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
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
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
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
eternally accurst Let 's Grace and Virtue thirst untill we dy That we may quench it in God's deity Amen THE SEAVEN SACRAMENTS I saw seaven golden Candlesticks and in the midst of them one like the son of Man Apoc. c. 1. v. 12. and 13. The sun gives light unto the eye Io. 1. v. 9. So doth God's grace unto the soul That man may walk secure therby And from sin's wound preserve it whole But if this light should be put out The soul would perish without doubt For nature is so weak and frail And flesh and blood to sin so prone The enemy would soon prevail Io. 15. v. 5. If God should leave poor man alone Grace is the soul's security Against her mortall enemy This grace Christ purchast on the Tree And that it might with us remain The Sacraments ordained be Which also do lost grace regain These are the conduits which conveigh Gods grace to souls which him obey These from the side of Christ did flow These with his bloud death were bought By their right use God doth bestow His gracious gifts as we are taught These signs Christ in his Church did place Still in themselves conferring grace Rev. 1. v. 13. S. John the shape of one did see Midst seaven candlesticks of gold Who seem'd the son of man to be And seaven starrs in 's hand did hold v. 16. Which shews the Sacraments receive From Christ the grace they in us leave In Exodus w' are also told Moyses commanded was to frame Exod. 25. v. 31.37 A Candlestick of purest gold And place seav'n Lamps upon the same Which were to burn and to give light In th' Tabernacle day and night This Candlestick did signify Christ's Church The seaven lamps declare The Sacraments wherein doth ly Prov. 8. v. 31. The oyl of Grace and true lights are Illuminating with God's grace The soul of man his resting place Seav'n things our bodies do require To their beginning and support When they are born they food desire But yet not of the strongest sort Breast-milk feeds them while they are yong And grosser meat when they are strong Physick's requir'd when Health doth fail Salves are apply'd to wounded parts When Physick seem's nought to prevail Rich Cordialls must revive their hearts Superiours they are govern'd by By Marriage they do multiply These seaven things most needfull are To give us life and it maintain Seav'n Sacraments Christ did prepare For souls whilst here they do remain Baptism the first Tit. 3. v. 5. Io 3. v. 5. regenerates By water souls which God creates For thô the soul is innocent Yet when it 's in the Body plac't United Ps 50. v. 7. t is incontinent Guilty and in it's self defac't Rom. 5. v 12 Tit. 3. By Adam's sin it dead remains Baptismall grace it's life regains By Confirmation it is fed With milky grace till it be strong It must not tast that living Bread To the adult this doth belong Act ◠v. 17. This gives to it the Holy Ghost To strengthen it against Hell's Host Who seek the soul's first fruit to gain When use of reason doth appear By Confirmation do remain In us God's Spirit Love and Fear It doth enable us to fight That we may put the dev'l to flight Let no one then this Sacrament Neglect You Parents still take care That you to Bishop do present Your children but first them prepare To this great gift of Confirmation That it may prove to their Salvation When reason's ripe a stronger food Christ in his love did here ordain His pretious Body MarK 14. v. 22.23 Io. 6 V. 56. and his Bloud That he with us might still remain And we not fear the greatest evill Being dreadfull made unto the devill Of this transcendent act of love I shall not now pretend to treat Nor how much it doth us behove Oft to receive this Heau'nly Meat There and the rest I do reserve To treat alone as they deserve Iob. 7. v. ◠Mans life on Earth a Warfare is ' Gainst devil World and Flesh he fights Iames. 3. v. 2. He often erres and doth amiss And wounded is by satans sleights A sovêrain Salve Christ did prepare To heal and keep him from despair This Sacramentall Pennance is Which Io. 20. v. 23. right apply'd doth heal the soul Where God gives to it Peace's Kiss And grace all passions to controul To root out all inord'nate Love And six it's joys on God above What requisites most needfull are That Pennance may work these effects J shall hereafter full declare And also what are the defects Which hinder Sacramentall grace And hatefull sin set in its place When sickness doth so much prevail That you expect your Friend to dy And usûall Physick seems to fail Rich Cordialls then you must apply Life to preserve till Nature 's spent Which also death somtimes prevent Thus Extream Unction doth apply The Churches Pray'r Iam. 5. v. 14. if death appear To those who agonizing ly Which God is often pleasd to hear And longer life grant V. 15. to this end That they their former may amend Or else it doth prepare to death V. 15. By full remission of their sin That when they yield their vitall breath Life everlasting may begin O! always beg you ne're may dy Without this sacred remedy Judges and Magistrates we need The Body Politick to guide So Priests and Prelates Act. 20. v. 28. rule and feed All such as in the Church abide Luc. 22. v. 19. Hence t is that such might still remain Christ Holy Order did ordain Io. 20. v. 22. Act. 13. v. 3 c. 6. v. 6. 1. Tim. 4. v. 14. 2. Tim 1. v. 6. These have their power from above The Holy Ghost Christ to them gave Those they ordain Christ doth approve And they the self same power have They are the Guides unto our soul Good to promote and Vice controul Priests consecrate the Sacrament Of the most Holy Eucharist They do absolve the Penitent As being authoriz'd by Christ Io. 20. v. 23. Whose sins you quit the same do I And whose you bind the same I ty By Wedlock Bodies multiply And souls which God in them creates The Sacrament doth grace apply Mat 19. v 6. And God this Contract consecrates Who grace to Man and Wife doth give Eph 5. v. 33. That they in mutûall love may live That they their duty may fulfill Breeding their Children in God's fear To love him and fulfill his will That when at Judgment they appear They may not bear their Children's blame As being Authors of the same Here you compendiously do see The virtue of the Sacraments As also why they seaven be Which sacred number represents The seav'nfold grace of God's bles't Spirit Which we by Sacraments do merit These seaven stars are our true Guide That we may shun the Gulf of sin By these we in God's
