shall be confounded I neuer could a supercilious looke Once bâ—are once brooke 6. Mine Eyes of Loue shall euer be reflected On faithfull-men to be by me protected With me The man that liues religiouslie Shall Liue and Dye 7. A Fellow fraught with sly Dissimulation Shall neuer haue with me cohabitation A Lyer from my Presence presently Shall fall shall fly 8. I will destroy and that with Expedition All wicked-wilfull-workers of Transgression Not one of These in Gods most Holy-Land Shall stay shall stand Psalme the 103. 1. MY Soule laud thou the Lord of thy saluation And be thou fill'd with humble exultation Praise him my Heart and euery part within O praise the Lord for all his Guifts be gratefull Which hides and heales All thine offences hatefull Enormities Deformities of Sin 2. Whose Loue my Life from dreadfull Death protecteth Who me with matchlesse mercie still affecteth Who hath me fill'd and fraught with All good things Whereby my youthfull yeares seeme fresh renewed Like Eagles hauing their old Bills eschewed Gods iustice to th' oppressed comfort brings 3. His Paths and Praecepts Moses well hath learned His wondrous workes his Isr'll cleere discerned The Lord is like a Fountaine full of Grace Most slow to wrath most swift to loue and fauour Most readie to remit remisse Behauiour He chides not long nor to his Ire giues place 4. Our ill-wrought workes he hath not ill-rewarded Nor with sins due our sinning-Soules regarded But As Heauens bright starre-glorious Curtaine faire Is in vnknowne vnshowne Sublimity Full distant from Earths deepe Profunditie So to his Saints much more his mercies are 5. God doth remit to vs our foule offences God doth remoue from Him our negligences Euen full as farre as th' East is from the West And as a Father to his Child extendeth Paternall Pitty though he Him offendeth Like Loue the Lord hath to his Saints exprest 6. For God the great Creator of each Creature Doth know our mould our fashion and our feature His All-seeing Eye doth spy-out euery part How fickle and how brittle is our Nature How soone cast downe in our most stable stature Once strooke with Deaths All chilling killing Dart 7. Hee also knowes that Man is altogether Like Grasse or Hay which instantlie doth wither Such is his Time such his condition true And that the fragrant-flower which shewes most brightlie Our fading Person personateth rightlie Now faire now foule dispell'd like mornings Dew 8. For As when mightie stormes doe blow and bluster Vpon faire flowers and Blossomes in their cluster They fall and fade and are not after seene So is mans fairest forme transformed quicklie Assaulted by distemp'ring Tumours sicklie And now He fades who yerst was fresh and greene 9. But as for God his Goodnesse aye remaineth And his deere Childrens Childrens state sustaineth Euen All that worship him Religiouslie Which in their Brests his Hests and statutes treasure And trulie know and duly doe his pleasure With Hand 's and Hart's intact Integrity 10. Within the azure starry-skye supernall The Lord hath plac'd his Regall-Throne eternall And rules the World by his Emperiall-might Yee potent Angels who are most obedient To worke his will in All-Things most expedient Publish proclaime his Honours glorious Right 11. O ye his Hoasts most valiant most victorious Officious Seruants Praise his Name all-glorious You which are prest addrest to doe his will Let All his Workes in Euery-place applaud-Him Yea let my Heart my Minde my Spirit Laâ—d-Him And All within me prize and praise Him still Psalme the 105. 1. O Laud the Lord with Inuocation Amidst his holy Congregation Shew-forth his Workes set-forth his Fame Sing praise sing praise vnto his Name And let the Heart the Tongue and Voice Of Them that loue the Lord reioyce 2. O seeke the Lord our God eternall O seeke and search his Power supernall O seeke and sue to come in sight Of his most louely Beauty bright Of his most aimable Face Full of refulgent heauenly Grace 3. Keepe still in due Commemoration Recount with true gratification The wondrous Workes which God had done By famous facts His Honour wonne Let not his Iudgements iust depart From your most mindfull thankfull Heart 4. Ye sacred Sonnes re-generated Ye Saint-like Seed first propagated From Abraham Gods Seruant deare Which Him in Faith doth loue and feare Ye Sonnes of Jacob his Delight Extoll the Lords maiesticke Might 5. For Hee which safely Vs preserueth He onely of Vs best deserueth To be our Lord and Soueraigne blest Haning apparently exprest His Iudgements iust his Equity Which all the World can testifie 6. What he hath promis'd and protested To All that on his Promise rested Euen to his Saints a Thousand-fold Which on Him with Faiths-Hand lay-hold Vnto his euerlasting Praise His Word he hath made good alwayes 7. Euen That blest Promise once compacted That Cou'nant-good once prae-contracted To Abraham and Isaacs Seed And so to Iacob was decreed And vnto Jsr'ell stablisht sure To Times last period to endure 8. When in these words the Lord affirmed And thus to Those his Truth confirmed Behold I Canaan freely giue To you and yours therein to liue The Lot of your Inheritance My Name and Fame their to aduance 9. And though the number of that Nation Was yet of slender valuation Did yet but very small appeare When thus his Loue esteem'd Them deare And that Beside their Number small They in the Land were Strangers-All 10. Walking from Nation vnto Nation Without all settled Habitation Now Heere now There Conducted still By their all-prudent Pilots will Who suffered No-man wrong to take But plaug'd great Princes for their sake 11. And where they came Thus charg'd appointed Let None offend My deare-Annointed Nor vse my Prophets spightfullie For These are precious in mine Eye Fierce Famine then the Land ore-laide Whereby Their Staffe of Bread decaide 12. But God good Ioseph then ordained By whom fore-sent They were sustained Though thither He a Slaue were sould Though Foes in fetters Him did hold Vntill in Heauens appointed time God heard his Cause clear'd him of Crime 13. Pharao him found a faithfull Liuer And him from Prison did deliuer Th' Egyptian King was to him kinde And in him did such wisedome finde That of his Kingdome and whole state He made Him Lord prime Potentate 14. That All his Peeres might be instructed And to his Lore and Lure conducted His Senators by Joseph raught Then Jacob was to Egypt brought I' th' Land of Ham then Israell Did as a harbour'd stranger dwell 15. His flocke his stocke there fructified And to great Number multiplied And thus their foes did farre transcend Which inly did their foes offend Which turn'd their Loue to Hatred great Their Smiles to Guiles and slie Deceipt 16. Milde Moses then the Lord elected And holy Aaron much respected Both-whom to Egypt soone he sent There to declare his great intent And in the Land of Ham to showe His signes and wonders to their woe
