is like his Majesty And there doth Intercession make For all whose Sins he bare And will not cease his glorious Work Until they with him are Our Ark of Love which saves thy Dove Thou art O Lord most strong When delug'd all the World beside Thâ—â—â—â—â—'dst thy Church 〈◊〉 Our Jacob's Ladder by which God Doth friendly visit us And we ascend upon the same Immanuel God with us Our Isaac art who bore the Cross And felt the sharpned Sword In whom the Nations all are blest According to thy Word Our blessed Joseph who was sent From Canaan heavenly Unto the Egypt of this World For Food we might not die Our fiery cloudy Pillar art In this dark Wilderness Our Joshua doth us conduct Unto the Land of Rest Our Rock of Ages Lord thou art Smote both by God and Man The Emanation of thy Blood And Streams were seen by John Our feasting Passover also The spotless Lamb was slain The sprinkling of the Soul by Blood Prevents a sinful Reign Our brazen Serpent we behold Whenever stung with Sin From that Disease deliver'd are Which else would end in Hell Our Jubilee accepted Year Was the Year of thy Death We heard the Gospel-Trumpet sound True Joy and free from Wrath. Our Mercy-Seat and Throne of Grace The great Propitiatory From which the Father kindly speaks Poor Sinners here is Glory The Mercy-Seat above the Ark And Tables of the Law Did figure Mercy triumphing O'er Justice which we saw The Altar Priest and Sacrifice As Priest both Man and God As Altar God who sanctifies As Man the Offering's good The rich and holy Vail thou art Thy Body's Vail was rent So we into the holy Place May have a free ascent The Manna in the Wilderness Tho called Angels Food Is far unlike that feeds the Soul The Gospel-Feast is Blood Which here below we feed upon In this sad Wilderness But when once got to Canaan's Land We feed no more as thus Yet as the Jew could not forget The Manna Miracle No more can Saints forget in Bliss God's Wonders there to tell Our Shiloh and safe Maker art And Jacob's Star also The Laver where poor Lepers wash And blessed Fountain too That 's opened for Jerusalem And Judah's Guilt to wash And all the Gentiles that repair To him for Righteousness The Shew-bread Table did hold forth In God's House is no want The Lord is alway with his Flock His Table is not scant Our Altar of Perfume O Lord And golden Censor art The Cloud of spiced Incense sweet Perfumes the Mercy-seat O Lord our Sin and Peace-off'ring Jonah cast in the Sea To still the Storm of Wrath Divine Man in it may not lie Our Temple Tabernacle true Which God did pitch not Man The Godhead dwelt in humane Flesh Is the Temple I mean Our Joshua and dear Saviour Who wore our Rags of Sin And we his Robes of Righteousness So brought unto the King And now the filthy Garment's gone And chang'd with Raiment new The long and spotless Robe of Christ Now what can Satan do Thou art our great Zerubbabel A spiritual Temple makes The Temple of the living God In Men Christ undertakes To build tho greatly opposed By Mountain Enemies He that laid the Foundation-stone The Top-stone he will raise And finish Grace where it 's begun In spite of all our Foes That you may all ever ascribe To him Grace Glory Praise Our Sampson art who slew by Death More than when living was The strangest way of conquering Is dying on a Cross Who took from Satan's Kingdom great The Gates thereof away And led Captivity captive In his triumphing Day Our spotless Lamb both God and Man Was foreordain'd to die To take off Sin and Death's great Sting Bring Immortality The slain and living Goat thou art As slain the Mercy-seat Is still with Blood besprinkled As living dost intreat And interceed continually This is the Incense sweet That like a Cloud in sweet Perfume Is round the Mercy-seat The Goat on which our Sins are laid Iniquities confess And carried out of Memory Lost in the Wilderness And far removed as East from West Drown'd in his bloody Sea Behind his Back they all are cast And blots them out most free He is the great Melchisedeck Without Beginning End As Man no Sire no Mother as God The Type he did transcend A King of Peace and Priest most high Who offer'd once for all Not for his own but others Sins Himself not Beasts did fall The Peoples Covenant thou art In Substance Person Name And hence art called Immanuel Two Natures Person one The Substance of the Covenant Of Grace it is in short Thy God I am thou shalt be mine And we will never part Now God and Man together dwell In Christ for evermore This is the great Foundation of Man's Happiness in store That tho by Sin Man's separate From God the chiefest Good Yet now in Christ united are Man shall live still with God And if the Union cannot cease Call'd Hypostatical No more can that 'tween God and his Because 't is Eternal Tho God and all our Adam lost Yet Christ hath it regain'd And now the Saints have God in all The want of which them pain'd But Unbelievers have not God In what they do enjoy Since Sin did break the golden Link All things do them annoy But those are Christ's all things are theirs And work still for their Good But the Profane what e're they have It 's separate from God From God in way of Covenant So that all these may say Riches and Honour I have much But God in all leaves me And when Man lost a sight of God A Vision beautiful He by his Blood hath it regain'd When all things else did fail CHAP. XXIV The ARGUMENT The undefiled Virgins of the Lamb beg her Beloved to make haste over those Mountains of Bether and Separation and put an end to the Winter Storms and hasten the break of the Eternal Summer and Day of Glory where back-part Sights and Lattice-Looks will be turned into the Beatifical Vision and all the Saints shall have their white Robes Palms in their Hands and Crowns on their Heads and sit with Christ upon his Throne to judg Men and Devils then they shall behold the Glorious Deity shining through the Blessed Glass of the Humane Nature The Virgins conclude with an Exhortation to the Noble Host of Martyrs the Glorious Apostles and Prophets Elders Seraphims Cherubims and every Creature in Heaven and Earth to cast their Crowns before the Lamb. WHAT back-part Views and Lattice Lights To those beyond the Grave There 's Banquets sweet here is none such For any Saint to have Lord make no stay come look'd-for Day What ails the Morning-Light All Shadows flee away be gone And Day of Glory break Lord Bether Mount remove it quite And leap over them all No longer Separation make Between thee and my Soul O be thou like the Roe and Hart With winged speed make haste Come o're
forlorn A Saviour God and Man The heavenly Host do join their Force And give Encomiums high To God above who in much Love Hath sent his Son to die Glory to God the highest Good Who sends Peace to the Earth Man hath that Bliss the Devils miss An Object for his Faith Those damned Ones none them bemoans Who lie in deep despair Of any Good from that just God They all revolted are From hence in rage they all engage To envy God and Man Glory to God from Man all Good They 'l hinder what they can Adam the First Paradise lost Where once he sweetly sang But was regain'd by Man's good Friend Christ the triumphant King He Satan fought and gain'd the Fort Yea won the Field and Day The Woman's Seed did break the Head Of Man's grand Enemy Satan in spite he rallies up His broken Troops dispers'd A Council calls of black Peers all That Man may be distrest With our grand Shield we 'l gain the Field The second Adam took Come lose no Ground come be profound That Man from God may look 'T is our Intent to circumvent Both Head and Body too If we can part Christ and Man's Heart That 's all we aim to do But he forgot what was Job's Lot And how he fail'd therein Yet is so mad to set on God Who made him of Nothing CHAP. X. The ARGUMENT Some Country Shepherds are giving an Account to the Nation of the Jews what an Angel had informed them and of their Journey to Bethlehem where they found Joseph and Mary with the Babe the Infant-God lying in a Manger TO Bethlehem those Shepherds come The Wonderful to see Isa 9.6 And found the Lamb the holy One Design'd for Calvary They told the Jews the Angels News Immanuel was come Now Admiration fills the Nation For this most glorious One. They found the Babe the Infant-God But in a low Degree His God-like Face was full of Grace To Man in Misery CHAP. XI The ARGUMENT A Man of God gives the Church Information of the Circumcision and presentation of Christ with his Mother Mary 's Purification in the Temple Also how a good old Man named Simeon and a gracious Matron called Anna believed that Child to be him of whom the Prophets spake should descend from Abraham and David 's Loins when probably many great Persons who walked in the Temple looked upon this Infant-God only as the Son of a poor Carpenter AFTER eight Days they Circumcise Christ which presag'd much Good That came to pass upon the Cross Where he shed all his Blood The purest Maid Mother of God Above all Women blest Was presented and purified In God's Temple of Rest Then Simeon old being foretold Of this great Potentate With a sweet look of Faith him took And blest the Lord of State And at his Breast Jesus did rest Here 's Love in highest Passion He dies in