I will come as in thy Son His Robys shall hide my shame He is my Spouse and my lov'd Lord In him thou lovest me I to thy will would still accord And with him still agree In his bright Robes I will present My selfe to thee and say To doe thy will is my intent In him I thee obey Thou canst not now Lord me reject Thou must me perfect see His beauty doth on me reflect I 'me beautifull to thee The Dart. SHoot from above Thou God of Love And with heav'ns dart Wound my blest heart Descend sweet life And end this strife Earth would me stay But I 'le away I 'le dye for love Of thee above Then should I bee Made one with thee And let be sed Eliza's dead And of love dy'd That love defi'd By a bright beam shot from above She did ascend to her great Love And was content of love to dye Shot with a dart of Heavens bright eye Of Poetry POets they say are always poor But t is not they are at thy door They cannot chuse but wealthy be For why Rich poems flow from thee T is they that clime the hill is none of thine But goe for aid unto the Muses Nine No wonder though such fools are poor That goe for Alms to a wrong door They seek to them to get their wealth Who have too little for their selfe To the King writ 1644. TO thee Great Monarch of this Isle I send my Babes pray make them smile For yet methinks t is in thy power To make them smile or let them lower They 'r children to that Prince of might Who is the Prince of peace behight Do not with war my Babes affright In smiling peace is their delight My Prince by yeelding won the field Be not too rigid dear King yeeld Examples that are great and high I hope you 'l follow fix your eye On my great prince that is your King He left a Heaven you peace to bring A Kingdome I 'de not have you leave But rather three reform'd receive All blisse and peace I wish to you Let us in peace your presence view To the Queen of Bohemiah LOng since it was by me defir'd To see that Queen so much admir'd But well I knew t' was not for mee Great Princesses to goe to see But thraldomes key did let me out And trouble brought my wish about By thraldome then I freedome gain'd By trouble my desire obtain'd I then did see her so admir'd And thy rich graces Lord inspir'd A minde so great and bravely beare What in the most breeds care and feare A spirit high so humble bee To deigne her sweet regards to me Her I admire and for her pray On earth she may live many a day And when this earth she shall forsake That into heaven thou wouldst her take Where on a Throne she may be Crown'd And with bright Angels compast round The Lover COme let us now to each discover Who is our friend and who our Lover What art thou now asham'd of thine I tell thee true I me not of mine And you will say when you him see That none but he defir'd can bee He is the onely pleasing wight Whose presence can content my sight For He 's the purest red and white In whom my soule takes her delight He to the flowrs heir beauty gives In him the Rose and Lilly lives His pleasant haire with feemly grace Hangs by his faire sweet lovely face And from his pleasing eyes do dart Their arrows which do pierce my heart These beauties all are richly grac'st For on his head a crown is plac'st Of glory which doth shine so bright As mortall eye can see this light This lovely Lord's the Prince of Peace In him my joyes will still increase For he 's the true and constant friend Whose love begun will never end From Heaven he came with me to dwell And sav'd my soul from direfull hell 'T is he alone my heart doth gaine That keeps me from eternall pain While here I live here he will bee Death cannot separate him from me And when I dye he will me place Where I shall ever see his face Into his glory hee 'l take mee This doe I know this shall you see And now you know my loved friend My loves begun it will not end The renowned King LAdies if beauty you desire Or to high fortunes doe aspire Come now with me I have descride A Prince that to all can you guide He is a King of great renown And on your head can place a Crowne And with immortall beauty blesse Can you wish more yet wish no lesse If you desire this Prince to see Then leave the world and goe with me To true Elisian fields I 'le guide You where I this great Prince espi'd The holy leaves of Sacred writ Are those Elisians there let 's gett Where with joy we shall him finde This glorious Prince will please your minde He 's like the Rose in Sharon fields Pleasant to sight and sweetnesse yeelds With sweet and faire from his bright face The Lilly and the Rose gets grace With serious thoughts now him behold If you him love you may be bold And in his presence ever bee His beauty will reflect on thee If thou get beauty from his face He will you take from your mean place And on his Throne he will set thee Where with his Crown thou crown'd shalt bee That beauty still with thee will stay Time will not carry it away That Crowne shall no man take from thee But thou shalt wear 't eternally To my Sister S. S. SWeet Sister Let us in Heaven greet Since here on earth we cannot meet Hard