the Life the Truth the Way And when the Lord of Life They Cruciâ—y'd They did not know that 't was for Them He Dy'd Mercy may Plâ—ad their Ignorance for Them But 't is Our Knowledge which may vs Condemn Instead of Praise wee load Him with Our Scorns Wound him afresh and Crown him with worse Thornes We say He is our Saviour God and King Yet trample on his Blood as a Vile Thing Iudâ—s his Cursed part wee daily Play And Him wee â—ail as Master Wee Betray The Wonders of this Day wee Heighten thus Makeing it vseless that Hee Dy'd for vs. Prodigious Day on which ev'n God did Pray To God to take the Bitter Cup away A Day in which Philosophy Descry'd That Nature or the God of Nature Dy'd A Day in which Mortallity may Cry Death Thou art Swallow'd vp in Victory O may this Day bee in All Hearts Engrav'd This Day on which GOD Dy'd and Man was Sav'd On the Day of the Resurrection of Our Blessed SAVIOUR Or Easser Day HAil Glorious Day on which th' Almighty gave To His New World the First Fruits of the Grave Hail Glorious Day in Thy Illustrious Light What Faith could scarce Bâ—lieve Appear'd to Sight Hail Thou most Glorious Day for 't was on Thee Death Lost his Sting the Grave His Victory Ere the Blest Dawn of this Day did Begin On which God Rose from Death and Man from Sin The Pious Magdalen prevents the Light Her steddy Soul Darkness nor Tombs could Fright She of that Pow'r to Guard Her could not Doubt By which Her seven Divills had been cast out Hâ—r Duâ—y's to His Corps Shee does Begin Assoon as She could Pay Them without Sin But All those Perfumes which with her Shee Beates Were not so Sweet as was Her Love and Teares Both which did Rise in Her to such an Hâ—ighth As made her Gratitude Resemble Faith David would not the Love of Man Preferr Could Hee have known the Love which shin'd in Her Argells to whom Her matchless Griefs were known To ease them From the Tomb Rell'd off the Stone But nor the Earth-quake nor that Glorious Sight Had or the Pow'r to Please Her or to Fright Nor could the Honour Shee did then Obtain Of speaking with Blest Spirits Ease Her Pain For those who IESUS seek as Mary did Can but in finding HIM be satisfy'd Who could Believe a Woâ—an would Display More Love then â—ee who on Christs Bosome Lay. Or that to Hers Blest Peters Love should Yeild On whose Confession Christ His Church did Build Yet She came Early'r to His Tombe then They And stay'd and wept after They went away Nothing could o're her Grieâ—s the Conquest win Yet Love made want of Faith in Her no Sin For when an Angells News stopt not her Tears Christ to Reward them instantly appears Soe Apt He is to bring that Soul Releif Whose Trembling Faith springs but from Love Grief Both which in her Hee did so Highly Prize As She First saw Him of All mortall Eyes And sends Her his Apostle ev'n to Those Whom He to be the Worlds Apostles Chose Never did Love and Sorrow Hers Excell And never Both were Recompens'd so well As 't was a Woman which Death first Brought In So 't was a Woman did the Glory win To tell the World with Her Obligeing Breath The Lord of Life had broke the Bonds of Death Death which till then did valiant Men perplex Now should not Fright Those of the softer Sex Myriads of which through Faith in IESU'S Name Have run to Deaths Embraces through the Flame Elijah like from Earth They did Retire And Climb'd to Heav'n in Chariots made of Fire True Grief does Cause Our Comforts not Destroy For Those who Sow in Tears shall Reap in Ioy. And when Death comes to State vs in the Face His Pow'r we Smile at by the Pow'r of Grace Christ by His Riseing has made Death to bee Only the Gate to Blest ETERNITY Such then as strive to gett Admittance there While They fâ—ar Dâ—ath to enter Heav'n They Fear Those who like Magdalen their Saviour Love Now Hee is Ris'n should seek the Things Above Since wee in Magdalen so well are taught Christ to a Soul by Love and Tears are