peace and goes to rest On sight of God's Salvation Tho rich and great the Temple walk'd When Christ was Circumcis'd To be a King none did know him But Ann and Simeon wise None did him greet who was so great But on him meanly look'd Some poor Off-spring far from a King A Carpenter's Relique But holy Ann when she came in And saw the Babe of Grace She did proclaim to every one He came of David's Race O Israel you looked well In your Jerusalem This pretty Babe in your Arms laid Works your Redemption 'T is Shilo sure who will allure All Men by his free Grace This is the Root from David shot He hath a God-like Face The Sage and Wise then heard the Noise A Jewish King was born They brought sweet Scent from Orient Gold Frankincense and Balm Herod the Great now full of Heat The blest Messiah's Foe He calls the Scribes of several Tribes This Monarch down to throw The Wise and Sage he them did charge If they did find the King To signify it by and by That he might worship him But his vile Mind had then design'd A Fact most Tragical O Hypocrite God will thee smite Thou Son of Belial But those wise Men they worship him And Herod's Laws despise For by a Dream and Star they came Unto the only Wise In Bethlehem the Babes all then From two Years old and up Were Martyred all that Christ might fall This was a bitter Cup. Now Lamentation fills the Nation For this inhumame Act All Parents cry and like to die Because their Babes are not The Governour began to fear That Cesar's Time was short And Mary's Son would shortly reign Their Government subvert CHAP. XII The ARGUMENT A Church is dispatcht from the Celestial Canaan to inform Joseph and Mary in a Dream of their going to Egypt to avoid the Malice of Herod who sought the Death of the young Child and upon Herod 's Death signifies God would have them return again to their own Land NOW on a Time an Angel came Who Mary and Joseph tell Their Feet must stand on Egypt Land Until that Herod fell Who quickly dies so th' Angel flies With all celerity To Egypt Land and gives Command That Joseph go his way â—or they are dead all gone and fled Which sought the young Child's Life â—nd by a Dream informed them From the true God of Light CHAP. XIII The ARGUMENT A Messenger of the King of Kings gives Information how this young King of Nazareth disputed with and confuted the Doctors of the Law at 12 Years old Of his entring upon his Prophetical Office He sends John Baptist as his Harbinger authorizeth him to Baptize and about thirty Years of Age was baptized by him himself to fulâ—â—â— all Righteousness the Ordinance confirmed by the whole Trinity Father Son and Holy Ghost WHEN Mary's Son twelve Years had run The Doctors of the Law He did dispute and them confute And made them stand in awe And now in fine sweet Jesus time Of working doth commence A Harbinger for to prepare His way he sendeth thence His Mission is for to baptize John Baptist 't is I mean He them immerst who Sins confest And true Repentance gain For to fulfil the Royal Will Christ came to Prophet John To be baptiz'd in any wise When thirty Years had run Then John him took to Jordan Brook And there did him immerse He did him dip because most meet To fulfil Righteousness This was not done to wash off Sin Because Messiah's pure To Man he 's sent a Precedent Let it all Men allure The glorious Trine did all combine To witness to this thing The Father Son and Spirit as one Did honour his Baptism CHAP. XIV The ARGUMENT One of Christ's Learned Disciples informs the Church that after Jesus was baptized he is led into the Wilderness where the Devil appeared unto him probably like some Antient Man in poor Habit. The Messiah discovered he knew him tho under a disguise to be the Head of the Apostate Angels Christ not answering his End in making Bread of Stones is
hurried by Satan out of the Wilderness through the Air who sets him upon a Pinacle of the Temple in Jerusalem and from thence carries him to a very high Mountain where he tempts his Lord to worship him THE Spirit of Bliss i' th' Wilderness And Desert Christ doth lead Among wild Beasts where are no Feasts Full forty Days no Bread To God's Son dear there did appear In this vast Wilderness A gray old Man with Clothing mean As if some Lamb did miss To Christ he spake Sir What sad Fate Hath brought you to this Place All that come here do die for Fear Or Want in a short space I speak the more upon this score Thou seem'st to be the Man That Man most wise who was baptiz'd By new baptizing John And that good Man baptizing John Call'd thee the Son of God Which if thou be come let me see And make of Stones some