by that stream of Christall pure To meet thee there I will be sure That streame which from this Throne doth rise Whose waters pure cure our ill eyes Then let us sit us downe and rest No enemies shall us there molest Le ts leave our bodies here as dead When thus our Soules to heaven are fled Where we possesse a ravisht joy When as the world lies in annoy Let 's take those waters now and drink 'T will make us then no more to think Of these base follies here below Dear Sister let us both doe so Then let us set us down and tell By whom we were redeem'd from hell T' was he that sits on you bright Throne Wrought our redemption all alone Who would not now their soules prize high For whom so great a Prince did die Come let us up those streams and see Where those bright glories sitting bee There Three in One conjoyn'd we see And yet each Person differing be There sets our powerfull God alone Upon his glorious heavenly Throne At his right hand sits his dear Son Oh! Who would think he 'd let him come From that bright Throne to suffer here And for our sakes vile to appear Ten thousand thousand Angels bee Tending about his Throne you see They sing the praises of that King Oh hear
all his fighting Souldiers victorious Conquerors and at the length he will take them up into a Triumphant chariot of glory to raigne with him as Kings in his Kingdome of immortall felicity where he will place on their head a Crown of eternall glory On ECCLES 9.7 Goe eat thy bread with joy c. MY Dear Lord with what a sweet and pleasing object this morning hast thou presented mine eyes that they may deliver it to my heart for to my heart thou art pleas'd to speak it and if any shall aske if that message was sent to me I will aver it was for they who by the hand of faith lay hold on the promises of God are and shall be partakers of those promises My hand presented that object to mine eyes mine eyes delivered it to my heart my heart took hold of it by the hand of faith so that I may confidently say It belongs both to Soul and body And now methinks I hear my God saying to me Go But some may say Goe is a word of separation and so he will say to those that shall for ever be debar'd of his happy presence but yet to me he sayes Go but it is not from him but with him to that blessed place from which Adam fell and I am sure it is not from him but with him for from him is hell but here is joy and gladnesse to my heart and delicacy of cloathing and in his presence is the fulnesse of joy and at his right hand is life everlasting But did I say it is to that place from which Adam fell my thoughts then hover'd too neer the earth it is to heaven my God bids me goe with him for I must eat my bread with joy and drink my wine with a merry heart and let my garments be alwayes white and my head must want no odoriserous oyntment for God accepts thy workes My Lord When I consider that those words were spoken to those whose works thou acceptest My confidence is somewhat shaken whether or no those words were spoken to me for thou art a God of pure eyes and canst not behold iniquity I am a creature unclean defil'd with originall and actuall sin How then canst thou O God accept my workes for unclean hands defile what they touch But stagger not my soul nor doubt for now to my memory is presented that to the house of David was a fountain set open for sin and for uncleannesse Hast thee thither my soul that thou maist be clean for thou needst not doubt but that fountain belongs to thee for from eternity by election wert thou affianc'd to him that was to be the immortall son of David and so thou being of his linage the priviledge of that fountain must belong to thee yea my Soule thou hast heard himselfe cry out If any thirst let him come to him and drinke and out of him shall flow rivers of living water I wil not stay but will hast and run to thee O blessed fountain of life and I will drinke abundantly of that desired water that shall make me capable of so great a blisse and purge me clean from my actuall and originall pollutions so that my God may accept my works and I goe with confidence to eat my bread and drinke my wine with a merry heart But stay my Soul dost thou thinke to run to heaven in a full career of felicity and pleasure thou canst not but remember that the servants of God have eaten the bread of affliction and drunke the wine of astonishment and mingled their drinke with their tears this was their portion heretofore I confesse it was so but I finde in this message at now which cals to my minde that there was a time when I could not do so for when I lay polluted in the deformity of my sins and had my hands foul with the poison of mine iniquities 't is no wonder if then our bread be the bread of affliction and our wine the wine of astonishment and how can we chuse but mingle our drinke with our tears when we feed our selves with those hands which we have washt in poison how can we chuse but thinke that that bread must end us here and carry us from a fearfull life in this world to be tormented in a hideous place of