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A01341	Davids hainous sinne. Heartie repentance. Heavie punishment. By Thomas Fuller Master of Arts of Sidnye Colledge in Cambridge	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1631 (1631)	STC 11463; ESTC S102822	16,950	78

This Rebell Ioab whilst to quell he strives A nameles woman in the booke of life Her name is kept that kept so many lives Procur'd that he who stirred up the strife The body of the Common-wealth to rend From Prince the head whereon it did depend With head from body rent his life did end 57 By his death many Citizens surviv'd The losse of Traytors blood did prove their gaine Soone cea'st the flood of Discord thence deriv'd When they the factious fountaine did restraine This warre a vile man with a word did rayse Vnto his shame which to her endlesse prayse A worthy Woman with a word allaies 58 So in our land a noble Queene arose As we have heard our fathers oft relate A Maide yet Manly to confound her foes A Maide and yet a Mother to the State Which she weake like to crumbling bricke did finde Which strong as lasting marble she resign'd Gold and Gods worship both by her refin'd 59 She having florished in great renowne In spite of power and policy of Spaine Did change her earthly for an heavenly crowne And cea'st to rule o're men with God to raigne Fourty and foure Novembers fully past Aie me that winged time should post so fast To Christ her love she wedded was at last 60 This Sunne thus set there followed no Night In our Horizon strait another Sunne Most happily continued the light Which by the first was hopefully begunne And what might most amaze all mortall eyes Never before out of the Northen skies Did men behold bright Phoebus to arise 61. Arts did increase his fame he did increase The fame of Arts and counting twice eleven Twelve months upon his throne this Prince of peace By falling to the Earth did rise to Heaven Then downe our chee● stears hot cold did flow Those for the Sire decea'st expre'st our woe Those joy for his succeeding Sonne did show 62. Live gracious Leige whose Vertues doe surmount All flattery and Envy them admires C●nter of grace and greatnesse liv●●o Cou●t Till that thy kingdome with the world expires Wee subjects wish thee worst that love thee best Who here long to injoy thee ●oe request That late thou mayst injoy an heavenly rest 63 And thou young Prince hope of the future age Succeed to Fathers Vertues Name and Crowne A new Starre did thy Saviours birth praesage His death the Sun eclipsed did renowne But both of these conjoyned to adorne Thy wellcome birth the Sun with ag● so worne Did seeme halfe dead and a young starr was borne 64 But what dost thou my ventrous Muse praesume So far above thy dwarf-like strength to straine Such soaring soone will melt thy waxen plume Let those heroike sparks whose learned braine Doth merit chapletts of victorious bayes Make Kings the subjects of their lof●y layes Thy worthlesse praysing doth their worth dispraise 65 Strike saile and to thy matter draw more neare And draw thy matter nearer to an end Though nought prayse-worthy in thy verse appeare Yet strive that shortnesse may the same commend Returne to see where Ioah homeward goes To see his Friends that had subdu'd his foes His souldiers and himselfe there to repose 66 Thus when two adverse winds with strong command Summon the Sea the waves that both do feele Dare follow neither but in doubt do stand Whilst that the shipps with water drunke doe reele With men for griefe of drowning drown'd in griefe Vntill at length a Calme brings them reliefe And stills the storme that had so long beene briefe 67 Oh that I might but live to see the day Day that I more desire than hope to see When all these bloody discords done away Our Princes in like manner might agree When all the world might smile in perfect peace And these long-lasting broyls at length might cease Broyles which alas doe dayly more increase 68 ●he Neatherlands with endlesse warrs are tost ●ike in successe to their unconstant tide ●osing their gettings gaining what they lost ●enmarke both sword and Ba●tick seas divide More blood than juice of grape nigh Rhine is shed And Brunswicke Land will not be comforted But cryes My Duke alas my Duke is dead 69 The warrs in France now layd aside not ended Are onely skinned ouer with a scarre Yea haughty Alps that to the clouds ascended Are ouer-climbed with a bloody Warre And Maroes birth place Mantua is more Made famous now for Mars and battell sore Than for his Muse it famed was before 70 Sweden to stopp th' Imperiall flood provides May his good cause be crown'd with like successe And they that now please none to please both sides May they themselves his trusty friends expresse But Turks the Cobweb of their Truce each howr● Doe breake they wayte a time but want no powre Nor will warr-wearied Christians to deuoure 71 But let the cunning Chymicke whose exact ●kill caused Light from darknesse to proceed Out of disorder order can extract Make in his due time all these jars agree'd Whose greiuances may be bemoan'd by men By God alone redressed and till then ● hey more befitt my Prayers than my Pen. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS * The Tower of Eder nigh Bethlē 7. miles from Ier●sale● * Deut. 32. 15. * Rabba 2 Sam. 12. 27. * Thou art the man * The man that hath done this thing shal dye * ●●dges 20. 16. * The death of King David's Child * The deflowring of Thamar * The murdering of Amnon * Absolons aspiring to the kingdome * Luk● 19. 4● * Ac●itophel hanging himselfe * The battell betwixt Absalon and Davids men * The sonne of Belial * What part have we in David c. * His head shall be thrown c.

