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A29239 The penitent pilgrim Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. 1641 (1641) Wing B4275; ESTC R6455 111,815 454

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cheerful_o encounter_v it_o and_o so_o prepare_v myself_o for_o that_o judgement_n which_o shall_v come_v after_o it_o o_o make_v i_o walk_v in_o thy_o light_n now_o while_o i_o have_v light_n to_o walk_v in_o and_o to_o work_v out_o my_o salvation_n now_o while_o i_o have_v time_n to_o work_v in_o for_o time_n will_v come_v unless_o we_o walk_v here_o as_o child_n of_o light_n when_o we_o shall_v have_v neither_o light_n to_o walk_v in_o nor_o time_n to_o work_v in_o o_o inflame_v my_o heart_n with_o thy_o love_n and_o teach_v i_o thy_o judgement_n and_o my_o soul_n shall_v live_v chap._n 68_o hell_n hear_v how_o the_o damn_a say_v while_o they_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n they_o live_v better_a than_o thou_o and_o yet_o they_o be_v damn_v and_o so_o they_o tax_v god_n mercy_n and_o indulgence_n towards_o thou_o of_o injustice_n and_o partiality_n such_o be_v those_o damn_a soul_n charity_n mean_a time_n thou_o live_v secure_o feed_v delicious_o and_o put_v the_o thought_n of_o the_o evil_a day_n from_o thou_o by_o walk_v foolish_o in_o the_o way_n of_o vanity_n little_o desire_v then_o may_v thou_o have_v o_o thou_o sinful_a pilgrim_n to_o see_v death_n have_v so_o little_a hope_n of_o life_n after_o death_n o_o have_v some_o of_o those_o damn_a one_o who_o be_v now_o lose_v for_o ever_o receive_v those_o many_o sweet_a visit_n motion_n and_o free_a offer_n of_o his_o grace_n those_o opportunity_n of_o do_v good_a those_o many_o mean_n of_o eschue_a evil_n no_o doubt_n but_o they_o will_v have_v be_v as_o ready_a to_o entertain_v they_o as_o thou_o have_v be_v to_o reject_v they_o o_o think_v with_o thyself_o how_o happy_a have_v that_o rich_a glutton_n be_v if_o he_o have_v reward_v poor_a lazarus_n with_o some_o few_o crumb_n from_o his_o table_n o_o have_v it_o not_o be_v far_o better_o for_o he_o to_o have_v give_v to_o the_o poor_a all_o that_o even_o he_o have_v to_o have_v strip_v himself_o to_o his_o shirt_n and_o to_o have_v make_v exchange_n of_o his_o 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time_n how_o have_v thou_o employ_v thy_o talon_n o_o have_v thou_o not_o put_v it_o up_o in_o a_o napkin_n or_o do_v worse_o by_o employ_v it_o to_o some_o worse_a end_n have_v not_o many_o bindamned_a for_o less_o than_o thou_o have_v commit_v and_o do_v it_o repent_v thou_o of_o what_o thou_o have_v do_v that_o so_o thou_o may_v not_o be_v condemn_v o_o no_o many_o a_o wretched_a soul_n lie_v there_o torment_v for_o less_o offence_n than_o ever_o thou_o act_v and_o have_v thou_o yet_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v pardon_v it_o be_v write_v in_o what_o hour_n soever_o the_o righteous_a commit_v iniquity_n 42_o his_o righteousness_n shall_v not_o be_v have_v in_o remembrance_n now_o if_o the_o righteousness_n of_o he_o shall_v be_v forget_v by_o commit_v iniquity_n who_o leave_v what_o he_o once_o love_v relinquish_v what_o he_o once_o profess_v what_o may_v we_o think_v of_o the_o repentance_n of_o that_o sinner_n who_o return_v again_o to_o that_o