe, and did no pittie take :
He thus hath made thee fcorned of thy Foe,
And rais'd the Home of them that hate thee fo.

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Oh ^Yall of Sions Daughter, cry amaine,
Eu'n to the Lo7-d fet forth a heartie Ciy ;
Downe, like a Riuer, caufe thy teares to raine,
And let them neither Day nor Night be dry.

Seeke neither fleepe, thy body to fuffice.

Nor llumber for the Apples of thine eies.

At night, and when the Watch is new begun,
Then rife, and to the Lord Almightie Crie :
Before him let thy Heart like water runne.
And lift thou vp to him thy Hands on high,

Eu'n for thofe hunger-ftarued Babes of thine,

That in the Corners of the Streets doe pine.

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And thou, oh Lord ; Oh be thou pleas'd lo ft^,
And thinke on wliom thy iudgments thou haR thrown
Shrdl women fed with their own iflue be,
And Children that a fpan are fcarcely growne ?

Shall thus thy Pnejh and Ptophets, Lord, be flaine,
As in thy Sancltiarie they remaine ?
21
Nor Youth, nor Age, is h-om the flaughter free ;
For, in the Streets lye Young and Old, and all :
My Virgins, and my young men, murthered be ;
Eu'n both beneath the Sword together fall.

Thou, in thy Day of Wrath fuch hauocke mad'ftj
That in deuowring thou no pittie had'fl.
22
Thou, round about haft call'd my feared Foes,
As if that fummond to feme Fca'ft they were :
Who in thy Day of Wrath did round enclofe,
And fliut me fo that none efcaped are :

Yea, thofe that hate me them confumed haue,
To whom I nourifhment, and breeding gaue.

Lament. 3.

HEre the Pr(if>ltet leremie, hauiHg contetnplated his oivne affliflions,
with the dejh-nftion <7/Iudah a7id Ierufiilem,/(Y«/i'//£ by that materiall
Obiect, to haue raifed his apprchenfwn higher, and by the fpirit ofPxo-
phefie both to forejee the particular fiifferiitgs of lefus Chrift, and to be-
come fenfdde alj'o, of thofe great afflictions which the Church militant [his
viyJlicallBody)fiould be exercifed wit hall. And in this inojl pafsionate
Elegie, either in his owne perfon be^vaileth it: or elfe perfonates lelus Chrift,
the head of that myfticall Bodie, taking vpon himfelfe thofe puniJJimenis,
vjith that heauy burt/un of Gods zuraih, &* that v?ifpeakahle forrow, whfch

manliiiuie

Song 26. 85

mankind had othej-iuife heene OHcrwheliiicd wiihall. In hriefe, this Elegie
containes an expreftion of Gods Jieanic anger for o»r fmne ; thefeneritie and
bitterneffe of his Indgmenis; the greatitejje of his mercies; the hope and
patience ofthefaithfiill in all affliflions ; the vjnvillingneffe of God to pit-
niflt ; the heartie repentance of his people ; and a propheticall imprecation con-
cerning the e>ie>nics of tlie fpiritnall lerufalem. This may be Jung to moite
atidjlirie Z's vp 7vith a feeling of our Redeemers Pafsion ; to remember Z's
0/ our tniferable condition thi-oughfmne ; to moue vs to repentance ; and to
cotnfort and injirufl Z'S amid our afiiiTiions.

SONG XXVI.
Sing this as the 24. Song.

I Am the Man, who (fcourged in his wrath)
Haue in all forrowes throughly tried beene ;
Into obfcuritie he led me hath ."
He brought me thither where no light is feene :
And fo aduerfe himfelfe to me he fliowes,
That all the day his hand doth me oppofe.
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My JleJIi and skinne with age he tired out :
He bruiz'd my bones as they had broken beene :
Hee with a Wall enclofed nie about :
With cares and labours he hath fliut me in ;
And me to fuch a place of darkenefle led,
As thofe are in that be for euer dead.

He fhut me where I found no paffage out ;
And there my heauy chaines vpon me laid.
Moreouer, though I loudly cried out,
He tooke no heede at all for what I praid :

My Way, with hewed (lones he flopped hath,

And left me wandring, in a winding path.

4 He

m 89

so Song 26.

He was to me like fome way-laying Beare \
Or as a Lyo7i that doth lurke vnfeene :
My courfe he hindring, me in peeces tare,
Till I quite ruin'd and laid waft had beene ;

His Bcuj he bended, and that being bent,

I was the marke, at which his Arrow went.

5
His Arrowes from his Quiiier forth he caught,
And through my verie Reines he made them paffe :
Eu'n mine owne people fet me then at naught ;
And all the day \he\r /porting-So7ig I was :

From him my fill of bitterneffe I had ;

And me with Wormwood likewife drunke he made.
6
"With ftones my teeth he all to pieces brake :
He duft and aihcs ouer me hath ftrowne :
All reft hee from my weary foule did take,
As if contentment I had neuer none.

And then I cried ; O/i, I arn vtidone;

All Tfiy dependance on the Lord is gone.

Oh, mind thou my aftlidlions and my care ;
My miferies, my Wormewood, and my Gall .'
For, they ftill frefli in my remembrance are ;
And downe in me my humbled foule doth fall.

I this forget not, and when this I minde.

Some helpe againe, I doe begin to finde.
8
It is thy mercy, Lord, that we now be :
For, had thy pitty fail'd, not one had liu'd :
The faithfulnefie is great that is in Thee ;

And

Song 26. 87

And eu'ry morning it is new reuiu'd.

And Lord, fuch claime my foule vnto thee laies,
That fhe will euer truft in thee, (hee faies.

9
For, thou art kinde to thofe that worke thy will ;
And to their foules that after thee attend,
Good therefore is it, that in quiet flill
We hope that fafety ; which thou Lord, wilt fend.

And happie he that timely doth enure

His youthfull necke, the burthen to endure,
/o
He downe will fit alone, and nothing fay ;
But, fmce 'tis cafl vpon him beare it out.
(Yea, though his mouth \'pon the dufl they lay)
And, while there may be hope, will not mifdoubt.

His cheeke to him that fmiteth, ofters he ;

And is content, though he reuiled be.
//
For, fure is he (what euer doth befall)
The Lord, will not forfake for euermore :
But that he hauing punifli't, pittie fliall ;
Becaufe he many mercies hath in ftore.

For, God in plaguing take no pleafure can,

Nor willingly afflicleth any man.

The Lord delighteth not to trample downe

Thofe men that here on earth enthralled are :

Or that a righteous man fliould be o'rethrowne,

"When hee before the higheft doth appeare.
Nor is the Lord well pleafed in the fight,
^Yhe^ he beholds the wrong, fubuert the Right.

II Let

91-

88 Song 26.

Let no man mutter then, as if lie thought
Some tilings were done in fpight of Gods decree.
For, all things at his word to paffe are brought,
That either for our good or euill be.

Why then Hues man fuch munnurs to begin ?

Oh ! let him rather murmur at his finne.

Our owne lewd Courfes let vs fearch and trie,
Wee may to thee againe, Oh Lord, conuart.
To God that dwelleth in the heauens on high,
Let vs (oh let vs) lift both hand and heart :

For, wee haue finned ; we rebellious were ;

And therefore was it that thou didfl not fpare.

For this (with wrath o'refliadow'd) thou haft chac t
And flaughter made of vs without remorfe ;
Thy felfe obfcured with a cloud thou haft,
That fo our praiers might have no recouife ;

And loe, among the Heathen-people, we

As out-cafts, and oft"-fcourings reckon'd be.
16
Our Aduerfaries all (and euery where)
Thenifelues, with open mouth, againfl vs fet.
On vs is falne a Terrour, and a fnare,
Where Ruine hath with Defolation met ;

And, for the Daughter of my Peoples cares,

Mine eies doe caft forth Rivulets of teares.

Mine eies perpetually were ouerflowne ;
And yet there is no ceafing of my Teares.
For, if the Ij^rd in mercie looke not downe,

That

Song 26. 89

That from the heau'ns he may behold my cares.
They will not (lint : But, for my peoples fake,
Mine eies will weep, vntill my heart doth breake.

/8
As when a Bird is chafed to and fro,
My Foes purfued me when caufe was none :
Into the Dungeon they my life did throw ;
And there they rowled ouer me a ftone.

The waters likewife ouerflow'd me quite ;

And then me thought I peridied out-right.

Yet on thy N'atue, Oh Lord, I called there ;
(Eu'n when in that Low Dungeon I did lye)
Whence thou wert pleafed my complaint to heare ;
Not fleighting me when I did fighing cry :

That very day I called, thou drew'fl neare,

And faidfl vnto me, that I fliould not feare.
20
Thou Lord, my foule maintained in her right :
My life by thee alone redeemed was ;
Thou hari. Oh Lord, obferued my defpight ;
Vouchfafe thy iudgment alfo in my caufe.

For, all the grudge they beare me, thou haft feene ;

And all their plots that haue againft me beene.
21
Thou heardft what ilanders they againft me laid.
And all tliofe mifchiefes they deuiz'd for me :
Thou noteft what their lips of me haue faid,
Eu'n what their daily clofcft whifprings be ;

And how (when ere they rife or downc doe lye)

Their Song, and fubiccl of their mirth am I.

22 But

Qo Song 2"].

But Lord, thou flialt reward and pay them all
That mecde their actions merit to receiue :
Thy heauy maledicflions ceaze them fl:all ;
Eu'n this ; Sad hearts they JJutU for euer Lnte :
And by thy wrath purfude they fliall be driuen.
Till they are chafed out from vnder heauen.

Lament. 4.

A 3" tit the two firjl Elegies, the Propfiet here begins by way of exclaina-
^^tion ; and ntojl pajsionately feits forth the caitfe of his complaitiing, by a
threefold explication. Firjl, by exprefsing the dignity, fex, and age of
the Perfons mijerably periJJiing in this calamitie : as Princes, Priejls, men,
■women, andchildren. Seco?idly, by parralleling their cjlate 7Lnth that of bruit
Creatures, and their pnniJJtmetit with Sodoms. Thirdly, byjliewmg the hoy ri-
blt effefls which followed this calamity, as the NobiUtie being driuen to cloath
themjeluesfrom the dunghill; and women to feed en their own^ Children,&'e.
After this, hefluweth what are the caufes of all that miferie which he bewai-
leth. Secondly, declareth the vanitie of relying on temporall confolations.
Thirdly, fetteth forth the power atid fierceneffe of the Churches Aduer-
faries. Fourthly, prophecieth, that euen Chriji was to fuffer the fury of
their malice, before Gods -wrath could be appeafed. And lajlly, affureth
that the Church Jliall be at length deliuered, and her enemies rewarded
aecording to their wickednejjc. This Song inay be fung, to fet before our
eies the feuerity of Gods wrath againji fnne, to wtnne vs to repentance, and
to comfort vs vpon our conuerfions.

SONG XXVII.

Sing this as the fift Song.

TJ" Ow dimme the Gold doth now appeare !
■*■ (That Gold which once fo brightly (hone)
About the Cittie here, and there,

The

Song 27. 91

The Sattifluarie-Stones are throwne.

The Sonnes of Sion late compar'd
To Go!d (the richefl in efleeme)
Like Potfheards are without regard,
And bafe as earthen veffells feeme.

2
The Monfters of the Sea haue care,
Their breafts vnto their young to giue :
But crueller my people are ;
And EJiridge-\ike in Defarts liue.

With thirft the Sucklings tongues are drie ;
And to their parched roofes they cleaue :
For bread young children alfo cry ;
But none at all they can receiue.

Thofe that were vs'd to daintie fare,
Now in the flreets halfe flarued lie ;
And they that once did fcarlet weare.
Now dung-hill rags about them tie ;

Yea, greater plagues my peoples crime
Hath brought on them, then Sodomes were.
For, that was funke in little time.
And no prolonged death was there.

Her Nazanies, whofe whitenefle was
More pure, then either Milke or Snow j
Whofe ruddineffe did Rubies paffe ;
Whofe veines did like the Saphire fliow ;

Now blacker then the coale are growne ;
And in the flreets vnknowne are they :
Their flelli is clung vnto the bone,
And like a flicke is dri'd away.

5 Such

92 Song 27.

5
Such therefore as the Sword hath flaine,
Are farre in better cafe then ihofe,
Who death for want of food fuftaine,
Whilfl in the fruitfull field it growes.

For, when my people were diftreft,
Eu'n women (that lliould pittie take)
With their owne hands their children dreft,
That fo their hunger they might Hake.

6
The Lord accomplifli't hath his wrath ;
His fierce difpleafure forth is powr'd ;
A fire on Sion fet he hath,
W^hich eu'n her ground-worke hath deuour'd,

When their was neither earthly King',
Nor through the whole world, one at all,
Thought any Foe to paffe could bring.
That thus leruj'alcm fliould fall.

7
But this hath happened for the guilt
Of thofe that haue her Prophets bin ;
And thofe her wicked Priejis that fpilt
The blood of Innocents therein :

Along the Streets they {tumbling went ;
(The blindneffe of thefe men was fuch)
And fo with blood they were befprent,
That no man would their Garments touch.

8
Depart, depart ('twas therefore fed)
From thofe pollutions get yee far;
So wandring to the Heathen fled,
And faid, there was no biding there :

And

Song 27. 93

And them the Lord hath now in wrath
Exil'd, and made defpifed hue ;
Yea, fent their Priejls and Elders hath,
Where none doth honour to them giue.

And as for vs, our eies decai'd
With watching vaine reliefes we haue,
Caufe we expecfl a Nations aide.
That is vnable vs to faue.

For, at our heeles fo clofe they be.
We dare not in the ftreets appeare;
Our end we therefore comming fee,
And know our rooting-out is neare.

Our perfecutors follow on,

As fwift as Eagles of the skie :

They o're the mountaines make vs runne ;

And in the Defarts for vs lie :

Yea, they haue CJuiJi our life betraid,
And caus'd him in their pits to fall ;
(Eu'n him) beneath whofe fliade we faid.
We line among the Heathen fhall.

Oh Edom in the Land of Huz,
(Though yet o're vs triumph thou may)
Thou flialt receiue this Cup from vs ;
Be drunke, and hurle thy cloaths away,
P'or when thy puniflrments for fmnes
Accompiflied, oh Sioii, be ;
To vifit Edom he begins
And publike make her fliame will he.

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;/ 97

94 Song 28.

Lament. 5-

TjVi/iis Elegie the Prophet f'rayeth v7ito the Lord, to re»te»tber and con-
^Jider his peoples affliclions, acknon.vledgiug before him their viijeries, and
prefenting them vnto him, as d ift reffed O rplians , iViddoives, and Captiues (by
Juch hjimiliation) to ivin his ccmpafsion. Hce inooiceth him aljfo, by repetition
o/the tniferable Ruine they were fallen into : by the noble pojfefsions and dig-
■nities they had lofl ; by the bafe cojtdition of thoje vnder ivhofe Tyrannie
tlicy were by-onght: and by the generalitie of their caiamitie, from which no
fex, age, nor degree efcaped. Then (ingemioiifly confe/sing their ftnnes to bet
the iujl caufe of all this) glorifieth God, and concludeth this pctitionarie
Ode, with deflring that hee would both giue them grace to repent, and
rejlore them to that peace which they formerly cnioyed. This E Icgiacall Song,
•wee may fing vnto God in the behalfe of manie particular Churches, euen
in thefe times; efpccially, if wee confider that myjlicall bondage which the
Deuill hath brought them into ; and apply thefe complaints to thofefpirituall
Calamities, which hauc befallen them for their Sins.

SONG XXVIII.

Sin^ this as the 5 Sotig.

/^II minde thou Lord, our fad diflreffe ;
^-' Behold and thinke on our reproach.
Our houfes, Strangers doe poffeiTe ;
And on our heritage encroch.

Our Mothers, for their husbands grieue ;
And of our fathers rob'd are we.
Yea, money we compel'd to giue,
For our own wood and water be,

2
In perfecution we remaine,
Where endleffe labour tire vs doth.
And we to ferue for bread, are faine
To Egypt, and to AJhur both.

Our fathers er'd ; and being gone,

The

Song 28. 95

The burthen of their hnnc we beare.
Eu'n Slaues, the rule o're vs haue won ;
And none to fet vs free is there.

For bread, our Hues we hazard, in
The perills which the Defarts threat.
And, like an Ouen is our skin,
Both foil'd, and parch't, for want of meat.

In Sion, Wiues defiled were,
Deflowred were their Virgins young,
(Through ludaKs Cities eu'ry where)
And Fi'inces by their hands were hung.

4
Her Elders difrefpecled flood :
Her Young-men they for grinding tooke :
Her Children fell beneath the wood ;
And Magijlrats the Gate lorfooke.

Their Muficke, Young-men haue forborne,
Reioycing in their hearts is none ;
To mourning doth our dauncing turne :
And from our head the Crowne is gone.

Alas, that euer we did fmne !
For, therefore feeles our heart thefe cares ;
For that our eies haue dimmed bin ;
And thus the hill of Sion fares.

Such defolation there is feene,
That now the Foxes play thereon :
But thou for euer, Lord, hath beene ;
And without ending is thy Throne.

G 2 6 Oh

96 Song 29.

Oh, ^\•hy are we forgotten thus ?
So long time wherefore abfent art ?
Conuert thy felfe, oh LORD, to vs ;
And we to thee iliall foone conuart.

Renew, oh LORD, thofe Ages paft,
In which thy fauour we haue feene,
For, we extreamely are debas'd,
And bitter hath thine anger beene.

The Prayer of Daniel. Dan. 9. 4.

'T'He PropJiei Daniel in this Prayer befeccJu-th God to be mercifidl vnto his
■*■ /"eople in Captiuity; And thefefoure things are principally cotifiderable
therein. Firfl an acknatvkdgtnent of Gods Po^une, hijlice, and Mercy, with a
confeffton that from the highejl to the lo7.ucJl they had broken his Comvian-
dements, and were therefore iujlly punijl'cd. Seco?idly, it is confeJTed that
as their pmniflimcnt is that zvhich they deferued,fo it is alfo the fame that was
foretohi fltould come vpon them. Thi>-dly, he befeecheth that God for his
07yne vierciesfake, and the fake of his Meffias, would fnenertheleffe) be mer-
cifullvnto them, as iL'ellin regard he had heretofore gotten glory by deliuering
them ; as in refpecl they were his owne elefied people, and wei-e already be-
come a reproach vnto their Neighbours. This may befung whenfoener any
of ihofc Judgements are po'Mred out on the Common Wealth, which the Pro-
phets haue threatned for Sinne; or in our particular ajffliclions; wehauing
firft applyed it by 02ir Meditations.

SONG. XXIX.

Sing this as the 22 Song.

T ORD God Almightie, great and full of feare,
Who alwaies art from breach of promife free,
And neuer failing to haue mercie there,

Where

;oo

Song 29. 97

Where tliey obferue ihy Lawes and honour Thee,

\Ve haue tranfgreffed, and amiffe haue done ;
We difobedient, and rebeUious were.
For, from thy Precepts we aftray are gone ;
And we departed from thy Judgments are.

2
We did thy Seruants Prophecies ■withftand,
Who to our Diik's, our Kings, and Fathers came ;
When they to all the People of the Land,
Proclaimed forth their meffage in thy Name.

In thee, oh LORD, all righteoufneffe appeares,
But publike fliame to vs doth appertaine ;
Eu'n as with them of htdah now it fares,
And thofe that in lerufalcin remaine.

3
Yea, as to Ifrel now it doth befall ;
Throughout thofe Lands in which they fcatt'red be,
For that their great TranfgreJJlon, wherewithal!
They haue tranfgreffed, and offended Thee ;

To Vs, our Lyings, our Dukes, and Fathers, doth
Difgrace pertaine (oh LORD) for angring Thee :
Yet mercie, LORD our GOD, and pardon both.
To thee belong, though we rebellious be.

We, did (indeed) peruerfly difobey
Thy voyce (O LORD our GOD) & would not heare,
To keepe thofe Lawes thou didft before vs lay,
By thofe thy Seruants, who thy Prophets were.

Eu'n all that of the race of IjVcl be,
Againft thy Law haue grieuoufly mifdone :
And that they might not liften vnto Thee,
They backward from thy voice O LORD are gone.

G 3 5 On

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98 Soni^ 29.

On them therefore, that Cit>-fe, and Oath defcended,
Which in the Laiv of Mofes written was ;
(The Seruant of that God whom we offended,
And now his fpeeches he hath brought to paffe.

On vs, and on our fudges, he doth bring
That riague, wherewith he threatned vs and them.
For, vnder Heau'n was neuer fuch a thing,
As now is fahie vpon Icrnfalci)i.

6
As Mofes written Law doth beare record,
Now all this mifchiefe vpon them is brought.
And yet we praied not before the LORD,
That leaning fnine, we might his Truth be taught.

For, which refpeift, the LORD in wait hath laid,
That he, on vs inflidl this Mifchiefe, might.
And fith his holy Word we difobei'd.
In all his doings he remaines vpright.

7
But now, O LORD our GOD, who from the Land
Of cruell Egypt brought thy people hall ;
And by the power of thy Almighty Hand,
Atchieu'd a Auitiic, which to this day doth lad :

Though we haue fmned in committing ill.
Yet LORD (by that pure Righteoufnes in thee)
From thy lerufalein, thy Holy-Hill,
Oh ! let thy wralhfuU anger turned be.

