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
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
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
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
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
grace abide And glory at our death do win Let 's all praise Christ by joynt consents Who purchast us these Sacraments Amen THE TWO TABLES AFTER SHIPWRACK BAPTISM AND PENNANCE Baptize in the Name of the Father Math. 28. v. 19. Great ships which seem to dare the seas Are oft stav'd on a Rock Which carefull Pilot might with ease Have sav'd from fatal knock If he Land mark or Beacon had With care kept in his eye In storms and tempests ere so bad He might have steered by But now alas it is too late The Ship is broke and all The goods are lost O dolefull fate That often doth befall The Negligent Now all his care Must be his life to save Since Ship is lost and all its ware Lest Sea should prove his grave And to do this he finds small hope No other ship is nigh To lend him boat or cast him rope To save his life therby Till laying hold of plank or table He passes through the waves At length finds footing firm and stable Whereby his life he saves A stately ship God once did place On this World 's dangerous waves This fraighted was with holy grace Which here from shipwack saves This ship was Man the Pilot soul â—en 4 v. 〈◊〉 Eccli 5. v. 17. His Guide was reason's light His will had power to controul And make him steer aright The crafty Pirat who did see That Man would sail secure Untill this Light extinguih't be The same did strait procure Gen. 3. v. 4. With lies he tempts and doth prevail The right way not to steer Poor man believes secure doth sail The Rock he doth not fear Gen. 2. v. 17. This Rock was the forbidden Tree Which he was not to touch If so death's prize he was to be God's Pact with him was such Gen. 3. v. 6. The devill tempts with Eve his wife He eats and fears no blame Thus sense depriv'd his soul of life And we partake the same Gen. 3. v. 15. c. 22. v. 18. Ps 131. v. 11. Math 27. v. 26. For all were lost and still had been Had not God in his love Promis'd Redemption from this sin And all guilt to remove Christ by his death did this fulfill And Sacraments ordain As helps for us to do his will And favours here obtain Of these Baptism and Pennance are Those which we Tables call Ordain'd our losses to repair And save us after fall Rom. 5. v. 12. Gen. 3. v. 19. The first shipwrack that Men sustain'd Was by Origînall Sin From this by death Christ them regain'd Or else all damn'd had been Thô Christ from pains of Hell did save Rom. 5. v. 8 9.10 Io 3. v. 5. By shedding of his Bloud Yet joys of Heav'n no one shall have But by Baptismall floud This Christ ordain'd that so his merit Math. 8. v. 19. Might be to Man apply'd And that he now new born in spirit Might in his grace abide Hence t is that Children christ'ned be Christ dy'd for all 2. Cor. 5. v. 16. Marc. 10. v. 14. who saith The little ones let come to me Althô they have not faith The Parents faith may here suffice As well as Parents fall Did cast them out of Paradise And purchast Hell withall When Christ'ning Font cannot be had Desire and Love supply Or else some Saints case had been bad Who did without it dy Of Baptism sev'rall sorts there be Water Love's Fire and Blood If th' first to have man is not free The other are as good The fruits of this great Sacrament Tit. 3. v. 3. Are Justifying grace The sin which we have by descent That doth our soul deface And actûall are remitted but Act. 2. v. 38. Io. 3. v. 5 Marc. 16. v. 16. Here grief is still requir'd Heav'n gates are op'ned which were shut Where 's all can be desir'd After this Sacrament receav'd Esay 59. v. 2. Who in great sin doth fall His soul of this grace hath bereav'd Rom. 6. v. 25. And purchast Hell withall This second shipwrack we do name From which the soul to save Hebr. 6. v. 4.5.6 No one can twice baptize the same What help then can he have Our mercifull Redeemer hath Left us a second Table Which joyned with a perfect Faith Grace to restore is able This Sacrament of Pennance is The soul's security Which if the soul doth willing miss It 's lost eternally THE SECOND PART OF PENNANCE Whose sins you remit they are remitted Jo. 2â— v. 23. CHrist Math. 9. v. 13. who came sinners frail to save As we read in Saint John Io. 20. v. 23. Absolving Pow'r in his Church gave And this to Priest alone Ibid. Whose sins on Earth you do remit And whose you do retain The first in Heav'n I also quit The other shall remain We sin in thought in word or deed All sin comes from these three Three ways to satisfy there 's need That sin remitted be So Pennance that 's the Sacrament Contains a triple part Confess the fault I am 5. v. 16. Math. 5. v. 25. the wrong'd content With sorrow from the heart 2. Cor. v. 10. These three when as they perfect be And joyn'd with Absolution As Sacrament impart to thee Of grace a distribution Where God is reconcil'd again To thee in perfect love From Hell thou' rt freed and dost remain God's Heir to Heav'n above Let no one here this doubt admit Suggested by his foe How can this Pennance small acquit Of sin when all men Know Sin doth deserve Eternall pains And what proportion's this Pennance is but while life remains And that for ever is It 's true Math. 5. v. 27. God's Justice seeks severe Proportion to the debt And these two equall ballanc't were Ps 84. v. 11. When Mercy Justice met That was when Christ Man to regain Upon the Cross did dy This Sacrament he did ordain His merits to apply To sinfull soul that 's gone astray And Baptism doth the same Let none deny then but man may Remit sin in Christ's name Iohn 20. v. 23. If you believe Christ's God and Man Believe he cannot ly And by this Sacrament he can His Justice satisfy And thô Christ's merits did supply Our inability Think not because he once did dy You are so quit and free Luk. 13. v. 3. Rom. 2. v. 6. That you may Pennance now neglect And good works set apart As thô our saviour would protect A wicked sinfull heart No Christ will not encourage Sin Ps 44. v. 8. Heb. 1. v. 9. Which odious is to God Be sure if you do fall therein You 'l feel his scourging rod. Luk. 13. v. 3. Except in heart you do repent And as Christ hath ordain'd Make use of Pennance Sacrament Where pardon is obtain'd First see that you true sorrow have For sins you have committed Your soul you can't without this save Nor of sin be acquitted To have this
one I took his flesh and do hereby Return it with my Deity O sacred Banquet Revel 19. v. 9. th'Angels treat Supper of Lamb and Wedding Feast On Earth become poor Man's true Meat That he while here may find true rest Io. 6. v. 56. And to his Spouse Christ wedded be And joyn him for Eternity Behold here God's transcending Love Which if it were consid'red well The hardest heart to love would move And make it in God's love excell Love made God man Io. 3. v. 16. on th' cross to dy And in this Sacrament to ly The Paschall Lamb prefigur'd this Which also was men to remind Exod. 12. v. 13. How striking Angel doors did miss Where Lamb's Bloud sprinkled he did find When Egypts first-born all were slain And Hebrews did alive remain 1. Pet. 1. v 19. Revel 5. v. 9. By this Bloud all men were set free From the deserved pains of Hell And by the same preserved be From Dev'l while on the Earth they dwell Who goes about Souls to devour 1. Petr. 5. v. 8. But where this Blood is â—ath no power The Brazen serpent did make whole From Desart's serpents poys'nous bite Numb 21. v. 8. All that beheld it on the Pole So doth this Lamb where Faith is right This nailed once upon the Tree From serpent's bite set all men free Gen. 2. v. 9. A Tree was plac't in Paradise Life Giving those who should it tast This Sacrament was Christ's deaths price And in his Church by him was plac't Io. 6. v. 50. Who eats of this shall never dy But live with Christ eternally Exod. 16. v. 4.15 With Manna God his children fed In Desart t' was their only meat Which place supply'd of Flesh and Bread Thus God did his Beloved treat Wisd 16. v. 20. All pleasant tasts it did contain In health and strength they did remain True Manna is this Sacrament Which doth contain all heav'nly grace And fills the Soul with all content Till it in joy beholds God's face Io. 6. v. 49.50 Who eat that Manna now are dead He nêre shall dy that 's with this fed See how all types and figures are Compleated in this Sacrament Which grace gives with all virtues rare To feed here is the soul 's content Yet soul that is in wicked state This Sacrament doth nauseate A stomack weak and disaffected Rejectes the best meat that it takes And if by Physick not corrected What 's good the cause of Death it makes Who this receive unworthily Of Death and Judgment guilty ly THE SECOND PART OF DUE PREPARATION Who receives unworthily receives Judgment to himself 1. Cor. 21. THE counsell of S. Paul then take Before you do approach this Feast 1. Cor. 11. v. 28. Examen strict in Conscience make Of what is sinfull in the least If Charity and Faith be true And nought in Conscience trouble you As Body by the soul doth live Which separated strait doth dy So Faith life to the Soul doth give And to the works of Charity Rom. 3. v. 20. Iac 2. v. 26. Without Faith works are truly dead Without works Faith is quite misled A lively Faith when you receive Is the first thing that God requires Of this the poor soul to bereave The devil of all things desires Io. 6. v. 52. How can a Man Christ's true flesh eat Thus did the Jews our Saviour treat Their Query was how can this Man Give us his flesh They did not own That Christ was God who all things can At pleasure do with word alone Who made all things of nought can't he By word make Bread his Body be The Jews had never doubted this Had they believ'd him God to be So when Man doubts most clear it is He doubts of his Divinity Think this not much believe Christ can Do all things Io. 1. v. 14. who is God and Man Believe you then this verity Confirm'd by Christ's repeated word The Fathers with S. Paul agree The Church and Councills all accord When lawfull Preists christ's word pronounce That 's Flesh of Christ which Bread was once What wine was also is made Bloud Of neither substance doth remain True Faith is here misunderstood By those that teach that doctrine vain Christ's under signs of Bread and Wine No Bread remains or fruit of vine And since his Body 's glorify'd It is against the Christian Faith His Flesh and Bloud here to divide Who one receives the other hath If these you part then Christ can dy Once more Rom. 6. v. 9. which makes the scriptures ly Christ consecrated Wine and Bread And Priests the same commanded were To mind us that when Christ was dead His Flesh and Bloud were parted there But now his Body 's glorify'd Bloud in his Body doth abide When sacred Host the Priest divides Your senses then be sure controul Believe Christ still entire abides In part as much as in the whole The Priest breaks but the signs you see In each his Bloud and Body be Next prove if you have Conscience clear For if in mortall sin you be At this great Feast do not appear For then you are Christ's enemy Marc 14. v. 14. With my Disciples I Pasch make Be sure the same no Judas take If you find sin's wound in your soul Make use of Pennance Sacrament Which Christ ordain'd to make it whole Where sin with grief you must resent Confess resolve it to amend The Priest absolves you to this end Then see you are in Charity Math. 5. v. 25. With those who ever you offended And let your love united be To other virtues or intended Thus take this Sacrament of Love That you may live with Christ above See that you Wedding Garment have Pure in your Soul with virtues drest For want of this rebuke Christ gave To one who was at wedding Feast How cam'st Thou here Math. 22 v. 12.13 to Hell be gon Not having wedding Garment on When from this Feast you do depart Be sure this great abuse you fly To cast all sorrow from your heart And lead your life as formerly Luk 11.2.26 This doth your sin increase ten fold Oft to resolve and nêre to hold When you depart straitway begin Your promises to execute Avoiding what doth lead to sin Embrace what yieldeth virtues fruit Be on your guard 1. Petr. 5. v. 8. and ready stand Believe your Enemy's at hand To try if he can separate Christ from your Soul by sinfull act Ps 118. v. 128. Rom. 12. v. 9. Increase in you sin's perfect hate And oft renew the late compact Which you with God have made and dy Rather than from it basely fly Fear not but figâ—t couragiously Chrysost Homil. 