evill This lesser Light was Magdalen To Moon compar'd and she Was once Eclips't by Sin and thus Did not the danger see For as the Moon from Sun hath light So when the Earth's between The Moon 's obscur'd because she is By Sun no longer seen So God the Light of Mary's Soul By earthly Carnall Love Was parted from her and through Sin Did grace's light remove But when the Sun of Justice rose Malac. 4. v 1. Luk. 1. v. 78. And in this World appear'd With Mercy he did her behold And from Sin 's darkness clear'd And set her up a Light to be To all in sinfull state That they by her example might Repent before too late And never more return to Sin But perfectly Christ joyn As she did after lead on Earth A pure Life and divine No one of Pardon may despair Or to recover grace Since Magdalen a Sinner great In glory hath a place Althô their Night be perfect dark And danger great appears When this full Moon reflects her light 'T will free the heart from fears For thô the first part of her life With Sin was dark as Night The other part Moon-like doth give To Sinners guiding light Which if they follow it will bring Them out of darksom Sin To Christ the Sun of Justice bright A new life to begin Saint Luke c. 7. v. 37. who her Conversion writ Calls her the City-Sinner Who touch't with sorrow ran to Christ v. 36. Where he was sat at dinner Who Mark 16 v. 9. as Saint Mark affirms did cast Out of her seaven Devills For she had been addicted much Unto all sorts of evills Saint Gregory doth call these Devills The seaven Deadly Sins To which she long time slave had been But now her freedom wins And now Rom. 5. v. 20. where Sin did once abound Grace also doth abound She makes Vice Virtue 's Instrument She Pardon sought and found On Sin she once had plac't her love To Christ she now it gave Love was her Death Love was her Life Thus freed was Sathan's Slave Her Senses and her Members too Which she to Sin did use She now makes Instruments to grace And forth her Pardon sues Her Ears which unto lewd discourse Before were wholly bent She now lends to Christ's words most sweet Which made her heart relent Her Feet which ran before to sin She doth imploy to find Her now beloved and dear Lord That she may ease her mind And hearing where at Meat he sat Luk. 7. v. 37. She boldly did appear And feared not expell'd to be 1. Io. 4. v. 18. Love had expell'd and Fear She who did use to take first place Now humbly stands behind Her Lord and with tears in her Eyes Luk 7. v. 38. Unto his Feet inclin'd Those Eyes which with their wanton looks Lament 3. v. 51. Of Grace had robb'd her soul Shed Floud which wash't her Saviours Feet Who was to make her whole Her golden Locks which had inslav'd Poor souls in Cupid's snare Luk 7. v. 38. To wipe the Feet of her dear Lord She us'd as Towell rare Her Lips which had sin's poyson suck't And plac't it in her Heart v. 38. Continu'd kissing Christ's chast Feet And from them would not part Untill she had on them pour'd forth Her oyntments rich and sweet Which caus'd her Lord most mercifull With Mercy her to greet Woman v. 50. thy sins I do remit Go homeward now repair Because thou lovest much v. 47. thy sins Thô many pard'ned are What Joy these words did cause in her No Tongue can well express Nor Heart conceive except her own It was to that excess Learn here Poor Soul of Magdalen How to return to God To free thy self from Sin 's great load And Justice heavy Rod. First Ear give unto Gospel word Inspir'd or taught by Tongue With Mary run thy Lord to seek And Pennance not prolong Hate Sin love JESUS and declare The Sorrow that 's within By outward Tears prest from the Heart Through thy deep sense of Sin Imploy thy hair that is thy goods Christ's Feet the Poor to feed Tob. 12. v. 9. Fear not but Alms will thee relieve And help in time of need Pour forth thy oyntments that 's cast out True Virtue 's fragrant Smell Which will raise up thy Soul above In Heav'nly Joys to dwell Give Kiss of Peace to Christ that is Hate Sin commit no more And Christ will thee his Blessing give Luk. 7. v. 50. And Peace to thee restore Grant JESU that we Magdalen's Steps of Repentance trace And as we follow'd her in Sin May follow her to grace Dear Magdalen for JESU'S sake Pray unto him for me That in this life in all distress My Helper thou maist be THE SECOND PART Containing her life after her conversion unto Christ's Ascension BEhold the change of Mary's Life Which first to Sin was bent In service of her Master dear Was after wholly spent We never read she sinn'd again But follow'd her dear Lord Administring to him Mark 15. v. 41. Luk 10. v. 39. and his Attending to his word Luk. 10. v. 39. v. 40. Which sitting at his Feet to hear Her Sister did complain Of her as idle but her Lord Would have her there remain Say'ng Martha thou art busy'd much v. 41. And dost declare thy Heart Dressing my Meat but Mary here v. 42. Hath chose the better part Her brother being sick she sent Io. 11. v. 3. To let Christ know the same Say'ing whom thou lov'st is sick and he v. 7. With his Disciples came She met him and as she did use v. 32. Fell down before his Feet With Kisses from a loving Heart She did her dear Lord greet Where she renew'd her Tears again And so much did lament That Christ shed Tears with her v. 35. and thence Unto the Grave he went Say'ng Lazarus arise v 43. come forth He rose up suddenly To the great joy of sisters both And all the standers by Dear Mary shed these tears for me That I in Bliss may rest Since they prevail'd with God to weep And grant thee thy request In gratitude before Christ's Death She brought rich ointments Io. 12. v. 3. v. 5. worth Three hundred pence and as he sat On 's Head she pour'd them forth At this the Traytor Judas griev'd And said v. 4. Mark 14. v. 4. why this excess What she deem'd little he thought much Who priz'd his Master less Mat. 26. v. 15. When he sold him for thirty pence O Judas tell me why Thou didst not ask her who 'ld give more Before her Lord should dy When Christ was nail'd unto the Cross And all his friends were fled Io. 19. v. 25. Mary stood constant weeping by With sorrow almost dead When dead she help't to take him down And in the Tomb to lay Then marking well the Tomb Mark 15. v. 47.
she went To keep the Sabbath-day But little rest sad Mary found Reflecting on her Lord. No meat no drink or sleep I judge She did her self afford Early next morn Mark 16. v. 1. with Marys two She took her ointments dear To give her Lord the last farewell The Guards she did not fear Nor who should roll away the stone v. 4. Which passed much their strength Love gave her wings Love gave her will Love brought her joy at length But lo Mary a second grief Lik 24. v. 3. The Body is not here The Tomb is open some have stol'n Away my Lord I fear Chear up Mary An Angel asks Woman Io. 20. v. 13. why dost thou weep I know not where they 've laid my Lord Which wounds my heart full deep v. 2. She runs and tells his Brethren this Peter and John ran fast And found what she had said was true And back again they past But Mary still stood weeping at The Tomb v. 11. would not depart Where her Lord's Body last was lay'd She had intomb'd her heart No longer could Christ's clemency Forbear but did appear v. 15. Say'ng Woman why do you thus weep And whom do you seek here She took him for a Gard'ner by His habit v. 15. and replies If thou him took'st I 'le fetch him back Tell me but where he lies Christ seeing Mary's loving tears No longer could conceal Himself but open'd Mary's eyes And did himself reveal MARY v. 16. says Christ She knew him then And Rabby she reply'd She saw he was no Gard'ner but Her Lord who for her dy'd And fell down at her usual place His Feet to kiss but see New grief Her Lord denies her this Say'ng v. 17. Woman touch not me v. 17. But go and tell my Brothers dear That I again do live Mat. 28. v. 7.10 In Galily they shall me see Where I will blessing give Mary obeys and in the way v. 9. Christ lets her kiss his feet Love made him first appear to her Her Love with Love did meet How oft to her Christ did appear The Scripture doth not tell 10. 11. v. 5. But we may judge it often was For he lov'd Mary well And when to Heav'n he did ascend Act. 1. v. 14. Mary was with the rest When Holy Ghost he promis't them And his Beloved Bless't Behold how Mary serv'd her Lord And never did depart From him in Joy or Misery So constant was her Heart Grant JESUS dear for Magd'len's sake That I adhere to Thee In Life and Death and that her Prayr's True Joy may bring to me Dear Mother Look in the old Hymn at Lauds beg this of your Lord As you did for your Brother That in this Life he 'l give me grace And glory in the other THE THIRD PART Containing the rest of her life after Christ's Ascension to her death YOu 'l say While Christ was here on Earth Mary was led in hand Now he is gone and out of sight Let 's see how she doth stand Io. 11. v. 44. Christ raising Laz'rus up from Death Confirm'd his doctrin so How to defame and blast the same The Jews no longer know Io. 12. v. 10. To kill him therfore they resolve But God permitting not How to destroy the family They next contrive and plot The brother sisters and some more They put into a boat Without Sails Oars or any guide Upon the Sea to float Intending to destroy them thus of humane help depriv'd But by God's Providence they all Safe at Marselles arriv'd Where Magdalen began to preach One God and Saviour dear Such Doctrine these poor Heathens blind Before did never hear From Idols many turned were By word and works she wrought Till at the last they would adore Her for the God she taught Which made her beg of God to take Her from the praise of men Convey'd she was by Angels hands Into a lonely Den. Where never Man or Woman she Beheld for thirty years Her meat was what the Mount did yield Her drink was wrought by tears For shedding tears for her past sins And Death of Master here Immediatly at her request Sprung up a Fountain clear To keep fresh in her memory Her dear Lord's death and loss She begs some Instrument of God An Angell brings a Cross She spent her life in tears of love And heav'nly Contemplation Her Heart curs't Satan nêre could move With any vain Temptation Christ her dear Lord could nêre forget This his dear Penitent But to her seaven times a day His gloriôus Angels sent Who by their virtue rais'd her up Into the air so high That with a ravish't Soul she heard The Heav'nly Harmony And in that space of thirty years As Mary lived there Her Lord an hundred and ten times Did gloriously appear What ravishments he gave her then Of Joy and what excess Excells Man's fancy to conceive Or Tongue well to express God willing now that Magdalen In soul this World should leave Reveal'd her who from Maximin Christ's Body did receive And being thus prepar'd for Death Her Soul left presently Her Mortall Body and with wings Of Love to God did fly Where now with him she doth remain In joy of Heav'nly Bliss Become a Patroness for those Who here have done amiss Behold the Soul of Magdalen At first defil'd with sin Refin'd by Love and purg'd by tears At last did Heaven win Let no poor Sinner then despair Of Mercy here and Grace If Mary's Life he 'l imitate And her rare Virtues trace This let him beg of God in faith Of JESUS Passion dear And merits of this glorious Saint Whose Pray'rs he 'l ever hear Blest Mary my poor love accept And be to me a Mother Pray in this Life God's Grace I have And Glory in the other Amen THE LIFE OF THE SERAPHICALL FATHER S. FRANCIS IN VERSE DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS The First Part to the making of his Rule GOd made Man's nature innocent Adorned with Free-will Gen 4. v. 7. Eccli 15. v. 17. Gen. 2. v. 17. And gave him one Commandement His pleasure to fulfill To break it Death to keep it Life Was for Eternity And while on Earth void of all strife And human misery Luk. 10. v. 18. Rev. 12. v. 9.12 Curs't Satan who from glory fell Did hate Man's happy state Made for his place in joy to dwell Where once this proud Fiend sate Wisd 2. v. 24. Gen. 3. v. 4. And to deprive him of his Bliss He tempts the fruit to take Thou shalt not dy 't is not amiss Do but experience make Man yielding to his Wife's desire v. 6. Rom. 5. v. 12. Made that unhappy tast Incurr'd for him and his Hell-Fire Who here on Earth were plac't Environed with misery In Reason blinded so They fell into Idolatry Their God they did not know For this and many other sins Gen 6. v. 7. v. 8. God thought all
