shed his innocent Blood The Promise would be still perform'd His God could make it good For his Obedience God doth give Him Isaac back again A sign that he by Christ should live And in his Grace remain VI. Vpon Joseph and his Mistress Gen. 30. TO Potiphar a Man of War Young Joseph for a Slave was sold And was so just unto his Trust His Master never him controull'd Now Joseph's Mistress void of shame Upon him cast a lustful Eye And without fear unto him said I prithee Joseph with me lye O impudent why not content With what by Marriage was thy share How confident how void of grace Does this thy motion thee declare To modest Wives thou art a shame Who all such wickedness decry And all such Harlots will exclude And banish from their Company But would he be and do as she With shameless Face did him desire No Sacred Story to his Glory Says he from her did soon retire For which a false and treacherous part She did to innocent Joseph show Since her lasciviousness he hates She into Prison will him throw Therefore a cry she instantly Did feign pretending she was Chaste Alas said she he 'll ravish me Come come to my relief make haste Thus Joseph ' cause he faithful was Did grief indure most wrongfully While Potiphar his Wife adores For her pretended Honesty But into Prison Joseph's thrown As guilty of Disloyalty With Fetters bound for Crimes unknown Yet soon advanc'd to dignity VII Upon Joseph and his Brethren Gen. 42.43 WHen Joseph's Brethren had him sold and into Egypt he was gone They went home and their Father told An evil Beast had slain his Son This did they ' cause their evil deeds He to their Father us'd to tell Who Vice corrects but hardly speeds Though by so doing he means well They likewise hate him for his Dreams Scorning he should above them be Pride always runs men to extreams And envies those that rise more high Yet Joseph up at last is set Made next to Pharaoh in the Land The Cross to Dignity 's no let The purpose of the Lord shall stand A Famine makes them hunt for Bread Distrest they come to Joseph's Door What Men despise when they are Great They 'll not disdain if once grown Poor To Joseph now they cringe and bow And give him both the Cap and Knee The haughty looks the Lord knows how To bring unto humility Joseph looks strange and speaketh rough He charges them with being Spies Oh! ye are served justly now Remember your poor Brother's cries Falshood and Theft he to their charge Doth lay to mind them of their Sin Imprisons and sets them at large To shew his Dream fulfill'd had been At last he tells them who he was He kisses and forgives them too Tells them the Crown he got by th' Cross There 's none but Christ the like can do VIII Vpon Moses in the Ark of Bull-rushes Exod. 2. THY Mother when she saw thy Face Concluded thus of thee A Man above the common Race Of Men my Son will be Therefore when she no longer could Thee in her Bosom hide To save thee from the Tyrants wrath An Ark she did provide Compos'd of Bulrushes wherein Being put she down thee laid Upon the Rivers brink in hope That God would send thee aid Soon after Pharaoh's Daughter came Unto this very place She sees the little Ark and sends Her Maid it to uncase When opening this Rushy House She there a Babe doth spy Thou weptst her Bowels yearn and she Bewails thy destiny Thy Sister comes and tells her she A Nurse for thee will call Who thy own Mother is what could More happily thee befal This Child said she nurse thou for me And Wages thou shalt have His Mother now Becomes his Nurse Nought kills when God will save Being now grown up he comes to Court Where owned as the Son Of Pharaoh's Daughter he Respect And Reputation won And Moses call'd because he was Taken out of the River Who in his early years began His Brethren to deliver IX Upon Moses and the Burning Bush Exod. 3. WHen Moses kept his Fathers Sheep At Horeb he did see What made him quake a Bush on Fire Which could not burned be He saw the flaming with amaze But whilst he view'd this wonder There suddenly from thence proceeds A Voice much like to Thunder Moses thy Shoes thou must unlose Thou stand'st on Holy Ground The Lord thy Father's God is here Who doth with Grace abound I 've heard and seen and long have been With Jacob ' s groans affected For help they crave and I will save