brought Still let vs strive by Both Our Souls to bring VVhere They with Hers may Allelujabs Sing â—n the Day of the Ascenâ—ion of Our Blessed SAVIOUR HAil Thou most sad and Joyfull Day on which Earth grew more Poor that Heav'n might grow more Rich. Th'Apostles Christs Ascention did Deplore Fearing They Lost what They did but Restore No wonder it Surpriz'd the Gazers Sights To See a Cloud lâ—volue the Light of Lights To that Cloud only was the Blessiâ—g giv'n To be the Chariot which bore God to Heav'n The Truths which David Suâ—g did then Appear Darkness His Closett Clouds his Chariots were In Sacred Things How soon is Reason Lost Till'tis Enlighten'd by the Holy Ghost For They with Grief on his Ascention Look Tho then Hee in Our Right Possession took Of that Blest Kingdom where 'till that Glad time The Human Nature ne're before could Climb The Happy Cloud on which Hee Dâ—ign'd to Ride Approaching Heav'n the Gates did open wide And Allelujahs Angells did Begin Seeing the King of Glory enter In. Hells and Deaths Powr's Hee did before Defeat And Now His Crosses Triumphs are Compleat For to the Blood of it the Pow'r was giv'n To Reconcile All both iâ— Earth and Heav'n Angells are now from fâ—ar of falling Free'd Captivity by Him being Captive Led Since that Blest Harmony was heard on Earth Which Heav'n did make at His Porâ—entours Birth What Pen but one took from an Angells wing Can write the Tryumphs His Return did bring Angells Rejoyc'd who Musick are and Love That Those they guard Below shall Reign Above And shall on those Bright Thrones for ever Dwell From which by Pride some of Their Order fell While Heav'n did thus Rejoyce Men sink with Grief Two Angells therefore Fly to Their Relief Who told th' Apostles while They Gaze and Mourn That as Christ went from thence He should Return Such High Ambassadors such Charming News Banish'd their Sorrows and did Joy Infuse A Joy which tho subâ—ime was not Complâ—ate Till God indu'd them with the Paraclâ—te On the Day of Pentecosâ— commonly call'd Whitsunday HAil Welcome Day on which the World may Boast Th'Apostles first Receiv'd the Holy Ghost God Vsher'd in the Vast Gift He design'd By a most mighty and a Rushing wind To shew the Blessed Spirit does Abhorr To Rest in any Place not Cleans'd before God a Consumeing Fire Himself does Call Now in Illuminateing Fires does â—all The God of Nature Natures Laâ—s did turn And made that to Inspire which vs'd to Burn. Mans Nature
much to Him the Christian World does ow Rude Lycaonia by his Sacred Pains Hee from Idolatry to Iesus Gaines From thence he did the Gospell propagate Even in that India stil'd the Fortunate VVhich by his Preaching there might such be Held More then for All the Riches it does yield Spices and those bright Stones with which the East Of all parts of the World does seem most Blâ—st May Justly but as Dung and Dross be thought Compar'd to saveing Faith which there he Taught St. Mathews Gospell Hee the Indians showd More wealth then Nature had on them Bâ—stow'd So Bright he Shin'd so swiftly hee did Run As makes Him seem more then a Second Sun His Early Beames did in the East appeare Then to Armenia Hee his Light did Beare Astiages who then possest that Throne Was Happy in his Brother Palemon Whom our great Saint Converâ—ed to the Faith Which Rais'd the Tyrants Anger to an Heighth That did the Royall Office mis become Our Saint he Doom'd to Triple Martyrdome First Flay'd alive then on a Cross was Ty'd Where Preaching still the Faith for which Hee Dy'd His Murtherers who did his Doctrine Dreaâ— To stop the Martyrs mouth Cutt off His Head His Royall Blood thus spent more Glory gaines Then had it still been Circling in his Veines The slighted Torments of his Triple Death The Truths hee Seal'd even with his Dying breath Convinc'd Blest Palemon and others too An Happy Life to such a Death was Due This made that Prince Contemn a