his words but deeds He mov'd to Imitation Which are indeed the best of seeds To spring up Reformation Transcending was his Poverty Which quits of worldly cares Admitting of no Property And this the Heart prepares To fix it self on Heav'nly gain All Earthly to despise Which at the last doth prove but vain Dress't up in false disguise He so much lov'd pure Chastity Of Body and of Mind That if he felt the contrary Allays he strait did find He disciplin'd his Flesh full sore In thorns he tumbled so Untill his very flesh they tore Or rolled in the snow Francis the Humble Men him call He did excell in this The place whence Lucifer did fall Is thought now to be his This Virtue he did recommend To his and 't was his pleasure To name them Minors to this end That they might seek this Treasure 1. King 15. v. 22. Obedience he well knew to be Better than Sacrifice Thô Father of them all was he Yet still he did devise Subject to be unto another And therfore on the way Obedience strict unto his brother He promis't and did pay And as he the Creatour still Humbly obey'd in all So did dumb Creatures do his will Still ready at his call Brothers and Sisters he them nam'd To all he was so sweet That Fish the Fire and Beast he tam'd Who did him kindly greet Our Works are crown'd with Patience Iam. 1. v. 4 Mat. 10. v. 22. That our reward doth merit For all the Pains we feel in sense Or anguish of the Spirit With Christ to suffer he desir'd In Pain Mat. 16. v. â—4 Mark 8. v. 34. or any loss To imitate what he requir'd In bearing of the Cross The Queen of Virtues 1. Co. 13. v. 13. Charity His heart had so inflam'd That it would almost melted be When God's Love was but nam'd Mat. 22. v. 39. His Neighbour's Love possest him so That for his dear Soul 's good The hardest things he 'ld undergo To ' th shedding of his bloud This caus'd him journy to begin To Egypt's King that he Might to Christ's Church those faithless win Or else a Martyr be In sweetness he did so excell The Sultan freely gave Him leave to preach where he thought well And no disturbance have Missing his aim which was to dy For th' Faith of JESUS dear And finding no great profit by His Preaching Christ's Faith here He doth return with weeping eyes Bewailing his great loss Resolves his Love to Sacrifice To Christ upon the Cross Devotîon great he had to all God's Saints in chief his Mother Whom he did his dear Lady call But yet above all other He priz'd the Passion of his Lord As Treasure house of Grace Which doth to souls good thoughts afford And ill away doth chase Io. 3. v. 16. Eph. 6. v. 2. This is a Glass wherein we see Our God's great Love to us Who rather than we damn'd should be Chose to be treated thus And also how he Sin did hate That he would rather dy Than see men live in sinfull state Void of Felicity This teacheth us to love God here As also to hate Sin And as we love him still to fear Lest we should fall therein And if by Sin we 've lost God's Love Here 't is restor'd again Rom. 5. v. 9.10.11 Off'ring our tears to him above Joyn'd with Christ's bitter pain This Passion Francis preach't to all And thus their Ezech. â—â— v. 4. Rev. 7. v. 3. Foreheads cross't Imprinting how for Adam's fall Our Saviour's Life was lost That they to him be gratefull still Prov. 23.26 And to him give their heart Abhorring Sin to do his will And never from him part All Virtues that Christ taught Mankind Appear'd in Francis clear To print them deep in others mind His labour was while here But now grown weak that Death draws nigh He knows by Revelation And does employ his thoughts solely In Heav'nly Contemplation Let all learn here how to prepare For Death while they do live To love God still Deut. 6 v. 5. Rev. 14 v. 7. and sin beware And thus due honour give To teach us this Christ gave example Which he doth now renew In Francis who in manner ample Hath laid it to our view THE THIRD PART Containing the remainder of his life from the receiving of the holy Stygmes to his Death PRetend I shall not to recount The Miracles he wrought Which were so many they surmount In number frail man's thought The actions of his whole life were But one continu'd wonder To whom all things while be was here Obedience prompt did render Before his Death I 'l only tell How JESUS did him grace With Priviledge that did excell And worthily takes place Of all yet given unto any Which clearly doth declare His merits were both great and many Which thus rewarded were He being on the Mount Alvern In contemplation high Of JESUS'S Passion did so burn In Love that he must dy For his dear Lord or undergo Like pain our sins him gave Christ heard his Pray'r and yielded so His Wounds that he should have Behold a glorîous Seraphin Descending from above As thô he crucify'd had been Which did inflame his love Isai 6. v. 2. Six-wing'd he was two vail'd his head His feet two two did fly And while Saint Francis marveled The Seraphin draws nigh And on the Cross there did appear His dear Lord Crucify'd Fast nail'd upon 't as once when here He for all Mankind dyâ—d This griev'd him and did so inflame His heart with Love's great fire That to be nail'd unto the same Was now his whole desire Lo from hands feet and side did stream Five clear but bloudy rays Which pierc't like places as they came Where marks remain'd always In hands and feet like Nails were plain In 's Side the Wound of Spear Which bled and put him to such pain As thô he should dy here Having receiv'd these stygmes there He now might truly say Let no one molestation bear Gal. 6 v. 17. But readily obey Since thus with Wounds my Body 's sign'd Of my Redeemer dear Th' example which in me you find To follow do not fear To him this may be well apply'd I live Gal. 2. v. 20. thô now not I But JESUS Christ my Crucify'd Doth live and in me ly O marv'lous Man true friend of God Phil. 3. v. â— Gen. 28.12 Than Man an Angel rather Who under foot the World hast trod And mounted Jacob's ladder By Vice's hate and Virtue 's love Thou walkedst without blame And thus Poor Sinners thou didst move While here to do the same Obtain that we may imitate Thy footsteps in true Love That we may Sin as truly hate And live with thee above Those sacred Wounds he did receive Two years or thereabout Before this frail Life he did leave Which clear'd Men of all doubt For they did oftentimes appear Thô his humility Indeavour'd to conceal
them here Till he should bury'd be They oft did bleed with such great pain That he had dy'd thereby But that God would have him remain The World to edify His Body now with labour spent Made weak for JESUS'S sake And he to Contemplation bent But little food did take And thô by Sword as he desir'd He could not Martyr dy Yet greater pains as God requir'd He suff'red patiently And off'red up in flames of Love His Soul an Holocaust Which daily did ascend above To him he loved most Knowing his Death was near at hand Not able now to go That he be carry'd doth command To Portiunculo Our Lady's Church from Angels nam'd The place that he lov'd best And here to dy he ever aim'd And take his finall rest To shew his love to Poverty Mat 27. v. 35. And Christ to imitate He naked on the ground would dy So strip't him as be sate The same in his last Testament He doth his Brothers give For he by JESUS dear was sent Poor Ps 87. v. 16. like him here to live Mat. 18. v. 17. He recommends Obedience Most strict unto Christ's Church That Heresy on no pretence Among his Brothers lurch True Patiênce and Humility With other Virtues rare He leaves them as a Legacy And doth for Death prepare He gives his blessing to his Brothers To live in Love and Peace The same he recommends to others Here after his decease His soul to JESUS recommending Replenish't with great merit By hands of Angels there attending To God resigns his Spirit He being dead his sacred Flesh Wither'd before and hard Became most limber soft and fresh To youth might be compar'd Which with his Wounds like Rubies dress't Was glorious to behold Assisiûm Men would have it rest With them more priz'd than gold A stately Church they for it build And in a Vault it lay Which incorrupt and fresh doth yield Delights unto this day The World 's great wonder it remains The Wounds appear therein What favours great and immense gains Did his true Pennance win Thus did Christ's Church-Repairer dy When he had thousands gain'd From Worldly Love Flesh-liberty Which had true Faith so stain'd He in his Order lives again Which to Perfection guides And as Reveal'd shall still remain As long as World abides Great Saints this Order hath brought forth As to the World is known But what 's the number or their worth Is known to God alone The Rule doth so to Virtue bind That if Men well keep it Not one among them they shall find who 'l not in glory sit OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE CORD In the cords of Adam I will draw them in the Cords of Charity Ose 11. v. 4. BEsides his Holy Orders three The Pope of his accord Confirm'd a Confraternity Where Girdle is a Cord For those who cannot undergo Those strict Rules yet desire By this blest Cord men should them know Related to the Frier Saint Francis made choice of a Cord For Girdle as the best Memoriall of his dying Lord In all his sorrows dress't For if you mind it all along Throughout his Passion still They led him bound in Cords full strong Wherever was their will This Passion in men's hearts to print Was always his desire Which soften can a heart of flint And set it all on fire With love unto its Saviour dear Who for Man thus did dy And never any pains to fear His love to shew thereby Saint Dominick poor Francis lov'd And would his Rule embrace But since by him 't was not approv'd He begg'd his Cord in th' place That thô he could not of that be He would have some relation To him by this a Memory Of Christ's most bitter Passion Persons of greatest quality Which this World doth afford Have thought it a great dignity To be girt with this Cord That they might be related to This Order while they live The great Indults to gain also Which Holy Church doth give Which are as great as any be Continually confirm'd Unto this Confraternity And all therein concern'd Which hath not any obligation Men binding under Sin But minds us of Christ's bitter Passion That we may glory win Five Paters and five Ave's more You daily are to say To mind how Christ was wounded sore Upon that dolefull day In hands and feet and in his Side These five you must salute And there with confidence abide Till you obtain your suit For what can God the Father here Deny his only Son When in his sight his Wounds appear Which he hath undergon To reconcile a sinfull soul Unto his Justice great And to dispense rich Grace's dole From his great Mercy 's seat With arms spred forth the Friers say These Pray'rs and make a Cross And thus Saint Francis us'd to pray Reminding that our loss Repaired was upon the Tree When Christ ' shands feet and side Were pierc't Which wounds effectuall be When thus by faith apply'd When Amaleck the Hebrews fought Exod. 17 v. 11. Moyses his arms stretch't out And praying thus success he brought But when they fell was doubt Of Victory which did foreshow How Christ for man should dy And now he 's dead we praying so His Death do signify Upon the Cross five Virtues rare Christ practis'd to teach us Daily to beg and take like care To imitate him thus In