Bread Then spake the King unto the Swain Do'st think I know thee not Thou art that Head didst thousands lead When first thou didst revolt Then the arch Fiend who cannot mend Confest he was that Spirit Under sad Fate unfortunate Eternal Wrath t' inherit Then on a trice he hurries Christ Out of the Wilderness All through the Air God's Hemisphere To put him in distress Mr. Milton A Pinacle of the Temple He sate his Judg upon The Temple in Jerusalem And said Come cast thee down Thou shalt not fall the Angels all Procession forth will make From Heaven high the Air and Sky Death to anticipate Thus Beelzebub Prince of the Club King of the damned Crew Does tempt God's Son to worship him As if it were his due Proud Lucifer he did allure His God to worship him These Kingdoms fine shall all be thine Bow now before my Throne This was his Scope and his great hope Man's Saviour to destroy For if the King he made to sin No Saviour could he be Satan be gone Apollyon Worship the Lord thy God And do not tempt him God hath sent To bruise thy subtil Head The Lord of Bliss was tempted thus That simpathize might he And succour those against their Foes Who are in misery Full forty Days he fasts in praise Of Power Infinite That from our Head we might have Bread Of Life of Strength of Might If he God's Son thus set upon To bow and worship him Then wonder not at Satan's Plot That tempts Man to the same He tempted Man for to liken His God to Creatures vile Made very fine in glorious Shine And thus did him defile A Creature cold they ' dorn with Gold Who pompous Worship love Religion gay tempts Men to pray To Devils as God above Full well they 'r known to Heathen Men By various Names they gave Moloc Chemos and Ashtaroth Adonis Thammus brave He sets his Seat by God's most great Satan's Altar by Jah's That Men may moan at his black Throne And then at them he laughs CHAP. XV. The ARGUMENT An Elder and Witness of Christ informs the Church of the Messiah entring upon his Prophetical Office but is opposed by Men of the same Spirit which opposed St. Paul such as Barjesus and Elimas the Sorcerer who irrationally asserted that he wrought Miracles by the Power of the Prince of Devils Lucifer but by his Divine Reply he put them all to silence CHRIST rich in Grace began to preach And Man illuminate In Napthalim and Zebulun Commands them to repent He makes new Hearts and Men translates From Darkness into Light So that his Fame and fragrant Name Were spread both Day and Night But Envy rose among the Jews Against the Prince of Light They flout and jeer they domineer Over his Sovereign Right And many said he friendship had With Beelzebub the Great And in much spite call'd Nazarite The Carpenter's Relique That Pow'r cast out the Legions stout They say 't is Satan's all And thus in spite they ' ppose the Light Of Spirit Word and Soul A Kingdom said our Lord and Head Divided cannot stand Can Satan cast out Satan judg Come answer my Demand From sinful Lust the Holy Ghost Against it now they sin Which to remit here is not meet Nor in the World to come If that Men sin against the Son And Father of all Light He may forgive but not who live The Spirit to despite Who understand the Lord's good Mind And yet in Malice call The Holy Ghost and Blood of Christ The most unjust of all These are the Men who greatly sin Against the last Relief They can't repent whose Hearts are bent To Envy and Mischief CHAP. XVI The ARGUMENT A Man of God enters with an Antient Record called the Gospel which gives a Relation of Christ's sudden departure from Earth to Heaven Also of his bloody Sweat in Gethsemain and of his drinking a horrible Cup of Death in Obedience to his Father and for the Good of Man Moreover how one of his own Family betrayed him into their hands who belonged to the black Prince of the damned Crew and came with Swords and Staves to apprehend Christ whom they bound with Cords and carry him to the Judg as some grand Malefactor THE time draws on Christ must be gone From Earth to Heaven high A Lamb 's prepar'd we might regard That it did typify Pure Shilo's Fate did intimate That Lamb for us must die Who had no Spot yet takes his Lot To bleed at Calvary The Paschal Lamb's Supper be'ng done He blessed Bread did break Lest we forget Love Infinite He gave Command to eat And after supt he took the Cup Which also signified Blood must be shed for there is need Man's Soul be purified And gave Command that Act should stand Until he come again For every Church to practise much To shew his Death and Pain Then after Supper he did utter A Sign of humble Love In washing Feet Come it 's most