himselfe or els the king was blinde Himselfe in body or the king in minde 41 Then hee the letter did peruse againe The words the words of David could not bee And yet the hand for Da●ids hand was plaine Hee thought it was and thought it was not hee Each little line he thorowly did view Till at the length more credulous he grew And what he thought was false he found too tr●e 42 Now Ioab let thy valour be display'd Act not a midwife to a deed vnjust ●y feare or fauour be not ouersway'd ●o proue a Pandar to a Princes lust Returne a humble answer back againe Let each word breath submission to obtai●● By prayers a conquest of thy Soueraigne 43. Shew how when God and countries good requires Then substance soule and body to ingage Is the ambition of thy best desires Foes forraine to resist to quell their rage How willingly would'st thou thy selfe despise Count losing of thy goods a gainfull prize Lavish thy blood and thy life sacrifice 44 But when Gods lore directly doth withstand And where his lawes the contrary convince Wee must not breake the heauenly kings command Whilst we do seeke to please an earthly Prince The burdens they impose on us to beare Our dutie is to suffer them but where Kings bid a●d God forbids we must forbeare 45 Behold the man whose valour o●ce surmoun●ed In sacking Zions mount mount not so high As men therein were ha●ghty and accounted Of Worthies chiefe doth most unworthily He● that to summe the people of the land Withstood the King now with the King doth stand Too buxome for to finish his command 36 Next morne when early Phoebus first arose Which then arose last in Vriah's sight Him Ioab in the forfront did dispose From whom the rest recoyled in the fight Thus of his friends betray'd by subtill traine Assaulted of his foes with might and maine He lost his life not conquered but ●laine 47 His mangled body they expose to scorne And now each cravin coward dare defie him Outstaring his pale visage which beforne Were palsy-strook with trembling to come nigh him Thus heartlesse hares with purblind eyes do pee●● In the dead Lyons pawes yea dastard Deere Over his breathlesse corps dare domineere Davids hearty Repentance 1 THE tongue of guiltlesse blood is never ti'd In the earth's month though the greedy ground Her gaping crannies quickly did provide To drinke the liquor of Vriah's wound Yet it with moanes be scattered the skies And the revoicing Eccho with replies Did descant on the playn song of the cries 2 Hereat the Lord perceiving how the field Hee sow'd with grace and compast with an heape Of many mercies store of sinnes did yeild Where he expected store of thankes to reape With flames of anger furnace-like he burn'd For patience long despis'd and lewdly spurn'd Is at the length to raging fury turn'd 3 Then all the Creatures mustered their traine From Angells vnto worms the biinde did see Their Lord disgrac't whose honour to maintaine Things wanting life most liuely seeme to be R●fusing all to serve Man that refus'd To serve his God all striving to be us'd To punish him his maker ●hat a bus'd 4 Please it your Highnes for to giue me leave I l'e scorch the wretch to cinder● said the Fire Send me said Aire him I l'e of ●reath bereave No quoth the earnest Water I desire His soylie sinnes with del●ges to scoure Nay let my Lord quoth Earth imploy my pow●● With yawning chapps I will him quick deuou●● 5 Soone with a word the Lord appeas'd this strife Injoyning silence till he did vnfold That precious volume cald The booke of life Which the the Printer priuiledg'd of old Containing those he freely did imbrace Nor ever would I wish an higher grace Than in this Booke to have the lowest place 6 Within this Booke hee sought for Davids name Which having found he prof●ered to blot And David surely well deserv'd the same That did his nature so with sinne bespot Though none are blotted out but such as never Were written in nothing Gods love can sever Once written there are written there for ever 7 Strait from his throne the Prince of peace arose And with embraces did his Father binde Imprisoning his armes he did so close As loving 〈◊〉 on an oake did winde And with her curling flexures it betraile His father glad to finde his force to fayle Strugled as one not willing to prevaile 8 Thus then began the Spotlesse lambe to speake One wo●d of whom would rend the sturdy rocke Make 〈◊〉 scorning Adamant to breake And vnto 〈◊〉 perswade the sensles stocke Y●a God hims●●f● that knowes not to repent Is made by his petitions penitent Hi●●●stice made with Mercy to relent 9 Why doth my Fathers fury burne so fierce ●hall Persian lawes vnalterable stand And shall my Lord decree and then reverse ●nact and then repeale and countermand Tender thy credit gracious God I crave And kill not him thou didst conclude to save Can these hands blot what these hands did ingrave 10. Hath not thy wisdome from eternity Before the worlds foundation first was lay'd ●ecree'd the due time once expir'd that I ●hould Flesh become and Man borne of a Maide To live in poverty and dye with pa●ne That so thy Sonne for sinners vilely slaine Might make vile Sinners b●e thy Sonnes againe 11. Let me oh let me thy feirce wrath asswage And for this sinner begg a full di●charge What though hee justly doth prouoke thy rage Thy Iustice I will satis●ie at large If that the Lord of life must murder'd bee Let 〈…〉 this murd'rer may goe free My Meritts cast on him his Sinnes on me 12. Thus speaking from his fragrant cloaths there went A pleasant breath whose odour did excell Myrrh● Al●●s and Cassia for sent 〈◊〉 all perfum'd his Father with the smell Whereat his smoothed face most sweetly smil'd And hugging in his arms his dearest child Return'd these welcome words with voyce 〈◊〉 mild● 13 Who can so pleasing violence withstand Thy crauing is the hauing a request ●uch mild intreaties doe my heart command The ' mends is made and pacifi'd I rest As far as Earth from Heaven doe distant lye As Ea●t is parted from the Westerne skye So far his sinnes are sever'd from mine eye 14 ●ereat the heavenly Quire lift vp their voyce Angells and Saints imparadis'd combine Vpon their golden Violls to rejoyce ●o rayse the prayse of the coelestiall Trine All in their so●gs a sacred strife exprest Which should sing better and surpasse the rest All did surpasse themselves and sang the best 15. Then said the Fire my fury I recant Life-hatching warmth I will ●or him provide I● Davids breathlesse lungs do chance to pant Said Aire I l'e fanne them with a windy tide With moisture I l'e said Water quench his heat And I his hunger quoth the Earth with meat Of marrow fatnesse and the flower of Wheat 16 Thus when a Lord long buried in