Patience and Humility Which he doth recommend Obedience and strict Poverty With Love unto the end More pious Practices are there Belonging to the Cord Which by this Saint ordained were To bind men to their Lord In bonds of true Obedience And perfect Charity That when the Soul departeth hence It live Eternally Behold how Francis's Life was spent In Mankind's Reformation Christ's seamless Garment that was rent And much defac't in fashion That is the Church with Heresy And vicîous life distain'd He brought unto its Purity Thousands of Souls regain'd Thus Moyses-like he did bring back Pharao's the Devils Exod. 3. v. 10. Slaves Their Souls with filth of Sin made black c. 14. v. 29. He by the Red Sea saves Reminding what Christ did endure On th' Cross to free from Sin And by example leads secure Through th' Desart we are in Deut. â— v. 2. Unto the rich Land promised That 's Heav'n Iosue 3. v. 17. Exod. 3. v. 8. the place of Bliss Where with sweet Milk and Hony fed The chast and pure Soul is That is the Vision of God clear And of his full Fruition Of losing it void of all fear How happy 's this condition Dear Father pray unto thy Lord. My life while I am here With thine in all things may accord That Hell I may not fear Dear JESUS grant for Francis sake That I thee always love And my life's Pattern by his take So reign with thee above Amen THE BOOKS ADDRESS TO THE READER YOu gentle Reader who have read me ôre Grant this Request to read me yet once more If curious Fancy to the first did move Let now your Motive be Devotion 's love And that your reading may advantage bring Attend not to the Verse but to the thing The sense consider deeply in your mind Imprint the same then you will surely find A hidden Treasure which doth rarely ly Within the bosom of Dame Poetry Virtue 's discover'd Vice laid to your view That this you fly that eagerly pursue Read not as Pilat ask't What 's Verity And then went forth Io. 18. v. 38. He did not really Seek Knowledge and much less did he intend To act he would be Jews and Cesar's friend He would not know lest coÌ„scieÌ„ce should approve What Christ should say Io. 19. v. 12. he lose Cesar's love that young Man who ask't of christ to know Which way to Heav'n he might securely go When Christ bid hiÌ„ the world and Riches leave This wholsom counsell he would not receive v. 21. He would no more discourse with him v. 22. and why To th' World and Flesh he had too strong a ty Beware the like when you have read this Book Lay 't not aside no more on it to look Because it pleaseth not the Flesh and Bloud But be assur'd when its right understood It will your Soul to Virtue 's Practice win With ravishments to that and hate to Sin Remember only Beast that cud did chew Was clean esteem'd â—ev 11.3 â—eut 14.8 â—en 8 v. â— â—â—k 3. v. â— 55 and sacrific'd to shew That if by reading you 'l God 's love obtain You must reflect and in the sense remain Of what you read and thus you will reap gain Or else your reading will but prove in vain Expect no Finis to this Book FOr as Man's Life a Warfare is Iob. 7. v. 1. Gal. 5. v. 17. ' Gainst Viceâ— and Virtue undertook Is hard 〈…〉 you miss The Crown 〈◊〉 promis't only those Who do persevâ—â— to the end Mat 10. v. 22. Mat. 25. v. 13. You must be watchfull till Death close Your eyes hence you will want a friend Oft to consult as virtuous Guide This Book will prove unto you such If in its reading you 'l abide 'T will give your heart a zealous touch Then daily here take your repast And let the End begin again Thus do as long as Life doth last That you may here secure remain Amen
side Yet all these pardon'd were What greater sins can you conceive Or more ungrate full Men Yet those when they did evill leave And did return agen With tears of Eyes Ioel. 2. v. 12. and grief of heart With hope and Faith conjoyn'd By fervent Pray'r and Pennance smart v. 13. To Mercy God inclin'd Who did receive them in his love And grace on them bestow Ezech. 18 v. 22. Rom. 5. v. 20. The guilt of sin he did remove Where Vice now Virtues grow Thus they with many more became Great Saints and reign above Remitted sins Luk 7. v. 47. increase the flame Of Gratitude and Love If any sin he 'l not forgive It 's that which you are in Despairing Mercy 1. Io. 5. v. 16. Ier. 18. v. 12.13 while you live The greatest of all sin By this you do deny in him Ps 144. v. 9. Eph. 4. v. 19. His greatest Attribute Which leads the soul unto Hell's brim Despair's accursed fruit God's Mercy 's greater than Man's Sin So is the Price Christ gave Upon the Cross his Soul to win And from Damnation save Put trust in God Ps 90. v. 14.15 and in the merit Of Christ thy Saviour dear Leave Sin Ezech. 18. v. 32. by Faith raise up your spirit And pardon never fear Des I grant all 's true that you do say But yet this Mercy I Who Sinner am know not the way To gain or to apply Christ's merits to my Soul I fear Prov. 28. v. 9. While J'm in state of Sin My sighs and Pray'rs God will not hear This oft hath proved been Hope That is while Heart remains perverse Ready to sin again Eccli 34. v. 31. But when Man grieves his sinfull course And doth from sin refrain By Sacraments let him apply Christ's merit to his soul Christ promis't who can never ly Io. 20. v. 23. That he will make it whole Desp Sweet Hope Rom. 8. v. 24. which dost to Heav'n bring Your Convert I will be Dev'lish Despair away I 'le fling And hearken unto thee I 'le weep I 'le grievee I 'le leave all sin By Sacraments will I God's Mercy seek his grace to win Eccli 2. v. 11. And thus in Hope will dy Amen OF DEATH Remember thy last Ends and thou wilt not sin for ever Eccl. 7. v. 40. It is appointed for all men once to dy Hebr. 9. v. 27. THe soul of Man since Adam's fall Eph. 4. v. 18 19. Is so obscur'd by Flesh and Bloud The senses seem to govern all As if the soul nought understood Men to this life do so attend They little think upon their End The whole Earth sayeth Jeremy Ier. 12. v. 11. With desolation's desolate And he declares the reason why That we may mend before too late No one considers deep in heart That from this life he must depart Much less 2. Cor. 5. v. 10. that he account must give Of all what ever he hath done And that he must for ever live In joys or sorrow when he 's gone This want of true consideration Is chiefest cause of Man's damnation The Wiseman therfore doth advise That in your ways you mindfull are Of your last things Eccli 7. v 40. thus you 'l be wise And for a happy death prepare You 'l never sin or do amiss While this your Meditation is What is grim Death in picture made With Dead-Man's skull and standing by Hour-glass with crooked Sithe and spade Arm and Leg-bones that cross do ly Death nothing is but Life's privation The soul and Body's separation But yet how sad that hour will prove When Flesh and soul must separate Which were so firmly joyn'd in love No tongue is able to relate S. Denis Ps 54. v. 5. Among all other dreadfull things That day to Man most terrour brings That puts an end to carnall pleasures Which then to Soul cause bitter grief That separates from Worldly treasures Luk. 12. v. 20. Which then afford men no relief That parts from Children Wife and Friend To Worldly joys that puts an end That quells the spirit of the proud And stubborn disobedient heart That makes the Sinner cry aloud His guilty Soul 's loath to depart Wealth honour Pow'r will not prevail When Death arrests he takes no Bail Your Life to mend he 'l grant no space But to the Judge your Soul present Where bribes or friendship find no place To late 't will be then to repent Eccl. 11. v. 3. As at that hour you 're found to be So you 'l be for Eternity Delights and Pleasures wanton Love Which were before your heart 's content In that most dreadfull hour Wisd 5. v. 3. will prove Grief to your Soul which will lament To think how for these pleasing toys She is depriv'd of reall joys Those then will pass and leave behind A strict account for her to make Why she let them possess her mind And Pleasure with the Flesh did take Since she was made for joys above And to contemn all Carnall Love Then Glory Honour Power Wealth In which vain Men do put their trust Youth Beauty Valour Courage Health Will all be buried in the dust That Man will vile to God appear Who seem'd so great and glorious here Eccls. 1 v. 8. All these you 'l own then to be vain On which before you plac't your love Despairing then you will remain To think upon your God above How he will justly you condemn Who did for these his Laws contemn Ps 33. v. 22. O dreadfull day to wicked Soul Which here in body did neglect Her sense and passions to controul And crooked Nature to correct Still yielding with depraved will Her Flesh-desires here to fulfill Whereas in Body she was plac't Corrupted Nature to restrain And what she found in it defac't By grace and Virtue to regain But she let senses govern all By which the Dev'l procur'd her fall Mat. 25. v 7. The Prudent Virgins imitate With oyl in Lamp prepar'd remain Not with the foolish v. 8. when too late To seek v. 10. and knock but all in vain The gate is shut you are forgot The Bride-groom says v. 12. I know you not Have oyl of works in Lamps of Faith ' Gainst midnight-Death â—â—â—l 5.6 â—â—â—m 2. 〈◊〉 4.24 thus ready stand And glory not as scripture saith In Faith alone lest Spouse command You Ecâ—â—â—â—â—at 22. v. v. 12.13 not adorn'd with works to ly In fire yet dark and nêre to dy Take warning then before too late Deut. 32. v. 29. And that your life you may amend On your departure meditate That Worldly pleasures will have end That Riches you must leave behind Which will at Death perplex the mind O Death Eccli 41. v. 1. how bitter is the thought Of thee to those who do possess Peace in their Riches which have brought Their Soul to Sin and Wickedness To leave their
is due to thee O Heav'nly queen my Helper be And plead my case before thy son Isai 59. v. 2. Wisd 1. v. 3. From whom by sin I 've basely run Whose rage and fury I do fear And without thee dare not appear Ps 50. v. 6. For unto him I 've sinn'd alone My tears present unto his Throne And do not turn away thy face O Holy Mary full of grace Be thou my sad hearts keeper here Prov. 1. v. 7. Imprint in me God's holy fear Obtain for me pureness of life In actions good and void of strife Eccli 21. v. 1.2 Obtain that I may sin detest To love what 's just and there to rest O Virgin sweet my heart's delight None hath or êre shall shine so bright Like thee among the femal Kind Luk. 7. v. 28. Whom God alone did worthy find To bear his son who pardon gave To Mary sinner Luk. 7. v. 48. satan's slave O pardon beg of him for me Ps 37. v. 5. From sin's great load that he will free My dolefull soul lest at the last In Hell with devils it should be cast O pious Rose without a thorn Their help who here in sin are born Pray unto Christ for me each hour That he will free me from the power Of tempting Flesh the world Revel 12. v. 12.1.10.2 v. 16. Gal. 5. v. 17.19 and Devil Who sorely press me unto evill On every side in sense and soul Dear Mother help and keep me whole Christ 10.3 v. 16. only son to God above I beg for thy dear Mother's love Luk. 11. v. 27. In whose blesst womb thou didst take Flesh Whose sweet breasts milk did thee refresh By her on bended knee I crave Thy mercy Lord Luk. 2. v. 1 ◠1.10 ◠v. 14 Coloss 2. v. 14. who once didst save The world and souls which are therein Paying the debt of Adam's sin Thô I in conscience guilty be Yet mercy beg o God Ps 50 v. 1. Mark 10. v. 47. of thee Have mercy Christ God's only son Pardon the evill I have don Mercy it self shew it to me My sinfull soul from satan free Blot out my sins Ps 50. v. 11.12 by mercies art Create in me a new clean heart Grant lively Faith and Hope to me In perfect Love that I may be And that at death my soul may rest Revel 14. v. 13. which is a gift of all the best Grant that my heart so grieved be For sin Ps 50. v. 19. that I be joyn'd with