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Davids troubles remembred in 1. Absolons sheep-shearing. 2. Ioab projecting. 3. Bathsheba bathing. 4. Israel rebelling. 5. Ahitophel hanging. 6. David returning.
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Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?, attributed name.
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Thence flies he to Ahimelech the Priest Who paid too deare for such a Royall Guest For spitefull Doeg did to Saul complain And neere a hundred Priests by him were slain From thence to Achish Prince of Gath where he Pretendeth madnesse and simplicity From thence he hunted to Adullams Cave Like to a Partridge flies his life to save To Ziph Eugaddy Maons Desarts where He cut off Sauls coat-lap but 's life did spare And after took his Sreare from 's sleeping head Then he the second time to Achish fled Of whom he was most kindly entertain'd For hate of Saul and Ziglags Town obtain'd Whence he to warre on Iudahs Coasts pretended But so 'gainst Amalek his forces bended And other foes of ours that to complain He never let one man alive remain By which he faln now into th' indignation As Achish thought of his own King and Nation Was brought to field 'gainst Saul his King to fight But these Philistine Lords that knew his might And fearing he to th' other side should turn Made him again to Ziglag back return Which burnt he found their women captive led With all their children that him followed For which all were so grieved and offended His Souldiers there to stone him had intended Amid all troubles God did him sustain And helpt to win his own and more again For he so close pursu'd th' Amalekite And them unwares so furiously did smite He all the Host left dead upon the plain And losses all recovered again Inriching them with spoiles that with him went And many presents to our Elders sent In all his troubles which of you can say He did me wrong or made of mine a prey Was he not rather unto you for all Your Goods against your enemies a wall Aske foolish Nabals servants they will say He was a wall to us by night and day No sheep were lost no Lambs of ours were slain Whilst David neer to Carmel did remaâ—n And though the churle did evill him requite Yet God who is the Iudge of wrong and right Reveng'd his churlishnesse with losse of life Rewarding Davids goodnesse with his wife By this Saul and his sons were overthrown At Gilboa which soon as it was known To David how did he compassionate Their deaths and those afflictions of the State Which were so great they over Iordan fled And many of their Townes abandoned So as by this so great an overthrow Were Israel and Iudah brought so low They to the son of Ishai presents bring And him acknowledge their annointed King For what was closely done by Samuel Was known to all the Tribes of Israel Had he not been a valiant man of warre The Philistins prevailed had so farre We surely had long since their servants been And not these dayes of liberty have seen Abner long at Mehanaim maintain'd The son of Saul whilst he at Hebron raign'd Till Traytors did his head to David bring Then all the Tribes acknowledge him their King Oh with what wondrous joy and acclamation Was he accepted then of all this Nation He went before us in and out in all The warres in times of Samuel and Saul He saved us from all our enemies And honour'd us with glorious victories Oh! then he was of our own flesh and bone And fit to govern all the Tribes alone Sure his deserts were infinite before But hath he not to these still added more Witnesse this place where now Gods Arke is pight In th' heart of Iudah which the Iebusite 'Gainst Iosuab Iudges Samuel Saul maintain'd By Davids might and prowesse now obtain'd This holy place where now you meet to pray And offer sacrifices night and day For Sions Mount your Kings brave habitation Worlds wonder and the Glory of this Nation Whilome of theeves and murtherers a den Whence they did steal your goods and spoil your men And sacrifice to Rimnon morn and even And worship'd daily all the host of Heaven Yea often to appease th' infernall Ire Did drive your sons and daughters through the fire This fort defended by the blind and lame He builded and Hierusalem did name Did not all Palestine their forces bring 'Gainst David soon as he was crowned King Whom all to weak his valour to withstand God twice delivered into Davids hand Yea ev'n the God of Hosts to shew his right Led him forth from the Mulberry trees to fight