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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03472	The holie historie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christs natiuitie, life, actes, miracles, doctrine, death, passion, resurrection and ascension gathered into English meeter, and published to withdraw vaine wits from all vnsauerie and wicked rimes and fables, to some loue and liking of spirituall songs and holy scriptures. By Robert Holland maister of Arts, and minister of the Church of Prendergast.	Holland, Robert, 1557-ca. 1622.	1594 (1594)	STC 13595; ESTC S118820	155,202	360

so relieue I know not if he sinfull be Once I was blind and now I see How op'ned he thine eyes say they I told you once and hard you not Would yee his doctrine now obey Or else haue yee so soone forgot They checkt him saying Moses we Not his disciples sure will be God spake to Moses this we know This man we know not whence he is The blinde man answer'd now I trow Ye doubt not that he hath done this And this to all men may appeare That God will not a sinner heare It was not since the world began Hard that his eyes were opened That was borne blind and now a man But that of God it happened If he were not of God said he He could not haue done this for me In sinnes they said borne sure thou art Doest thou teach vs what we shall do They cast him out he did depart When Iesus heard they had done so He said to him wilt thou beleeue Now in the sonne of God and liue Who is he Lord that so I may Beleeue in him as thou would'st haue It is my selfe Christ did then say Lord I beleeue helpe me I craue Christ said I make the blind to see And seeing blind that loue not me Some of the Pharisies were there Which hard these words and thus said then Are we blinde how doth that appeare The blinde are not such sinfull men But now ye say that yee do see Your sinnes remaine therefore said he Of the true shepheard and the hireling And that they might the better know Their state and so consider his Christ in a parable did showe The faithfull Shepheard who he is The hireling Iesus did bewray And theefe that liues vpon the pray Verely verely I do say He that into the sheepfold goes Beside the doore some other way May well be counted one of those That comes to rob and steale the sheepe Which other men haue charge to keepe But he that goes in by the doore Is sure the sheepheard of the flocke To him the porter euermore Doth ope assoone as he doth knock To call his sheepe he doth reioyce The sheepe likewise to heare his voyce When that his owne sheepe forth a ●nt He goeth before they follow fast His voice they know and what he mea● Their perill he before doth cast A stranger they will surely flee By voice they know him strange to be They vnderstood not all he said Therefore Christ said to them againe My sheepe may safely vnaffraid Voide of all dangers so remaine I am the doore of all my sheepe And care most safely them to keepe All that before me came said he That is such as I haue not sent And such as faine them Christ to be The theeues and robbers are I meant But sure the sheepe heare not their voice Though to heare mine my sheepe reioyce By me the doore if any do Enter therein shall saued be He in and out shall freely go And pasture finde that followes me The theefe doth steale destroy and kill I came to saue my sheepe from ill I the good shepheard surely am That giue my life to saue my sheepe An hireling hath thereof no shame To see the Wolfe and take no keepe He leaueth them the Wolfe doth catch Destroying one at eu'ry snatch The hireling fleeth he serues for hire And therefore cares not for the sheepe But that th● is not my desire The good ●pheard takes little sleepe And I am 〈◊〉 my sheepe I know And so 〈◊〉 knowne of mine I trow So as the father knoweth me So I do him and for my sheepe My life I lay downe and there be Another flocke that I must keepe As yet of this flock are not they When I call them they will obey My Father loueth me the more Because I do my life downe lay That I might it againe restore No man takes it from me away To lay and take I power haue But this precept my father gaue Among the Iewes dissention grew For these his sayings then againe He should be mad if some said true And haue a deuill some other plaine Confest his words and workes to be No deuillish deeds to make men see Three feasts of dedication We finde in scripture there haue beene The first solemniz'd Solomon In haruest time this feast was seene Then Ezra next did keepe the same In Spring when they from Babell came Then Iudas Macchabeus he Lastly this feast solemnized In winter and the same decree Till Christes time so continued When Iesus walkt which tooke small rest In Solomons porch this was the feast The Iewes came there him round about If thou be Christ now tell vs plaine How long doest thou keepe vs in doubt Then Iesus answerd againe Ye trust not what I told yet see That my works do witnesse with me Yea yee beleeue not for ye are Not of my sheepe mine heare my voice I know them and for them I care To follow me they will reioyce Eternall life to them I geue They perish not with me they liue My father which gaue them to me Is greater then all this I know And in my fathers hand they be None can thence take them as I trow I and my father sure are one The Iewes againe thought him to stone Then Iesus said good works I haue Shewd from my father verely For which of them now do I craue Would you stone me so cruelly For the good worke no stone cast we Thou being but man God makest thee If that the Psalmist Gods them call To whom Gods word then giuen was The Scripture faultlesse yet withall Do I blaspheme or so trespasse To say that I Gods sonne should be Sent to the world as here ye see If I do not my fathers workes Beleeue me not but if I do In you some hidden hatred lurkes That wilfully the truth forgo Beleeue the works that ye do see The father works the same by me So then ye shall know and beleeue That sure in me the father is And I in him yea he doth giue To me all power that is his They sought then to put him in bands But he escapt out of their hands Now when the Iewes he scaped fro He passed Iordan then againe Where Iohn Baptized he did go And there a while he did remaine There many did to him resort And did receiue of him comfort Though all Ierusalem of pride And deepe disdaine did Christ refuse Yet there where then he did abide They did our Sauiour better vse What Iohn of him had spoke before They knowledgd praysing God the more Thus many conflicts Iesus had With froward foolish Pharisies All which might make his chosen glad That he obtaind such victories To God let vs the honour giue That did our weakenesse so relieue Giue glorie vnto God on high To Father and so to the Sonne See that the same perpetually Vnto the holy Ghost be donne Which is and was and so

