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A16534	A spirituall hymne or The sacrifice of a sinner to be offred vpon the altar of a humbled heart, to Christ our Redeemer. Inverted in English sapphicks, from the Latine, of the reverend, religious, and learned divine, Mr Robert Boyd of Trocborege. By Sr William Mure yo: of Rowallane knight. By whom is also annexed a poeme, entituled Doomes-day. Containing, hells horrour, and heavens happinesse.; Roberti Boddii a Trochoregia Hecatombe christiana. English	Boyd, Robert, 1578-1627.; Mure, William, Sir, 1594-1657.	1628 (1628)	STC 3445; ESTC S116400	16,452	60

feast of Love 106 Jf beggars vile themselve hold grac't At Tables of great Kings to feast With curious cates to please their taste with choise of rarest thngs Oh! what a heavenly sweet repast Doe Saints enjoy which a●e shall last Who at immortall Tables plac't feast with the King of Kings 107 Of all these Millions which frequent This Paradise of sweet content Perfumes most rare refresh the sent from a perpetuall spring Comforting Oyntments odours vent Sweetning the heauens transpar●nt tent Which flow from him his blood who spent His to this blesse to bring 108 Which as in smell taste hearing sight Jn feeling al 's enjoy delight The Body changde spirituall light apt euery way to moue Nimble as thought to reach by flight Unwearied heauens supremest hight The Center low from Zenith bright as It the Minde doth move 109 By Motion swift heere Bodies tost If thus endangered to bee lost The feeling sense affected most participats most paine What Joyes to view this numbrous host The Elementar regions crost When both vnharm'd throgh heauens may post shall then this sense sustaine 110 If Spasmes if Palsies pincing throes Of Colick paines invade healths foes These torments Feeling vndergoes most sensible of griefe Now when sequestred from those woes Which marre lifes vnsecure repose How shall this sense set free rejoyse exult at its reliefe 111 But euen as one more bold than wise A Pilgrimage doth enterpryse O're Atlas tops which hid in skies crownde are with Winter glasse Hudge Mountains past while hee espyes Jmpenetrable Rockes arise Forc't to retire his course applyes by smoother pathes to passe 112 So while aboue the Spheares J prease Steps not by Nature reacht to trace The clowds to climbe with halting pace lets infinite impeach Those reachlesse Ioyes this boundlesse peace Jn number measure weight encrease That scarce begunne my Song must cease these hights transcend my reach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fancies Farewell SON 1. TOo long my Muse ah thou too long didst toile An Aethiopian striving to make white ●ost seede on surrowes of a fruitlesse foile Which doth thy trauells but with Tares acquite ●ence-foorth fare-well all counterfeit delyte ●linde Dwarfling J disclaime thy deitie ●y Pen thy Trophees never more shall write Nor after shall thine arts enveigle mee With sacred straines reaching a higher key My Thoughts aboue thy fictions farre aspire Mounted on wings of immortalitie ● feele my brest warmde with a wountlesse fire My Muse a strange Enthusiasme inspires And peece and peece thy flamme in smoake expires SON 2. HOures mis-employ'd evanisht as a dreame My lapse from vertue and recourse to Ill I should I would J dare not say I will By due repentance and remorse redeeme Loves false delight and beauties blazing beame Too long benighted haue my dazled Eyes By youth mis-led I too too much did prise Deceaving shads toyes worthy no esteame Plungde in the tyde of that impetuous streame Where fynest wits haue frequent naufrage made O heavenly Pilote I implore thine aide Rescue my soule in danger most extreame Conduct mee to thy Mercyes Port J pray Save Lord Oh let mee not bee cast away SONNET 3. LOoke home my Soule deferre not to repent Time ever runnes in floath great dangers ly Impostumde soares the patient most torment While wounds are