From Egypt mine afflicted Out of this Land I them will bring In Canaan they shall dwell Their Cause I 'll plead I will them lead Because I love them well I thee will unto Pharaoh send For their deliverance By Signs and Wonders done by thee My Glory I 'll advance Doubt not nor be at all dismay'd To go before the King Free from all danger I the Lord Thee safely back will bring Moses now saw the real cause The Bush was not consum'd He knew where God made his abode Fire rather there perfum'd Moses and Aaron then to Court Upon God's Message go And bid the King set Israel free The Lord will have it so X. Vpon the Plagues of Egypt Exod. 7 8 9 10. WHen Moses unto Pharaob came To him he did this Message bring The Lord saith Let my People go To serve me with mine Offering But he refus'd he will not hear God therefore on him Plagues did send Yet still he turned a deaf Ear And God with Plagues his life did end He turn'd their Waters into Blood From whence a Plague of Frogs did spring Which over-spread the Land and came Into the Chambers of the King He still rebels God next sends Lice And swarms of Flies in all their Coasts To make them know none can withstand Jehovah the Lord God of Hosts He 's hardned still the Murrain next Infects all Cattel in the Land With Boils and Blains God next them plagues Magicians cann't before him stand To this succeeds a Plague of Hail With Thunder mixt and Flames of Fire Yet all could not prevail the King Performs not what God doth require He will not yet let Israel go The Locusts next by Gods command Are sent to eat up all green things Who instantly devour the Land The Heart of Pharaoh still is proud He yet refuses to obey God them incompasses about With horrid darkness night and day He still persists till in one Night Egypt's First-born the Lord did slay Which put them all in such a fright That Pharaoh bid them go their way XI Vpon Pharaoh and his Host drowned in the Red Sea Exod 14. WHen Pharaoh had let Israel go And they were marching to their place He soon repents his doing so And calleth back his Act of Grace Then furiously he them pursues Resolving he reveng'd will be For all the mischiefs he had felt
be free Where nothing's heard but yells And groans and woful cries And where the Fire ne're abates The Worm there never dies That Worm which ever gnaws And tears their Bowels out The Pit upon them shuts its Jaws It 's terrible no doubt But where this Hell is plac'd My Muse must needs stop there Lord shew us what its horror is But never shew us where Scripture Hymns and Songs upon several Occasions turn'd into Common English Verse With some others The Song of Moses when Pharaoh and his Host were Drowned in the Red Sea Exodus 15. Then sang Moses and the Children of Israel this Song unto the Lord and spake saying I To the Lord will sing for he Triumpht in Glory so The Horse he and his Rider down Into the Sea did throw The Lord 's my Strength and Song and he Is my Salvation My God he is I 'll him prepare An Habitation My Fathers God he is also I will exalt his Fame The Lord he is a Man of War Jehovah is his Name He Pharaoh's Chariots and his Host Into the Sea hath cast And his choice Captains Drowned were At i th' Red Sea they past The depths them hid to th' bottom they Sunk down even as a Stone Jehovah thy Right Hand in power Most glorious is alone Lord thy Right Hand in pieces dasht Those that against thee rose And in thine Excellency Great Thou hast o'rethrown thy Foes Thou didst send forth thy wrath which as The stubble did them waste Together gathered were the waves Even with thy Nostrils blast The Floods stood upright as an heap The depths in mid-sea rose The Foe said I 'll pursue I 'll catch I will the spoil dispose My Lust on them shall filled be My Sword draw out will I My Hand shall them again possess Or spoil them utterly Thou with the wind didst on them blow The Sea them covered They in the mighty waters sunk As if they had been Lead Lord who 's like thee among the Gods Who 's like thee glorious In holiness fearful in praise In doings marvellous When thou didst forth thy Right Hand stretch The Earth them swallowed The people whom thou hast Redeem'd Thou hast in Mercy led Thou by thy strength shalt guide them to That Holy Seat of thine The Folk shall hear and fear and grieve