misery for ever Onâ—y God! How can they either eat or drink with contentment who have not first sought out that fountaine wherein they may wash themselves clean from that dreadfull poison But my Soul have heard thee â—ay thou wouldst hast to that pure stream and wash thee cleane from thine iniquities and thou being clean maist now goe and possesse those free liberties My Soul Thou must now flee to heaven and there eat that living bread and drinke that wine of life which cannot be taken but with excessive joy so that out of them shall flow rivers of living waters springs of joy shall rise in thee and streams of thanks and praise shall flow from thee to thy dear God for his infinite blessings these will be to thee rivers of life And from heaven my soul maist thou take those white garments with which thou maist always be cloath'd for his garments were white and glistering then aske for those robes of purity that are his for thou maist be sure thou shalt obtaine and being cloath'd in those garments thou needst not fear thou sholdst ever be found naked or unseemly drest for thou shalt be gloriously habited because God will make thy righteousnes in him as clear as the light and thy just dealing as the noon day and now my Soul thou loving and desiring those garments of righteousnesse needst not fear that thy head shall want any precious ointment for if thou with and in that great King lovest right and hatest iniquity God even thy God will annoint thee with the oyle of gladnes And now my Soul Thou seest the priviledges that are presented to thee in this speech but thou saidst ere-while it belonged to thy body too I confesse it did but my thoughts were so taken up with the consideration of the infinite felicity of my Soul that I had almost forgot my body and truly did not she accord to the action of my Soul and desire with her onely to be happy by the priviledges that adhere to her by reason of my Soul I would never seek to content her nor regard any priviledges that belongs to her but she is an assenting companion to my Soul and an instrument to convey the promises of God to her and shall hereafter be a perfect glorious companion with her in eternall blisse I will now regard the priviledges that belong to her in this message And though I thought thaâ— place from which Adam fell too mean for the felicity oâ— my Soul yet for my body it is a place sufficiently considerable and seeing the benefits that were lost by the first Adam are all with many more restor'd to thee by the second My body thou
in heaven doth reign The Pavillion ON thy fair wings most sacred Dove Let me be rais'd with thee on high Unto the heavenly God of Love Where I shal rest me quietly No ill shall there my Dove affright I 'le bid all feare on earth adieu For I am now at such a height As cannot reached be by you In this Pavillion I shall sing Though I may see you fly at me I am assur'd by his bright wing He will not let me wounded bee The Submission MY soul to Heaven would hast fly And there make suit that I may die Because from heaven she is detain'd Lives in a body sometimes pain'd And in her glory cannot be So long as here she stayes in me But that thy will shee doth respect And looks to what thou hast elect And will contented be to stay That here thy will she might obey The wisheth rather to please thee Then in her glory for to bee The Change VAine world when as I loved thee Dire sadnesse still possessed me But since I lernt to dispise thee Sweet joys and gladnesse filleth me The Choice HEavenly treasure In some measure Hast thou here unto me sent Yet I would dye And to heav'n fly To possesse a full content My soul 's sweet joy Nought doth annoy But my body 's sometimes pain'd I cannot bee From all ill free Till bright heaven I have obtain'd Here the story Of thy glory Is that which doth me delight But sure more joy With no annoy Must be in thy Palace bright With speed thy will Let me fulfill And take me to thy heavenly light The Rest FRom Heaven still flows such sweet Celestiall joy That this earths troubles shall not me annoy For I above them shall set safe and free And underneath me shall them gliding see The morning Star BRight morning star of heavenly light Rise to my Soul and banish night And with thy fair bright beams expell Those clouds that make this world like hell And with thy sweet attractive power Raise thou me to thy blissefull bower Where being rais'd let me aye rest Fixt in the Region of thy brest Where like a bright star I shall shine I being array'd in rayes of thine And to the darkesome world shine bright I living in thy glorious light The worlds farewell NOw to the world I bid adieu I 'me hasting better things to view To Heavens faire Palace shining bright It may be I may fly to night And 'mong bright Angels spend my time To hear and see but what 's Divine And with an Orient light be clad And live like to the Angels glad For what makes me so joyfull here Cause in thy robes I shall appear Lye thou my body in theeath Till thou shalt gain a better birth From earth thou cam'st