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
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
29. learn of me Humble in Heart and Meek to be Besides his own example rare To win us to this virtue great An humble Virgin he took care To choose for his Incarnate seat When Hail God's Mother Gabriel said Behold Luk 1. v. 38. saith she the Lord's Handmaid What greater tryal could you have Of any Man's Humility The answer she to Angell gave Deserves praise to Eternity And certain 't was Humility That caus'd her Mother of God to be My soul saith she v. 46.47 c. doth magnify The Lord and in my God rejoice Regarding my Humility Henceforth shall ev'ry human voice Me Blessed call Here you may see The way how you may Blessed be Again if you consider well Ioh. 3. v. 23. You 'l find that all great Saints did still In this rare Virtue most excell Thereby with grace their souls to fill The waters to the valleys flow 1. Petr. 5. v. 3. God doth on th' humble grace bestow This Virtue also is the Mother Of all the rest which we should love Phil 2. v. 7. Since it made God become our Brother And makes us sons of God above Math 48. v. 4. The lower in Humility The higher you 'l exalted be Eccli 23. v. 20.1 This from all vice secures the soul Where this is Satan hath no pow'r This checks his Pride and doth controul This Lion 1. Pet. 5. v. 8. who doth souls devour Who 's like to God breath in his face He flies away and leaves the place To gain this Virtue oft reflect Upon the Sins you have committed And of your duties great neglect Which God hath oftentimes acquitted How oft you have abus'd your God And under foot his graces trod Then you will think you are the worst Of all God's Creatures on the Earth That you deserve to be accurst As hainous Sinner from your birth Wisd 5. v. 21. ' Gainst Sinners shall all Creatures fight In their God's cause This is but right If then it chance that any Man Doth slight and undervalue you With all your force strive what you can To own and answer it is true I have deserv'd this and much more Who have thus slighted God before And thô your Brother who doth this Doth not consider your demerit And doing this may do amiss Forgive him Math. 18 v. 34. and with humble spirit Cry out O God this is my due Because I have offended you Then God will pardon your offence Ps 33. v. 19. The humble-hearted he still loves This for past sins shall recompense Such satisfaction he approves For humble Penitents Christ dy'd And for their Sins hath satisfy'd Besides Luk. 18. v. 14. the Humble he exalts To places whence Proud Angels fell Proud-hearted Men for their defaults With Devils proud he casts to Hell Embrace profound Humility Which raiseth to so high degree Dear humble JESUS who didst give Phil. 2. v. 8. Of this great Virtue rare example Grant of thy Mercy while we live Pride under foot we still may trample And that by true Humility We joyn thee for Eternity Amen OF PATIENCE AND THE CONTRARY In your Patience you shall possess your souls Luk 21. v. 19. WEre Men of reason void like Beast This Sacred Doctrine would be vain In Patience you shall find true rest And Master of your self remain For Beast will spurn he 'l bite and cry If you his flesh do lance or burn Althô without it he should dy Not sensible of that good turn But Man of reason who doth know What 's good for Body for health's sake Most bitter pains will undergo And most unpleasant Potion take Life to prolong thô he is sure This Mortall Body once must dy What pains then should not man endure That 's soul may live Eternally Had Man not sinn'd he had no pain Of Body felt nor was to dy Rom. 5. v. 12. But here in pleasure to remain Till call'd by God to live on high But since he sinn'd and did contemn His Maker for unlawfull pleasure To pains and Death God did condemn Gen 3. v. 19. v. 7. His soul depriv'd of heav'nly Treasure To free his Soul from future pain And Heaven also to regain Afflictions here he must sustain Act. 14. v. 21. And Patient still in them remain For Christ did not redeem Man so As from all suff'rings to acquit That he should nothing undergo And yet with him in glory sit If you will my Disciple be Saith Christ and with m'in Heaven reign Mat. 16. v. 24. Take up your Cross and follow me By suffrings while you here remain 2. Cor. 4. v. 4.5 For Men do often Sins commit Which do deserve the pains of Hell And if from them they will be quit They suffer must while here they dwell Who doth for Justice suffer here Christ blessed calls Mat. 5. v. 10. with promise great That he to Heaven shall be Heir With Angels there shall have his seat But yet no suff'rings gratefull be To him or any grace do merit Except he takes them Patiently With humble and resigned spirit Saint Paul affirms none crown'd shall be But those who lawfully have fought 2. Tim. 2. v. 5. That is who suffer Patiently As Christ by word and deed hath taught Hence 't is the scriptures also say That Patience needfull is to men Heb. 10. v. 36. Christ promises to bear away And Glory to regain agen For Patience satisfies for Sin Preserving also from the same And grace here for the soul doth win And Glory promis't