greene the salve with speed apply Workes once adjourn'd good successe seldome try Delay 's attended still with discontent Thrise happie hee takes time ere time slyde by And doth by fore-sight after-wit prevent Looke on thy labours timouslie lament Trees are hewde down vnwholsome fruits bring foorth Thy younger yeares youthes sweet Aprile mispent Strive to redeeme with works of greater worth Looke home J say make haste O shunne delay Hoyse sayle while tyde doth last Time posts away FINIS a Eph. 4.15 b Luk. 1.33 c Ioh 1 16. d Ioh 1.9 e Exod 33.20 1. Tim. 6 16 a Ioh 4.24 b Mat. 7.6 c Esay 6.6 7. d Ioh. 1.12 e Phil. 26 15. f Ro. 11.33 g heb 1.3 C●l 1 6● 67 h Matt 1.16.1 i gen 13 12. a gen 9.14 b gen 6.14 c 1. Cor. 10 4. d 1. Cor. 12.3 e ●u● 2.32 f luc 10. g gen 2● 9. a Rom. 10.4 b Act. 10.43 c 2. Cor. 3.14 d Col. 2.17 e Io. 1.36 f Heb. 13 10. g Heb. 2.17 h Rev. 13 8. i Heb. 9 24 k Heb. 9.15 l Col. 1.20 m 1 Cor. 1.30 n Phil. 2.7 o Phil. 2 8. a Tim. 1 15. b Col. 1 20. c Rom. 6.4 d Gal. 3.13 e Rom. 8.11 f Phil. 2.9.10 11. g Esay 53 7.10 h Esay 5● a 1. Cor. 1.21 b 2 Cor. 8.9 a luc ●● 44 b Rev. ● 5. c Ma● 27.46 d deut 23. e Ioh. 19 34. a luk 23.46 b luk 23.39 c Col. 2.15 d hos 13.14 e heb 2.14 f Rom. 8.2 g 1 Cor. 15.26 h 1 Cor 15.56 i Col. 2.14 k 1. Cor. 15.55 a Iohn 1.18 b gen 3.15 c Col. 1.1 d ● Co● 5.5 1. Eph. 13 14. a psal 91 5.6 b 1. Ioh. 5 8. c Rom. 8.16 d Eph. 2.18 e Rom. 8.15 f Rom. 8.36 a Cant. 1.2.3 b Col. 3.4 a Esay 55 1. b Rev 10.6 c Reu 6.14 d Reu 23.5 a Rev 21.4 b Rev 21.8 c Reu 21.4 d Mat. 1 34.31 Rev 20 13 f Thess. 4 16.17 a 2. Thes. ● 8 b Mark 13 24. c Rev 6 13 d 2 Pet. 3.10 e 2. Pet. 3 10. f Esay 19 20. g Mat. 25 22. h Rev. 7 14. a Rev 7 9. b Rev 11.12 c Rev 14.14 d Mat. 2● 41 e Rev 14 1● f Matt. 25.20 a 2. Sam. ●● 3 a Mat. 25.41 Paine of sense Paine of losse a Rom. 5.10 b gen 8.8 Apoc. 19 ●● Apoc. 21.23 1. Pet. 1.20 1. Cor. 4.6 Dan. 1● 3 Apoc. 9. ● 1 Cor. 15 50. 1. Thes. 4 16. luke 21.28 ●say 35 6. 1 Thes. 4 17. 1. Cor. 6. ● Apoc. 10 Luk. 15.7 Mat. 14 31. Mat. 25.34.35.36 1 Ioh. ● 1 Mat. 25 34. Gen. 3 24. 1 Cor. 13 12. 1. Ioh. 3.2 2 Tim. 4 8. Psalm 58.10 Mat. 12 4● Mat. 13 43. Gen. 48 P t. 3.3 9. Rev 2. Psal. 17.15

THE SACRIFICE OF A SINNER TO CHRIST OVR REDEEMER 1. CHRIST of thy Saints the Head the King Whose bounties vn-exhausted spring Doth to thy meanest members bring Eternall streames of grace Giue mee sweet Saviour Thee to sing In holy hymnes with heart condigne Which eating age nor envyes sting Shall in no time deface 2 Thou Lord with glorious beams all bright ●lazing around thy Throne of light Outreaching farre my feeble sight heere in deaths shade exylde ●ns clouds dispell guilts loade make light Which doth surcharge my fainting spright ●hat J may spreade thy praise thy might with heart pure vndefyl'de 3 With worship chast in soule sincere Thou shouldst bee celebrate in feare Hence yee vncleane that darre appeare with hands with hearts prophaine O let a Seraphim draw neare A slamming Coale whose hand doth beare My lips my heart from Heauens high sphear● to purge from double staine 4 Then shall these documents divine By which thy crosses ●ruits doe shyne To happie Life conducting Thyne my Thoughts by day by night With meditation deepe confyne At morne midday my weake engyne While Heavens clear Torch his course decli● shall in thy praise delight 5 Sonne with thy Syre in yeares in mig● In all co-equall mans dimme sight Transcending like thy paterne bright An Other and the Same True God of God myld Maid-borne wi● Blest Ladder reaching earth aright Co-apting things of greatest hight with lowe Lights glorious beame 6 Safetie of Soules sight of the blinde Haven where the shipwrakt shelter finde End of all toyles Ease of the minde press'd downe with sinfull loade Reward of works due in no kinde To conflict past the Palme assignde Soules cure with sins sore sicknesse pynde the banisht mans aboade 7 Blest bow bepaynting azure aire Thy pledge who did the World