8
For, through the guilt of our difpleafing Sinne,
And for our Fathers faults, lerufalein,
(Thy chofen people) hath defpifed bin :
And are the fcorne of all that neighbour them.

Now

102

Song 30. 99

Now therefore, to thy Sernants praier incline ;
Heare thou his fuit, O GOD, and let thy Face
(Eu'n for the LORD'S deare fake) vouchfafe to fliine:
Vpon thy (now forfaken) Holy-place.

Thine Eares incline thou (O my GOD) and heare :
Lift vp thine Lies, and vs O looke vpon ;
Vs, who foi-faken with thy Cilie are ;
That Ci7/e, where thy Ahiine is called on.

For, we vpon our felues prefume not thus
Before thy prefence our requeft to make,
For, ought that righteous can be found in vs ;
But, for thy great and tender Merciis fake.
10

Lo!-d heare (forgiue oh Lord) and weigh the fame :
Oh Lord -perionnG. it, and no more deferre,
(For thine owne fake my God ;) For, by thy Name ;
Thy Cjtie, and thy people called are.

The Prayer of lonah. Jonah 2.

T Onahyiying from God, and being prejerued in a FiJJtes belly, when he was
^ cajl into the Sea ; made this prayer to praife God for deliuering hi>it info
great an extremitic. And the principall things remarkeable t lie re in are
thefe. Fir/l, the place where he prayed. Secondly, the terrible danger that
enclofed him. Thirdly, the defpaire he was tiigh fallen into. Fourthly, Gods
mercie, with the Prophets timely application thereof, and the comfort it infu-
fed into him. Fifthly, the occafons drawing men into fuch perils. Sixthly,
the vo^L'g made vpon his deliiierance, and the reafon of that voive. This bu-
riall of \o\v3.% i>t the Fijltes belly, and his deliiicrancefrom thence, was a type of
the Buriall and refiirreSlion of our bleffed 'Ssa.viwar, Matth. 12. 4. ThisVr-ax-
er therefore we ought not only iofing hiflorically, to memorize his vjoftdrous

G 4 worke

103

100 Song 30.

'Morkt' of Cod; hut to praifc him alfoforthe Refio-reclioi c/Chrift, andrai-
fi,io Mankimi from that fearefullattdbottomlei[fcgulft'ofpcrditio!i,7uhercm It
layfzvallowedvp, without pqffiinlitie o/ redeeming it Jeff e.

SONG XXX.

Sing this as the 24. Song.

TN my cliaveffe to thee I cri'de, oh LORD,
•*-And thou wert pleafed my complaint to heare,
Out from the bowels of the graue I roar'd ;
And to my voice thou didft encline thine eare :

For, I amid the raging Sea was caft ;

And to the bottome there thou plung'd me haft.
2
The Flonds did round about me Circles make :
Thy waues and billowes ouerflow'd me quite ;
And then vnto my felfe (alas) I faid,
I am for euermore depriu'd thy fight,

Yet once againe thou pleafed art, that I

Should to thy holy Temple lift mine eie.

3
Eu'n to my Soule the waters clos'd me had ;
O're fwallow'd by the Deepes I faft was pent :
About my head the weeds a wreath had made ;
Vnto the Mountaines bottomes downe I went ;

And fo, that forth againe I could not get.

The Earth, an euerlafting Barre had fet.

4
Then thou, oh LORD my GOD, then thou wert he,
That from corniption didfl my life defend.
For, when my Soule was like to faint in me.
Thou thither didft into my thought defcend.

And

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31. lOI

And LORD, my praier thence to thee I fent,
Which vpward to thy holy Temple went.

5.
Thofe who believe in vaine and foolifli lies,

Defpifers of their owne good fafety be.

But, I will offer vp the Sacrifice

Of fmging praifes, with my voice, to thee,

And I will that performe which vow'd I haue ;

For, vnto thee belongs it, LORD, to faue.

The Prayer of Habakuk. Habak. 3.

TN this Petitionarie and ProphetkatlYiymw^, the Deliucrer of Mankind
^isfirjl prayed for. Secondly, the glorious Maiejlie of his comming /V </t'-

fcribed by excellent A llegories, <V by A lliiftons to former deliuerances, vouch-

fafed to the lewes. Thii-dly, here is foretold, the otierthroru of Antichriftes
•whofliall be defrayed by the Brightneffe of our Sauiours coinming. Fourth-
ly, here is fei forth the fate of the latter Tititcs. Fifthly, he exfreffeth the ioy,
coiifidetice, andfafetie of the Elect of God, enen atnid thofe terrours thatfiall
aiiiait vfion their Redeemers com)ni?ig. This Song is to befung hyflorically,
in commemoration of the Churches dcliuerance by the firft comming of Ic-
tus Chrift. And prophetically, to comfort z's concerning that perfefl Deli-
7ierie, affured at hisfecond comming. For, though the Prophet hadfome re-

fpeSt to the \^wit% temporall deliueratice, that he might comfort the Church
in thofe Times: Yet the Holy-Ghoft had principall regard to thefpirituall
deliuerance ofhisfpirituall Kingdome, the holy CathoHke-Church. A nd to
her, andher Enemies doe the Names (of the Churches Enemies) here mentio-
ned, verie properly agree. Nay, C\\n\a.n,fgnifyiHg darke, blacke, or cloudy.
And 'Midi3.n, zvhich is interpreted, Condemnation, or Judgement; better

f-ute vnto the Nature of the fpirituall Aditerfaries, whom they prefigured,
then to thofe People who were literally fo called. For, none are fo fitly tear-
med People of Darknefle, or of Condemnation, as the members of An-
tichrift, and the fpirituall Babilon.

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God Almightie, he came downe ;
Downe he came from Thcinaii-ws.xd :
And the matchleffe Holy-One,
From mount Paran forth appear'd,

HeaiCn ore-fpreading with his Rales,

And Earth filling with his praife.

Sun-like was his glorious Light :
From his Side there did appeare
Beaming Kaies that fliined bright ;
And his Powre he flirowded there :

Plagues before his Face he fent :

At his Feete hot Coales there went.

Where he flood he meafure tooke
Of the Earth, and view'd it well :
Nations vanifli't at his looke :
Ancient Hills to powder fell :

Moiintaines old call lower were :

For his wales eternall are.

5
CiiJJian Tents I faw difeas'd,
And the Midian Curtaines quake.
Haue the Floods, Lord, thee difpleas'd ?

Did

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Did the Flouds thee angry mcike 1
was it clfe the Sea that hath,
Thus prouoked thee to wrath ?

For thou rod'fl thy Horfes there,

And thy fauing-Charrets through ;

Thou didft make thy Bow appeare ;

And thou didil perfornie thy vow /
Yea, thine Oath and Promife pad
(To the Tribes) fulfilled haft.

Through the Earth thou Rifts didft make
And the Riuers there did flow :
Mountai7ies, feeing thee, did fliake ;
And away the Flouds did goe.

From the Deepe a voice was heard ;

And His hands on high he rear'd.
8
Both the Simne and Moone made ftay.
And remou'd not in their Sphcarcs :
By thine Arroioes light went they.
By thy brightly fliining Spheares :

Thou in wrath the Land didft crufli,

And in rage the N'ations threfli.

For thy Peoples fafe reliefe,

With thy Chrijl for aide went'ft thou ;

Thou haft alfo pierc't the Chief e

Of the finfull Houjlwld through ;
And difplaid them, till made bare
From the Foote to Necke they were.

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Song 31. 105

Thou, with lauelins of their owne,
Didft their Armies Leader llrike.
For, againfl me they came downe,
To deuoure me, wliirle-winde like.

And they icy in nothing more.

Then vnfeene to fpoile the Poore.
II
Through tlie Sea thou madfl a Waie,
And didft ride thy Horfes there,
Where great lieaps of Water lay.
I, the newes thereof did heare :

And the voice my Bowells fliooke ;

Yea, my Lips a quia' ring tooke.
12
Rottenneffe my bones poffeft.
Trembling feare poflefied me,
I that troublous day might reft.
For, when his approaches be

On-ward to the People made,

His ftrong Trotips will them inuade.

BloomelelTe Ihall the Fig-tree be :
And the Vine no fruite (liall yeeld .•
Fade fliall, then, the Oliue-tree:
Meat fliall none be in the Field.

Neither in the Fold or Stall,

Flocke, or Heai-d continue fliall.

14
Yet, the LORD my ioy fliall be :
And, in him I will delight ;
In my GOD tliat faueth me :

GOD

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GOD the LORD, my only might,
Who, my Feet fo guides, that I
Hind-like, pace my Places high.

THE HYMNES OF THE

neiu Tefl anient.

THefe fiue that next follow, are the Hyiniies of the New TeJIanient, Be-
tweene which, and the Sangs of the Old Tejlamcnt, there is great dif-
ference. For the Songs of the Old Tcjlaiitent were either thankfgiiiings
for Tcmporall benefits, tj'pifying and fignifying future Benefits touching
our Redemption : Or elfe Hymnes prophctitally forefliewing thofe Myfte-
ries which were to be accompliflied at the comming of Chrijl.
But, thefe Euangelicall Songs were compofed, not for Temporall,
but for Spirituall things, promifed and figured by thofe Temporall Be-
nefits, mentioned in the Old Tejlamcnt, and perfectly fulfilled in the New.
Therefore thefe Euangelicall Hy»ines are more excellent then fuch as are
meerely Propheticall. In regard the Poffefsion is to be preferred before
the Hope ; and the End before the meanes of obtaining it.

Magnificat. Luk. I. 46.

'TPZ/'f hleJTed Vir-gin Marie being Jaluted hy the Angel Gabriel, and hmiing
-'■ by the Holy Ghoft conceiued our Redeemer lefus Chrift /« her wombe ;
ivas made fruit/till aljo, hi Iw^ Soiile, by the ouerJJtaddctwing of that Holy-
Spirit: and thereupon, brought forth this E7ia>tgclicall and Propheticall
Hymne. Wherein, three things are principally obferueable. Fir/l,Jhe pray-
feth God for his particular mercies and fauours towards her. Secondly, file
glorifies God for the generall benefit of our Redemption. Thirdly. Jl-.e magni-
fies God for the particular grace veuchfafcd unto the SeedofUr:xe\, according
to what 'Mas promifed /c; Abraham. This is tiwfirji Euangelicall Song: and

was

Song 32. 107

was indited ly the Holy-Ghnft, not only to be tfu blejfed Virgines Thankefgi-
tcing; but to be fun g by the vkole Catholike Church alfo (-whomjlie typi-
cally perfonated) to prayfc God for our Redemption, and Exaltation. A nd
therefore, it is tvorthily inferted into the Liturgie, that it may be petpetually,
and reuerentlyfung.

SONG. XXXII.
Sing this as the 3 Song,

THat magnifi'de the LORD may be,
My Soule now vndertakes ;
And in the God that faueth me,

My Spirit merry-makes.
For, he vouchfafed hath to view

His Hatidrnaides poore degree.
And loe, All Ages that enfue.

Shall bleffed reckon me.
2
Great things for me Th' Almighiie does,

And Holy is his Nam; :
From Age to Age he mercie (howes

On fuch as feare the fame.
He by his Arme declard his might :

And this to paffe hath brought ;
That now the Proud are put to flight,

By what their hearts haue thought.

3
The Mightie plucking from their Seat ;

The Poore he placed there :
And for the Hiingrie takes the meat

From fuch, as Wealthy are.
But, minding Mercie, he hath fliow'd

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Ilis Seruant T/)';-/ grace :
As he to our Forefathers vow'cl ;
To Abraham, and his Race.

Benedidlius, Luk. I. 68.

VAcharie the Pyicjl, being [vf>o>i the birth of Iiis Son' inf/'i red with the
^knowledge of our Redeemers hicaritation ; f/tng thefecond Euangelicall
Hymne : hi ivhieh, tiuo things ai-e confiderahle. Firji, hee bleffeih God,
bccanfe, througli tlie eo>n>ning ^Chrift, all the f>ro)nifes made vnto the Pa-
triarchs and Prophets -eoere fulfilled, for the faination of his People. Se-
condly, he deelareth the Office and Diitie of his owns Son, ivho icasfent be-
fore to prepare the way of the Lord. Tliis Song, tlie Church hath worthily
info ted into the Liturgie aljo, and we oiiglit therefore tofing it renerently
in inenioriall of onr Sauiours Incarnation ; and to praife God, both for
the fuljilliiig of his promt fes : and for that meanes of our euangelicall F re-
paration, which hee voncJifafcd by Jending his Fore-runner.

SONG XXXIII.

Sing this as the third Song.

"D Left be the God of Ifrael :

■^ For lie his People bought,
And in his .Seruant Daiiids houfe,

Hath great Sahmtion wrought.
As by his Prophets he foretold,

Since time began to be .•
That from our Foes we might be fafe.

And from our Haters free.

That he might fhew our Fathers Grace,

And beare in minde the fame,
Which bv an Oath, he vow'd vnto

Our

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Our Father Abraham ;
That from our aduerfaries freed,

We ferue him fearleffe might,
In righteoufneffe, and hoHneffe,

Our Hfe time in his fight.

And (of the Highejl ) thee, oh Child !

The Prophet, I declare.
Before the Lord, his face to goe ;

His comming to prepare.
To teach his People how they fhall,

That fafety come to know,
Which by remiffion of their finnes,

He doth on them beftow.

4
For, it is through the tender loue,

Of God alone, whereby,
That Day-Spring hath to vifit us,

Defcended from on high ;
To light them who in darkneffe fit,

(And in DeatKs lliade abide,)
And in the blefied way of Peace

Their wandring Feete to guide.

The Song of Angels. Luk. 2. 13.

"T^I/is is the third Evan_^elicali Song mentioned in the New Teftament ;
■*■ and it mas/ung by a Quire of Angells [at the birth of our blejjcd Said-
our lefus ChriftV ivhofe 7-eioycing Jliall bee made comfleat by the redempti-
on of mankinde. hi this Song they firjl gJorifie God, and then proclaime
that Iiappie Peace and reconciliation, which his Sonnes NatiititieJIiouldbri)ig
vtito the World, reioycing therein ; and in that vnfpeakaHe good will,

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and deare Communion, tuhick wns thereby eJlalUJlied betweene the God-
head, the Manhood, and Them. IVe thcyefore ought to ioy}ie with them m
thisSong, aitdfmg it often topraiJcGod, and quicken faith arid charitie in mir
felufs.

SONG XXXIV.

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Nunc Dimittis. Luk. 2. 29.

"^ He fourth Euangclical Hymne is this of Symeon ; who being in expe-
-*• elation of the conuning of the Mefsias {which according to Daniels 70
weekes, was in thofe daies to be accomplijlied ) it was revealed vnto him,
that heeJJwuld not die till hee hadfeene Chrift. And accordingly, he com-
ming into the Temple by the fpirits injligatiott [when hee was prefented
there as the La"M commanded) both beheld and embraced his Redeemer.
In this Song thor fore he glorifelh God, for the fulfilling ofh ispromife made
vnto him ; and ioyfully confejfeth lelus Chrift, before all the people. In
repeating this Hymne, wee ou«ht alfo to confejfe our Redeemer. For Syme-
on was as it were the Churches Speaker : and hath for vs expreffed that
thankfullloy, Tvherewithall we fltoiildbee filled, when Godenlightensvs with
the knowledge andfpiritiiall vifion of our Sauiour.

SONG. XXXV.

Sing this as the third Song.

r^ Rant now in peace (that by thy leaue)
^-^ I may depart, oh Lord :
For, thy Saluaticn feene I haue,

According to thy Word.
That which prepared was by Thee,

Before all Peoples fight,
Thy Ifraels Renowne to be .*

And to the Gentiles light.

The Song oi Mo/es, and the Lambe. Reu. 15. 3.

'T^He fifth and lajl Song, recorded in the New Teftament is this, called
■*• by S. lohn, The Song of Mojes and the Lambe ; being indeede, the
ejffefl of that triumph Song, which the Saints, and bleffed Ma'tyres Jluill
fmg vnto the honour of that Lambe of God which taketh atuay the finnes of
the world, when they haue gotten the viHorie ou^r Antichrijl. This
Hymne, the members of the true Church may fmg to Gods glory, and the

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112 Song 36.

encrcafe of their flume comfort, ■when they J^crcciue the fomer of the A Intigh-
tie any way nianifcflcd v/<on that Aducrfarie. It may bee repeated al/o a-
7nid our greatejl perfecjitions; toftrengthen ojir Faith, and 1 eniembervs, thai
whatfoeuer iveefiiffer, there ivill come a day, wherein weefJuxll haue caufe
to make ufe of this Hymne ivitli a perfect ivioycing.

SONG XXXVI.

Sing this as the 13. So]i§.

/^H, thou Lord, thou God of might,
^-^ (Who dofl all things worke aright)
Whatfoe're is done by thee,
Great and wondrous prooues to be.

2
Time thy waies are, and dire6l.
Holy King, of Saints ele6l.
And (oh therefore) who is there,
That of thee, retaines no feare ?

Who is there that fliall deny,
Thy great Name to glorifie ?
For thou Lord, and thou alone.
Art the perfect Holy-One :

In thy prefence. Nations all
Shall to adoration fall.
For, thy iudgments now appeare,
Vnto all men what they are.

Here end the Hymnes of the New
Teflament.

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Song 37- 113

The X Commandements. Exod. 20.

ALthough the Decalogue be not originally in verfe ; yet among vs it hath
beeite heretofore iifnally fung : becaT.fe therefore it may bee a meaiies to
j>rejc7it thefe Precepts fomeivhat the Oftner to remembrance, make them
the tKore frequently repeated, andjlirvp thofe ivhofing and hcare them, to
^!ie better performance of their duties ; They are here alfo injerted, and fit-
ted to beefhmg.

SONG. XXXVII.

Sing this as ihefonrih Song.

''PHe Great ..4hnigh/ie fpake ; And thus faid he ;
■*• I am the LORD thy GOD ; and I alone
From cruell Egypts thraldome fet thee free :
And other GODS but Me thou flialt haue none.

Haue mercie LORD, and fo our hearts endine,
That 2oee may keepe this bleJJ'ed Law of thine.

Thou flralt not make an linage, to adore,
Of ought on earth, aboue it, or below :
A Carued Worke thou flialt not bow before ;
Nor any worfhip on the fame bellow ;

For, I thy GOD, a iealous GOD am knowne :
And on their Seed, the Fathers fmnes correcft,
Vntill the third and fourth Defcent be gone :
But them I alwaies loue that me afiecft.

Haue mercie LORD, andfo our hearts encline,
That "we may keepe this blejfed Law of thine.

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The Xame of GOD thou neuer flialt alxife,
By fwearing, or repeating it in vaine :
For, him that doth his Xa»i:' profanely vfe,
The LORD will as a guiltie one arraigne.

Ham mcrcie LORD, and fo our hearts cncline.
That lue may hcv/c' this hleffed Law of thine.

To keepe the Sabbath holy beare in minde,
Sixe dales thine own affaires apply thou to :
Hhc/euenth is Gods owne day for reft affign'd,
And thou no kinde of Worke therein fhalt doe.

Thou, nor thy Childe, thy Sernant, nor thy Beaji ;
Nor he that Giiejl-ivifc with thee doth abide ;
For, after fix dales labour GOD did refl.
And therefore he that day hath fanclifi'de.

Haiie mercie LORD, andfo our hearts endine,
That we may keepe this bleffed Law of thine.

See, that vnto thy Parents thou doe gine
Such honour as the Childe by duty owes,
That thou a long and bleffed life maift liue
^Vithin the Land, the LORD thy GOD bcflowes.

Haiie mercie LORD, andfo our hearts encline,
Thai wee may keepe this bleffed Law of thine.

Thou flialt be wary that thou no raznflay :
Thou flialt from all Aditlterie be cleare ;
Thou flialt not Stcale anothers Good away :
Nor IVitne/j'efalfe againft thy Neighbour beare.

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Hatie mercie LORD, and fo our hem-is encline.
That wee may keepe this blejfcd Law of thine.

With what is thine remaining well apaid ;
Thou ihalt not coziet what thy Neighbours is,
His Houfe, nor Wife, his Sertiant, Man, nor Maide,
His Oxe, nor AJfe, nor any thing of his.

Thy mercie LORD, thy mercie lei vs hatie.
And in oicr hearts thefe Lawes of thine en^aue.

The Lords Prayer. Mat. 6. 7.

'T^HE Lords Praier /lai/i beeue auntieittly, and vfually fimg alfo ; afid
to tliat purpo/e was kereto/ore both tranjlated and paraphras' din Verfe :
■which way of exprefsion (izo^vfoeiierfotKeweai^e iiidgments haue condemned
it) dot/i no wliit dijparage or mij-befeevie a Praier. For, Dauid made many
praiers in verfe : And, indeede, meafnred words were firft deuifed and v/ed
to exprejje the Praifes of God, and Petitions made to him. Yea, thoje are the
auncient and proper fubiecis of Poefie, as appeares tJirongliout the Sacred
writ, attd in tlic firjl humane Antiquities. Verfe, therefore, dijlwnours
not diuine Subietls : But thofe men doe prophatie and dijltonoitr Verfe,
who abufe it on -vaine and ineere prophane exprefsiotis. The J cope and vfe of
titis Praier isfofregtientiy treated of, that I thinke I Jltall not neede to infiji
thereon in this place.