spotted with sin And thither so return'st agen When thou art purified then I Shall take thee and thou shalt not dye And when the Trumpet thou dost hear Thou in thy glory shalt appear A King doth come to bring that lort Which he himselfe for thee hath got A Kingdom 't is of joy and glory And now I end my earthly story The Swans FAire Swans you now beyond me go In pleasant Robes like pure white snow But I ere long shall be more bright In faire eternall robes of light Your fair robes fall and fade away But my bright robes shall nev'r decay You sing they say before you dye But when I 'me dead then sing shall I. To a friend at Court REtired here content I live My own thoughts to me pleasure give While thine owne actions anger thee Sweet quiet thoughts contenteth me This blessing sweet retirednesse brings We envy none but pity Kings Christs Kingdome With you blest Angels I must sing That brought the news of heav'ns great King That from bright Heaven awhile did part To raise his Kingdome with my heart Before he came there was great strife To lead me to a hellish life But like an humble Babe cam'st thou Yet made those mighty powers to bow Thou didst regain me for thy right For I at first sprang from thy light Satan aside a while drew me But could not keep me Lord from thee When thou hast cast off that foule fin Thy Kingdome in me didst begin And here thou wilt still reign in me Till I shall come and reigne with thee At thy approach black shades did vanish And from my heart thou feare didst banish And in their room did light appear And joy instead of dreadly feare Sweet joy and peace thou didst bring me How can I chuse but sing to thee To my great God all glory be Thou plac'st his Kingdome here in me Vaine thoughts banisht A Dieu vain thoughtt Adieu Adieu My Soule no more delights in you You 'r no companion for my spirit I must a heaven of blisse inherit Your darknesse dims my souls cleare fight And you debar me of heavens light When free from you I heaven can view Vain thoughts I now will banish you My intention GO vaine invention get you hence With me make not your residence Court not my Muse with fine invention To praise my God t is my intention Lord let no line be writ by me That excludes or includes not thee Earths honour slighted OF Earthly honour tell not me The vanity of it I see T is like a flower that soon doth rise If ruffly struck it falls and dies But that bright honour which I prise Sweetly springs up and never dies And 's like the Sun whose pleasing ray Doth banish night and bring the day His pleasant sweet attractive light Raiseth me to a heavenly hight With this fair honour being drest I 'me free from fear and live in rest 'T is heavenly honour I esteem All earthly honour vain I deem The one is made to fall and dye I love what bides eternally Luke 20.36 In that world they shall be equall to the Angels HEre like the Angels let me be And as those blessed spirits free From vaine engagements let me bide And as they with thee still reside Like them I 'me made by my new birth But I 'me still wrapt in robes of earth Through a darke mantle I thee see But oh that I unwrapt may be This blessing now on earth me give That like thine Angels I might live So shall my soul such sweet joys find That earthly things I shall not minde Vpon the morning rise NOw welcome sweet and pleasant Morn Doe you not thinke that I you scorn Cause with a more Orientall light Imbellisht is my blest spirit With thanks I still you entertaine For by your light my eye-sight gain But you are darknesse to that light That is discride by my souls sights Vpon hearing the Birds sing SWeet Birds with you I le set and sing Due praises to our heavenly King Like you me thinks I am as free So made great divine Prince by thee My Robes I Will not now to thee Lord come As I from Adam came But
He sees the wanton glances of your eye Think with your selfe and then you will refraine You both your self and your great Lord defame I wonder how you can this vain world love â—f you did forget your heaven above 〈◊〉 in your ill unlawfull actions live â—â—r God doth freely all things to you give â—ve you but constant to his love and true 〈◊〉 things are lawfull to be us'd by you The Curse 〈◊〉 thou detainst my right from me 〈◊〉 never will wish worse to thee â—ou ill enough hast in thy selfe 〈◊〉 right to thee will prove an Elf. 