Temporall Throne To strive to Climbe to an Eternall One. And to such heighth of Holynes did Soare As Hee the first Armenian Mitre wore Wearing a Mitre well gaines more Renown Than only but by Birth to weare a Crown Learn'd Hereticks Observing Our Saints Fame A Gospell wrote and call'd it by His Name Knowing that none could any Doubts admitt Of what they did beleeve his Pen had writt But Pope Gelaâ—ius did a Synod Call And justly Sentenc'd it Apocrypall Popes in Old times were men of High Renowne Shining in Faith not in a Triple Crown OUr Saint in Divers Citties had a Tombe In Daras Benevent and Last in Rome Where may They be so Pious and so Just As more to Prize His Faith and Less His Dust On the Day of St. Matâ—hew the APOSTLE and EVANGELIST BLest Saint who from a Publicanes Loath'd Trade Thy seâ—f to Christ as a Due Tribute Paid Thy Gainfull Office when the word Hee Spake Thou didst with Gladness instantly Forsake Thou by that Call the Wisdome didst Obtaine To Know that Goalyness was Highest Gain Thy Noble Dinner where Christ was Thy Guest Might well bee Reckoâ—d as thy Marriage Feast There Thou wer 't Ioined to the Churches Head The World Divorc'd and didst the Gospell Wedd In that great Feast All Gallilee did See How Blest Thy Change of Life Appear'd to Thee If such Râ—joyceings might not bee Exprest Christ with His Presâ—nce had not Grac'd the Feast How Iustly may a Sinners Second Birth Which causes Ioy in Heav'n Cause Feasts on Earth Christ the high Honor did to Thee Afford To bee the First who wrote His Sacred Word By which thy Counâ—â—ey-men did ow to Thee The Light which Them from Moses Yoke did Free When with that Book he had Iudea Blest Hee went to Propagate it in the East There Hee the Gospell to the Parthians taught And those Fierce men vnder Christs Scepter brought One man from God did Partâ—ia more Subdue Then all the Roman Legions e're could doe For by the Holy Ghost Hee let thâ—m See That only They who Iesus serve are Frâ—e From Parthia by Gods Dictates being sent Hee to the Sooty Ethiopians went A Blackness on their Soules was caus'd by Sin Much worse then that the Sun made on their Skin Yet Christs Baptismall Water had such might As Hee by it did wash the Ethiops white Inwardly white which God does higher Prize Then men th' Externall which so Courts their Eyes In these two Regions Hee his Race did Run Which more enlighten'd Them then did the Sun Authors Dispute where he Receiv'd his Doome But all Agree Hee Suffer'd Martyrdome And that the Faith Hee did to Them Reveale Hee with His precious Blood at last did Seale His Converts were by it the Firmlyer ty'd And in that Truth did Live for which Hee dy'd Two mighty Kingdomes to Our Times Contest In which of them His Sacred Reliques Rest. But Ciâ—ties strove which Homers Birth should have But Empires strive which has Our Martyrs Grave Yet Vaster Diff'rence is in what They writt So much is Inspiration above Witt On the Day St. Luke the EVANGELIST HAil Great Physitian Great without Controule Thy Skill does heal the Body and the Soule Rome with Thy Antioch might Exchange her Famâ— It gave Thee Birâ—h and to the Christians Name The Least of Both more Honoâ— to Her brought Then All Her Schooles in which the East was taught A Double Glory thy blest Pen Contracts Writing Christs Gospell and th' Apostles Acts. Had wee of this great Record been bereâ—t In how much Darkness had the World been Left And how much greater Knowledge might wee VVin If Thou hadst Finish'd what Thou didst begin But How dare VVee Laâ—ent the want of it Since God has Judg'd That Deprivation fitt And by what 's Left the Christian VVorld may Boasâ— None need for want of Knowledge to bee Lost. Since All our Condemnation will be Due To our Performing Less then what wee Knew To Thee and Vs that Influence was Kinde By which to Holy Paul thou first wer't Join'd Illustrious Blessings Thou Obtain'st by It Tâ—y