in Christ's Name If Patiently you suffer here Rom. 8. v. 17. With Christ you shall be glorify'd Who for your sake no pain did fear But Patiently did all abide 1. Pet. 2. v. 23. This Patience is a blessed Treasure Which to us so much good doth bring It keeps the soul from God's displeasure Prov. 14. v. 29. And wed 's it to her Heav'nly King With wedding Garment she adorns For of most Virtues she 's the Mother Thô in this life her Crown 's of thorns Rom. 8. v. 17. It will be glorious in the other But furious Man with Sin abounds His Weapon that is Reason's Light Is laid aside he it confounds With Rage Disarm'd how can he sight Thus he lies open to his Foe Ready to do his wicked will At beck he brings him to his bow Eccli 28. v. 13. To swear to curse to wound to kill Like raging Beast he seemeth mad He stares he foames he tears his hair Fears not to do what 's êre so bad Of all things Fury then beware Ps 36. v. 8 Eccli 27. v. 33. For such are odious unto God Who in the meek and mild doth dwell But those shall feel his scourging rod Among the Furies cast in Hell For furious Man flyes in God's face When he is cross't or aim doth miss He will not bear the least disgrace Prov. 27. v. 4. By word
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
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
Idols is their grief Which now can yield them no relief These thoughts will draw your love frō wealth From carnall pleasures still refrain If you will keep your Soul in health Think what at Death by them you 'l gain Rev. 18. v. 7. How much you liv'd in pleasures here So much of torments you may fear Since then the pleasures of the Flesh Wealth Honour Glory are but vain Phil. 3. v. 8. Eccli 2. v. 10.11 Isai 40. v. 6. And at Death can't Your soul refresh As base and vile do you disdain Esteem them all mere Vanity Which pass away immediatly Iames. 1. v. 10. Coloss 3. v. 1.2 And fix your love upon those pleasures Which are prepar'd for you above Those Honours Glory Joys and Treasures Which will both true and lasting prove Love nothing but in God Ps 41. v. 3. Luk. 2. v. 29. and he From fear of Death will set you free While you live here be enemy To Flesh and Bloud Gal. 5. v. 24. Fast Watch and Pray Relieve the Poor in Charity Be Humble Patient and Obey Still Virtue practise and Sin fly Thus you will stand prepar'd to dy Besides that Death doth put an end To all those Worldly Vanities It doth the soul from Body send To lasting Joys Mat. 25. v. 13. or Miseries And there 's not any certainty When this great Day or Hour shall be God doth the Hour of Death conceal That we may always ready stand 1. Thess 5. v. 2. Mat. 24. v. 44. Thief-like it doth upon us steal Believe it then to be at hand In Conscience clear with Virtues drest That when you dy your Soul may rest What Madness t is but for an Hour To ly in sin and hazard all 1. Io. 3. v. 8. To keep within the Devil's power And not to God for Mercy call If in that Hour you chance to dy Your soul is damn'd Eternally Fear Death before it comes and be Mat. 24. v. 44. Upon your guard against that Hour Love God and be assured he Will you defend from Satans power Eccl. 8. v. 12. c. 12. v. 24. Prov. 28. v. 14. Thrice happy man that liveth here Replenish't with God's Love and Fear Then come Death early come it late Foreseen or sudden when you dy Prov. 14. v. 26. Eccli 33. v. 26. 1. Io. 4. v. 16. Iob. 14. v. 14. Fear hath secur'd you from Hell's gate Love joyn'd you to the Deity Let Death be always in your mind That you these blest effects may find Amen OF JUDGMENT After Death followeth Judgment Hebr. 9. v. 27. AS we are servants placed here Our Masters pleasure to fulfill 2. Cor. 5. v. 10. So we before him must appear To prove if we have done his Will Where ev'ry one reward shall have As here he did himself behave Death's only Messenger to cite All Souls before God's dreadfull Throne Where he will pass a Judgment right And Justice do to ev'ry one Twice God will Judge at Death the Soul When Bodies rise he 'l Judge the whole Dan. 7. v. 10. Rev. 20. v. 12. As soon as Soul from Body parts All 's op'ned to the Conscience view Who knows the secrets of Mens Hearts Will pass a Sentence just and true The Soul that moment knows its doom Go thou Accurs't or Blessed come Yet God will have one Genêrall day When soul and Body shall appear The Bodies 1. Thess 4. v 16. v. 17. which before dead lay Shall rise with horrid dread and Fear All must appear at Trumpet 's sound To that Assize all men are bound Rom 2. v. 5 6. Mat. 7. v. 15. God will have all men publick try'd Who good and bad were shall appear God's Judgments will be justify'd Thô some Men were disguised here Wolves sheep-skins then must lay aside No one Hebr. 4. v. 13. that day his fault can hide As Bodies did with souls partake And share with them in sinfull acts They also here account must make And judged be of all their facts If good with soul they 'l happy be If bad condemn'd to misery Again this Judgment-day must be That Christ who here was vilify'd Mat. 24. v. 30. May then appear in Majesty By who all Causes must be try'd 2. Tim. 4. v. 1. Hen then shall Judge the Quick and Dead Who Thief-like to the Judge was lead Before this Dreadfull day there shall Luk. 21. v. 25. Math. 24. v. 7. Strange signs in Sun and Moon be seen Great Earth-quakes also shall befall Great Wars and Tumults rise between Father and Son Brother and Brother v. 7. All Nations fighting one another Besides the Anti-Christian cheat Mat. 24. v. 24. With sword and Wonders shall compell Most Men from Christ's Faith to retreat And draw them with himself to Hell 2. Thess 2. v. 8. He shall be kill'd by JESUS Spirit And cast in fire as he shall merit Ose 3. v. 5. Isai 10. v. 21. Math. 24. v. 29. Then the hardhearted faithless Jew Shall be converted to Christ's Faith Soon after these things will ensue The Judgment-Day as Scripture