〈◊〉 Angels will be good to mee â—t Devils they will prove to thee Metamorphis strange I see â—gels with me Devils with thee â—us while I wish no ill to thee â—ith what I have God will blesse me â—nd will with what thou dost detain â—t thee to a most hellish paine This on my Tombe shall written bee When I in Glory am with thee â—Ain mortals you thinke I am dead You are deceiv'd for I am fled Into that Kingdome I did chuse When as the earth I did refuse And I in glory now am plac'st And with a Crowne in Heaven am grac'st My soul in fair bright Robes doth shine My Lord methinks they 'r like to thine Which in the Mountain did appear Glorious shining bright and clear On marriage LOrd if thou hast ordain'd for me That I on earth must married be As often I have been foretold Be not thy will by me contrould And if my heart thou dost incline Children to have Lord make them thine Or never let 't be said they 'r mine I shall not like what 's not divine I no ambition have for earth My thoughts are of a higher birth The Souls sweet Babes do bring no pain And they immortalize the name The Gift MY Lord hast thou given me away Did I on earth for a gift stay Hath he by prayer of thee gain'd me Who was so strictly knit to thee To thee I onely gave my heart Wouldst thou my Lord from that gift part I know thou wouldst deliver me To none but one belov'd by thee But Lord my heart thou dost not give Though here on earth while I doe live My body here he may retain My heart in heaven with thee must reigne Then as thy gift let him thinke me â—ith I a donage am from thee And let him know thou hast my heart â—e onely hath my earthly part â—t was my glory I was free And subject here to none but thee And still that glory I shall hold If thou my Spirit dost infold It is my blisse I here serve thee T is my great joy thou lovest mee The choice of my Friend PRay tell the world I did chuse thee Cause thou aspir'st to heaven with mee I did not chuse for earthly state But ' cause thou seem'st base earth to hate It was not earth my love did merit 'T was a high and heavenly spirit Thus with heaven I did decree That such a one my friend should be And while our spirits doe aspire To heaven I have my hearts desire And still methinks I am yet free We living both great God in thee The change Great God! HOw hast thou chang'd my thoughts in me For when I thought to be a wise I then did think troubled to be Because I saw most live in strife But thou a husband hast given me Whose sweet discretion doth direct And orders all things so for me As if of heaven he were elect To take all trouble quite from me That earths possession here doth bring And so doth leave me quite to thee Thy praises here to sit and sing Promise Performed MY Lord thou hast perform'd most free What in thy word thou promis'd me That if thy Kingdome first sought wee All things on earth should added bee Thou hast giv'n me earth water aire And heavenly fire which is more rare That heavenly flame thou hast sent me To offer up the earth to thee And if thou pleasest them to take I willingly shall them forsake I 'le not be loth to give to thee What of thy bounty thou gav'st me Plenty thou hast great God in store And if thou please canst give me more If earth thou tak'st and heaven giv'st me A gainer yet I much shall bee Not a Husband though never so excelling in goodness to us must detaine our desires from Heaven MY heart I finde upon her wings Ready to flee from earthly things But that the vertue lives in thee On earth a while retaineth me Not that of life I weary am For what on earth here wish I can From heavens great Prince receive I doe I must most freely tell to you Great blessings from him I injoy And with him I have no annoy Yet these must not retaine my heart Another of me claims his part To heavens great prince I must away No love on earth here must me stay He lent me but awhile to you And now I must bid you adieu My Descent IF any one thinke meane of me 'T is cause they doe not my birth see I did descend from a great King And an Immortall God did spring I 'me daughter to the King of Kings And must contemn base earthly things To heaven's great Prince he married me And now my linage you may see And while I mean am in your eye I often to my glory flye And with my great Prince do abide Where placed by his blessed side With heavenly blisse methinks I 'me crown'd His glorious beams do me surround Where I set and hear the story Of my Prince and see his glory To my Husband WHen from the world I shall be tane And from earths necessary paine Then let no blacks be worne for me Not in a Ring my dear by thee But this bright Diamond let it be Worn in rememberance of me And when it sparkles in your eye Think 't is my shadow passeth by For why more bright you shall me see Then that or any Gem can bee Dress not the house with sable weed As if there were some dismall deed Acted to be when I am gone There is no cause for me to mourn And let no badge of Herald be The signe of my Antiquity It was my glory I did spring From heavens eternall powerfull King â—o his bright Palace heir am I. â—is his promise hee 'l not lye â—y my dear Brother pray lay me 〈◊〉 was a promise made by thee â—nd now I must bid thee adieu â—or I 'me a parting now from you My Bill of thanks to Mr. C. THough my words rare thou dost not finde Might not God be prais'd by my minde The heart not phrase God doth esteem To him my heart in them are seen Let men like God my words not minde In them a thankfull heart they finde To praise him is my souls intent For his great blessings he hath sent You said at the end of my dayes God would them bring out to my praise My own praise I regard it
