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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03860	Hunnies recreations: conteining foure godlie and compendious discourses, intituled Adams Banishment: Christ his crib. The lost sheepe. The complaint of old age. Whereunto is newly adioyned these two notable and pithie treatises: The creation or first weeke. The life and death of Ioseph. Compiled by William Hunnis, one of the gentleme[n] of hir Maiesties chappel, and maister to the children of the same.	Hunnis, William, d. 1597.	1595 (1595)	STC 13973; ESTC S118813	20,823	70

mouth in tast Two trees amid this garden grew by power of sacred skill The one of life the other was of knowledge good ill From Eden went a riuer forth to moist this garden than Which afterward deuided was and in foure heads became And Pishon is the first of foure which round about doth go The golden land of Hauilah where th' Onix stone doth gro The second head is Gi●…on calde which compasseth throughout The land of Ethyopia with water round about The third is named Hidekell that passeth downe along The east side of Assyria with mightie streame and strong And Euphrates the fourth is cald which fruitfulnesse doth shew And in the same doth many gems and pretious stones forth grow Almighty God this Adam tooke and in this garden set The same to dresse the same to keep and of the fruit to eate Of euery tree that therein was God bade him eate his fill Except the tree that 's in the midst of knowledge good and ill God said y e day thou eat'st thereof thou for the same shalt die Therefore see that thou touch it not the tast thereof to try It is not good said God that ma●… should be alone I see I will an helper make to him companion his to be Out of y e ground did god thē mak●… each beast vpon the earth And euery foule in th' ayre that flies and all that draweth breath And God did bring al beasts and foules to view of Adams eie ●…hich was to see what kind of name he then would call them by And Adam called euery beast and euery sowle by name ●…s we doe vse at this same day to nominate the same In slumber then was Adam cast and God a rib did take ●…om forth his side of the same a woman did he make ●…nd fild the place with flesh againe and when he did awake This is said he bone of my bones and flesh of mine I see ●…rago shall she called be as taken out of me And for this cause shal euery one his parents deere forsake ●…nd cleaue vnto his wife alone and both one flesh shall make FINIS Adams banishment The person of God IAm and wil be as I was before the world was wrought I made the heauens the earth ●…and all therein of naught sea ●…nely for thy vse O man these mighty works did frame ●…d made thee Lord and gouernor ●…and ruler of the same ●…ae't thee here in Paradise ●…and gaue thee will to chuse ●…ether my word thou wouldst obay ●…or else the same refuse ●…t thou vnkind and most vnkind through infidelitie ●…dst tast the fruit I thee forbad of good and euill to be ●…d yet by death I threatned thee that thou therefore shouldst die ●…hou presumdst the fruit to eate that I did thee deny ●…ere didst thou shew thy vnbeleefe ●…nd thoughtst my wordes vntrue And thereupon did pride arise and foule ambition grew Ingratefull wast thou found thee●… for that thou couetdst more then I thee gaue yet for the sam●… not thankfull wast therefore Dost thou the son of slime and eart●… thinke it a thing but small To make thee like vnto our selfe but wouldst thou therewithall Be like to vs in Deitie to know what we doo know This mou'd our wrath frō heauen our angels down to throw bo●… The person of Adam O Lord giue earth and ashes le●… with feare to speak to thee Thou knewst before that I should 〈◊〉 yer time was knowne to be And yer the angels kind were mad●… thou knewst the fall of man And of all things didst see the end yer thou the same began Thou mightst y e same preuēted ha●… if so had beene thy will And I in great felicitie might haue continued still GOD. ●…as my foreknowledge then y e cause of this thy wilfull fall ●…r dar'st thou yet so proudly thinke as me the causer call ●…hou art thy selfe both fault cause and thou the same shalt find ●…o be thy disobedience and proud aspiring mind ●…hou hadst my law for to obserue which law if thou hadst kept ●…here had bin no transgressiō made nor sinne in thee had crept ●…ost true it is I see the end of euery thing I make ●…efore it was as proofe there is when I did vndertake ●…o fashion thee and