Praise is in the Sacred Scriptures writt Belov'd Physâ—tian Thee Gods word does Call And the Blest Fellow-Lâ—borer of Paul â—ho Schooles Conferr on Schollers High Degrees Yet none e're gave any so High as these Nor couldst thou From thy Antioch Schooles have brought Such Learning as to Thee by Paul was Taught Men gave to Mans Phylosophy the Place That 's Dâ—e to the Philosophy of Grace Of that High Science which by Time and Care Men strove to Learne God bids vs to Beware More vsefull Learning in Christs Schoole is taught Then any which meere men to Mankind brought All School Philosophy we must Decline That may oppose attaining to Divine The Path which Leads to Glory must bee Trâ—â— Not in Mâ—ns Wisdome but the Pow'r of God No wonder that ouâ— Saint so great a Friend To Learning did so Close on Paul Attend Whose Brest Inspir'd was with more knowledge Crown'd Then in the Fam'd Pantheon could bee Found And nâ—ver Left Him till in guilty Rome His great Instructor Purchas'd Martyrdome From that Vngratefull City then He goes And on the World his precious Time bestows Iâ— Maps no Regions Geographers admitt But are Oblig'd by what he Taught and writt The Martyrologies of Greece and Rome Difâ—er where he enjoy'd his Martyrdome
Rome saies it was in Asia the Less Nicephorus averrs it was in Greece And that by His Vile Murtherers Decree Hee suffer'd Death upon an Olive Tree That Rage which in their Hearts his worth had bred Turnd vndesign'dly Just to Crown his Head For since the Learn'd to Learning doe allow A wrâ—ath to Crown it of an Olive Bow Our Saint whose knowledge reach'd the Last Degree Was Crown'd not with an Olive Wreath but Tree But Piety did to His Body give As Little Rest when Dead as when Aliue Kingdomes and Ciâ—ties did a while Contest In which of them his precious Dust shâ—ust Rest. All yeild at Last to Coâ—staâ—tines strong Claâ—me Who built a â—emple to the Apostles Name Which though a Pile of so much Art and Cost That of the Like the whole World could not boast Yet since t was made to those great Saints a Tombe Whose Blood and writings taught all Christendome The Famous Structure more Renown'd does prove For what 's there Bury'd then for all above On the Day of St. Simon the APOSTLE HAil Sacred Cananite whose God-like Pains For Thee the Title of the Zâ—lâ—t Gains More â—ustly Due if wee the Truth Respect From Labouring for Thy God then from Thy Sect VVhat Creature e're so many Lands did Run Vnless his Fellow-Traveller the Sun Egypts and Affricks heat and Barren Sand Could not His Zeal or Frighten or Withâ—tand The Libian Lyons Barr'd not vp his VVay Nor the VVild People Savager then They. Hee did Fulâ—â—â—l what was in Scripture Read On Lyons and on Adders Hee did Tread Against Their Venome Antidotes he had The Words of Faith that Bâ—lme of Gilead These wreâ—ched People who with heat were vext Much in This VVorld but much more in the next Hee by his Pâ—ous Life and Preaching brings To Rest vnder the sâ—â—dow of Gods Wings Those were the Seeds of Faith he there did Sâ—â— VVhich to great Heigth in Future times did grow After He had Asia and Affrick taught Into VVest Europe He the Gospell brought At last into Oâ—r Brittain He did Come The Guilty Scene of his Blest Martyrdome Hee like the Sun vp in the East did gett â—hin'd o're the South then in the West did Sâ—tt His Holy Life his Doctrine so maintain'd That Many People Hee to Iesus Gain'd But others who Themselves to Sin had Sold Did to Destroy him open Counsells hold And as the Greek Menologies Agree Those Monsters Crucify'd him on a Tree With Joy Hee saw his Blood for Iesus spilt His Faith was on the Rock of Ages â—uilt There in an Vnknown Grave his Body Lies Vntill a Glorious Body it shall Rise â—ight not His Blood which our Forefathers spilt Have helpt to Fill the Measure of that Guilt VVhich often drown'd Our Islands in a Flood Of Royall Noble and Plebejan Blood