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A17130	Seaven sparkes of the enkindled soule With foure lamentations, which composed in the hard times of Queene Elizabeth, may be vsed at all times, when the Church hapneth to be extreamely persecuted. Drawne out of the holy Scriptures, after the forme of Psalmes. By R.B.P.	Buckland, Ralph, 1564-1611.	1604-1605 (1605)	STC 4008; ESTC S117366	36,700	158

and name of Religion not like thy lawe O Lord. I found thy faith to be vnspotted without stayne of any folly Conuerting soules from their sinfull wayes and giuing wisdome to the ignorant Pearcing to the very hart and comfortable to a single spirit Quickly was my desolation turned to joy thou claddedst me vvith consolation as with a robe Nowe therefore being redeemed by my Maker from the hands of the enemy I confesse that he is gentle good and exceeding bountifull and his mercy endureth for euer I sate in darknesse and in the shadowe of death and there vvas none to helpe me I cried vnto him he ayded me breaking my fetters in sunder Had he not assisted me the enemy had euen swallowed me quicke Blessed be his holy name vvho gaue me not for a pray to the Dragons jawes As a litle bird I escaped the fowlers net as the silly hare from the pursuing gray-hound By the old aduersary of mankinde I had beene seduced and supplanted by his malice My God streatched out his potent hand deliuering me from the violent streame Who caught me in his armes as if a father should catch his child from the deuouring beare Because he loued me he sought my saluation not suffering the enemy to triumph Prayse him therefore O my soule be not vngratefull for his benefits Forget not what he hath done for thee preuenting thee in his blessinges He hath made thee flourish afresh as in the yeares of thy first regeneration Restoring thy innocency againe and renewing thy youth as an Eagle As farre as heauen is from earth or East from West so farre hath he remooued from thee thine iniquities He hath crowned thee with better then pretious stones all parts and povvers vvithin mee magnifie his mercy I staggered in attempting my saluation the difficulties of the time amazed me Thou girdedst me with vertue vnder thy protection I ouercame those tentations I was slowe and weake thou madest me swift like an Hart that I ran forwardes without impediment Thou hast taught me to fight māfully against the enemy and confirmed my hart to be thy champion Thou hast raised me from vvorse then the dunghill and placed me amōgst thy holy princely people Out of the lake of misery thou hast pulled me and from the dirty dregs of sinne heresie thou hast drawne me forth From Deaths dore thou reuiuedst me from Hel-gates thou broughtest me backe Oft to the barrē thou sendest children to me an orphane thou gauest thy Spouse for a Mother Many vvonderfull thinges thou bring est to passe none more strange doe I knowe then the conuersion of my hard hart Many wayes thy mercy sheweth it selfe but neuer more then in pardoning my offences What should I say O Lord thou hast engraffed thy name in my hart and enroled my name in thy booke of life Thou hast shrowded mee in thy tabernacle against the day of wrath Opening to me the gates where none but the just enter In vaine haue the fiends like foxes sought my soule departing voide of their expectation I will loue thee therefore O my aide and refuge my strength and the foundation of my hope The new tune which thou hast giuen to my mouth I wil alwayes sing I will offer before thy Altar a Sacrifice of prayse in the sight of thy Angels Saints I will giue thankes The cup of thy Crosse I will expect desiring to suffer for thy sake What other way can I be answerable to thy giftes or how can I doe this also except thou giue it Thou needest neither me nor my good deedes thou hast chosen me and not I thee O Redeemer My conuersion vvas thy handy-worke without whose assistance I can not thinke a good thought Who am I O Fountayne of goodnesse that thou thus shouldest manifest thy selfe vnto me That suffering thousandes to wallowe still in wickednesse thou chosest me on whome to shewe mercy Neither tookest me out of this life in time of blindnesse in midest of mine iniquities To thy selfe O Lord to thy selfe bee the glory of this thy mercifull kindnesse Let the heauens prayse thee for it and in earth others be conuerted by my example Let my daylie endeauours be to further thy faith and drawe others to the delectable spring wherewith my selfe haue beene refreshed So shall thy graces in some sort redound to thee againe as floodes returne to the Sea So shall I not perish like an vnfruitfull tree which leaueth not his like behinde Prayse yee meane-space your Creator and mine O yee his Angels who rejoyce at conuersion of euery sinner Who perpetually execute his wil without declining at any time from his hests Prayse yee him O his holy Priests messengers of his will shepherdes of his folde by whose handes he reconcileth sinners Prayse yee him O al yee my Brethren partakers of like saluation Whome of caytiues plunged in like errours he hath