SONG. XXXVII L
Sing this as the third Song.

/^Vr Father which in heauen art ;

^^ We fanaifie thy iVame :

Thy Kingdome come : Thy Will be done

In heau'n and earth the fame :
Giue vs this day our Daily bread :

And vs Forgiue thou fo ;

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As we on them that vs offend,

Forgiuencffe doe beftow;
Into Temptation lead vs not ;

But vs from eitill free.
For thine the Kingdome, Power, and Praife,

Is, and fliall euer bee.

The Apoflles Creed.

THE effefl and nfc of this Creed is Jo generally taught, that this Preface
need not bee enlarged: And as tone/ting the finging and verffyuig of
it; that ivhieh is f aid in the Preface to the Lords Praier may J erne for
both.

SONG. XXXIX.

TN GOD the Father I beleeue ;

Who made all Creatures by his Word ;
And true beliefe I likewife haue
In Icfits-Chriji, his Sonne, our LORD :

Who by the Holy-Ghojl conceiu'd,
Was of the Virgin Marie borne ;
Wlio meekely Pilafs li'rongs receiii'd,
And crucified was with fcorne.

2
W' ho di'de, and in the graue hath laine ;
Who did the lowefl Pit defcend :
Who on the third day rofe againe,
And vp to heauen did afcend.
Who at his Fathers right-hand there,
Now throaned fits, and thence fliall come.
To take his feat of ludgement here ;
And giue both quicke and dead their doome.

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I, in the Holy Ghojl belieue,
The Holy Church Catholike too,
(And that the Saints Communion haue)
Vndoubtedly beleeue I doe.
I well affured am likewife,
A pardon for my Annes to gaine ;
And that my Flefh from death fhall rife,
And euerlafliug life obtaine.

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A Funerall Song.

'V^He firjl Stanza of thit Song is taken out of S. lohns Goffcl, Cap. 11.
■*■ Verir. 25. 26. The fecoftd Stanza lob ig. 25, i6, 27. The third Stanza, i.
Tim. 6. 7. and lob i. 21. The laft Stanza, Reuelation 14. ij. And in
the order flfBuriaW appointed by the Church (y"England it is affointed to be
fing or read, as the M inijler fleafeth : That tJierefore it 7nay be the more con-
veniently zfed either way, according to the Churches aji/ointfnei/t, it is here
turned itito Lyric Verfe. It was oi-dayned to comfort the Liuin', by flit-
ting tJiein in mind 0/ the Re/urreflion,andoftheha/>J>ineJJ'eoftho/e, who dye
in the faith ^Chrift lefus.

SONG. XL.
Sing this as the ninth Song.

T AM the Life (the LORD thus faith)

The Refta-reMon is through me ;

And whofoe're in me hath Faith,
Shall Hue, yet though now dead he be :

And he for euer fliall not die,

That liuing doth on me relye.

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That my Redeemer Hues I weene,

And that at lafl I raisVl fliall be

From Earth, and, couer'd with my skinne

In this my Fledi, my GOD fliall fee.

Yea, with thefe Eies, and thefe alone,

Eu'n I my GOD fliall looke vpon.

Into the World we naked come,
And naked backe againe we goe :
The LORD our wealth receiue we from,
And he doth take it from vs too;

The LORD both wils and workes the fame ;

And bleffed therefore be his A'aine.

From Heau'n there came a voyce to me,
And this it wil'd me to record ;
The Dead from henceforth bleffed be,
The Dead that dieth in the LORD :

The Spirit thus doth likewife fay ;

For, from their Workes at refl are they.

The Song of the three Children.

'~V^His Song hatli beene anciently zifed in the Liturgie 0/ the Church, as
■^ profitable to thejlirringvp of Deiiotions; and for the p>'aife of God. For,
it earneftly callcth upon all Creatures, to fet forth the glorie of their Crea-
tor, eiien Ajtgels, Spirits, and reafonable Creatures, luith thofc alfo that are
vnreajonahle and vnjettfd'le. And this [peaking to things ivithout Life, is
not to intimate that they arc capable offiieh like exhortations ; but rather,
that vpon confideration of the obedience luhich Beajis, and infenfible Crea-
tures continue toivardsGod, according to the Law ijnpofed at their Creation ;
?«t'« inioJit be prouoked to remember the honour and praife, which they oiight
to afcribe vnto their Almightie Creatour, as well as all his other Creatures.

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Of God you euerlafting Poivres,
Sunrte, Moone, and Starres, fo bright that fliow ;
You foaking Deaives, you dropping Showres ;
And all you Winds of C^^ that blow :

Blejfe ye the "LOKD, him praife, adore,

And magnifie him euermore.

Thou Fire, and what doth heat containe ;
Cold Winter, and thou Siinniier faire ;
You bluflring Stormes of Haile and Raine ;
And thou the Frofl-congealing Ayre :

Blejfe yee the LORD, him praij'e, adore.

And magnifie him euermore,

Oh praife him both you Ice and Snow ;
You Nights and Daies, doe you the fame,
With what or Darke or Light doth fliovve ;
You Clouds and eu'ry fliining Flame :

Blejfie yee //4c L O R D, him praife, adore.

And magnifie hifn atertnore.

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Thou Earth, you Mountains, and you Hils,

And whatfoeuer thereon growes ;

You Fountains, Riuers, Springs, and Rils ;

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You Seas, and all that eiies, ox Jlowes :

Blefse yee the LORD, hint praij'e, adore,

And 7nagnifie him eiiennorc.
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You Whales, and all the Waiey- yeelds ;
You of the Feather'' d airy breed ;
You Beajts and Cattle of the Fields ;
And you that are of Humane feed :

Blefse yee the LORD, him praife, adore.

And jiiaguijie him ciiermore.

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Let Ifrael the LORD confeffe ;
So let his Priejts, that in him tiufl ;
Him let his Seruants alfo bleffe ;
Yee, Sotdes and Spirits of the lufl :

Bleffe yee the LORD, him praife, adore,

and magnifie him euermore.

You bleffed Saints, his praifes tell ;
And you that are of humble hear-t.
With Ananias, Mifael ;
And Azarias (bearing part)

Blefse yee the 'LQ'^Xi, him praife, adore.

And magnifie him euermore.

The Song of S. Ambrofe, or Te Deum.

''VHis Song, commonly cnllcdTe. Deum, or the Song of S. Ambrose, -was re-
*• Seated at the baptizing of S. Auguftine : Atid (as it is recorded) was
coinpofcd at that very time lyy tliofc tiuo Reiierend Fathers, anfwering one
another, as it weye by iinnifdiate infpiration. It is one of the mojl aiincient
Hymnes of the Chrijlian Church, exceilcntly praifiitg and cottf effing the blef-
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/(•(/Trinitie : and iJicyefore is dayly and zvorthily made vje 0/ in our Litur-
gie, and reckoned among the f acred Hymnes.

SONG XLII.

Sing this as the 44. Song.
I
WrE praife Thee G O D, we knowledge thee,
* * To be the LORD, for euennore :
And the eternall Father we,
Throughout the earth, doe thee adore :

All Angells, with all powers within
The compaffe of the Heauens high ;
Both Cherubin, and Scraphiii,
To Thee perpetually doe cry.

2
Oh holv, holy, holy-one ;
Thou LORD, and GOD of Sabhoth art ;
Whofe praife, and Maieftie alone
Fills Heau'n, and Earth in eueiy part :

The glorious Troupe Apojlolike ;
The Prophets worthy Conipanie ;
The Martyrs Armie royall eke
Are thofe, whom thou ai-t praifed by.

Thou through the holy Church art knowne,
The Father of unbounded powre :
Thy worthy, true, and onely Sonne :
The Holy-Ghojl the Comfortour :

Of Glory thou, oh Chrijl, art King ;
The Father's Sonne, for euermore ;
Who men from endleffe death to bring,
The Virgins wombe didft not abhorre.

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^^^len Conquerom- of Death thou weit,
Heau'n to the Faithfull openedfl thou ;
And in the Fathers glorie art
At Gods right-hand enthroned now.

Whence wee beleeue, that thou flialt come ;
To iudge vs in the day of wrath.
Oh, theiefore helpe thy Seruants, whom
Thy precious blood Redeemed hath.

5
Them with thofe Saints doe Thou record,
That gaine eternall glory may.
Thine Heritage, and Feo/'le LORD,
Saue, blede, guide, and aduance for aye .'

By vs thou daily prais'd haft beene ;
And wee will praife Thee without end.
Oh, keepe vs, LORD, this day from fmne ;
And let thy Mercie vs defend.

6
Thy mercie, LORD, let vs receiue.
As we our traft repofe in thee ;
Oh LORD, in thee I trufted haue ;
Confounded neuer let me be.

Athana/ciis Creed, or Qidamque vtili,

'^Hii Creed zuas compofed by Athanafius (after the wicked herefie 0/ Ar-
■"- tius had fpread it felfe throitgh the worldj that fo tJie faith of the Ca-
tholike Church, concet-niitg the Myjlerie of the blejfed Trinitie, jiiight be
the better vnderjlood, and profeffed, to the oiierthrow atui preueiitin^ of Ar-
rianifme, or the tike herefies. And to the fame purpofe it is appoi?iied to be
faid or fung vpon certaine dayes of the yeere i/i the Church of England.

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SONG XLIII.

^/«_^ this as the third Song.

Tllofe that will faued be, mufl hold,
The true Catholike Faith,
And keepe it wholly, if they would

Efcape eternal! death.
\Vhich Faith a Trinitie adores

In One; and One\\\ Three:
So, as the Snbjliuice being one,

Diflincl the Perfons be.
2
One rerfon of the Father is,

Another of the Sonne ;
Another of the Holy Ghojl,

And yet their Godhead one :
Alike in gloiie ; and in their

Eternitie as much :
For, as the Father, both the Sonne,

And Holy-Ghojl is luch.

The Father zmcreate, and fo

The Sonne, and Spirit be .•
The Father he is Infinite ;

The other two as He.
The Father an Ft email is,

Eternall is the Sonne:
So is the Holy Ghoji ; yet, thefe

Eternally but One,

Nor fay we there are Infinites,

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Or vjicreated Three,
For, there can but one Infinite,

Or vncreated be.
So Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghojl ;

All three Almighties are ;
And yet, not three Almighties tho,

But onely One is there,

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The Father likewife GOD and LORD :

And GOD and LORD the Son7ie ;
And GOD and LORD the Holy Ghojl,

Yet GOD and LORD but One.
For, though each Fer/on by himfelfe,

We GOD and LORD confeffe :
Yet Chrijlian Faith forbids that we

Three GODS or LORDS profeffe.
6
The Father nor begot, nor made ;

Z?if^w/ (not made) the 6'c7««(?;
Made, nor begot the Holy Ghojl,

But a Proceeding-One.
One Father, not three Fathers then :

One only Sonne, not three ;
One Holy Ghojl we doe confeffe,

And that no moe they be.

7
And leffe, or gi-eater then the refl,

This Trinitie hath none ;
But they both Coeternall be.

And equall eu'ry one.
He therefore that will faued be,
(As we haue faid before)

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Mufl, One in Three, and Three in One,

Bcleeuc, and ftill adore.
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That lefiis Chrijl incarnate was

He mufl beleeue with this ;
And how that both the Sonne of GOD,

And GOD and Alan he is.
GOD, of his Fathers fubftance pure ;

Begot ere Time was made ;
yi/i7«, of his Mothers fubftance borne,

When Time his fuhieffe had.

Both perfe6l GOD, and perfect Man,

In Sonle, and Flejli, as we :
The Fathers equall, being God :

As Man, beneath is He.
Though 6'f(/ and Man \ yet but one Chrijl:

And to difpofe it fo,
The Godhead was not turn'd to flefli.

But Manhood tooke thereto.
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In Per/on doth fubfift :
As Soiile and Body malce one jMan ;

So God and Man is Chrijl :
Who fuftVed, and went downe to Hell,

That we might faued be ;
The third day he arofe againe,

And Heaiin aicended he.
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At God the Fathers right-hand, there

He fits, and at the Doome,

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He to adiudge both quicke and dead,
From thence againe flip.U come.

Tlien all men with their Flefli fliall rife,
And he account require.

Well doers into Bliffe fliall goe,
The Bad to endleffe Fire,

12:

Veni Creator.

'T^His is a verie ancient Hymne conpofed in Latine Rime, and commonly
■'• called Veni Creator ; becaiife ihofe are the Ji7-Jl 7vords 0/ it. By the Ca-
nons of our Church it is coininandcd to be /aid or Jung at the Conjccration
(yBifhops, and at the Ordination (t/" Miniflers, &'c. Jt is therefore here
tranflatedfillable forfillable, and in the fame kind ofmcajttre which it hath
in the Latine.

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Oh ! giue our blinded Sences Light ;
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And let a fpeedy Peace enfue.
Our Leader alfo be, that fo
We eu'ry danger may efchew.

Let vs be taught the bleffed Creede
Of Father, and of Sonne, by Thee :
And how from Both thou dofl proceede,
That our Beleefe it ftill may be.

To Thee, the Father, and the Sonne ;
( Whotn pajl and prefent times adore)
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All glorie be for enermore.

Here ends the firil Part of the Hymnes
and Songs of the Church.

"^11

THE SECOND PART

OF THE HYMNES

and SONGS of the

CHVRCH.

The Preface.

EVeyy thing hath his Seafou, faith tlie Preacher, Eccl. 3. And S.
Paul aduifeth, that all things fliould be done Honefily, in Order,
and to Edification, i. Cor. 14. Which Counrell the Church reli-
gioudy heeding (and how by obferuation of Times, and other cir-
cumftances, the memories and capacities of weak people were
the better afsifted ; ,1 It was prouided, that there fhould be Annual Com-
jiieinoraiioiis of the principall Myjleriei of our Redemption : and certaine
particular dales were dedicated to that purpofe ; as nigh as might be ghef-
fed (for the moft part vpon thofe ver>- feafons of the yeare, m which the
feuerall Myjlcries were accomplifhed. And, indeede, this is not that Hea-
thenifh or Idolatrous heering of Times, reprehended in I/aiah 47. Nor
fuch a lewifli or fuperfticious obferuation of Dayes, and Moneths, and
Times, and Yea>'s, as is reproousd by S. Paul, Cal. 4. Nor a tolleration
for idleneffe, contrarie to the fourth Commaiidement : But a Chriflian
and warrantable obferuation, profitably ordained, that things might bee
done in order ; that the vnderflanding might be the better edined : that
the memorie might be the oftner refreflied ; and that the deuotion might
be the more flirred vp.

It is true, Tliat ivc ought to tuafch eucry houre : But if the Chinch had
not by her authoritie appointed fet dales and houres to keepe vs awake
in, feme of vs, would hardly watch one houre. And therefore thofe, who
haue zeale according to knowledge, doe not onely religioufly obferue the
Chitrches appointed Times ; but doe by her example voluntarily alfo ap-
point vnto themfelues certaine dales, and houres of the day for ChriRian

exercifes

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exercifes. Neither can any man fuppofe this commendable obferuation of
Feajts (neither biirthtnfome by muUitude, nor fnperftiiious by inftitutiony
to be an abridgement of Chriftian libertie, who, as he ought to doe, belee-
ueth, that the Seruice of God is po-JeSl freedome. Wee perfwade not, that
one day is more holy then another in his owne nature : but admonifli that
thofe be reuerently and Chrillianly obferued, which are vpon fo good
ground, and with prudent moderation dedicated to the worfliip of GoJ.
For, it cannot be denied that euen thofe who are but coldly affected to the
Churches ordinances in this kinde, doe neuertheleffe often apprehend the
Myjioy of Ckrijls Natinity and PajTion, vpon the dales of commemora-
ting them, much more feelingly then at other times ; and that they forget
alfo foms other Myjlcrics altogether, vntill they are remembred of them
by the dlRincftion, and obferuation of times vfed in the Chu7xh.

Thofe thmgs confidered ; and becaufe there be many, who through ig-
norance rather then obftinacie, haue neglecfted the Churches ordinance in
this point, here are added ,to thofe Songs of the Chmrk, which were ei-
ther taken out of the CanoHicall Scriptjire, or anciently in vfej certaine o-
ther fpirituall Songs and Hytnjts, appropriated to thofe Dales and Occa-
fions which are mod obferuable throughout the yeare. And before each
feuerall Hymne, is prefixed a brief Preface alfo to declare their vfe, and
the purpofe of each Coinmeinoyation. That fuch, who haue heretofore through
ignorance contemned the Churches difcipline therein, might behaue them-
fclues more reuerently hereafter, and leame not to fpeake euill of thofe
things they vnderfland not.

Aduent Sunday.

"T^He Aduent is that far Chriftmas, ivhich lohn Baptift: luas to Chrift [euen
■*• a Fore-7-unnerfor Preparation And it is called the Aduent [ivJiich Jigni-
Jieth Comming,' becaufe the Church did vfually from that time vntill the
Natiuitie cotnmemorate the feuerall commings of Chrift, and iiiflrucT: the
people concerning them. Which Commings are thefe, and the like : His Con-
ception by ivhich he came into the Virgins ivoinbe : His Natiuitie, by which
he came fas it were) further into the world : His comming to Preach in
his 07vne Perfon : His comming by his Minifbers : His comtning to lerufalem :
The comming of the Holy-Ghoft : His Spirituall comming ivhich he
vouchfafeth into the heart ofeuerie Regenerate Chrijlian : A nd finally, that
lajl Comming of his, which Jliall be vnto ludgement, is'c. A II which Com-

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mings are comprehended in thcfe t'li'ee ; his Ccmmiiig to men, into men, nnd
ag.-iinft men : to jncn, by his Incarnation : itito men, by Grace ; agaiiijl men,
to Judgement.

SONG XLV.
Sing this as the ninth Song.

Vyilen Icfiis C//;-//? incarnate was,
' ' To be our Brother then came He :
AVhen into vs he conies by grace,
Then his beloued Sponfe are wee :

When he from Heau'n clefcends agen,

To be our fudge returnes he then.

And then, defpaire will thcfe confound,
That his firft Comniings nought regard ;
And thofe, who till the Trumpet found,
Confume their Leafures vnprepar'd :

Curft be thofe pleafures, cry they may,

Which droue the thought of this away.

The lewes abiected yet remame,
That his firfl Aduent heeded not ;
And thofe fine Virgins knockt in vaine,
Who to prouide them Oyle forgot :

But fafe and bleffed thofe men are,

Who for his Comniings doe prepare.

O let vs therefore watch and pray,
His times of Vifitiiig to know ;
And Hue fo furniflit, that we may.
With him vnto his wedding goe :

Yea,

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Yea, though at midnight he (liould call,
Let vs be readie, Laiiipes and all.

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And fo prouide before that Feajt,
Which Chrijl his comming next doth mind,
That He to come and be a Guefl
Within our hearts may plealure find :
And we bid welcome with good cheare
That Cotnming which fo many feare.
6
Oh come, LORD lefu, come away ;
(Yea, though the world it fhould deterre)
Oh let thy Kingdonie come we pray,
Whofe comming mofl too much deferre :
And grant vs thereof fuch foi-efight,
It come not like a Theefe by night.

Chriftmas Day.

'T'l/it Day is ivoriJtily dedicated to he ohferued in rcviemhrance cf the blef-
^ fed Natiuitie of our Redeemer lefus Chrift. At %vliich time it plenfed
the Almightie Father to fend his oncly begotten Sonne into the tuorld for
our fakes ; And by an vnfpeakeable vnioti to ioyne in one ferfon God a7id
Man, without confufon of Natures, or pofsibilitie of feparation. To exjireffe
therefore our thankfulne/Je, and the ioy ivec ought to haue in this ioue of God;
there hath beene anciently, and is yet continued in England (above other
Countries) a 7teighbourly and pleniifull Jiofpitallity, in inuiting andtwithout
inuiiation) receiuing vnto our ivell furni/lit Tables our Tenants, Neigh-
bours, Friends, and Strangers, to the lionour of our Nation, and encreafe
ofamitie and freehearted kindneffe among vs : but moj! of all to the refre/li-
ing of the Bo'Mells of the Poore (being the mojl Chrijiian vje of fuch FeftiualsV
Which charitable, and good Englifh cujlome, hath of late beene feafn-
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tie and Gentrie to rej>aire (ef^ccially ni fuch times) to their Country Man-
fions.

SONG. XL VI.

A S on the night before this happie Morne,
''^A bleffed Angdl vnio Shepkeards told,
Where (in a flable) he was poorely borne,
Whom, nor the earth, nor Heau'n of heau'ns can hold :

Through BdJdein rung
This newes at their returne ;

Yea, Angells fung.
That God 'uith vs was borne :
And they made mirth becaufc we fliould not nioume.

CHORVS.

Their Angell-CaroU fing we then,
To God on high all ^lorie be,
For Peace on earth bejlozvelh he.
And Jliexucih fanoiir vnio vien.

This fauour Chrijl vouchfafed for our fake,

To buy vs Thrones, he in a Manger lay.