65 You are made dreadfull by loves fire To this your mortall enemy To quench it is all his desire Breath forth this fire in satan's face He cannot stand but soon gives place Then turn unto
your JESUS dear Embrace him with a loving heart Desire he 'l take his lodging here And never from you to depart Remain O Lord for night draws on Of sins Temptation Luc 24. v. 29. be not gon How senseless are men to refrain Receiving this blest Sacrament Since that it doth all grace contain And fills the Soul with true content The cause of this is liberty Eccls 12. v. 12. The Flesh would not restrained be All honour praise and glory be To Christ for this great sign of love That you may for Eternity Live joy and reign with him above Oft humbly take this Sacrament In soul to God and virtue bent Amen THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS Do this in remembrance of me Luc 22. v. 19. THE light of reason dictates this That there 's a God from whence we came It also dictates that there is A Sacrifice due to the same By which we do him Homage pay And our true Lord and Master own And for his blessings daily pray This honour 's due to him alone The Heathens by the self same light Did own a God and sacrifice But yet their judgment was not right They many own'd and did devise Horrid Oblations to express Their duty to the Gods they own'd They sacrific'd Ps 105. v. 37. as merciless Their children not the least bemoan'd In Natures Law as we are taught Gen. 4. v 34. Man Sacrifice to God did yield Thus duty paid and Blessings sought Cain gave to him fruits of the field And Abell of his flocks v. 5. v. 4. as due But Cain's Oblation God rejected God knew that Cain's heart was not true Just Abel's off'ring was accepted In Moyse's Law commanded were Four Sacrifices for salvation Burn't Off'rings Levit. â— v. 9. which consum'd all there The second was of Expiation Exod. 29 v. 36. Lev. 7. v. 12. Lev. 15. v. 15. Numb 16 v. 47. The third Thanksgiving they did call The fourth preferr'd their just petition To these the Law obliged all God's grace to gain and sin's remission The first did own God's Deity And that from him we 've our Creation The next did purge iniquity And thus preserved from damnation The third for blessings gave God praise The fourth for favours made request These Sacrifices of those days Rom. 7. v. 6. Christ did abolish with the rest And in the new Law did ordain Luk 22. v. 19. One great unbloudy Sacrifice Which in effect doth all contain Where he himself concealed lies v. 19. Which he commanded should be don And now it is without life's loss In memory how he God's son Made man did dy upon the Cross Where he for sin did satisfy Rom. 9. v. 11. and 18. And by his merits purchase grace We to our souls must them apply That grace of sin may here take place Heb. 13. v. 15. Which by this Sacrifice we do Where of Christ's Death we God remind And for his grace and pardon sue Which through his merits we do find This Sacrifice the Mass we call From the word Mitto that 's to send For here by Christ God sends to all His grace who with true faith attend And we by Christ return again Our pray'r and thanks to God above And thus the faithfull do remain By this Oblation in God's love When first from Satan Man was freed 2. Petâ— 1. v. 19. Upon the Cross by meek Lamb's Bloud That we might still this loving deed Bear in our minds and for our good A Sacrifice Christ did ordain Wherein himself would offred be And thus on Earth with us remain From Death of sin to keep us free By this great Sacrifice we own That God made Man dy'd on the Cross And that Christ able was alone Man to redeem and his great loss This now doth expiate our sin By this we thanks for favours give Io. 6 v. 56.57 By this we beg and graces win By this made one with Christ we live Here 's Sacrifice and Sacrament The same that 's offer'd we receive This by Oblation's to God sent Which Christ for our relief did leave This Sacrifice in full contains What all the old prefigured The Author of them all remains Here under signs of Wine and Bread How can we think God will deny What here we ask in JESUS Name Since Christ that we might satisfy His Justice did ordain the same As he by Death did satisfy The Debt Coloss 2. v. 14. that to our sins was due So we by Mass his Death apply To us and forth our pardon sue No fast no Pray'r or other act Doth God so please as doth the Mass No Sin no Crime or horrid fact In their demerits can surpass The merits of our saviour dear Which are in virtue infinite And for our souls are off'red here All men to Mass let this invite Since that for those who present are It 's offer'd in a speciall sort And they above the rest do share In the effects who there resort But most of all who with the Priest The same do offer with pure heart For they by this are joynd with Christ And void of grace shall nêre depart The Angels here on Christ attend Be sure with rev'rence to remain Lest Christ and them you should offend Io. 2. v. 15. And Curse instead of Blessing gain We read that Christ with his own hand Chastiz'd those which the Church abus'd Io. 9. v. 31. All Church-profaners guilty stand The Pray'rs of such will be refus'd If by just let you can't be by In person when the Mass is said Devoutly still the same apply Unto your soul where you are stay'd Make you an Altar of your heart With sorrow pierc't Ps 50. v. 18. heat with love's fire By Pray'r devout act you the part Of Priest 2. Cor. 8. v. 12. and you 'l have your desire For Dead as well as Living we Do offer up this Sacrifice And surely they partakers be Since Holy scriptures do advise To pray for them â— Macch. â—2 v. 46. so when you here Or absent do your prayers say Still let your Charity appear And for those Souls devoutly pray 1. Cor. 11. v. 26. Since Mass doth Christ's Death represent Devoutly on it meditate All your past evills there repent Raise in your soul sin's perfect hate With tears reflect upon the pain Which he for sin did once endure That he to God your soul might gain And heav'nly joys for you ensure And as Christ is the Mass-Oblation Doubt not God's wrath to pacify And through his merits have Salvation Who for your sake vouchsaf't to dy If you devout with Priest do joyn And offer up this Sacrifice Where under signs of Bread and Wine True God and Man obscured lies In all your wants devoutly go Coloss 11 v. 19.20 Unto this Treasure-house with speed Where God doth freely grace bestow Supplying us in all our need When you are tempted unto evill To this great
LAMENTATION IN THE DEVIL'S BONDAGE THE SECOND PART Many are the scourges of a sinner Ps 3â— v. 10. O You Ier. Lam. 1. v. 12. that do pass by this way Stop here and make some little stay Attend and lend to me your ear That you my dolefull case may hear Ezeck 14. v. 8. Which may a warning to you be And also make you pitty me Eccles 1. v. 14. Who on these pleasant banks can find No object to content my mind The murm'ring waters musick make Wherein the Ear may pleasure take The streams reflected by the sun Delight the eyes to see them run A fragrant smell the flowers cast The fruit's delicious to the tast All 's here that may the senses please Refresh the Body and give ease Eccles 2. v. 1.11 Yet all these bring no joy to me But objects of my sorrow be Reminding me what I have lost By hatefull Sin how dear it cost Sion is still within my mind Christ's holy Church where I did find Those inward joys and consolations That far excell'd these recreations Prov. 15. v. 15. A Conscience clear was my great feast Where I still fed on what was best Christ's Body was my dayly bread His Bloud my drink thus was I fed Wherein I found all true delight Faith gave my Understanding light True Charity my Heart inflam'd The sweets I felt cannot be nam'd No eye êre saw 1. Cor. 2. v. 9. or ear heard tell Nor can Man's Heart conceive it well What God for man doth here provide While he doth in his love abide Love doth his Heart secure from fear 1. Io. 4. v. 18. Hope makes his future joys appear As present thus he doth possess In part Ps 15. v. 9. his future happiness This happy state was I once in Eccli 40. v. 9.10 Till I consented unto sin Which in a trice robb'd me of all And turn'd my sweets to bitter gall The World the Dev'll and flatt'ring Flesh Numb 21. v. 5. c. 11. v. 5. Promis'd my Sad heart to refresh Like those with Manna surfited I sought with onions to be fed Math. 12. v. 45. And granted what the Flesh desir'd And yielded what the World requir'd These Idols I ador'd in place Of God and so I lost his grace And then the Dev'l did soon possess My heart and to all wickedness Did tempt it thus to sin I fell Without the fear of God or Hell The Sacraments I little us'd And when receiv'd I them abus'd Math 6. v. 5. My Pray'r was hypocriticall I little read or none at all I slighted counsell except bad Prov. 18. v. 3. All good adivce did make me sad The Flesh did live without controul She domineer'd and not the Soul What Senses will'd Eph. 2. v. 3. the Will did grant She used not the least restraint Iude 1. v. 4. Which made me live worse than a beast In filth of Sin I kept my Feast The Devill toss't me like a ball Eccli 27. v. 12. From this unto the other wall From one sin to another press't That I could find no kind of rest My conscience Prov. 12. v. 18. now and then would bite My Reason had some little light