maist goe with my Soul and eat thy temporall bread with joy and drinke thy wine with a merry heart and thy garments may be pleasant and delighting and thy head want no odoriferous ointment for our bountiful and liberall God hath given us many creatures for pleasure and delight as well as for necessity but 't is with a restraint our bodies are of Adams race we must not touch that which is forbidden thou maist use them all with an innocency not with any sinister end or to thinke to make thy selfe like a God by them or with them but thou maist lawfully use them all to praise thy God for them and with them Thus my body thou seest thou art happy with my Soule and my Soul is happy in thee and you shall be both glorious together in Heaven and now my heart can wish no greater blisse on earth but my tongue must ever say To my Great God all glory bee That gives such blessings unto me Ambition MY Lord I will not â—inely desire to pry into thy Cabinet of secrets to finde out what was the reason why thou didst cast down those sometime bright Angels in Heaven now tormenting tormented spirits in hel but I have heard that some have thought that it was for having too ambitious and too high desires My Lord Could their desires be rais'd higher then are mine for I confesse mine reach unto thy Throne Nothing will now satisfie me but to be inthron'd with thee in glory I am grown so confident too that I aver those high desires in me to be lawfull and know that for them thou wilt not cast me from thee but wilt inthrone me with thee My Lord I see 't is dangerous to doe any thing in thy service without a command or a message from thee For I see many things done by thy command blest with felicity when without punisht with misery I finde no command given them for such desires but methinkes I hear that blest Apostle of thine When returned from his heavenly rapture cals to me and tels me from thee that I must seek those things that are above where Christ sits at the right hand of God and that my life is hid in Christ with thee so that now I seeking to attaine my high desires made lawfull by thy command am not onely placed on thy Throne by thee but I am in thee and those rebellious Spirits that sought to obtain their ambitious desires without thy commands are not onely cast out of thy blessed presence but also are for ever to be tormented in eternall misery Now on thy Throne thou hast plac'st me Great God with thee No greater blisse can wished be My Lord by me I now will set me downe and rest Being so high blest MY God! I will not doe good on earth to shine with thee in glory But because I will shine with thee in glory I will doe good on earth Vpon Peters denyall SAint Peter How well had it been hadst thou spoke and kept thy word for why shouldst thou be offended at thy good Master he telling thee that himselfe should be smitten you should but be scattered Had he told you that you should be smitten and he separated from you there might have been some reason you might have been offended but when himselfe was to be smitten and for your sakes too to secure you from eternall destruction Methinks the offence was taken on the contrary side But if in thy family it was so taken thou strict Prince of perfection no wonder if it be so in families of looser libertie and full of imperfection I doe not wonder to hear thee say Thou wilt not be offended but I wonder that thou were not over-joyed to hear him telling thee that for all he should so suffer yet he would after he was risen goe before you into â—alille Methinks I should hear you filling the world â—ith songs of thanks-giving for joy of that Kingdome â—e hath promised you from his Father and for the assuâ—â—nce he gave you of his resurrection rather then hear â—ee denying such a powerfull and loving Master with â—athes My Lord Let me with him not be ashamed â—o professe thee but keep me from the shame of deâ—ying thee or if thou maist gain glory by my fall give â—e with him abundance of teares and a heart and â—ongue to confesse my fault to thee and to the world â—hat thou and they may see with him my repentance My Redemption acknowledged MY Lord Hast thou spoken it and shall it not be performed It is impossible Thou the Ruler of â—ll the world hast by thy blessed Prophet bid that â—hey which are redeemed by the Lord declare with praise how he hath redeemed them from the hand of the oppressor rather then thy word should not be fulâ—â—l'd to thy faithful friend Thou vvilt raise him children â—ut of the dust of the earth rather then this command not be performed thou vvilt raise me who am as one out of the dust to be one of them that must declare vvith praise hovv thou hast delivered me from the hands of mine enemies And though I finde it a thing now adays done but by few and so by doing it may make my self a wonder and ridiculous to the world and some other womanish reasons that might detaine me from it yet I cannot but know thou hast redeemed meâ— and I must confesse it was thou alone my great God that hast done it for it was none but the great God and Ruler of the world that could deliver me 〈◊〉 of the Lands of that great enemy of mine