Shall they of Palestine Then Edom's Dukes shall be amaz'd And Moab's mighty men Trembling shall seize away shall melt All Canaan's dwellers then Fear upon them and dread shall fall By thy Hands mightiness They shall lye still as doth a Stone Until the People pass Until thy People Lord shall pass Which thou hast purchased Till thou hast them brought in and in Thy Mount established The Mount of thine Inheritance O Lord the place wherein Thou hast prepar'd thy Sanctuary For thee to dwell therein Lord which thy Hands established Jehovah he shall Reign For evermore through Ages all For ever Sovereign For Pharaoh's Horse and Chariots And Horsemen down they went Into the Sea Jehovah then The Sea upon them sent The waters of the Sea on them He turned back in haste But on dry Land i' th' midst o' th' Sea The Sons of Israel past And Miriam answered them Sing to the Lord for he excels In glorious renown He hath the Horse and Rider both Into the Sea cast down Samson 's Triumph over the Philistines when he had slain a thousand with the Jaw-bone of an Ass SAmson rejoice be fill'd with mirth Let all Judea know And tell the Princes of the Earth How strong an Arm hast thou How has thy dead inricht the Land And purpl'd o're the Grais Thou hadst no weapon in thy Hand But th' Jaw-bone of an Ass How does thy strength and high renown The glory of men surpass Thine Arm hath struck a thousand down With th' Jaw-bone of an Ass Let Samson's glorious name endure Till time shall bring forth One Whose greater glory shall obscure The glory thou hast won David 's Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan And David lamented with this Lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his Son 2 Sam. 1.19 THE Beauty of Israel is slain Upon the places high How are the Mighty fallen down In Gath this never cry Nor tell 't in Streets of Askelon Lest Philistines rejoice Lest Daughters of th' uncircumcis'd Make a triumphant noise Ye Mountains high of Gilboa Let there be never Dew Let neither Rain nor Fields again Of Offering be on you For there the mighty One his Shield Receiv'd disgraceful foil The Shield of Saul as he had not Anointed been with Oyl The Bow of Jonathan turned not Back from the Blood o' th' slain From fat o' th' Mighty and Saul's Sword Returned not in vain Lovely and pleasant in their Lives Were Saul and Jonathan And in their death and latest breath Was no division They swifter were than Eagles far They Lions did excel In strength O weep ye over Saul Daughters of Israel Who did in Scarlet you array With deckings manifold Who did on your Apparel lay Rich Ornaments of Gold O thou my Brother Jonathan I am distrest for thee A pleasant kind Companion Thou hast been unto me Thy love to me was wonderful Past that of Women far How are the Mighty fall'n and how Are lost the Men of War The Prayer of Jonah to the Lord his God out of the Whales Belly Jonah 2. I to the Lord in my distress Did cry and he gave ear Out of Hells Belly cryed I And he my voice did hear Into the deep i' th' midst o' th' Sea O Lord thou didst me cast The Floods me compast all thy Waves And Billows o're me past Then did I say I utterly Cast from thy sight remain Yet to thy Holy Temple I Will once more look again The waters even to the Soul Did me incompass round The depths me round inclos'd the weeds About my head were bound To th' Mountains bottoms I went down Earths Bars did me beset Yet Lord my God thou broughtest my life Up from corruptions Pit When as my Soul did faint in me The Lord remembred I Even then my Pray'r came unto thee Into thy Sanctuary They their own mercies leave that do Mind Lying Vanities But with the voice of giving thanks To thee I 'll Sacrifice The thing the which I vowed have To pay I will accord Because alone Salvation Proceedeth from the Lord. Conclusion O Holy Holy Holy Lord Th' Almighty God alone Which was and is and is to come Who sittest on the Throne Thou Glory Honour and great Pow'r Lord worthy art to take For thou mad'st all they are and were Made for thy pleasures sake A Poem upon Death and Judgment THE Day of wrath that dreadful day Shall the whole World in Ashes lay As both the Psalms and Sybils say What horror will distract your mind When the strict Judge who should be kind Shall have few venial faults to find The