thee Make me so worthily receive Thy Body as all sin to leave Withdraw thy anger Christ my dear Let thy pure Blood wash me so clear Ps 50. v. 4. Without in body and within My heart so clear from filth of sin That when grim death doth seize me here The Angel strong may then appear Ps 90. v. 11. Who is my Custos by thy grace And me among the Just may place While death my body paineth much Let second death me no way touch Rev. 2. v. 11. Althô my flesh do putrify My soul let in thy bosom ly That when I rise my Judge to see 2. Macchab v. 9. I alwaies may remain with thee And never from thee parted be But praise thee for Eternity Ps 83 v. ◠Hear us o Lady for thy son Doth honour thee all that is don Which of him thou dost crave Sweet JESUS by thy Mother dear Who prays for us poor Sinners here We beg our souls to save CHRIST'S THIRST OF MAN'S SALVATION JESVS said I thirst Jo. c. 19. v. 28. OUr corporall substance hath originall birth And is composed of four Elements The fire and air cold water ponderous earth All naturall bodies have these four contents Their qualities drought moisture cold and heat By consequence they do participate The Body healthfull is while these remain Even proportion'd but if one prevail It generates sicknes bitter grief and pain And causeth stomack health and strength to fail Creatīg death and doth dissolve the whole Except by Physick you the same controul As fire more active is of all the four So heat its quality exceeds the rest The thirsty man is crucify'd much more Than who with cold or hunger is opprest By sicknes hunger's less than t was before But burning thirst increases more and more Christ therefore us'd this word Thirst to declare The great desire he had of man's salvation His loss in grace and virtue to repair To dy for sin and free him from damnation Thrice he did thirst in Heav'n poor Man to be On Earth made man and dying on the Tree The Prophet David who in many things Prefigur'd Christ Redeemer of mankind As is recorded in the Book of Kings 3. Kings 23. v. 15. To drink of Bethleem's water had a mind Of Bethleem's cistern water who 'l give me To drink 1 Chron. 11. v. 17. that my great thirst allay'd may be No other water wine or pleasant drink Could satisfy or please this holy King He of the living water then did think Which out of Bethleem's Cistern was to spring That was Christ Math. 2. v. 1. the Messias who was born In Bethleem to save man who was forlorn So God the King of Kings in joys above Seem'd not content he had a burning thirst Proceeding from the passion of his love Io. 3. v. 16. Man to redeem who was by sin accurst To take our flesh Io. 1. v. 14. and wrap his Deity Within the robes of our humanity In Bethleem he was born and man became Mat. 2. v. 1. To tast our bitter water which doth spring From tribulation sorrow pain and shame And purchase for us that which life doth bring Iohn 4. v. 13. He who doth drink the water I shall give Nêre more shall thirst but with me every live This water's Grace which that we may obtain As Pattern Christ Example to us gave To practise Virtue while we here remain Whom we must imitate if Grace wee 'l have I here on Earth do you example give Ioh. 13. v. 15. That you may imitate me while you live But since he found all men defil'd with sin Rom. 5. v. 12. Before they could be capable of grace They were with tears and sorrow to begin First to lament and grieve their sinfull case These tears he thirsted from mans heart and eye That man might drink this water and nêre dy When Christ did thirsty sit at Jacobs well He crav'd of the Samaritan to drink Ioh. 4. v. 7. What drink he meant this woman could not tell Of that well-water she did only think Why dost thou water ask of me V. 9. since Jews Samaritan's assistance do refuse To show what sort of water 't was he mean't Christ openly declares her sinfull state Ibid. v. 17. Desiring that she should the same repent And give him tears proceeding from sin's hate Ibid. v. 10. If
thou didst know me water thou wouldst give And water beg which makes the soul to live This tear-probatick water healeth all Infirmities of soul Iohn 5. v. 4. when being mov'd By contrite heart Ps 50. v. 19. and from the eyes doth fall It still prevails with God as hath been prov'd In David Peter Magdalen who gain'd Sin 's pardon and God's holy grace obtain'd Since Christ this water craves his Thirst allay Shed tears proceeding from true love and grief Let these be bread unto you night and day Ps 41. v. 4. And doubt not they will bring your soul relief For Magdalen's caus'd God Io. 11. v 35. v. 44 made man to weep And raise her brother from his deadly sleep Christ also thirsted our perfection here That we might our Creatour imitate Math. 5. v. 48. And therefore did like us on Earth appear Coloss 1 v. 28. To teach us Virtues love and sin's true hate Before he came Virtue was little known Gen. 6. v. 5.12 Less practis'd nature was to vice so prone Reason obscur'd by sin and Will deprav'd Eph. 4. v. 18. The careless Soul seem'd to be ignorant Of future life and what corrupt Flesh crav'd She granted not consid'ring her own want And giving scope to sensuality v. 19. Made that her Heav'n with wordly Vanity But when Christ came he taught us to deny The Belly-God and Idol-Wealth to hate Phil. 3. v. 19. Coloss 3. v. 5. Which teach the soul the true God to defy And place her Joy in Lust and worldly state With the true God these Dagons cannot stand 1. Kings 5. v. 3. Their base desires still thwarting his command Against the Flesh Christ war did here declare By Fasting Watching Travels Cold and Heat Thus teaching us our Flesh still to beware 1. Pet. 2. v. 11. And as our greatest Enemy to treat Riches and Honours he did also fly To teach the World's conteÌ„pt would naked dy Christ also taught profound Humility Joyn'd with Obedience even unto death Philip. 2. v. 8. All injuries he suffer'd patiently And pray'd for Foe to his expiring breath Luk. 23. v. 34. These Virtues with the rest that we might learn He thirsted since they are our chief concern Did this allay the Thirst of Christ no no. He more and more still thirsted our soul's good That he might Grace and life on us bestow He thirsted death and shedding of his bloud Luk. 12. v. 50 A bloudy baptism is for me behind Till it be don how much I 'm prest in mind The great desire Christ had of mans salvation Math. 21. v. 7.8.9 Made him with joy and Triumph to ascend And to admit this 〈◊〉 Acclâ—mation Hosanna from those who did him attend They also strew'd Palm branches in his way Thus representing his victorious day When Christ the Law of Moyses had coÌ„pleated Math. 26. v. 28. A Sacrament of Love he did ordain Where his beloved with his Flesh he treated Math. 28. v. 20. Resolving thus on Earth still to remain Did this as yet allay his loving thirst No it was still as great as at the first Nothing this burning thirst could satisfy Love's feaver had so much enflam'd his heart But shedding bloud and on the Cross to dy He was so deeply wounded with Love's dart He therfore rises Math. 2â— v. 46. and in hast doth go To meet with Judas now his mortall foe Who had betray'd him to the wicked Jews Math. 26. v. 15. For thirty pence a compact he did make Knowing the place of Pray'r wch christ did use Resolv'd him there with armed host to take Math. 26. v. 23. Christ knew his heart and treacherous design Yet Love would not permit him to decline Ioh 18. v. 1. But to the Garden cheerfully he went And to declare that he was passible As God he did to Nature represent His future pains which were so terrible Luk. 22. v. 44. To the inferiour part which was to dy That he fell in a bloudy Agony The sense rejected what the soul approv'd Accepting all that did advance our good The sense at this with fear was so much mov'd That Christ was bathed in a sweat of bloud Luk. 22. v. 42. He pray'd he might be freed yet did resign Thy will be done o Father and not mine Great was the fear and terâ—our yet his Love 1. Ioh. 4. v. 18 Transcended and at last expell'd all fear Our soul's salvation he preferr'd above His life and ease as after did appear Math 26 v 46 Mark 14 This made him boldly meet his enemies His Love all pain and torment now defies This made him take scoffs v. 42. Math 26.27 Mark 15. Lâ—k 22.23 Io. 19. blows rebukes and scorns False accusations and nere to reply His Whips at Pillar and his Crown of Thorns And Sentence that as guilty he must dy This made him bear his Cross till he did fall This nayl'd him to 't this made him tast the gall This made him Luk. 23. v. 34. hanging on the Cross to pray For those that put him to this shamefull death Their malice still with love he did repay Which love was constant to his dying breath His thirst could not be quench't untill he dv'd Io. 19. v. 34. And they with lance had pierct his sacred side His victory could not his thirst allay But Sampson like who had a thousand kill'd With a jaw bone Iudg. 15. v. 19. in that victorious day With burning thirst had dyed in the field But that God caus'd a fountain clear to spring Out of that bone which sweet allays did bring Thus Christ thô by his Cross he had subdu'd And overcome our mortall enemy Thirsted on th' Cross and to his Father su'd On our behalf to gain a Legacy Which was the seaven sacraments that be Life-giving fountains flowing from that Tree I thirst O Father from my Wounds let flow Those sacrameÌ„ts which may MaÌ„s wants supply And by them you in mercy may bestow Grace to their souls that they may never die And thus preserve what I so dearly bought And make them practise what on Earth I taught These were the FoutaiÌ„s which the Prophet saw In spirit when he did the same foretell Out of your saviour's Fountains you shall draw Isai 12. v. 3. Water in joy while here on earth you dwell Isai 55. v. 1. Come come make hast all you who thirsty be Drink at these Fountains which to all are free Behold the good God's thirst brought to maÌ„kiÌ„d It made him man and here on Earth to dwell The way to virtue it caus'd us to find It purchast Heaven and preserv'd from Hell O let us thirst his pleasure to fulfill That we may never act against his will Let this thirst last whilst here on Earth we are Which will preserve us from Eternall thirst And teach us those vain pleasures to beware Which make the soul