justified and made righteous Prayse yee him O all his seruants neuer yet entangled with like misery Prayse him O my soule whilst thou quicknest my body when thou partest by death ceasse not to doe the same And when thou receiuest the body againe prayse him perfectly without end AN IMPLORATION OF DIVINE GRACE against temptations of Religion THE SEAVENTH PSALME THOV taughtest me perfect wisdome in my first conuersion O Lord and I verily trusted neuer more to be shaken In the day of her reconciliation thou saidst vnto my soule nowe art thou my faire Spouse this day haue I assumed thee Why then doth the tempter whisper in my eare and say hovve long vvilt thou serue thy GOD in vaine Why doe the speeches of those mooue my minde who saying they loue me well vpbraide me to my face of follie Objecting that I spend my age in wilfull calamity neither reape the pleasure of my life Remember O Lord the comfortable word that thou spakest to my hart Preserue me still among the generation which seeketh thee which alone enjoyeth thy presence protection Which with vndefiled lippes and cleane hart offer vp day lie sacrifices and magnifie thy holy name Among whome only is saluation to be hoped for and thy true honour to be found Let mee alwayes put my trust in thee and neuer be ashamed of the God of my forefathers Nor deny my selfe to be of his holy chosen company Keepe me O my maker that neuer in thought word or deede I consent to rites of a straunge Religion or partake in their actions Neither openly nor priuily in speech nor silence by action nor omission or any signe whatsoeuer Least I bee enwrapped in their plagues because of their company and drinke the cup of their damnation Let neither friendship nor hatred profit nor losse Payne nor pleasure life nor death separate me from thy Church Suffer not that my brethren and fellowe seruants stumble by my example to their ruine Or say of me see howe he hath lost his part in Israell his inheritance aboue the starres Loe howe he was not

built vpon a rocke but vpon sand great and shamefull is his fall Permit not that my ghostly enemies scorne at me and point me out this is he whose soule we haue seduced Who beganne a worke and could not finish it satisfying our eyes with his disgrace Let not the aduersaries of thy law and testament triumph ouer me as of a conquest Conceiuing by my example that more will yeald and fewe resist a cruell assault And that we esteeme no more of our faith then they of theirs nor haue assured certainty of our Religion Forbidde the fowles of the ayre the fiendes of hell to take from my hart the seede which thou hast sowen Forbidde that either riches and cares choke it or the heate of persecution wither it Forbidde that perswasions of carnall friends should corrupt it or any thing else hinder the encrease thereof Fie that wealth should be dearer to me then my faith or worldlie friendes then my God Heretofore I comforted other and when I am touched my selfe shall I tremble Where is then my awe and loue where is sortitude and patience Where is the dutie of a Christian man become The constancie and seruice which I owe to thee my GOD I vvill alwaies keepe to thee my life shall liue The word of truth take not out of my mouth for in thee is all my confidence Cursed are they which decline from thy Commandements All iniquity therefore bee farre from me still may I cleaue to thy lawe Dilate my hart comfort my spirit that I may cheerefully runne my race and gayne my crowne Shall I not loue thee whome only I ought to serue Shall I joyne with thy enemies in their prouocations and blasphemies Or shall I lie with my lippes and say I loue thee when I doe not followe thee No no I vvill confesse thy Religion neither before people or Magistrate will I be ashamed Least thou deny me likewise at the latter day and before thy Angels and Saints put me to confusion If they vrge me with obedience I will not let to tell them that God must be obeyed before man If they threaten paynes I will set before mine eyes the euerlasting torments prepared for rennegats I will tell them that whatsoeuer they can doe must haue a short end Happy man who escapeth paines which neuer cease If they punish me I will with thy Apostles rejoyce that thou hast vouchsafed me to suffer for thy sake If they kill me it is the vtmost of their power and the beginning of my glory Yet know I that Satan is chayned and can not hurt a hayre but by thy permission Thou art my light and my saluation whome should I feare thou art my protector whereat should I quake Heauen fall the earth sinke the whole frame of the world turne vpside downe All that is therein runne to confufusion chaunce vvhatsoeuer may chaunce Rather then that I forsake my faith by renouncing to be of thy holy congregation One thing only is necessary O my Lord and my God to serue thee stedfastly and all thinges else are vaine In this happy course begonne graunt that I faint not during my life The zeale which thou once didst in me kindle suffer not to waxe cold Let not the spirit of thy loue be in me extinguished Though I forsake all for the