those separating Hills And take us to thy Rest The Winter Blasts are almost gone Farewel the Rain and Flood We cry aloud come fetch us home Why have thy Chariots stood Come Lord with thy sweet Jubilee Hark how the Creatures groan With Saints for full Redemption Hear how they make their moan Come blessed Lord do thou create New Heavens and new Earth A sinless Kingdom we long for Which gives true Joy and Mirth With speed make haste Vengeance to show For thy blest Temple's sake All Antichrists both East and West Do thou make desolate And then the chief rejected Stone Tho little it will grow Into a Mount and fill the Seat Of Monarchs here below Mr. Raseson That Stone which from the Mountain was Cut out without a Hand Into a Mountain let it grow And all the World command A burdensome Foundation-stone In Zion there shall lie All that do spurn against that Stone Shall by it fall and die Then all Christ's marked Ones they shall With him ascend the Throne Then all the World to him will bow When he shall reign alone Lord Jesus haste unto thy Throne We no more Captives be And fly upon the Wings of Love For thee we long to see This blessed Day no Night will have The Moon will be a Sun A seven-fold Light the Sun will be O were this Day begun Come haste that blessed break of Light Let Shadows flee away When Ordinances all shall cease Come on Eternal Day Then through a Glass shall look no more Unless the Glass Divine We shall through humane Nature see The blessed God-head shine The Glass of Ordinances cease Now look through them no more Nor Creatures Word or Promises When we see God most pure Then we shall in each Bosom's rest As in a Bed Divine And fulness of pure Joy shall have When God doth on us shine Now Righteous Ones they entrance have Into this Palace Royal There where no Curse shall ever be Or any time of Trial. That City of Jerusalem In Vision John did see Descending out of Heaven above With glorious Majesty This City which doth entertain The People of the Lord It is set forth by Metaphors So is not understood The Walls of Stone most precious are And the Foundation too Twelve thousand Furlongs is the Breadth The Length and Height also Twelve Gates twelve Angels at the Gates That keep both Watch and Ward No evil thing can enter there Tho they stand all abroad And on those Gates the Names are writ Of the twelve blessed Tribes Of the Children of Israel In whom the Truth abides And twelve Foundations hath the Wall Of this most Royal City In which Foundation there is writ Their Names the Lamb did pity The twelve Apostles of the Lamb Were written fair thereon There is no City like to this Free Holy without Sin Pure Jasper was the Wall built of The City of pure Gold Gold is the Streets of this rich Place Its Worth cannot be told Twelve glorious Pearls the Gates thereof One Pearl every Gate And the Foundation richly deck'd With precious Stones of State And from this City glorious Streams Of living Water comes Out of the Throne of God the Lamb Are most refreshing Streams And in the middle of the Street And either side the River Twelve sorts of Fruits the Tree of Life Did bear to heal us ever And here the Throne of God shall be Also the Lamb 's high Throne And there his Servants shall be free To serve the Holy One And they shall see his blessed Face And bear his glorious Name Which on their Foreheads shall have place His Image to proclaim And then and there shall be no Night For God the Lord most High Will be their Temple and their Light To all Eternity Mr. Barton Now blessed Jesus his will lead To living Water-Springs Where Tears shall all be wash'd away A City full of Kings Law-Righteousness could not procure Such Thrones and Kingdoms great Such Palms and Robes as Saints shall have When they in Heaven meet Strike up you blessed Spirits in Bliss Your Songs most lofty high You separated Souls in Bliss Praise him as well you may Mr. Reeves Unto the Lamb whose Seat is set In midst of the great Throne He there was seen who had been slain By Saints and Angels known 'T was thou wast slain and hast redeem'd All Nations by thy Blood Therefore worthy to ope the Book The Mysteries of God The Book seen in Jehovah's Hand Written without