and of all man-kind that Prince that rules in the aire who goes about like roaring Lyon seeking each minute to devour us Oâ— of the arms and power of that fiery enemy hast thoâ— unparalel'd Conqueror delivered me else had I beeâ— led captive to his will For that great deliverance 〈◊〉 thine my Soul shall render thee continuall praise I was thou O great Prince of life and death that triumphed over death thou only canst deliver me from thâ— feare of death and make me imbrace it with a Heaveâ— of contentment It is onely thou my Lord who alonâ— dost arise to them that fear thy name with healing iâ— thy wings canst and hast cur'd me of to man uncurable diseases Thou hast cur'd me too of the plague oâ— my own heart No Conqueror did Conquer ought But o're what Death had power Thou Conqueror hast Conquer'd Death Which Conquer'd us each houre PSALME â— Thou hast compast me about with Songs of Deliverance BLessed King Well maist thou say Thou shouldst bâ— compast about with Songs of deliverance when thâ— Lord of Hosts was thy hiding place with him are nâ— Complainers in his presence is nothing but joy thosâ— that are under the protection of his pleasant wings cannot but have their hearts full of excessive joy which moves their tongues to sing songs of praises and thanksgiving to their great and powerfull protector for delivering
exactly to thee as I should for me thought â—e besought me from thee to offer up my self a living â—acrifice wholly and acceptably to thee My Lord I â—ave heretofore long since given my selfe to thee by â—ierce meals but I fear reserving something from thee â—nd if offering my selfe wholly to thee be but a reasoâ—oble serving of thee sure when I reserved any thing â—om thee that service was contemptible But graciâ—us Father pardon all that heretofore I have done aâ—isse in thy service for now I doe give up my selfe wholly to thee But how shall I dare to say my self I â—are not appeare by my selfe in thy presence yet with â—nd in my self I may Thou hast taught me out of thy â—oyall story to know that thou hast given me that Princely Son of thine I cannot chuse but accept so â—ich a present then seeing he is mine and I am his I am confident to present my selfe to thee with and in him My Lord thou canst not but take the care 〈◊〉 me now I have given my selfe wholly to thee thâ— gracious Father let me live without fear of falling frâ—â— thee for if I fall from thee wilt not thou loose paâ—â— of thy glory My Lord I know it stands not wiâ—â— thine honour to let that perish which is committed iâ— to thy hands then sith I have commited my self whâ—â—ly to thee let me with confidence sit downe and reâ—â— and fear no evill For from all ill I shall be free Sure nothing can be ill to me Vpon Adams fall MY Dear God! did thy Majesty make Adam wiâ—â— before he fell then any man or hast thou siâ—â— his fall given man the gift of Faith or had he no neeâ— of Faith or did Adam not beleeve thee the maker 〈◊〉 all things so much as we beleeve each other Suâ—â— Adam did not beleeve thee when thou toldst him thâ—â— the day he should eat of that tree he should dye tâ—â— death We thinke men wise when they avoid what 〈◊〉 told them will hurt them I finde Adam not so wiâ—â— and if one tell us Mercury will cause our death wâ—â— that are called the depraved Sons of Adam will not eaâ— it if we be in our right senses though the purenesse 〈◊〉 the colour may tempt us and it be onely a mortaâ—â— man that tels us so who neither made it nor eveâ— try'd it Adam beleev'd not the O Lord who made that tree and gavest the nature to it O Adam whaâ— made thee to eat of that tree hadst thou not this greaâ— world full of all pleasures to content thee a beautifuâ— healthfull active body a minde indued with all exceâ—lent and pleasing knowledge No where couldst thoâ—â— cast thine eye but it had pleasing objects nothinâ— couldst thou tast but it was delicious no troubled mind no distracted thoughts to take thee one minute from these delights or cause thee to wish a change Oh what then was it But now I must check my selfe Great God pardon me I now sin with Adam whiles I am inquiring why Adam â—inn'd he would know what he should not I what I cannot Thou hadst made him so wise as was sufficient for any mortall man and hadst given him such qualities of his Soul as were requisite to have made him for ever happy in that blessed condition Frail Adam I will no more examine whether thou hadst faith or no or whether thou didst thinke to have been happier by what was kept from thee then in possessing what was so plentifully given to thee Great God I will content my self to know thou hadst made him at first in a happy condition and us so in him and will be patient now I see my selfe in a worse because thou hast given me faith to beleeve I shall be in a better And as Adam made himselfe unhappy by expecting to be happier So I shall be more happy by beleeving I shall be gloriously perfect hereafter Security in Danger MY Lord When with that blessed servant of thine I send up to thee my petitions for security