whereof_o he_o repent_v 29._o o_o how_o many_o have_v ascend_v even_o up_o to_o heaven_n and_o among_o the_o star_n have_v build_v their_o nest_n and_o yet_o have_v sudden_o fall_v from_o that_o glory_n by_o glory_v in_o their_o own_o strength_n and_o so_o drench_v themselves_o in_o endless_a misery_n and_o whence_o come_v all_o this_o but_o because_o they_o ascend_v unto_o that_o mountain_n to_o which_o the_o first_o angel_n ascend_v and_o as_o a_o devil_n descend_v and_o can_v thou_o excuse_v thyself_o of_o be_v one_o of_o these_o have_v thou_o not_o sometime_o show_v to_o the_o world_n great_a argument_n of_o piety_n have_v thou_o not_o be_v sometime_o like_o the_o king_n daughter_n all_o glorious_a without_z but_o how_o soon_o become_v thou_o strip_v of_o this_o glory_n thou_o fall_v from_o that_o seem_a sanctity_n or_o holy_a hypocrisy_n into_o open_a profaneness_n and_o impiety_n woe_n be_v i_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o i_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n a_o death_n that_o never_o die_v but_o live_v eternal_o where_o nothing_o shall_v be_v hear_v but_o weep_v and_o wail_v groan_a and_o howl_v sorrow_a and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n o_o how_o grievous_a then_o shall_v be_v my_o anguish_n how_o endless_a my_o sorrow_n and_o sadness_n when_o i_o shall_v be_v set_v apart_o from_o the_o society_n of_o the_o just_a deprive_v of_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n deliver_v up_o unto_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o to_o go_v along_o with_o they_o into_o eternal_a fire_n where_o i_o be_o to_o remain_v without_o end_n in_o grieve_v and_o groan_v when_o i_o shall_v be_v banish_v from_o that_o bless_a country_n of_o paradise_n to_o be_v torment_v in_o hell_n perpetual_o where_o i_o must_v never_o see_v so_o much_o as_o one_o small_a beamel_v of_o light_n nor_o the_o least_o drop_n of_o refreshment_n but_o be_v torment_v in_o hell_n for_o thousand-thousand_a year_n and_o so_o torment_v as_o never_o to_o be_v thence_o deliver_v med_n where_o neither_o the_o tormentor_n become_v weary_v nor_o they_o die_v who_o be_v torment_v o_o my_o dear_a lord_n look_v upon_o the_o price_n of_o thy_o own_o blood_n thou_o have_v buy_v i_o for_o a_o great_a price_n o_o deliver_v thy_o darling_n from_o the_o dag_n remember_v she_o in_o mercy_n who_o thou_o have_v buy_v o_o let_v she_o not_o go_v down_o into_o the_o pit_n neither_o let_v the_o depth_n swallow_v she_o up_o for_o who_o shall_v praise_v thou_o in_o the_o depth_n o_o my_o good_a god_n hough_o the_o terror_n of_o death_n and_o torment_n of_o hell_n encompass_v i_o yet_o be_v thou_o my_o succour_n and_o will_v deliver_v i_o and_o my_o soul_n shall_v live_v to_o praise_v thou_o chap._n 69._o heaven_n o_o how_o shall_v i_o look_v up_o unto_o thou_o that_o have_v so_o provoke_v thou_o o_o thou_o mansion_n of_o the_o saint_n thou_o portion_n of_o the_o just_a thou_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n thou_o heavenly_a and_o most_o happy_a kingdom_n where_o thy_o bless_a inhabitant_n be_v ever_o live_v &_o never_o die_v where_o thy_o glorious_a state_n be_v ever_o flourish_v and_o never_o decline_v i_o must_v confess_v to_o my_o great_a grief_n and_o shame_n that_o i_o have_v