within Which do contain God's Counsels great Unto the final End O holy Jesus blessed Lamb John's Sorrows did prevent Thou David's Root and Judah's Lion Wast fit to ope the Book A Person very fit to Rule Both this World and the Church Therefore all Power is given him Because there is none such Let 's praise this King for ever-more With Angels Elders Beasts Church-Militant and Triumphant Adore the Lord of Hosts Ye noble Host of Martyrs all The glorious Prophets too Angels Apostles arch-Arch-Angels Praise him the Lord most true Who can declare the sweet Jub'lee In Heaven solemniz'd By Seraphims and Cherubims And Principalities Powers and all Dominions too To him do cast their Crowns Then thousand times ten thousand Tens In holy Thanks abound Crying O holy holy Lord The Lamb in glorious State O Holy Ghost Holy and True Who did the Creatures make Redeemed Men for ever sing Of Surety-Righteousness They 'l have it there for ever-more In everlasting Bliss Come let us join the Creatures all In Heaven Earth and Sea All Creatures with loud Voices cry Worthy O Lamb worthy All Wisdom Riches to receive Strength Blessing Glory too From all in Heaven in Earth and Sea Is thine Eternal due FINIS ERRATA BOOK the First Page 16. line the first afteâ— thousand add c. Pag. 77. l. 23. for things read Temptations Book 2. Pag. 33. l. 19. read 27 Years Pag. 24 l. 29. for sad read said In the Poems Pag. 9. l. 11. read is brandisheâ— for it P. 31. l. 1. read adorn P. 75. l. 5. reaâ— they P. 96. l. 1. read what 's
the Crew of damned Hue In all the World about He will much more his Power declare Ascended now on high Captivity he captive led In his triumphant Day This Hebrew Child tho meek and mild Made Devils loudly roar On Mountains steep in Vallies deep On all the Seas and Shore All Oracles dumb no hideous Hum No mighty Trance or Spell Apollo's Shrines no more Divine's Nor no Prophetick Cell The Flamins quaint at Altars faint In consecrated Grove Because no Sound doth there rebound From their-sweet Object Jove All Temples dumb Peor Baalim And mooned Ashtaroth No Tapers shine none can divine Hence Beelzebub is wroth Now Moloc's fled that Idol's dead Isis and Osiris From Judah's Land the Infant 's hand Laid low the Heathen Priests Each fetter'd Ghost slips to his Post To the Infernal Jail Who go in Troops their Malice shoots Back to the God of all Who comes who comes in glor'ous Blooms From Edom and Bozrath In whose Brow high is Majesty And treads untrodden Paths Glory surrounds his Body's Bounds There 's Terror in his Face Mr. Norris The Evening Sky the Scarlet Dye His Robes cannot debase They are so red with God-like Blood And Blood of Enemies They are much stain'd with Conquest gain'd And blessed Victories I mighty One 't is I do come That treads the Press alone Of Wrath Divine such Power is mine I will have help from none 'T is I can speak my Foes to death And that in Righteousness Almighty I can save most high From Hell to Heaven's Bliss 'T is I alone go conqu'ring on By my great Power and Strength And Blood runs o're my Garments pure My People might have Health 'T is I outvie the Scarlet Dye And make my Garments red Like those Men that do tread the Fat And Wine-press for the Blood I wear those Clothes red like the Rose To save some some destroy By shedding Blood I bruise one's Head And God do satisfy The Day is come that signal One And Death shall have its Doom The Kingdoms dark I will subvert And conquer every One No Sea of Blood but Christ's most good The Enemy could spoil And we are glad Christ's bloody Flag Doth flourish over all The Cher'bims Guard of the High Lord Stood by while Christ did fight His Father true forsook him too Yet he the Field did get My Fury strong supports me long And with my single Arm The Conquest 's won Salvation's come To mine that none can harm CHAP. XX. The ARGUMENT This Chapter contains an Account of a triumphant Song to the Lamb by the Saints of the Old and New Testament for Christ's most glorious Conquest over his and the Church's Enemies in his Resurrection and Ascension WITH Deborah we 'l sing to Jah Who hath avenged me And trod down Strength his Arm hath length To spoil his Enemy When he march'd