pretious pearle which thou hast reuealed vnto the world Yea though I forsake my selfe also I buy it not too deare Thou hast shewed me a hidden treasure the price of the field I must and will pay This only with Dauid I aske of thy diuine Majesty to dwell in thy house all the dayes of my life To be a member of thy holy body mysticall a childe of thy Spouse for euer That I may be partaker of thy perpetuall Sacrifice Whereby thy Passion is applyed vnto vs and we reape the fruit of our redemption Giue me thy grace O thou which sanctifiest soules giue me strength and courage giue me wisdome and patience Then though a thousand fall on my right side and ten thousand on my left yet will I stand Though those which shine like the Sunne and Moone fall from thy kingdome yet will I be stedfast Thou forsakest none except they first forsake thee confirme therefore my heart that it may neuer quaile Confidence in mine owne power I haue none but what is it that in thee I dare not vndertake In thee who art the mightiest haue I placed my hope thou art my refuge to thee I commend my selfe Thou shalt deliuer mee from the open arrovve by day and from darke daungers of secret malice From the Day-diuell and temptations vvhich comming in their ovvne likenesse dare shewe their face And from the night spirits which shroude themselues vnder faire pretences Whatsoeuer become of me to thy blessed will I resigne vp my selfe my fortune is in thy hand Great O Lord art thou great is thy might and thy wisdome is incomprehensible Many perils our frailty is wont to fore-cast still we cry fearing to be drowned But if we delight in thee thou wilt thou wilt giue vs our desires and bring those feares to nothing Men will forge excuses to serue their turne And a thousand shiftes iniquity searcheth to build vnto it selfe a sinnefull and false security Thou searchest the harts peines discerning easily howe men flatter themselues Shall I as diuers doe blind mine eyes least I should see or when I see shall I not vnderstand Shall I seeke darknesse in the open Sunne and subject my conscience to my will Direct my paths according to thy lawe that vnrighteousnesse neuer subdue me Regard my affliction and combat dispose of me according to thy prouidence ouer the Elect. Keepe my feete from sliding and be still before mine eyes preserue my soule from the death of deadly sinne For those which so die inherit not with thee but with them in whose seruice they partake Thou hast once lightned my lāpe keepe me therefore euermore from darknesse Examples sometime doe giue me scandall prouoking my hart in like sort to ralent Ah wreatch that I were if I relied my soule vpon such shattered reedes And would as it were for company post forward to hell Whereas holy examples are plentifull of glorious Confessors which fill the prisons It hath come to my minde that I may be saued at the last and repent vvhen Death knocks at the doore A foole whosoeuer so ventureth eternall damnation not knowing hovve soone he shall be cited to appeare Thy grace is not alwayes at commaundement and vncertayne is the valewe of constrayned repentance The tempter hath suggested that thou art mercifull and wilt easily enough forgiue But thy mercy and clemency I haue already prooued in expecting me to saluation In not striking me in midst of my sinnes and taking me away in mine ignorance It is nowe time to thinke of thy judgementes and hazard no more to prouoke thy wrath Who assurest vs that thou art a seuere Iudge and comparest thy self to a soure

sanctifieth thee Rejoyce in thy Lord thy God rejoyce in thy King and Captayne He hath delighted in thee and loued thee and exalted thee to saluation Lifted vp thy head and awaked thee from sleepe of death Broaken thy bondes asunder and set thee at liberty that thou shouldst liue acceptably before him in the land of the liuing VVhilst thou walkedst peruerse paths he regarding thy misery determined better of thee then thou didst deserue From thee not ceassing to offend him daylie hee turned avvay his anger and kindled not all his wrath His eye of pitie hee fixed vpon thee when thou wert vtterly vnmindfull of him By secreet and sundry meanes he drewe thee to his seruice Cleane he hath wiped thee from al filth placed thee in a faire way and bid thee walke therein As the potter frameth his vessell or the jueller polisheth his pretious stone so laboured he thee to his holy purpose By open examples by priuie inspirations By threats and allurements by prosperity and aduersity he ceassed not to call thee Aproach therefore O yee which feare our Lord herken what great mercy hee hath performed in my soule I will sing vnto him for his abundant clemency I vvill prayse the name of the Highest He who from a-loft watreth the hilles with sweete showres that the earth may bring forth her encrease Hath refreshed my barraine soule with heauenly dewes of grace that it may waxe fruitfull to righteousnesse Hee who prouideth wherewith the beastes of the desert may quench their thirst Hath not suffered my soule to perish in a desolate lande He which neasteth the birdes in