meet We follow him above They sweetly sing a blessed Hymn Before he went to die With Heart and Tongue they sweetly sung The Praise of God most high The Lord goes out to Olive Mount And Gethsemain also Saith he my Soul is sorrowful My Griefs no Man doth know My People wait I 'll invocate My Father Lord of all If I this Cup of Death must sup Or pass this Draught of Gall. But Lord thy Will not mine fulfil I came no less to do My bloody Sweat and Sorrow great Gives Peace to Greek and Jew When he came back all were asleep What can't you watch one Hour Then said the Lord with one accord Watch pray with all your Power Yea every one no Temptat'on For you may be too high The Flesh is weak Satan's a Cheat Your Trial 's very nigh Then ushers in the most Obscene Upon the Lord of Bliss Judas that Cheat betrays in heat His Master with a Kiss With Staves and Sword they take the Lord As if a Barrabas A Guard most strong they set upon The Innocent alas Jesus did call Whom seek you
's overcome you see Who would serve him a conquer'd one Obey me 't is no sin Cast off his Name 't is horrid shame To own one dead your King What Revel-rout in Hell throughout When they thought all was won And Christ laid low see how they crow In hopes that all 's their own Now Lucifer ascends his Chair And mounts his gloomy Throne The hellish Guard flock round their Lord And vaunt he 's King alone Now the black King began to sing Altho in Flames array'd And thus began the hellish Song When to his Peers he said Dominions Thrones Powers unknown I claim all as my Right Mr. Wesley I 've gain'd the Field Jesus did yield And he is conquer'd quite I do not fear him call'd the Heir Immortal some him thought But now he 's dead he 's gone and fled And ne'r to life be brought The Devils in pomp and great triumph Appear now Christ is dead The Oracle's Head come fill with speed The World may be misled The Hebrew Child no Sword can weild He 'l conquer you no more Let 's march from Hell in Heaven we 'l tell Of our all-conqu'ring Power And conquer there as well as here Who can before us stand Now God is dead I will be Head In Heaven Sea and Land While Satan spake with lofty state In came the Glorious One With all the Marks victorious Acts Of a triumphing King While Beelzebub with his black Club Did vaunt yea scoff and boast Came starting in the powerful King And Guards from God of Hosts This glorious Guard surround the Lord Like warlike Angels stand To smite to Hell great Belial And all against him band Who is this here doth domineer And boast of Victory Over God's Son the holy One Who lives altho did die I have the Keys of Hell and Death Who am the First and Last All Potentates and powerful States To me shall yield or taste Unmixed Wrath as my Word saith Which they can never bear Nor dwell in ever-burning Lakes Or the devouring Fire O how confus'd and how amaz'd The Devils all do stand Satan flies down his Iron Throne To flee from Jesus Hand The Devils fled from Christ their Head And from his terrible Wrath But Christ pursues his scoffing Foes Through their black horrid Path. The Devils knew that Christ the true Had broke their Gates and Walls And conquer'd Death and all the Earth So into Hell he falls And now the Word of God's made good The Serpent's Head is bruis'd Christ he hath trod upon his Head Which makes him thus confus'd Then Satan spake with horrid hate What tho I conquer'd am Be just if sent and don 't torment Your Foes before the time And now in Chains he them confines Unto the Judgment-Day All Powers must bow before his Brow Who doth the Scepter sway Christ he Death's Bands broke with his Hands And in triumphing manner He did arise tho Enemies Stood round with Guard and Banner Yea that strong Guard upon the Lord Did tremble like dead Men The Earth did quake their Hearts did shake To see him rise again And at the Grave an Angel brave That shined as the Sun Did roll away the Stone that Day The Lord did rise upon And that day's Morn good Women mourn About the Sepulchre Jesus you seek pray do not weep The Angel said Don't fear Rather rejoice lift up your Voice Christ from the Grave is gone In Galilee you may him see The Living he 's among The Lord did shew himself most true After he did arise The Signs were all infallible He was in no disguise And for to put all out of doubt No Spirit did appear Come touch said he and handle me My Flesh and Bones most pure After he rose and vanquish'd Foes An Apparition's made To Magdalen in a Garden By Jesus Christ the Lord. The Gard'ner then she thought upon Till that Christ Mary said O Rabboni she did reply My King my Lord my Head