on the Enemy strong Did tremble in the Earth And in the Field he made them yield As Holy Scripture saith Wake Deborah awake with Mirth A Song of Triumph sing Our Barak Head Captivity led A Captive tho a King Proud Sisera must stand in awe The Stars in Heaven fight The great Jael hath conquer'd Hell And put his Foes to flight Come to our King with Israel sing The Lord 's a Man of War He gloriously triumphs on high And leads his Enemies far Pharaoh of Hell that proud Rebel His Chariots overthrew His great Captains and chosen Ones Their Strength could not renew They proudly said Pursue the Head Fight not with Small or Great But Israel's King strike most at him Then we shall them defeat Come draw your Sword upon my Word My Lust I will fulfil I will divide the Spoil his Pride Shall not go conquering still The Sea arose upon his Foes And in it they did sink A Sea of Wrath wherein no Path Can find from it to shrink Who can compare with this most Fair Glorious in Holiness And fearful in the praise of Men His Wonders cannot cease Now Hannah sung we will prolong Our Honour he exalts Against our Foes his Power flows They may not proudly talk The mighty One is broken down And weak Ones girded are The Prince brought down from a high Throne The Poor exalted there Come Esa's Song we will prolong To our beloved King That us hath made his sweet Vineyard Who were but Lumps of Sin And fix'd it in a fruitful Hill Where Showers fall Divine A Tower great he made in it And on it Christ doth shine He doth it watch his Vineyard rich 'T is done both Night and Day A fiery Wall is round them all Against the Beasts of Prey May Zion say in a good Day Tho thou wast angry Lord With me for Sin through Christ our King Thy Favour is restor'd Behold my God doth Help afford He is Salvation Who shall I fear Jehovah's near My Trust my Strength my Song Therefore in Faith let 's draw with Mirth From God's Salvation-Wells Those living Streams Christ's bloody Veins Did purchase for Rebels In this good Day we all will say Praise praise the Lord alone Exalt his Name and spread his Fame For great 's the holy One. In Zion's Land his mighty Hand Is stretched out to save His Israel where he doth dwell Whom to his Son he gave Well is it said in God's sure Word Excellent Things doth he 'T is shewed forth in all the Earth God for his Church will be Sing and cry out come give a Shout Of Hallelujah's high To Jehovah begun on Earth But lasts Eternity The Prophet old when he foretold Death should be swallowed up In Victory by one on high Then he this Song did put Unto the Church to triumph much On that triumphant Day Eternal Gates stand ope in state That Saints then enter may This City strong they enter in Salvation is their Wall And Bullwarks too none can subdue And make this City fall As Mary's Song when Gabriel came The Angel her did tell And her salute and kindly greet With News that did excel That she should bear the glorious Heir Of Heaven and of Earth In her pure Womb should lie God's Son As holy Scripture saith Then she brake out with holy Shout Of Praise to magnify The Lord above who in much Love Had fill'd her Soul with Joy What Wonders here that I should bear A Saviour unto Man That I so poor God great in Power Should set his Love upon And me exalt with all my Faults Above all Women high No Queen he took this King to suck Or bear in her Body But me poor Maid he did regard To his eternal Praise I bore the King who had no Sin One of eternal Days With Zachary the Lord on high Let us ever extol For visiting and redeeming His People from all thrall A Horn of Power and a strong Tower Of great Salvation For us hath rais'd eternal Praise The Lord shall wait alone Now are made good the Prophet's words Spake since the World began God's Covenant stood