last loud Trumpets wondrous sound Shall through the cleaving Graves rebound And wake the Nations under-ground Nature and Death shall with surprise Behold the Conscious wretches rise And view the Judge with frighted Eyes Then shall with Universal dread The Sacred Mystick Roll be read To try the Living and the Dead The Judge ascends his awful Throne But when he makes all secrets known How will a guilty Face be shown What Intercessor shall I take To save my last important stake When the most Just hath cause to quake Thou mighty formidable King Mercy and Truths Eternal Spring Some charitable pity bring In Storms of guilty Terrors lost Forget not what my Ransom cost Nor let my dear bought Soul be lost Thou who for me hast felt such pain Whose precious Blood the Cross did stain Let not thy Death and Birth be vain Thou whom avenging Powers obey Remit my Debt too vast to pay Before the last accounting day Surrounded with amazing Fears Whose load my Soul with anguish bears I sigh I weep accept my Tears Thou who wast mov'd with Maries Grief And by absolving of a Thief Hast given me Hope Oh! give Relief Reject not my unworthy Prayers But free me from those dreadful Snares That hungry gaping Hell prepares Oh! let thy Bloud my Crimes Efface And fix me with those Heirs of Grace That thou dost on thy Right Hand place From that Portentous vast Abyss Where Flames devour and Serpents Hiss Call me to thy Eternal Bliss Prostrate my contrite Heart I rend My God my Father and my Friend Do not forsake me in my end Well may they Curse their second Breath Who rise to a severer Death Thou Great Creator of Mankind Let sinful Souls compassion find Could we divide a Moment to the Eye We should see Life the Moment that we die And Faith does fully that defect supply For though my Body Dies it is not I. FINIS
They now shall feel his cruelty At length he doth them overtake As they incamped by the Sea Which filled all their Hearts with dread They see there 's now no Room to flee They made unto the Lord their Prayer But seeing Pharaoh was so nigh Their Faith was mixed with despair They all cry out we die we die But Moses bid them not to fear Stand still saith he and you shall see Salvation God will now appear And your Deliverer will be Moses his Hand stretcht out The Sea With open Arms doth them embrace Let Israel still their God obey And they 'l be safe in any place Pharaoh pursues comes near when lo An Angel doth his speed abate Takes off his Wheels stops his Career A Cloud doth him infatuate He fears and sees God doth oppose Him in his bloody enterprize Yet still is hardned on he goes Revenge and Malice blind his Eyes Into the Sea they headlong march Over it Moses shakes his Rod. They all are drowned in their Pride According to the Word of God XII Upon the Brazen Serpent Numb 21. GOD's Israel ' gainst him rebel In Edom's Wilderness They Manna slight as Bread too light Which brings them great distress God Fiery Serpents on them sent Their murmurings to allay Which with their biting and their stings Did very many slay This to Repentance brought them and They supplicate their God He would remove this grievous Plague And take away this Rod. Yea Moses too with Prayers doth wooe The Lord for Israel When they repent God soon provides The means to make them well Moses was bid by God of Brass He should a Serpent make That those among them who were stung Of Healing might partake This Serpent then as on a Cross Was lifted up on high And those who saw it were preserv'd Though stung they did not die This Serpent Lord doth represent Thy well-beloved Son Who when Mankind were stung with Sin And utterly undone Thou didst advance him on the Cross That all who do believe And yield Obedience unto him Assistance might receive Let us not therefore shut our Eyes But look to him for aid In all our wants and miseries And never be afraid XIII Vpon Balaam and his Ass Numb 22. BAlak much fearing Israel To Balaam sends that he Would come and curse Gods Heritage Thereby his Land to free Balaam was ready but forbid By God so great a crime And therefore stays till Balak sent Again a second time Then Balaam would no more refuse But does with him comply And thereby is at length involv'd In Balak's destiny He takes his Servants and his Ass And so away doth go Forgetting