Soon as his enemies subdued are He wholly on Religion sets his care Gods Ark into your City home to bring That God might dwell with you as did the King Why should I here sad Vzzahs breach recite Whom God for his presumption dead did smite For staying but the Arke up with his hand Medling with sacred thing 'gainst Gods command For which it was to Obeâ— Edoms led Where whilst it staid all things well prospered But ah how did our Prophet dance and sing More like a holy Levite than a King When th' Ark was brought up hither to be rear'd And set up in the place for it prepar'd Who though he then was scorn'd in Michâ—ls sight God never did in him take more delight What hath he not for this your City done Besides his many Royall workes begun And finished whereby he chang'd this hold Of earth and stone to streets of brasse and gold 'T was in his mind a Temple here to raise To Gods eternall Worship laud and praise Till God by Nathan otherwise declared Yet he for it materialls hath prepared The which his son that Prince of peace shall raise And blesse with peace and honour all his dayes For all such as have had their hands in bloud As David though their warres are just and good From medling with Gods Altar ought abstain The stones whereof should all in peace be lain For what are all our Rites and offerings Arke Incense and all other holy things But figures of eternall peace and rest No bloudied hands may minister this feast Irregularity for second wives Is vain as you shall see by both their lives And therefore David leavs it to his son He after all his former battails won Hath taken Gath the key of all your Land The Bridle thus wringing out of the hand Of Philistins who now 〈◊〉 brought so low They all their knees to Iudahs Monarch bow Ittai one of their Lords of greatest might Serv'd under David in this civill fight Moab you know with lines was measured Two lines to save alive another dead And Hadadezar Syrians King of Kings With all his Vice-Roys presents to us brings Now Aram and Damascus ours remain Twenty two thousand of them being slain He hither all the Shields of gold did bring Which he had taken from the Syrian King We quite through Edom all our Armies led And of them eighteen thousand slaughtered So as in all these Cities and wall'd Townes The King hath put strong men in Garrisons Yea ev'n Damascus though as Queen she reigns Above the rest a Garrison maintains What Presents did the son of Tohu bring Of Gold
pills So Nathan doth this Parable apply A seeming-sweet but bitter remedy Pardon my Liege saith he if Iustice I Desire when sinnes to Heaven for vengeance cry Lo in a City were nay which is more Still are two men one rich the other poore The rich had mighty Heards and Flocks the poore A little Lambe had onely for his store Deare bought which he at home with him did cherish And even amongst his sonnes and daughters nourish Drank of his cup eate of his bread and ay As his own daughter in his bosome lay But lo a stranger to the rich man came Who secretly purloins the poore mans Lamb Whereof he for the stranger doth prepare And his own Heard and all his Lambs did spare Now as the Lord lives David doth reply The man that did the thing deserves to dye Besides he foure-fold shall the Lamb restore Because he was so cruell to the poore As he that doth besiege a mighty Tower Doth use at first more policy than power But when the breach is made and he got in To shew his strength and courage doth begin And as we see Ambassadours of Kings In formes are curteous but advance the things Which unto them their master doth command With resolution so doth Nathan stand The breach with as much courage to maintain As he the same by subtile meanes did gaine Thou art the man saith Nathan thou alone This vile abhominable thing hast done Thou art the rich Vriah was the poore Thou hast thy choise of wives he one no more Which thou hast ravisht and her husband slain The wicked stranger lust to entertain This is the thing I must make plainly known The words I speak are Gods and not mine own I have annointed thee the King of all My people and thee freed from hand of Saul I gave to thee thy Masters house and wives And to thy hand committed all the lives Of Israel and Iudah and would more To thee have given if thou hadst wanted store Oh! why shouldst thou my Precepts thus despise And do this wicked evill in mine eyes The stout Vriah by thy sword is dead And thou his wife hast taken to thy bed This Worthy oft escap'd more dangerous fights Thy sword hath