Our JVeaheneff'e tooke, that we his Strength might take,

And was diJ'rob''d, that he might vs aray ;

Owx fiejh he wore.
Our Sinne to weare away.

Our Curfe he bore.
That we efcape it may.
And Wept for vs, that we mighty?/?^ for aye.

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With Angells ihcrefoye fing agen.
To God on high all glorie be;
For Peace on Earth bejlmveth he ;
And JJieweth fauour vnto men.

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As on this Day, the Sonne of God was borne ;
The bleffed Word was then incarnate made ;
The Lord, to be a Sernant held no fcorne ;
The Godhead was with humane nature clad ;
And FleJJi, a Throne aboue all Angclls had.

His Lone therefore, oh let vs all coftfeffe.
And to the Sonncs of men his ivorkes expreffe.

Our Sinm and Sorrowes on himfelfe he tooke,
On vs his bUfse and gcodnes to beflow,
To vifit Earth, he Heaiien a while forfooke :
And to aduance vs high, defcended Iot-v ;
But with the hnfull Angells dealt not fo.

His Lone therefore, oh let vs all confefse.
And to the Sonnes of men his ivorkes expreffe.

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A Maid conceiu'd, whom Man had neuer knowne :

The Fleece was moiflned where no raine had beene :

A Virgin (lie remains, that had a Sonne ;

The BiifJi did flame that flill remained greene ;

And this befell when God with vs was feene.

His Lotte therefore, oh let vs all confeffe.
And to the Sonnes of men his workes exprefse.

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For fmfuU man all this to pafle was brought,
As long before the Prophets had forefpoke :
So, he that firft our fliame and ruine wrought,
Once bruiz'd our heele, but now is head is broke ;
And he hath made vs whole, who gaue that flroke.

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Ilis Loiii therefore, oh hi vs all conftfse.
And to the Sonncs of vieii his workes expreffe.

The Lambe hath plaid deuouring IVohies among.
The Morning flarre of Jacob doth appeare
From leffes Roote our Tree of Life is fprung,
And all Gods words (/;/ hii/t) fulfilled are.
Yet wee are flacke his praifes to declare.

Jlis Loue therefore, oh let vs all eonfcfse,
And to the Sonncs of men his workes expreffe.

The Circuntcifion, or New-yeares Day.

T"" HE Chxirch folemnizetk tkis Day, commouly called New-yearcs day,
-*■ in }nemoriall of our Sauiours Circumcifion ; thai TOitcmbring how -when
he luas but eight dales old, hee began to /mart, and Pied his blood/or vs,
wc 7uight praije him for the fame ; and that ivith due thankfulnefe, confi-
derinz hinu eafie a Sacrament /iC;? hath left z's'.'.inPead of that bloodie-one
which the Law enioyned) wee might bee prauoked to bring forth the fruite
of Regeneration.

SONG. XL VI II.

Sing this as the 44. Song.

"pilis Day thy flefli, oh Chrifl did bleed,

Mark't bj' the Ciixumcifton knife :
Becaufe the Laiv, for mans mifdeed,
Requir'd that Earneft of thy life.

Thofe droppes deuin'd that_/7^i?ri';v of blood,
Which in thine Agonie beganne :
And that gxn^Xflwivre foreflicw'd the Flood,
Which from thy Side the next day ranne.

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Then, through tlia'i milder Sacramait,
Succeeding this ; thy Grace infpire ;
Yea, let thy fmart make vs repent,
And circumcized hearts defire.

For, he that either is haptiz'd.
Or Circnmciz'd in flefh alone,
Is but as an vncircumciz'd.
Or as an VHl>aptizcd-or\e,

The yeare anew we now begin,

And outward gifts recciu'd haue we ;

Renue vs alfo, Lord, within,

And make vs iVe70-yt'ares-gHif(es for thee

Yea, let vs with the palled yeare.
Our old affections cafl away ;
That we new Creahiree may appeare.
And, to redeeme the Time affay.

T-wclfe day, or the Epiphatiie.

'T'Welfe Day, ot^wnvi/e called the Epiphanie, or the day nf Manifcftati-
■*■ on is celebrated by the Church, to the praife of God, and in iitemoriall of
that bleffed and admirable difcoucric of our Sauiours birth, 'ivhich was
vonchfafcd vnto the Gentiles JJiortly after it came to faffe. For, as the
Shcpheards of the lewes ivcre warned thereof, and direfled to the place
by an AngeliyVtiw heanett. So the Magie of the Gentiles receined the fame
particular notice of it, by a Starre in the Eaft, that both lewes and Gen-
tiles might bee left inexciifable, if they came fiot to his Worjliip. This day
is obferued alfo in cotnmemoration of 07ir Satdours Baptifme, and of his
firjl miracle in Canan, by which he was likew'fe matiifejled to bee the Sonne
ij/"Gocl.

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Sing this as the 41 Song.

'T'llat fo thybleded birth, oh Chrijl,
-'■ Might through the world be fpread about,
Thy Starve appeared in the Eajl,
Whereby the Gentiles found thee out ;

And offring Thee Mirrh, Iiicenfe, Gold,

Thy threefold Office did vnfold,
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Sweet lefus, let that Starre of thine,
Thy Grace, which guides to finde out thee,
■\Vithin our hearts for euer fliine,
That thou of vs found out maift bee :

And thou flialt be our King therefore,

Our Priejl and Prophet euermore,

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Teares that from true repentance drop,
Inftead of Mirrhe prefent will wee ;
For Incenfe, wee will offer vp
Our Praiers and Praifes vnto thee ;
And bring for Gold each pious deed,
Which doth from fauing-faith proceed.

And as thofe IVifemen neuer went,

To vifit Herod any more :

So, finding Thee, we will repent

Our courfes foUow'd heretofore ;
And that we homeward may retire,
The Way by Thee we will enquire.

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The Purification of S. Marie the Virgin.

A Ccording to the time aff>oi7itcd in the Lawe ^Mofes, the bleffed Virgine
^^S. Marie reckoned the daies of Purification, mJiich were to bee obferncd,
after the birth of a male Childe. And then, as the Law commanded, pre-
fented both her Sonne, and her appointed Offring in the Temple. Partly
t/wrcfore, in com?nen!oration of that her true obedience to the\^:iw ; and part-
ly to memorize that prefentation of our 'Redeemer (which 7oas performed
by his blejjed Mother, as her Purification^ tliis Anninerfarie is worthily ob-
ferued.

SONG. L.

Sing this as the ninth Song.

"hJ O doubt but Shee that had the grace,

Thee, in her wombe, oh Chrijl, to beare,
And did all woman-kinde furpaffe,
Was hallow'd by thy being there,

And where the Fruit fo holy was,

The birth could no pollution caufe.
2
Yet, in obedience to thy Law,
Her Purifying rites were done
That we might learne to ftand in awe,
How from thine ordinance we runne ;

For, if we difobedient be

Vnpurified Soules haue we.

Oh, keepe vs Loi-d, from thinking vaine,

What by thy Word thou flialt command ;
Let vs be fparing to complaine,
On what we doe not vnderftand ;

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And guide thy Church, that Shee may Hill
Command according to thy will.

4
Vouchfafe, that with one ioynt-confent
Wee may thy praifes euer ling :
Preferue thy Seamelefse Roahe vnrent,
For which, fo many, Lots doe fling.
And grant, that being puriti'de
From Sinne, we may in loue abide.

5
Moreouer, as thy Mother went
(That holy and thrife bleffed Maid)
Thee in thy Temple to prefent,
With perfect humane flefli arraide :

So, let vs offer'd vp to Thee,

Rcpleniflit with thy Spirit be.
6
Yea, let thy Church, our Mother deare,
(Within whofe wombe new-borne we be)
Before thee at her time appeare.
To giue her Children vp to Thee ;

And take for purified things,

Her, and that Offring which fhe brings.

The firft day of Lent.

TH E obft-rnatioK of Lent is a profitable injlitiition of the Church, not
abridging the Clirijlian libcrtie pfiiteates, but intended for a meanes to
helpe to Jet tliefpirit at tibcrtic from the fiejli. And therfore this Faft con-
fijlcth, not altogether in a formalt forbearance of this or that food, but in
a true mortification of the bodie. For, abJtincncefromfieJJi onely (wherein we
might to be obedient aljo to the higher po'^vers) more tcndeth to the encrea/c
of plentic and well ordering things in the Common-wealth, then to a f'pi-

ritiiall

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riiuall Difcipline. Bccauje, it is a/>/>nraiit wee may fiainper oity /elites, as
well with 7uhat is periintted, as with wliat is forbidden. This cotmnendaiile
obfertiation {which eiiery man oitght to phferne, fo far fortli as he full I be
able, and his fpirii uali necefsitics requires) was appointed ; partly to cojh-
menforate oitr Sauiuiirs miraculous fajling, whereby hee fatisfted for the
glutonie of our firji Parents; And [at this feafon] partly to coole our
wanton blood, which at this time of the yeare is aptejl to bee inflamed
with C7till concnpifcences : and paj-tly alfo, to prepare vs the better, both
to meditate the pafsiou of our Sauiour, 7uhich is ahvaics commemorated
about the c?td of Lent, and, to fit vs to receine the bleffed Sacrament of his
laft Supper, to our greater comfort.

SONG LI.

Sing this as (he 44. Song,

I
'X'Hy wondrous Faflittg to record,
And our rebellious flefli to tame,

A holy Fafi to tliee, Oh Lord,
We haue intended in thy name :

Oh fandlifie it wee thee pray,
That wee may thereby honour Thee ;
And, fo difpofe vs, that it may
To our aduantage alfo be.

2
Let vs not grudgingly abfkaine ;
Nor fecretly the Gluttons play ;
Nor openly, for glorie vaine.
Thy Churches ordinance obay :

But, let vs fall as thou haft taught,
Thy rule obfenung in each part,
With fuch intentions as we ought.
And mth true fmgleneffe of heart.

So, thou flialt our Deuotions bleffe,

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And make this holy DifcipUiie
A meanes that longing to fuppreffe,
Which keepes our will fo crolTe to thine :
And though our flrideft Faflings faile,
To purchafe (of themfelucs) thy Grace ;
Yet they, to make for our auaile,
By thy deferuings fliall haue place.

4
True Fajltng helpefull oft hath beene,
The wanton flefli to mortifie ;
But, takes not off the guilt of fmne ;
Nor, can we merit ought thereby :

It is thine Abjlinence^ or none,
Which merit fauour for vs muft ;
For, when our glorioufl workes are done ;
We perifh, if in them we trufl.

The Anmmtiat'wn of Mary.

"^HE Church I'atk dedicated this Day to memorize the Annuntiation of
the blejjed Virgin S. Mary, -Mho 7uas about this time of tlie ycare fa-
luted by the A ngcll Gabriel ; and we ojight tofanflifie it with fraijing God
for that vnexfrcffable inyfieric of our Sauiours Conception, which was the
haffie nezvs the holy Angell brought vnto his Mother. Nothing in the
World IS more worthy to befpokcn of then this fauotir : and yet nothing wore
vnfpeakeable.

SONG LII.

Sing this as the 44. Song.

r^Vr hearts, oh bleffed God encline,
^-^Thy true affedion to cniljrace,
And that humilitie of thine

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Which for our fakes vouchfafed was.

Thy Goodncffe teach vs to put on,
As with our Nature thou werl clad.
And fo to minde what thou haft done,
That we may praife Thee, and be glad.

2
For, thou not onely heldft it meet.
To fend an Angell from aboue,
An humble Maide on earth to greet,
And bring the meffage of thy loue ;

But, laying (as it were) afide
Thofe glories none can comprehend,
(Nor any mortall eies abide)
Into her Wombe thou didft defcend.

3
Beftow thou alfo thy refpect,

On our defpis'd and low degree ;

And Lord, oh doe not vs negleifi,

Though worthy of contempt we be.

But, through thy Meffengers prepare.

And hallow fo our hearts, we pray.

That (thou conceiued being there)

The Fruites of Faith bring forth we may.

Song 53. 145

Palme Sunday.

■pAlme Sunday isfo called, by reafon it was vpon that day, in -which lefus
■'■ riding to lerufalem [according to the Prophets] the people fircnved
the ivayfor him with their Ga?-Micnis, and the Branches 0/ the Palme-tree.
A7id indeed, it was in a 7naiiner the day of Proclaiming hiiii King, as ilie
Friday /otlo7ving was the day of his Coronation. Worthily therefore it is
cotntneiiwratcd. And inauie excellent Myjle> ies are therehy brought to re-
membrance, which but for this jViiniuerfario, mojl would forget, and manic
perhaps neuer come to know.

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146

SONG LI 1 1.
Sing this the third Song.

^l Hen lefus to lerufalcm, ^

' ' (And there to fuffer) rode ;
The people all the way for him,

With Palme and Garments ftrow'd.
And though he did full meekly ride,

And poorely on an Affe,
Ilofivma to the Kirn;, they cride,

As he along did paffe.
2
His glorie, and his royall right

(Eu'n by a power diuine)
As if in worldly pomps defpight,

Through pouerty did fliine :
And though the greater fort did frownc,

He exerciz'd his power,
Till he himfelfe did lay it downe,

At his appointed houre.

Poffefsion of his Hoiife he got ;

The Merchants thence expel'd ;
And, though the Priejls were mad thereat,

His Lectures there he held.
Oh ! how fliould any be fo dull,

To doubt who this might b

When they did things fo wonderfull,
And workes fo mightie fee.

4
Lord, when to vs thou draweft nigh,

Inftrucl vs Thee to know ;

And

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And to receiue Thee ioyfully,
How menne fo e're in (\\o\v :

Yea, though the rich, and Worldly wife,
When wc thy praifes fing,

Both Thee and vs, therefore, defpife,
Be thou approu'd om- A'/V/j-.

Thurfday d^foiv Eafler.

A 5 v/o)! this Day our blejjfed Sauiour, eating the Pafleouer with his Dif-
•'^ciples, Injliiuted the bleffed Sacrajiicnt of his Laft Supper. A/terzuard
hcc luajlied their feet; frayed /or them, and all th^ faith/ull generation ;
ijijtruhedthein ; coDifortcd thei)i ; ivarned them of tvhat Jltould come to pajfe^
both concerning themjehies &' his o^un death &' Refiirreflion : pi-omi/ed to
fend them a Comforter, b' exp7-effed many other excellent things for the con-
firmation of their faith. Then departing to a Garden, he praying, fell into
his moft bitter Agonic ; zvhich hauing oiiercome, he was that night betraied.
and fnfalien of all his Difciples. /« commemoration of which pajjagcs, the
Church holds this yearly affcmbly. that our pious affeclions towards our
Redeemer, i)iay be Jlirred vp to his glory and our comfort.

SONG. LIV.

Sing this as (he ninlh Song.

A Holy SacraDient this day,
•**-To us thou didft, oh Lord, bequeath ;
That by the fame prefenie we rnay
A blefl Memoriall of thy Death :
Whereof, oh let vs fo partake.
We may with Thee one Body make.
2
Thy Holy Supper being done,
(The laft which thou vouchfafedfl here)

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ij^S Song 54.

By Tlicc, llic feet of cii'ry one

Of thy Dil'ciplcs wnflicd were ;
To which liuniilitio of thine,
Our haughtie minds doe thou encline.

S
The refl of that day thou didfl vfc,
To pray, to comfort, and aduifc,
None might (when thou wert gone) abufe
Thy Friends, or make of them a jirize ;

Yet, when thy pleafure thou hadll faid ;

I3y one of thine thou wert betraide.

And lo, that night they all did flic,

Wlio fat fo kindly by thy fide ;

Eu'n he, that for thy loue would die,

With Oaths and Curfes tliee deni'd :
Which to thy Soule more nigh did goe,
Then all the wrongs thy Foes could doe.

5
Sweet /i^us teach vs to concciue,
How neare vnto thy heart it flrooke.
When thy Beloitcd Thee did leaue.
And thou didft backe vpon him looke ;
Wee may hereafter nigh Thee keei>e,
And for our pad denialls weepe.
6
Yea, let each paffage of this day,
Within our hearts be grauen fo,
That minde them we for euer may.
And Hill thy prom'ife truft vnto :
Si:) our affections fliall to thee
3n life and death vnclianged be.

Friday

Song 55. 149

Friday before Eajlcr.

THIS Day ivee comtnettwrate the iiijufferable Pafflon of lefus Chrifl,
mt-)- hleffed Redefiuer; who was at this fea/otz of the yeare dcfpight-
fully crucified by Pilate, and the lewes. Eiiery day 'we ought ferioujly to
thinke vpon it by our Jeliies : But this day wee ought to fneete about it in
the ptiblike Affcmblies, that we might prouoke each other to compiinflion
of heart, to rejieiu the memorie of it ; and to mone thofe that haue not yet
taken notice tlierof to come along with 7is to Jware the ftory of his vtimatch-
Ujffe Jorrow, who for the loue of vs tooke vpon himfelfe thofe punijliinents
•which our wickedneffe deferued.

SONG. L V.
Sing this as the 24 Song.

"V/'OV that like heedlefie Strangers pafTe along,
■*■ As if nouglit here concerned you to day :
Draw nigh and heare the faddefl Pafslon Song,
That euer you did meet with in your way :

So fad a Storie ne're was told before,

Nor fhall there be the like for euermore,
2
The great eft A7;;^ that euer wore a Crowne,
More then the bafeft Vaffall was abus'd ;
The trueft Letter that was euer knowne.
By them he lou'd was moft vnkindly vs'd :

And he that liu'd from all tranfgreflions cleare,

Was plagu'd for all the fmnes that euer were.

Eu'n they, in pitty of whofe fall he wept,
Wrought for his ruine, whilft he fought their good ;
And watched for him when they fliould haue flept.

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That they miglit quench tlieir malice in his blood :
Vet (wlien their bonds fro him he could haue thrown)
To fauc their liues, he daign'd to lofe his owne.

Thofe, in whofe hearts compafsion fliould haue beene,

Infulted o're his poore afllidled foule ;

And thofe that nothing ill in him had feene,

(as guiltie) him accus'd of treafon foule :
Nay, him (that neuer had one idle thought)
They, for blafpheming, vnto Judgment brought.

5
Where fome to aske him vaine demands begin,
And fome to make a fport with him deuife :
Some, at his anfwers and behauiour grinne ;
And fome doe fpit their filth into his eies :

Some giue him blows, fome mocke, and fome rcuile :
And he {Good heart) fits quiet all the while,
6
Oh, that where luch a throng of men fliould be,
No heart was found fo gentle to relent I
And that fo good and meeke a Lamhe as he,
Should be fo vs'd, and yet no teare be fpent !
Sure, when once malice fills the heart of man.
Nor flone nor fteele can be fo hardned than.

7
For, after this, his cloaths from him they ftript ;
And then, as if fome Slaue this Lord had beene,
With cruell Rods and Scourges him they whipt.
Till wounds were ouer all his body feene :
In purple clad, and crowned too with thome
They fet him forth, and honourd him in fcorne.

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8
And when they faw him in fo fad a plight,
As might haue made a flintie heart to bleed,
They not a whit recanted at the fight ;
But in their hellifli fury did proceed :

Arvay with him, aivay with him, they faid,

And Crucijie him, Criicific hint, cride.

A Crojfe of Wood that huge and heauy was,
Vpon his bloodie fhoulders next they lay ;
Which onward to his Execution place,
He carri'd, till he fainted in the way ;

And when he thither weake and tyred came,

To giue him refl, they nail'd him to the fame.
10
Oh ! could we but the thoufandth part relate,
Of Ihofe Afflidlions which they made him beare,
Our hearts with paffion would diffolue thereat,
And we fliould fit and weepe for euer heare ;

Nor llrould we glad againe hereafter be.

But that we hope in glory him to fee.
II
For, while vpon the Crqffe he pained hung.
And was with foule-tormentings alfo grieu'd ;
(Farre more then can be told by any tongue.
Or, in the hearts of mortalls be conceiu'd)

Thofe, for whofe fake he vnderwent fuch paine,

Reioyc't thereat, and held him in difdaine.
12
One offer'd to him Vinegar and Gall ;
A fecond did his Pious Workes deride ;
To dicing for his Roabs did others fall ;

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And many mock't him when to God he cride ;
Vet he, as they his paine dill more procur'd.
Still lou'd, and for their good the more endur'd.

But though his matchleffe Lone immortall were,
It was a inortall Body he had on,
That could no more then mortall Boilies beare ;
Their mahce therefore did preuaile thereon :

And loe, their vtmoft furie hauing tri'de ;

This Lambe of God gaue vp the Ghofl and di'de.

^Vhofe Death, though cruell unrelenting Man,
Could view, without bewailing or aft"right ;
The Sunne grew darke, the Earth to quake began ;
The TevipU Vaile did rend afunder quite :

Yea, hardefl Rocks therewith in pieces brake ;

And Grmics did open, and the D^ad awake.

Oh therefore, let vs all that prefent be.
This Innocent^ with mooued foules embrace :
For, this was our Redeiiiier, this was hee,
Who thus for our vnkindneffe vfed was ;

Eu'n Hee, the curfed leices and Pilate flew,

Is He alone of whom all this is true.
16
Our fmnes of Spigkt, were part of thofe that day,
Whofe cruell Whips and Themes did make him fmart ;
Our Lujls were thofe that tir'd him in the IVay ;
Our want of Lone was that which pierc't his Heart :

And ftill when we forget, or fleight his paine,

We crucifie and torture him againe.

