with you hence So Joseph he in Egypt died when His age it was an hundet'd years and ten And was embalm'd and put into his Chest Joseph is gone to everlasting rest Glory to God who is enthron'd on high Sing praises to his heavenly Majesty Angels and men his holy Name adore And Hallelujah Sing for evermore Amen The Blessed Virgins Song Luke 1. Beginning at the 46 verse MY Soul doth praise the Lord with meek behaviour My spirit doth rejoyce in God my Saviour He hath regarded now the Low estate Of his Hand-Maiden happy is my fate For now behold henceforth 't will be exprest All generations still shall call me blest For he that is Almighty he hath done To me great things who is the Holy One. His mercies are on them that do him fear From age to age his goodness doth appear He strength hath shewed with his mighty Arm The proud to scatter that imagin harm He hath put down the mighty now I see And hath exalted them of low degree He hath the hungry fill'd which go astray With good the rich hath empty sent away And he hath help'd his servant Israel In his abounding mercy that excell As he spake to our Father 's heretofore To Abr'ham and his seed for evermore Hallelujah His Lamentation beholding London and Westminster upon the new Monument VVHich now is rais'd and built near to the place That dreadful fire first began it's race Which for the space of four dayes did Burn And did our City into Ashes turn And now succeeding Ages may remember To bear in mind the second of September It has a Golden top resembl'ng Fire That all Spectators far and near admire And 't is for Height so Stately to behold Above an hundr'd Paces three times told Upon this sumptuous Pillar I did stand And thus bewail'd the Glory of the Land Behold those Cities how they do abound With Sodomires How they are compass'd round And how with Zion they do both reside Stiff neck'd and Haughty and pufft up with pride Like to the Daughters of Jerusalem Our City-Dames may be compar'd to them With wanton dresses each of them bedecks And walking daily with forth-stretched necks How unbecoming Christians how unmeet They walk and make a tinkling with their feet Alas these Cities may not we with sorrow Compare them both to Sodom and Gomorrah The greatest sins that were committed there The same if not far worse are acted here For why we sin against a greater Light Living in wanton pleasures day and night Alas I fear of us it may be said We worse than Sodom have the wanton play'd Both great and small profane thy Name O God Yet thou art mercifull and spares thy Rod. Let not thy gracious mercies stop our ears But fill our hearts with Grief our Eyes with Tears We may in Sack-cloath weep both day and night And each of us become a Ninivite Lord when thy servant Jonah thou hadst sent To Niniveh how soon they did repent Let Jonah Lord to us such tidings bring We may Lament with Niniveh's great King And to appease thy Judgements let us hast To put on Sack-cloath and proclaime a Fast For who can tell if God will spare our City Our sins are great how can he shew us pity O Lord forgive our sins for they are many And if within our Cities there are any That loves thy Gospel and do fear thy Name Let them be Pillars to support the same We may not Lord be swallow'd up as Korah Nor be destroy'd as Sodom and Gomorrah O let thy Gospel flourish and remain Amongst us let it not be Preacht in vain Left in the end we should become as those On whom thou did'st pronounce thy dreadfull woes Who did revile our blessed Lord and Saviour His glorious teaching and his meek behaviour Who doubtless Suffers now his dreadfull ire The wofull Vengeance of eternall fire O let us not be Citizens with them Let 's be a Type of new Jerusalem Build up our places wast and desolate Write Holiness t'thy Self upon each gate O let our gates with righteousness be baâ—'d And let thy Holy Angels be our guard Let Abraham intreat for us and pray And Let just Lot within our Cities stay Let Righteousness and Peace each other greet And like a mighty stream run down each-street Then shall we Lord thy holy Word imbrace Then shall we ever be a Holy Place A place of Mirth in Singing Psalmes and Hymns And Heavenly Anthems to th' King of Kings Hasten us Lord our feet may swiftly run The way of peace so shall thy will be done We may thy glorious Majesty adore And Sing thy praises Lord for evermore Amen Make haste O Lord let this thy will be done And hast the Kingdom of thy blessed Son And let us watch and not asleep be found When thy Arch-Angels shall thy Trumpets sound To raise the dead O Lord both small and great For to appear before thy Judgement-seat Yea when thy Trumpets sound the dead shall rise All mortalls shall come to this great Assize The Moon shall lose his light the stars shall fall From heaven Lord at this thy dreadfull Call The Element