no_o interest_n in_o thou_o i_o have_v lose_v thou_o unhappy_o lose_v thou_o in_o lose_v myself_o in_o lose_v my_o soul_n by_o sell_v it_o to_o vanity_n i_o sometime_o resolve_v to_o play_v the_o part_n of_o a_o ●ise_v merchant_n and_o to_o sell_v all_o i_o have_v for_o the_o purchase_n of_o one_o pearl_n but_o i_o hold_v the_o purchase_n too_o dear_a and_o therefore_o have_v i_o deserve_o lose_v it_o foolish_a pilgrim_n can_v thou_o find_v any_o thing_n more_o fit_v to_o entertain_v thy_o best_a thought_n or_o bestow_v thy_o care_n than_o the_o salvation_n of_o thy_o soul_n do_v thou_o think_v it_o so_o easy_a a_o task_n to_o get_v heaven_n as_o to_o purchase_v it_o by_o make_v thy_o heaven_n on_o earth_n yet_o have_v thou_o but_o take_v half_o so_o much_o pain_n to_o get_v heaven_n as_o thou_o have_v do_v to_o get_v hell_n thou_o may_v have_v challenge_v more_o interest_n to_o heaven_n than_o now_o thou_o can_v many_o summer_n day_n &_o long_a winter_n night_n have_v thy_o folly_n take_v thou_o up_o and_o these_o seem_v short_a unto_o thou_o because_o thou_o take_v delight_v in_o those_o pleasure_n of_o vanity_n but_o to_o bestow_v one_o short_a hour_n upon_o devotion_n o_o how_o many_o distraction_n do_v that_o suffer_v and_o how_o long_o and_o tedious_a seem_v that_o hour_n because_o that_o task_n be_v wearisome_a to_o thou_o and_o thy_o mind_n be_v elsewhere_o wander_v and_o will_v not_o stay_v with_o thou_o and_o can_v thou_o now_o think_v that_o so_o rich_a a_o kingdom_n
o_o my_o dear_a saviour_n look_v upon_o i_o who_o have_v lose_v myself_o by_o look_v and_o long_v after_o what_o be_v unlawful_a for_o i_o o_o though_o i_o be_v not_o worthy_a by_o lift_v up_o my_o eye_n to_o heaven_n to_o pray_v unto_o thou_o yet_o be_o i_o not_o unworthy_a by_o blind_a my_o eye_n with_o tear_n to_o weep_v before_o thou_o o_o do_v not_o turn_v away_o thy_o eye_n from_o i_o i_o be_o whole_o lose_v if_o thou_o despise_v i_o but_o i_o shall_v renew_v as_o the_o feather_n of_o a_o eagle_n if_o thou_o vouchsafe_v but_o to_o look_v upon_o i_o o_o may_v my_o delight_n be_v in_o thy_o law_n my_o object_n thy_o cross_n my_o conscience_n my_o feast_n righteousness_n my_o crown_n chap._n 58._o hear_v will_v any_o one_o think_v that_o man_n the_o noble_a of_o god_n creature_n nay_o to_o who_o he_o have_v give_v dominion_n over_o all_o his_o creature_n man_n i_o say_v endue_v with_o a_o reasonable_a soul_n shall_v make_v that_o sense_n which_o be_v give_v he_o for_o edification_n the_o instrument_n of_o his_o perdition_n and_o yet_o behold_v the_o man_n with_o a_o sense_n accompany_v and_o corrupt_a man_n faith_n come_v by_o hear_v and_o yet_o how_o have_v i_o break_v my_o faith_n by_o hear_v i_o have_v sometime_o vow_v though_o not_o myself_o yet_o by_o such_o as_o undertake_v for_o i_o that_o i_o will_v forsake_v the_o devil_n and_o his_o work_n with_o the_o pomp_n and_o vanity_n of_o the_o flesh_n but_o where_o be_v my_o performance_n have_v i_o not_o defame_v my_o neighbour_n or_o hear_v he_o defame_v and_o what_o have_v i_o answer_v for_o he_o nay_o have_v i_o not_o delight_v in_o hear_v he_o defame_v or_o enlarge_v his_o disgrace_n with_o some_o new_a reproach_n have_v i_o enter_v god_n temple_n the_o house_n of_o the_o most_o high_a with_o a_o sanctify_a