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Eafter Day.

"T^fft's Day is folemntzed in memoriall of our Sauiours lleffed Refurrecli-

•^ on from tlu dead. Vpoii which (as the Members with tlicir Head) the

Church hcgmi her ioyfnll triumph oner Sinne, Death, and the Dinell : A vd

Iiath therefore appointed, that to record this Myftcric, ajid to Jlir vp thattke-

_fu/i reioycings in our hearts, there JJiould he an annuall Commemoration
thereof: And that 7ue might in charitable Fcajis and Chrijtian glee, ex-

prefje the ioy of our hearts, to the Glorie of God, to the Con fort of our
Brethren, to tlu encrcafe of Charitie one towards another, and to the confir-
mation of a true ioy in ourfelues.

SONG. LVI.
Sing this as tJu 44. So)ig.

"^His is the Day the LORD hath made.

And therein ioyfnll we 'will be ;
For, from the blacke infernall fliade.
In triumph backe retarn'd is He:

The fnares of Satan, and of Death,
He hath vidlorioufly vndone,
And faft in Chaines he bound them hath,
His Ti-iumph to attend vpon.

2
The Grau-e, which all men did deteft,
And held a Dungeon full of feare,
Is now become a Bed of reft,
And no fuch terrours finde we there.

For, lefics Chrifl hath tooke away
The horrour of that loathed Pit ;
Eu'n euer fmce that glorious Day,
In which himfelfe came out of it.

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His MocIdn(;s, and liis bitter Stnaris,
He to our praife and eafe doth turne,
And all tilings to our ioy conuarts,
Which he with heauie heart hath borne :

His broken Fle/Ji is now our Food ;
His Blood he fhed, is euer fmce (good

That Drinke, whicli doth our Soules mofl
And that which (liall our foulneffe clenfe.

Thofe Wounds fo deepe, and torn fo wide,
As in a Rocke, our (belters are ;
That, which they pierced through his fide
Is made a Dojie hole for his Deare ;

Vea, now we know, as was foretold,
His Fle/li did no comiption fee ;
And that Hell wanted flrength to hold
So flrong, and one fo bleft as He.

5
Oh, let vs praife his A'ame therefore,
(\Vho thus the vpper hand hath wonne)
For, we had elfe, for euemiore
Beene loft, and vtterly vndone ;

\Yhercas this Fauour doth allow,
That we with boldneffe thus may fing ;
Oh Hell, where is thy conquejl now ?
And thou [ok Death) where is thyjling?

Afcenfion Day.

PK^*.^''M'^'^ Chrift ii.'as r if en from the dead, and had many times Jlic-wed
himfelfe vnto his Difciples, h^ was lifted from among them, and they

beheld

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beheld him a/cenditig vj> into Heaucit, iill a Cloud tooke him out of iticir
/ighf. In vteniorie of which Afccnfion, and to praife God for fo exalting
the humane Nature to his <Kune gloric, and our adiianta^e, the Cliurch
worthily celebrated this Day, and hath commended the ohfentation there-
of to her Children.

SONG LVII.

Sing this as the third Song.

nrO GOD, with heart and cheerefull voice,
■*• A Trijtmph-Song we fing ;
And with true tliankefull hearts reioyce,

In our Alniightie King ;
Yea, to his Glory we record,

(Who were but dufl and clay)
What honour he did vs afford,

On his Afcaiding Day.
2
The Humane Nature, which of late,

Beneath the Angells was ;
Now raifed from that meaner ftate,

Aboue them hath a place :
And at Mans feet all Creatures bow.

Which through the whole world be ;
For, at GODS right-hand throaned now,

In Glory fitteth He.

3
Our LORD, and Brother, who hath on

Such Flefh, as this we weare,
Before vs vnto heauen is gone,

To get vs places there ;
Captiuitie was Captiiid then,
And he doth from aboue

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Seiul ghoflly iirefcnls downe to ukii,
For tokens of his Loiif.

4
Each Dorc and Euerlafting Gate,

To him hath lifted beene ;
And in a glorious wife thereat,

Our Kifig is entred in ;
^Yhom if to follow we regard,

With cafe we fafely may ;
For, he hath all the meanes prepar'd,

And made an open way.

5
Then follow, follow on apace,
And let vs not forgoe
Our Captainc, till we win the place,

That he hath fcal'd vnto :
And for his Honour, let our voice

A fliout fo heartie make,
The Hcaiins may at our mirth reioyce,

And Earth and Hell may fhake.

Pentecoft, or Whitfunday.

AFler our Saulour was ajcended, the fiftieth day of his Rejjirreilian, and
iiijl at the lewes Fcaft of Pentecoft, the Holy Ghoft (our prciitifed
Comforter) ivasfent downe vpon the Difciples aflemhled in lerufalem, ap-
pearing in a vifible forme, and miracidotijly filling them vith all tnanner of
fpiritimllgifts. andknou'kdge, tending to thcdinine'Morke they had in hand:
iVhereby, they being formerly iveake, andfnnple men, ivere immediately en-
abled to re/ijl all the powers of the kingdonic of DarkneiTe, and to lay thofe
flrong foundations, I'pon which the Church no7u fiandeth, both to the glory
of GOV, and ourfafety. In rcmonbrance therefore of that great miracu-
lous niyjlerie this Day isfolemnized. a r\-Kr r'

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SONG. LVIII.

^V;;^ this as the third Song.

T7 Xceeding faithfull in thy Word,

■*-^ And iuft in all thy waies,

We doe acknowledge thee, oh L O R D,

And therefore giue thee praife :
For, as thy promife thou didft paffe,

(before thou went'fl away)
Sent downe thy Holy-Spirit was,

At his appointed day.

2
V\Tiile thy Difciples in thy Name,

Together did retire,
The Holy- Ghojt vpon them came.

In Clouen Tongues of Fire,
That in their calling they might be

Confirmed from aboiie,
As thou wert when he came on thee,

Defcending like a Done.

Whereby thofe men that fimple were.

And fearefull till that howre.
Had knowledge at an inftant there,

And boldneffe arm'd with powre ;
Receiuing gifts fo manifold,

That (fince the world begun)
A wonder feldome hath beene told,

that could exceed this one.

4
Now alfo, bleffed Spirit, come ;
Vnto our Soules appeare :

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And of thy Graces fliowrc thou feme

On this Affembly here :
To vs thy Done-like meekeneffe lend,

That humble we may be,
And on thy filuer wings afcend,

Our Sauiour Chrijl to fee.

5
Oh, let thy Cloiien-tongues, wee pray,

So reft on vs agen.
That both thy truth confeffe we may,

And teach it other men.
Moreouer, let thy heauenly Fii-e

(Enflamed from aboue)
Burne vp in vs each vaine defire.

And warme our hearts with loue.
6
Vouchfafe thou likewife to beftow

On vs thy facred Peace,
We ftronger may in vnion grow,

And in debates decreafe ;
V^h.\c\i peace, though many yet contemne,

Reformed let them be.
That we may (Lord) Tiaue part in them.

And they haue part in thee.

Trinity Sunday.

A Fter Arrius and other Hereticks had broched their damnahle Fattcies,
^^luhereby the Faith of many concertiing t!ie Myfterie of the bleffeciTri-
nitie -was Jliakeii, diners good Dien laboured in the j-ooting ottt of thoje pejli-
lent Opinions: And it 7vas agreed vpo7i by the Church, that Jome particu-
lar Sunday in the yeere Jlioidd be dedicated to tlie ine»iorie of the holy Tri-

nitie.

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nitie, and called Tiiuilic Sunday, that ike name might ghie ilic people oc-
cafion to enquire after the Myjlerie. And morcouer (that the Pajlor of
each feuerall congregation might he yea rely remonbred to treat thereof as
neceffttie required) ccrtai-iie portions of the Holy Scripture proper to that
e7idivere appointed to be read pnblikely that Day. Infonie Count ryes they
obferned this Jtijlitution on the Sunday next before the Atlucnt ; and in
other places the Sunday folloT.ving Whitfunday, as in the Church of Eng-
land.

SONG. LIX.

Sing this as ike ninth Song.

'T*Hofe, oh, thrife holy Three in one.
Who feeke thy Nature to explaine,
By rules to humane Reafon knowne,
Shall find their Labour all in vaine ;

And in a Shell they may intend,

The Sea as well to comprehend,
2
What therefore no man can conceiue,
Let vs not curious be to know ;
But, when thou bid'fl vs to beleeue,
Let vs obey, let Reafon goe :

Faith's obie6ls true and furer be,

Then thofe that Reafons eyes doe fee.

Yet, as by looking on the Sunne,

(Though to his fulDftance we are bimde)
And by the courfe we fee him runne.
Some Notions we of him may finde :

So, what thy Brightneffe doth conceale,

Thy Word, and Workcs in part reueale.

Mofl glorious Effence, we confeffe

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In Thee (whom by our faith we view)
Three Pcifons, neither moe nor leffc,
Whofe workings them diftindlly Ihew :
And fure we are, thofe Per/ons Three
Make but one GOD, and thou art Hee.

5
The Sunne a Motion hath we know,
Which Motion doth beget vs Light ;
The Heat proceedeth from thofe tioo.
And each doth proper adls delight :
The Motion drawes out Time a Line,
The Heat doth warnle, the Light doth flrine.

Yet, though this Motion, Lii;hl, & Heale,

Diftinftly by themfelues we take ;

Each in the other hath his feat,

And but one Siinne we fee they make :
For, whatfoe're the One will doe,
He workes it with the other ivo.

So, in the God-head there is knit

A wondrous threefold Triie-lone-knot,

And perfecT; Vnion faflens it,

Though flefli and blood perceiue it not ;

And what each Per/on doth alone,

By all the Trinitie is done.
8
Their Worhe they ioyntly doe purfue,
Though they their Offices diuide ;
And each one by himfelfe hath due
His proper Attributes befide ;

But

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Song 60. 161

But one in Siihjlance they are flill
In Vertiie one, and one in Will.

Etcniall all the Pcrfons bee,

And yet Eteniall ther's but One ;

So likewife Infinite all three,

Yet Infuiife but 07ie alone :

And neither Per/on aught doth miffe,
That of the Godheads cjfence is.
10

In Vnitie and Trinitie,

Thus, oh Creator, we adore

Thy euer-praifed Deity,

And thee confeffe for euermore,
One Father, one begotten Sonne,
One Holy-Ghojl, in Godhead one.

Sunday in gcnerall.

CVnday is our Naturall Appellation, tlic Sabboth the Hebre-jje Tearme,
*~^n>iii tlie L.ords-day the dirijlian Name, ivlieyehy we entitle Gods Seii-
uenth-day ; And (if luilfull affcilation be aiwidcd) eitlier Name is iilo-,u-
ahle. It is a portion ofXme/anfii/led by God, immediately vpon the Worlds
creation, and by tlie DiiiineLazu dedicated to be perpetually obfcrued to tlicJio-
nonr of our Greatonr : A nd though fo>He tiling accidentally pertinent to the
obferiiation tJicrof.liath bin changed; yet, thatm/ticli is eJTent tail t hermit 0 is for
ener immutable. Our Sauiour liatti by his Rejurretlion !ialloT.oed for vs that
•whicli "we uovj obferne in feed of the lewift Saboth ; •wtiich being tJie day
ivhereiipon he refed in the Graiie, the obferuation tliereof a?id of all other
Icwifh Ceremonies -zvas buried ivitli liim : becaufe they lucre to continue but
till the aceomplifnment of tltofe things 7L'hereof they were Type?,. Tliis is
tliat day whcj-ein our Redeemer began (as it were) tiis Eternall reft, after
he liadfinijiied the wortce of our Reparation, and conquered Death, the lajl
that was to be dcftroicd. This Day we ought therefore tofanctifxe according

Z. 3 to

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1 62 Song 60.

to Godsftrjl Iiijlitution : not lewidily, that is, by njlrifl or mecre oiitiuard
abjiaitiiiigfrom the/ernile -zvorkes of the body ouely, according to the Letter:
but Chriftianly ; to wit, in Spirit and Truth, both inwardly and outward-
ly, fo recreating our bodies and Soul s, that we >nay with afanctified plea-
fnre (and as much as may be without wearincJTeJ fpend that Day to the
Glorie of God, according to his Command and his Churches dire^ion ; e-
iien to the vfe of bodily labours and cxcercifes, whenfoeuer (^vithout refpefl
to fen/uall or covetous ends) a rerHfedConJciencefiallperfwadevs, that the
Honour of God, the Charitie we o^ve our Neighbours, or an vrtfeigned ne-
cefjitie requires them to be done.

SONG. LX.

Sing this as the 44 So)i^.

CIxe daies, oh LORD, the world to make,
•^And fet all Creatures in aray,
Was all the leafure thou would'ft take.
And then did'ft reft the Seuenth day :

That day thou therefore hallowed haft,
And rightly by a Law Diuine ;
OVhich till the end of time fliall laft)
The feauenth part of time is thine.
2

Then, teach vs willingly to giue
The tribute of our daies to Thee ;
By Nvhom we now both moue, and liue,
And haue attain'd to what we be.

For, of that Rejl, which by thy word
Thou haft beene pleafed to enioyne.
The profit all is ours, oh LORD,
And but the praife alone is thine.

Oh, therefore let vs not confent,
To rob thee of thy Sahoth day ;

Nor

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Nor reft witli carnall Rejl content,
But fandlifie it all wee may ;

Yea, grant that wee from finfiiU ftrife,
And all thofe Workes thou do'ft deteft,
May keepe a Saboth all our life,
And enter thy Eleriiall reJl.

S. Andrewes Day.

''THe holy Church celehrateth ihis Day toglorifie God for that faiionr which
■*; he vouchfafcd vnto her by the Calling and Miuijlerie 0/ idejied Andrew
his Apoftle, and that by the remembrance 0/ his j-eadineffe tofoUo-M and pre-
ach Chrift, both the honourable and Chrijiian Mcjiwriall due to an Apoftle,
might be prefe>-ued, and we Jlirredv/> aljo to the imitation o/his/or^vard-
veffe, in ourjeueyall Callings aduancing Gods Honour and Gofpell : In which
generall fence eneiie the ntcancjl Chrijiian, hath a kind of A-poiWcttn-p, to
build vp not only in himfelfe, but in others alfo the Temple oftheLiiiing God,
and to encreafe and ejlablijli the Kingdoine ^y Chrift.

SONG. LXI.

Sing this as the 44 Song.

A S bleffed Andrnv on a day,
■^By fifliing did his lining earne,
Chrifl came, and called him away.
That he to fiflr for men might learne ;

And no delay thereat he made.
Nor queftions fram'd of his intent.
But quite forfaking all he had.
Along with him, that cal'd, he went.
2

Oh, that we could fo readie be.
To follow Chriji when he doth call !

And

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Anil that we could forfakc, as he,
Thofe Nets that we are fnar'd withal 1.

Or would this FiJJuTDiait of men,
('^Yho fet by all he had fo light)
By his obedience fliewed then,
(And his example) win vs might.

But Precepts and Examples faile,
Till thou thy Grace, LORD, adde therto ;
Oh grant it. and we fliall preuaile.
In whatfo'ere thou bid'ft vs doe :

^'ea, we fliall then that bliffe conceiue,
Which in thy feruice we may finde ;
And for thy fake be glad to leaue
Our Nets, and all we haue behinde.

S. Thomas Day.

THis Day was fet apart hy the Church, that it mii^ht be faticlified to tJie
praifc of God. for his holy Apoftle Saint Thomas, by 7i'hafe Preaching the
Chrijlian generation ivas inultipiied, and that lue might JlrengtJien t/w be-
leefe ive haue of our Sauiours vndcniable Refiirrection, hy taking an yearely
occafion to refrcjli our ntetnories with that part of the Euangelicall Storie
■which vientioneth, both this Apoftles dotdting, and the confirmation of his
Faith hy afcnfible deinonjlration.

SONG. LXII.
Sing this as the ninth Song.

"Y^Hen Chrifl was lifen from the dead,
• ^ And Thomas of the fame was told,
He would not credit it, he fed.

Though

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Song 63. 165

Though he liimfclfc lliould him behold,
Till he his wounded hands had eide,
And thrufl his fingers in his Side.
2
Which triall he did vndertake,
And Chrijl his frailtic did permit,
By his diftrufliug, fure to make
Such others as might doubt of it :
So we had right, and he no wrong ;
For, by his weakenes both are ftrong.

Oh bleffed GOD, how wife thou art !

And how confoundefl thou thy Foes !

Who their temptations dofl conuart,

To worke thofe ends which they oppofe ;
When Satan feekes our faith to fliake,
The firmer he the fame doth make.

Thus whatfoe're he tempts vs to,

His difaduantage let it be ;

Yea, make thofe very finnes we doe,

The meanes to bring vs nearer thee :
Yet, let vs not to ill confent,
Though colour'd with a good intent.

S. Stephens Day.

CTephen was one of ike fetien Deacons mentioned A(5l.
''^I\Ia7-tyrof\c(vi^ Chrift, wko/e Truth hauing poiverfully maintained by di-

6. and the Jirjl
^ , _ , ed by di

fpiite, he constantly Jcaled it ivith his Blood. The Church therefore hath a/>-
j^ointed this Anniuerfaric in remembrance thereof, thatfo God might />er/>e-
tnally he glorified for the fame, and tlie Stotie of his Marty7-dome the oft-
fter tnentiened, to the encouragement and direSlion of other men in their
Tryals.

SONG.

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SONG LXIII.

Sing tills as the 4. Song.

T 0 R D, with what zealc did thy firfl Martyr breath

■^Thy bleffed truth to fuch as him withflood !

With what ftout mind embraced he his death !

A holy witnelTe fealing with his blood !

The praife is thine, that him fo ftrong did'ft make
And blefl is he, that died for thy fake,
2

Vnquenched loue in him appear'd to be,

When for his mtn-th'rous Foes he did entreat ;

A piercing eie, made bright by Faith had he ;

For he beheld thee in tliy Gloria fet ;

And fo vnmoou'd his patience he did keepe,
Hee di'de, as if he had but falne afleepe.

Our luke-warme hearts with his hot Zealt enflame,
So Conftant, and fo Louing let vs be ;
So let vs liuing glorifie thy Name ;
So let vs dying fixe our Eies on Thee :

And when the fleepe of death fliall vs o'retake,

With him to Life eternall vs awake.

S lohn the Euangelifl

'~VHis Day is celebrated by the Church to praife God for his bleJTcd Euange-
■^ lift and beloiied Difciple 6". lohn, tuho hath been an admirable hijlrn-
vient of Ids Glorie and the Churches Inftrnnion. For, the Myftci-ie of i/ie
Sacred Triuityi, and the Dininitie of Chrift, is by him moji plainly exprejt
in his Writings, among 7iiany other great Myjleries. a7id excellent Doctrines
concerning our R edempiion , for ivhich 7ue are bound particularly to honour
God, and tvortltily Jlirred vp thereunto, by this Anttuali Commemoration.

SONG,

170

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SONG L X I V.

Si7tg this as the 44 Song

'T'Each vs by his example LORD,
For whom we honour thee to Day,
And grant, his witneffe of tliy IVord,
Thy Chwcli enlighten euer may :
And as belou'd, oh Chrijl, he was,
And therefore leaned on thy breafl ;
So let vs alfo in thy Grace,
And on thy Sacred bofome reft.

Into vs breath that Life Diuine,

Whofe Teftimonie he intends ;

About vs caufe thy Light to fliine,

That which no Darkneffe comprehends ;
And let thy euer-bleffed IVord,
Which all things did create of nought,
Anew create vs now, oh LORD,
Whofe ruine fin hath almofl wrought.

Thy holy Faith we doe profeffe,

Vs to thy Fello'iVfJiip receiue ;

Our fmnes we heartily confeffe,

Thy pardon therefore let vs haue :
And as to vs thy Seriiant giues
Occafion thus to honour Thee ;
So alfo, let our Words and Lines,
As Liglits and Guides to others be.

Innocents

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Innocents Day.

T/"/;.'^ Herod vitderjlanding ihat a King of the lewes 7i.'as home in Beth-
■•■^lem-Jiidah (and fi-aring that by liim he tnight be difpoflrjled) hce mnr-
ihered all the young Infants of that Ciixuit, in lio/>e among them to Itauc
Paine Icfus Chrift, but he; masfcnt into Egj^pt by Gods fpcciall appointment.
Old fo the TyTM\\.sfui-ie p>V}ied vaine. In honour tJieycfore of the Almigh-
ties Prouidence, the Church celebrateth this Day, to put vs in. mind alfo,
hoiv z'ainly the Deuill and his tnemhers rage againjl Gods Deci'ee, and that
the cruell flaughter of thofe poore Infants may ncuer be forgotten, which,
in a large fence, may be called a Martyrdome ; as in the gencraltie of the
caufe (being for Chrijl) and in the paffion of the hodie, thoicgh not in the
intention of the mind. And fo in proper fence doth S. Stephen hold fill
the place of the firjl Captaine of that Band.

SONG. LXV.

Siiig this as the 44. So7ig.