against those that rise up against us Let me receive his assurance that thou hearest me out of thy holy hill and let me say with him I will lay me downe and also sleep in peace for thou Lord onely makest me dwell in safety I will not be afraid of ten thousand of people that should beset me round about for seeing it hath pleas'd thee to let me be in a Kingdome of division though blessed be thy name who hath yet preserv'd me I am now in a place of peace yet for ought I know I might to morrow be incompassed with ten thousand enemies though not to me in particular yet to those among whom I am now in safety But if thou art pleas'd I shall be so inclos'd then let not me be afraid of them shr thou canst preserve me either by destroying those that would harme me or by letting me finde favour in the sight of mine enemies or by their hands canst thou send me to thy blessed Tabernacle of security where I shall never need any more to send up prayers for deliverance but shall alwayes sing praises to thee for having so many wayes to deliver me And so all fear I now may bid adieu Goe enemies I 'me secur'd from you The Royall Priest-hood PEace Present now no more to me to take my spirit from the height of felicity that I am a creature of a weaker sex a woman For my God! If I must live after the example of thy blessed Apostle I must live by faith and faith makes things to come as present and thou hast said by thy servant that we shall be like thy blessed Son then thou wilt make all thy people as Kings and Priests Kings are men and men are Kings And Souls have no sex the hidden man of the heart makes us capable of being Kings for I have heard it is that within makes the man then are we by election capable of as great a dignity as any mortall man But thoughts of mortals now Adieu I will close the eyes of my Soul to mortality and will not open them but to eternity seeing that by thy grace and faith in thee thou hast made us partaker of thy divine nature by thy assistance I will live by faith I will no more now see my self as mortall but as an immortall King will I begin to live that hidden man never dies but when mine immortall King that plac'st me in this Kingdome of felicity with him shall see it fit time he will raise me on a triumphant Chariot compos'd of the wings of bright Angel to his immortall Kingdome of Glory where I shall reigne with him for all eternity and never more desire to change And as a Royall Priest must I be to thee ever offering up the sweet incense of my praises to thy divine Majesty for thy infinite mercies to me thy unworthy servant The secure Pavillion MY God Thy children need not now pray that those lips may be put to silence that speak grievous things against them they have long since had a freind and thou a servant that sent up his petitions to thee for that and as if he been ravisht with a present answer from thee he cryes out O how great is thy goodnesse that thou hast laid up in store for them that fear thee before the Sons of men that would dishonour thy servants And now he hath brought us so pleasing a message from thee that it is no wonder if we with disregard slight those unsavory words which we hear And now look here all you who shall any way slight or annoy his children by your odd speeches they are plac'st above your reach for God will laide them in the secret of his presence from the pride of men he will keep them secretly in his Pavilion from the strife of tongues you may shoot but your aime must be above your head if you think to hit them and when you have shot your arrows cannot reach them but they may light where you would not have them on your own heads A Question MY God! What businesse on earth is worth detaining a Soul from Heaven that is prepar'd with desire to come from earth to live in heaven with thee Palmer Why told you me God hath something here remarkable for mee to doe before I leave the earth else could I have laid downe my head each night with expectation of a mornings rise in heaven now I doe lay it downe onely with a contenting joy that I am his and that when his will is done with me or by me here I shall then goe to possesse tha Heaven which onely can content the desire of my immortall Soul Had you not told me so I might have hop'd that excessive joy for the glory which I shall possesse might have rais'd me to that blisse to which I doe aspire My God my Soul breaths after thee and cannot be satisfied till she comes to a full possession of thee Lord what on earth can there be done by mee Worth keeping here my longing Soul from thee Wings my Doves you have now obtain'd To flee to that Invincible Rock Where you may hide you safe In those Clifts of Security From your Malignant Enemies Who may flee after you And think to graspe you And so to hurt you But they cannot But you may without any gaul tell them You are plac'd beyond their envies reach And with that blest Apostle may say 'T is a small matter for me to be judg'd By you or of mans judgement The Lord is Judge of all He judgeth me and I Am safe under His powerfull Wings