shall melt and with a noise Shall pass away at dread Jehovah's voice And then with Power and glory shining Clear The Son of Man shall in the clouds appear Whose glory shines so glorious and so bright The Sun shall turn to blood and lose its light And then the Tribes of all the earth shall mourn With dreadfull fear to see the Heavens burn Then shall the Righteous shine forth as the fun Whose righteous Race the wicked have out run Who dare not cry Lord Lord have mercy on us But cry out Rocks and Mountains fall upon us To hide them from the presence of the Lord But Rocks and Mountains shall no place afford No! Kings and Princes shall receive their doom Judges themselves must now to Judgement come No Bribes nor Fees now Justice shall take place The Righteous Judge will plead the Poor mans case And in his justice wil pronounce this sentence Upon all those that dy'd without Repentance The Whore-monger the Swearer and the Lier Depart ye Curs'd into eternal Fire But to the Righteous thus the Lord will say Come come ye bless'd into eternal Joy In Joyes unspeakable ever for to Sing Sweet Hallelujah's to your heavenly King O who will not Gods Holy Word obey And tremble at the thoughts of this great day Let 's watch and pray we may our selves prepare Lest it should come upon us unaware Hallelujah His Verses upon the 5th of November the 30th of January and the 29th of May. For the Fifth of November NOw was that Cursed Jesuite-invention So cruel and so horrid an intention With Romish Powder found out by a Fryer Whose Subtilty the Devil might admire A dreadfull Blow that quickly would have sent Up to the Clouds our King and Parliament A hellish Plot in secret Wrought by night Which the Almighties Wisdom brought to light The Papal actions to a sudden shame Blessed for ever be his holy Name Now to this day it 's call'd the Powder plot Throughout this Land never to be forgot Which day we keep in Memory therefore To be observ'd till Time shall be no more For the 30th of January O Day of horror thou that art confin'd To be forgot and yet be bore in mind Thou fill'st this Land with grievous Lamentations To be a hissing to all forraign Nations The very Heathens where we traffick bring Cry out false Traytors you that kill'd your King Alas that Christian's guilty are of that Which Turks and Pagans are amazed at Ah Bloody day how vile thou dost appear Why art thou in the Number of the Year To be a Blot upon the Christians name And to this Land an Everlasting shame O Lord forgive this great iniquitie And let this day a day of Sorrow be A day of Mourning for so great a Crime To after Ages till the end of Time For the 29th of May. THis is the Joyfull Birth and Restoration Of our dread Prince the Monarch of this Nation This day Lord Monk with many Nobles more Did all repair to welcome Him on shore Great Multitudes to see the KING this day Were more than thousand 's standing by the way Throughout this Land who could not but admire The Hills and Mountains all were set on fire The Trumpets sound the Bells most sweetly Ring The People shout and cry God save the KING Harmon'ous instruments of Musick sweet Melodiously were heard in every Street A day of so great Triumph and of Fame The tongue of man can ne're declare the same And now the King enjoyes his own again God grant him long in Health Wealth to Raign HAst from the Press my Muse salute the spring Chant forth thy Anthems make the vallies Ring Sing like a Siren that all comers near thee They may be ravish'd and amaz'd to hear thee Fly thou my little Bird to every Town And see thou put all Wanton Singers down With thy sweet voice where ever thou shalt com They may be silent and for ever dum Seek thou no rest but fly a thousand waies In every Corner sing Jehovah's praise Then all will say that sit to here thee sing Thou art the sweetest Bird of all the spring FINIS
seven more But with the East-Wind blasted very sore And presently devour'd all the good So Pharaoh he awak't and understood It 't was a dream he quickly gave Command To call the South-sayers of all the Land They may interpret and his Dreams declare For why his spirits sorely troubl'd are So all the Wise-men far and near did hast And came before their Lord the King at last But when the King his dreams to them had told Not one of them that could the same unfold Then to the King the Butler he did say I call to mind a fault in me this day When I in prison and the Baker were Pharaoh in 's Anger caus'd us to be there So there we being troubl'd in our mind We both did dream but little thought to find A man to be indu'd with Wisdom so In all the Prison that our Dream could show Therefore we troubled were and sore dismaid But there an Ebrew servant to us said Why are ye now so sad my Friends to day What is your trouble tell it me I pray So then we told our