ear_n nay_o have_v i_o not_o come_v thither_o rather_o to_o traduce_v then_o useful_o hear_v have_v i_o not_o labour_v to_o catch_v at_o this_o doctrine_n or_o admit_v i_o come_v there_o with_o a_o heart_n prepare_v for_o devotion_n and_o with_o a_o ear_n ready_a to_o receive_v instruction_n do_v not_o the_o eye_n practice_v with_o the_o heart_n to_o surprise_v the_o ear_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n decline_v it_o from_o do_v what_o it_o intend_v by_o give_v ear_n to_o that_o which_o may_v distract_v it_o nay_o let_v i_o come_v a_o little_a near_o thou_o thou_o lose_v dissolute_a and_o unprepared_a eare._n have_v thou_o hear_v so_o much_o as_o a_o psalm_n in_o the_o church_n without_o distraction_n do_v not_o those_o sweet_a air_n of_o spiritual_a devotion_n so_o far_o transport_v thou_o that_o thou_o give_v better_a ear_n to_o the_o note_n how_o sweet_o it_o be_v sing_v then_o to_o the_o end_n for_o which_o it_o be_v sing_v do_v not_o take_v more_o delight_n in_o the_o voice_n than_o the_o matter_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n in_o the_o ear_n of_o thy_o maker_n become_v a_o unfitting_a quirister_fw-mi do_v thou_o not_o by_o break_v a_o note_n to_o please_v thy_o fancy_n conceive_v more_o content_a in_o the_o melody_n of_o the_o voice_n than_o purity_n of_o the_o heart_n nay_o do_v not_o prefer_v the_o very_a measure_n or_o composure_n of_o it_o athan._n before_o his_o honour_n for_o which_o it_o be_v pen_v nay_o have_v not_o god_n speak_v unto_o thou_o in_o a_o psalm_n and_o thou_o unto_o he_o yet_o do_v thou_o consider_v who_o psalm_n it_o be_v 8._o or_o for_o who_o it_o be_v when_o thou_o do_v sing_v it_o to_o he_o again_o shall_v we_o leave_v the_o church_n and_o go_v into_o the_o world_n tell_v i_o o_o tell_v i_o how_o do_v thou_o there_o employ_v thy_o hear_n do_v not_o take_v infinite_a delight_n in_o a_o filthy_a song_n do_v not_o a_o wanton_a light_a tune_n bring_v thou_o to_o think_v of_o thy_o light_a mistress_n or_o do_v it_o not_o suggest_v to_o thou_o some_o loose_a thought_n provoke_v fancy_n or_o some_o other_o heavy_a melancholy_a thought_n egg_v thou_o on_o to_o some_o desperate_a act_n of_o revenge_n or_o fury_n o_o yes_o thus_o do_v thou_o employ_v it_o and_o thus_o do_v thou_o perish_v by_o it_o how_o then_o shall_v thou_o come_v to_o be_v instruct_v have_v be_v by_o thy_o best_a instruct_v sense_n thus_o woeful_o distract_v by_o thou_o my_o bless_a master_n d●e_v i_o hope_v to_o be_v instruct_v that_o the_o folly_n of_o my_o youth_n may_v be_v at_o last_o reform_v o_o sanctify_v the_o ear_n of_o my_o heart_n that_o i_o may_v turn_v it_o away_o from_o vanity_n turn_v it_o whole_o unto_o piety_n o_o let_v i_o be_v no_o such_o hearer_n as_o be_v the_o deaf_a adder_n which_o stop_v her_o ear_n charm_v the_o charmer_n never_o so_o wise_o o_o let_v i_o be_v none_o of_o those_o who_o will_v not_o hear_v because_o they_o will_v not_o understand_v nor_o of_o those_o who_o hear_v but_o will_v not_o understand_v nor_o of_o those_o who_o hear_v but_o will_v not_o observe_v what_o they_o both_o hear_v and_o understand_v but_o give_v i_o a_o humble_a ear_n to_o hear_v and_o a_o conceive_a heart_n to_o understand_v what_o i_o hear_v 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