â—hâ—â—â— only served to torment My Heart was hard would not relent What frights and fears did me possess Prov. 28. v. 1. Whilst I liv'd in this wickednes The thought of God was like a dart With horrid fear it pierc't my heart This to expell my mortall foe Would tempt me here and there to go To this and that lewd company That all good thoughts might in me dy Ps 54. v. 6. Yet these great fears in me nêre ceas'd But dayly more and more increas'd My Reason now began to clear Which made me more and more to fear Heb 10. v. 31. God's Judgments now were in my eye And Hell my due when I should dy The doubtfull hour of corpôrall Death Each moment might expire my breath Wisd 17 v. 9.10 All sudden noise that I did hear Did make me tremble quake and fear My very shadow made me start Ps 114. v. 3. O what a Hell 's a sinfull Heart When I on Sion cast my thought How once my soul with joy was fraught Ps 41. v. 4 The brackish tears ran down my eyes Ps 37. v. 9. I fill'd the air with sighs and cries To think how happy I had been How miserable now by sin This made me Musick cast away Eccli 22. v. 6. More mind to weep I had than play My crafty foe did bid me sing That he again my heart might bring In love with these deceitfull joys 1. Io. 2. v. 16.17 Which now appear'd to me but toys How can I sing in this strange land Afflicted by a cruell hand Rev. 18. v. 7. Where pleasures are my grief's increase And purchase pains without release Where Flesh indeed may pleasure take 1. Petr. 2 v 11. Rom. 8. v. 13. But for her self a Hell doth make Where she in fire shall ever ly Still wishing but shall never dy No Rom. 5. v. 5. no. I hope I yet shall see Jerusalem it 's dear to me Where my good God doth live and reign I hope he will be pleas'd again Iam. 4. v. 9. And me into his mercy take Who now am willing for his sake In grief and sorrow still to ly v. 10. So I for sin may satisfy 2. King 12. v. 13. And this hope to my soul doth bring To think how sometimes Israel's King Had been a sinner yet regain'd God's love and in his grace remain'd The Israêlites were also sent Oft for their sins to banishment Yet by Repentance did obtain 1. Esdr 2. v. 2. c. That they were called back again I will not therfore settle here My joy as if it Heaven were But will with bitter grief lament My wickedness and time mispent Ps 6. v. 7. Ps 41. v. 4 Ps 50. v. 19. With tears I 'll wash my couch and bed They shall be day and night my bread A contrite heart J'll offer God To beg that he 'l withdraw his rod. If he at first my Pray'r doth slight I 'le own it is but just and right Numb 15. v. 30.31 Since I did slight and him contemn He justly may my soul condemn Ps 33. v. 5. I will persever and not fear But he my Pray'r at last will hear Ezech. 33. v. 11. Since he desireth not the loss Of Man redeemed by the Cross Like the good Father he 'l receive The Prodigall Luk. 15. v. 22. when he will leave His wickednes and home return With fire of love his heart will burn With tears of joy he 'l him embrace Luk. 15. v. 7. And to his soul restore his grace He 'l feast and with his friends rejoyce With Musick dance and singing voyce This happy hour I will expect J'l never tears and
Pray'rs neglect Ps 15. v. 9. Bêing confident he 'l hear my cry And mercy shew before I dy Amen THE WORLD'S GLORY IS VANITY TRUE JOY IN VIRTUE All things that are done under the sun are vanity and affliction of spirit Ecclesiastes 1. v. 14. WHat is this World and all therein But Vanity producing sin Except the soul withdraw her love And Eagle-like take flight above And there in contemplation high On God doth fix her piercing eye Where she in God will clear behold Her self her worth and doth unfold The fallacies the World doth use To win mens love and them abuse By representing that for good Which proves disguis'd when understood She takes the Titles that declare God's attributes and Symbols are Of Heav'nly Bliss to name her toys That they may seem to us true joys But when you once do them detect As vain you slight contemn neglect By honour power and Majesty She raiseth some to that degree As Gods on Earth Dan. 3. v. 5. they will be treated As thô their Thrones with God's were seated Riches and Pleasures have some blinded That other Heav'n they never minded Some did in Beauty so excell Like Goddesses on Earth did dwell Puff't up with Pride ador'd by Men And Deify'd by Poets pen This glory now in dust doth ly All 's vanisht in the twinkl'of eye And if ought here of them remains It is their soul 's most sinfull stains Which in God's Justice may require The flame of Hell's Eternall fire Of Worldly Joy this is the end To which she brings her dearest friend Are here her joys from sorrows free No they are mixt with misery Honour doth meet with emulation Hest 7. v. 10. Which often causeth great vexation And when it seems past Fortunes frown Proud Aman-like it is cast down With labours great men riches gain What frights and fears do they sustain Lest they should lose their Idoll Wealth They often hazard life and Health And when death comes they no more have Than a poor Coffin Shroud and Grave Great Alexander in his Throne Was not content thô he alone The world possest he oft did weep His soul found want disturbing sleep Nothing the soul can satisfy That is beneath a Deity The Epicure and Sodomit Whom name of Beast doth most befit Eph. 4. v. 18 19. Like swine in carnall puddle ly By this obscuring Reason's Eye They shame's disease and sicknes find With lost repute true grief of mind Behold a drunkard in his cups What comes to hand clear off he sups With hellish smoke he fumes his brains Till void of reason he remains He curses swears he damn's his soul He spews like swine in it doth roll Wisd 2. v. 6. c. These are the joys and glory great With which the world her friends doth treat This course of life consider'd well To men of sense seems but a Hell Rom. 6. v. 21.23 Leading poor Souls to that infernall Where devills are and flames Eternall Base world who here false joys for true Dost give thy Lovers now Adieu No longer shalt thou Tyrannize On sense and soul to make thy prize No longer joy I 'le seek in thee Hence shall my joy in Virtue be THE SECOND PART HEAVEN UPON EARTH OR TRUE JOY IN VIRTUE A secure mind is as it were a continuall Feast Prov. 15. v. 15. TO stop a floud doth pains require Small hopes with oyl to quench a fire So floud of Vice 't is hard to turn Where Carnall love the Heart doth burn Yet burns asswage by greater heat So Virtues love makes that retreat To win Man's Heart to Virtues love Is properly God's work above Especially where sin is plac't And sense Man's Reason hath defac't Yet Virtue known is of that force It gains the Heart and changeth course The cause is known by its effect So I will Virtue here detect Not by defining as the use But by the fruits it doth produce The which Mans Reason will so please They 'l steal his Heart and love with ease Health Honour Riches to possess May termed be World's happiness But since in Heart Fear doth remain That what it gives ' twill take again They can't be deem'd felicity Where Fear 's 1. Ioh. 4. v. 18. true Joy can never be A Man that is in Conscience clear Is void of sorrow fright and fear He feareth nought the World can take It 's Joy to him Rom 5. v. 3. if for God's sake He loseth all and pains endure Rewards above he knows are sure Math. 9. v. 29. Christ's promise of an hundred fold For what is lost makes him so bold That Persecution he don't fly But runs into 't couragiously If he 's possest with any fear It 's lest he may not suffer here The greatest honours here on Earth Bestow'd by Man or due by Birth He slights as mean and Vanity When he above doth cast his eye To be God's son his Spouse Io. 1. v. 12. 1. Io. 3. v. 1. his friend Are honours which do those transcend On Earth was Alexander great Who sate in hâ—â— Imperiall seat To judge the World seems glory high Math. 19. v 28. 1. Cor. 6. v. 3. Compar'd to his he doth deny Since by Christ's promise judge he shall The Angles and the World with all Croesus with riches did abound Which do command on Earth what 's found These he contemns Math. 19. v 24. Mat. 5 v. 3. Iam. 2. v. 5. since t is a venture If ever they shall Heaven enter He blessed calls his Poverty which from that doubt doth set him free King Salomon Eccli 2. v. 10. who did possess All what was pleasant did confess T was Vanity v. 11. and grief of mind True ioy therein he could not find But Man from these withdrawing love Doth tast the lasting joys above Hence t is no worldly Crosses can Disturb the soul of Virtuous Man Since he all here as vain doth flight And suff'rings are his great delight For if with Christ 2. Cor. 1. v. 7. saith Sacred story He shares in pain he shall in glory Gal. 6. v. 14. This makes him pains and Crosses thirst Th'unsuffring state he deems the worst If others do'nt him mortify He makes himself his enemy With hunger cold and labours great And Discipline Gal. 5. v. 2. his Flesh doth treat To all affronts he 'l open ly What 's Will requires he will deny Still saying Luk 22. v. 42. Father with God's son Not mine but thy bles't will be don 2. Tim. 2. v. 4. Who as he came all men to save So he them glorify'd would have All Virtues are his great delight To practise them both day and night For they to soul do glory bring And wed her to the heau'nly King Where she in ioy shall still remain What price too great for so great gain Here you the reason clearly see Why virtuous Man from grief is free For ought on Earth he hath