what God to him said Balak will have it so An angry Angel with his Sword Appears him to withstand The Ass him sees and Balaam saves By flying from his Hand He beats his Ass into the way The Angel then doth stand In such a place that Balaam now His Ass could not command But beat him whereupon the Ass His Master doth reprove For being cruel to him when To keep him safe he strove And now this seems a very strange And an unequal strife Balaam resolves to kill his Ass Because he saves his life Thus God by Brutes sometimes is pleas'd Mens follies to correct When they refuse Obedience And his Commands reject XIV Vpon the Fall of the Walls of Jericho Joshua 6. WHen Israel over Jordan got To Jericho they quickly went Because it was part of their Lot By the Great God's Commandement They blockt it up on every side None could get out nor none go in Thus God began to check the Pride O' th' Canaanites who liv'd in sin Arms never heard of us'd must be By Israel to gain the Town They must sound Rams-horns till they see The Walls of Jericho fall down Six days the Ark must compass it And Armed Men about it go But must not speak a word as yet Nor with a Weapon strike a blow The seventh day they seven times go With sound of trumpet round the town Which done they gave a shout and lo The Walls of Jericho fall down Thus did the Lord let Israel see He needed not their Sword nor Bow By strange and most unlikely means He can destroy his strongest Foe Yea he to them a promise makes Would they his Laws hearken unto The rest of Canaan for their sakes Should soon become like Jericho By this we see what Faith can do By Faith they did Besiege the Town By Faith they oft surrounded it By Faith its mighty Walls fell down Thus they that put their confidence And trust alone in God the Lord Shall find that he deliverance Will always unto them afford XV. Vpon Samson and Dalilah Judges 16. MUst Samson have a Dalilah Will he that Harlot love She 'll make him bitterly repent A Dalilah she 'll prove To her bewitching Beauty and Her charming Tongue was he So much a Slave whate're she askt He nothing could deny Who being hired by his Foes To know where lay his strength She tries her several Arts and so Prevails on him at length She makes him sleep upon her Lap And then she cuts his Locks And calling in the Philistines They seize on him with mocks Thus valiant Samson was betray'd And given as a prey Unto his Foes whom lockt in Chains They in a Dungeon lay And now when he designs to act As he had done before 'T is but in vain his strength is gone He can do so no more Is this the Man the Champion who The Lion tore in sunder Is this the Mighty Conqueror Whose Arm destroy'd like Thunder Is this the Man who only with The Jaw-bone of an Ass Destroy'd a thousand Philistines Yet now a Slave Alas Lord watch Lord keep Lord save us all Be with us night and day When tempted we are apt to fall And often go astray XVI Vpon Samsons pulling the House on the Philistines Judges 16. NOW Samson thou hast lost thy Locks Next labour to secure thine Eyes They 'll pluck them out and then with scorn Over thee they will Tyrannize Thou once their plague art now their sport See what thy crimes have brought thee to On thy Religion they reflect And cry God Dagon wrought thy woe In Brazen Shackles thou dost lye And forced art to grind their Mill. Ah! to what misery art thou brought By yielding to an Harlots will Yet O Philistines have a care His Locks begin to grow again And with them that great strength whereby So many thousands he hath slain But over-joyed that take no thought Of that It is a Feasting day They have him fast and now resolve That he to them shall sport and play Samson is brought all sorts repair To see Blind Samson in the Hall Who sometimes stumbles sometimes falls And seeks about to find the Wall Between the Pillars they him place Where he is scoft at and abus'd It fill'd his Heart with grief and rage To find himself so basely us'd He prays to God