17. Darkenesse strange Darkenesse his Commission Did them obey with expedition And ouer-spread All Egypt Land And by Heauens All-ore-ruling Hand Their Waters-All gore Blood became And slew all Fishes in the same 18. With croaking Frogs He them infested Their Land and Lodgings where they rested Not sparing Pharaoes Chamber neate He sent huge Swarmes noisome and great Of crawling Lice and stinging Flies 'Mongst their hard-hearted Enemies 19. Instead of Raine Haile-stones he rained And with fierce flames of fire them bained And thereby totallie ore-threw Vines Figtrees yea All Trees that grew Then Caterpillers did abound Great Grashoppers their fruites confound 20. Their first-borne Babes he deadly wounded And strongest of their Land confounded Yea euen the prime of all their strength And led his Seruants forth at length All fraught with Gold and Siluer store Not One was feeble faint or poore 21. Th' Egyptians Hearts were then reuiued Being of their Presence thus depriued Such feare of Them had broke their Heart And as they thus did thence depart A Cloud by Day hid them from Heate Their Guide by Night a Fire most great 22. At Their rebuest He Quailes downe-rained With Manna sweet their state sustained Whiles through the Wildernesse they went And then the rigid Rockes he rent From whence did Floods of Water flow To quench their thirst as they did goe 23. For as he euer was delighted With mindfulnesse of Promise plighted So then the Lord did mind the same And to his euerlasting fame He brought them foâ—th with mirth and Joy Whence they had liu'd in dire Annoy 24. Yea such to them was his good Pleasure That all the Labours Lands and Treasure Of Heathen-folke his flocke did take That they might not his Lawes forsake But faithfully obserue his Lore Oh let vs praise the Lord therefore Psalme 107. 1. OVr good GOD euer-liuing O laud and magnifie For Hee delights in giuing Good Guifts incessantly Let Those preach and proclaime Gods powerfull Preseruation Whose fierce foes he did tame Freeing them from Vexation 2. Them scattered He collected From th' East vnto the West And brought them thus affected From North and All-blest Yeo when in Wildernesse Bereft of House or Citty They wandred in distresse He shew'd Paternall Pitty 3. When fearefully they fainted All pin'd with Penurie With thirsty Drought euen tainted And ready for to die With sorrow thus o're-charg'd Heauens helpe they then implored Then God his Loue enlarg'd And them to Ioy restored 4. And from their Desolation He led them like a Guide Vnto a Habitation Where they might safe abide Let thankefull Persons then The Lords great Loue be telling And to the Sonnes of Men His wondrous Workes excelling 5. For He in bounteous measure The hungrie Soule hath fill'd And his caelestiall Treasure On thirstie Hearts hast still'd But Those that doe reside In Deaths darke Habitation Fast fetter'd-vp and tide With Chaines of Desolation 6. Because they had rebelled Against Gods Holy-writ And gainst his Counsailes swelled Esteeming them no whit Yet when his heauie Hand Had brought them in Subiection When they in woe did stand Quite frustrate of Protection 7. Then with much Lamentation Gods helpe they did implore Who from deepe Desolation Did them to Ioy restore And from the gloomey shade Of Death where they were closed In Jron-fetters laide He powerfullie them losed 8. He snapt their Snares a sunder Their Bolts and Barres of Brasse And op'd thâ—ir Gates with wonder To â—et the People passe â—eâ— thankfull Persons then The Lords great Loue be telling And to the Sons of Men His wondrous workes excelling 9. Fond Fooles hy their Transgression And foule Deformities Are forc'd to feele oppession And many Miseries Their Soule in Languishment Sweet Nutriment distasted In this sad Exigent Euen to Deaths doore they hasted 10. Then Ayde they impetrated In this their deepe distresse And wâ—re commiserated And found a full redresse The Lord sent forth his Word With potent operation Which did them Helpe afford Vnto their Soules Saluation 11. Let gratefull Men be telling The Lords great Goodnesse then His wondrous Workes excelling Vnto the Sonnes of Men. Let them with ioyfull Hearts Prepare a sweet Oblation And praise Gods glorious Parts And Workes of Admiration 12. Such as vse Nauigation In Ships to Sea being sent With indefatigation Their Marchandize to vent Those men see and behold The wonders of the Ocean Gods maruailes manifold In Sea's most mighty motion 13. For at his Voice like Thunder The Waters rise and rage Winds blow Floods flow with wonder Their Surges None can swage Aloâ—t they lifted rise That Heauen they touch They thinke Straite plund'g in woefull wise They seeme to Hell to sinke 14. Then to and fro they tumble Like men in drunken-fits They Art-lesse heart-lesse stumble Bereft of Sence and wits Then cry they to the Lord With loud eiaculation Who quicklie doth accord To send them Preseruation 15. For at his Becke and Pleasure The sturdie Stormes lie still The Waues in wondrous measure Obey his Word and Will The Mariners thereby Are fill'd with Joy and Gladnes That their wisht Hauen they spie In safety free from Sadnes 16. Let gratefull Men be telling The Lords great Goodnesse then His wondrous Workes excelling Vnto the Sonnes of Men And let them laud his Might In the great Congregation And in great Princes sight Proclaime his sweet Saluation Huge Waters-Inundation He makes a Desert drie And with strange alteration Dries-vp Springs presentlie And for the sinfull Band Of bad Inhabitants He makes a fruitfull Land Fruitlesse and full of Wants 18. Againe dry Wildernesses Huge flowing Floods he makes And dry-Lands He redresses To Springs and Pooles and Lakes And for Poore People there Prouides an Habitation Where they may Citties reare With pleasant Situation 19. Where they infruitfull measure May sow and Vineyards plant And so augment their Treasure That None need liue in want And God doth blesse them so In time of Peace or Battell That they most Wealthy grow In Coine in Corne in Cattell 20. But when his Saints are wronged Diminisht and brought low And what to Them belonged Are forced to for-goe Then their proud Enemies Though Princes He distresses And doth so blind their Eyes To erre in VVildernesses 21. Yet out of all their Troubles Poore Humble-Hearts he frees Their stockes and flockes he doubles Like Sheepe or Swarmes of Bees The Righteous this shall see And ioy with heartie Gladnesse But Bad-mouthes stopt shall be With most malicious Madnesse 22. Oh who is godly wise And free from wilfull Blindnesse To marke and memorize The Lords great Loue and kindnes Psalme the 123. Paraphrased by way oâ— thankesgiuing for our great deliuerances from the Papists Pouder-Plot King David against the Philistims King Iames against the Antichristians 1. NOow may England Confesse and say surely If that the Lord Had not our Cause maintain'd If that the Lord Had not our State sustain'd When Antichrist Against vs furiouslie Made his proud Brags And
ENGLANDS Hallelu-jah OR GREAT BRITTAINES Gratefull Retribution for Gods Gratious Benediction In our many and most famous Deliuerances since the Halcyon-Dayes of euer-blessed Queene ELIZABETH to these present Times Together with diuers of Dauids Psalmes according to the French Metre and Measures By I V Psalme 103.1.2 Blesse the Lord ô my Soule and all that is within me blesse his holy Name Blesse the Lord ô my Soule and forget not All his Benefits Non est dignus dandis Qui non est gratus pro datis ¶ Printed at London by The Purfoot for Henry Seile and are to be sold at the Tygers Head in S. Paules Church-yard 1631. TO THE RIGHT WORshipfull his most worthy and highly honoured Friends Sir Hugh Hamersley Knight and Mr. Alderman Parkburst Two of the principall Gouernours of Christs-Hospitall I V wisheth the Kingdome of Grace heere and the Kingdome of Glory hereafter THis Poeme Right Wor being intended as a promoueing Spurre and incitemenâ— to that most excellent and amiable duty of Gratitude of which sweetly sayeth St. Augustine Quid melius animo geramus aut ore promamus an t calamo pingamus quam Graetias Hoc nil breuius dici nil suauius andiri nec fructuosius ab bominibus agi potest What sayes Hee can wee better beare in our minde or vtter with our tongue or set-forth with our pen than Thanksgiuing a man can speake nothing more succinct heare nothing more sweet nor doe any thing more aduantageous than This of Thankefulnesse