no love Therefore no loss his heart doth move Curst Envy's reach he doth not fear His soul 's above Phil. 3. v. 20. thô Body here Where he doth daily take a tast Of Heav'nly joys as if there plac't On Love's smeet Manna he doth feed Which all supplys in time of need 1. Io. 4. v. 16. He still grows more and more divine And thus by Love his God doth joyn Here you the Worldly joys may see Compar'd to Virtues nothing be Betwixt them there 's no parallell More than 's of Heav'n and cursed Hell Make you your choice Rom. 6. v. 23. yet take advice To choose what end in Paradise Amen Wo to you who are mighty to drink wine and stout men in drunkennes Esay 5. v. 22. VAin Ovids Metamorphoses forbear Admiring here you greater have than there The Gods their own work chaÌ„g'd in Heav'n plac't By Man on Earth God's work is here defac't Noah's Floud is still a wonder to Mankind en 7. v. 18. Observe and you shall here a greater find Heavn's Floudgates opeÌ„'d and great showers fell v. 11. But this great Deluge is produc'd by Hell That many bodies did of life bereave Here Sentence of Damnation Souls receive Gen. 9. v. 11. God promis't that should never be again Men and the Devill will have this remain We read the Giants with the Gods made war Twixt God and man this makes a reall jarr Here Man blasphemes and doth his God defy Nay that there is a God he dares deny Dan. 4. v. 30. Nabuchodonosor was turn'd a Beast These men like swine in Wash do make their Feast Untill tâ—eir Reason they have overthrown And only by their shape from beasts are known That Man might glorious be God Reason gave Prov. 20. v. 1. Ps 81. v. 6.1 Io. 3. v. 8.10 This Man destroys to be the Devils slave A blest Exehange of all the greatest evill Of God's true son to be the child of Devill These changes great and more are made in man By dev'lish Floud of liquour pipe and Can. The Poets feign a River runs in Hell This hath broke bounds and flows on th' earth we dwell Gen. 8. v. 16. No man revived after Noah's great Floud From this vast Deluge few return to good Men other vice are gain'd to leave and hate A Man is rarely stay'd at this Floud gate Which broken down lets in all sort of sin All God's CoÌ„mands man boldly breaks therein No wonder Os 4. v. 11. since his Weapon Reason's light The Devill gains disarm'd how can he fight The first CoÌ„mand One God thou shall adore The Drunkard slights he loves his belly more He curses Phil. 3. v. 19. damn's he takes God's Name invain This Ale house Musick sounds while Cups remain God's Sabbath he contemns and Holydays He breaks at Cards and Dice with others plays He 'l honour neither Parent or Superiour While he 's in 's Cups each man is his Inferiour His Idoll-Will all men must then adore Prov. 20. v. 1. Gen 19. v. 33.35 Deny'd he kills or dyes in bloudy gore In Wine doth brutish Luxury abound found Lot-like his Daughter serves when Wife 's not Eccli 49. v. 1. Prov. 21. v. 17. By Drunkenness he doth a Beggar grow TheÌ„ cheats theÌ„ robbs and steals froÌ„ frieÌ„d or foe He lyes by course and tells detracting story Unjust desires do share his sinfull glory The Church Commands he doth as little keep Fasting and Pray'r shall nêre disturb his sleep Let soul be damn'd so please the Flesh he can What state 's so bad as this of Drunken Man Many more sins the drunkard doth commit To name them to chast ears it is not fit For liquors strong are fewell to the fire Of Luxury Prov 23. v. 31.33 and heart's unchast desire Eccli 31. v. 38. Of all sins drunkenness you see 's the Mother The devill Father who wed one another In Ale-house where they drunken children get By Pipe and Pot and other snares there set Behold how drunkard doth his soul defile Prov. 12. v. 11. And of all good the same he doth beguile Besides his soul he Reputation stains On earth short life and scorn are all his gains Gen. 9. v. 22. Noah when drunk disclos'd his nakedness So drunken Man his folly doth express His words and actions men to laughter move What Man of Reason such a life can love Since Reason's lost by Vice of Drunkenness Men who invite unto it do express A seeming grief that God hath made them men And wish like Beasts that they were made agen If change in them God will not what is man They 'l make themselves Brute Beasts in which they can Come let us tast the pleasures of the Beast To Brutish men this is the pleasantest Feast Isa 56. v. 12. Drink and be merry sorrow cast avay Enjoy your selves while in this house you stay Come here 's a Health be sure this Glass go rouÌ„d Iob. 21. v. 13. All grief and care in this good Liquor 's drown'd Dev'lish advice taught by the Prince of Hell Lest man should glory have froÌ„ whence he fell Be merry Prov. 23. v 29.30 what in sin and God's abuse Drink Healths which Death unto the soul produce If you 'l not sorrow and for sin grieve here Sorrows of Hell and just Damnation fear Where wit the drunken damn'd Society You shall drink healths in flames Eternally They slight the joy that is in Virtue found with God and HeaveÌ„ when their Heads turn rouÌ„d O Beastly Men by men of sense avoided As enemies to God and men exploded Iudith 13. v. 10. And to themselves the greatest enemy Who seeming would like Holophernes dy At least they hazard limbs and neck to break O sad account to God which they shall make Of lost time also and their mony spent In sin which for their good to them was lent The Liquor also which they vainly wast Consuming all so they may please the tast Isai 5. v. 11 Luc 16. v. 24. O cursed Pallat which brings souls to Hell In glutton Dives fiery place to dwell Where flouds of flames shall pour down thy throte Which will produce this vain repenting note O would to God in time I had been wise And sense had never blinded Reasons Eyes My boon Companions can give no relief Here ly I must encompassed with grief The cursed devils are my company On whom in cups I call'd Math. 25. v. 41. Revel 16. v. 4. with them I ly In fiery Bed which my old note renews Blasphemous curses Musick which we use Beyond this fire Isay 26. v. 10. it 's tort'ring grief to me That I the face of God shall never see But feel his scourge ' cause I his Law conteÌ„n'd With Rebell Angels justly here condemn'd I wish all men would timely warning take This brutish Vice of drinking to forsake Isay 28. v. 7. Which is the inrode
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
Yet you here no compassion have â—â— Pet. 5. â— 8 Where Dev'l hath got man in his pow'r And soul is ready to devour Again if JESUS thou dost love Reflect for sinners he did dy And see thou his Disciple prove Who prayed for his Enemy If thou dost hate the tempting Dâ—vill 2. Tim. 2. v. 25.26 Pray for thy Brother drawn to evill Lest God should for thy cruelty Let thee fall into sinfull state And in thy wickedness to dy And then Repent but when too late O that I had my Brother lov'd Then God had not his Grace remov'd Besides remember that thy Foe Isay 38. v. 7. Is also thy own flesh and bloud If he chance evill way to go Indeavour thou to make him good Let 's all in love united be Against our common Enemy Thus for God's love and JESUS sake As also bound by Nature's Law Compassion on thy Brother take All rancour from thy heart withdraw Exod. 32. v 32. Rom. 9. v. â— God's Image love bewail his loss Since Christ redeem'd him by the Cross Revenge and Envy came from Devill Who envy'd God and our blest state Beware this Coloss 3. v. 8. Eccl. 28. v 1 as the greatest evill Which ' gainst Man shutteth Heav'ns gate There all do burn like Seraphin No Envy-fire can enter in God came from Heaven Luk 12. v. 49. to cast fire Upon the Earth that is Man's Heart And that it burn is his desire That he may never from him part Deut. 4 v. 24. Heb 12. v. 29. God is this fire of Charity By love Man joyns him perfectly Love then your God who did you make That you may live Eternally And love your Brother for his sake Not only Friend Math. 5. v. 44. but Enemy So you 'l do that for which he came Joyn Heav'n and Earth in love's great flame OF PRIDE God resists the proud to the humble he gives grace 1. Petr. 5. v. 5. PRoud Lucifer like Morning star All other Angels did excell Till he by Pride with God made war Luk 10. v. 18. Isai 14. v. 14. And thus from Heav'nly Glory fell Within the Sun I 'le place my seat As God himself I will be great He look't on his capacity Which by Creation he receiv'd And this forgetting would not be To God beholding but deceiv'd By Pride Isai 14. v. 13. to Glory did intend By his own power to ascend He others tempts with this proud thought Rveal 12. v. 7. But Michaël did him resist At last to his consent he brought One whole third part which glory mis't The third part of the stars I saw v. 4. The Dragon down with 's Tayl to draw When this Temptation once had past And try'd the nine Angelick Quires God did confirm the good but cast v. 9. The proud into Eternal fires Who 's like to God says Michaël Proud Lucifer be gone to Hell He after finds in Paradise Poor Man created for his place And gives to him the same advice God's Image in him to deface Eat but the fruit of this fair Tree Gen. 3. v. 5. And like to God thou strait shalt be Proud Eve desirous to be great The fruit Gen. 3. v. 6. bêing pleasant to the eye Took and persuades Adam to eat And both lost Paradise therby As dust thou art v. 19. to dust return And in Hell fire hereafter burn Behold here our first Parents fall And had not God made Man once dy'd Rom. 5. v. 12.18 The Devi'l by this had gain'd us all The curst effect of hatefull Pride And thô we are redeem'd in part Still of that sin we find the smart For we are still to Pride so prone That our best actions scarce are free So had we that to tempt alone In danger great our souls would be Eccli 10. v. 14. Dan. 3. v. 5. How many have rebell'd by Pride And would on Earth be deify'd Nabuchodonosor we read On Earth as God would be ador'd His lot was fire who êre did dread The true God v. 6. and this act abhorr'd God for his Pride made him a Beast Dan 4. v. 30. With brutes to live and make his feast And what are all the proud of heart But senseless Brutes and void of reason To arrogate what is God's part Unto themselves which is high Treason 1. Cor. 4. v. 7. What hath Man but what God did give Humble and gratefull let him live For when he once doth glory in What he receiv'd as thô his own It is a sacrilegious sin Which seeks the Giver to dethrone He would have men adore him here For his great parts which do appear And if his will they 'l not obey His Heart with fiery Fury burns He seeks their life to take away Or prejudice in life-concerns O child of Lucifer beware This Pride in thee God will not spare God doth resist 1. Pet. 5. v. 5 c. and hate the Proud And doth withdraw his helping grace Without which 't is by all allow'd No one shall see his blessed face Without Grace no one can do good Ioh. 15. v. 5. Which was the purchase of Christ's bloud Pride Eccl. 10. v. â— v. 15. which both God and Man do hate Is root of sin and all that 's evill v. 14. v. Iob 41. v. 25. Eccli 10. v. 15. Ibid. It makes Man to Apostatate Withdraws his Heart to joyn the devill From curses he shall nêre be free And in the end subverted be All virtues Pride doth overthrow Gen. 3. v 5 6 All vice came from this Cursed Tree It seeks its Glory here below With Lucifer its place shall be Who doth himself on Earth exalt Shalâ— humbled be for this default Isay 2. v. 12. Math. 23. v. 12 Math. 5. v. 3. And who is Humble in this life With humble Christ shall reign above While here he lives is void of strife And gains of ev'ry Man true love Blest Virtue of Humility Which doth from Hell and Devill free THE SECOND PART God gives grace to the Humble PRoud Lucifer had gain'd such footing In soul of Man by Adam's Sin Gen. 3. v. 7. And Pride in Nature had such rooting Whose Slave poor Man long time had been Humility without God's grace Had never more regained place And no small grace was here requir'd Man's Nature now to innovate Since to be great most men desir'd And did abhorr the humble state Example no less than divine Could make Men to the same incline God therfore who did reign above In power and great Majesty Would Man become for poor Man's love And teach him true Humility Luk. 2. v. 7. Humility made him poor born The same his Life did here adorn Scorn and Contempt he still endur'd With humble death Phil. 2. v. 8. upon the Cross That we might all be well assur'd This way we must redeem our loss I gave example Math 11. v.