Calls for a Sword and tells them he The live Child will divide The Mother of the living Child Fearing it should be slain Yields that the other it should have And thereby makes it plain That she the real Mother is He it on her bestows The King for Wisdom is renown'd His Name more famous grows XXIII Elijah fed by Ravens 1 Kings 17. IN Ahab's Time great Wickedness Was acted in the Land For which God now resolves they shall Feel his afflicting Hand Elijah came and in the name Of God to him declares No Dew nor Rain upon the Earth Shall fall in full three Years Ahab is wroth the Prophet flies And by the Lord's Command At Cherith hides till God remove The Famine from the Land And there saith God by Ravens I Thee constantly will feed They ne're shall fail thee to supply With what thou stand'st in need Elijah nothing doubts but goes Where God did him advise Had we but Faith to trust in God We ne're should want supplies Of what is fit and good for us Which this good Prophet found Who is so far from wanting that He seemeth to abound The Ravens every Morning come And bring him Bread and Flesh And every Evening do the same Wherewith they him refresh Thus of the most unlikely means God sometimes maketh use Birds Beasts and Fishes do his will They cannot it refuse A Lion did with Honey feed Good Samson from the Jaw The Waters burst to quench his Thirst All must obey Gods Law XXVI Vpon Elijah 's Fiery Chariot 2 Kings 2. GOod Man how weary was thy Soul of violence and strife So great were thy Afflictions thou Wast weary of thy life Thou hunted wast from place to place Hid in a Den or Cave Because thou didst Repentance preach And Israel wouldst save Then God gave ear unto thy Pray'r And bid thee to prepare Thou now must into Heaven fly Thy Heart before was there This welcome Message having heard He goes to Jericho And thence to Jordan he makes haste For quickly he must go Triumphantly he marches on Elisha doth attend And all the way the Prophets say Thy Master must ascend When they were unto Jordan come Elijah smites the Flood The Waters presently give way All turns to him for good When safe got through Elijah says What shall I do for thee Ah says Elisha that thy Spirit Might doubled be on me Now as they walk a Chariot Of Fire does appear Takes up Elijah into th' Air But leaves Elisha there Swiftly he through the Sky doth ride And into Heaven's receiv'd Elisha having lost his Lord Exceedingly is griev'd XXV Vpon the Bears destroying Forty Children 2 Kings 2. ELijah gone Elisha now At Jericho does stay The Prophets Sons perswade him that His Master find they may He them forbids but they persist And urge him to 't again But after three days seeking him They find it is in vain The Citizens then him intreat He would their Waters cure Which he performs and healthfulness Doth unto them procure Then doth he toward Bethel go But as he past along Many young Children from the Town Him followed in a throng And mocking him they loudly cry'd Go up thou Bald-head go He meekly hears them for a while Which made them bolder grow They still mock on at length he turns And sternly doth them eye His angry words are worse than blows As they find instantly He doth them in the Lords Name Curse And quickly there appears Out of the dismal neighbouring Wood Two ravenous fierce she Bears Who soon do these young Scoffers seize And them in pleces tear They in a moment forty slay While others fly for fear Thus these Youths justly lost their lives Because they did miscall Gods Prophet Ah! Young Men let this A warning be to all XXVI Vpon Jezebel eaten by Dogs 2 Kings 9. KIng Ahab was a wicked Man And had a vitious Wife Call'd Jezebel She treacherously Robb'd Nabal of his life Because he would not let her have His own Inheritance And prospering in her wickedness She therein did advance The Prophets of the Lord before She caused to be slain Yea she did strive to Murder all That there might none remain When she her course had finished For her Inquity And for the Blood which she had shed This Jezebel must die Out of a Window she is cast And falls upon the ground Thus Jezebel doth find at last That God can her confound Her Blood is sprinkled on the Wall And on the Horses falls She innocent Blood had often spilt Which now for vengeance calls The Dogs did eat up Jezebel And nothing now remains Of this proud and ambitious Wretch But Skull and Feet and Hands They then that sought for Jezebel No Jezebel could find The rest of her devoured is Here 's all that 's left behind She that i' th' Morning painted had Her false bewitching Face E're Night by Dogs is eaten and Of Burial found