'T'Hat rage Avhereof the Pfalme doth fay,

WIty arc the Gentiles growne fo Jiiad ?
Appear'd in part vpon that day,
When Herod flaine the Infants had ;

Yet (as it faith) they florm'd in vaine ;
(Though many Innocents they flew)
For, Chrijl they purpos'd to haue llaine,
Who all their Counfels ouerthrew.

2
Thus flill vouchfafe thou to reftraine
All Tyrants, LORD, purfuing thee ;
Thus let our vaft defires be llaine,
That thou maift lining in vs be ;

So, whil'fl we fliall enioy our breath.
We of thy loue our Songs will frame ;

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And with thofe Innocents, our death
Shall alfo glorifie thy Name.

3
In Type thofe Many di'de for One ;
That One for many moe was flaine ;
And what they felt in A61 alone,
He did in Will and A61 fuftaine.
LORD grant, that what thou haft decreed
In Will, and Acl we may fulfill ;
And, though we reach not to the Deede,
From vs, oh GOD, accept the Will.

The Conuerfion of S. Paul.

CAint Paul, as appeares Adl. g. hauing been a great Pcrfecittor of the Chri-
^~^Jlian Faith before his Conuerjion, was extraordinarily called to embrace
the fame Prof ejjioti, cuen as he proceeded in a iourney piirpofely V7idertaken
tofuppreffe the Tntth: and fo of a V^ow\k beca/iie afterxvard a Paftor, rt?/rf
the tnojl laborious Preacher of lefus Chrift : JVhich Mercie of God that
•we may Jim remember it to the p7-aife of his Name, and oar owne com-
fort, the Church hath appointed an yeerely Commemoratimt thereof.

SONG LXVI.

Sing this as the 44. Song.

A Bleft Comterfion, and a ftrange
•^^ Was that, when SatU a Paid became :
And, LORD, for making fuch a change.
We praife and glorifie thy N'aine.

For, whilfl he went from place to place.
To perfecute thy Truth and Thcc ;
(And running to perdition was)
By powrefuU Grace cal'd backe was he.

When

I/O Song Gj.

When from thy Truth we goe aflray,
(Or wrong it thi^ough our bhnded zeale)
Oh come, and flop vs in the way,
And then thy Will to vs reueale ;

That Brightnefse fliew vs from aboue
^Yhich prooues the fenfual eie-fight blind
And from our Eies thofe Scales remoue,
That hinder vs the Way to finde.

And as thy blefied Seruant Paul,
When he a Conuert once became,
Exceeded thy Apojilcs all.
In painefull preaching of thy Name :

So grant that thofe who haue in finne
Exceeded others heretofore,
The flart of them in Faith may winne,
Loue, ferue, and honour thee the more.

Saint Matthias.

r Atthias was the Difciple which was cho/cn in the roome of ludas Ifcari-
ot ; And his Annitierfaries coin7nanded to be chferued, that it mi^ki
giuc zis continualt occafwii to praife God/or his lujlice and Faitour: ForJiis
IitJticeJliC'n.'ed ill difcoitering, aiid not /paring ludas the Traytoiir, abufing his
Apoftlefhip ; For his Fauour, dccla> ed in electing Matthias a faitlifult Pa-
Jlor of the Church. Moreoucr, the remembrance of diners other Ulyjleries
are reniied by the ob/eruation of this Day. And by taking occa/ion to
reade pnbtitiety the Storie of ludss his Apo{ia.cie, men are that Day put
in mindc, to confiderii:hat ludgonents tiang oner their Heads, vjhofliall abitfe
the Diuint calling, &'c.

SONG.

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SONG LXVII.

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So, if a Traytour doo remaine

Within tliy Church to day,
To grant him true Repentance daigne ;

Or caft him out, we pray.

Though horned like the La»ibe he fliow.
Or Sheepe-like clad he be,

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Let ^•s his Dra^i;on language know,

And IVoliiif/i nature fee ;
Yea, caufe the Lot to fall on thofe,

The charge of thine to take,
That fliall their Acflions well difpofc,

And confcience of them make.

Let vs moreouer minde his fall,

VVhofe roome Matthias got ;
So to belieue, and feare withall,

That we forfake thee not :
For, Titles, be they ne're fo high,

Or great, or Sacred Place,
Can no mans Perfon fandlifie,

Without thy fpeciall Grace.

Saint JMarkes Day.

CAint Marke, feiu^ one of the foure blcffcd Euangelifts, by zvhofe Pen the
Cof/'i'tt iiflcfus Chrift 7i>as recorded: This day is f>u7-pofely appointed,
to praifc God for thofe glad tydings he brought, and that we might honour
him alfoiLntJifuch a Ch-ri/lian Menioriall, asbecnnnetti the AmbaJTadour of
fo g7rat a King as our Redeemer : U'/iich ciuill honour, due to the Saints
of God, it is hoped none ivitl dcnie them ; :ioy confider fuch Iii[litutions_/?<-
perjlitions, or to haue been purpofed to an Idolatrous end.

SONG. LXVIIL

Sing this as the 44. Song.

■pOr thofe blefl Pen-mm of thy Word,
■*■ Who haue thy holy Go/pel writ.

Wee praife and honour Thee, oh LORD,
And our beliefe we build on it :

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Song 69. 173

Thofe happie Tydings which it brings,
With ioyfull heart, we doe embrace,
And prize, aboue all other things,
That precious token of thy Grace.
2

To purchafe what we hope thereby ^
Our vtmoit wealth we will beftow ;
Yea, we our pleafures will denie,
And let our Hues, and honours goe :

And, whomfoe're it commeth from.
No other Go/pel we will heare ;
No, though an Angel down fliould come
From heau'n, we would not him giue eare.

Our Refolutions, LORD, are fuch,
But in performance weake are wee ;
And the Deceiners craft is much ;
Our Second therefore, thou muft be :

So we affuredly fliall know.
When any Doctrines we receiue.
If they agreeing be, or no,
To thofe which we profeffed haue.

Saint Philip and Jacob.

''V'His Day is celebrated to the honour of GoA, and the Chrifiian niemoriall
^ of the two blejjed Apofiles, Philip and lacob : At zvhich ii>ne the Church
taketh occafwn to off^er to our remembrance fuch Myjieries, as Chrift deliue-
rcd vnto them, that vue might the oftner coitfder them, receiue fni-thcr
i-.ijlruclion concerning them, and praife God, both for fuch hisfauours, and
/or thofe Infruments of his Clorie.

M SONG.

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SONG. L X I X.
Si/!£ this as the third Song.

'y O thy Apojihs thou hafh taught,
■*■ What they, oh Chrijl, fliould doe ;
And thofe things which beleeue they ought

Of thee they learned too :
And that which thou to the haft fliowne,

hath beene difpofed thus ;
They vnto others made it knowne,

And thofe haue told it vs.

With them we doe confeffe, and fay,

(What fliall not be denide)
Thou art the Truth, the Life, the Way,

And we in thee will bide :
By thee, the Fathers we haue knowne,

Whom thou defcendeft from ;
And vnto him, by thee alone,

We haue our hope to come.

For, thou to Philip didft impart,

(Which our beliefe fliall be)
That thou within the Father art.

And that he is in Thee ;
And faidft, what euer in thy A^ame,

W^e fhould with Faith require,
Thou wouldft giue eare vnto the fame.

And grant vs our defire.

4
Of thee, oh LORD, we therefore craue,
(Which thou wilt daigne, we know)

The

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The good Beliefc which now wc hauc,

We neuer may forgoe ;
And that the Sacred Trath, which we

Thy Word haue learned from,
From Age to Age deriu'd may be,

Vntill thy Kingdome come.

Saint Barnabas Day.

"T^HLs Day U folemnized in commemoration 0/ Saint Barnabas, a/aithfuU
■'■ Difcipleo/WMsOnrSS.; and to honour God for the benefit vouchjafed
to the Church by his Mini/trie: For he zvas a good Man, full of the Holy
Ghoft, and of Faith, as Saint Luke tejlifieth, AcT:. 11. 24. He was alfo by
tlu Holy Ghofts immediate appointment (together with Vs-vX) feparatedfor
the Mini/trie of the Gofpel, and confirmed in iJie Apoftlefliip by the lay-
i?ig on of hands, Acl. ij. 2.

SONG LXX.

Sittg this as the 44 Song,

'T'Hy gifts and graces manifold,
•*• To many merx thou, LORD, haft lent.
Both now, and in the dales of old,
To teach them Faith, and to repent."

Thy Prophets thou didft firft ordaine,
And they as Legats did appeare ;
Then cam'ft thy Selfe, and in thy Traine
Apojlles for attendants were.

2
For Legier when thou went'ft away,
The Holy-Ghofl thou didft appoint ;
And here Sncceffions till this day,

M 2 Remaine

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Kemaine of thofe he did annoint ;

Yea, thou hafl Ukewife fo ordain'd,
That to make good what thofe haue taught,
An Armu-Royall was maintain'd
of Martyrcs, who thy Battels fought.

3
For t/io/e, and Him, for whom we thus
Are met, to praife thy N'aine to day,
We giue thee thanks, as they for vs,
That fhould come after them, did pray ;

And by this duty we declare,
Our Faith affures, that they and we,
(In Times diuided though we are)
Haue one Cofnmunion ftill with Thee.

Saint John Baptijl.

IOhn, called the Baptift, "duas he (as Chrift himfelfe teftifieth) ivho was
promifed to he Jen t before him to prepare his way, Luk. 7. 27. Atid by
his preaching and Baptifme the People were accordingly prepared to receiue
him that was to/ollcnu. He was the true cxpecled Elias, andjjaine hy He-
rod,yi')- reprouing the Incejl -which the /aid Herod connnitted in taking his
Brothers Wife: That we might praife God therefore for this Forerun-
ner of our Sauiour (and by his example roneinber to prouide for his enter-
tainment) the Church hathfet apart this Day.

SONG. LXXI.

SiHi' this as the ninth Son^.

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"DEcaufe the ^Yorld might not pretend,
■^It knew not of thy Coiiuning day,
Thou didft, oh Chrifi, before thee fend

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A Crier to prepare thy way :

Thy KingJonie was the Bliffe he brought ;
Repentance was the Way h.e taught.

And, that his Voice might not alone
Infornie vs what we flioukl belieue,
His Life declar'd what mufl be done,
If Thee we purpofe to receiue :

His Life our patterne therefore make

That we the courfe lie tooke may take.

■3

Let vs not gad to Pleafures Court,
With fraitleffe Toies to feed tlie minde ;
Nor to that Wildentefse refort,
Where Reedes areJJiaken with the ivinde :

But tread the Path he trod before.

That both a Prophet was, and more.

4
Clad in repentant Cloth of Ha ire.
Let vs, oh Chrifl, (to feeke out Thee)
To thofe forfaken IValkes repaire,
Which of fo few frequented be ;

And true Repentance fo intend,

That we our courfes may amend.

5
Let vs hereafter feed vpon

The Llony of thy Word Diuine ;

Let vs the Worlds entifemcnts fhun,

Her Drugs, and her bewitching Wine ;

And on our loynes (fo loofe that are)

The luHher-belt of Temperance weare.

M 3 Thus

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Tlius from thy Cn'i'r let vs Icarnc,
For thee, fweet /t'///s, to prepare,
And others of their fmnes to warne,
How-euer for the fame we fare :
So thou to Fs, and we to T/!ec\
Shall when thou commeft welcome be.

Saint Pefers Day.

WE ohjernc this Day to the honour of God, and to the pious vteiiiorie of
his ble(fed Apojtle Saint Peter, that ive may be thereby f>ut in tnind
to he thanke full for thofe continuing fauours receiued by his Miviflry ; That
Paftors alfo may make him their patterne in dif charging the charge Chrift
commit te'th vnto them ; That by confidcring his ■weakenejfe 7i'e may all learne
not to prefume oJt our owne Jlreng'th; And that by his Chrijlian exa>nple
we may be taught to bewaile our efcapes with bitter Teares of true Repen-
tance.

SONG. LXXII.

Sing this as the third Song.

"LJ 0\v watchfull neede we to become,

■*• -*■ And how deuoutly pray,

That thee, oh LORD, we fall not from,

Vpon our Tryall Day ?
For, if thy great Apojlle faid,

He would not thee denie,
\Vhom he that very night denayd,

On what fliall we relye ?
2
For of our felues we cannot Icaue

One pleafure for thy fake ;

No,

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No, not one vertuous tliouglit conceiuc,

Till vs thou able make :
Nay, we not onely thee denie,

^^l^cn perfecutions be ;
But, or forget, or from Thee flie,

When peace attends on Thee.

Oh ! let thofe Praiers vs auaile,

Thou didft for Peter daigne,
That when our Foe fliall vs affaile,

His labour may be vaine ;
Yea, caft on vs thofe powerful! Eies,

That mou'd him to lament,
We may bemone with bitter cries

Our follies, and repent.

4
And grant, that fuch as Him fucceede ;

For Pajlors of thy Fold,
Thy Sheepe & Lambes may guide & feed.

As thou appointft they fhould ;
By his example fpeaking what

They ought in truth to fay,
And in their Hues confirming that

They teach them to obey.

Saint lames his Day.

"^ His Day we praifc God for his blcffed Apojlle Saint lames, ihc Son of

'■ Zebedeus, ivho luas one of thofe i-mo that defired of Chrifl tlicy might

fit at his right-Hand, and at his left, in his Kingdome, as the Gcfpeiy^;- the

Day declareth : And by occafwn of that ignorant Petition ( proceeding frorit

their

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their Caraall weiil-riicf/'c) Chrift iaugJit both them, and the reft of the Ape-
Jlles, tiitd all other Chrift ians alfo, ivliat Greatnefte beft becomtneth his Fol-
lowers ; a7id that tuc are to taft the Cup of his Pafsion, before we eau be glo-
rified luith him : So this holy Apoftle did ; For he was Jlaitte by Herod, as
it is declared iji the Epiftle appointed for the Day.

SONG. LXXIII.

Sing this as the 44 Song,

TT E that his Father had forfooke,

•^ And followed Chrijt at his commands,

By humane frailtie ouertooke,

For place and vaine preferment flands.

Till liy his Majter he was taught,
Of what he rather fhould haue care ;
How vndifcreetly he had fought,
And what his Seriia7its honours are.
2

Whereby we finde how much adoe,
The beft men haue this world to leaue ;
How, when they loealth & Friends forgoe,
Ambitious aimes to them will cleaue :

And fure this Angel-fin afpires,
In fuch men chiefly to refide.
That haue exilde thofe bruite defires,
Which in the vulgar fort abide.

3
To thee, oh GOD, we therfore pray,
Thy humble minde in vs may dwell ;
And charme that Fiend of Pride away,
Which would thy Graces quite expell :

But of all other, thofe men keepe,
From this Delufion of the Foe,

WTio

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^^^lO arc the Shepheanh of thy Sheepe,
And fliould each good example fliow.

For, fuch as ftill purfuing be
That greatnes, Which the world refpc(5ls,
Their feruile bafeneffe neither fee.
Nor feele thy Spirits rare effecfts ;

And doubtleffe, they, who moft of all
Defcend to feme both Thee, and thine,
Are thofe, who in thy Kingdome fhall
In Seates of greatefl gloria fliine,

Saint Bartholomeiu.

THis Day is confecraied to the honour of God, and the pious vtemorie of
his bleffed Apoftle Saint Bartholomew, that (as appeaieth in the E-
piftles appointed for the Day) we might take nccafion iopraife our Redeemer,
for thofe many wonders which were wrought by his Apoftles, to the great
encreafe of tlie Clirijliaji Faith, and open confufion of the Churches Adiier-
furies.

SONG. LXXIV.

Sing this as ihe ninth Song.

"pXceeding gracious Fauours, LORD,

To thy Apoftles haft thou fliowne ;
And many wonders by thy Word,
And in thy N'ame, by them were done :

The l}linde could fee, the Dtimhe could talke.

The Deafe did heare, the Lame did walke.

They all Difeafes tooke awaie,
The Dead to life they did reftore ;

Foule

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Foule Spirits difpofleffed they,

And Prcach'd the Go/pel to the poore :

The Church grew ftrong, thy Faith grew plaine,
Their Foes grew mad, and mad in vaine.

Oh ! let their vvorkes for euer be

An honour to thy glorious N'aine ;

And by thy powre vouchfafe that wee,

f'Whom fm makes deafe, blinde, dumhe, and lame)
May heare thy Word, and fee thy Light,
And fpeake thy Truth, and tvalke aright.

Each deadly fickneffe of the Soule,

Let thy Apojlles Dotflrines cure :

Let them expell thofe Spirits foule,

"Which makes vs loatbfome and impure,
That we the life of Faith may gaine.
Who long time dead in fmne hath laine.

Saint Matthezv.

QlAint Matthew, othcr^vi/e cnUcd "Leva, was a Publican, that is, a Cuftome-
*--^ gatherer : From ivhicli courjeof Life (being hatefull in thofe Countries) he
7uascnUed to //;<• Apoflleniip, and became a/fo one of the foure Euangelifts. To
his religious memorie therefore, and to honaitrGod.,for thefauourvonchfafed
(both to hint and vs) by his Minijlry, this Day is obferned by the Churches
Authoritie.

SONG. LXXV.

Sing this as the 44 Song.

"VU^HY fliould vnchriflian cenfures paffe
'On men, or that which they profeffe ?

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A Publican S. Matthew was,

Yet GOD'S beloued ne're-the-lefle,

And was elected one of Chrijls

Apojlks, and Euangelijls,

For, GOD doth not a whit refpedl,
Pojfefsion, Perfoi, or Degree ;
But maketh choice of his Elecfl,
From euerie fort of men that be,
That none might of his loue defpare,
But all men vnto him repaire.

For thofe, oh let vs therefore pray,
Who feeme vncalled to remaine ;
Not (liunning them as cafl away,
GOD'S fauour neuer to obtaine :
For fome a while negledled are.
To ftirre in vs more louing care.

4
And for our fehies, let vs defire.
That we our Aiiariee may ihun,
When GOD our feruice fhall require.
As this Eziangelijl hath done,

And fpend the remnant of our daies,
In fetting forth our Makers praife.

Saint Michael, and all Angels.

'T'His Day lue gtorijie God for the viclorie Saint Michael, and his Angels

•*■ obtained oner ike Dragon, and his Artgels: Whereby the Church is freed

from being J>reiiaikd againft by thcficrious attempts, or malicious acaifations

of the Detiil. T/iis Commemoration is appointed alfo, to iiiinde vs thanke-

fully

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fully to achtimuledge Gods wercie towards vs, in the daily viiniflry oj his An-
gels, who arc /aid to /'if ck their Tents about his Children, and to defend them

from the temptations and niij'chieuaus prafli/es ofeuill Spirits, 'Matching eue-
rie tnomcnt for adnantage to dcjlrcy them : Which, if we (finer confuiered,
and hcM there be Armies i?/ Angels, and Deuils, nig/it a>id day fighting for
vs, and round about vs, tve iv07ild become more carefiill how we grieued tho/e
good Spirits, (zvho attend vs for onr fafetic) to the rcioycing of them that

feeke onr dcjlruclion. By Saint Michael, who was P> ince of the good Angels
(and termed by Saint lude an Arch angeU /o/ne vnderjlatid lefus Chrift :
For he is indeed tJie principall^\ttKe.\\%(ir, (ir Angel of our Saluation, and the
chicfc of the Princes, as holy Daniel called him ; yea, to him alone this Name
Michael (which ftgnifeth, who is like God doth mojl properly appertaine,

feeing he o?ily is the perfetl Image of his Father.

SONG L X X V I.

Sing Ihts as the 44 Song.

'T'O praife, oh GOD, and honour thee,
■*■ For all thy Triumphs won,
Afferabled here this Day are we.
And to declare thy Fauours done :

Thou took'ft that great Arch-Angels pari,
With whom in Heau'n the Dragon fought,
And that good Armies Friend thou wert,
That caft Him, and his Angds out :
2

Whereby we now in fafety are.
Our dangers all fecured from ;
For to encreafe thy Glorie here,
Thy Kingdome ■\\ith great powre is come :

And we neede ftand in dread no more,
Of that enraged Fiends defpight,
Who in thy prefence heretofore
Accufed vs both day and night.

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In honour of thy blcffed Name,
This Ilymnc of thanks wc therefore fing ;
And to thine euerlafting fame,
Through lleau'n thine endleffe praife fliall ring

We praife thee for thy proper might,
And, LORD, for all thofe An^^ds too,
Which in thy Battell came to fight,
Or haue beene fent thy will to doe.

For, many of that glorious Troupe
To bring vs Ale/sages from Thee,
From Heau'n vouchfafed haue to floope,
And clad in humane fhape to bee ;

Yea, wee belieue they watch and ward,
About our perfons euermore,
From euill Spirits vs to guard ;
And wee returne thee praife therefore.

Saint Luke.

'T^His Day 7ue memarize the benefit the Church recehied by the bleJTed Euan-
■*■ gelifl Saint Lu'ce, aPliyfiiinn both for Soule and body, mid thefrjl Eccle-
fiafticail Hiftoriographer ; For he -was A iit/ioter, not only of that Gofpel
•which beareth his Name ; but alfo of that Booke called the Afls of the Apo-
ftles, and an Eye-'cvitneffe of mojl part of that -which he hath written, re-
maining a conjlant Companion of Saint Paul in his Tribulation. Worthily
therefore ought we to honour hi?nwith a Chrijlian memoriall, andpraifcGod
for the grace vouchfafed vs by his meanes.