take that course But since no want of Men we have Our great God when he Man became Of single Life example gave Mat. 19. v. 12. Exhorting us unto the same Yet since a single Life to live Is hard 1. Cor. 7. v. 25. now Nature's prone to ill Command of this he would not give But left all men to their free will He did commend those who for Heaven Mat. 19. v. 12. Themselves on Earth did Eunuchs make To whom a speciall glory 's given He that can take it let him take Saint Paul saith of Virginity I have no Precept yet do give This counsell If you will be free From many cares chast like me 1. Cor. 7. v 32. live Wedlock is good but Single Life Is better v. 38. Wedlock trouble brings v. 34. The Virgin 's void of Worldly strife Wedded unto the King of Kings This Virtue is Angelicall The Angels live in purity But Men Since their First Parents Fall Gen. 6.2 v. 12. Inclined are to Luxury Virginity like God doth make Who all impurity doth Fly By Luxury men do partake With Brutes in Bestiality This Virtue is to Flesh and bloud So hard that till the Law of grace It was by few right understood Virginity few did embrace Yet Some there were the Same approv'd Elias single Life embrac't For which he was by God remov'd From Men in fiery Chariot plac't Among the Gentils 't is recorded The Sibyls Kept Virginity 4. King 2. v. 11. For which they were by God rewarded With the rare Gift of Prophesy Foretelling Christ's Nativity Who was all Mankind to redeem Since God rewards Virginity What Man will not the same esteem When God descended from above Took Flesh and so became our Brother To shew how much he this did love Luk. 2◠v. 27. Io. 19. v. 27. He chose a Virgin for his Mother And when upon the Cross he dy'd His Mother to a Virgin gave Saint John who while she did abide Took care of her unto the grave And now to Heav'n he is ascended This his beloved Virgin says Revel 14. v. 4. By Troops of Virgins he 's attended Who follow him the Lamb always By all this you may plainly see That those who pure and chast live here Above the rest beloved be And with him always do appear If you hereafter would be great While here on Earth a Virgin live That you with Virgins may have seat To Whom Christ doth a Garland give But if it chance you wedded be Gen. 6. v. 3. Abstain from all unlawfull Lust For lustfull Men shall never see The Face of God as 't is but just For he doth Heav'n and God contemn For Flesh-delights and Carnall Love And God to Hell will him condemn Gal. 5. v. 19.21 Nêre to possess true joys above As he lov'd Flesh-Concupiscence In fire of Lust took his delight In fire he shall make recompence With Dev'ls condemn'd which is his right This Vice of Lust doth so deface The soul consenting to the same That it falls wholly in disgrace With God who for it Man became My Spir't Gen. 6. v. 3. said God shall not abide In Man because he 's Flesh that is The Flesh his soul doth wholly guide Still leading it to what 's amiss Young Men and all who single are And you who are in wedded state Rom. 13. v. 13. The Vice of Luxury beware This sin of all sins truly hate Eph 4. v. 18. For this doth so much Reason blind The sense doth seem to govern all That by their lives v. 19. if you 'l but mind Not Men but Beasts you may them call Men who are in just Wedlock ty'd 1. Thess 4. v. 5. May not enjoy all sort of pleasure They always carefull must abide Lest they lose grace the soul's great Treasure They are not to all actions free Nor to all words or lustfull thought Many of these may sinfull be As by our Reason we are taught To keep true Purity of mind Men still must be upon their guard Rebellious motions when they find They must suppress thô it he hard The best way is th' occasion fly Eccli 5. v. 27. Avoid the Obiects which do move The Touch the Tongue the Ear the Eye And what the sense is prone to love The Eye 's the casement of the soul The Ear 's the door that lets all in The Touch with Lust inflames the whole The Tongue doth strongly tempt to sin If sense and Member you 'l not check But yield to their unjust desire The Devill hath you at his beck With Lust to set your Heart on fire David we read did Sin contract By cast of eye on Bersabee 2. King 11. v. 2.4 This to prevent Job made compact With 's eyes Iob. 31. v. 1. Eccli 13. v. 1. lest they should Virgin see If you touch pitch it will defile So when you touch a femall kind Sense doth the Soul of grace beguile Corrupting thus the chastest mind Words have great force and tempting are Since they the state of mind express Mat. 12. v 34. Of Toungue in all your ways take care Lest it plunge Soul in wickedness And Since by Ear the word doth move The Heart and taketh lodging there Which blows the Fire of Carnall Love ' Gainst words unchast still stop your Ear. Eccli 28. v. 28. These counsells take and always pray To God for Purity of mind Wisd 8. v. 21. That Flesh the Spirit may obey That he may lodging in you find Who doth delight in the chast Soul His Spirit there doth take its rest 1 Cor. 6. v. 19. From sinfull wounds to keep it whole How much is chast and clean Heart blest Dear Authour of all Purity Sweet JESUS born of Mother-maid Grant that with all sincerity I may acknowledge what is said And also use my best endeavour To keep my Soul and Body pure That I may live with thee for ever Mat. 5 v. 8 Reu. 14 v. 4. In joys which always shall endure Amen DO PENNANCE Or you shall all perish Luc 13. v. 5. THrice happy state that Man was in Before he had committed Sin Lord-like on Earth he did all sway Gen. 1. v. 28. All Creatures were him to obey Delightfull fruits the Earth did yield v. 11. With pleasant Flow'rs in ev'ry field There was no need of spade or plow No labour care or sweat of brow The Air was always temperate No piercing cold or parching heat No change of weather Man did fear 'T was pleasant Spring-time all the year Gen. 2. v. 8. There was no Sickness or Disease Nothing could hurt but all did please If strength decay'd or youth did fade By th' Tree of Life all new was made v. 9. So Man Wisd 2. v. 23. thô Mortall nere had dy'd But here in pleasure was t' abide Till God to joys had him translated In Heav'n for which he was
secure Except they Pennance did endure Believe our Saviour's words are true Do Pennance or else Death 's your due Let every Man then be content To live and dy a Penitent To grieve the loss by Adam's Sin To grieve his own thus Heaven win Theophy lact It s said that after Adam's fall That he with grief to mind might call In Paradise his happy state God plac't him just before the Gate That so he might his fault repent And never more to Sin consent Like reason have the Just while here To grieve lament and Sin to fear How needfull Pennance is you see To evêry man in his degree It satisfies for Sinners Sin If Just it doth preserve therein Let no one then true Pennance fly But in it live and in it dy That suff'ring with Christ crucify'd 2. Cor. 1. v. 7. With him he may be glorify'd Amen OF PRAYER Prayer is good with Fasting and Alms deeds Tob. 12.8 GOd made Man's Soul in some degree An Image of his glorious feature Gen. 1. v. 26. Wisd 2. v. 23. As he 's a Spirit one and three So did he make this noble creature One Spirit which hath Will commanding With Memory and Understanding This Image is to imitate Its Maker and thus perfect be Thus glory to participate When from the Body it is free As God my Father's perfect Mat. 5. v. 48. see You perfect be and follow me The soul is plac't in Body here To govern it by Reasons light To live in God's true Love and Fear To keep his Laws and live upright If you will live Eternally Mat. 19. v. 17. Keep my commands and evill fly I 'l be your God and you shall be My People and my servants true T' obey to love and worship Me In all subjection as is due But mark the fatal consequence Of Adam's disobedience Before Man did God's law transgress The Flesh was subject to the spirit But after sin it was no less Gal. 5. v. 17. Rom. 7. v. 23. Rebellious as the soul did merit The soul that would be like to God By vile Flesh under foot was trod Which did so rule and domineer That sense had Reason wholly blinded Thus soul had cast away God's Fear Rom. 8. v 7.8 And Flesh to please was wholly minded Rom. 6. v. 6. Till our Redeemer purchas 't Grace Which soul reseated in her place And gave her power to controul Her nature's Passions prone to evill From wound of Sin to keep it whole To love her God and hate the devill But yet this labour did require Gal. 5. v. 17. Her Flesh still thwarting her desire Eph. 2. v. 23. Eph. 6. v. 12. ' Gainst her likewise the World and Devill Both with the Flesh confederated To plunge her in all sort of evill And joys for which she was created To make her forfeit and to ly In fire with Dev'ls Eternally These three are cause of all offence 1. Io. 2. v. 16. And bring unto the soul all strife The Flesh and Eyes-Concupiscence Conjoyned with the Pride of Life ' Gainst these the soul three Weapons hath Fasting Almsdeeds and Pray'r in faith By Fasting we the Flesh subdue Luk. 11. v. 4. By Alms we lessen Worldly love By Pray'r for Pardon we do sue To our good God who reigns above Pray'r Luk. 22. v. 46. buckler-like the soul defends From fiery darts the Devill sends The Dev'l who is a spirit'all foe And our first Parents