I therefore most worthy Sirs knowing my Selfe deeply indebted to your Worships for many former Fauours and continued Courtesies towards me was duly incited yea stimulated to apprehend this fit and faire oportunity to intimate my long obliged Gratitude by an humble Dedication of this small Symboll of my sincere Thankfulnesse to your good Worships Which had not the malignity of the Times prohibited was intended for the yeere of your as pious as prudent honourable Maioralty of this Citty whose Gates at this day doe blesse you as Ierusalems did good Nehemiah Nehem the 13.22 for your then honourable and godly care of the Lords sacred Sabboth Accept worthy Sirs I humbly pray you This poore Presentation of my obliged seruice now for though it comes lately yet it comes loyally and from his heart who in all due and true obseruance desires most respectiuely to Rest. Your good Worships euer to bee commanded Iohn Vicars To the Christian Reader SVch good Reader are the Crimes Of these graceles gratelesse Times Such mans grosse Ingratitude For Gods mercies multitude So forgetfull of his Kindnesse So possest with carnall Blindnesse That we need King Phillips-Boy Eu'ry morning to employ At the Doore of each mans Heart To performe th' Aduisers part Long and loud and oft to cry Man Remember God on high I considering This great Need And how few thereto proceed Haue for want of One more fit Bouldly vndertaken It Euen a Monitour to be To the Soule of Thee and Mee Dayly duly to repeate Past and Present Mercies great Counting it the Queene of Labours To re-count Gods boundlesse Fauours Wherein if Thou giue consent I enioy my Hearts content I obtaine what I desire Hauing kindled This blest Fire Which thus kindled ô I pray It may neuer dye decay But burne-forth with Zeales bright Flame To the Praise of Gods great Name This This onely seekes and prayes Hee that truly rests alwayes Thine in the Lord Iesus Iohn Vicars TO HIS SINGVLAR good Cousen M R. JOHN VICARS The most Praise-worthie Authour OF Englands Hallelu-jah THese Lines and Layes once twice againe o're-read Refresht my Soule and rauisht haue my Heart So great Content and Comfort in Mee bred I could not choose but to your-seâ—fe impart They haue Mee chang'd for once made mee Poet Your Muse Nought-els that I do know could doe it I 'll Say in Prose what you doe Sing in Verse Most Christianly The Lord is to be praised And in a home-spunne Speach I 'll still reherse What you most sweetly soundly heere haue phrased In this Angellike Song a part I Loue And though I say 't but Here I 'll Sing 't Aboue Thomas Vicars B D Englands Hallelu-jah 1. MY thankefull heart and hand doe vndertake To write indite some holy heauenly Song Some sacred Song of Loue and Land to make Which may to Englands Lord alone belong O that my Pen were prompt as that sweet writers That sacred sugred Kingly Praise-Inditers 2. O euerliuing euerlouing Lord Father of Mercies Fountaine of all Grace Whose noble Name and Fame Heauen Earth record Glorious in Heauen in Earth in euery Place Who art farre fairer in thy beauteous praise Than is the Sun in all his brightest rayes 3. Thou art most glorious in the Worlds Creation Wherein are various Workes of wonder showne But much more glorious in Mans Restauration Wherein was Mercies-Miracle well knowne Thy workes ô Lord indeed are wondrous great But yet thy Mercies must haue supreme seate 4. The Heauens declare thy handy workes ô Lord The Earth is full of Creatures admirable The Sea a Sea of Wonders doth affoord Full fraught with Fishes huge innumerable But yet thy Loue to Man amongst them all I iustly most admire and euer shall 5. Man out of Dust base dust at first created Yet after thy blest Image blestly made Man Lord of all thy Creatures ordinated Man by them all in Earth Aire Sea obay'd Yet Man by Pride and Hells malignity Deprau'd of Blisse Depriu'd of 's Royalty 6. To Man much blest in his pure Generation To Man most curs'd in his Degenerous-case To Man best blest in his Re-generation By Christ Mans sole Peace-maker Spring of Grace To Man I say and of all Men to Those Whom Hee by Faith to be his Flocke hath chose 7. And of all These to Vs his Little-flocke To Vs I say his English-Israelites To Vs ingrafted on old Israels stocke And to Our Land of Goshen whom the frights Of forreine Foes and home-bred Enemies By force and fraud haue oft sought to surprise 8. Thy Loue ô Lord I say to Our poore Nation Beside Spirituall-Graces largely giuen Thy Word and Sacraments Food of Saluation The best High-way for vs to walke to Heauen Thy many Temporall Protections great From all the dangers which fell Foes did threat 9. From all the Terrours of our Foes without vs From all the Horrours of our Foes within From all that rose against vs round about vs From Truth to Errour vs to worke and win This thy great Loue our great Deliuerance This would my gratefull Voyce and Verse aduance 10. That maugre all the might and spight of Spaine And Antichristian Balaam of Rome Thou hast and wilt thy Churches right maintaine And turne Romes Curses to hir owne dire doome Blessing whom he would Curse crossing the hate Of Spaines proud Amalecke that Scourge of State 11. And as hard hearted Pharaoh and his Traine In Aegypt by Gods fearefull
with Them Their Fatall Fall In This or Plott or Pouder there was not In This and That GODS Finger seene to All This to disgrace That to destroy our Church But in Them Both Heauen left them in the Lurch 38. In That They sought our guiltlesse blood to spill But Wee escapt and They were paid with Blood In This Themselues were Authours of their ill Whiles They our Gods and Nations Lawes withstood Their woefull Ends I meddle not withall For Both did to their Mr. stand or fall 39. But leauing Them I say to God most iust And yet most gracious to true Penitents I yet a little farther leade thee must To see Gods Loue in yet more large extents That so thy Heart with Dauids may say well Truly the Lord is good to Israell 40. O whoso'ere had not long since but ey'd Of True Religion the strange tottering state How Hollow Hearts 'mongst vs swamme with the tyde How Popish Priests durst boldly to vs prate Out-beard out-braue vs yea and to our face Contest contend Christs Gospell to disgrace 41. Who ere I say did This then see did say Or at least Feare Religion was nigh dead That all hir Beauty almost buried lay Romish Recusants had got such a Head And quite all most to let Hopes Life-blood out See what it pleased the Lord to bring about 42. Our then Prince Charles our staffe of future ioy Now vnder God the Crowne of our Content Vnto our sodaine All-suppos'd annoy From Albion faire to blacke Iberia went Our Day was darkned with the Fogges of Spaine 〈◊〉 quite disheartned till it clear'd againe 43. Our Pearle of peerelesse price was lockt vp fast In a polluted Cabinet too-sure Ouer our Sunne a Spanish Cloud was cast Which did our English Light delight obscure Vnder pretext of a mis-matched Match Till Matchiuill of Rome and Spaine could hatch 44. Could hatch Isay their Egges of Policie To winde and binde to Theirs Our Church and State To weaue Their Webbe of Europes Monarchie Wherein They then seem'd workemen fortunate So cunningly They had contriu'd each thing That Hope and Hap seem'd Both to Crowne them King 45. Spaines Romane Dog that sly Fox-Populj With Craft lay closse his Egges to heat and hatch His M â— on Ambitions Horse did hie No lesse than our Great Britaines Crowne to catch But when This thought himselfe safe set i' th' Saddle His haste made waste Tothers Egges All prou'd addle 46. Our God good God Those Machiuillians great In their owne Counsels strangely did besot His loue to vs