SONG. LXXVII.

Sing this as ike 44- Sojig.

T F thofe Phyfitians honour'd be.
That doe the bodies health procure ;

Then

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Then worthy double praife is He,
Who can both Soule and Bodie cure.
In hfe time Iwth waies Li(ke excel'd,
And thofe Receipts hath alfo left.
Which many Soule-ficke Patients heal'd.
Since from the world he was bereft.

And to his honour this befide,
A bleffed AYitneffe hath declar'd.
That conftant he did ftill abide.
When others from the truth were fcar'd :

For which, the glorie, LORD, be thine ;
For of thy Grace thofe guifts had he,
And thou his Adtions did'fl encline,
Our profit, and his good to be,

By his example therefore, LORD,
Vphold vs, that we fall not from
The true profeffion of thy Word,
Nor by this world be ouercome ;

And let his wholefome doctrine heale
That leaprous fickneffe of the Soule,
VMiich more & more would on her fleale,
And make her languifli and grow foule.

Simon and hide, Apoflles.

"^ His Day is dedicated to the /»-ai/eo/GoA. and tlie frious tnemorie of the two

-*■ bleffed Apoftles of lefus Chrft, Simon Called Zelotes, or the Cananite,

and Iiide the Brother (flames. And in this foleinniiie -dee are among other

things, principally put in iiund of tJiat loue which ChnA cowmandeth to

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be continued among vf, attd o/that heed we ougJit to hane vnio 07ty aHdin«
in that ftate of Grace, ivhercunto God hath called vs, as appearcth in the
Epiftlc and Gorpel appointed for the Day.

SONG. LXXVIII.
Sing this as the third Song.

ATO outward marke we haue to know,
•^ ^ Who thine, oh Chrijl, may be,
Vntiil a ChriJIian lone doth fliow.

Who appeitaines to Thee :
For, Knnvlcdge may be reach'd vnto

And formall Iitjlicc gain'd ;
But till each other loue we doe,

Both Faith and Workes are faign'd.
2
Loiie is the fum of thofe commands.

Which thou with thine doft leaue ;
And for a marke on them it ftands,

Which neuer can deceaue :
For, when our K)wu<ledge Folly tumes.

When Showes no fliow retaine,
And Zeale it felfe to nothing burnes ;

Then Lone fhall flill remaine.

By this were thy Apojllcs knit,

And ioyned fo in one.
Their Tyiie-lo/te-knot could neuer yet

Be broken nor vndone.
Oh let vs, LORD, receiued be,

Into that Sacred Knot,

And

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And One become with Thcin and Thee,
That fin vndoe vs not,

4
Yea, left when we thy Grace pofTeffe,

Wee fall againe away,
Or turne it into wantonneffe,

Afsift thou vs, we pray.
And that we may the better finde,

What heede there fliould be learn'd,
Let vs the fall of Angels minde,

As bleffed Inde hath warn'd.

All Samts Day.

"^His Day the CtywxzV hath appointed, that to the praife 0/ God &' our com-

^ /o>-t we JJionld comntetHorate that excellent My'jlerie of the Communion
of Saints : iiL'hich is one 0/ the tweliie Articles of Chrijlian belie/e.) And
that (coiijldering how admirably the Diuine ivifdoine hath knit all liis Elefl
into one Body, /or tlieir more perfeil enioying, hotli of his lone, and the lone
of one another) ivee might Jiete receiue a tajl of the pleajure iveefiall hane in
the full fruition of tltat f elicit ie, and be Jlirred vp alfo toftch mutuall lone
and vnitie as ought to bee betwixt vs in this life. This is the lajl Saints Day
in the Ecclcfajiicice Circuite of the yeare, generally obferuable by the anci-
ent ordinance of the Church. And it feemetli to haue a Myjlerie in it ;
fliewing, thai 7vhen the Circle of time is come about, weefliall in one euer-
lafling Holy-day honour that bleffed Communion, and Myfticall Bodie,
ivhich JJiall bee made perfect, ivhen all tJicfe whom wee haue memorized
apart- are vnited into one : that is, when the Father, the Sonne, the Holy
Ghoft ; the Angells, and all the holy Elect of GoA Jliall bee incorporated to-
gether into a ioyfull, vnfpeakable, and infeparable vnion in the kingdome of
heauen. Which the Almightie haften. Amen.

SONG. LXXIX.

Sing this as the ninth Song.

O bliffe can fo contenting prooue,
As vniuerfall Loue to gaine,

Could

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Could we, with full requiting Lone,
All mens affections euiertaine :
But fuch a Louc the heart of man,
Nor well containe, nor merit can.
2
For, though to all wee might be deare,
(Which cannot in this life befall)
Wee difcontented fliould appeare,
Becaufe wee had not hearts for all .*
That we n.ight all men loue, as we
Beloued would of all men be.

For, Lone in louing ioyes as much,

As loue for louing to obtaine ;

Yea, Loue vnfain d is likewife fuch,

It cannot part ir felfe in twaine :

The Riualls friendflnp foone is gone,
And Loiie diuided loueth none.

4
Which caufeth, that with Pafsions pain'd
So manie men on earth we fee ;
And had not GOP a meanes ordain'd.
This difcontent in heauen would be :
For, all the Saints would iealous proue
Of GOD'S, and of each others Loue.

5
But, he whofe wifdome hath contriu'd
His Glorie with their full Contents,
Hath from himfelfe to them deriu'd.
This fauour (which that ftrife preuents)
One Body all his Saints he makes,
And for his Spoufe this One he takes.

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So, each one of them fliall obtaine,
Full Lotic from AH, returning too
Full Lone to all of them againe,
As members of one bodie doe :

None iealous, but all ftriuing how

Moft Lone to others to allow.

7
For, as the Soitle is All in All,
And All through euery member too ;
Lcue in that Body-iMyJliaill
Is, as the Sonle, and fills it fo;

Vniting them to GOD as neare.

As to each other they are Deare :
8
Yea, what they want to entertaine
Such ouerflowing Lone, as his.
He will fupply, and likewife daigne
What for his full Delight they miffe.

That he may all his Lone employ,

And they returne his fill of Loy.

The Seed of this content was fowne.
When GOD the fpacious world did frame,
And euer fmce the fame hath growne
To be an honour to his Name ;

And when his Saints are fealed all,

This Myjlery vnfeale he fliall.
10
Meane while, (as we in Landskip view.
Fields, Riuers, Cities, Woods, & Seas ;
And (though but little thev can fliew)

Doe

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Doe therewithal! our fancies pleafe ;

Let Contemplation mapps contriue ;

To fliew vs where we fliall ariue.
II
And though our hearts too fliallow be,
That bled CoiuDiiinioii to conceiue,
Of which we fliall in Heau'n be free ;
Let vs on earth together cleaue.
. For, thofe who keepe in vnion here,

Shal know by faith what fhal be there.
12
Where all thofe Angels we admir'd ;
With eu'ry Saint fmcc time begun,
(Whofe fight and loue we haue defir'd)
Shall be with vs coniojnied in One ;

And We and They, and Thev and Wee,

To GOD himfelfe efpoufed be.

Oh happy Wedding where the Giiejls,
The Bnde and Bridegroome fliall be One !
Where Songs, Embraces, Triumphs, Feajls,
And loyes of Lone are neuer done !
But, thrice accurfl are thofe that miffe
Their Garments when this Wedding is.

Sweet lefus, feal'd and clad therefore,
For that great meeting let vs be ;
(Where People, Tongues, & Kinreds more
Then can be told, attend on Thee)
To make thofe fliouts of loy & Praife,
Which to thine honour they fliall raife.

N 2 Rogation

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Rogation Weeke.

'T'f/is is tailed Rogation Weeke, being fo ieanneri ly Antigiiiiy a Rogando,
^ from the f'y.Hike Supplications. For, then the Letanie which is full 0/
humble Petitions and entreaties, ■zuas luith folemne Procefsion ^ijnally re-
Jiented; brcaii/e there be about that Sea/on, mojl occajlons of pidylike Prayer,
in j-egard Princes goe then forth to battaile : the Fruites and liope of plentie
are in their blojfome; the Ayre is -mo/l fnbiecl to contagions Infeclions; and
there is moft labouring and trauailing, both by Land, and Sea alfo from
that time of the yeare fonvard. il'hich laudable cnjlome (though it bee
lately jnuch decayed, and infoine Cojintries abujedfrom the right end, and
mingled 7uiih fuperjlicioiis Ceremonies) is in many places orderly retained,
according as the Church of England appro7<eth it; Aiid ive yearely 7nake
vfe alfo of thofe Procefsions, to keepe knoivledge of the true bounds of our
feuerall Parlflies, _/j»- auoyding ofjlrife. And thofe Perambulations 7eerg
yearly appointed likcduife, that, viewing Gods yearely blefsing vpon tJie
Graft, the Come, and other fruits of the Earth, wee might bee the more
prouoked to praife him.

SONG. LXXX.

Sing this as the 44. Song.
T was thy pleafure, LORD, to fay,

That whatfoeuer in thy Name

"We prai'd for, as we ought to pray.
Thou would'ft vouchfafe to grant the fame.

Oh, therefore we befeech Thee now.
To thefe our praiers which we make.
Thy gracious eare in fauour bowe.
And grant them for thy mercies fake.
2

Let not the Seafons of this Yeare,
(As they their courfes doe obferue)
Engender thofe Contagions here.
Which our tranfgrefsions doe deferue :

Let not the Summer IVonnes impaire

Thofe

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193

Thofe bloomings of the Earth, we fee ;
Nor Blajlings, or diftemper'd Ayre
Deflroy thofe Fruites that hopeful! be.

Domeflicke brawles expell thou faiTC,
And be thou pleas'd our Coajl to guard.
The dreadfull founds of in-brought War,
Within our Confines be not heard :

Continue alfo here thy Word,
And make vs thankefull (we Thee pray)
The PeJliUnce, Dearth, and the Sword
Haue beene fo long with-held away.

And, as we heedfully obferue
The certaine limits of our Grounds,
And outward quiet to preferue,
About them walke our yeerely Rounds :

So, let vs alfo haue a care,
Our Soules poiTefsions, LORD, to know,
That no encroachments on vs there,
Be gained by our fubtill Foe.

5
WTiat pleafant Groi/rs, what goodly Fie/ds !
How fruitfull I//7s and F>a/c's haue we !
How fweet an Ayre our Climate yeelds !
How ftor'd with Flockcs, & Hcai-ds are we 1

How Milke and Honey doth or'eflow I
How cleare & wholfome are our Springs \
How fafe from rauenous Beajis we goe !
And, oh how free from Poyfnous things !
6
For thefe, & for our Graffe, our Corne ;

N 3 For

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For all that fprinp;s from Blade or Bough ;

For all thole blefsings tliat adorne

Or Wood or Fidd this Kin^dome through :

For all of thefe, thy praile we fmg,
And humbly (LORD entreat thee too,
That Fruit to thee we forth may bring,
As vnto Vs thy Creatures doe :

So, in the fweete refrefliing fliade,
Of thy Protedion fitting downe,
Thofe gracious Fauours wee haue liad.
Relate we will to thy renowne ;

Yea, other men, when \\t are gone,
Shall for thy Mercies honour Thee,
And famous make what thou haft done,
To fuch as after them fliall be.

Saint Georges Day.

THis may Ic called the Court Holy Day ; for, iijith vs it is foletnnized vp-
on cciiinnand, in the Coiirt-Toyall of the Maieftie of Great Britaine on-
ly, or- in the Families of thofe Knights of the Order, luho are conjlrained
to he ahfentfrom the Solemnitic there held; ivhich is vfually 07i the Day an-
ciejitly dedicated to George the Martyr. Neuertheleffe, we heleene not that
it was he luhoni they anciently chofe to he the Patron of the forenamed Or-
der : For, the Relation of him zvho deliuered the l^aAyfrom the Dragon, is
only a Chrijlian Allegoric imiented to fet forth the better the Churches de-
Unerance. lefus Chrift is the true Saint George, and_ our Englifti tutelarie
Saint ; Euen he that commeth armed vpoti the White Horfe, Reu. 19. 11.
The Dragon he onerthrozves is the Beafl, mentioned in the fame Chapter,
and called (a little before) the Dragon with feauen lieads and ten homes :
The Lady he deliuers is that 7uoman whom the Dva.gon /eifecittes, Reu. 12.
And to the honour of him, I conceine the moft liononrable Order of Saint
George to he coitiniied, and this Day confecrated. Nor is there any irre-
uerence in impofmg this Name on- our Redeemer ; For, George fignifieth a

Husbandman

Song Si. 195

'fc>

Husbandman ivhich is a Name or attribute that ene7i Chrift applied to his
Father, loh. 15. a. My Father (faith he) o Teiopyo! «t, is the George, or
the Husbandman. And indecde, verie properly jiiay this Nation call GOD
t/ieir George, or Husbandman : For he hath (as it were) 7)ioted this Ifland
7uith the Sea, dualled it with ytaturall Btihuarices, built To^Mers in it, planted
his Tr^tt/t here, weeded, drejjed, and replenijiied it like a Garden ; And, in
a tvord, eueryway done the part 0/ a good liusha.nAxs\a.n thereon, flo^u/oeuer
there/ore tJie firjl occajion 0/ this Dales great Soleinnitiefeeine but jneane
(as tlie beginnings of many Noble innentionsvere) yet I conceiue that Infli-
tiitiofi to liaue bcene ordained to weight ie and C/iriJlian pn/rpofes : Enen to
oblige the Peeres of this Kingdome by the new andJlriH. bands of an ho-
nourable Order, to imitate their Patrons care f9«fr/;/j Vineyards; to remem-
ber them, i/iat they are the Band-Royall, to whom the Guard thereof is com-
mitted; to Jlir zip i>i them vert nous emulations ; and to fltcw them, how to
jriake vfe of their temporall Dignities to the glorie of God. For, befide
many other reuerendOfficcrs, tJicre belongs a Prelate alfo to their Solemnitie:
And me thinkes, we ftould not imagine, tliat the Founder of it (being a
Chrijlian Prince, affijled by a wife and Religious Councell) would hauefo pro-
phaned the mojl excellent Dignitie of the Church, as to make it waite on
Ceremonies ordained for ojlentation, or fome other vaine ends. More
difcreetly they deale who apprehend tJie contrarie ; and are not in danger of
this Sentence ; Euill to him that euill thiiiketh.

SONG. LXXXI.

Sing this as the third Song.

ALL praife and glorie that we may,
-^^Afcribe we, LORD, to Thee,
From whom the Triumphs of this Day,

And all our glories be :
For of it felfe, nor Eafl, nor Wejl,

Doth honour ebbe or ilowe ;
But as to Thee it feemeth beft.
Preferments to beftow.
2
Thou art, oh Chrifl, that Valiant Knight,

Whofe

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196 Song 81.

\Vhofe Order we profeffe,
And that Saint George, who oft did fight

For England in diflreffe :
The Dragon thou o'rethrew'ft is He,

That would thy Chmrh deuoure :
And that faire Lady (LORD) is llie,

Thou fauell. from his power.

3
Thou like a Hiisbandmayi prepar'd

Our Fields, yea, fowne them haft ;
And, Kiiiglit-like, with a warlike Guard,

From fpoile enclos'd them faft.
Oh daigne, that thofe who in a Band

More ftriJl then heretofore.
Are for this ]'i!!eyard\^ow\\i\ to ftand,

May watch it now the more :

4
Yea grant, fince they elected are,

New orders to put on.
And facred Hirogliphickes weare

Of thy great Conqueft won ;
That thofe (when they forget) may tell,

Why fuch of them are worne,
And inwardly informe as well

As outwardly adorne :

5
That fo their Chrijhaii Knighthood may

No Pagan-Order feeme ;
Nor they, their Meetings paffe away,

As things of vaine efteeme ;
And, that we may our triumphs all.

To thy renowne apply,

Who

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^^^o art that Saint on whom we call,
WTien we Saint Saint George doe cry.

For publike Deliuerances.

/"* OD hath vouchfafed vnto this Kingdome many f>uilike deliuerances ;
^^ 'which ought neuer to be forgotten \ but rather Jliould he celebrated by
Vs as the dates Purim by the Ifraelites, Heft. 9. 26. Efpccially that of the Fift
<j/ Nouember ; For the celebration whereof there is a Stat?(te ctiaCtcd :
A nd it is hoped we Jltall neuer neglect, or be afliained to praife God for that
Deliuerie, according to projiifion made to that piirpafe. For tltat, and th4
like occafions therefore, this Hymne is compofed.

SONG. LXXXII.

Sing this as the ninth Song.

"1X7 Ith I/}-'' el we may truly fay,

* If on our fide GOD had not been,
Our Foes had made of vs their pray,
And we this Light had neuer feene :

The Fit was digg'd, the fnare was laid,

And we with eafe had beene betrai'd.
2
But, they that hate vs vndertooke
A Flot they could not bring to paffe ;
For, he that all doth ouerlooke,
Preuented what intended was :

We found the Fit, and fcapt't the Gin,

And faw their Makers caught therein.

3
The meanes of helpe was not our owne,
But from the LORD alone it came ;

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198 Song 82,

(A fauour vndeferued fliowne)

And therefore let vs praife his Name :

Oh, praife his Name, for it was He,

That broke the N'et, and fet vs free.

4
Vnto his honour let vs fing,
And ftories of his Mercy tell ;
^^'ith praifes let our Temples ring,
And on our Lips thankefgiuing dwell :

Yea, let vs not his loue forget,

While Sunne, or Moone doth rife, or fet.

5
Let vs redeeme againe the Times,
Let vs begin to Hue anew,
And not reuiue thofe hainous Crimes,
That dangers paft fo neare vs drew ;

Left he that did his hand reuoke,

Returne it with a double flroke.
6
A true Repentance takes delight
To minde GOD'S fauours heretofore ."
So, when his Merries men recite.
It makes a true Repentance more ;

And where thofe vertues doe encreafe.

They are the certaine fignes of Peace.

7
But where encreafmg Sinues we fee.
And to fuch dulneffe men are growne,
That fleighted thofe Protedlions be,
Which GOD in former time hath fliown,
It fliall betoken to that Land
Some De/olatioJi neare at hand.

Our

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8
Our hearts, oh, neuer harden lb,
Nor let thine Anger fo returne ;
But with defire thy Will to doe,
For our offences let vs mourne :

And minde to praife (eu'n teares among)

Thy Mercies in a ioyfull Song.

For the Communion.

"SJ^J E hajie a cujiome among vs, thai, during the time 0/ admi?tijlring the
• ' bleffed Sacrament of the Lords Supper, tlicre is fame Pfalme or
Kymnc /nug, the better to keepe the thoughts of the Communicants yOvw
•wandring after vaine obiefls: This Song therefore (expreffing a true tliank-
fulneffe, together with what ought to be our Faith concerning that Myftorie,
inf-uch tnanncr as the vulgar capacitie may be capable thereof ) is offered vp
to tJieir Deuotion, whoJJiall pleafe to receiue it.

SONG. LXXXIII.

Sing this as (he third Song.

nr H A T Fauour, LORD, which of thy Grace
•^ Wee doe receiue to day.
Is greater then our Merit was,

And more then praife we may :
For, of all things that can be told.

That which lead comfort hath
Is more, then e're deferue we could.

Except it were thy Wrath.
2
Yet we, not onely haue obtain'd

This worlds befl gifts of Thee ;
But thou thy FhfJi, haft alfo daign'd,

Our Food of Life to be :
For which, fmce wee no mendes can make,

(And

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200 Song 8^.

(And thou requir'fl no more)
T/w Citp offauing health we take,
And praife thy A^af/ie therefore.

Oh, teach vs rightly to receiuej

What thou doll here beftow :
And learne vs truly to conceiue.

What we are bound to know ;
That fuch as cannot wade the deepe

Of thy vnfathom'd Word,
May by thy Grace, fafe courfes keepe

Along the Ihallow Ford.

4
This Myjlene, we mufl confefle,

Our reach doth far exceed ;
And fome of our weake Faitlis are leffe

Then Graines of Miijlard Secdc :
Oh therefore, LORD, encreafe it fo,

We Fruit may beare to Thee,
And that Implicit Faith may grow,

Explicit Faith to be.

5
With hands we fee not as with Eies,

Eyes thinke not as the Heart ;
But each retaines what doth fuffize,

To a(fi; his proper part ;
And in the Body while it bides,
The meanefl Member fliares
That bliffe, which to the betl betides,
And as the fame it fares /
6
So, if in Vnion vnto Thee,

Vnited

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Song 8^. 201

Vnited we remaine,
The J^ai^/t of thofe tuat flronger be,

The weaker ihall fuflaine :
Our Chriftian Zone fhall that fupplie,

Which we in K)ioivledge milTe,
And humble thoughts fliall mount vs hie,

Eu-'n to Eternall bhffe.

7
Oh pardon all thofe hainous Crimes,

Whereof we guiltie are ;
To ferue thee more in future times,

Our hearts doe thou prepare ;
And make thou gracious in thy fight,

Both Vs, and this we doe,
That thou therein maifl take delight.

And we haue loue thereto.
8
No new Oblation we deuife.