Saith Before which there will yet appear More dreadfull Signs recounted here The sun shall be obscur'd v. 29. Act. 2. v. 20. Mat. 24. v 29 Luk 21. v. 26. Rev. 6. v. 14. the Moon Shall lose her light like Bloud appear As dark as Midnight shall be Noon Which shall fill Men with Dread and Fear The Stars shall fall the Heavens mov'd By Earth-quakes Mountains be remov'd From Heav'n most dreadfull fire shall fall Luk. 21. v. 25 Rev. 6. v. 16. The sea most horrid noise shall make Sinners shall on the Mountains call To hide them and with Terrour quake With Fear they 'l dry Luk 21. v. 26. and wither away How Dreadfull then will be that Day The Ensign of the Son of Man The Cross Mat. 24. v. 30. shall in the Sky appear They 'l tremble who here from it ran Who lov'd it Dan. 7. v. 9 Mat. 25. v. 31. shall with joy draw near Then shall be plac't the Judgment Seat And Christ appear in glory great Dan. 7. v. 10. v. 10. Ps 96. v. 3. Mat. 24. v. 31. Mat. 25. v. 6. Milliôns of Angels shall attend Him Fire shall run before his face He then his Angels forth will send To summon all unto that place At Midnight they 'l the Trumpet sound Which will throughout the World resound Arise you Dead 1. Thess 4. v. 16.17 come out of Grave You also who alive remain Appear that you may sentence have Of Joys or Everlasting Pain The Dead shall rise Rev. 20. v. 12. Math 24. v. 12. and all shall stand Astonish't at this great Command Souls shall their Bodies repossess 11. The Just with joy shall enter in But those who liv'd in wickedness With grief Rev. 2◠v. 13. reflecting on their sin As Bodies good or wicked are They shall
receive their sentence there When they before the Judge appear v. 12. The Conscience-Book will op'ned be Wherein as in a Christal clear Each Man his good and ill shall see All what lay hid before 1. Cor. 4. v. 5. shall then Be open lay'd to th' view of men All what in dark Eccli 23. v. 26. or private place Was done or what was unconfes't With great confusion and disgrace Shall open ly Math. 10. v. 26. Eccli 25. v. 27. with all the rest Then all shall own there was an Eye From which no secret hid could ly The Dev'l Rev. 12. v. 10. who is Man's great Accuser Will vent his Malice at that day As of Man's life the strict peruser Our faults before the Judge will lay All thoughts words deeds which ere have been Less virtuous he 'l accuse of sin Thrice happy he who hath apply'd By Sacraments Christ's pretious merits Unto his soul before he dy'd He will not dread these wicked Spirits Whose tears have washt Luk. 7. v. 38 1. Pet. 4. v. 8. and Charity Cover'd his Faults secure shall be Iam 5. v 20. Luk. 13. v. 5. Dan. 4. v. 24. But he who Pennance did neglect And with Alms did not sin redeem Will nothing find him to protect Against the Dev'ls but then will seem Wholly dejected and mute stand At what God shall of him demand It is not Power or Eloquence That with the Judge will then prevail An humble and clear conscience Is then a friend that will not fail A virtuous Beggar Luk 16. v. 22. here contemn'd Will be preferr'd and Kings condemn'd The Lyar there shall not prevail The Swearer's Oath will be in vain All craft and Policy will fail Heb. 4. v. 12.13 Deceitfull Tongue will nothing gain Their Truth will naked open ly Which none shall dare then to deny Great Honour Pow'r Prov. 11. v. 4. and Majesty Wealth Beauty Valour Strength and Wit Will not at all regarded be Nothing but Virtue then shall quit This shall advance to high degree And those will prove but Vanity Wisd 5. v. 1. The Just shall in great constancy Against their Persecutours stand v. 3. Who sighing then most bitterly Will their past follies understand How dearly worldly Pleasures cost For which Eternall Joys are lost We v. 4. mad Men did the Saints lives deem Great madness and their end disgrace Behold how God doth them esteem v. 5. And with his dearest children place What doth our glory now avail v. 8. Since of Eternall we do fail The Sheep then parted from the Goats Shall placed be at God's right hand Mat. 25. v. 32. v. 33. Those pleasant these with dolefull notes Shall at the left with Devills stand Expecting Sentence which shall sever Them from the Just and God for ever Then God unto the Just shall say When I was hungry or in need v. 35. You Ghospell-Counsell did obey And in the poor you did me feed What unto them to me you gave v. 45. And from me your reward shall have Come Blessed v. 34. glory now possess Go you Accursed to Hell fire v. 41. v. 42. As you on Earth were merciless And as your horrid Sins require Iam 2. v. 13. Mat. 25. v. 46. Your Lot with Dev'ls in Fire shall be But these shall live for êver with me I wish all Men would oft reflect Upon this dreadfull Judgment-Day Then Virtue they would not neglect Nor for vain pleasures go astray Since they account for all must give 2. Cor. 5. v. 10. They would be carefull how they live This was Saint Jerom's Meditation Hieron de Reg. Monachor c. 20 what e're I do write eat or drink Upon that great day's desolation And God's strict Iudgment I do think This Trumpet still sounds in my ear Arise you Dead make answer here Thrice happy Man who doth prepare For that most horrid dreadfull day 2. Pet. 3. v. 11.14 Who God doth serve and sin beware And Pennance do without delay While others fear he shall rejoyce At Trumpet sound and Iudge's Voice Amen OF HELL Go ye accursed into Everlasting fire Math. 25. v. 41. AS Man in part Corporeall is He of necessity must dy Gen. 3. v. 19. Wisd 7. v. 1. 