creatures all in heauen and earth that be ●…ho then could tell but I alone and other twaine with me ●…nd where thou saist I might thy fal haue holpen to the best might not with my iustice stand nor with my glorie rest ●…or I am truth and truth I speake and truth shall witnesse be That thou shalt die for eating fruit of the forbidden tree What canst thou say now for thy self thou should not iudgement haue And die the death for thine offense as I thee warning gaue Adam O Lord my God I sory was when I my fault did see And was surprisde with shame fe●… for so offending thee I hid my selfe among the trees ne durst I be so bold Before thy presence to appeare nor yet my selfe behold Such shame and feare had cōpast 〈◊〉 about on euery side I knew not where my selfe bestow nor where my selfe to hide If sorrow mine if shame and feare may not thy fauor win Alas what else to thinke or speake I know not to begin GOD. SVch sorrow fear shame as thi●… but agrauates mine ire ●…ou shuldst haue feard before y e seltst the fruit thou didst desire ●…nd yet before thou didst it touch thou hadst committed sin ●…cause thou couetdst in thy selfe more higher to haue bin ●…nce in thy will and choise it lay to leaue or else to take ●…nd y e hast tane thou shuldst haue left I must for iustice sake ●…ue sentence on thy sinfull deed as I before haue said ●…st thou ought else more for to say why iudgement should be staid ADAM O Lord my God what shall the pot vnto the potter say ●…ou hast me made of filth and slime of brittle earth and clay ●…d as the potter turnes his wheele with lumpe of clay in hand ●…ereof to shape a vessell pure before his eie to stand th' end that vessel should be vsde with iuice of grapes the best 〈◊〉 thense to drink such thirst to 〈◊〉 as bideth in the brest So Lord if that abused be and filth therein remaine Yet can the potter when he please the same make cleane againe And being cleane may be imploy●… vnto the potters will To eate or drinke in as shall please the cunning potters skill Yet with all meekenesse I confesse with no lesse feare I speake If pot the potter he mislike may soone in peeces breake But if it would the potter please to proue his power withall And see how weake the vessell is the conquest were but smal GOD. THe greatest conquest I do ma●… my truth is to maintaine I am the truth and onely truth for euer to remaine The word I speake is verament and may not be denide As I by

that shall his foes conuince Sucke milke from tender breast of blessed Mary sure Being his mother and a wife and yet a virgine pure 〈◊〉 am no whit afraid comparison to make This homelie Cabin to prefer for this sweet Babies sake Before the buildings great of stately Temples all And sumptuous courts and palaces of princes great and small This stable dooth surmount the costly Temple wrought With curious worke by Salomon which as of right it ought Must yeeld and base it selfe and stoope this place vnto In which was borne the sonne of God as was his will to doe So must that glorious court of that high potentat King Cresus he of Lydia stand backe to this estate And let the Capitols that dedicated were In olde time past with Idols theirs Vnto Dan Iupiter Which though they garnisht were most magnificentlie With fine and curious workmanship of marble imag'rie Now yeeld this stable to as subiects bond and thrall As no whit to compared be to this in ought at all Let Lady Rome strike saile and vnder hatches go With stately turrets of defense hir wals and gates also And let hir capitoll with glasse and gold araide And temple Olauitrium now shake and be afraid And let hir house of gold bedeckt with pretious stone Giue place with all humility to this poore cot alone ●…or now is falne to ground the Image made of gold ●…n likenesse to king Romulus which should together hold And stand for euermore vntill such time a child ●…hould forth proceed and so be borne of virgin meeke and mild The image made o●… brasse in womans portraiture ●…o high so great and hugie was for euer to endure Which now is likewise falne euen at the artsman said Yet stil shall stand vntill a child proceedeth from a maide ALl Haile most rovall house possessor of all grace That was so highly dignifide to be the only place Of such an holy birth whereby thou art to see More happy then the heauen it selfe by this Natiuitie And neither may this cot be thought a whit the lesse Meet to receiue the Sauiour of all our trespasses For that the walles thereof were broken