Dreams to him and he Declar'd the truth as we did after see Upon this news King Pharaoh quickly sent Some of his Servants and with speed they went Now Joseph shall not long in prison stay Come forth of prison Joseph come away 'T is thee alone that must those Dreames unfold 'T is thee alone shalt wear the Chain of Gold At last this Newes they did to Joseph bring Who shav'd Chang'd came before the King So he beheld him and to him did say Canst thou declare a Dream to me I pray I have of late heard great report of thee That thou canst tell a dream what e're it be Then Joseph answer'd Pharaoh thus and said Let not the King be troubled nor dismaid For without me the Lord shall answer Peace To Pharach therefore let thy trouble cease Then Pharach said to Joseph In my dream I by a River stood a pleasant stream And seven Fat Kine did to me appear Out of th' River as I was standing there And in a pleasant Meddow they did feed But after Seven Leane ones did proceed And did devour th' fat ones that were there Yet still more ugly and ill-favour'd were Upon this dream I quickly did awake But fell a sleep again my Rest to take And dream'd the second time before 't was morn And in my dream saw seven Ears of Corn Which sprang and grew upon one stalk so rare No Ears of Corn were ever seen so fair And after them there sprang up seven more But with the East Wind blasted very sore And presently devour'd all the good So I wak't and when I understood It was a dream I quickly did command To send for the Magicians of the Land But none of them could these my Dreams declare They knew not what they meant nor what they are Let not the King said Joseph troubl'd be The Lord will shew the truth thereof to thee He has already what he means to do Thy dreams are one O King and are not two The seven Fat Kine that did first appear They do betoken each of them a Year So do the Ears of Corn that grew so rare Upon one stalk and seem'd to thee so fair The evill kine that after did appear And blasted Ears do shew a Dearth is near This is the thing and thou shalt find 't is true Yea this is that the Lord intends to do For seven years of Plenty there shall be In all thy Land and after thou shalt see A Famine great and Plenty shall be not Throughout all Lands but shall be quite forgot For seven more as thou shalt understand Untill this Famine hath Consum'd the Land And now the cause thy Dream so doubl'd was The Lord hath said it and 't will come to pass Let Pharaoh therefore see to get a man That is of understanding if he can And let him also Officers provide And set them over Egypt Land so wide And see they Carefull be of this Command To gather in the Fifth of all the Land During the seven years of this great Plenty To lay up Corn and let no place be empty At thy Command O King in every City That when the Famine comes thou may'st have pity So with thy food thou shalt thy Country Cherish And save thy people that they may not perish Now Pharaoh's pleas'd and said I witness can In all my Land there is not such a man And Pharaoh said to Joseph For as much As God's great Wisdom now in thee is such There 's none of Understanding now I see In all the Land for Wisdome like to thee Thou shalt be next me none shall near remove thee But in my throne I will be still above thee Behold I set thee over Egypt Land And then he took his Ring from off his hand And gave it Joseph and to him he said In Costly Garments thou shalt be aray'd So in fine Linnen he did him bedeck And put a Chain of Gold about his Neck His Second Chariot Joseph did command The people abrech Cry'd throughout the Land And Pharaoh said to Joseph thou shalt see I Pharaoh am and therefore none but thee Shall dare to stir a foot in all the Land But shall before thee in subjection stand And Joseph Pharaoh call'd another Name And gave to him a Wife of princely fame And he was thirty years of Age when he Departed from the King the Land to see So Joseph went throughout all Egypt Land And gather'd Corn in number as the sand He and his servants gather'd in such store They knew not where to lay up any more And now two sons to Joseph there were Born Before the Dearth and scarsity of Corn. Manasseth Joseph call'd the first by Name Saying the land 's forgot from whence I came He call'd the second Ephraim for said he In my affliction God hath gave him me The seven years of plenty now doth Cease As Joseph said the Famine did increase Over all Lands the Famine sore is spread But in the Land of Egypt there was bread At length the scarcity increas'd amain Among th' Egyptians So they did Complain To Pharaoh But said he to Joseph go Make your addresses to him let him know So then they did and Joseph of his store Did fell to them but still they wanted more All Nations buyes their food at Joseph's hands Because the Famine's grievous in all Lands So grievous that all Nations far and nigh Comes all to Egypt now their food to buy CHAP. V. Being the xlii of Genesis The Argument Now Jacob sendeth speedily His Sons to Egypt food to buy But Joseph takes them all for spies And Simeon there a prisoner lies The rest return opprest in minde For Grief their brother 's left behind NOw Jacob call's his sons and thus he said Chear up your selves and be not you dismaid Why do you now upon each other gaze Why do ye stand so are you in