Mary touch not thy Lord as yet Till I to God ascend Then me embrace by Faith which Grace Will all the Saints commend But poor Thomas his Faith 's amiss He won't believe 't is he Unless the print where the Nails went Into his Body he see A just Reproof of s Unbelief The Lord gave when he said Most bless'd is him who hath not seen And yet believ'd his God The Scripture saith if we ha'n't Faith In the rising again Of Christ our Head we all are dead And damned every one Then Preaching's vain and Faith 's no Gain If Christ be in the Grave God's Justice Good not satisfied So Pardon none can have The Church did meet and God did seek Upon the Week's first Day Where Christ among them often came To cheer them in his Way And gave Commands into the Hands Of his Apostles dear How they should act in every part Till he again appear E're Christ ascends he gave Commands That at Jerusalem At Wisdom's Gate they may expect The Spirit promis'd them Now Christ ascends before his Friends From Earth to Heaven high From whence he 'l come e're it be long To fetch his Bride away Christ clears the Air and Hemisphere Where damned Spirits dwell He clears the Path for Saints on Earth To Joy Celestial Disperse you Orbs you glittering Clouds At distance roll away His glorious Guard the Way prepar'd On Christ's Ascension-Day The Angels high above the Sky Spake unto them below What happy King is this you bring In triumph he doth go Who is this King this glorious One And what may be his Name The Lord of Hosts he 's known by most His Vict'ry gives him Fame Lift up ye Gates ye Doors of State And entertain your King Come stand wide ope in Heaven's Court Ye Gates everlasting He comes who hath conquer'd the Grave And drags the King of Pride Fastned unto his Chariot new In which the Lord doth ride Triumphantly to Bliss on high His Chariot moved fast To Heaven's Gate where many wait And thousands cry Haste haste This Prince of State when Heaven's Gate He had arriv'd unto O what a Shout is given out By Angels as his due And with his Crown went in sat down Close by his Father's Side And will prepare a Palace there To entertain his Bride He 's now gone home to wear his Crown For all his Work is done God's satisfy'd En'mies subdu'd And now ascends his Throne Now Christ is gone the Spirit doth come On the Rebellious The Sinner's Head is captive led And Gifts are given us On Pentecost the Spirit did rest In cloven Tongues upon The Messengers of Jesus Christ Because he was gone home He doth inspire baptize with Fire Prophets Apostles too He 'l Pastors give the Church may live A holy Life and true Poor Fishermen go conquering on The World in Jesus Name The Blind do see the Dead rais'd be To Christ's eternal Fame If Christ did shew his Godhead true When in a swadling Clout Mr. Milton Controll'd
And said Live Infant live When in our Blood he was so good His saving Grace to give And threw his Skirt on our foul Heart To hide our Nakedness This is the Time of Love the Time He gave us Righteousness A Covenant wherein 's no Want With Sinners made when poor To be his own he gave his Son The Cov'nant to ensure We washed are with Water pure And with the best of Blood Blood 's wash'd away with Blood that Day Death seiz'd the Son of God God did appoint them to anoint With his most precious Oil They decked are with Silk and Hair All clean no longer foul A Chain of Gold the Worth's untold Is put about her Neck The Linen white and broidred Work Doth her most lovely deck Upon her Hands the Bracelet stands Her Head with Jewels set And on the same a glorious Crown With Ear-rings she 's bedect And she did eat the finest Wheat And sweetest Honey too She 's beautiful and doth excel The most Self-righteous Jew Now her Renown and glorious Fame Goes through the Heathen Land She prospers in a blest Kingdom Which never will have End Her Comeliness is Righteousness But this the Lord puts on And Comely through his Comeliness Glory to Grace alone This Spouse excels in glorious smells Myrrh Alloes Cashia Her Garments fine a sweet Perfume Do cast forth every way Within within the Glory 's seen In the King's Daughter true Wrought Gold 's her Garb most richly laid The Bridegroom wears it too At whose right Hand the Queen doth stand In Gold of Ophir fine Her Beauty great makes Christ to speak Thy Beauty is Divine The Father just his Son did trust Before his Incarnation In saving those to Heaven goes In every Land and Nation The Son most just the Father trusts That he Salvation give All the Elect who have their Debt Paid long before they live Their Debt did pay and satisfy Some hundred Years before They Being