greif consider well Rom. 6. v. 23. What fruit by sin you gain With loss of Heav'n you purchase Hell And devil's slave remain For what is sin but à privation Of your act 's rectitude Contempt of God and your salvation And all ill doth intrude Your soul 's possessed by the devill Where he doth rule and reign Compelling it to what is evill This is a sinners gain This well consider'd must needs move 1. Iohn 3. v. 8. Your soul sin to repent But chiefly loss of your God's love In heart you must lament This most of all let soul resent Isay 59. v 2. Ier. 17. v. 13. Osee 4. v. 12. That God is from her parted Who is her Center of content Because she prov'd false hearted Here let your soul grieve bitterly With sorrow from the heart Hence forth resolve you 'l rather dy Than from your Lord depart If he 'l be reconcil'd again Zach. 1. v 3. Isai 1. v. 18. Such sorrow will him win To come to you and there remain Remitting all past sin Next Act. 19. v. 18. all the sins you do recall To mind you must confess Their nature circumstance and all What 's doubtfull still express If you conceal but one great sin Or what much aggravates Act. 5. v. 4. A greater evill you fall in Such sacriledge God hates It maketh void your whole Confession And no sin there is quitted When Priest absolves but new trangression And mortall sin 's committed And all sins after while you live Thô you confess them plain And Priest doth Absolution give Unpardon'd still remain For till the first sin be confess 't That once you did conceal God pardons none of all the rest Be sure then it reveal With all which you since that committed How oft' confess 't receiv'd That sacriledge may be remitted And Conscience be reliev'd When you to Priest your sins confess Let neither shame or fear You hinder but still truth express And make Confession clear Fear not the Priest will them disclose For he is sure of this If ever he discovers those His soul condemned is Thirdly this Sacrament requires You satisfy for wrongs And this as Priest of you desires To Pennance this belongs Exod. 22. v 1 Luk. 19. v. 8. Your neighbour satisfaction make Restoring what 's his due And ask his pardon for God's sake That God may pardon you To God your satisfaction is Ps 50. v. 19. A contrite humble heart To mend what you have don amiss No more from him to part By sinfull thought Esay 59. v. 2. by word or deed Be sure you this intend Math. 10. v. 22. Pray him to help in time of need Persever to the end Thô all this cannot strait be done Yet really resolve This to perform when you are gone That Priest may you absolve Thus Sacrament works it's effect Io. 20. v. 23. Which is your sins Remission And grace of God which will direct To mend your life's condition Be sure avoid this great abuse Which I fear some fall in To make this sacramentall use An instrument to sin Because Christ left this help for all Who truely do repent They little care how oft they fall And lost grace less resent For Who presumes to sin because He may here find salvation Directly runs into the jaws Of Hell to his damnation For to confess thus without doubt He never is absolv'd Till he doth also cast this out And better is resolv'd This Sacrament was not ordain'd T'embolden you in sin But that when grace is here regain'd You may abide therein Luk 7. v. 38. With Magdalen past sins lament And follow Christ your Lord Thus you will find true hearts content When Christ and you accord All praise and glory to Christ's Name Mark 2. v. 10.11 Who sin did here remit As Man and to men gave the same Full power to acquit As Father me to Earth did send Iohn 20. v. 21. I also do send you Absolve poor Sinners to this end That they good life renew Amen THE SACRAMENT OF LOVE OR THE SACRAMENT OF SACRAMENTS This is my Body This is my Bloud Math. 26. v. 26.28 MOsaick Sacraments Adieu To this you must resign the place You were but Figures Hebr. 10. v. 1. here 's the true Fountain and source of heav'nly grace Io. 6. v. 49.51 You did prefigure what is here True God and Man our JESUS dear Not oxen Levit. 1. v. 2. c. 7. v. 9. Gal. 2. v. 19. c. 5. v. 2. sheep nor calves or bread Are off'red here as in that Law Those types and figures now are dead Aaron like sacrifice nêre saw True God and Man 's our Sacrifice And here upon our Altar lies He 's Sacrifice Hebr. 9. v. 28. Hebr. 9. v. 12.14 and Sacrament And first did offer-Sacrifice The Priest by his Commandement The Consecrating Words applies By death he sacrific'd on th' Cross It 's offred here without life's loss Io. 1. v. 14. God's son for Man's sake did descend From Heav'n took flesh and man became And practis'd virtue to this end Io. 13. v. 15. Math. 16. v. 24. Luk 9. v. 23. That Man might learn to do the same If you will my Disciple be Deny your self follow me Io. 19. v. 28. And when the scriptures were fulfill'd And what of him was writ compleated Thô innocent the Jews him kill'd Whom they before had vilely treated His Love nail'd him unto the Cross Man to redeem and his great loss He dy'd but once yet still doth dy Revel 13. v. 8. And shall as long as world doth last As to th' effect not really His suff'ring state is gon Rom. 6. v. 9. and past That memory of this remain A Sacrifice he did ordain In the last Supper he did make With his Disciples he took seat And Blessing Bread and Wine said Math. 26. v. 26.28 Take This is my Body which you eat This is my Bloud Luk 22. v. 19. do you the same As a Memoriall in my Name Thus Phaenix-like he still revives Thô for our sins he once was dead Like Pelican to save our lives Io. 6. v. 55.58 His children with his flesh he fed What Mother ever did in stead Of Milk with her bloud children feed Here did he perfectly fulfill What Salomon of him did write The sons of men who do my will Prov. 8. v. 31. To be with them is my delight Whom by my Death I did revive With my own flesh I keep alive And this I do that they may be Rais'd up from their poor humble state 2. Petr. 1. v. 4. And that they may be one with me By perfect love and sin's true hate Io. 6. v. 56. Who eats my Flesh abides in me And to him I 'le united be Mercy and Love did me incline To leave my Father's glorious Throne That I might Man's frail Nature joyn To my divine and make them
my Mouth O Lord a Keeper To lips a door of circumstance Before I speak Eccli 11. v. 8. that I may deeper Weigh if it doth my good advance For if by words no good accrews To you or to your neighbors soul To speak it 's better to refuse Than let your Tongue so idle roll Prov. 10. v. 19. Maâ— 12. v. 6. Eccli 20. v. 8. For since in many words there 's sin And we for words account must give From idle words your Tongue keep in So you 'l in Peace and quiet live When you would speak take care it be Still to God's honour praise and glory Your words inflame with charity Abhorr unchast detracting story Math. 5. v. 9. Employ your Tongue in making Peace Instructing others and in Pray'r Thus will the Tongue your good increase And after in your glory share Thrice happy are such Tongues as these They give life to themselves and others Who seek both God and Man to please Without offence unto their brothers Such Tongues while others are condemn'd To Fire for all Eternity Ps â—3 v. 5. In Heav'n shall praise God without end In the celestiall Hierarchy Amen Thou shalt not take God's Name in vain Exod. 20. v. 7. WHen God Man's Body made of Earth Gen 2. v. 7. He breath'd a soul into that clay And gave to him a noble birth Who was to love him and obey Gen. 1. v. 28. Whom as their Lord all Creatures here Were to obey to love and fear Gen 3. v. 3. And God descended from above In Paradise with him to walk To manifest to him his love Familiarly with him would talk His person man was to adore Respect and honour ever more But when to sin Man did not fear He was averted in his heart And hid himself Gen 3. v. 8. durst not appear Thus from God's presence he did part v. 19. And had this for his Penalty With brutish beasts to live and dy Man being thus estrang'd by sin From God and his blest conversation Idolatry he strait fell in To Creatures gave God's Adoration O strange Exchange The Lord of all To subject here doth prostrate fall And this because he did contemn His Makers Precept love and grace To Brutes his Lord did him condemn No more to see his blessed face And as he now convers't with Beasts Their beastly Pleasures were his Feasts Thus Man in Reason blinded lay Forgetting God and to what end He was created went astray From Natures Law till God did send Him ten Commands Exod. 20. v. 1 c. Mat. 19. v. 17. which do contain What 's needfull Heaven to regain Where first Exod. 20. v. 1.2.3 v. 7. he doth reveal again Himself one God to be ador'd Next that Man shall not take in vain The Name of him his dreadfull Lord Which he 'l have honour'd by all here As much as if he did appear And this the Israelites well knew That Holy Name they durst not speak But gave to it the honour due Burgens ad dit to Lyra on the 3 c. of Exod. Least God's Command'ment they should break None but the Priest in Church alone Might name the Tetragrammaton Which holy Name doth signify The same as God Exod. 3. v. 14. Exod. 6. v. 3. in our tongue The Essence of the Deity And only did to God belong Names of his attributes they us'd Which also must not be abus'd Much less our dear Redeemers Name JESUS which all men must adore Which signifies much like the same That Name doth which we nam'd before Phil. 2. v. 10. At JESUS Name let all knees bow In Heau'n on Earth and Hell below The very Dev'ls in Hell do tremble When Men these Names devoutly use And God their sins will not dissemble Who boldly do the same abuse Exod. 20. v. 7. Deut. 5. v. 11. Who take God's Name in vain they shall Be guilty and condemn'd withall Much more if they shall by it swear As now a days too many do Setting aside God's love and fear And headlong to the Devill go With him in fire for êre to ly Still wishing Rev. 9. v. 6. but shall never dy Of sins rash swearing is most vain It is a Sin of pure contempt It brings no pleasure or rich gain Of swearing Man had never dream't If God the same had not forbid The Vice of swearing had lay hid Hence 't is the swearing vice God hates And lays on Man this punishment Depriv'd of grace his soul creates New sins to vice beîng wholly bent This with the Wise Man we must yield Who sweareth much Eccli 23. v. 12. with Vice is fill'd The same affirms the Plagues of God And punishments v. 12. shall nêre depart The swearer's house of whose iust Rod He while on Earth shall find the smart It 's fear'd this swearing vice alone The World with Plagues hath overflown To take an Oath when Law requires Ier. 4. v. 2. Is counted a Religious act To execute what God inspires I bind my self by Vows compact Thy Law saith David Ps 118. v. 106. I did swear To keep O Lord and thee to fear When you make Oath saith Jeremy Be sure in it these three are found Judgment Justice Ier. 4. v. 2. and verity And that to swear you ' re also bound For who saith Wiseman Eccli 23. v. 14. vainly swear Not justify'd but guilty are From sin in Oath if you 'l be free Swear not at all Math. â— v. 35. I am 5. v. 12. as Christ commands Let Yea and Nay your answer be Which with the just as firmly stands Who false will prove and tell a Ly By Oath you never shall him ty Who sweareth oft is much the same No Oath his heart to Truth shall bind Who fears not to abuse God's Name To ly you will as ready find who 'l swear will ly who 'l ly will steal Who with a swearer then dares deal Besides this Vice there is another Which equally breaks this Command Blasphemous Cursing is its brother Levit. 24. v. 16. Which makes men equall guilty stand Which sin is greater I can't tell Since both condemn the soul to Hell I shall not speak of Blasphemy ' Gainst God immediatly directed But of that which seems hid to ly Little regarded till detected Your curse to Creature doth reflect On God and shows your disrespect God all things made and they were good Gen. 1. v. 31. All were created for mans use If this were rightly understood How durst Man offer this abuse To curse the Gift and Giver slight O desp'rate Rebell fill'd with spite Saint Jude relates Iud. 1. v. 9. that Michaël Contending stiffly with the Devill Durst not him curse he knew full well Blaspheming was the greatest evill Thô sin his Nature had deprav'd God's hand-work there was still engrav'd But many men if they are cross't By stick or stone by wind or beast As