unto your Father Then Judah said thus and to him drew near O let me speak a word in my Lord's Ear And let not Wrath be kindled in thy Heart Against thy Servants thou as Pharaoh art My Lord did ask if we a Father had Or any Brother so we answer made We had a Father that was Grave and Old And he a Son had with him thus we told And he alone was left him of his Mother Begot in 's Age he and another Brother And one is not the other he above The rest of us most dearly do him love Now thou didst bid us bring him unto thee When we did come again thou might'st him see But to my Lord thy Servants did Reply If he should leave his Father he would die And thou did'st say Except you bring him me Thy Servants never more thy Face should see So when we back unto our Father came VVe did acquaint thy Servant of the same But when our Father he had understood He bid us turn again to buy some Food VVe made him answer thus we cannot go Unless our Brother 's with us thou dost know But if he go not with us we are sure That we shall see the Face of him no more Then said thy Servant and our Father dear You know my Wife two Sons to me did bear And one of them said he departed hence I never heard of him nor saw him since And if you take this from me that I have You will vvith sorrow bring me to my Grave Now therefore vvhen I come to him he 'l see The Lad is left and he is not vvith me His heart upon him do so much depend I know his Life vvill soon be at an end Thus we our aged Father shall not save But full of Grief shall bring him to the Grave Thy servant I am surety for the Child That from him he no way should be exil'd Saying if I bring him not to thee I 'le never Come in thy fight but bear the blame for ever I pray thee let me be thy servant then And let the Lad go vvith his Bretheren How can I go I 'le be thy servant rather Than go to see this Evil of my Father CHAP. VIII Being the xlv of Genesis The Argument Now Joseph doth himself make known His Brethren lovingly doth own And for his Father without stay Doth send his Brethren away Whose Tidings Jacob did Revive To hear his Son is yet alive THen Joseph he no longer could refrain Before all them that did with him remain But being sorely grieved in his Heart He wept and caus'd each man for to depart VVhil'st he revealed himself in presence then There was no man besides his Brethren He Wept aloud So that it did appear That all the House of Pharaoh they did hear And to his Brethren then he thus did say I am your Brother whom you sold away Your brother Joseph you may Credit give How do's my Father now Do's he yet Live But Fear and Grief in them was so redoubl'd They could not speak to him they were so Troubl'd Then Joseph he again to them did say Come near to me my Bretheren I pray So they came near and he again doth tell I Joseph am whom you did hither sell Yet be not grieved though this thing be true It was the Lord that sent me here not you Take heed therefore in you there be no strife For God did send me here to save your Life There is but two Years of this Famine past But seven Years this Scarcity will last And there is five to come wherein you 'l see No Earing nor no Harvest there will be VVherefore the Lord did send me to this Land For to preserve you by his mighty Hand And he hath made me Father and a Lord To Pharaoh thus his Power doth afford To me this greatness You now understand I Ruler am throughout all Egypt Land Haste you unto my Father now and tell Thus faith thy Son that is alive and well Joseph thy Son whom God hath made to be Ruler in Egypt Come and dwell with me And in the Land of Goshen thou shalt dwell 'T is near me and all other doth excell Thy Childrens Children whilst this Famine last Thy Heards Flocks what soe're thou hast I may preserve thee here and may thâ—e Cherish Left in those five Years Famine thou should'st perish And now my Brethren you do see 't is true That it is I alone that speak to you And tell my Father he may come and see My glory and may here abide with me Then on the neck of Benjamin his Brother He wept and so they wept upon each other Moreover he kist all his bretheren And wept and so they talked with him then At length this tidings unto Pharaoh came He and his house are pleased with the same And unto Joseph Pharaoh thus did say Make hast and send thy bretheren away That they from Canaan