no place XXVII Vpon Haman and Mordecai Esther 3. ESther's Belov'd Wedded and Crown'd A Treason Mordecai betray'd The Traytors are pursu'd and found Their Lives they for their Treason paid Haman th' Amalekite by Race A Favourite and in much grace His rage to Mordecai exprest For his not bowing as the rest Unto the King proud Haman sues For the destruction of the Jews The King consents and in his Name Decrees were sent t' effect the same The Jews and Mordecai lament Their miseries and great distresses But Mordecai the Queen possesses With cruel Haman's foul intent Her aid implor'd the Queen refuses To help them and her self excuses But urg'd by Mordecai consents To die or cross their Foes intents Unto the King Queen Esther goes He unexpected favour shows Demands her Suit She doth request The King and Haman to a Feast Mordecat's want of reverence Great Haman's haughty pride offends Acquaints his Wife with the offence And asks her Counsel and his Friends The King asks Haman what respects Becomes the Man whom he affects And with that Honour doth repay The good deserts of Mordecai The Queen brings Haman's accusation The King 's displeas'd and in a Passion And for his Crimes commands that he Fifty Foot high shall hanged be XXVIII Upon the History of Job Job 1.2 SAtan appears and then professes Himself Mans Enemy confesses Gods love to Job questions his Faith Gains power over all he hath The frighted Messengers tell Job his fourfold loss he tears his Robe Submits him to th' Almighty's trust Whom he concludeth to be Just Satan a second time appears Before th' Eternal boldly dares Abuse Job's tried Faith afresh And gains th' Afflicting of his Flesh Job plagu'd with Ulcers groveling lyes Plung'd in a gulf of miseries His Wife to Blasphemy doth tempt him His three Friends visit and lament him O'rewhelm'd with grief be breaketh forth Into impatience ' gainst his Birth Professes that his Heart did doubt And fear what since hath fallen out He counts his sorrows and from thence Excuses his impatience
Describes the shortness of his time And makes confession of his crime Rash Eliphaz doth aggravate The Sins of Job and his sad State Whom Job reproving justifies Himself bewails his miseries God questions him and proves that Man Cannot attain to things so high As Divine Secrets since he can Not reach to Natures Secrecy God speaks to him the second time Job yields his Sin repents his Crime God checks his Friends restores his Health Gives him new Issue double Wealth XXIX Vpon the three Children in the fiery Furnace Dan. 3 VVHen Israel was Captive led For Sin to Babylon â—â—â—e Youths the King chose and them fed With his Provision These Children were well-favoured Such whom he could discern Had Wisdom Knowledge and were apt All Sciences to Learn Now among these four Youths there were Who did the rest excel Whom the King Governours did make Which Trust they manag'd well Shadrach Meshach Abednego O're his Affairs were set But Daniel lived at the Court And ruied in the Gate The King a Golden Image made And set it in the Plain And whosoe're won't worship it Must certainly be slain Yet these three Men do this refuse At which the King is wroth And doth command that instantly Before him they be brought Into a fiery Furnace he Orders that they be thrown But they receiv'd no hurt thereby They trust in Heav'n alone One like the Son of God was there Which when the King did see He calls them forth and doth declare Their God his God shall be He also them restores unto Their former dignity And doth command all shall adore Their God as the Most High XXX Vpon Daniel in the Lions Den Dan. 6. DAniel escap'd the Fire but yet Was cast into the Den. He envied was because he rise Higher than other Men. And since they could not him insnare In matters of the Crown Of his Religion they complain Thereby to bring him down They cry O King make a Decree And Seal it with thy Ring That those be to the Lions cast Who will not do this thing All Men as God shall thee adore And unto thee shall pray And whosoever doth refuse This Edict to obey He shall into the Lions Den There cruelly to die This Daniel knew and yet did still Serve God as formerly Then to the King they do accuse Him of Disloyalty Because unto the Kings Decree He dar'd not to comply For this he 's cast into the Den Of which the King repents And for his Servant Daniel He wofully laments The Lions will not touch him but Do seem to stand in fear Daniel in safety there remains For Daniel's God was there At which the King doth much rejoice And soon does him deliver His Enemies the Lions tear God loves his Servants ever XXXI Upon the History of Jonah Jonah 1. 