if their reason they had lost They will not suffer in the least They curse blaspheme not fearing God Nor his severe chastizing rod. Nay Man God's Image they fear not To curse blaspheme and wish all evill As thô their God they had forgot They sacrifice Man to the Devill Wishing the Devill him to take Thô God made Man dy'd for his sake Gen. 4. v. 3.4 To own God Man did Sacrifice And give to him still of the best By cursing Man his God defies Gives man to th' Devill with the rest Who oft upon the Devill calls To him by cursing prostrate falls O bold affront O dread contempt Of our great God and King of Kings Vile rebell Man who dares thus tempt The Lord and Maker of all things When thou call'st on the Devill fear He may thee strait in pieces tear Thô God doth the Blasphemer spare Permitting him still here to live Yet he and his the worse do fare For wicked curses he doth give Wisd 1 v. 6. No wonder since he oft doth call For Pox and Plague they should befall And if this Vice he will not mend But in the same perversly dy Hell-Fire most sure will be his end There with his Devill-God to ly In fiery bed and ever shall With curses on the Devill call Let all men then in time beware And this good scripture-counsell take Not once to curse or vainly swear Which enemies to God them make Who such doth leave and when he parts The Dev'd doth soon possess their hearts Hear then the Wiseman Eccli 23. v. 10. seldom name God or his Saints in conversation And when you do pronounce the same Show great respect and veneration Thus you this Precept will not break Thô you their Names should often speak Still Honour Praise Ps 95. v. 8. and Glory give To God's blest Name while you are here Love fear and serve him while you live And then to dy you will not fear With the Profane you will not ly But praise God's Name Eternally Amen A LYAR TO BE EXCLUDED Lying Lips are abomination to our Lord. Prov. 12. v. 22. IF Man did think on his once happy state A Ly of all things in the World he 'ld hate Since by a Ly the Devill did deceive Gen. 3. v. 4. His Father Adam and his Mother Eve And by it brought them into God's displeasure With justice loss of all the greatest treasure v. 7. Besides they were cast out of Paradise To toil for Bread v. 23. this was sins dâ—adly price With blinded reason and depraved will Heavn's loss Hells gains who caÌ„ coÌ„ceive the ill And shall a Lyar heav'nly joys regain No He in Hell for ever must remain Heav'ns King is Truth there nought but Truth shall enter Lyars desceÌ„d into the lowest Center Io. 14. v. 6. Io. 8. v. 44. To Lying Devill Father of all Lyes Brought forth by envy wch the Truth defyes These are the Parents of a Lying Man A baser off-spring bring me if you can A Lyar of all creatures is the worst By God and Man deservedly accurst Prov. 6. v. 17. Ibid. 12. v. 22. Since Angel-like by thought men can't declare Their minds by Tongue as instrumeÌ„t they are To tell their thoughts that meÌ„ might know their mind And freely deal with them in ev'ry kind This ordinance of God is by a Ly Orêthrown and all human society Destroy'd for since a Lyar no one can Believe who dares converse with such a Man All Trade is stop't discourse MaÌ„'s great delight Is silenced by this accursed wight Who name of Man doth not deserve but rather Of Devill in man's shape for he 's his Father Io. 8. v. 44. Dumb Beasts will not allow his company They make true signs his ToÌ„gue does aways ly Where shall we then find place for him I 'le tell In lonely Desart till he goes to Hell Or that he may repent and poor soul save Cut out his Tongue let him go to his grave Speechless since of it he made such bad use That Hell is due to him for the abuse Without eye hand or tongue Math 2â— v. 8.5 it 's better go To God than with them to our mortall foe It is no wonder that God hates a Ly Since that it strikes at his blest Deity Truth is God's Essence this a Ly denies All Verity and God it still defies Beware for Ananias and his wife For telling Ly were both depriv'd of life Act. 5. v. 5.10 For laÌ„d they sold they brought short of the price And gave Saint Peter this was Hell's advice He askt They boldly told him this is all At his rebuke for lies they dead did fall Who taught you to the holy Ghost to ly v. 3. To God and man you do the truth deny Great reason also Men have to despise A lyar Prov. 24. v. 9. who by his detracting Lyes Defames their Credit and doth cause such strife That Love destroys and many times Man's life By quarrels he doth raise Yea Lyes alone Kingdoms and Families have overthrown Who is there living that hath yet forgot The horrid Oatish Presbyterian plot Where Oates and Bedloe with hell's cursed crew Vented their Lyes and still invented new How many men did they send to the grave When Royall family 't was hard to save Then Lying devills did break Pale of Hell And ever since with men on Earth do dwell Who seem to have possest the greatest part Of this poor Nation lodging in man's heart To dispossess them and to Hell confine By loving Truth let ev'ry true Heart joyn Zach 8. v. 16. A Lyar then Eccli 28. v. 15. is enemy accurst To God and Man and to himself the worst For Lying mouth Wisd 1. v. 11. saith Salomon doth kill The souls of them who bear this wicked will O monstrous Man Io. 8. v. 44. that is for nothing good Not Man but devil if right understood That hissing serpent which Man first deceiv'd Teacheth to whisper words of Truth bereav'd Eccls 10. v 11. Rom. 1. v 30. Prov. 5. v. 13. Iam. 3. v. 6. I 'le tell you this but look you do not tell The Man concern'd O curst Firebrand of Hell Who with thy toÌ„gue dost put the world in flaÌ„es Curst serpent devil fits thee of all Names Besides detraction Lying doth produce Many more sins This Proverb is in use Give me a Lyar I 'le give thee a Thief By Lying he doth think to gain belief Theft to conceal but if he 'l not amend Hell by the Gallows soon will be his end A man that is to cursed Lying bent While here in part receives his punishment This is his Plague when he speaks Truth as just No one believes him or his word will trust See here how useless Lyar is on Earth He had been happy stifled in birth You Parents to whom God doth children give Teach them by Truth in love of God to live Let not the
Lying devill them deceive By Lyes of joys their dear souls to bereave O wicked Parents who while young neglect This dev'lish Vice in children to correct You Lyars guilty of this deadly crime Leave off Repent amend while you have time Speak what is just Eph. 4. v. 25. do not the truth deny The Lying devill and his Lyes defy Love and serve God his just Laws still attend Thus once a Lyar may make happy end THE TRUE ART OF LOVING WELL. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God Math. 22. v. 37. I Shall not here like Ovid teach The Art of brutish Carnall Love But that which did exceed his reach Practis'd by Seraphins above Which God Io. 13. v. 34. made man did teach to men To joyn them to their God agen To love those only who love you Or objects that your senses please Math 5. v. 46. What do you more then Heathens do Or brutes â—ho Belly love and ease Your God above whom you don't see I 'le teach to love and Enemy This Christ did teach v. 44. while he was here By words Luk 23. v. 34. and his most rare example The same to follow do not fear Rom. 5. v. 15. He for you grace hath purchas 't ample He hath rais'd Man unto this state He can love those Act 7. v. 60. who do him hate To do this cast your eye above Contemplate God's most lovely features Then for his sake you 'l learn to love In him all his beloved creatures And most of all Gen. 1. v. 26. his Image dear Which wrap't in flesh is placed here The Elements to Center tend As Water Earth the Air and Fire Where they do rest as in their end To hold them back doth force require The iron doth to Loadstone cleave That it may virtue thence receive Ps 72. v. 26. God Center is to soul of man Which here to Body is confin'd And without him there 's nothing can Give satisfaction to her mind He is the Loadstone where she gains Perfection and content remains For what are objects of Man's love Wealth Power Beauty Riches Glory All these are found in God above In high degree saith sacred story Wisd 1. v. 7.1 Ioh 4. v. 19. God all perfections doth contain Since he loves you love him again He loves you not for interest As if you could him profit bring But that you may with him have rest In glory of your heav'nly King Where you with Angels shall always In joy sing forth his glorious praise Love makes the consort of the Quire For all their Notes are tun'd by Love And Love is all their hearts desire Their God is Love 1. Ioh 4. v. 16. that reigns above By Love you do him perfect joyn To love him truly then incline To gain your loving heart's consent Gen. 1. v. 26. 1. Ioh 4. v. 9 Ioh 1. v. 14. Ioh. 20. v. 17. Behold what here on Earth is don All creatures made for your content Nay he has sent his only son To take your flesh and Brother be From sin and Hell to set you free All objects of true Love are here Laid open to your corp'rall view Since all that 's perfect doth appear In Christ who God and Man is true Ps 44. v. 5. He is the beauty of Mankind In Body features grace and mind He is not only amiable In body but likewise in heart His love to you was firm and stable Ioh. 13. v. 1. Till Death did soul and Body part While here on Earth for your souls sake No pains did he refuse to take He fasted pray'd he watch't he taught Cold Hunger Thirst he did endure Salvation for your soul he sought And to make future Glory sure Ro. 5. v. 8. By bitter pains he dy'd on th' tree Thus much thy JESUS loved thee Now he to heaven is ascended Io. 14. v. 2.1 Io. 2. v. 2. Rom. â— v. 34. Heb. 7. v. 25. Beholding Father face to face His Love to you is still extended He hath prepared you a place That it may be your finall home He is your Advocate become Love this your God-Man who loves you And for your sake hath done all this In all your ways prove to him true Against his Laws nêre do amiss His blessed will be sure obey Math. 19. v. 17. To Heav'n it is the only way THE SECOND PART I say to you love your Enemies Math. 5. v. 44. If you love me Ioh. 14. v. 15. saith Christ our Lord Be sure you keep this my command Ioh. 15. v. 12. Math. 22. v 39 1 Ioh. 4. v. 20. With one another still accord Your Brother love as your right hand Who doth not here his Brother love Loves not his God who is above Not only love him who loves you For blindest Heathen doth the same But love your Enemy Math. 5. v. 44. as true Tender his life his goods his fame So you who Enemies have been To me Math. 6 v. 12.14 shall love and pardon win God made man's soul his image dear To live with him eternally And thô to sin he did not fear And thus became his Enemy Revenge on him he did not take But taking flesh dy'd for his sake Here learn of God Math. 5. v. 45. your Heav'nly Father Who sinner feeds as well as just To feed your Enemy yea rather Than friend so you may humbly trust Luk. 6. v. 38. That God your soul with grace will feed Since you fed Foe in time of need You cannot love his wickedness But as God's Image you must love 1. Ioh. 4. v. 20. To 's Pattern Kindness here express If Peace you love that is above Then mercifull to you he 'l be Who for his sake lov'd Enemy The Just dost lesser stand in need Of love Rom 8. v. 2. than he who is in sin From satan's pow'r the first is freed While this 2. Timi 2. v. 26. his slavery lyes in O pray that God will set him free Then God will mercy shew to thee But if Revenge thou seek'st to take Math. 18. v. 32 33. For injury that 's gone and past Thou liable thy self dost make To guilt forgiven and at last As cruell damn'd thy soul will be Not shewing Mercy shew'd to thee With joy forgive then Man's offence Since Christ our Lord hath promis't you Mark 11. v 25 Eccli 28. v 2. Mark 4. v. 24. For sin it shall make recompense And debt remit which to it's due What measure you give to your Brother The same shall you have and no other His loss is most when he wrongs thee In body goods or reputation Without Repentance his will be The loss of God and soul's salvation Pray you the Father as the Son Forgive Luk. 23. v. 34. he knows not what h 'as don If you saw Beast in danger great You strait would run his life to save And enemy away would beat