made them themselues to cheat What they had got they stupidly forgot What they so long did long for thirst affect Then put vpon them they did slight neglect 47. O heere I cannot but admire adore The wondrous Wisedome of the Lord alone Oh heere I may not easily passe-ore The Contemplation of Gods mercy showne To England happy England in This Act Of Mercy wherein Many are compact 48. For first Had Spaine like Saul his Micholl wedded To our deere Dauid We had wedded bin To many Woes of All-Wisemen then dreaded By false fain'd Friends meere Foes without within What might That Saul haue car'd t' haue spar'd a Daughter Whereby he thought t'hauâ— wrought good Dauids slaughter 49. Some Troian-Horse by Spaines Pelasgan Art With sacred shew our Kingdome might haue entred A Spanish Fleet at least t'vphold the part Of vrged Reformation had bin ventred A Fleet I say full fraught with arm'd protectioâ— To bring the Puritans to due subiection 50. Againe had Spaine ne're meant to make the Match As that 's most sure yet had they still protracted Protested vow'd aduantage still to watch Which part they oft haue finely falsely acted With sly delayes t' haue wyer-drawne their wiles What might they not haue wrought on vs the whiles 51. Might they not thus at least haue bound our hands From least assistance to our Neighbour-Friends Till they had ouer-run the Netherlands And euery where obtained their proud Ends Whilst we alas stood looking at all This And in Them saw for Vs Rods laid in pisse 52. Oh then that royall King and Queene of Hearts Bohemiaes Princely Paire and pleasant Plants Had found Afflictions added to their smarts Had then bin drown'd in helpelesse woes and wants Had bin a prey fit for those hungry Iawes â—hich long had gap'd to gripe them in their Pawes 53. Then oh then had Religion restlessely And helpelessely yea hopelessely bin baited Then Edoms Sons had raisd a cruell Cry Like bloody Blood-Hounds vndefatigated ' Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground ' â—et no memoriall of it ere be found 54. But see oh see how our good God arose Like a most glorious Sun with gracious Rayes At whose vp-rise that monstrous Cloud of woes Was quite dispel'd disperst And to Heauens praise Those threatned stormes of Spaines Romes Raine thunder Were turn'd into a Calme to our great wonder 55. For why Gods Loue led yea pull'd-forth our Prince From Spaines foule Fogges So that our Sun most faire Hath clearely cheerely on vs euer since Shined and shut-out all our deepe despaire Sodainely sweetly to our admiration He came to vs to our Hearts exultation 56. He came came safely yea he solely came Solely I say free from all Spanish voake Yea which is most and best blest be Gods name He came vntainted of least smell of smoake Of Romish Spanish Coales of Heresie Gods Grace did guide guarde his Sincerity 57. Yea Hee with Ioseph seem'd to before-sent Into That Egypt by his God and King Those many growing Mischiefes to preuent Which through all Europe ranke began to sâ—ring To shield vs from a Famine not of Bread But of Gods Word which most men most did dread 58. For why Romes Sâ—uen Lanke-Headed hungry Beast Hungring for Blood yea Blood of Gods blest Saints Had his deuouring Rage so much encreast And our faire Peace brought to so hard constraints That all our former Full-felicity Was nigh deuourd throughout all Germany 59. But as I sayd What our false feares of strife Like Iosephs Brethren did misterme mistake And what Spaine Rome like Potiphars base Wife Wrought on good Joseph spoile of him to make That did the Lord conuert to our great good And well he went as then our Cases stood 60. Oh England England VVhat canst Thou repay VVhat Retribution hast Thou for thy God Thy God who Thus hath bin thy staffe and stay And freed Thee thus from Spanish Romish Rod From cruell Men which are Gods Sword indeed VVhose Mercies are but Mischiefes bloody Seed 61. O what canst thou to God thy God repay VVhich wondrously Life out of Death hath brought Light out of Darkenesse from blacke Night bright Day VVhich from such Bondage hath such Freedome wrought VVhich hath thy stooping drooping Heart reuiued And of their impious Ends thy Foes depriued 62. A thankefull Heart Gods mercies oft to minde A
thankefull Tongue to preach abroad his praise A helpefull Hand to his poore Members kinde This triple-Tye is All yea This aâ—waies He most expects he best respects requires This pâ—yes all Debts This props all new deâ—ires 63. VVith holy Dauid thankefully to take The Cup of Sauing Health to blesse the Lord Recitall is Requitall thou must make His many Mercies to recount record Yea All his Blessings oft to ruminate Is thy best meanes Then to remunerate 64. But how vnthankefull England hast Thou bin For These all these Gods Mercies vnto Thee Amongst thy many others This One Sin Of grosse Ingratitude may iustly be A woefull witnesse how thou hast neglected Thy God and all his Goodnesse disrespected 65. How bruitishlie how like a sottish Swine Hast thou the Akornes of Gods mercies free Most rudelie rauen'd vp Ne're cast thy Eyne Vp to the Oke of Grace Life-giuing Tree Of Gods meere Mercy Bounty whence alone All these great Goods like Floods haue to thee flowne 66. How-farre vnlike the little Chickin gratefull VVhich euery drop it drinkes lookes vp to Heauen As if by Nature taught to hold most hatefull Ingratitude euen for least Blessings giuen But Thou than any Creature more vnkind Gods many mighty Gifts blot'st out of minde 67. For whereas Hee hath Loaded Thee with Loue VVitnesse those wondrous Mercies pre-recited Plenteouslie poured showred from Aboue Onely because his Loue in thee delighted Yet Thou thy Lord hast Loadèd with thy Crimes VVith Sins transcending Those of elder Times 68. And as himselfe bâ—'s Prophet doth complaine He like a Cart prest downe with sheâ—ues of Corne Long time hath scarce bin able to sustaine The waight of thy innumerous sins forborne Forborne I say with wondrous patience Not laying on thee Sins due recompence 69. VVith such paternall Longanimity Each day weeke moneth yea Yeare by yeare expecting Thy due Conuersion with Sincerity Thy Soules saluation Fatherlike affecting But all in vaine his gracious expectation VVas frustrate still by thy ill prouocation 70. So that as by another Prophet Hee Protests Hee is most wearie of Repenting And can no longer linger patient be From strict exact iudiciall Conuenting Of England and hir Sonnes foule sinnes before him VVho thus forgat for 's Goodnesse to adore him 71. And since the Musicke of his mercies sweet Could neither thy dull Heart nor deafe Eares charme To cause thee with due Laud his Loue to greet And so preuent th' euent of future harme Therefore the Thunder of his Iudgements fierce He now doth vow thy Heart shall plague and pierce 72. His prudent Iustice therefore thought not fit To Cockney or to Cocker thee in Sinne VVith too indulgent Silence still to sit But now to iudge thee iustlie will begin For stroakes of Loue to giue thee stripes of woâ— ' To make thy Cup with bitternesse oreflow 73. VVhich how effectually it came to passe Oh London London Thou canst witnesse be VVhen thy incensed God did late alas VVith a fierce Plague in iustice vifite thee Thy Beauty into Baldnesse quicklie turning Sweet tunes into sad tones Mirth into mourning 74. If euer Ieremies loud Lamentation For Captiuated Salems pitteous plight â—id in a Cittie find equiparation VVere personated pattern'd-out most right Oh then who Salems sorrow heard or knew Might thereby Londons loud Lamentings view 75. London I say which as Ierusalem VVas Queene and Lady of all other Citties Great Britaines Pride and precious Diadem