repaire Arke rendring Thine secure from care of o●erflowing floods Their Crowne that fight their pryze most rare That run earths peace heauens joy hells feare A saving Rocke to thine a snare to such as sinne secludes 8 Israels glory Gentiles light Summe of the fathers wisht-for sight Of Paradise the deare delight Eternall Tree of life On source which watering day and night In foure cleare streames divided right Preserues from yeares from dayes despight but arte or gardners knife 9 The Lawes the Prophets scope who she● Thy face when Thou the vaile withdrew Of Types of Shads the body true Lambe Altar Priest at ones Lambe kild before the Worlds first view Altar which sinne inherent slew Priest who in man did grace renew mounting alone heauens Thrones 10 J sing my Mediators praise Whose hand o're all the scepter swayes Who Angels fall did stint yet stayes man falne did raise againe Who filde the breach by wondrous wayes Of Heauens proud Apostats hells preyes Earthlings adornde with Angells rayes ' mong'st the immortall traine 11 But say sweet Iesu what procurde Thee in a servants shape immurde To pittie man in sinne obdurde Gods rebell to beefriend To pleade for him who thee abjurde Suffring thy Godhead lurke obscurde Last on the Tree O Tears indurde an ignominious end 12 Else perisht had the World for aye No other Meanes Gods wrath could lay None else could working deaths decay Mans Image fi●st infuse None else Laws paine severe could pay Heauens wal's to scale no other way To vernish fresh graues rotten prey Means Thou alone couldst vse 13 ●ithout Thee Lord supremely blest Whom highest honour doth invest For Man with paines extremly prest by spoyles of conquer'd Hell ●eavens glorious courts had neere encrest ●or should our fleshes loade to rest ●boue the Spheares its selfe addrest ' mid'st heauens blest hosts to dwell 14 ●ence sprang Mans ease exyling toyle ●s hopelesse groanes which so did boyle ●y breast that Thou pourd'st in the Oyle of Mercie in his wounds ●is Plaints procur'd thy soules turmoyle ●at Thou his l●t di●st●ake to foyle ●ne Death and Hell O Glorious spoyle ●hich reasons ray confounds 15 Our guilts soule shame sname did deface Empurp●ring thy vnstained face Thy clouds thy care our light our peace our Victorie thy liftes Thy hels in heauen procurde vs place Our honour grew by thy disgrace O Wisedome if not found by grace Mans wit involves in mists 16 O sauing Knowledge which of right The deepest Polititans sight O'resyles drownde in eternall night Jn clowdes of self-conceate O contrares which by nature fight Thus reconcil'de mix'd by thy might Things weightie ballancing with light O change O wonders great 17 Thy dumpes our doo●efull hearts did c●● Our teare-blind sights thy teares did cle● Thy deepe afflictions calmde our feare Thy bands vs fred from paine Thy wants our wealth procur'de we ● Roabs by thy rags grieves thou didst ● Our greifes our languishings en-deare thy blood did ours restraine 18 That crimson sweat these drops which drownd Thy blessed face with rayes ours crownde Sins leprous spots which soules confound from Parents seede they purgde Thou shak'd by deaths approaching wound 'gainst death mad'st vs secure be found Thou of our innocence the ground for vs with guilt was vrgde 19 And when thou seemde some space to bee Depriv'de from heauen of all supplie Yet banisht Man still deare to Thee Thou neuer didst forsake Mans state was still before thine Eye Till entring Hell Thou sett him free O Crosse once curst now happie Tree Source whence all good wee take 20 When Thou thy selfe triumphde o're sho's Nailde to the Crosse exposde to blo's Chargde by thy proud insulting foes with infamie with shame Torne naked pale a mappe of woes Whilst floods of wrath thou vndergoes Thy syde trans-fixde from which forth flo'es a double gushing streame 21 Thy soule commending to thy Syre While twixt two Theeues Thou didst expire Loe then enlarging thine Jmpire