Sara to expell Pray'r's good v. 8. said Raph'ël When 't conjoyns Fasting and Alms it Mercy finds Elias pray'd it might not rain 3. king 17. v. 1. c. 18. v. 45. And no rain did for three years fall He pray'd that it might rain again Sweet showr's fell down reviving all By Pray'r the Heav'ns did ope and shut As thô all pow'r in Pray'r were put Stout Josue's victorious hand Fighting he fear'd th' approaching night Iosue 10. v. 12.13 By Pray'r commands the Sun to stand It stood and gave him more day-light No wonder Creatures Pray'r obey Since the Creatour it did sway The Jews in Desart of 't rebell'd And God to Anger did provoke But Moyse's Pray'r his hands fast held From giving the Revenging stroke Permit my Anger God did say Exod. 32. v. 10.11 Which is restrain'd while thou dost pray Behold the force of fervent Prayer Attended with due circumstance All losses past it doth repair The Soul in grace it doth advance Untill by Love she doth God joyn 1. Io. 4. v. 16. And thus in him become divine In all temptations still be sure To use this Buckler of Defence As Bull-work this will you secure From Dev'ls and your great God's offence Lest in temptation you should fall Mat. 26. v. 41. By Pray'r upon your Father call And as the Dev'l doth go about Still watching whom he may devour 1. Pet. 5. v. 8. So saith S. Paul still pray devout That God will free you from his power 1. Tessal 5. v. 17. He doth not mean that you shall be Always in Pray'r upon your knee All men may follow their Vocation As he declares 1. Cor. 7. v. 20. but then be sure You have in it communication With God by word and thought most pure Colos 3. v. 17. Do what you do in the Lords Name Then this with Pray'r will be the same Thus who 's at work or in the Quire Will still be praying in effect Off'ring their hearts with pure desire To God that he may them protect Thus they 'l remain without all fear Of Satans snares while they live here And at their Deaths they 'l surely find God present helping in that hour If they by Pray'r will him remind He will protect them by his power And take their Soul still to remain In joys By Pray'r this you obtain Amen OUR FATHER When you pray pray thus Our Father Math. 6. v. 10. WHen God came down our Flesh to take Io. 3. v. 17. Mat. 11. v. 29. Two reasons mov'd him thereunto That he might dy for poor Man's sake And also teach him what to do For Men by Sin were grown so blind That Virtues path they could not find Christ did not then as formerly Command men this and that to do Threatning if not Exod. 21 v. 12.16.17 Act. 1. v. 1. they sure should dy In Virtues path he first did go Christ by Example first did teach And then he did begin to preach This is the best of ways in teaching When deeds the words associate It far excells all other preaching And brings a man to imitate Luk 6. v. 12. Christ day and night did often pray And afterwards taught us the way Son Eccli 18. v. 23. saith the Wise before you pray Prepare your heart tempt not the Lord All worldly cares cast clear away Let tongue and mind in Pray'r accord With revêrence still your Pray'r begin v. 23. Lest that it should be turn'd to sin The like Christ teacheth in this Pray'r By Preface which doth us remind Our thoughts to Heaven must repair If any favour we will find These words do also chear the heart Our Father which in Heaven art Christ doth call God our Father here For he to us a Being gave And names himself our Brother dear Who took our Flesh our Souls to save Tell my dear Brothers Io. 20. v. 17. I intend To God our Father to ascend What can give greater confidence That we shall gain our just desire Thô't were release of great offence Since we of Father it require Luk. 15. v. 20. The Father spend-thrift did receive The like he 'l do when Sin we leave This also doth our Hope increase That Christ God's Son our Brother is Who thô in Heav'n Rom. 3. v. 34. doth never cease To mediate for what 's amiss O Father life for all I gave Those who return receive and save Thus b'ing incourag'd humbly kneel Before your God prepar'd in heart And whensoever you do feel That he good motions doth impart Be sure you do them prosecute That they in time may bring forth fruit Then Cross your self say In the Name Of Father Son and Holy Ghost The Devils tremble at the same It guards you from that Hellish Host It shews one God and Persons three That God made Man dy'd on the Tree Thus arm'd with faith devoutly say Our Father which in Heaven art And also with Devotion pray Iam. 1. v. 5. That he will grace to you impart Then make this sevênfold great request Which of all Prayers is the best Hallowed be thy Name alway Of all Requests first let this be That all may honour and obey God their Creatour one and three Exod 33. v. 20. But since none can see him and live To his blest Name this honour give Thy Kingdom come God's pleas'd to say Revel 21. v. 3. Prov. 8 v. 31. With Men my Tabernacle is I take delight with them to stay And guide them to Eternall bliss For their sakes I took flesh and dy'd Mat. 28. v. 20. And still on Earth with them abide O let him reign in you by love Let his Loves Scepter in you sway By sinfull Act him nêre remove Isai 59. v. 2. Wisd 1 v. 3.4 Like Subject true his Word obey Thy Kingdom come Lord govern here My Heart keep in thy love and fear Thy Kingdom come Lord grant to me That while I live I do thy Will That I may thy Disciple be Mat. 25. v 41. v. 34. And pleasure in all things fulfill That I may scape thy dreadfull frown And hear come blest receive a Crown Thy Will be done for that is best In Earth as 't is in Heaven still What êre befalls still quiet rest Iob. 1.21 1 King 3. v. 18. Conforming to his pleasing Will. What you command O God or send Let me subscribe to to the end Gen. 4. v 7. Mat 23. v. 37. God given hath Free-will to man Which Lady-like doth domineer Reject accept at list she can She governs Flesh while she is here Water's before thee set Eccli 5. v. 17. and Fire To choose what 's best be sure aspire But since our Reason is so blind That oft it knows not what is best And will to Flesh is so inclin'd It yields to Flesh and Bloud 's Request Beg God to work in you his will That like the Saints you do it
prevail We beg to pray they will not fail Iob. 42. v. 8. God sent Job's friends who had offended To beg that he would for them pray v. 8. To grant what Job askt he intended Thô their Request he cast away Rev. 5. v. 8. Thus Saints by Pray'r our wants relieve Thô to us Grace they cannot give And doubt not but our Pray'rs they hear For they our thoughts in God do know In whom as in a Chrystal clear They see all things which are below If Angels know not Sin is quit Luk. 15. v. 7. How can they'n Heav'n rejoyce at it And since the Saints for friends might pray When here I am 5. v. 16. why not now they are gone Will God this Privîledge take away That they shall leave their friends alone If here 't was counted Charity Shall they in Heav'n less loving be This doctrine false from Devils came 1. Tim. 4. v. 1. Who are to Saints and Sinners foes To lessên Saints honour is their aim That we may this advantage lose If tempting Dev'ls may here assault Why not Saints prayîng defend from fault In all your life time night and day Make Pray'r to God become your Brother The blessed Saints desire to pray For you and chiefly your dear Mother Io. 19. v. 27. Christ gave her Mother unto Saint John So she 's the same to evêry one Beg that she will your Mother be And next to God of you take care To pray for your felicity And that all Sin you may beware Now and in the hour of your Death When you must yield your vitall breath For on that hour all doth depend It Sorrow brings or lasting joy Beg her by Pray'r you to defend That Satan may you not annoy Pray Mother that I dy in love To live with you and God above Amen OF FASTING AND THE CONTRARY JESVS fasted forty days and forty nights Math. 4.2 YOu see that our first Enemy The Dev'l by Pray'r is overthrown How Flesh the next subdu'd may be I shall endeavour to make known Hest 14. v. 2.1 Cor. 9. v. 27. Pray'r doth prevent the Devil's aim Fasting rebelliôus Flesh doth tame Yet 't is most certain that without Fasting your Pray'r doth little avail When Flesh is pamper'd Rom. 8. v. 5.7.8.13.1 Pet. 2. v. 11. there 's no doubt The Dev'l will soon with you prevail The Flesh is his chief Instrument By which he gains the soul's consent For Stomack full with meat and drink Obscures the poor soul's Understanding That she on God can little think And thus she leaves the sense commanding Consenting to what Flesh requires Sleep Sloth Gal. 5. v. 19.20 and all unchast desires Hence 't was that when God Laws did give To Man he grounded them on Fasting That he might still obedient live And thus obtain Life everlasting Phil. 3. v. 19. The Belly-God you must deny Which doth the true God still defy To Man God's first Law was that he Should keep strict Fast and to abstain Gen. 2. v. 17. Eat not the fruit of this fair Tree And in my love thou shalt remain The Fruit was fair Gen. 3. v. 6. and pleas'd the Eye Man eat lost all by Gluttony And we his children from that time Of Gluttony do feel the smart By this our Parents hainous crime From God averted in our heart 1. Cor. 15. v. 50. Gal 5 v 17 Inclin'd unto Flesh-Liberty The Soul 's most Mortall Enemy The second Law which God did give Was to great Moyses in the Mount If by that Law we justly live To God we once must give account Exod 23 v 16 T' approach God there he had not dar'd Had he not been by Fast prepar'd v. 18. Exod. 31. v 18. He fasted forty days and nights And then receiv'd the ten Commands Which guide our Reason like ten Lights v. 18. And written were by God's own hands In stony Tables to declare The people Stony-hearted were For thô the Wonders were so great God wrought for them by Moyse's hand Ungratefully they him did treat Ps 104. And often in Rebellion stand While Moyses fasts in their behalf Exod. 32. v. 4. They make themselves a golden calf v. 6. v. 19. v. 4. They eat they drink about it dance The God of Heaven they deny This Idol's honour to advance This was the fruit of Gluttony When Moyse's zeal this evill saw v. 19 He broke the Tables of the Law Here in a trice one Gluttônous Act Made void the Fast of forty days Exod 33. v. 4 Exod. 32. v. 31. Exod. 34. v. 28. v. 29. Moyses makes them this Sin retract And for this wicked people prays And by like Fast he did obtain The Tables of the Law again Our Saviour when he did intend Mat. 4. v. 2. To give to us the Law of grace Kept forty days Fast to this end That we this Virtue might embrace Without this Gal. 5. v. 24. we pretend in vain God's Law to keep or Grace obtain You see in Fasting God did give The Laws of Nature Moyse's Grace To shew if blameless you will live And have your Reason still take place Rom. 8. v. 13.1 Cor. 15. v. 50. By Fasting you the Flesh must tame Or doubtless you will miss your aim 1. Cor. 9. v. 27. Fasting doth curb the Flesh delights And leaves the Soul to domineer Who freed from Flesh couragious fights Against the Dev'l and doth not fear Who of his Weapon Flesh disarm'd Can little do by Fasting charm'd The Soul by Fasting here doth live Like Angel rul'd by Reasons light To whom God Grace doth freely give Prov. 8. v. 31. 3. King 19 v 8 4 King 2 v 11. To be with her is his delight Elias day and night did fast And hence in fiery Chariot pass't The force of Fasting's very great God threatning Ninives overthrow Ionas 3. v. 4. v. 5. v. 10. Their Fast approach't his Mercy seat And Grace on them he did bestow What pow'r hath Fasting here you see Which made God change his first Decree Gen. 3. v. 7. Gen. 9. v. 22. Gen. 19. v. 33. Numb 11. v. 33. Ps 77. v. 30.31 By eating Man lost Innocency By drinking Noah's shame did appear By drinking Lot lost Continency Who God in th'desart did not fear But eat and drank and Belly fill'd When they were fat fed God them kill'd Luk. 16. v. 19. v. 22. Rich Dives feasted gorgeously Nothing was wanting to his Tast Hungry in Hell now he doth ly In Fire among the devills plac't v. 21. Poor Laz'rus Begg'd Bread at his door v. 22. Who feasts with God for evermore Feasting if you consider well Is Man's most mortall Enemy Blindfold it leads the soul to Hell When Reason's blind it doth not see v. 24. Of Gluttony what is the fate Till damn'd it doth repent too late Fasting of Chastity's the Mother S. Basil Hom de