had by Christ his Blood Or e're they ran in score What 's requisite and what 's most meet In any Advocate Is found in Christ the Meek and Just The only Potentate Who doth delight to see the Spite And Disagreement end Between the King and Men for Sin Therefore his Blood did spend He 's just and meek yea very sweet Most powerful and true And brings God down to love the Man And Man to God does go The Levites pass the Priests make haste From us sweltring in Blood But the good Man Samaritan Stood still to do us good And in the Soul did pour in Oil So heal'd the Wounds of Sin And rather than his Soul should pine His Blood he poured in He covers all our Shame and Fall With Robes of Righteousness And gives to Man a glorious Ring To seal them up to Bliss The fatted Beast is kill'd to feast Those starving Souls of ours O Lamb of God thy Blood was shed In an accepted Hour We Syrians poor and Strangers were In a most forlorn Plight Lay at thy Door of Grace full sore In Darkness without Light Yet saidst thou Live my Grace I give To thee besmear'd with Blood Live Infant live my Son I give To be thy Prince and Head An Head of Sense and Influence Is to his Body dear As from the Root the Branches shoot So Christ the Church doth bear His Lambs he 'l feed a tender Head One Member if but ill A Balsam made of his own Blood Doth from the Heart distil As Branches dry and also die Which from the Vine are cut So every Saint would quickly faint And die if from the Root As many Branches make one Vine And many Grains one Loaf So many Men one Body frame Unite to Christ by Faith Who gave himself for our Souls Health That 's more than Heaven high Ten thousand times ten thousand Tens Come let us for him die A Journey long through Storms a throng Christ came to visit thee His Head with Drops and Dew his Locks Did wet he might thee see Tho Mankind had some Lovers bad When he the Question put He gave his Dove excelling Love By which their Hearts he took But waited long with Patience strong For Floods can't quench his Love Repulses strong often and long Could not make him remove This Bridegroom wrought great Battels fought To him none equal be Few Husbands win their Bride and Kin By Blood as he did thee Mr. Delaun Ear-rings of Gold Riches untold He clothes his Bride withal His Spouse doth dress with Righteousness To beautify the Soul And from all Debts they are acquit By Marriage of the King Who will invest his with the Best A Kingdom without Sin What Monarchs known to leave his Throne For Leprous and Diseas'd And tho forlorn and fill'd with Scorn Yet he with those is pleas'd Some Bridegrooms change new Lovers gain And cast the old away But he loves first unto the last Yea to Eternity The Mother dear her Son most near She sooner can forget Than a Convert with changed Heart Out of his Love can slip The Mountains fast they all shall haste From their most fixed Place Before that he will thee deny Who art in Cov'nant-Grace If any can the Heavens span And measure Sea and Land Then Flesh and Sin and Satan's Gin May pluck them from his Hand If Moon so bright and Stars o th' Night Their Course can change and slip Then may his Love decline his Dove Whom he keeps while they sleep If he can drown the World again Against his fix'd Decree Then may his Love from thee remove Which none shall ever see So we from Justice were discharg'd Upon his dying Day He like a Lamb most patiently Unto the Slaughter's led And drunk the bitter Cup of Death Without a murmuring Word Before the Judgment Seat he stood A Prisoner at the Bar And by his Judgment we are freed Who wretched Prisoners were His Generation is so Great Noble Eternal too None can declare the Number of His Sons and Daughters true In shedding of his precious Blood A numerous Off-spring hath Which none can number nor declare For they fill Heaven and Earth And tho no Violence did act Yet he must make his Grave With wicked and ungodly Men For such he came to save It pleased God his Son to bruise An Offering he might give To have a glorious Church on Earth And with him ever live As Eve came out of Adam's Side So did the Church from Christ She is the Travail of his Soul For whom he groaned much But Satisfaction great hath he After his trav'lling Soul For his Seed he will justify By knowing Christ their All. A Portion with the Great he 'l have And with the Strong divide The Glory of his conquering Strength In spite of Hellish Pride Because he poured forth his Soul To Death both frank and free And took it up in three Days time So got the Victory And now triumphantly is gone Into the Heavens high Having Captivity captive led 'T