A Subiect fit fot Panegyricke Ditties This faire Metropolis obiect of Eyes Abiect by sinne fild with sad Elegies 76. How didst thou London solitarie sit VVhiâ—h formerly with people full wast fild How didst thou London sadly Widow it Who wast of Prouinces the Princesse held How didst thou waile all day weepe sore all night Both night and day thy Cheekes with teares bedight 77. Yea how wast thou by thine owne Sonnes forsaken How were thy neighbouring Friends become thy Foes By frights and feares how wast thou ouertaken Oh hovv hadst thou want added to thy woes At home by Epidemicke Plague infected Abroad b' vnhospitable Friends neglected 78. Thy Gates and Streets most desolately left Gods fierce Destroying Angell smiting dead Whereby were Thousands of their liues bereft Thy Priests and People from thee frighted fled Thy Priests I say whose piety and Pittie Should haue redrest and drest thy wounded Cittie 79. But These and Those like heartlesse Harts were fled Spirituall Plastures Pastures thee denying Nothing more heard than Knells of Bells for Dead And cryes of Watery-Eyes for friends a dying For Friends yea Fathers whom they durst not see Nor as they would or should assistant be 80. Oh who is able rightly to relate Thy sad thy bad condition to condole When Death-Tryumphant sate in Chaire of State When his Dead-wounding Weapon Sicke and whole Yea Poore and Rich did to the Graue annexe Without distinction of or Age or Sexe 81. When nought was heard but loud alarm's for death When nought was seene but Trophies of his Spoiles When nought was felt or found but stifled breath To put a period to Liues restlesse Toyles VVhen all our Gallants-Coaches gaue large roome For ghastly-Coarses passage to the Tombe 82. VVhen Tombes into wide-gaping Pitts were turned VVhen wearing-Cloathes were Coffins made for many VVhen Parents Children Youngmen Maides All mourned VVhen All were frighted free from Feare not Any VVhenas instead of Signes each Houses doore A Red-Crosse and a Mournefull-Motto wore 83. VVhen buried Bodies in their Beds of Clay VVere piled-vp on heapes like Fagot-stackes VVhere All they mingle None they single lay Yea some Dead Corps due Dormitorie lackes VVhen None suruiu'd but might with Dauid say Thousands Ten Thousands Dead about him lay 84. VVhen thus I say thy Citty populous By that fierce Epidemicall destruction Waâ— made all most a Desert ruinous A Golgotha a Chaos oâ— Corruption When passions and Compassions reluctation Was tenter'd-vp to highest aggrauation 85. When these all these yea more than these mishaps Came flocking flâ—wing flying round about thee Besides worse feares of yet-worse After claps When horrouâ—s terrours were within without thee When â—uery minute euery Man did looke From hopelesse Life to be soone snatch'd and tooke 86. Theâ— oh euen then London like Niniuie In â—able Sack-cloth sobbing sighing satt In Fasts and Prayers a loud to Heauen did crie Wiâ—h conscioâ—s Coâ—sternaâ—ion falling flatt With â—â—e Subâ—ission true Contrition bending And vp to Heauen hir prest petitions sending 87. And Then euen then ô see and to admire The wondrous mercie of our Lord of Loue 〈◊〉 didst thâ—u supplicate desire Meâ—â—y and gracious pardon from aboue Nay sooner than thou calldst Hee answer gaue And while thouspak'st Hee heard and did thee saue 88. Yea He was found of Thee that sought'st Him not Hee ranne to thee who from him fast didst flie Hee minded thee though thou hadst him forgot And though thou wouldest not cur'd thy Maladie Yea though thou Him prouoked'st to
his face Yet He preuented Thee with his good Grace 89. 'T was not thy Fasts faint Fasts that he respected 'T was not thy hollow halfe Humiliation To be a day or two in Soule deiected Or rather seeming so for oftentation In Sack-Cloth sadly downe thy selfe to spread Or like a Bull-rush to hang-downe thy Head 90. Was This the Fast which God of Thee would haue Was This the humble-contrite Heart he asked Was This the true Repentance God did craue Oh no yet vnder Onely-This was masked Thy seeming sorrow weake Humiliation Yea in the midst of This much Prouocation 91. So that the Lord This iust complaint might make Of Vs and our best Acts iniquity Oh England what should I doe for thy sake Oh London what could I doe more for thee Thy Goodnesse being but like Cloudes i' th day Or Mornings-dew which passeth soone away 92. Oh 't was the Lords meere Mercy plenteous That Wee all wee were not consumed quite Because his sweet Compassions faile not Vs But are renew'd eued euery Morne and Night For when we call or Crie he heares vs straite Yea Hee on our Repentance oft doth waite 93. Oh Lord though our peruerse Iniquities Our great Transgressions 'gainst vs testifie Though our Back-slidings foule deformities Are growne vnto strange multiplicity Yet for thy Names-sake thou hast mercie showne In time of trouble We thy Truth haue knowne 94. Thou that acceptedst Ahabs faind Submission Thou that eâ—en pittiedst Hypocrites false Feares Hast kindly taken our but meane Contrition And botled-vp our few vnworthy Teares Thou Israels-Keeper stedfast Hope most kinde To doe vs good hast had vs still in minde 95. If what Benhadads Seruants said was true That Israells Kings were kind and gracious Kings Hovv much more sure canst Thou both say and shevv That from Heauens-King All Grace and Goodnesse springs Our Isr'ells King That Hee 's most kinde and sweet When Sinners Him vvith true Repentance meet 96. VVitnesse and euer vvitnesse may That loue Thâ—t wondrous Loue of His to Thee late knovvne That most admired Mercie from aboue To London latelie louelie seene and shovvne To thee ô London in thy wofull state VVhen Death and Dearth sought Thee to ruinate 97. VVhen sodainlie beyond all expectation The Lord in Loue did looke vpon thy woe And to his Glory and thy Admiration Th'ore flowing Flood-Gates of his Grace let-goe VVhereby full Streames of mercie issued out And soone refresht thy Citie round about 98. VVhereby I say thy weekelie Thousands were Brought dovvne to Hundreds Hundreds brought to Ten Thy Ten to One thy One to None thy Feare To safe Security vvas turn'd and Then For Mourning thou hadst Mirth for sorrow Joy For Sicknesse Health svveet Solace for Annoy 99. Thy Streets vvere then re-peopled and replenisht And Girles and Boyes vvithin thy Walls re-sporting Thy teares dry'd-vp thy feares vvere from thee banisht Thy late fled-Sonnes and Daughters home resorting To their long-hoped Homes flocking amaine Thy Houses yea Gods Houses fild againe 100. Then thy sad Fasts into glad Feasts vvere turned Thy City fraught vvith Hir Inhabitants Then Joy possest the Hearts of those that mourned Plenty supply'd the place of vvoefull wants This vvas the Lord and t vvas most admirable This vvas our God vvhose Mercies are most stable 101. Nay yet a little stay and stand amazed In admiration of more Mercy yet VVherein the Lord is yet more to be praised For yet another wondrous Benefit VVherein vve may most visiblie perceiue God leaues not giuing till to aske wee leaue 102. But first oh and t is worst consider vvell Hovv vvell thou England didst requite thy God VVhose Grace vvhose Goodnesse thus did flovv excell So soone so sweetlie laying by his Rod Didst thou requite Him as he merited VVast thou made better humbler-spirited 103. Nay didst thou not Back-sliding England rather Rebelliouslie backe to thy Vomite hasten Didst thou not seeme to re-collect and gather More strength thy selfe to Sinne more firme to fasten And like the Snake late fâ—stred at the fire Hast festred All and re-incens'd Gods Ire 104. And since thy Heart grew so obdurate hard That Pharao-like nought but the Rod could tame