and hearken night and day Iob. 32. v. 8 Heb. 1. v. 14. Unto God's inspirations Which I inspire and them obey Repelling all Temptations Which come from Satan and to know The good from bad ask me Who am to teach you here below And your Instructor be God says Exod. 23. v. 20. My Angel shall precede And keep you in the way Contemn him not v. 21. who you doth lead But do his voice obey v. 22. And I an Enemy will be To your's and will chastize Those who do any hurt to thee In goods or otherwise As Gabriël Luk. 1. v. 26. I Message bring To you from God above To love and practise every thing That 's good I do you move Like Raphaël Tob. 12. v. 14. J'm sent to thee That I may make thee whole When serpent's bite hath made thee see What ill Sin brings the Soul 4. Esdr 4. Antiph at Bened. in the office of the Angel Guardian Act. 12. v. 7. I am 4. v. 7. As Uriell is Shepheard chief Orê God's beloved Flock So I from you do chase the Thief Awaking like a Cock When he assaults I put in mind What ill comes by consent If you resist here you shall find Relief with Soul's content And thus like Michaël I fight Rev. 12 v. 7. Rev. 12 v. 9. Against the Dragon fell Who would rob you of Grace's light And plunge your Soul in Hell I check I move I pray to God I leave no way untry'd That you may scape God's heavy rod And in his love abide Be mindfull then oft in the day Of me Tob. 5. v. 15. Gen. 48. v. 16. your loving Guide And me as oft devoutly pray With you still to abide Sin not and thus your self deceive Because Men do not see What 's hid from others I perceive And nothing's hid from me Set guard on th' Tongue Prov. 18. v. 21 Mat. 12. v. 34. for in its hands Is life and death of Soul It test fies how your heart stands And if you 'l keep it whole Shut Eyes and Ears ' gainst Objects bad Which by them enter in And cause the Heart to be full sad When they have made it sin Gen. 9.21 Coloss 3. v. 5. Take equall care of all your senses And Members guard them well Raise up against them these strong fences The Fear of God and Hell Rom. 6. v. 13. Make them to serve your Maker dear As Virtues Instrument To purchase Heaven with them here This was your God's intent Receive all Crosses chearfully From hand of your good God Math 16. v 24. Prov. 3. v 12. Heb. 12. v 6. Rev. 3. v. 19. With them you must your glory buy And kiss his scourging Rod. Who doth in life chastize you here To spare you afterward And keep you in his Love and fear The Soul's securest guard In all distress Ps 9. v. 11. Ps 17. v. 31. put confidence In God your Fathêr above And in dear JESUS thô gone hence Since he dy'd for your Love The presence of the Holy Ghost Wisd 1. v. 4. With clean heart seek to have The Pray'rs beg of the Heav'nly Host That God your soul will save With good thoughts I 'le you oft inspire Comply then with the least Nourish't spark-like 't will set on fire Your Soul to act what 's best But if first motion you neglect And that be not attended Your heart God leaves then to direct When slighted he 's offended When you do pray with Faith attend Mat. 21. v. 22. And God in Heav'n adore Devout persever to the end Christ's Mother's help implore Such Pray'rs with joy I do present To God and with you crave What you do ask with due intent In due time you may have These counsells take and still obey My holy Inspiration Thus shall I teach you Virtues way Which leads unto Salvation And at your Death with joy present Your Soul unto God's Throne Where we for êre in joys content Shall praise him Three and One. Honour Pup and Praise to God above Who doth his Angels send Thanks to you Custos for your Love Who do your Charge attend I vow that I will you obey When I your voice do know That I may not deceiv'd be pray Or in my duty slow Amen A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND MORTIFICATION Mortify your Members which are upon the Earth Coloss 3. v. 5. Lib. AS slumbering I lay Me thought I saw a Man His hair was turned gray His colour waxed wan Lean-fac'd and hollow-ey'd His Body skin and bone I ask't He thus reply'd Mor. J'm Mortification Lib. Where do you live and why Do you the Flesh thus treat Mor. I live in Monastery Where I do little eat My sleep the like my Flesh With Discipline I tear Mat. 11. v. 29.30 And this doth me refresh Christ's painfull Cross to bear All this I do to keep 1. Cor. 9. v 27. Ps 6. v 7. Flesh subject to the spirit For past Sins I do weep And to increase my merit The hardest Virtues I Do practise and thus stand Prepar'd Phil. 1. v. 20.21.23 for Christ to dy When Faith and Love command Lib. What needs this strict Life now Coloss 1. v. 20. Act 1 v. 10. c. 7. v. 55. Christ hath Sin 's debt full pay'd And this you must allow Heav'n Gates are open layd Enjoy what pleasure 's here While God you life doth send Believe and never fear But Heav'n shall be your end God pleasant things did make On Earth 3. Esd◠8. v. 44. for men to use And pleasures you to take As sinfull do refuse Are you than God more wise To judge what 's good and evill 1. Tim. 2. v. 4. D' you think he 'l Sin disguise To cheat you to the Devill Mor. 'T is true when God did make The World and Man therein Gen. 1. v. 29 Gen. 2. v. 17. He made all for his sake To use and without Sin Excepting Knowledge Tree Which thô its fruit was good To eat forbid was he He eat Gen. 3. v. 6.7 and guilty stood And thus did he by Sin Forfeit his right to all Pleasures and grace must win Luk. 13. v. 3. By tast of bitter gall I grant Christ's Death did free From Hell yet that of Heaven Man might possessor be Many commands are given Io 3. v. 5. He first baptiz'd must be And when hath use of reason Mat. 19. v. 17. God's ten Commands must he Keep strict break them 't is Treason Condemning 〈◊〉 to dy His Justice to appease Mat. 3. v. 8.10 ◠He must here satisfy By works which may him please Gal. 5. v. 24. That 's corporall affliction With sorrow from the heart Joyn'd with the contradiction Of his rebellious part Mark 8. v. 34. And Christ to follow right He must himself deny Bear Crosses 2. Cor. 4. v. 17. and thus fight To live Eternally For Christ
Idols is their grief Which now can yield them no relief These thoughts will draw your love frō wealth From carnall pleasures still refrain If you will keep your Soul in health Think what at Death by them you 'l gain Rev. 18. v. 7. How much you liv'd in pleasures here So much of torments you may fear Since then the pleasures of the Flesh Wealth Honour Glory are but vain Phil. 3. v. 8. Eccli 2. v. 10.11 Isai 40. v. 6. And at Death can't Your soul refresh As base and vile do you disdain Esteem them all mere Vanity Which pass away immediatly Iames. 1. v. 10. Coloss 3. v. 1.2 And fix your love upon those pleasures Which are prepar'd for you above Those Honours Glory Joys and Treasures Which will both true and lasting prove Love nothing but in God Ps 41. v. 3. Luk. 2. v. 29. and he From fear of Death will set you free While you live here be enemy To Flesh and Bloud Gal. 5. v. 24. Fast Watch and Pray Relieve the Poor in Charity Be Humble Patient and Obey Still Virtue practise and Sin fly Thus you will stand prepar'd to dy Besides that Death doth put an end To all those Worldly Vanities It doth the soul from Body send To lasting Joys Mat. 25. v. 13. or Miseries And there 's not any certainty When this great Day or Hour shall be God doth the Hour of Death conceal That we may always ready stand 1. Thess 5. v. 2. Mat. 24. v. 44. Thief-like it doth upon us steal Believe it then to be at hand In Conscience clear with Virtues drest That when you dy your Soul may rest What Madness t is but for an Hour To ly in sin and hazard all 1. Io. 3. v. 8. To keep within the Devil's power And not to God for Mercy call If in that Hour you chance to dy Your soul is damn'd Eternally Fear Death before it comes and be Mat. 24. v. 44. Upon your guard against that Hour Love God and be assured he Will you defend from Satans power Eccl. 8. v. 12. c. 12. v. 24. Prov. 28. v. 14. Thrice happy man that liveth here Replenish't with God's Love and Fear Then come Death early come it late Foreseen or sudden when you dy Prov. 14. v. 26. Eccli 33. v. 26. 1. Io. 4. v. 16. Iob. 14. v. 14. Fear hath secur'd you from Hell's gate Love joyn'd you to the Deity Let Death be always in your mind That you these blest effects may find Amen OF JUDGMENT After Death followeth Judgment Hebr. 9. v. 27. AS we are servants placed here Our Masters pleasure to fulfill 2. Cor. 5. v. 10. So we before him must appear To prove if we have done his Will Where ev'ry one reward shall have As here he did himself behave Death's only Messenger to cite All Souls before God's dreadfull Throne Where he will pass a Judgment right And Justice do to ev'ry one Twice God will Judge at Death the Soul When Bodies rise he 'l Judge the whole Dan. 7. v. 10. Rev. 20. v. 12. As soon as Soul from Body parts All 's op'ned to the Conscience view Who knows the secrets of Mens Hearts Will pass a Sentence just and true The Soul that moment knows its doom Go thou Accurs't or Blessed come Yet God will have one Genêrall day When soul and Body shall appear The Bodies 1. Thess 4. v 16. v. 17. which before dead lay Shall rise with horrid dread and Fear All must appear at Trumpet 's sound To that Assize all men are bound Rom 2. v. 5 6. Mat. 7. v. 15. God will have all men publick try'd Who good and bad were shall appear God's Judgments will be justify'd Thô some Men were disguised here Wolves sheep-skins then must lay aside No one Hebr. 4. v. 13. that day his fault can hide As Bodies did with souls partake And share with them in sinfull acts They also here account must make And judged be of all their facts If good with soul they 'l happy be If bad condemn'd to misery Again this Judgment-day must be That Christ who here was vilify'd Mat. 24. v. 30. May then appear in Majesty By who all Causes must be try'd 2. Tim. 4. v. 1. Hen then shall Judge the Quick and Dead Who Thief-like to the Judge was lead Before this Dreadfull day there shall Luk. 21. v. 25. Math. 24. v. 7. Strange signs in Sun and Moon be seen Great Earth-quakes also shall befall Great Wars and Tumults rise between Father and Son Brother and Brother v. 7. All Nations fighting one another Besides the Anti-Christian cheat Mat. 24. v. 24. With sword and Wonders shall compell Most Men from Christ's Faith to retreat And draw them with himself to Hell 2. Thess 2. v. 8. He shall be kill'd by JESUS Spirit And cast in fire as he shall merit Ose 3. v. 5. Isai 10. v. 21. Math. 24. v. 29. Then the hardhearted faithless Jew Shall be converted to Christ's Faith Soon after these things will ensue The Judgment-Day as Scripture Saith Before which there will yet appear More dreadfull Signs recounted here The sun shall be obscur'd v. 29. Act. 2. v. 20. Mat. 24. v 29 Luk 21. v. 26. Rev. 6. v. 14. the Moon Shall lose her light like Bloud appear As dark as Midnight shall be Noon Which shall fill Men with Dread and Fear The Stars shall fall the Heavens mov'd By Earth-quakes Mountains be remov'd From Heav'n most dreadfull fire shall fall Luk. 21. v. 25 Rev. 6. v. 16. The sea most horrid noise shall make Sinners shall on the Mountains call To hide them and with Terrour quake With Fear they 'l dry Luk 21. v. 26. and wither away How Dreadfull then will be that Day The Ensign of the Son of Man The Cross Mat. 24. v. 30. shall in the Sky appear They 'l tremble who here from it ran Who lov'd it Dan. 7. v. 9 Mat. 25. v. 31. shall with joy draw near Then shall be plac't the Judgment Seat And Christ appear in glory great Dan. 7. v. 10. v. 10. Ps 96. v. 3. Mat. 24. v. 31. Mat. 25. v. 6. Milliôns of Angels shall attend Him Fire shall run before his face He then his Angels forth will send To summon all unto that place At Midnight they 'l the Trumpet sound Which will throughout the World resound Arise you Dead 1. Thess 4. v. 16.17 come out of Grave You also who alive remain Appear that you may sentence have Of Joys or Everlasting Pain The Dead shall rise Rev. 20. v. 12. Math 24. v. 12. and all shall stand Astonish't at this great Command Souls shall their Bodies repossess 11. The Just with joy shall enter in But those who liv'd in wickedness With grief Rev. 2◠v. 13. reflecting on their sin As Bodies good or wicked are They shall