1. Cor. 15. v. 5◠But when this part from grave is ris ' He 'l live again Eternally In joy or grief in Heav'n or Hell Iudgment decides where he shall dwell Who liv'd and dy'd in wickedness With piercing Fire shall then be try'd No Tongue is able to express What he with Dev'ls shall there abide What grief in soul what pain in sense What knawing worm of Conscience Isai 66. v 24. For as his Body shar'd in sin So shall the sense afflicted be 2 Cor 5. v. 10. The soul as Actor chief therein Shall undergo most misery The pain of sense no Tongue can tell The pain of Loss will that excell God by the Wise Man doth declare Eccli 39. v. 33. In Hell there are Tormenting Spirits Which to revenge created are And punish justly to demerits Who have in fury fortify'd Their Torments Who shall then abide His fury who hath them created v. 34. They shall powr forth without restraint No pain shall ever be abated God will not mind their sad complaint Hail Fire Famin Death and Scorpions v. 35. v. 36. Beasts teeth and Serpents are their Portions The Fire will pierce in that degree And so excessively torment That they will so enraged be As their own Flesh to gnaw and rent Rev. 16. v. 10. They 'l curse the hour which life first gave And wish the Womb had been their Grave Mat. 26. v. 24. The Lord 's great Day says Malachy Malae ◠v. 1. Shall like à fiêry furnace flame When all the Proud like straw shall be Consum'd to ashes in the same v. 3. The Humble shall tread them in fire Who did on Earth so high aspire The wanton and Luxurious Man Shall fiery Serpents there embrace Eccli 39. v. 36. Who greedy after Riches ran Shall come to want shame and disgrace The Envious Man shall pine away To think of others happy day The Furious Man the Fire shall tame His Oaths and Curses none shall dread The Lving Tongue shall come to Shame The Slothfull shall with Want be fed The Glutton there Luk 16. v. 24. through burning Thirst Shall judge his case to be the worst The Atheist then a God will find So also will the Temporiser Who held belief of any kind To save his Wealth true Faith's despiser All then shall own what Scripture saith There 's but one God Eph. 4. v. 5. and one true Faith Themselves in vain they will condemn Wisd 5. v. 7.8.13 That for vain Honour Riches Wealth The Laws of God they did contemn With virtue Isai 66. v. 24. Mark 9. v. 44.46.48 and their ghostly
Health These thoughts like Worm will knawingly In Conscience and shall never dy They 'l also think upon their loss Of Heav'n and Vision of their God How for vain pleasures pelf and dross They under foot true Riches trod Virtue and Grace with Glory here As base by them contemned were They 'l envy then the happiness The Riches Glory and the Joys Which the Blest Saints with God possess All which they lost for childish toys Against themselves they will complain Wisd 5. v. 3.4 Most bitterly but all in vain We spent our lives in Vanity The thought of God we cast away We follow'd base Iniquity Isai 22. v. 13. And nêre thought on this dreadfull Day The way of God we still did slight Of future Glory we made light Then will the Devills them upbraid With their perverse and wicked will Which God contemn'd and them obey'd Their pleasures ready to fulfill Their service now they will requite With Torments Malice Envy Spight This thought will most of all torment That this sad state must always last And after many Ages spent There 's not an Hour with them yet past Rev. 20. v. 10. Their Term is long Eternity Which never will diminisht be Eternity who can conceive It neither Middle hath nor End It 's still beginning nêre doth leave That station thô it seems to tend Forwards it stands still at a stay And nêre diminisheth a day If those damn'd Souls could be but sure That after forty thousand years The Torments which they do endure Should end it would abate their tears And comfort bring amidst their pain To think it would not still remain But when this comes into their minds Mat. 25. v 46. Rev. 14. v 11. Revel 20. v. 10. They fuffer must Eternally No ease or comfort they can find But unto one another cry How long must we endure For ever When will our Surrows end Oh never No no. As long as God is God So long in sorrows they must stay And feel the fury of his Rod Heb. 10. v. 31. Rom. 2. v. 6. Because they would not here obey It 's dreadfull in God's hand to fall Whose Justice spareth none at all Wisd 19. v. 1. No pitty then can move his heart All Mercy there is laid aside And Justice plays its rigôrous part Oh! what must Sinners then abide Thrice happy is that Man who here Doth Mercy seek and Justice fear Prov. 8. v. 13. Eccl 1. v. 27.28 This Fear will keep the soul from sin And if you should chance to offend Repentance will God's Mercy win Thus sinners may make happy End Pray'r Fasting Tob. 12. v. 8. Alms-deeds sin redeem And bring the soul in God's esteem 'T is not because you Sinners are You must in Hell with Devills ly But that while here you take no care To seek God's Mercy êre you dy Do Pennance Ezech. 33. v. 15 16. while on Earth you dwell Mercy will save your soul from Hell Amen OF PURGATORY The Fire shall try every man's work whose work burns he shall suffer loss yet shall be saved as by fire 1. Cor. 3.13.15 GOd just and strict account will take Mat. 12. v. 16. Of ev'ry idle Word we speak And we account to him must make Of the least Precept we do break Some sins are greater Mat. 5. v. 23. some are less There are degrees in wickedness Which damn the soul we Mortall call But those which kill not Veniâll are There 's punishment for great and small But all do not bear equall share For Mortall pains will ever last For Venîall pains will once be past The place to punish Mortall sin Is Hell Math. 25. v. 46. from whence there 's no Redemption What 's Venïall also's purged in Like fire but yet with this exemption 1. Cor. 3. v. 15. Souls here will be no longer stay'd Than they have their last Farthing pay'd Besides the Pain for Veniall Sin Men Satisfaction here must make Far greater who have careless been Pennance on Earth to undertake For ofttimes when the Sin 's remitted All temp'rall Punishment's not quitted 2. King 12. v. 13. To David God did pardon give Yet he receiv'd this Punishment Thy Child saith Nathan v. 14. shall not live God did his Sin