may thy Father bring He shall be welcome here whil'st I am King I 'le give to him the best of all the Land The best that 's here shall be at his command And let them Chariots take for all at home That all their Wives and Children may come Yea let them come and not regard their stuff They shall not want here they shall have enough So Joseph did for them as he did say And also gave them Victuals for the way And gave each man a Change of Raiment then But five he gave his Brother Benjamin Three hundr'd Silver pieces also he Did give to him that he his Love might see And likewise to his Father did present Ten Asses laden with the like he sent Ten more with Corn and Meat such as was good To serve his Father by the way for Food So they departed but he thus did say See that you fall not out now by the way Then they went up from Egypt and did hast And to their Father then they came at last And unto him this newes did quickly tell Joseph's alive said they and he is well And more then this now thou shalt understand He 's Governor and Lord of Egypt Land But Jacob in the least Cannot believe His heart doth fail he can no Credit give They told him all but still his heart relent Untill he saw the things which Joseph sent To fetch him thence his spirits did revive It is enough said he my son's alive Joseph is yet alive and now will I I will go see my son before I dye CAHP. IX Being the xlvi of Genesis The Argument Jacob doth preparation make His Egypt Journey now doth take God by the way to him appear Bid's him go on and nothing fear And Joseph doth his Father meet In Goshen they each other greet ANd Israel Journeyed with all he had To Bersheba but there some stay he made He and his houshold while he there abode Did sacrifice unto the Lord his God And in a Vision while he yet was there God call'd
to him who answer'd I am here I am the Lord thy Father 's did obey Fear not to go to Egypt he did say I will there make of thee a Nation great And I will give thee there a Princely seat I will be with thee while thou there remain I 'le bring thee down and bring thee up again Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes Thus at Jehovahs word he did arise And all his sons they did prepare to carry Their Father thence and did no longer tarry Likewise their Wives and Children that went Rid in the Chariots then that Pharaoh sent They took their Goods and Cattle they had got In Canaan with them so they left it not And all his seed with him to Egypt came His sons and daughters I for bear to name But all that came with him both great and small From Canaan were three-score and six in all Now Joseph had two sons besides those men So in the whole they were three-score and ten Then Judah he before to Joseph sent For to prepare a place so Judah went And Joseph with his Chariot came to meet His Father and in Goshen did him greet Upon his neck he fell and did imbrace And wept upon each other for a space And Israel said to Joseph Let me dye Now I have seen thy face for surely I Have oft lamented for thee very sore And did not think to see thee any more Then Joseph said to Pharaoh I will go The truth of all things to him I will show That thee and all thy house are come to me From Canaan he the truth of all shall see That you are Shepheards he shall understand And that your Flocks are brought unto this Land And if that Pharaoh do of you inquire To know your trade if he of you desire Then you shall say thy servants of a truth We have been Herdf-men ever from our youth That in the Land of Goshen you may dwell hate Because it doth all other far excel Besides th' Egyptians they do Shepheards Throughout their Land such they abominate CHAP. X. Being the xlvii of Genesis The Argument Joseph doth his Breth'ren bring And his Father to the King Pharaoh Goshen Land doth give With consent they there should live Joseph for them do provide Whil'st with joy they there Reside THen Joseph came to Pharaoh now and told My Father and my Brethren behold Are come to thee with all that ere they have There Heards and Flocks that thou their Lives may save They all are come from Canan unto thee And in the Land of Goshen now they be And Joseph took five of his Bretheren And unto Pharaoh did present them then So Pharaoh he enquir'd of their Trade Thy Servants Shepherds are they answer made They said moreover scarcity at home Hath forc't thy Servants hither for to come Thy Servants have no Pasture for our Sheep We could in Canan Sir no longer keep Now we intreat thee therefore let us dwell In th' Land of Goshen for we like it well Then Pharaoh spake to Joseph thus and said Thy Father 's Come I see be not dismaid The Land of Egypt is at thy Command Give unto him the chiefest of the Land The Land of Goshen let him there abide And see that he of nothing be deny'd If there be any of Activity