kil'd him not the Ammonites The sword shall never from thine house depart Because thou hast despised me and art Defil'd with ravishing Vriahs wife And for thy pleasure took'st away his life Thus saith the Lord against thee I will raise Up evill in thine house even in thy dayes Thy fruit begotten in Adultery Shall onely breed thee sorrow and so dye Thy Sonne with incest shall defile the bed Of thine own daughter by him ravished Thy Sonnes shall rise up one against another And Brothers hands imbrew with bloud of Brother Thy Wives shall be defil'd in open light The Sun shall blush to see so foule a sight Thou sin'dst in secret but this shall be done In sight of all the people and the Sunne As tender Oakes shak'd with fierce blasts of wind Bâ— yeelding do the faster rooting find When stouter Oakes which give no way at all Are thrown quite down and ruine in their fall So it with David fares whose heart relents And shakes and trembles at Gods menacements His sinne confessing but his Faith holds fast And sings this Peniâ—entiall Psalme at last PSAL. 51. OF thy great goodnesse Lord some pitty take On me whom sinne Doth now awake If thou in loving kindnesse wilt begin All mine offences easely may Be by thy mercies done away â—hen wash me throughly from this staine Of sinfull guilt Till none remaine â—ow I confesse O Lord thou canst and wilt Cause sin which now me lyes before Never to rise against me more â—gainst thee I O Lord have sinn'd alone And in thy sight This evill done â—hat judg'd thou mightst be found most pure and right I full of sinne of good bereav'd Iust as my mother me conceiv'd Thou truth dost in the inward parts require Which to discern Lord me inspire So I of thee may secret wisdome learn With Hyssope purge me I shall grow More clean and pure than whitest snow Of joy and gladnesse make thou me to heare My broken bones Thus shalt thou cheare And into joyfull Ditties change my grones Thy face turn from my sins foul hew My heart make clean my spirit renew Cast me not out from thee for my demerit Nor take from me Thy holy Spirit Recomfort Lord my will conform to thee So shall I sinners teach thy way And them convert that go astray From guilt of blood O Lord deliver me Oh help or never Shall I be free So of thy goodnesse I shall sing for ever Ope thou my lips mine Organs raise Then shall my mouth set forth thy praise Thou sacrifice desir'st not else would I With all my might Thereto comply Nor dost thou in burâ—t-offerings delight A troubled spirit's best sacrifice Broak contrite hearts thou l't not despise Let thy protecting arms like walls embrace Hierusalem And Sion grace Then our burnt offerings thee shall please agen We will upon thine Altar lay Gifts and oblations every day Here Ioab ends when noble Abishai â—o thy discourse hath shortned much the way Beyond the River I discern the plain That Iair Manasses son by sword did gain Upon which bordereth the Geshurite Ride on we may see Talmai's Court to night And bring most welcome newes to Absolon I know saith Ioab well what I have done This is a project of mine own devising To please the setting Sun as well as rising Nothing more pleasing is to Davids mind No service more the Princes heart can bind Nor to King Talmai be more acceptable Who will us gratifie as he is able What 's he saith Abishai a petty King Saith Ioab here on Gilead bordering Great Hadadezar was Lord Paramount And here did but as Tributaries count These lesser Kings till we at Helam slew His Captain and his Army overthrew Since that they all are servants to our King Except old Talmai and him Presens bring But night encroacheth now so on the day They leave their talk and look unto their way By which that night to Geshurs Court they come Most welcome to the King and Absalom For this was their Ambassage from the King The young-man to Hierusalem to bring THE FOURTH BOOKE Israel rebelling SOL had no sooner haâ—nessed his horse Rejoycing Giant-like to run his course His longest journey froÌ„ the East to West When Talmai who that nigâ—t took little rest So were his thoughts â—a'ne up and fil'd with care For 's Grand-child Israels apparant heire And plotting both their powers to combine To subject to one head all Palestine To his Bed-side did send for Absolon And as a Father counsels thus his sonne Besides thy royall birth and riper age Thy strength of wit and goodly personage With vertues all which fit a man to raigne And with the people love and favour gaine Thou hast in highest Courts of Kings been bred And