did deceive How to resist Man would not know Io. 15. v. 5. If with his Grace God should him leave Obscuring Reason he doth fight We him discovêr by grace's light Grace is God's gift unto the soul Eph. 3. v. 7. You 're prone to Virtue while in grace It helps you Passions to controul Preserves from sin makes Dev'l give place Rom. 6. v. 23. Mark 11. v. 24. By Grace God's friend you do remain By Pray'r devout this Grace you gain Luk. 11. v. 13. True Pray'r to God is thus defin'd Not only a set form of Words But Elevation of the mind Where with the Word the Thought accords Mat. 6. v. â— By Pray'r the soul with God doth treat Addressing to his Mercies seat Prayer devout's a Work divine Teaching the Soul thô it 's plac't here Mat. 7. v. 11. How she may her Creatour joyn In whom she lives secure from Pear As Child in want to Mother cries So Soul to her dear Father flies Two sorts of Pray'r to God we use The one with mouth th' other in mind The Orall you do much abuse When other thoughts in heart you find Let Tongue and Heart in Pray'r agree That your Request may granted be Besides to gain your Pray'rs Request Be sure it tends to your Souls good With sorrow faith and Virtues drest Conjoyn'd with th'merits of Christ's Bloud Io. 16.13 Such Pray'r as this God nêre denies It 's still a gratefull Sacrifice First you must Sin detest and grieve In heart resolving to amend The Penitent he doth relieve When to reform he doth intend Prov. 28. v. 9. Ps 108. v. 7. But who 'l abide in sinfull state His Pray'r saith Wiseman God doth hate But virtuous soul nothing requires That 's to God's honour and her good Mat. 21. v. 22. But God â—ill grants what she desires Yet this is to be understood Luk. 11. v. 8.9 10 If she in faith to God doth bend With true Persev'rance to the end When you make Pray'r for tempôrall things Mark 10. v. 38. Not knowing what is for you best Resign your self to th' King of Kings Who will if good grant your Request Thus still conclude O Father dear Mat. 6. v. 10. Thy Will be done while we are here The humble Pray'r with confidence In God who ready is to give Doth gain release of sins offence And Grace for soul Eccli 35. v 19 1. Pet. 5. v. 5. while here you live Such pray'rs the Heav'ns do penetrate The Proud Man's prayer God still doth hate Prov 28. v. 9. Luk. 11. v. 8.9 Again let Pray'r persev'rant be God often doth your Patience try Not granting strait that he may see If you with Hope on him rely Math. 10. v. 22. Who doth persever to the end To hear and save him I intend Let Pray'r devout and fervent be From heart inflam'd with God's true Love Mat. 5. v. 25. And reconcil'd to Enemy Such Pray'r God always doth approve My Meditation set on fire My heart saith David Ps 38. v. 4. with desire Such Pray'r doth always Grace obtain Preserving likewise from all evill By this victorious you remain Against your Enemy the Devill Io. 14. v. 13. What êre you ask God in my Name Be sure saith Christ I 'l do the same Tob. 12. v. 12.14 Old Tobies Pray'r did mercy find God sent the Angell Raphaël To heal him who before was blind And Dev'l from
still Give us this day our daily bread Ps 144. v. 17. Who with thy blessing all dost fill As hitherto we have been fed Be pleas'd the same continue still 1. Cor. 3.7 Thô we for Corn do plow and sow Without thy gift we nothing mow And chiefly give thy holy grace Which is the soul 's true spirit'all Bread That she with thee may find a place In Heav'n when as the Body's dead Oft give to us the Sacrament Containing thee and all content And forgive us our Trespasses As we offenders do forgive This is the chief way to appease God's Wrath in Charity to live Mat. 6. v. 12.14.15 As you do Brother's fault remit So God will your offences quit But if in Anger you thus pray You beg a curse insteed of Blessing No more forgive me you do say Then I do Enemy transgressing If you 'l revenge on Enemy You beg Revenge v. 15. and guilty ly Before this Pray'r you do begin Examine if you are in Love With all men Prov. 8. v 29. lest it turn to Sin And Curse insteed of Prayer prove Mat. 18. v. 34. If you forgive not from your Heart Of your Offence you 'l find the smart And lead us not into Temptation But sent us help when we are tempted Lest that it prove to our Damnation We do not beg to be exempted From all assaults Wisd 3 v 6 We must be try'd Before we can be justifi'd None shall be crowned 2 Tim 2 v 5 saith Saint Paul But he who lawfully hath fought Who 's tempted I am 1 v 12. bles't Saint James doth call For by Temptation glory 's bought When he shall overcome saith he With glory he shall crowned be But us deliver from all evill In soul and Body we thee pray From Enemy from sin and Devill Protect us Lord while here we stay When soul returns to thee agâ—â—n That it be sau'd Lord say Amen HAIL MARY Hail full of grace our Lord is with thee Luk. 1. v. 28. GOd seeing from Eternity Man's fall from his thrice happy state That he again reviv'd might be And Heav'nly joys participate Io. 1 v 14 Luk 1 v 31. Isa 7 v 14 His Flesh would take and Man become Conceived in a Virgin 's Womb. And that his Mother might not be Polluted with her Parents Sin By merits of his Death was she Preserv'd which otherwise had been That Christ's Flesh tak'n of her might be Not tainted but from Sin most free And when in Womb she was conceiv'd She was replenish't with God's grace Of which she never was bereav'd To Sin she never did give place But in God's grace she still remain'd Vnspotted pure and never stain'd To this pure Virgin Gabriêl said Hail full of grace our Lord 's with thee Thô you are now and shall be Maid God's Mother also Luk. 1. v. 35. you shall be Let 's all respect this happy Mother Heb. 2 v. 11.12 Since God by her became our Brother What malice hath some men possest To speak against Christ's blessed Mother Like Enemies to her profes't This comes from Satan and no other He hates her who hath helping been To conquer Devill Death and Sin When Man did eat of Knowledge Tree Gen 3. v. 15. And Satan glory'd in his prey God said I will put Enmity 'Twixt thee and Woman from this day v. 15. The Woman yet shall bruise thy head Thô thou a Woman hast misled And since proud Satan cannot reach The Queen who doth in Heaven reign He craftily poor Man doth teach Her honour here on Earth to stain So who blaspheme her joyn the Devill Who is the Authour of this evill But let all men forewarned be Luk 1. v. 28. Remembring what the Angel said Mary fear not our Lord 's with thee Let wicked men then be afraid To speak against her lest that God Should make them feel his scourging Rod. Our Lord 's with thee thou shalt conceive v. 35. By holy Ghost true God and Man Consent O Mary and give leave Doubt not Mat 19. v 26. Luk 1. v. 38. God this and all things can Behold says she the Lord's Hand-maid Let it be done as thou hast said v. 28. Luk. 11. v. 27. Among all women blest thou art That is above all others blest Fulness of grace God did impart To thee but not so to the rest Colos 1. v. 19. Io. 1. v. 14. Thy blessed Womb was lodging place Of Christ the Plenitude of grace Thou Morning-star wert to our Day Of happiness thou gav'st the light That graces Banner did display And brought us out of sinfull night Thou fair Cantic 6 v 9. Revel 12. 〈…〉 like Moon as Sun elect With Crown of Stars thy head is deckt Thy chast Soul doth in purity Excell the nine Angelick Quires The greatest Saints in sanctity Thou hast all that thy heart desires More knowledge than the Cherubins More flaming love than Seraphins The Fruit is blessed of thy Womb Luk. 1. v. 28. From this all glory came to thee All men past present and to come By this Fruit were and blessed be Whose name was JESUS that 's a Saviour Who cleans'd our Souls in bloudy Laver. This Name of JESUS comfort brings To us poor sinners whilst we live Io. 14. v. 16. c. 16. v. 23 S. Bernard What êre we ask the King of Kings In this blest Name he 'l freely give JESUS is Musick to the Ear Honey to mouth and Heart doth chear This Name is our security Act. 4. v. 12. Phil. 2. v 10. Against the pow'r and fear of Devill Who when it sounds away doth fly And leaves off tempting us to evill When he doth tempt Rom. 10. v. 13. you need not fear If you call on your JESUS dear Besides this Name there is another Which by us all must hon'red be The Name of God's most blessed Mother Who Man became to set us free That 's Holy Mary Mother of God Gen. 3. v. 15. Who on the Serpent's Head hath trod This holy Name doth signify Lady or one who domineers As she doth ôre our Enemy Let us then say with sighs and tears O Holy Mary for us pray Now and upon our dying day Beware your Soul you do not stain With misbelief as some do say To beg Saints Pray'rs is but in vain And God's true honour 's cast away As thô God's honour less'ned were By seeking Intercessours there Come unto me Mat. 11. v. 28. the Lord doth say He bids you not go to his Mother As thô she Sin 's grief could allay Saint Peter Paul or any other Since they are dead how can they hear Our Pray'rs who now do not appear Iam. 5. v. 16. To those who labour Christ did say I 'l you refresh come unto me That Saints will Grace give we nêre pray To do this hainous Sin would be Yet since Pray'rs of the Just