THE MARROW OF Gospel-History OR A Diversion for Youth at their spare Hours Being a POEM on the Birth Life Death and Resurrection of our most blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ With some Thoughts on the Apostate Angels and fallen Man The former under an irrecoverable Estate having no Object of Faith for Salvation And the latter restored by the Death of Christ By HERCVLES COLLINS of Wapping LONDON Printed for the Author 1696. A POEM on the Birth Life Death and Resurrection of our most blessed Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST CHAP. I. The ARGUMENT Theophilus the Lover of God begins in making mention of the unsearchable Attributes and Perfections of Jehovah and how he is encompassed on his glorious Throne by the Holy Hierarchy and Order of Angels Seraphims Cherubims Thrones Dominions Principalities Powers Archangels who are Eternally casting their Crowns at the Feet of the Incomprehensible Trinity with Hallelujahs JEHOVAH right is Infinite And in eternal Bliss The most Supream therefore doth reign O Kings give him a Kiss Ps 2.12 Who is Immense and full of Sense An independent Good Yea only Wise do not despise The Everliving God In all his Will immutable For Changes he knows none How can that be when perfect's he Three Persons yet but One Pure Angels fall and honour all The Glorious Trinity With Crowns down cast their Praises last Unto Eternity The Seraphims and Cherubims Thrones Principalities Dominions too Archangels true Their God for ever praise CHAP. II. The ARGUMENT Here interposeth an holy Evangelist who give an Account of the horrible Revolt of somâ— of the Angels from Jehovah their supreaâ— Lord And that one of them now calle Beelzebub headed Thousands with Design to overthrow God's Monarchy BUT one thro Pride became a Head To thousands who resolv'd God's Monarchy for to destroy Rather than be controul'd They War maintain in Heaven's Plain So they might equal be In Honour Praise and length of Days Unto the Trinity God pleads his Rights and them despites So hurls them into Hell To the Abyss Pit bottomless Where they shall ever yell Then Satan proud he spake aloud What tho the Field be lost All is not gone my Heart 's not won To love Jehovah most This I can boast all is not lost My Will 's unconq'rable Resolv'd I be still to be free Tho I remain a Devil 'T were shame for me to bow the Knee And God adore and love A Prince in Hell doth far excel Subjection tho above Mr. Milton A Chaos great and Abyss deep God casts those Rebels in A burning Lake is their sad Fate And Flames all surrounding CHAP. III. The ARGUMENT Jehovah himself gives a Relation of hâ—â— framing the Heavens and Earth anâ— how he created another Creature calleâ— Man to serve him better than the falleâ— Angels and having very glorious Qualifications is made Lord of the New World THE Earth and Man I God did frame And made him Lord of all In Righteousness and Holiness With an immortal Soul This Man most wise in Paradise I fixt with great delight Whose Will was free at liberty To be unjust or right That Man alone might not lie down A Help-meet him I gave And from his Bone and Flesh alone The Woman came most brave And for a time how did they shine In this delightful Place In this new Land how Hand in Hand They walk'd with God in Grace CHAP. IV. The ARGUMENT an having discovered the New World and Man reigning as King in it the Devil envies his Paradisical State and in order to make him miserable like himself he tempts him to throw off the Government of his Lord and Maker All which the good Angel which guarded Paradise could not be ignorant of SATAN did tell the Peers of Hell An Antient Prophecy In Heaven was A World should rise From nothing very high In which New Land I understand A Creature beautiful Not much below our selves I know Will reign as I in Hell Come noble Peers some Course let 's steer This Land for to discover And then allure this Creature pure To act as our own Brother God on his Throne with his blest Son Saw Satan swiftly fly Unto the Man in this new Land To bring to misery The Angels good they understood While guarding this new Creature The fallen One discovered Man With a most blessed Feature An evil one they saw fly down To Adam in disguise So walkt their Rounds the Garden-Bounds If him they might surprize In Paradise he tempts with Lies That Man his Bliss might lose As he lost God all Hope and Good Which made him thus confus'd Satan did fix the weakest Sex With Eve did thus begin To eat 's no Death the Serpent saith It 's natural no Sin The Serpent speaks so fine and neat Which made the Woman say How