2. THE Word of God to Jonah came Commanded Jonah to proclaim The vengeance of his Majesty Against the Sins of Nineveh But Jonah toward Tarshish went A Tempest doth his course prevent The Mariners are sore opprest While Jonah sleeps and takes his rest The Pilot thumps on Jonah's Breast And rouzeth Jonah from his rest They all cast Lots being sore affrighted The Sacred Lot on Jonah lighted They question Jonah whence he came His Countrey and his Peoples Name He makes reply they moan their woe And ask his Counsel what to do The Prophet doth his fault discover Persuades the Men to cast him over They row and toil but do no good They pray to be excus'd from Blood They cast the Prophet over board The Storm allay'd they fear the Lord. Almighty Fish him quick devours Where he remained many Hours Within the Belly of the Whale He doth his misery bewail God hears his Pray'r at whose command The Fish out casts him on the Land The second time was Jonah sent To Nineveh now Jonah went Against their crying Sins he cry'd And their Destruction prophesied The Ninevites believe his Word Their Hearts they turn unto the Lord In him they put their only trust Since he 's both Merciful and Just XXXII Vpon the Prodigal Son St. Luke 15. TWO Sons unto a certain Man Were Born with whom they live Until they were grown up but then The youngest seems to grieve That he must always dwell at Home Therefore abroad will he Let me says he my Portion have I 'll Travel presently His Father though unwillingly Unto him doth consent Who taking all his Goods with him To a far Countrey went Where he with Riot soon doth waste All that with him he brought Women and Wine and Gluttony His Ruin quickly wrought And which did much increase his woe A Famine in that Land Then happened which caused him In want of Food to stand Yet if in this necessity On Husks he could have fed It may be he would ne're have thought Of coming Home for Bread But hunger forc'd him to recall His Fathers House to mind Then Home he goes and after all He finds his Father kind With Kisses Robe with Shoes and Ring And Musicks lofty strain With th' fatted Calf and all good things He doth him entertain And pleads that so it ought to be None should of it complain For this my Son was dead saith he And is alive again XXXIII Vpon Dives and Lazarus St. Luke 16. DIves was blest with happiness But Lazarus was poor Dives lives high but Lazarus Doth beg from door to door The very worst of Dives Slaves Far'd better far than he Whose Cloaths were Rags he nothing hath But Sores and Misery At Dives Door Lazarus begs Only some Crumbs of Bread Which from his Riotous Table fell Wherewith he might be fed At length both on their Death beds lye And both now equal seem But after death Dives is vile And Lazarus in esteem The Beggar goes to Heav'n and there In Abraham's Bosom lies The Rich Man is in Hell and there Though dying never dies From whence he Lazarus sees and doth Of Father Abraham crave He would send Lazarus back again His Brethren to save Yea being in great misery He humbly doth intreat A drop of Water for to cool His Tongue inflam'd with heat But this his cry and strange request Abraham doth now reject Upon his former Luxury He bids him to reflect Remember Son saith he that then Thou good things didst enjoy But Lazarus evil therefore now He reaps Eternal Joy XXXIV Upon the death of Ananias and Saphira Acts 5. THese two dwelt in Jerusalem And did the Faith profess Yet these two lost their Lives because They acted wickedness They come and deal deceitfully Before the Lord of Hosts Yea they presume to tell a Lie Unto the Holy Ghost For selling their Possession they Part of the price kept back It may be they were covetous And fear'd themselves should lack And then they falsly did affirm They nothing did retain Thinking St. Peter to deceive But found it was in vain He soon discovers the deceit And plainly doth declare Satan had fill'd their Hearts