For fins prefer'd to be ;
Propitiatorie Sacrifice

Was made at full by Thee ;
The Sacrifice of Tkankcs is that,

And all that thou dofl craue ;
And wee our felues are part of what

VVe facrificed haue.

VVe doe no groffe Realities

Of FleJJi in this conceiue ;
Or that their proper qualities,

The Bread or Wine doe leaue ;
Yet in this holy Eucharijl,

VVe (by a meanes Diuine)

Know

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202 Song 83

Know we are fed with thee, oh Chrijl,

Receiuing Bread and ]Viiie.
10
And though the outward Elements,

For fignes acknowledg'd be,
We cannot fay thy Sacra/iietits,

Things onely fignall be :
Becaufe, wlro e're thereof pai-takes,

In thofe this powre it hath ;
It either them tliy Members makes,

Or Slaues of Sinne and Death.
II
Nor vnto thofe doe we encline,

(But from them are eflrang'd)
Who yeeld the forme of i?;v(?(/ and Jl'iiie,

Yet thinlve the Siibflanee chang'd :
For we l^eleeue each Element

Is what it feemes indeed.
Although that in thy Saer anient,

Therewith on Thee we feede.
12
Thy Reall Prefetice we auow,

And know it fo Diuine
That carnall Reafon knowes not how

That P)-e/eiiee to define :
For, when thy Fie/7i we feede on thus,

(Though flrange it do appeare)
Both JVe in Thee, and Thou in Vs,

Eu'n at one inftant are.

No maruaile many troubled were,
This Secret to vnfold ;

For,

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Song 83. 203

For, Alv/leries Faiths Obiedls are,
Not things at pleafure told.

And he that would by ReaJ'oii found,
What Faiths deepe reach conceiues,

May both himfelfe and them confound,
To whom his rules he leaues.

Let vs therefore our Faith ere6l,

On whai thy JVoi-d doth fay.
And hold their knowledge in fufpecft,

That new foundations lay :
For, fuch full many a grieuous I\cnt

Within thy Ckiinh haue left ;
And by thy peacefuil Sacrament,

The World of Peace bereft.

\ ea, what thy pledge and feale of Lone

Was firft ordain'd to be.
Doth great and hatefull Quarrels moue,

VV^here wrangling Spirits be ;
And many men haue loft their blood,

(Who did thy Name profeffe)
Becaufe they hardly vnderftood.

What others would expreffe,
16
Oh, let vs not hereafter fo.

About meere IVords contend.
The while our craftie common Foe,

Procures on vs his end.
But if in Effence we agree,

Let all with Loue affay,
A helpe vnto the Weake to be,

And

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204 Song 8^.

And for each other pray.

'7
Lom, is that bleffeJ Cymnieiit, LORD,

Which mud vs re-vnite ;
In bitter fpeeches, fire, and fword,

It neuer tooke delight :
The Weapons thofe of Malice are,

And they themfehies beguile :
Who dreame that fuch ordained were

Thy Church to reconcile.
i8
Lone brought vs hither, and that Lone

perfwades vs to implore,
That thou all Chriftian hearts wouldft moue,

To feeke it more and more ;
And that Selfc-ivill no more bewitch

Our minds with foule debate ;
Nor fill vs with that malice, which

Difturbes a quiet flate :
19
But this efpecially we craue.

That perfe6l Peace may be
Mong thofe that difagreed haue,

In lliow of Loue to Thee ;
That they with Vs, and we with Them,

May Chriftian Peace retaine,
And both in New lerufalem

With Thee for euer raigne.
20
No longer let Ambitious Ends,

Blinde Zeale, or cankered Spight,
Thofe Churches keepe from being Friends,

Whom

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Song 83. 205

Whom Lo2ie fliould faft vnite :
But let thy glory fliine among

Thofe Candli'JUckes, we pray,
Wee may behold what hath fo long

Exil'd thy Peace away :
21
That thofe, who (heeding not thy Word)

Expedl an Earthly Powre,
AujcI vainely tliinke fome Temp'rall Sword

Shall Antichrijl deuoure ;
That thofe may know, thy Weapons are

No fuch, as they doe faigne>.
And that it is no Carnnll ivan-e,

Which we mufl entertaine.
22
Confejfors, Martyres, Preachers flrlke

The Blowes that gaine this Field :
Thankes, Prayre, Iiijlr/idions, and the like,

Thofe Weapons are they weild :
Long fiiffring. Patience, Prudent-care,

Mufl be the Court-of-Guard ;
And Faith and Innocencie, are

Inftead of Wals prepar'd,

■23

For thefe (no queflion) may as well

Great Babel ouerthrow.
As lerichoes large Bulwarkes fell.

When men did Rams homes blow :
Which could we credit, we fhould ceafe

All bloody Plots to lay,
And to fuppofe, Gods holy Peace

Should come the Deuils way.

O LORD

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2o6 Song 84.

LORD, let that Fleni, and Blood of thine,

Which fed vs hath to Day,
Our hearts to thy True-lone encline,

And driue ill thoughts away :
Let vs remember what thou hafl

For our meere loue endur'd ;
Eu'n, when of vs defpis'd thou wafl,

And we thy death procur'd :

25
And with each other, for thy fake,

So truly let vs beare,
Our patience may vs dearer make,

^Yhen reconcil'd we are :
So, when our courfes finiflr'd be,

VVe fliall afcend aboue
Siinne, Moom, and Stars, to Hue with Thee,

that art the God of Lone.

Ember-weekes.

'~VIle Ember weekes a}-efoiire Fajls, anciently folcmnizt'd at the /cure J<7-in-
^ cipall Seafons of tJte yeere, and by an Injlitiiiion appointed to be obferiicd

for diners good purpojes. Firjl. to liuinble our f elites by i2S!C\\\%, <&• prayer, that
God might, vpon onr humiliation, be moiied to grant vs the bleffings belong-
ing tothofe Seafons. Secondly, that it might plea/eQoA toftrengthen our Con-

Jlitutions, ngainjl the dijlemperaiures occajiotiedby thefeueral humoiirspre-
dominate at thofe1\\rAi,totlieendangeringof our bodily liealths. Thirdly,that
ive might be remembred to dedicate a part of euerie Seafon to Gods giorie.
A?id lajily, that there might be a publike Falling and Prayers made for thofe
(according to the Apoftles vfe) who by the laying on of Hands ivere to be
confirmed in the Minijiry of the Gofpel: For, the Sunday 7iext after thefe fafts
is the time ordinarily appointed for the Ordination of fuch as are called to
thofe Offices.

SONG.

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Song 84. 207

SONG. LXXXIV.

Sing this as the 9. Song,

•nTHou dofl from eu'ry Seafon, LORD,

To profit vs, aduantage take,
And at their fitteft Times afford
Thy Bleffmgs for thy Mercie fake :

At IVintty, Summer, Fall, or Spring,

We furnifn'd are of eu'ry thing.

2
A part therefore from each of thefe,
With one confent referu'd haue we,
In Prayer and Fajling to appeafe
That wrath our fms haue moou'd in thee,

And that thou maift not for our crimes,

Deflroy the blefsmgs of the Times.

Oh grant, that our Deuoiions may
With true fincereneffe be perform'd.
And that our Hues, not for a day,
But may for euer be reform'd :

Left we remaine as faft in finne,

As if we ne're had Fajling bin.

4
Our Conjlitiitions temper fo,
Thofe Humours which this Seafon raigne.
May not haue powre to ouerthiow
That health, which yet we doe retaine :

Elfe through that weakeneffe which it brings,
LORD, make vs flrong in better things.

O 2 And

1 1

2o8 Song 85.

5
And fince thy holy Church appoints
Tliefe Times, tliy Workcnien forth to fend,
And thofe for Pajlors now annoints,
Who on thy Fold are to attend :

BletTe thou, where they (who fliould ordaine)

With Frayj-e and Fajling hands liaue laine,
6
Oh, blefte them, euer blefied LORD,
Wliom for thy worlve the Church doth chufe,
Inflrudl them by thy Sacred JFord,
And with thy Spirit them infufe,

That liue, and teach aright they may,

And we their teaching well obey.

T/ie/e that follow are Thatikefgiuings for
publike Benefits.

For feafonable Weather,

T T isotirduiic to give God Thanlas, and ^raijchim, both ^uhUkcly, and pri-
^itatclyfor allliis Mercies; efpecially,forfncIi as tend to the genet-all good.
And therefore the Church hath in her Liturgie ordained fet forms <5/"Thankf-
gimng/or/?ich ends: In imitation 7vhereo/t he fe/oltowingYlymncs are coinpo-
fed, tliatiuc might the of tner,a>idtoith more deliglit exet-cife this dutie. which
is }>t oft properly do>ie in Song: And thereby alfo the formes 0/ Thankefgi-
iiing are much tJie 7nore eafily learned of ihecommon people, to be fiing of thetn
aviidtheit labours. This, that nextfollowes, is a Than/cefginingforjeafonable
weather; by tneancswherecf we enioying the bleflings of the Earth, might at
all times to praife God for the fame.

SONG.

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Song 85. 209

SONG. LXXXV.

Shz£ this as the third Song.

T ORD, fliould the Sun, the Cloudes, the Winde,

The Ayre and Seafons be
To vs fo froward, and vnkinde,

As we are falfe to Thee ;
All Fruits would quite away be burn'd,

Or lye in Water drown'd,
Or blafled be, or ouerturn'd,

Or chilled on the ground.
2
But, from our duty though we fwarue,

Thou ftill doll mercy fliow,
And daigne thy Creatures to preferue,

That men might thankfull grow ;
Yea, though from day to day we finne,

And thy difpleafure gaine,
No fooner we to ciy begin,

But pittie we obtaine.

The IVeaiher now thou changed haft,

That put vs late to feare.
And when our hopes were almofl pafi,

Then comfort did appeare
The heau'n the earths complaints hath heard.

They reconciled be ;
And thou fuch weather haft prepar'd.

As wee dehr'd of Thee.

4
For which with lifted hands and eies,

O 3 To

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210 Song 86.

To thee we doe repay
The due and willing Sacrifize

Of giuing Thankes to day ;
Becaufe, fuch Offrings we (liould not

To render Thee be flow ;
Nor let that mercy be forgot

Which thou art pleas'd to fhow.

For Plentie.

PLentU is the cure of Famine, and a blefflng ivhich, aI>oue all othey, lue la-
bour and traucllfor \ yet, ivheji tve haiie obtained the fame, it makes vs
many times fo wanton injleed of being thankefull. that -Me forget not onely
Gods Mercie in that, but abnfe' all his other benefits. To put vs therefore in
jitind of our dntie, and to cxpreffe better a continuall thankcfubieffc to the
Almighiie, this Hymne is compi?fed.

SONG. LXXXVI.

Si7ig this as the third Song.

TLJOw oft, and by how many crimes,

Thee iealous haue we made ?
And, bleffed GOD, how many times

Haue we forgiueneffe had ?
If we with teares to bed at night

For our tranfgrefsions goe,
To vs thou doft, by morning hght,
Some comfort daigne to fliow.
2
This pleafant Land, which for our fin

Was lately barren made,
Her fruitfulneffe doth new begin,

And

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And we are therefore glad :
We for thofe Creatures thankful! be.

Which thou beftoweft, LORD,
And for that Pleiitie honour Thee,

Which thou doft now afford.

-^
o

Oh, let vs therewith in exceffe

Not wallow like to Swine ;
Nor into graceleffe wantonneffe

Conuert this Grace of thine ;
Eut fo reuiue our feebled powres,

And fo refrefh the poore,
That thou maift crowne this Land of ours,

With plenties euermore.

For Peace.

pEace is the Niirfe of Plentie, and the Jiieanes of/o many other blejjfings,
■^ both publike aiidpriuate, that God can neuer be'Jufficien tly prayfedfor it ;
yet, injleed of glorifyitig him, 7nen moji commonly abiifc it to the dijhonour of
God, and their mine. This Hymne therefore is compofed, that it may giiie
occafion to z>s more often to meditate Gods mercic, and to glorife his Name,
■who aboue all other Nations haiie to/led the fweetnejfe of this benefit.

SONG. LXXXVII.
Si7tg this as the 3. Song.

CO caufe vs, LORD, to thinke vpon

Thofe blefsings we poffeffe,
That what is for our fafety done.

We truly may confeffe :
For wee, vvhofe Fields, in time forepaft,

Mod

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212 Song Sy.

Moft bloodie VVav did ftainc,
(VVliirft Fire & Sivord doth olhcrs vvaR)
In fafety now remaine.

No armed Troupes the Ploughman fcares :

No fliot our IVals o'returne ;
No Temple fliakes about our Eares ;

No Village here doth burne ;
No FalJier heares his pretty Child

In vaine for fuccour cry ;
Nor Husband fees his Wife defil'd,

VVhil'ft he halfe dead doth lye.

Deare GOD, vouchfafe to pittie thofe,

In this diftreffe that be,
They, to protedl them from their Foes,

May haue a Friend of Thee ;
For by thy Friendfliip we obtaine

Thefe gladfome peacefull dales.
And (fomevvhat to returne againe)

VVe thus doe fuig thy praife.

4
VVe praife thee for that inward Peaee

And for that outward Kejl,
Wherewith vnto our loves encreafe,

This Kingdome thou haft bleft :
Oh, neuer take the fame away,

But let it ftill endure ;
And grant (oh LORD) it make vs may

More thankfull, not Secure.

For

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Song 88. 213

For Vidorie.

/^ Fr God !S the Lord of Hoafts, and the God of Battels : Wheiifoetur
^^ therefore ive haiie gotten the vpper hand oner otir Rnetnies, tve ought not
to glorie in our o^une Strength, Policie, or Valoiir ; but to ajcribe the Glory
of it to him onely, and returne him publike thankes for tnaking vs vifto-
rious over our Enemies : And this Yiymacferueth to kelp their Deuotion who
are willing to perfcrme that dutie.

SONG LXXXVIII.

Sing this as the 44. So7ig.

TyE loue thee, LORD, we praife thy Name

Who by thy great Ahiiightie arme,
Haft kept vs from the fpoile and fliame
Of thofe that fought our caulleffe harme.

Thou art our Life, our Triiiinph-Song,
The Toy and Comfort of our heart ;
To Thee all praifes doe belong,
And thou the LORD of Armies art.

2
We muft confeffe, it is thy powre,
That made vs Mafteis of the Field ;
Thou art our Bukoarke, and our Torvre,
Our Roeke of refuge, and our Shield.

Thou taught'ft our hands and armes to fight ;
"With vigor thou did'ft gird vs round ;
Thou mad'ft our Foes to take their thght,
And thou did'ft beat them to the ground.

3
With fury came our armed Foes,

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214 Song Sg.

To blood and llaughter fiercely bent,
And perils round did vs inclofe,
By whatfoeuer way we went ;

That had'ft not thou our Captaine beene,
(To lead vs on, and off" againe)
VVe on the place had dead bin feene,
Or mask'd in blood and wounds had laine.

4
This Song we therefore fing to Thee,
And pray, that thou for euermore
VVould'fl our Protedor daigne to be.
As at this time, and heretofore ;

That thy continuall fauour fliowne,
May caufe vs more to Thee encline.
And make it through the World be knovvne
That fuch as are our Foes, are thine.

For deliuerance from a publike Sickneffe.

"T^He Peftilence, and other piiblike fickneffcs are thcfe Arrmves of the Al-
■* tnightie where-iuith he pitnijlieth pjiblike i>a)ifgreUio}ts : This Hymne
therfore is to _f>raij'c him, when he Jliall vn/lacke the Botu ivhich zeas bent a-
gainjt z>s ; and the longer he with-hoids his hand, the more conjlantty ought
2ve to continue our pnblike thank fgiuitigs ; forivhen we forget to /'erfeuere in
praifmg God for his Mercies paji, we vfually reuiue tho/e fins that will re-
nue his ludgements.

SONG. LXXXIX.

Sing this as the ttinth Song,

WHen thou wouldft, LORD, afilia a Land
• ^ Or fcourge thy People that offend,

2l8

Song 90. 215

To put in pradlice thy Command,
Thy creatures all on Thee attend ;
And thou, to execute thy IVord,
Haft Famine, Sickncffe, Fire, and Sword.

And here among vs for our fm,
A fore Difcafc hath lately raign'd,
VVhofe fury fo vnftai'd hath bin,
It could by nothing be reftrain'd ;

But ouerthrew both weake and ftrong,
And tooke away both old and young.

To Thee our cries we therefore fent,

Thy wonted pittie, LORD, to proue ;

Our wicked waies we did repent,

Thy VifUation to remoue ;

And thou thine Angel didft command,
To ftay his wrath-infli<5ling hand.

4 .

For which thy loue, in thankefull wife.
Both hearts and hands to thee we raife,
And in the ftead of former cries,
Do fing thee now a Song o{ Praife ;
By whom the fauour yet we haue.
To fcape the neuer-filled Graiie.

For the KINGS Day.

'^Hcfiyjl DayofYiV^G'Si Raignes hath leene anciently obferucd i>t vtojl

-*■ Kingdomes : And •K.nth vs that (jijloiite is7vorthi!y retained ; partly, for

ciiiill ends ; and partly, that the people might ajfemble together, to praife

Ood

7 rp

2i6 Song 90.

Cod for ike benefit the Common-wealth receiueth by the Prince ; to pray
for his prejcruation alfo, and to defire a hlejjing vpcii him and his Goueni-
t/ient : To whieh purpofe this Song is compojed.

SONG XC.

Sing this as the third Song.

TXTHen, LORD, we call to minde thofe things
* ' That fliould be fought of Thee,
Remembiing that the hearts of Kings

At thy difpofmg be ;
And how of all thofe bleffings, which

Are outwardly poffeft :
To make a Kingdomc fafe and rich,

Good Friiices are the beft.
2
We thus are mou'd to fmg thy praife,

For Him thou daigned hafl,
And humbly beg, that all our dales

Thy care of vs may laft.
Oh, bleffe our King, and let him raigne,

In peaceful! fafety long.
The Faiths Defender to remaine,

And fliield the Truth from wrong.

3
With awfull Lone, and louing Dread,

Let vs obferue him, LORD,
And as the Members with their Head,

In Chriftian peace accord :
And fdl him with fuch royall care,
To cherifh vs for this ;

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Song 90. 217

As if his heart did feele we are
Some lining parts of his.

4
Let neither Partie Straggle from

That duty lliould be fliowne,
Left each to other plagues become,

And both be ouerthrowne :
For, o're a difobedient La7id,

Thou doft a Tirant fet ;
And thofe that Tyrant-like command,

Haue flill with Rebels met.

5
Oh, neuer let fo fad a doome

Vpon thefe Kingdonies fall ;
And to affure it may not come,

Our fumes forgiue vs all :
Yea ; let the Parties innocent

Some dammage rather (liare,
Then, by vnchriftian difcontent,

A double Curfe to beare,
6
Make vs (that placed are below,

Our calhngs to apply)
Not ouer curious be to know,

What he intends on high.
But, teach him iuftly to command,

Vs rightly to obey ;
So, both fliall fafe together ftand,

And doubts fhall flie av/ay.

7
When hearts of Kings we pry into,
Our owne we doe beguile ;

And

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2i8 Song 90.

And what \vc ought our fehies to doe,

We leaue vndone the while :
\Vliereas, if each one would attend

The way he hath to liue,
An 1 all the reft to Thee commend,

Then all lliould better thriue.
8
Oh, make vs, LORD, difpofed thus,

And our dread Souei-oigne faue ;
Elefle vs in hhn, and him in vs,

\Ye both may blelTuigs haue ;
That many yeares for him we may

This Song deuoutly fing,
And marke it for a happy day.

When he became our KING.

Here endeth the H Y M N E S and SONGS
of the C H V R c H.

322

To the Reader.

THat fuch as haue skill and are delighted widi
Muficke, may haue the more varietie, to (lir
vp the foone cloyed affe6lions, thefe Hymiies are
fitted with many new tunes j neuertheleffe, all
(but fome few of them) may be fung to fuch
Tunes has haue beene heretofore in vfe ; For the
benefit therefore of thofe who haue no experi-
ence in Muficke, I haue here fet dowTie which
Songs they be ; and to what old Tunes they
may be fung.

To the tune of the i, 2, 3. and of an hun-
dred other Pfalmes may be fung; Song the 3. 21.

32, 33- 35- 38. 43- 53- 57, S^- 67- ^9- 72- 78- 81.
83. 85, 56, 87. 90.

To the tune of the 51. 100. 125. Pfalmes; and
the X. Commandements, &c. may bee fung,
Song the 5, 6. 8, 11, 12. 27, 28. 34, 42. 44. 48.
51, 52. 56. 60, 61. C4, 65, 66. ^Z. 70. 73. 76, 77.
80. 88.

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7^ ///^ R E A D E R.

To the tune of the 112. 127. Pfahiies, and
the Lords Prayer, &c. may be fung ; Song the
7. 40, 41. 45. 49, 50. 54. 59. 62. 71. 74, 75. 79. 82.
84. 89.

To the tune of the 113 Pfalme may be fung;
Song the 9, 10. 17.

To the tune of the 25. Pfahiie may bee fung;
Song the 20.

To the tune of the 124 Pfalme may be fung ;
Song the 47.

Finis.

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