trees and fowles in the rockes hath placed me in the tree of his owne planting and in the rocke of his owne foundation Thou gauest me knowledge O my God to seeke remission of sins and inckling to flie from the wrath to come As the day-starre arising from the East thou shalt chase darknes from my hart I heard thy voyce as a whispering in mine eare and trembled thereat I felt thy knocking as of one desirous to be let in So had I often donne before but still was obstinate exasperating too too much thy long patience Pardon me O Lord that I was so dull to heare thee pardon me and I will redeeme those dayes with great diligence Pardon me for thou knowest we are flesh and bloud prone to euill and slowe to piety At last thou calledst me with an effectuall voice and I answered I am ready For why thou knewest what was fittest to mooue me and gauest me thy hand to helpe me vp I cast off my former damnable sloath and set forward my feete to the pathes of peace I saide to my selfe hie thee O wreatch into the house of God into the lappe of his holy Spouse I resolued to take no repast nor enter into the bed of my repose vntill my soule were made the Temple of the Holy ghost Vntill shee had made her peace with the Almighty and were purged of her iniquities Wherby endued with grace I might securely go to rest sleep in saluatiō I bowed my knees and lifting vp my handes humbly besought thee Author of all goodnesse Happily to accomplish the worke which thou hadst begone in me and to set me in state of grace Thou heardst my prayer and I atchieued the just desire of my hart I sought earnestly to finde one of thine anointed for discharge of my conscience One of those vvhome thou hast chosen and sent to guide people to thy Kingdome To whome Christ bequeathed the exercise of his function as he before had receiued it of his Father To vvhome hee gaue the Holy Ghost promising that in forgiuing or loosing sinners their judgement he would ratifie In vvhome hee hath placed the word of reconciliation and the administration of his holy Testament Sending them as Embassadors to declare his will and commaunding to receiue them as representers of his owne person Hard was it for me to finde such one of thy seruants for the dayes of Elias are returned when the Prophets were hidden in caues Yet thou gauest me fauour in the sight of thy Sunamite I was admitted to speech of the heauenly Physician Embracing his spirituall exhortatiō in solitarynes I began to prepare I sate downe streightly examined my soule as he which is to render account of most weighty matters Our aduersary the Diuel stood on my left side and said wilt thou confesse thy secrets to a sinnefull man I answered auant Satan who hauing made me impudent to sinne suggestest shame of repentance He wished me to differ till a fitter time and said there was no hast But considering howe long I had prouoked thy patience I feared by sodain summos of death to be taught vnprouided He proposed danger of the lawe I replied that God was to be obeyed before Princes He objected that the Lord only forgiueth sinnes I answered that from him only I expected remission but by ministery of man As likewise in thy name O mighty of mightiest Physitions heale and thy Saintes worke miracles thou being the author of both I letted not therefore to disclose my sinnes to thy seruant that I might of him receiue absolution and counsaile I discouered euen my most secret sores as to a skilfull Chirurgion and obtayned with health holsome preseruatiues Recounting my sinnes in the bitternesse of my soule I accused my selfe with my owne lippes I sorrowed for all knowing that thou wilt not be serued by halues and that thou acceptest not him which renounceth not euery sinne I confessed all knowing that cursed is he who lieth to the holy ghost Abhominable is a dissembler in thy Sacraments his fruit as of him who layeth venime to his wound Or thinketh to be eased of his burden vvhen he foolishly addeth a mighty weight to his backe I ouercame shame and endured to blush that in the world to come I might not be confounded But oh howe soone did I receiue the reward of my labour vvho can expresse the sweetnesse that I found in my soule I tasted of thy dainties O Soueraigne sweetnesse vvhich thou hast reserued for them which feare thee The excellency whereof none can imagin but they only which proue it A droppe as it were I felt of the celestiall fountayne wherewith thou blessest thy Saints and Angels A testimony of thy inuisible grace a seale of the remission of my sinnes a pledge of eternall glory When shall the memory of that time be renewed by experiment of like joy Which while I tasted I could hunger nothing else then righteousnes nor thirst any thing but the Kingdome of heauen I said boldly come death nowe when thou wilt I haue vnburdned my soule and am ready Flie Satan I renounce thee for euer thou hast no part in me at all The bloud of our LORD hath washed me and the merit of his Passion hath made me hole Nowe finde I them lyers which slaundered our holy Mother terrifying me from her Paradise Sects haue a shadowe