Over my Cattel let them Rulers be Then Joseph also did his Father bring And set him in the Presence of the King So Jacob blest him and to him did bow And Pharaoh asked him how old art thou An hundred and thirty yeares said he My Pilgrim years so few and evil be That I have not attain'd it doth appear Unto the years that all my Fathers were This being said he with an humble heart Took leave of Pharaoh then and did depart And Joseph plac'd his Father and did give Possessions to his Bretheren to live Within the best and cheifest of the Land In Ram'ses then as Pharaoh did Command And Joseph there his Father Nourished His Brothers and their Housholds there with Bread Now in the Land the Famine waxed sore They had no Bread for they had spent their store So that in Egypt great was the Complaint And Canan through Extreamity did Faint And Joseph took the money that he found In Egypt for he there had many a pound Which he receiv'd for Corn that there was bought To Pharaohs house to lay it up he brought So then when money in the Land did fail Th' Egyptians did their Cases thus be wail And said to Joseph Bread vvith us is scant Why should we in thy Presence Die for vvant Then bring your Cattel Joseph said and I Will give you Food for them you may not die So then they brought their Cattel and he gave Them Bread for them their Lives thereby to save For all their Heards of Cattel and their Sheep Which fed them for a year and did them keep But when that year was ended then they came To him the next and said it is no shame For us to tell my Lord we are bereft Of all vve have that we have nothing left Saving our Bodies and our Ground my Lord We in thy sight can nothing else afford Why should vve Perish under thy Command Buy us for Bread both we and all our Land And vve to Pharaoh vvill be Servants bound So that vve may have Seed to sow the Ground VVe may not Perish vvhile this Famine last Nor that our Land it may not go to wast Then Joseph bought for Pharaoh all the Land of Egypt then of the Egyptians Hand Because the Famine vvas upon them fore Each man did sell their Land to him therefore So all was Pharaohs and he did remove Those men that Sold their Land the Truth to prove From all their Dwellings through the Land so vvide Unto the Cities there for to abide But now the Priests their Land he did not buy Because they need not sell their Lands for why Their Portion Pharaoh gave did them releive They did not sell vvhat he to them did give Then Joseph to the People thus did say Behold I now have bought you all this Day And all your Land for Pharaoh now vvith speed Go sow your Ground lo here I give you Seed And you shall give the fifth of your Encrease To Pharaoh but the fourth you with Peace You shall enjoy the fourth part to yeild Food for your selves Seed to sow each Field And for your Housholds it shall be for Meat For all your VVives and little Ones to eat Then they made answer thou hast sav'd our Lives Let us find Favour both vve and our VVives In my Lords sight and vve vvill Servants be To Pharaoh and will serve him vvillinglie And Joseph made a Law vvhich to this day stands firm in Egypt never to Decay That Pharaoh he should have of them the fifth of all except the Priests which vvas their Gift And Isr'el there did dwell in Egypt Land The Land of Goshen vvas
at his Command He did possess it and did multiply And grew and did encrease exceedingly And Jacob seventeen Years there did dwell Most sumptuously in Riches did excel So that the Age of Jacob doth appear To be an hundr'd fourty seven Year Now vvhen the time drew near that he should Die He Call'd his Son to him and said If I Have in thy sight found Grace let me command That thou wilt put under my Thigh thy Hand Let me my Son thy Truth Rely upon Lay me not here vvhen I am Dead and gone But vvhen I Die then vvith my Fathers all Bury me vvith them in their Burial And Joseph answer'd him and said I will Perform my Duty thy mind to fullfil But Isr'el said to Joseph Swear my Son Thou vvilt perform my Will So thereupon Joseph did Swear And Isr'el Worshipped And bow'd himself to him upon the Bed CHAP. XI Being the lxviii of Genesis The Argument Joseph takes his Sons and He His sick Father goes to see Jacob each of them doth Bless Tells him of their good Success Prophesie the promis'd Land Will be Restor'd by th' Almighty's Hand NOw after this to Joseph speedily One came said thy Father 's like to Die So Joseph hasted and he took with him His two Sons Manasseh and Ephraim And also one told Jacob thus and said Joseph is come to thee be not dismai'd Then Isr'el when he had recover'd Strength Got up and sate upon his Bed at length And said to Joseph hear my Son I pray What I shall speak to thee and what I say The Lord Almighty did to me appear At Luz in Canan and did Bless me there And afterwards thus