thee That thy late pricking Plague thou dst not regard That neither Words nor Wounds would yet â—e-clameâ—t That nothing could thy hard heart mollifie But thou grewst worse and worse rebelliouslie 105. Since thou thy selfe thy Sinnes wouldst not bewaile And weâ— thy Heart and vveepe thy part in teares But would'st by Sinne thy Selfe thy Soule assaile And blocke it vp with blacke affrighting Feares Such Feares therefore forthwith vpon thee came As able vvere a stoutest Heart to tame 106. A Feare I say of Famines scarefull Fangs Of piercing Death by pining Dearth made hast With macerating fierce and pinching pangs Our Sins fat fullnesse foulenesse to lay waste Their Prouinder from pampered Colts to take More tame and tractable them thâ—s to make 107. God to this End did send vpon the Earth Such sad incessant Shewers vnseasonable Whose rainey Influence did menace Dearth And for our Sins vnkind vnreasonable Did poure vpon our Corne-fields most faire Fierce frequent Floods their beautie to impaire 108. Wherewith they waxing to the Haruesâ— vvhite And almost riâ—e and readie for the Sickle Were all so drencht nigh drown'd a pitteous sight With Heauen-shed-Teares which did in streames downetâ— That our glad Hope of Haruest iustlie left vs Sad Feare of Famine thereof quite bereft vs. 109. A dreaded Deluge on vs therefore growing And vve with doubtfull Danger all-suâ—rounded Huge Shewers of Raine from th' angrie Heauens flowing And all our Graine vvith Raine like to be drownded Then not till then our heart the Rods smart felt Our Rockey-hearts then into teares gan melt 110. Then like stiffe-necked Israell we did stoope Then our distresse forc'd vs to crie and call Then sighes and sorrowes made vs drop and droope Then vvere vve humbled and did humblie fall Before Gods Foot-stoole at his Mercy-seate And vveepe and vvaile for our offences great 111. Yea then I say our King religiouslie Publisht proclaim'd a Fast throughout the Land Then All were ordered in Humilitie With broken-hearts before the Lord to stand Mercie to craue and Reconciliation On true Repentance and due Reformation 112. And see oh see and neuer cease t' admire Gods infinite ineffable compassion Readier to giue than we are to desire Yea euen vpon appearance shape and fashion Of Penitence Humility and Feare See see how soone He lends and bends his eare 113. No sooner did our Griefe his Grace entreate No sooner did we prostrate promise make Sin to forsake but Hee in mercie great His Wrath forsooke his Kindnesse did re-take And on bare-promise oh t was bare indeed He did no farther in his vvrath proceed 114. For why Behold t is worth an Ecce trulie That very-day on which that Fast vvas kept Whereon the Kingdome vvas assembled dulie Wherein they All for
Sinne sincerelie wept God graciouslie the Sluice of Heauen did stop Immediatelie it ceast to raine one drop 115. When wee gan weepe the Heauens began to smile Whe wee were sad and sorrowfull for Sinne The Sunne began to laugh on vs the vvhile As if with vs it n'ere had angrie bin The Heauens grim cloudie Countenance grevv cleere And did our Hearts with happie Change re-cheere 116. From That day forward euen That very day Most extraordinarie cleare and faire It constantlie continued to display Without least intermission Sun-shine rare Till by Gods goodnesse and his fauour great It banisht Feare and made our Joy compleate 117. Vntill I say our Haruest happilie Not onelie in due season was possest But ô the Lords boundlesse Benignity Our Rarnes were All vvith great aboundance blest A Copious Croppe of euery kind of Graine Did vnto All men Euery where remaine 118. And is thy God ô England so propitious So prone so prest vvith mercies to embrace thee Vnto thee still so louinglie auspicious With so sweet Fauours graciouslie to grace thee How gratefully shouldst thou such Grace repay How should thy Heart thy thankes expresse alway 119. O how much care and Conscience should be shew'd So many marchlesse mercies faire to write In datelesse Rubrickes of pure Gratitude And there to keepe of them perpetuall sight And at so sweet a sight amaz'd to stand Admiring Gods great Loue vnto thy Land 120. And in this contemplating Admiration To praise the Lord and promise faithfullie To walke more worthie of so great Saluation To hate those Sins with zealous feruencie Which are the cursed Cause of all this Ill Which force perforce Gods anger 'gainst thee still 121. But oh ô woe I tremble to relate it O yet not yet doe All these Mercies moue thee And as for Iudgement Thou euen seemest to hate it Nothing availeth to reclaime reproue thee Thou neither wilt for Judgements or for Loue Forsake thy Sinnes or feare the Lord aboue 122. Well if his Rod may not reforme thy Riot Take heed and tremble for Hee hath an Axe Wherevvith he can thee quicklie quaile and quiet If thou in Sinne vvilt worse and worser vvaxe And if his Axe be laid to th' Roote ' o th' Tree O then without redemption vvoe is thee 123. Then He that vvith such Longanimitie Hath stood and knocked at thy hard-Hearts doore Will stay no longer but most angrilie As thou hast grieu'd his Spr'it Hee 'l grieue thee more Then thou shalt crie but Hee will giue no care Because when Hee did call Thou wouldst not heare 124. Then maist Thou feare least in his high displeasuâ— In stead of thy late dreaded Dearth of Bread He send a Famine fearefull out of measure Euen of his Word whereby the Soule is fed Without which Food the Soule will starue and die And be expos'd to vtmost Miserie 125. Oh then I say but ah good Lord forbid Our Candlestickes being from vs ta'ne away Our Soules caelestiall Light would quite be hid Our Feet at euery step would slip and stray Into the myre and Mudde of odious Errour And we made Subiects of all woe and Terrour 126. Then since we did our Fathers stripes deride Hee 'l giue vs ouer to his Seruants Rage A gap a gate He then will open wide To let in Foes whose furie to asswage Nought shall suffice till they Vs quite deuoure And Captiuate our Princes to their power 127. O England England call to mind these things Recant repent thy great Ingratitude Cease to incense Heauens glorious King of Kings Bâ—times returne before He thee exclude Oh yet t is time now then returne with speed Before his wrath to This extent proceed 128. Returne Returne I say Breake off thy Sinne Why wilt thou perish English Israell Oh now to sue for Sauing Grace begin To cease from Ill and trulie to doe well And which is most and best obedient be To All thy God in Ought commandeth thee 129. And what ô England vvhat doth God require What speciall Thing doth Hee from Thee expect O He hath tould and taught thee his desire What Sacrifice his Soule doth most affect Iustly to deale and Mercie to embrace Humbly to walke before his sacred Face 130. Iustice I say to Loue and doe what 's Right To doe to All vvhat thou 'd'st haue done to thee To haue a pious and a pitteous Sprite Wrongs to forgiue as thou'dst forgiuen be To walke before the Lord vvith Constancie And a pure Heart in true Humilitie 131. To pay those Vowes vvhich Thou to God didst make In bitternesse and sorrow of thy Heart That thou wouldst Sin yea All thy Sinnes forsake Yea from Sinnes Least Appearance to depart Sinnes nauseous Vomite to euaporate And n'ere with Dogges It re-ingurgitate 132. To search thy Heart to search and seeke and finde That traiterous Achan Sin-bane of thy Soule To pay and punish it in Jts due kinde The pride thereof to pull-dovvne and controule Thy selfe for Sin to iudge condemne arraigne So God thy Iudge from iudgement vvill abstaine 133. That so thou turning from thy Paths peruerse Thy God from thee may turne his Plagues away