came you thus to speak to us By tasting yonder Tree Come eat good Food and know as God Don't live in Ignorance In Envy he forbiddeth thee This Tree come eat but once And so at last through sinful Lust They both were overcome Their Fruit dear cost God's Image lost And so the World 's undone For Man his Maker his Creator In Paradise enjoyed Till he did sin against his King Nothing the Man annoy'd Till he did break and violate The Law of his Supream His Happiness was perfect Bliss He as a King did reign But on the Fall he came in thrall And was cast from his height The flaming Sword it brandished To keep the Tree of Life When Adam's Eyes apologiz'd No Boon was to be had No Penance then could help the Man To make him once more glad And must I go from Eden so As not to return more From this sweet Place and God of Grace O this is very sore O might I stay I would â—bey And never more offend who 'l intercede and for me beg Eden my Days may end Those fragrant Smells which far excel The Scents of Lebanon And Odours free on every Tree I 'll offer God alone Mr. Norris I 'll take my Rounds in Eden's Bounds Before I do depart Now farewel all my Joys do fail By a deceived Heart A publick Head so Adam stood As Christ is of his Spouse And what he did as our chief Head We did it gain or lose None would refuse but Adam chuse Them for to represent O none so fit nor none so meet Whatever the Event Therefore let none on God lay blame That we in Adam fell Had any his Choice it had been thus Pure Reason doth us tell CHAP. V. The ARGUMENT Adam apologizing for himself lays the Cause of his Apostacy on his Sovereign Lord and the Woman the Woman on the Serpent a Curse descends on them all Now Man being undone by the abuse of his Free-Will hath no hopes of any Restoration unless the uncreated Being shew Man more favour than the fallen Angels THIS Woman see thou gavest me Tempted and I did eat O blame not God Free-will abus'd Was it
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
his Mercy 's good He sent to us his Son To save us from the Proud and Strong Yea all our Enemies In Righteousness and Holiness To serve him all our Days That good Day-spring doth Knowledg bring Of Sins remission free And blessed Light and Peace in sight To those in Darkness lay With Simeon old let 's be so bold To take the Lord of Glory In Arms of Love tho high above Heaven's Superior Story And praise him too for 't is his due And tell him we can die Peace and Rest because the best Of Objects now we see Our Eyes have seen the blessed One Hid from great Potentates The Gentiles Light he is most bright And Israel's Glory great Now triumph Saint the Lord he went Unto Mount Calvary Suffer'd the Cross and bore the Curse For Man's Felicity â—or surely by his Poverty The Poor are very rich And by his Shame they have great Fame No earthly Monarch such We were set free for bound was he Unto the Post and Cross Great Grief he had we might be glad Our Crown cannot be lost â—rom Heaven's room the Son came down We all might there ascend God Man became he might regain That Love which hath no End No House had he tho of Heaven free We may have one above Not made with Hands or Mens Commands But by God's Power and Love God in the dark seem'd to forsake His own eternal Son We might have Light splendid and bright And ever with him dwell A Wonder 's here God's Son most dear Had less ground to expect The Shines of God when that he di'd Than Saints of either Sex He 's in the Dark to purchase Light From hence forsaken too Saints may expect tho Christ did not God's Shines their Dying-day Lord we a Song will sing as long As an Eternity O King of Days 't is endless Praise Is still thy Childrens cry What tho we stand in a strange Land A Babel Wilderness Our Harps will tune to the Renown Of him who 's Lord of Hosts As travelling on to Mount Sion Our House our Place our Home As going on we 'll sing our Song To him upon the Throne Who can but sing the Lord will come Methinks he 's at the Door Faith sees him stand now just at hand My Soul be sad no more With David sing and Offerings bring Let all the Saints of God Rejoice in him that maketh them Most glorious by his Blood Upon your Bed sing