unto me he spake And said Behold I will thee fruitful make I will thy People multiply said he And I will make a Number great of thee I 'le give to thee and to thy Seed therefore This Land they shall possess for evermore And now thy Sons which here are Born to thee In Egypt thou shalt give them both to me As Reuben and as Simeon they are mine But all thy Issue after shall be thine Now vvhen I came from Padan in the Land Of Canan Rachel Dy'd upon my hand When I from Ephrah vvanted half a day And there I did her Bury by the way Then Isr'el Joseph's Sons did there espie He lookt on them as they were standing by And asked Joseph saying Whose are these And Joseph said my Sons vvhom God doth please To spare alive His blessings I may see They are my Sons whom God hath given me Then Isr'el said before thou take them hence Let me my Blessing on them both dispence Now Israel with sickness he did Sage His sight did fail by Reason of his Age Then Joseph brought them him and for a space He there did Kiss them and did them Embrace And then he said to Joseph I ne'r thought To see thy Face but God to pass hath brought That he hath also shewed my thy Seed The Lord our God is Merciful indeed Then Joseph from his Fathers Knees did take His Sons and did Obeisance to him make And Ephraim then he took in his Right hand Towards his Fathers Left as he did stand And also took Manasseh in his Left Next Isr'el's Right hand not to be bereft Nor misse his Right-hand Blessing thus he thought Then to his Father both of them he brought But Isr'el his Right Hand he did Convey And upon Ephraims Head he did it Lay And laid his Left Hand then upon the other Upon Manasseh's Head The Elder Brother And Blessed Joseph saying God before Whom all my Fathers Walk't and did Adore Whom Abraham and Isaac did obey And he that hath preserv'd me to this day The Angel which Redeem'd me from all ill Now Bless the Lad's and let my Name be still On them and let my Father's Names also Be upon them and also let them grow Unto a Multitude so great by Birth Their dwelling in the mid'st of all the Earth But now when Joseph saw on Ephraim His Father 's Right hand it displeased him And sought for to remove it thence upon Manasses Head which was the Eldest Son And Joseph to his Father thus did say This is the first-Born move thy hand I pray But Isr'el he refus'd and said I know It is my Son yet I will not do so Of him I know a People great shall be But Ephrahim shall be greater far than he So thus he did them bless upon that day And said In thee Isr'ael shall bless and say The Lord make thee as great as Ephraim Before Mannasseh thus preferred him Then Isr'el said to Joseph I shall die But God is with you and will not deny His gracious Promise but his mighty hand shall bring you hence unto your Fathers Land And I a blessing more hath given thee Then all thy Brethren now which living be That I took from the Amorite my Foe I got it vvith my Sword and vvith my Bow CHAP. XII Being the xlix of Genesis The Argument Jacob his Sons to him doth Call Pronounce his Blessings on them all And giveth them a strict Command To Bury him in 's Native Land Where all his Father 's they do Lie So makes a Blessed end and Die NOw Jacob Call'd his Sons and thus did say Gather your selves together now I pray That I may now unfold to you he sayes What shall befall you in the latter dayes Gather your selves together I may tell Come near and hear your Father Israel RUben my Eldest Son my Chief Delight The first beginning of my Strength and might The Excellency of high Dignitie And of Power do both belong to thee But now thou art as unstable as Water And thou shalt not be excellent hereater Because thou did'st defile thy Fathers bed Thy Power and Dignity is from thee fled Thou did'st defile my Couch and thereupon Thy Honour and thy Dignity is gone SImeon and Levy Bretheren in Ill The Instruments of Cruelty are still Within their Habitations I do fear O thou my Soul their Secrets come not near Nor let my Honour now with them be Joyn'd With their Assembly be not thou Confin'd For in their griev'ous VVrath a Man they Slew And b'ing self-will'd a VVall they overthrew O Cursed be their VVrath for it vvas fierce Their Cruelty too cruel to express Wherefore in Jacob I vvill them divide And scatter them in Israel so vvide BUt Judah all thy Brethren thee shall praise And shall be subject to thee all their dayes Upon thy En'mies Neck thy hand shall be Thy Fathers Sons shall all bovv dovvn to thee And as a Lyon shall come from the Spoyle My Son he shall lie down and Couch a vvhile And as a Lyonness shall so remain And vvho shall dare to stir him up again The Scepter shall not part from Judah's home Nor a Lavv-giver until Shiloh Come To him all People shall be gathered His People vvhich throughout the Earth are spread He shall his