so much resent v. 10. The Sword shall plague thy Family This shall thy temp'rall Pennance be Ps 6. v. 7. King David wept both day and night And so on Earth did satisfy But who doth here true Pennance slight Must there in Fire and Torments ly Mat. 5. v. 26.27 And he so long must there abide Till Justice be full satisfy'd Not all who there are purged shall Continue equall time in th' fire But some according to Saint Paul Less time than others shall require As they have greater Sinners been So they will be detain'd therein Some 1. Cor. 3. v. 12. says this Saint do raise their building With silver gold and pretious stone Some others to Temptation yielding With wood v. 12. hay stubble which doth own Some Sins require less Purging may As stubble's sooner burnt then hay But yet Vpon the 37. Psalm Saint Austin doth advise No one to slight this Fire because It 's said that he who purging lies His Sins shall be consum'd like straws For thô that Fire 's not so extensive Yet as Hell-Fire it is intensive Equally piercing thô its shorter Yet were the Torment but one day Less painfull were the greatest torture That ever on the Martyrs lay For joyn togêther all Torments here As nothing they 'l to those appear Our Fire thar 's dreadfull unto all Compar'd to that would but appear Like painted fire upon the wall Which Men of Reason do not fear Here Minutes short long days do seem And ev'ry Hour an Age they deem Besides the Fire like Torments are To those which punish Sin in Hell Excepting here they 've no Despair Like those which there for ever dwell This keeps them from Blaspheming Rage God's pleasure is in this their gage If those refining torments are So great whose pitty can permit Poor souls to suffer since by Pray'r And other Works they may be quit Which daily off'red do not fail But with God's Mercy do prevail This made as sacred Scripture saith 2. Macch. 12. v. 43. Great Judas send to th' Holy City To pray for those who dy'd in Faith Fearing their case required pitty It is a wholsom v. 46. and good thought To pray for th' Dead as there is taught Who then can so ungodly be Them not to help in what he may If any one a dog should see In such like pains if any way He could relieve him he would try Shall souls in Fire then help-less ly In Job consider their sad cry Iob. 19. v. 21. Have mercy you who Friends have been Beâ—old how we in Fire do ly For small neglect and Veniall Sin The Lord 's just hand
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
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
greif consider well Rom. 6. v. 23. What fruit by sin you gain With loss of Heav'n you purchase Hell And devil's slave remain For what is sin but à privation Of your act 's rectitude Contempt of God and your salvation And all ill doth intrude Your soul 's possessed by the devill Where he doth rule and reign Compelling it to what is evill This is a sinners gain This well consider'd must needs move 1. Iohn 3. v. 8. Your soul sin to repent But chiefly loss of your God's love In heart you must lament This most of all let soul resent Isay 59. v 2. Ier. 17. v. 13. Osee 4. v. 12. That God is from her parted Who is her Center of content Because she prov'd false hearted Here let your soul grieve bitterly With sorrow from the heart Hence forth resolve you 'l rather dy Than from your Lord depart If he 'l be reconcil'd again Zach. 1. v 3. Isai 1. v. 18. Such sorrow will him win To come to you and there remain Remitting all past sin Next Act. 19. v. 18. all the sins you do recall To mind you must confess Their nature circumstance and all What 's doubtfull still express If you conceal but one great sin Or what much aggravates Act. 5. v. 4. A greater evill you fall in Such sacriledge God hates It maketh void your whole Confession And no sin there is quitted When Priest absolves but new trangression And mortall sin 's committed And all sins after while you live Thô you confess them plain And Priest doth Absolution give Unpardon'd still remain For till the first sin be confess 't That once you did conceal God pardons none of all the rest Be sure then it reveal With all which you since that committed How oft' confess 't receiv'd That sacriledge may be remitted And Conscience be reliev'd When you to Priest your sins confess Let neither shame or fear You hinder but still truth express And make Confession clear Fear not the Priest will them disclose For he is sure of this If ever he discovers those His soul condemned is Thirdly this Sacrament requires You satisfy for wrongs And this as Priest of you desires To Pennance this belongs Exod. 22. v 1 Luk. 19. v. 8. Your neighbour satisfaction make Restoring what 's his due And ask his pardon for God's sake That God may pardon you To God your satisfaction is Ps 50. v. 19. A contrite humble heart To mend what you have don amiss No more from him to part By sinfull thought Esay 59. v. 2. by word or deed Be sure you this intend Math. 10. v. 22. Pray him to help in time of need Persever to the end Thô all this cannot strait be done Yet really resolve This to perform when you are gone That Priest may you absolve Thus Sacrament works it's effect Io. 20. v. 23. Which is your sins Remission And grace of God which will direct To mend your life's condition Be sure avoid this great abuse Which I fear some fall in To make this sacramentall use An instrument to sin Because Christ left this help for all Who truely do repent They little care how oft they fall And lost grace less resent For Who presumes to sin because He may here find salvation Directly runs into the jaws Of Hell to his damnation For to confess thus without doubt He never is absolv'd Till he doth also cast this out And better is resolv'd This Sacrament was not ordain'd T'embolden you in sin But that when grace is here regain'd You may abide therein Luk 7. v. 38. With Magdalen past sins lament And follow Christ your Lord Thus you will find true hearts content When Christ and you accord All praise and glory to Christ's Name Mark 2. v. 10.11 Who sin did here remit As Man and to men gave the same Full power to acquit As Father me to Earth did send Iohn 20. v. 21. I also do send you Absolve poor Sinners to this end That they good life renew Amen THE SACRAMENT OF LOVE OR THE SACRAMENT OF SACRAMENTS This is my Body This is my Bloud Math. 26. v. 26.28 MOsaick Sacraments Adieu To this you must resign the place You were but Figures Hebr. 10. v. 1. here 's the true Fountain and source of heav'nly grace Io. 6. v. 49.51 You did prefigure what is here True God and Man our JESUS dear Not oxen Levit. 