Iejunio In keeps the soul to Virtue bent It doth preserve Grace and to other Rare Virtues makes her full intent The fruits of Feasting are Hell's gain By Fasting Man doth just remain This made the Saints so much esteem The Virtue of true Abstinence Themselves secure they did not deem Without this Buckler of defence It shields from Fiesh and Devil's dart That it shall never wound the heart Saint John Christ's great Fore-runner fasted Luk. 1. v. 15. Mark 1. v. 6. He no delicious meat would eat What Desart yields he only tasted With Pennance strict he Flesh did treat Thus kept the Grace he was born in And never did consent to Sin Saint Paul thô by God's choice elected While here did seem his Flesh to hate By Pennance strict he it corrected 1 Cor 9 v. 27. Lest that he might prove Reprobate If you examine you will find The Saints were all of this Saint's mind If therfore you will be secure From tempting Flesh and Devill fell By Fast God's grace you must procure To guard you while on Earty you dwell Fasting preserves from new offence Ioël 2. v. 12. And for past Sins makes recompence Hence 't is the Church commands to Fast Yet this is to be understood As long as health and strength doth last She seeks hereby her Childrens good Three sorts of Fasts in Church there are Which I will briefly here declare The first is called naturall And broke by crum or drop we take The next Ecclesiasticall One meal a day in this we make The third is abstinence when we Excepting flesh to eat are free Unto the first the Church doth bind When We receive the Sacrament Lent Fridays Eves where Fast we find We must with one meal be content On Saturdays we do abstain When only Flesh we do refrain Behold what profit doth accrew To us by Fasting then besure To give Obedience what is due To Holy Church while you endure Who hears the Church Luk. 10. v. 16. the same hears me who 'l not as Heathen let him be The meat hurts not which enters in When it is took with moderation Your Disobedience is the Sin Which makes you guilty of Damnation Gen. 1. v. 31. Gen. 3. v. 11. Good was the Apple Adam eat Yet eating his offence was great As Satan tempted him so here He tempts to Disobedience The Flesh bids eat and never fear The Soul yields to Concupiscence Thus not regarding Church command Man boldly eats what comes to hand But let us still obedient be To holy Church Mat. 18. v. 17. in all our ways That from Christ's curse we may be free Remembring what Saint Austin says who 'l not the Church his Mother call Have God for Father never shall Let no Flesh-Devill then prevail Phil. 3. v. 19. To make you Belly-God adore To feast now what will it avail Luk. 16. v. 24. When you must hunger evermore From Sin preserve your Soul by Fast Rev. 19. v. 9. That you may Feast with God at last Amen OF ALMSDEEDS Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of iniquity Luk. 16. v. 9. IN the beginning God did give All things in common here below That men might still united live No one his Portion then did know God did not parts to men assign 29. No one could say this Land is mine When Men on Earth did multiply Gen. 13. v. 9. The Earth in parts they did divide Who had most pow'r gain'd most thereby The weakest poorest did abide Thus Avarice did first begin 1. Tim. 6. v. 10. Which Scripture calls the Root of Sin By Property their hearts were set On greedy gain and Worldly Love Their aim was worldly Wealth to get They little minded joys above They were to Flesh and Bloud so bent Iam. 5. v. 5. Their Heaven was this World's content Ps 16. v. 15. The Soul's desire 's nêre satisfy'd Till she joyns God her finall End She having with the Flesh comply'd To her desires doth wholly bend So men their Heav'n seek in this life Which is the cause of Worldly strife For they to greatness do aspire And Wealth 's increase Prov. 28. 〈◊〉 22. which all commands They grieve to see another higher In honour riches or in lands This makes them plot both day and night How they may gain by wrong or right Hence 't is they cheat they rob they kill To gain a little worldly wealth To satisfy their greedy will They often hazard life and Health The Idol-Riches they adore Give these and they will ask no more Prov. 1◠v. 20. Eccli 13. v. 24. Eccli 4. v 4.5.6 Eccli 13. v. 24. They are no friends unto the Poor Their wants they 'l not the least supply But harshly drive them from the door As their Wealth 's greatest Enemy Let them consider how unjust They are hereby unto their trust For thô God some men did permit To have more than some others have Yet his decree he doth not quit Deut. 14. v. 29. Eccli 4. v. 1.2.3.4 By which the Earth he common gave All Men are by her Fruits to live To Poor the Rich are bound to give For since they do the Land possess Which food unto the Body yields To those which only Trades profess To till and sow who have no fields Eccli 29. v. 12. In want they 're bound to give them bread Or give account when they are dead For God hath plac't the Rich man here Not only his own flesh to feed But to be his true Dispenseer Luk. 16. v. 11. Distributing where he sees need Account of this he once must give If bad 't is Death if good he 'l live Our Saviour's counsell here then take And freely give unto the Poor Luk. 16. v. 9. Thus wicked Mammon friends will make Of whose assistance you 'l be sure Your Soul when it doth Body leave The Poor shall into joys receive Isai 58. v. 7. Prov. 17. v. 5. The Prophet bids you to refresh Who hungry are and naked cloath And not despise them your own flesh Nor their infirmities to leath Tob. 4. v. 8. Do still as you would be done by To all in great necessity Christ's counsell here Command becomes Sell what you have Luk. 12. v. 33. and Alms bestow The Saints in Alms have spent great sum's Before the Poor should naked go These words of Christ made them so free What you give them Mat. 25. v. 40. you give to me Alms Eccli 29. v. 17. saith the Wiseman do defend More than the strong man's shield or spear Against assaults our foes intend The Soul thus armed doth not fear Alms reinforce her so with grace They raise the Siege and leave the place And thô you should be Sinners great True Charity hides all your Sins v. 16. Tob 4. v. 11 Luk. 6. v. 38. And pleads before God's Mercy seat And of him Pardon for you wins Who gives to
him he will give grace And Heav'n shall be his resting place Alms Avarice from heart remove Extinguishing its raging heat They also lessen Worldly Love Tob. 4 v. 12. Eccli 3. v. 33. And bring the Soul with God to treat As waters do extinguish fires So Alms resist what Sin requires Alms saith the Angel Raphaël Do free from Death Tob. 12. v. 9. Tob. 4. v. 10.11 Ps 111 v. 10. and purge from Sin They purchase Mercy keep from Hell As if we Sinners had not been They life obtain with God above So much doth God our Alms-deeds love The Wise man doth this counsell give Eccli 20. v. 15. Lay up your Alms in th' Poor Mans heart These will preserve you while you live From ill and when you hence depart Tob. 4. v. 11. Will help you in that dangêrous hour And shield you from the Devil's power This Virtue seems by Daniel With God to be the most prevailing In winning grace it doth excell And of God's Mercy seldom failing Dan 4. v. 24. Thy sins with Alms O King redeem Of all ways this I most esteem An Angel to Cornelius say'd Act. 10 v. 4. Thy Pray'r and Alms-deeds are ascended To God and shall be well appay'd Go unto Peter who 's descended To Joppen credit what he saith He shall instruct thee in the Faith The praise of Alms-deeds is to long For me at present to rehearse Exceeding limits of a song So I 'le conclude all in this Verse Give Alms Luk. 11. v. 41. saith JESUS and behold All things are pure to you as Gold Besides the Alms which Body feeds There is another you must give Instruct your Brother Eccli 18. v. 13. where it needs To love God and in 's Fear to live As Soul the Body doth excell So doth this Alms which keeps from Hell A third Alms yet you must bestow Without which God you cannot please To pardon and forgive your Foe From sin thus you will have release If you do Luk. 6. v. 37.38 Mat. 18. v. 340. God will pardon give If not you still shall guilty live Remember what you daily say Math. 6. v. 11. Give us this day our daily Bread Feed you the hungry then thus pray And your soul shall with grace be fed Luc. 6. v. 38. For as you do to others give So God your wants will still relieve We say Mat. 6. v. v. 12. Our trespasses forgive O gracious Lord and them forget As we offenders do relieve And freely pardon them their debt v. 14. If you do pardon heartily He 'l pardon you his Enemy And this will quit your soul of Fear In the last dreadfull Judgment day When you these thund'ring words shall hear Which to the Wicked Christ will say You 'ld not forgive Mat. 25. v. 41. to Hell be gone Nor give so Glory you 'l have none But then Christ to the Mercifull Shall say Come Mercy you shall find v. 34. Since you to Poor were pittifull And to your Enemy as kind Possess the Crown prepar'd for you Which is to Alms and Mercy due Amen THE ANGEL GUARDIAN' 's ADVICE TO HIS PUPIL He hath given his Angels charge of thee Psal 90. v. 11. THe charge of Men to Angels here God gave them to direct In all their ways Ps 90. v. 11. in Love and Fear Of him and to detect Temptations of their Enemy To keep them from all evill To win their hearts to God on high From Flesh the World and Devill Give ear to me my Pupil dear Who am your Angel-Keeper Tob. 5. v. 20.21 Who day and night do guard you here Fear not I am no sleeper But always watchfull you to mind Of good and when your Foe Doth tempt to ill in any kind That you may it forgo Consider Man your dignity How high your Natur 's flown Above the highest Hierarchy Of Angels Mark 16. v. 19. to God's Throne Whose Love to you was not confin'd Making one part your Soul His Image Gen. 1. v. 27. 