And his vindicatiue Verdict reuerse His heau'd-vp Hands from striking stroakes may stay That thou returning to his Courts of Grace He may returne to thee with Loues embrace 134. That as thou yerst in Sin didst take delight So now thy Loue may on the Lord be set That so thou mai'st be gracious in his sight Thy Sauiour hauing satisfi'd Thy Debt And by his Merits made Redintegration Twixt God and Thee for thy poore Soules saluation 135. Hee hath not dealt with euery Nation thus Nor haue the Heathen knowledge of his Law He hath not lou'd them as he loueth Vs Nor wrought or sought so many vvaies to draw Them from their Lusts vnto his Loâ—e and Lure As vnto Vs Vs to protect secure 136. For vvhich euen These All these blest Arguments These good these great these gracious signes of Loue For these All these vnpatternd Presidents Of boundles Bounty Mercie from aboue A holy Life an vpright Conuersation And thankefull Heart is best retaliation 137. These are the Twins that wins his Loue and fauour These onely make a Compleate Sacrifice This Franckincense and Myrrh hath sweetest sauour These make most aimable in Gods Eyes The Person and the Abel-like And into God new force of fauour strike 138. This Muâ—icke in Gods Eare doth sound most sweet This Picture pleaseth most his sacred sight This sauourie Meate is for Gods Palate meet This fragrant Poâ—ie doth his smell delight This siluer-tuned-string to strike and touch God most affects besides These ther 's none such 139. O then that Wee had Hearts as full of Praise As God hath Hands full fraught with blessings store O that our Hearts and Hands would ioyne alwaies Gods Goodnes Greatnesse duelie to a dore Like Jonathan and Dauid faithfullie Two indiuiduall Friends in Loyaltie 140. To publish and proclaime in Verse and
Goods as Gods doe most embrace But as for Vs our prest Petition Is for a free and full fruition Of Gods blest Beames of heauenly Grace 4. For This This brings to Mee more Pleasure My Heart Herein takes more delight Than They can find in all their Treasure Their Oyle and Wine in wondrous measure Whereon they plod to please their sight I being therefore safe secured Will rest in peace and sweetly sleepe Because I know and am afsured Gods Goodnesse hath me round-immured And Hee Hee onely will me keeâ—e Psalme 5. 1. VNto my submisse Supplication attend Lord lend thy gracious Eare be pleas'd be prest my voice to heare Regard from Heauen thy Habitation My Meditation 2. O hearken to my poore Petition my sacred God my soueraigne King for onely vnto Thee I bring In humble hearty due submission My Soules Contrition 3. Lord timely let me be respected for timâ—ly I to thee will call betimes ô heare and helpe withall On thee I waite to be protected And safe directâ—â— 4. For Thou ô God all gods excellest in Goodnesse and in Faithfulnesse and louest not least Wickednesse With wicked Workers Thou n're dwellest But Such repellest 5. Fond Fooles Thou euermore reiectest they dare not stand in thy blest sight and all that doe in Sinne delight Thou vtterly ô Lord neglectest And dis-respectest 6. The smoothing Flatterer soothing Lyer that calls Good Euill Euill Good The Homicide that thirsts for Blood God will in fine confound with Fire In his fierce Ire 7. But I will in thy Congregation in thy blest Temple Thee adore and trusting on thy Mercies store Expresse my Hearts Gratification With due Prostâ—â—tion 8. Lord guarde and guide and safe protect-mee in wonted Loue from all my Foes their Stratagems and Plots disclose In thy plaine Paths ô Lord direct-mee And still affect-mee 9. For in Them lightnesse lewdnesse raigneth their Hearts are fraught with frâ—ud and guile their Throate a gaping Graue most vile Theit lying Tongue no Truth retaineth But falsely fâ—ineth 10. Lord therefore let them quite be quelled let all their Counsailes come to nought despise disperse their ill-workes wrought For they against thee haue rebelled And proudly swelled 11. But Let all those whose expectation is fixt on Thee in Thee reioice and let thy Loue lift vp their voice In triumph and true admiration Of thy Saluation 12. For Thou thy Saints and Sons defendest and with thy Grace as with a shield to Them dost saf'ty succour yeeld On them Thou all thy blessings sendest And kindly tendest Psalme the 6. 1. LOrd in thine Jndignation And iust exasperation Correct not mine offence And though I blame doe merit Yet let me not inherit My Sinnes iust Recompence 2. But in thy Mercy rather Entreat me as a Father And mildly with me deale For all my Bones doe quiuer My flesh for feare doth shiuer My soâ—es Lord therefore heale 3. My Soule is also troubled My sorrowes thereby doubled With inward Griefe and Paine But oh good God be speedy To helpe Mee poore and needy Oh doe not long refraine 4. In wonted Grace be pleased To see my sorrowes eased Returne and pitty take No merit in me count-I But for thy boundles Bounty And thy meere mercies sake 5. For why If Death once take-vs And vitall-Breath forsake-vs Thy fame we cannot blaze And in the Pitt infernall Who can extoll th' Externall And his due Glory praise 6. My Soule with inward anguish In sighs and sobs doth languish And ready is to faint And for sweete Rest and Sleeping My Bed euen swinnes with Weeping Salt-shewers in Singes complaint 7. Through my incessant crying My Heart is oft neere dying My sight growes dimme and old In high despight displeasure To see in such high measure My foes so bad so bold 8. But now away ye wicked Which at Gods Grace haue kicked Be packing euery one For God is pleas'd in Pitty To heare the dolefull Ditty Of my deepe sighs and moane 9. The Lord to my Petition Hath granted kinde admission And heard me from on high He did not onely heare me But graciously did cheare me And grant me full supply 10. Anâ— now my Foes are frighted Whâ—â—â— Mee so much despighted And causelesly did wrong â—â—ey sodainely are wounded And shamefully confounded By God my Guardian strong Psalme the 8. 1. Omnipotent Lord God most great most glorious Whose noble Name and Fame is most victorious Aboue the spacious specious Heauens high Yea all the World throughout thy praises flie 2. Yea euen by the mouthes of Babes most tender Thou hast made knowne thy might and glries splendour And by their mouthes hast stopt the mouthes of those Which were both Thine and Their reuengefull Foes 3. And when I see as oft I see admiring The Heau'ns most faire in all their rare attyring The splendent Sun the Moone and Stars most bright Those twinckling-Spangles ordered All aright 4. Lord â—â—â—nke I then as well I may amazed Oh what is Man whom thou so high hast raised Or what 's the silly Son of all man-kinde That thou art pleas'd to haue him so in minde 5. For Thou ô Lord our good our great Superiour To Angels haste him made not much Inferiour And hast him Crown'd with dignity and Grace And in thy armes of Loue dost him embrace 6. He is made Lord of all thy Workes of wonder Hee solely wholy is to keepe them vnder As their great-Master Earths-Monopolite To crouch and creepe at his most awfull sight 7. Oxen and Flockes of Sheepe on Mountaines straying And Beasts in woods and Wildernesses preying Birds Foules and Fishes which in th' Ocean play And All that there doe cut and keepe their way 8. Therefore ô Lord I must reiterate Thy glorious Name thy Fame perpetuatâ— And sing and say of how rare excellence Is thy due Praise through Earths circumference Psalme the 10. 1. VVHy standest thou ò Lord aloofefrom Thine Why art thou not more neere propitious Oh let thy louely Beauty on vs shine Now at this time a time so perillous Thy Presencathâ—â—râ—s thy Abseâ—ce troubles vs For wicked-Men in pride pursue the Lowly But let their Craft be their confusion wholely 2. Of his lewd Lusts he hath a high conceit And thinkes his owne Inuentions fine and faire The Couetous accounts Himselfe most great Hold himselfe blest and best a man most rare But Hee to leaue neglect the Lord doth dare His impious Pride his Heart so eleuateth God he forgets on God ne're meditateth 3. Because his wayes alwayes doe prosper well He therefore Thee and all thy Lawes neglects Because thy Will his Wit doth farre excell Therefore thy Hests hee hates and dis-affects Defies his foe which frendly Him corrects In Heart he sayes no change can ouerthrow-me My state no fate can fell no Feare o'reflow-me 4. His mouth with curses is both foulâ— and full His Tongue is tipt with fraud and flattery He is most prompt Goodmen with Guile to gull And in his Lips lyes mischiefe secretly And