Thy foes Thou Captiues led Triumphing on the Tree hells ire Deaths sting Earths Kings that did conspire Bound hand and foote thy wraths hote fyre their shame before Thee bred 22 Thou ledst great Victor foylde in fight Those bands in darknesse that delight Roots of mans ruine foes to right Sin bound Thou didst detaine To Heauens high courtes a glorious sight Gods Rebells vanquishde by thy might Condemnde in chains of horride night for euer to remaine 23 Loe heere deaths double-poynted sting Laws hand writ there traverst deaths spring Trode vnderfoote in triumph bring Thou didst nail'd to thy crosse Thee swallowing vp death conqu'ring King Death to it selfe the graue did bring On rav'ning Wol●e preyde ravishde thing Victorious by losse 24 By death insulting held as dead Deaths death Thou was and deaths remeed O Thou who dost Gods secreets spread Author revealer wise Heauens pure delight the womans seede Who treading

this hid delight The lame shall leape proportionde right the dumb● Gods praises sound 54 Caught vp when on immortall wings To aire this stage which ouerhings To meete thy Head the Saints who brings to judge the damned traine Saints earst accounted abject things Objects of scorne weake vnderlings On thrones enstalde now sceptred Kings Eternally who reigne 55 What bands enclustred thee around Shall make the Heauens with hymnes rebound That Thou a straggling sheepe art found their numbers to encrease ●f they did such applauses sound At thy conversion how profound Shall be their Ioyes to see thee crownd with them to acquiesse 56 As pansiue Pilgrime sore distrest Wearie and weake with famine prest Whom feare of Robbers doth infest straying alone in need If Hee while dreaming least of rest Should in an instant bee addrest Where hee might live for ever blest how should his Joyes exceed 57 Even so my soule now on the way Too easily seduc't astray When Thou shalt find this solide stay this Center of repose How shall the pleasures of this day Adorning Thee with rich array Thy suffred labours all allay afflictions all compose 58 What boundlesse Ocean of delight Shall quench all paines all passed plight Endured wrongs digested spight of tyrannizing pride By Angels Messengers of light When brought in thy Redeemers sight Set free from deathes eternall night adjudg't in blesse to byde 59 When large Memorials shall record The meanest good thou didst afforde To poore to sicke when deed nor word shall want the owne rewarde The Judge thy Advocate thy Lord Who now absolves Thee first restorde O bond O double-twisted cord O vndeservde regard 60 But O! when Thou casts backe thine eyes Thy voyage dangerous espyes Foes ambushments laide to surprise thy wayes when thou dost vieu The traines set foorth Thee to entise Base pleasures which Thou didst despise What boundlesse joyes shall thence arise what Solace sweet ensue 61 What strange applauses thence shall spring When Saints doe shout when Angels sing When Heauens hie vaults loud Eccho's ring of that Absolving voyce Come Yee whose faith did vpwards spring Contempt who on the World did fling Blest of that great Sky-ruling King Enter in endlesse Ioyes 62 O Joyes with these as farre vn-even To Man which to conceiue are given As loftiest of the Planets seven earths Center doth transcend By wit who prease to pry in heauen Backe by a Cherubin is driven Mans Reason is a v●ssell riven can litle comprehend 63 O Joyes as much bedazling sight As day's bright Beam the weakest light Aboue small Gnats as Eagles flight amidst the clouds ensphearde Ioyes as farre passing all delight Yet euer heard by humane wight As ghastly screiches of Owles which fright with Larks sweet laves comparde 64 These boundlesse Joyes this endlese peace In this claims principally place To see God clearely face to face Him as Hee is to view Not heere as doth fraile Adams race Who through a glasse this sight embrace And steps of things created trace to reach these