1. v. 2. c. 7. v. 9. Gal. 2. v. 19. c. 5. v. 2. sheep nor calves or bread Are off'red here as in that Law Those types and figures now are dead Aaron like sacrifice nêre saw True God and Man 's our Sacrifice And here upon our Altar lies He 's Sacrifice Hebr. 9. v. 28. Hebr. 9. v. 12.14 and Sacrament And first did offer-Sacrifice The Priest by his Commandement The Consecrating Words applies By death he sacrific'd on th' Cross It 's offred here without life's loss Io. 1. v. 14. God's son for Man's sake did descend From Heav'n took flesh and man became And practis'd virtue to this end Io. 13. v. 15. Math. 16. v. 24. Luk 9. v. 23. That Man might learn to do the same If you will my Disciple be Deny your self follow me Io. 19. v. 28. And when the scriptures were fulfill'd And what of him was writ compleated Thô innocent the Jews him kill'd Whom they before had vilely treated His Love nail'd him unto the Cross Man to redeem and his great loss He dy'd but once yet still doth dy Revel 13. v. 8. And shall as long as world doth last As to th' effect not really His suff'ring state is gon Rom. 6. v. 9. and past That memory of this remain A Sacrifice he did ordain In the last Supper he did make With his Disciples he took seat And Blessing Bread and Wine said Math. 26. v. 26.28 Take This is my Body which you eat This is my Bloud Luk 22. v. 19. do you the same As a Memoriall in my Name Thus Phaenix-like he still revives Thô for our sins he once was dead Like Pelican to save our lives Io. 6. v. 55.58 His children with his flesh he fed What Mother ever did in stead Of Milk with her bloud children feed Here did he perfectly fulfill What Salomon of him did write The sons of men who do my will Prov. 8. v. 31. To be with them is my delight Whom by my Death I did revive With my own flesh I keep alive And this I do that they may be Rais'd up from their poor humble state 2. Petr. 1. v. 4. And that they may be one with me By perfect love and sin's true hate Io. 6. v. 56. Who eats my Flesh abides in me And to him I 'le united be Mercy and Love did me incline To leave my Father's glorious Throne That I might Man's frail Nature joyn To my divine and make them
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
to all sort of sin And hard to leave when once they fall therein Feed not your Bellies swine-like Iam. 5. v. 5. to the knife Seek not joys here but in the other life Hence fly your drinking friends society Mind you were made to joyn a Deity Cast not away this Counsel as they use Away its Melancholy Here 's abuse Dan. 5. v. 5. Beware Balthasar's hand upon the wall Wâ—ch while he 's drinking writes his great downfall Luk. 21. v. 34. That night he lost his life do you beware God's eye above doth see and will not spare The least of faults but note it down by hand Severe much more shall drunkard guilty stand Who hundreds hath made partners in his sin Poor sottish soul henceforth do thou begin A Reformation leave this Mother Vice Attendants all will vanish in a trice Fix thought on Heaven Phil. 3. v. 20. let thy converse be With Angels that is the society God made thee for and there with him to dwell While brutish drunkards buried are in Hell DEATH AND LIFE Are in the hands of the tongue Prov. 18. v. 21. THe soul thô active yet while here Within the Body sâ—â—â—s confin'd Math. 12. v. 34. In this defective doth appear Not able to declare her mind Without the use of instruments Of which the Tongue is always chief In the revealing her intents Her love her hate her joy her grief Hence 't is the Tongue participates In her soul's actions good or ill So do the lips which are the gates That shut and open at her will Thus death and life are said to be In the Tongûes power 〈◊〉 her hands Althô the sin's formality Is in the Will which all commands But yet from fault the Tongue 's not free Some Tongues so ready are to speak Eecli 4. v. 34 Eccli 32. v. 10.11 Like Fancy they as nimble be Let fly at all and thus they break The Laws of Reason God and Man With evill words they wound the soul They speak before their Reason can Well judge what 's right and them controul Hence 't is Saint James declares that he Who to Religion doth pretend And leaves his Tongue at liberty Of his Religion there 's an end Iam. 1. v. 26. Except a Man his Tongue refrain And make of it Religious use Ps 139. v. 12. He doth pretend to it in vain T is not Religion but abuse A Tongue that 's let at liberty Iam 3. v. 8. Saint James doth call a restless evill Abounding with iniquity And brings the soul unto the Devill It swears it curses v. 9.10 it blasphemes It lyes detracts and causeth strife It treats men with injurious Names Which oft occasions loss of life It doth the innocent defame By telling stories too and fro Iam. 3. v. 6. It puts the whole World in a flame Such Tongue to ' scape what man doth know Ps 56. v 5. Ps 13. v. 3. David compares it to a sword Under its lips Asp's poyson is Hundreds somtimes but with a word Infecting or with whispeâ—ing hiss Detracting words it doth let fly Prov 24 v. 9 21 Eccli 20. v. 28.30 To th' loss of others Reputation Thus wounds the souls of standers by And many times to their Damnation For they do