still he trauailes with Iniquity For guiltles blood he waites in priuie places The Poore to spoile into his Toile Hee chaces 5. And like a Lyon lurking in his Den He secretly and slily spreads his nets To catch and crush poore silly simple men Whom he by craft and couzenage to him gets And with his smoothing soothing on them sets Thus multitudes of Poore-men he betrayeth Aâ—d pittilesse on them he proudly preyeth 6. And then He fondly falsely sayes in heart Tush God regards not what we doe or say He hath forgotten or is gone a part Hee neither sees nor knowes our worke or way Arise therefore ô Lord make no delay Lift vp thy hand let Ill men be distressed Guarde and regard the Poore by them oppressed 7. O why should bold blasphemous Imps most vile Falselie affirme that thou regardest not Yet Thou dost sit and see and at them smile And pai'st their Vice with Vengeance their iust Lot But friendlesse Orphans thou hast not forgot And since they solely wholy Thee rely-on Thou'â—t be their Helper from thy sacred Syon 8. Pernicious and malicious men conuince Their Armes and Harmes their fraud and force destroy For Thou art our eternall Lord and Prince Let not the Heathen thy sweet Land enioy Lord beare the Poore and cleare them from annoy Yea thou dost heare and helpe at need dost render And right the wrong of Poore and Orphans tender Psalme the 15. 1. O Lord of Loue what Man shall rest Within thy Tabernacle Or who ô Lord shall be so blest Of Syon-Hill to be possest For 's happy Habitacle 2. The Man whose gracious Guide thou art In Paths of sure Sincerity Whose wordes and workes whose Hand and Heart In equall ballance beare a part Whose Tongue speakes all pure Verity 3. Who takes no pleasure or delight In false Calumniations Who in Himselfe doth not backbite And suffers none his friend to smite By forged Defamations 4. Who doth condemne contemne despise The proud profane malicious But in his heart doth praise and prize The Godly Gracious Graue and Wise And is to These propitious 5. Who Payes though to his preiudice Things promis'd or protested Who hates Vfurious-Auarice Who loues all Vertue loathes all Vice Shall be in Heauen inuested Psalme the 23. 1. Isr'ells great Shepheard is my Shepheard kinde In him therefore All needfull things I finde Corporall Comforts aliment externall Spirituall Dainties Manna Food supernall In Fields Hee foulds Mee full of tender Grasse Where siluer-streames doe smoothlie sweetly passe 2. And when my Soule with sorrow seemes deprest The Lord re-cheeres It with sweet Peace and Rest And me with Rules of Righteousnesse instructeth And me in Goodensse graciously conducteth So that in Deaths dire Dale I walke secure Thy Rod thy Staffe supporting Mee most sure 3. And maugre all the malice of my foes My Cuppe with All choice Blessings ouerflowes My Table is with Dainties well appointed My Head with Oyle of Gladnesse is annointed And all my daies Gods Grace shall me defend And in his holy-House my Life I 'le spend Psalme the 51. 1. OH Euerliuing Euerlouing Lord Compassionate Mee wicked Wretch of Wretches And in thy Mercies boundles endlesse Riches Remit remoue my Sin thy Loue afford Oh wash and rench and drench and clense my Soule From this my crying Crime my fact most bloody Which in Sins slime and puddle myrie muddy My Soule with soyle hath made both full and foule 2. Deserued shame and sorrow me compell To make patheticall complaint confession And to recount recant my grosse transgression Which in my presence present still doth dwell Against Thee Lord against Thee most of might I surely â—orely solely haue offended If Thou therefore 'gainst Me All-Plagues had'st bended Yet had thy Doome bin duty truly right 3. In Sin alas I was both Borne and Bred From Parents paps the milke of sin I sucked And from their Loines the seeds of sin haue plucked And still on Weeds of Wickednesse haue fed But Thou ô Lord of Truth and Right Dost like and loue plaine Truth in pure affectirn And in me hast infus'd for my direction Internall Wisedome my best Light Delight 4. With Mercyes-Hysop purge and purifie My Sin-full Sin-foule Heart most blackly blotted Wash me â—h wash me all with sinne bespotted So sâ—all I passe white Snow in Purity So shall I re-enioy a ioyfull Voice My Maladie to Melodie be turned My broken Bones which haue with Groanes euen burned For Tones of Moane in Tunes of Mirth reioyce 5. Oh no more chide but hide thy frowning Face From This my hainous hideous horrid Errour One-smile re-cheeres One-frowne renewes my Terrour My sinne from Thee ' my shame from Mee then chace In me create oh re-create I prays A pure a perfect Heart an vpright Spirit From me transplant what-ere thy Wrath may merit And in me plant whatf'euer please thee may 6. Oh doe not as an Abiect Me reiect Nor Mee from thy Presenceâ—euer â—euer Thy Grace-inspiring Spirit from me Neuer O Lord remoue which should mee safe protect Restore repaire in mee such sacred Joy As may assure my Soule of sure Saluation In mee let thy free-Sp'rit finde Habitation Mee to instruct Sin in me to destroy 7. Thus I my-selfe hauing thy waies well knowne Shall Others well instruct conduct therein Sinners to Thee Conform'd reform'd from Sin Thy perfect Path-way shall by me be showne Oh quit oh quite remit my bloodie Crime O God my Soules best Guide my Guardian blessed My Hope my Helpe when I am most distressed So shall I sing thy Praise in sacred Rhyme 8. Vnlocke my Lips ô Lord my Tongue vntie Thou keep'st the Key which opes and shuts at pleasure So shall my Voice in most melodious measure â—hy peereles Praise make knowne and magnifie For Thou hast no desire and lesse delight 〈◊〉 burnt Oblations outward Sacrifices In Hecatombes of n'ere so precious-prices Though These all-These to Thee I offer might 9. But Thou dost tender a most tender-Heart A broken-Spirit full of true Contrition A Soule that sues and shewes Its due submission With This This offering Thou best pleased art To Syon therefore Lord propitious be Jerusalems weake walls re-edifie Not for their Merit but thy Mercies free So we with Hearts most free most thankefully Shall our Oblations to thine Altar bring Peace-offerings due to Salems peacefull King Psalme the 52. 1. OF wicked Workes thy Heart intendeth Why vaunt'st thou Tyrant vile Since Gods loue lasteth neuer endeth Thy Tongue with mischiefes file Like Razor sharpe doth deadly wound Fraud in thy Facts is found 2. Thy Minde all mischiefe meditateth Thou wilt not walke vpright Thy Tongue vntruth still machinateth In Lyes is thy Delight With Wiles and Guiles ô double Tongue Thou ready art to wrong 3. Therefore shall God supplant displace-thee Out of his Holy-Land Finally fearefully deface thee Not suffer thee to stand The Righteous shall see thy decay And feare and scorne and say 4. This Man his Goods as Gods adored And on