to your Head Declare his noble Acts For this will be-eternally The Work of Tongue and Hearts O let us sing the Lamb's sweet Song Cry Great and marvell us Are all thy Works Lord God of Hosts Almighty true and just And with Saint John we 'l praise the Lamb The Prince and King of Earth Who loved us and washed us With his own Blood through Faith To God most wise give all due Praise Glory and Majesty Dominion great a Prince's Seat He hath above the Sky Let 's give henceforth Hallelujah Salvation Honour too With that Voice came out from the Throne Praise God his Servants do O King of Saints all Nations faint At thy just Judgment Lord Who shall not fear and thee revere And spread thy Fame abroad Thou worthy art to have the Heart Because all Things th' hast made For thine own Will and Glory still Hence 't is we give thee Laud. Let Heav'n and Earth their Praise set forth And Hallelujahs sing For our high God and mighty Lord Remains a conqu'ring King CHAP. XXI The ARGUMENT An Evangelist sheweth whence it was that so much Shame and Pain fell on an innocent Person by striking the Name of the Debtors out of the black and bloody Bond of the Law and inserting his own What a long Journey he came to redeem and marry poor Leprous Beggars And what bloody Battels he fought to gain this poor contemptible Worm and how he invested her with an Eternal Kingdom of Glory from his last Will and Testament WHO Inquest-makes Interrogates The Scribe which here indites If he can show why all this Wo Fell on the Lord of Light I 'll take from thee Prolixity In a Compendium shew That thee and I made him to die Who was Messiah true His Cheeks we smote by our proud Heart And Hair eradicate His Hands and Feet Nails penetrate He might us happy make I say again thy Sin and mine Procured all this Wo The thorny Crown makes Blood run down From Head to Feet below We him did strip and also whip The Spear ran in his Side The Travail of his Soul did make An Enemy his Bride Come Malefactor evil Actor Make one believing look What all pass by none cast an Eye On me who am forsook Of my dear God my precious Lord And purely for your sake I left my Weal inscrutable I might you happy make My Hand I struck with God who took My Covenant and Bail That I might see the Debtor free From the Infernal Jail Men ought repent they ever went To take a Surety's Place But I did long the Day were come Tho suffer'd much Disgrace Your Names struck out the legal Book That Book and bloody Bond My Name I insert with all my Heart So I stand only bound I who am just God did arrest Your Substitute for all And God accounts the Sinner just And Christ the Criminal I paid Man's Debt by bloody Sweat In Prison also lay But afterward had a Discharge On th' Resurrection Day O Men admire free Grace the higher For Love distinguishing That you might live an Object have For Faith tho Devils none No Gospel-light before their sight Men no Commission have To preach in Hell the pure Gospel He only Men will save Surely Success we should not miss That are Ambassadors If we could preach and Devils teach Their Pardon Christ procures But now we preach our Hands we stretch In vain the whole long day And call upon the Sons of Men To haste and come away To Jesus Christ the Chief and Best But Sinners will not hear So Unbelief makes them the Chief Of Sinners will appear Yea greater than the Devil's Sin Or Man 's in Paradise For neither of them did rebel Against redeeming Grace CHAP. XXII The ARGUMENT The Spouse of Christ interposeth with the admiration of his Love the Quantity and immense Treasures thereof having no Bank nor Bottom The Nature of it is free All Sinners may fill their Vessels from this Pipe which is more comfortable than the most fragrant Wine and so powerful that it draws the Heart to Christ as a Loadstone the Mass of Steel WHAT marvellous rich Love is this That such a cursed Race As we came from should sit among The Children of his Grace Our Fathers sure the Hittites were Our Mothers Amorites A cursed Race yet by free Grace In those the Lord delights None us beheld when in the Field All wallowing in our Blood None pitied us under this Curse But the Samar'tan good He casts an Eye when passed by