more about this speed Christ went thence to Ierusalem to the feast of the passeouer and there droue the buyers and sellers out of the Temple From Capernaum Christ did go Vp to Ierusalem for he As other alwayes vsed so Not sayling at that feast to be The passeouer was then at hand A feast obserued through the land When Christ came there as he did vse Into the Temple then he went Where he reprouing their abuse All such out of the Temple sent As did therein then buy or sell And told them plaine they did not well A whip of cordes Christ Iesus made Wherewith both oxen sheepe and men He droue out he low'd there no trade No not money strangers then Those thence he forst to packe away And suffred none of them to stay Such as sold doues they had a check He did command them quickly thence Perforce they must obey his beck He not regardes their ware or pence But said my fathers house make ye No house of marchandise to be They were amazed all at this Yet none of them durst disobay Resist or say thou doest amisse They yeelded all and went away But his Disciples thought in mind This zeale God ioyes in him to find When this was donne the Iewes began To question with him thus againe What signe shew'st thou oh sonne of man That thou doest this declare it plaine Destroy this Temple in three dayes The same againe I will vp raise The Temple-sixe and thirtie yeares In building was thus answer they This vnto vs no truth appeares That did thy wordes and workes obey They meant the Church of lyme and stone Christ meant his body flesh and bone When he was risen from the dead Then his Disciples cal'de to mind What he foretold and how he spread A truth in him they still did find The ground of their beliefe they make The Scripture and the word he spake While he did at that feast remaine Many beleeued in his name They saw his workes they were not vaine His wonders wanted not their fame He gaue to them no credit then For he knew well that vaine were men Christ instructeth Nicodemus in the regeneration by water and the holy Ghost There was a man a Pharisie A ruler one of chiefest fame Nam'd Nicodemus verely This man by night to Iesus came He had a minde for to amend Yet men he feared to offend Master he said we know thou art A teacher come from God aboue Such signes and workes none can impart But such a one as God doth loue Those miracles that he had donne Approued him to be Gods sonne Said Iesus I do say to thee Except a man be borne againe Of water and the spirite he Shall not Gods kingdome sure obtaine Can this be true as thou hast told May man be borne that once is old Assuredly except a man Be borne as I haue said to thee Heauen be neuer enter can Gods kingdome he shall neuer see Of flesh but flesh is borne ywis The spirite yeeldes that spirite is Thou know'st not whence commeth the wind Whose going in and out to thee Though by thine eare the sound thou find The seate thereof thou doest not see Who of the spirite is borne heare Is so though strange it doth appeare Nicodemus said how can these things be A teacher greater things should know I testifie that I haue seene When earthly things to thee I show If dull and faithlesse thou hast bene What wilt thou be when I declare Of heau'nly things and what they are No man ascendeth vp aboue But he that did descend from thence The sonne of man whom God doth loue And is in heau'n in his presence He must be lift as by Moses The Serpent was in wildernesse That who so doth in him beleeue Eternall life the same may haue For God his onely sonne did giue The faithfull from hell fire to saue The world to saue Gods sonne was sent It to condemne God was not bent Condemned shall he neuer be That doth beleeue in him the same Condemned is already he Whose faith is not firme in his name The light is come yet darknesse more Do worldly men loue then before The euill euer hate the light By it their deeds reproued are He loues the truth that with his might His deedes by day seekes to declare Oh Nicodemus all I say A faithfull heart must beare away Christ returning into Iudea preached the Gospell and Baptised the people by his Disciples neare Iohn of purifying a question did then arise After this donne came Christ againe With his Disciples as we reade Into Iudea this is plaine Where he Baptising taried Iohn did Baptise in Enon by And ply'de his office carefully Of water there they had great store And Iohn was not in prison cast But as the number waxed more Of Disciples strife grew as fast The Iewes and Iohns Disciples craue Of purifying the truth to haue Iohns testimonie againe of Iesus They also came to Iohn and said Most men to Christ Baptising go Iohn bad them be no whit dismayd From heau'n it is appointed so Ye know I said I am not he Christ must increase as you do see He that is come from God on hye Doth testifie what he hath seene He that receiues it verely Doth seale how true our God hath beene Whom God sent speakes Gods word Iohn saith And plenteously Gods spirite hath The Father lou'd the sonne and gaue All things he had into his hand He that beleeues in him shall haue Eternall life this vnderstand They dead are that him disobay The wrath of God all such will slay Iesus to auoyde danger departed out of Iudea into Galilie When he that knew of all things well Perceiued by relation Or of himselfe for he could tell His enemies intention How that the Pharisies did heare That he was famous eu'ry wheare And that he made Disciples more And more Baptised then likewise Then Iohn that had gone him before Marke ye now well Christ Iesus guise He did his office earnestly Yet voyded danger warily Christ passing through Samaria towardes Galilie conferred with a woman at the well of Sichar and conuerted many Samaritanes Christ leauing Iurie did depart And went againe to Galilie He knew what loue or hate in heart Men bare him hidden outwardly Christ through Samaria needs would go He had himselfe decreed so What workes for him did there abide To bring the Gentiles to the light He did foreknow and then did guide His companie to Si●har right Neare to the place that Iacob gaue Where Ioseph should possession haue And there on faithfull Iacobs well Christ Iesus sate about midday A woman that thereby did dwell For water came while he did stay But his Disciples they were gone Into the Citie eu'ry one Then to the woman Iesus said For me to drinke some water giue So she againe then vndelayd Said thou a Iew art I beleeue Iewes