pleasures trew 65 With Judgement pure to know as knowne These Persons three in essence One God varying in names alone Father Sonne holy Ghost To know why Man to lewdnesse prone Angels o'repast God did repone In state of grace why mercy showne To Some while damnde are Most 66 Which Joyes on all the Saints elect On soules and bodies both reflect By ravishing the Intellect the Memory and will Which all the Senses doe affect With pleasures farre aboue defect Who can the rich contents detect those blessed Bands which fill 67 How more perspectiue pure and free Sequestred from mortalitie The Understanding facultie how prompter it perceiues How more sublime the Object bee The Union inward and more nie Joyes of a more supreme degrie the Intellect conceaues 68 Here charg'd with chains of flesh and bloode Wee apprehend by Organs roode The drossie mindes of Earths weake broode imaginde knowledge swells There bathing in a boundlesse floode Of blesse we shall as sprites which stoode Know vnpust vp our Soueraigne good In him all creatures els 69 What object can in greatnesse hight In glorie majestie in might This paralell whence all delight all pleasure only springs With rayes of vncreared light Which cherish not offend the sight Who shines most blest for ever bright eternall King of Kings 70 What Union can so strict bee found So firme successionlesse profound Mans deepest speculation drownd is in this vast abisse This gulfe this Ocean without ground The ravisht minde doth wholly bound Jt drencht heerein with glorie crownd bathes in a Sea of blesse 71 If charming sounds ensnaring sights In mindes of wonder-strucken wights Doe moue such violent delights as passe the bounds of speach The Joyes then midst these reachlesse hights Ay bright with euer-burning lights Must farre transcend the loftiest flights wits most profound can reach 72 The fluide Joyes which here entise From things corruptible arise No Union but externall ties the sense and object fraile How should wee then these pleasures prise Which ever laste aboue the skies This Union strict all change defies this bonde can neuer faile 73 What superexellent degrees Of Ioy the Jntellect shall seaze When Jt with cleare vnsyled eyes the speces natures strength Of beastes of birds of stones of trees Of hearbes the hid proprieties Th' essentiall differences sees of Creatures all at length 74 Of Ioy what ouerflowing spaite Inunding this Theater great Drench with delight shall euery state here marshalled above Till now euen from the Worlds first date When Saints secure from sins deceate Their Palmes their Crownes receiue who late earth 's vtmost spight did prove 75 Nor shall the knowledge of the paine The torments which the damn'd sustain The cryms which earst their soules did staine impare these joyes divine These blacke Characters show most plaine Gods justice their deserved bane The brightnesse of the blessed traine oppo●de more cleare doth shine 76 Their Vengeance shall the Just rejoyse Heavens blesse comparde with hels annoyes As earst by regal Prophets voice divinely was fore-told Saintes should incompassed with Joys Bathe in their blood whom death destroyes Happie who so his life employes mongst Saints to bee enrold 77 Heere oft with wonder rapt wee find The punishment with vertuous minde The fault with the reward combinde at which the lust repines There fault with punishment confinde Rewarde to vertuously inclinde Eternall justice vndeclinde impartially assignes 78 As these and more joyes vnexprest The Understanding doe invest As in the Center of its rest So heere the will doth pause In peace which cannot bee encrest Not wrestling passions to digest O calme tranquillitie how blest They whom this loadstone drawes 79 Hence spring such ardent flammes of loue To God to all the Saints aboue That not one ioy these hoasts do proue which It doe not delight Hence It no fewer joyes doe moue Then God Co-partners doth approue Joyes infinite