't was then in his mind To honour more the whole Io. 1. v. 14. From Heav'n to Earth he did descend Your Nature to unite To his divine Rom. 5. v. 18.19 unto this end That he might make that right Which Adam's Sin deprav'd this great Work by his Death he wrought At God's right hand it now hath seat As by the Creed you 're taught No wonder then that God commands Ps 90. v. 12. His Angels to make care Of Mortall Men and in their hands Them to support and bear Lest Satan hurt them any way Since they thus honôred be And we as readily obey And them do serve as free Since then you are thus dignify'd Scorn basely to descend To worldly love Deut. 6. v. 5. Mat. 22. v. 37. Luk. 10. v. 27. let your's abide In Heav'n unto the end Let Satan curst you not deceive And stoop you down to Sin Since what he lost you shall receive The place he once sat in By Sin he fell and you must rise By Virtue to his place Hate Sin Eccli 21. v. 2. Rom. 6. v. 23. love Virtue thus be wise In keeping of God's grace What 's Sin but pleasure of the Flesh That 's common to the Beast Which doth the soul no whit refresh God is her only feast 1. Pet. 5. v. 5. The pound of heart God doth resist The humble he doth call To heav'nly Thrones the Angels mist Whose Pride was their downfall Hence comes the Mortall Enmity Of them unto Mankind That Men to Glory rais'd should be Doth sore perplex their mind Mat. 26. v. 15 'T was greedy gain made Judas sell His Saviour and his Soul Mat. 19. v. 29. The world's Contempt doth make men dwell With God above the Pole Gen. 19. v. 24. Foul Lust caus'd Sodom to be fir'd Chast Souls wed God above Gen. 4. v. 11. Cain's Envy curse from God requir'd Man's one with God by Love Luk. 16. v. 22. 'T was Gluttony that Dives rich Did bury deep in Hell v. 22. 'T was Laz'rus want and hunger which Made him in Heav'n to dwell The furious Man abounds with sin Mark 5. v. 4. The Meek possess the Land The Idle Heav'n shall never win 2. Tim. 2. v. 5. Who fights shall crowned stand In fine all Vice doth separate 'Twixt God Isai 59. v. 2. and Man's Soul here And only this can make him hate That which he loves so dear This Virtue that doth reunite The Soul again to God When she the Flesh and World's delight Both under foot hath trod Mat. 4. v. 35. Rev. 12. v. 9. As Devils tempt you unto Sin So I to Virtue move Malice moves them the Prize to win In me 't is only Love To follow them the Flesh doth please To which my counsell's grief This Heav'n doth bring the Soul 's true case That Hell where 's no relief Attend
thô God's dear Son Luk. 24. v. 26. Could not in glory be But by pains undergon And dying on the Tree His Saints sought their Salvation The self-same way Ps 33. v. 20. as best And by much Tribulation They ent'red into rest And he who 'l glorious be Rom. 8. v. 17. With Christ must suffer here From Hell pains if be free He must not Pennance fear Math. 7. v. 13.14 Narrow is Heav'ns way Broad is the way to Hell Few love in that to stay In this do many dwell Lib. Since all you say is true As Scriptures testify 1. Pet. 2. v. 11. Pleasures I bid Adieu In Pennance I will dy Rom 8. v. 13. Ps 118. v. 59 Rom. 8. v. 13. No longer Liberty Let that curst name be gone I will your Convert be Blest Mortification A DIALOGUE BETWIXT HOPE AND DESPAIR OR HOPE CONVERTING A DESPAIRING MAN Althô he should kill me I will trust in him Job 13. v. 13. Hope WHat fruitless sighs and sobs are these Which Eccho in my ear Distrustfull thoughts do never please Hope must be joyn'd with Fear That tears to Soul may fruitfull be And sorrow comfort bring These joyn'd with love of God do free The Conscience of guilt's sting Desp 'T is I poor Soul who sigh weep To think what joys are past Wisd 17. v. 10. What frights do now possess my sleep In Hell strait to be cast The good I 've lost the ill I 've gaind Do sore perplex my mind How I my Soul with Sin have stain'd That I no joy can find When once I liv'd in Conscience clear And service of my God 1. Io. 4. v. 18. Love had secur'd my heart from fear Of his chastizing Rod. All creatures me afforded joy God's praises I did sing My Flesh my Spirit did obey My Soul my heavenly King Curst Satan 1. Pet. 5. v. 8. envy'ng my good hap With his sought my downfall My careless Soul he did intrap And brought it in Sin 's thrall Now all things that I see Wisd 17. v 9. or hear Add sorrow to my grief My Sins in Conscience still appear And I despair relief Rom. 7. v. 23. Gal. 5. v. 17. For now my senses all rebell And war against my Soul God's grace my help I base did sell For Sin How to controul Or them restrain I do not know They Reason do so blind They't pleasure bring her to their bow And thus corrupt the mind Hope Poor Soul consid'ring your sad state Ps 41. v. 4. You reason have to weep To sigh and to lament your fate With grief of heart most deep For on the Earth no state 's so bad Ps 5. v. 7. Ps 10. v. 7. As that of sinfull heart Which once God's grace and favour had And from it did depart Ps 44. v. 3. Eccl. 12. v. 7. Eph. 2. v. 8. Tit. 3. v 7. Rom 6. v. 23. Ps 93. v. 19. Mat. 8. v. 12. Eccli 39. v 35.36 Grace keeps Man's Soul in God's true Love By Sin God him doth hate By Grace he 's heir to joys above By Sin in damned state While he 's in grace God doth him greet With heav'nly consolation In Sin with Hell's food he doth meet Sad grief and desolation What grief hath Father child to leave Who loves him tenderly Who can the Mother's grief conceive Who sees her children dy For loving friends to part for ever Is grief beyond expression Exil'd from all to come back never How sad in this condition For loving Man and Wife to part Is little less than Death Of all griefs Eccli 41. v. 1. this destroys the heart Our life's expiring breath All these are griefs in high degree Yet joyn them all in one Equall they can't the misery That 's found in sin alone For God who bears all Titles dear Of pleasure and of Love From soul is separated here By sin Isai 59. v. 2. Mat. 25. v. 29. Ezech. 16. v. 27. Mat. 12. v. 45. and doth remove All 's Blessings from her and doth give Possession to the Devill Where Tyrannizing he doth live Enslaving her in evill The forenam'd sorrows have release By time and do expire Wisd 17. v. 10. The Conscience-grief doth still increase Till it brings to Hell-fire Where it's nêre dying worm doth feed On th' soul Isai 66. v. 24. Wisd 5. v. 3. to think what 's lost Which vain remorse doth in it breed To think how dear sin cost Desp What you have said I own for Truth Bêing sensible in soul Of much Had I took care in youth I had preserv'd it whole Man's frailty once I would not own But scorn'd those were in sin And thus by Pride Ps 1â—7 v. 67. was overthrown Same state I now live in Hop Thô God in you hath punish't Pride Ps 118. v. 71. And left you without grace That falling humble you abide With shame 's blush in your face Ps 31. v. 10. Yet by no means you must despair But on his Mercies call Which in your God transcending are Man's Refuge after fall How many sinners found relief In Heaven now are Saints When they for sin mixt tears with grief God heard their dolefull plaints And he hath promis't Isai 1. v. 8. Ezech. 33. v. 14 16. he 'l receive Sinners at their return If they their sinfull course will leave In Hell they shall not burn Des Cain he was sorry yet was curst Gen. 4. v. 1â— Mat. 27. v. 5. And Judas hang'd himself Of greatest sinners I 'm the worst Poor weak a graceless Elf Mine's greater then the sin of Cain Christ had not shed his bloud Wisd 16. v. 29. I more ungratefull here remain Than Cain pay'ng ill for good I Mat. 26. v. 15. Judas-like who 's Lord did sell And still his grace abus'd When Christ by grace in me would dwell I basely him refus'd Io. 8. v. 44. Adjoyn'd his Enemy in fight ' Gainst him and thus ungratefull His pretious Blood and death did slight A sin of all most hatefull Hop Enough Despair no more of this Men plung'd as deep in sin And as ungratefull did not miss But oft have pardon'd been If Cain and Judas did lament And yet grace did not find They did not truly sin repent And were not right in mind Cain seemed sad yet we do'nt read Because he had don ill Or did repent that wicked deed Gen. 4. v. 14. But fear'd men would him kill Judas repented what was don Yet wanted Mercy 's hope And Faith in Christ Mat. 27. v. 3. God's only son So hanged in a rope 2. King 11. v. 4. v. 15.24 1. King 16. v. 1.12 Io 21. v. 17. Mat. 26. v. 74. Io. 19. v. 34. David Adult'ry did commit And murder after he Was chose by God in Throne to sit Prophet and King to be Peter of all made chief when try'd His Master did forswear With spear Longinus pierc't Christ's
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
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