or berent Subiect to wind and weather such as stormes and tempest sent Neither for that it was without all furniture As sheetes and other-needfull things as dayly be in vre Hauing but only this which there by chance they found Offtebble rough and thistle hay that lay vpon the ground And notwithstanding this as you haue heard beforne Did yet receiue this little babe so soone as it was borne For such an homely crib and stable poore and thin Did well become our sauiour Christ for to be borne therein As he that to the world came hyther purposely To giue example vnto vs of great humilitie And to condemne dame pride and thrust hir vnder foot Which is of sinne and vices all both branches tree and root In this poore thatched house here is no rich aray As hangings faire of purple hue nor cloth of arras ga●…e In this poore silly cot there is no stus●…e at all No chamber great nor parlor sruas no kitchen ne no hall Within this homely cell there was not to be seene Of any fuell wood or cole a ●…ier for to teene There is not in this cooch expected for to see Of delicates and iunkets fine nor daintie cheere to be Within this cabin poore yee shall not here behold Great troopes of men for to attend in siluer silke ne gold Nor yet the childwife lie in soft and stately bed With quilts of silke to keepe hir warme nor pillow for hir hed No no but here doth lie in manger hard and cold An amiable in fant sweet more sweet than may be told Bewrapt and lapt in clouts both poore and bare God wot And swathed in such swathing clothes as then there might be got And though that he now borne in homely sort thus laie Yet was his diuine maiestie declared that same day For to the Shepheards came that watcht their flocks by night The angell of the most high God shining with beames so bright As made them so afraid they stood in doubtfull stay ●…till the angell of the Lord ●…hus wise to them could say ●…re not behold I bring ●…o you such gladsome newes 〈◊〉 all the world shall ioy thereat ●…eaue off therefore to muse 〈◊〉 vnto you this day 〈◊〉 sauiour Christ is borne ●…u shall him finde in manger laid ●…he walles be rent and torne ●…orthwith with th'angell was 〈◊〉 maru'lous multitude ●…heauenly fouldiors praising God ●…n this sort to conclude ●…orie to God on high ●…nd peace on earth below ●…d vnto men reioysing great ●…hat this beleeue and shew ●…fter came to passe When th'angels went awaie 〈◊〉 into heauen from whense they came ●…he shepheards then did say 〈◊〉 vs to Bethleem go ●…hese tidinges to behold ●…d so went out and when they came ●…hey found as th'angell told ●…e babe in manger laid ●…nd Ioseph that good man Was hard him by who prostrately this worke of God to scan Gan with a lowlie hart and humble spirit most mild Fal on his knees and worshipped his new borne softer child The shepheards seeing this did publish vnto all What th'angell said and they had se●… each thing as did befall And backe againe they went and praised God on hie That they had seene the sonne of Go●… in manger thus to lie Then with their warbling pipes they wont to play vpon Before their seuerall flockes of shee●… togither as they gone Do chaunt it now aloft with sound of shepheards laie And thus with ioy solemnise they this blessed babes birth-day The virgine so likewise that Iesus mother was Which first was brought into a mus●… how it might come to passe That she a child should beare and knew no man at all 〈◊〉 now agnize the worke of God ●…nd let hir eie downe fall ●…n hir little babe ●…hich God to hir had sent ●…e hir sauiour and of all ●…ho euer doe repent 〈◊〉 then she tooke hir babe ●…nd dandled it a while ●…ther while she gaue it sucke ●…is crying to beguile 〈◊〉 many kisse it gaue 〈◊〉 it lay in hir arme 〈◊〉 thē with clothes such as they were ●…elapt it well and warme 〈◊〉 while the breast she giues ●…e quieter to keepe ●…ther while she lulleth it ●…d husheth it asleepe 〈◊〉 thus in most sweet guise ●…d amiable sort 〈◊〉 time they passe with mirth and ioy ●…d many another sport The lost Sheepe SIth that the heauen of heauens where God and angels be Is made the seate wheron I sit by mightyest power decree ●…d that the Earth beneath where hearbe and grasse doth growe ●…ere men and beasts and liuing things do creepe thereon and goe ●…or my foot the stoole ordeined long before ●…r world was wrought or angell made or ought else lesse or more ●…th I am Lord thereof and all these thinges be mine ●…en tell me man what moueth thee from me thus to decline