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 both 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 fee. 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 ou 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 mindâ— 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 how
I my deserts consider My judgement thus I must deliver Into the pit and dungeon deep Where Satan is adjudg'd to keep Where fire and brimstone raging be Where pain abides perpetually Into this place of misery There should I goe when that I dye Go leave thy thoughts thy own thoughts leave And from thy God answer receive From that fierce place of misery Thee for to save the Lord did die And though no sin he did commit He of his goodnesse thought it fit To take thy sins and quit them all And bid thee then no more to fall And tells thee thou needs not to fear For why of thee he takes the care And that on earth while thou dost live For tendance on thee he will give His Angels charge thee to protect And be the guard of his Elect His mercy is the onely reason We are secur'd from Satans Treason Felicity I Am my Gods and he doth let me see In hima true and sweet felicity Those springs of joy that rise still fresh in me Proceed my dear sweet heavenly Prince from thee On sudden Death IF thou in hast shalt send for me Great God to live in Heaven with thee Though to some minds it sodain be It is not sodain unto me Heaven LOrd thou dost bring a heaven with thee Then where I am a heaven must be For thou art ever Lord with mee The Giver engaged to the Receiver THou saist thou art ingag'd to me For what I give when I 'm to thee Thou dost accept a gift that 's poor For it I have ten thousand more The Sun Beames THy blessings like the Sunbeams bee Reaching from heaven to earth on me Like a rich Canopy they show Spreading from Heaven doth round me flow 'T is not abundance rich makes me But a sufficiency from thee To my Brother ELiza saies when as she dies Shee 'l banish tears from all your eyes Unlesse for envy you will weep That you could not her blest soul keep From her eternall blisse and joy Tolive with yours in earths annoy When you have brought me to my grave Then tell the world t is what I 'de have Yee need not say you left me dead But say I am laid in my bed Where I shall safely lye and sleep For heavens great Emperor doth me keep 'Mong Kings and Princes that attend Till to our glory we ascend What I Love GIve me a Soule give me a Spirit That flyes from earth heaven to inherit But those that grovell here below What! I love them I 'le not do so The onely bound MY boundlesse spirits bounded be in thee For bounded by no other can they be The Christians happinesse GOds high Spirit shall thee direct His Angels shall thee still protect They shal thee guard while thou dost sleep They from all evill shall thee keep So thou no evill needs to fear Because of thee God takes the care The Retribution IF thou art pleas'd to have my heart Accept it Lord from me Sith thou dost chuse it for thy part I give it none but thee Mine eyes to thee I doe present Accept them now of me For thou unto me hast them lent They doe belong to thee Thus heart and eyes and all are thine That doe belong to me Before I knew that they were mine They were all made by thee Gods Commands easie MY Lord how easie is thy will Do as I would be done unto Thy holy Law I then fulfill And give the Lord his praises due Why should I to another doe What I would not have done to me All praises to thee Lord is due For all we have proceeds from thee Praise GLory to my gracious Lord Who to my wishes doth accord While here I live I must thee praise For as in Heaven I spend my dayes For nought doth here my soul annoy But I possesse a Heaven of Joy And when from this blisse thou'le take me In glorious Heaven my soul shall be The Companion WHo doth an heavenly Muse injoy Regards not this vain worlds annoy Nor can they ever be alone Heavens Muse is there Companion Vpon the losse of my Brother WHen losse of ought would thee torment Cry 't is thy will Lord I 'me content My love must not divided be 'Twixt Earth and Heaven thou 'lt have me see My brother from me thou hast tane But yet content I must remaine A Brother and a friend was he But much more thou wilt be to me When thoughts of absence moves a tear Thy will is that I should forbear He went not but by thy decree And I must not displeased be On the Sun AT height of noon it cannot be That I can fix mine eyes on thee But when at setting I am bold With setled eyes thee too behold Converter of Atheistick thought Thou wert to me when as I sought A remedy against that sin Which I too deep was falling in Some one above thee must make thee Thou govern'd by a God must be Being told she was proud MY body it must surely dye Off to be proud then what have I. Yet proud if they will have me be My high-borne soule it is of thee But Lord my Soul is none of mine Shall I be proud of what is thine As being thine from pride I 'me free It is enough I 'me freed by thee My pleasing Life SWeet quiet sweet obscurity Here in this life best pleaseth me Till from earth's thrall I shall be free To live in glorious blisse with thee When from earths tumults I am free To contemplate great God on thee A heaven of blisse in thee I see How can this life but pleasing be Nothing of thee merit I can But yet when free from thrall of man I can thee serve with heart more free Then from that thraldome still keep me To a Lady unfaithfull Madam THe Prince of heaven being in love with you Did to his glorious Kingdom bid Adieu The heaven he was awhile content to leave To see if you would his chast love receive You did belong to him when he you sent Into the world but you from him soon went And his chast love so pleasing and so sweet You left your wanton Paramour to meet With his unlawfull love you pleas'd your selfe Fye Madam leave him he is but an Elf. See what your dear sweet Prince hath done for you 'T is very strange but yet t is vety true When he did see you wantonize with them Who were professed enemies to him He then with his fierce enemy did fight To reingain you as his ancient right He lost his royal bloud to purchase you How can you then but to this Prince prove true Can you a Coward love and stain your name By being false unto this Prince of fame Your want onlovers actions hate the light And you 'r asham'd to act them in our sight Then here I le tell you if you know not it All your actions and vain thoughts unfit Your true and lawfull Lord doth straight espie He
I have not offered up my â—elfe so exactly to thee as I should for me thought â—e besought me from thee to offer up my self a living sacrifice wholly and acceptably to thee My Lord I have heretofore long since given my selfe to thee by piece meals but I fear reserving something from thee and if offering my selfe wholly to thee be but a reasoâ—oble serving of thee sure when I reserved any thing from thee that service was contemptible But gracious Father pardon all that heretofore I have done amisse in thy service for now I doe give up my selfe wholly to thee But how shall I dare to say my self I dare not appeare by my selfe in thy presence yet with and in my self I may Thou hast taught me out of thy royall story to know that thou hast given me that Princely Son of thine I cannot chuse but accept so rich 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 the gracious Father let me live without fear of falling froâ— thee for if I fall from thee wilt not thou loose paâ—â— of thy glory My Lord I know it stands not witâ— thine honour to let that perish which is committed iâ— to thy hands then sith I have commited my self wholy to thee let me with confidence sit downe and resâ— and â—â—ar 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 wise before he fell then any man or hast thou sincâ— 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 〈◊〉 Adam did not beleeve thee when thou toldst him thâ— the day he should eat of that tree he should dye thâ— death We thinke men wise when they avoid what told them will hurt them I finde Adam not so wise and if one tell us Mercury will cause our death 〈◊〉 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— 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 whâ—â— made thee to eat of that tree hadst thou not this great world full of all pleasures to content thee a beautiâ—uâ— healthfull active body a minde indued with all excelent and pleasing knowledge No where couldst thoâ— 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 sinn'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 fhr 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 Aud 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 had 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 hide 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
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 She 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 lott 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 shallcome and reigne with thee A thy approach black shades did vanish And from my heart thou fearc 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-fight 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 I
battail his gracious aspect will make 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 mâ—ist 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 O â—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 I have heard thee say 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 erewhile 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 that place from which Adam fell too mean for the felicity of 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