So that No spott of Earth hath e're been more No nor so much moistned with Human Gore And even in our Faâ—all Dayes we Saw Great Brittain made a True Acheldama O May wee from all Sinning so Refrain As God may never make it One again VVhen our Repentance shall his Wrath Atone The Inward Peace will bring the Outward One On the Day of St. Iude THE APOSTLE HAil Blessed Juâ—as whose Devotion 's Flame Hath made Atonement for that guilty Nâ—me The Cursed Iudas who to gaiâ—e was Ty'd Sold Him for whom the Blessed Judas Dy'd His Question to Our Saviour does Detect He also did His Temporall Raign expect Which Error all his Bretâ—ren did Admitt Till the Blest Spirit Led them out of it To worldly Glories men Aspire at most Vntill enlighten'd by the Holy Ghost But for a nobler Empire then They Sâ—rive More Solid Farr then All this World can give T was Long before the Câ—urches did admit His Blest Epistle into Sacred Writt During that guilty time wâ—at was become Oâ— the Infallibility of Rome Eâ—ocâ—s Apocalâ—ps the Church of Old Next to wâ—at was Canoâ—â—caâ—l did holdâ— Oâ—r Saint His Prophâ—sie did therefore Cite Which Since no Pen that was inspir'd did Write Was the Câ—eif Râ—ason Divers could Afford Why Tâ—ey did doubt t was not the Sacred word Yet some Epistles written by Blest Paul Were still admitted as Canonicall Tho Hee to Reach the Eâ—ds which he did Press Aratâ—s quotes and Epimeâ—ides Who though not guided by the Heavenly Light Yet They the truth in severall things did write Of Romes Vnerringness ill Proof She makes By First Suspecting what at Last she takes If by the Help of Study and of Time She to know what 's Caâ—onicall does Climbe Others to such Infallibility May have at lest as good a Right as Shee Either that Title she should not Admitt Or Shee should give vs better Proofs of it Th' Inspiration which our Saiâ—ts Epistle beares Highly Instructive to Mankind appears Servaâ—t to Christ and Brother to Blest Iâ—â—es Tâ—e wâ—ighty Titles are which Hee Esteem's Tho â—ee might â—ustly by Gods Sacred word Have stâ—l'd himself THE BROTHER OF THE LORD Yet that vast Title Our great Saint Declines By which His Humbleness the Brighter Shines Many Great Nations of his Teaching boast But Perâ—ia seems indebted to it most Their Magi who in High â—steem were held Finding their Wisdome unto Goâ—s did yeild Which should have Led them into Sâ—veiâ—g wayes Did only their Revenge and Envy Raisâ— Which did not Let them Rest vntill that They His Life did take who taught to Life the Way His Converts when the News They vnderstood Their Sâ—râ—ames of Tears mixt with his Streams of Blood But thaâ— Bâ—est Mâ—rtyrdome Hee did abide 〈◊〉 them in the Faith for which He Dy'd On the Martyrdome of his Sacred Maiesâ—y KING CHARLES THE FIRST OF BLESSED MEMORY THat Sacred Head three Kingdoms did Adore For what it was more then for what it woâ—e That Heaâ— by â—orth mâ—re then by Biâ—th the Bâ—st Which Dayâ—y prov'd Oâ—aâ—les were not Ceaâ— Is not Condemn'd as t is bâ—leiv'd by Some 〈◊〉 is with Glory Crown'd by Martyrdome And tho his Rebels Power thus to Dispence His Fate make Some to question Providence My Faith by it is Rais'd and not Deprest Since the worst they could doe did prove the Best For that Black Voâ—e which then Pâ—onounc'd his Doome Serv'd to Conâ—eigâ— him to a Nâ—bler Crown Of whose Dâ—ration none can doubtfull be Since t will ouâ—-live his Murth'reâ—â— Infamy Glory like time Progâ—ession does reqâ—ire VVhen iâ— Advances not it does Expire And his had Reach'd to such an Height befoâ—e Nothing but such a Death coâ—â—d Raise it more And though Some dare alledge 't was but a Few 〈◊〉 or his 〈◊〉 or 〈…〉 Yet that it self does all excuse defeat To Let so few Commit a Sin so Great All are too Guilty they are who did Siâ— To shed his Blood and Those Permitted it VVith a Sublimer joy he mounted on The Scaffold then he did Ascend the Throne For Heav'n had