oft too much attend And credit the Detractours speech When they the absent should defend Math. 7. v. 12. As Christian Charity doth teach And thus they guilty do become Rom. 1. v. 32 Lev. 5. v. 1. By Silence seem to give consent In their defence are wholy dumb And lend their ear with much content Hear what Saint Bernard says of this Men to detract or others hear Which of these two more wicked is It doth not plain to me appear Again the Tongue by words impure 1. Cor. 15. v. 33. Provokes the Hearers unto Lust For which one day let man be sure A strict account he render must As instrumentall to their evill As envying their dear soul's salvation Against his God he joyns the devill And brings their souls unto damnation O fy lascivious Man for shame Beware your Tongue Eccli 27. v. 7. Math. 12 v. 34. for it doth show You are in heart the very same Since by his Tongue Man's Heart we know Let then your Tongue be chast and pure And Heart convert from that great Vice Rev. 21. v. 27. For no uncleanness we are sure Shall ever enter Paradise See what great evills men run in By their unchast detracting Tongue Besides their own most wicked sin All hearers sins to them belong Coloss 3. v. 8. Beware this Vice then from this day And of your Tongue most carefull be Ps 18. v. 14. Still with King David humbly pray From others sins O Lord spare me Some Tongues are good and Life do give By Godly counsell Pray'r and Preaching They gain from sin and win to live In virtue by their pious Teaching Souls to convert of all good works Saint Denis calls the most divine Let them be with the Jews or Turks Dan. 12. v. 3. Such Teachers shall with glory shine Choice silver saith wise Salomon That pure Tongue is Prov. 10. v. 20. which many teacheth To worship God and call upon His Holy Name and if it preacheth Good doctrine from all errours quit He truly names it Prov. 15. v. 4. Wood of life Reviving all that tast of it Such Tongues are always void of strife To injuries they make reply With meek with mild with humble spirit They always speak with charity Which pleaseth God and grace doth merit They pray they sing they praise God's Name If gratefull office they can do They still are ready for the same True Charity prompts thereunto Such blessed Tongues are instruments Eccli 37. v 21.22.26 To do themselves and others good They cross the Devil 's curst intents Christ's Death to frustrate and his Bloud Which he by wicked Tongues oft gains Destroying Christian Charity Well knowing Christ's most bitter pains For such will ineffectuall be The nature of the Tongue you see It is the best and worâ—â— of things As you do use it certainly Death to the soul Eccli 37. v. 21. Ps 100. v 6 Eph 4. v. 29. or life it brings Of others tongues do you beware Lest you be partner in their sin And of your own take equall care That you the same Gulf fall not in Come Children hear Ps 33. v. 12. and credit me Saith David I 'le teach you God's fear Who with long life would blessed be And see good days while he is here v. 14. Let him his Tongue refrain from ill His lips let not deceitfull be Thus he 'l perform his Makers will Long Life and happy days shall see But since it doth to God belong Prov. 16. v. 1. As Salomon the Wise declares To govern and to rule the Tongue Ps 140. v. 3. With David let us make our Pray'rs Put to
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.
or deed or childish hiss He 'l suffer nothing for past sin Nor Cross abide for Glory's gain New Sins he dayly doth run in Good counsel 's given him in vain Hate Fury then as Enemy To grace Iam 1. v. 20. and Virtue of the Soul Your Will in all things still deny All Passions thus you will controul Believe there 's nothing comes by chance Prov 46. v. 33. But God permits it for your good Thus what befalls will still advance This Virtue rightly understood When God afflicts think not he hates But Check the Passions of your Mind For suff'rings open Heaven gates Where you Rewards for them shall find Whom God doth love he doth chastise Heb. 12. v. 6. There are two reasons for the same Learn these and you 'l be truly wise Receiving all in 's holy Name First Father-like he doth correct When you in any thing offend That for your evill being checkt You after may your life amend And for your past Sins satisfy His Justice while you here remain So reconcil'd to him hereby Lost Grace and Glory you 'l regain Next thô you were no Sinner great Yet God doth oftentimes afflict And place with Job on Dung-hill Seat Iob. 2. v. 8. Obliging unto Pennance strict That he may thus your Patience try And here your Soul with Grace may fill And give you Glory when you dy For Resignation to his Will Here you the fruits of Patience see How advantagious 't is to soul From future suffrings it sets free From Sins dread wound it Keeps you whole Iam. 1. v. 4. It merits Grace while you are here And when at Judgment you shall stand The loss of Heav'n you will not fear Math. 5. v. 4. Since Meek and Mild possess the Land If therfore any Cross befall Take it as from God's holy hand And say Thy Will be done in all ' Gainst Anger always ready stand The Lord doth give Iob. 1. v. 21. the Lord doth take The Lord 's most holy Name be blest With thanks and Patience for his sake Your Cross receive then you 'l find rest Prov. 16. v. 32. Thrice happy is the Patient Man Who doth his Soul thus full possess Prov. 15. v. 8. To Anger nothing move him can Or with vain grief his Heart oppress So that on Earth he hath begun His Heav'n Ps 9. v. 19. and is assur'd of this He shall when here his glass is run With God live in Eternall bliss To JESUS dear all Honour be who patiently dy'd on the Cross Lamb-like he suffer'd Ier. 11. v. 19. us to free From Hell and Heav'ns eternall loss Dear JESUS grant for thy love's sake That while on Earth we here do live We chearfully may Crosses take That Joys Eternall thou mayst give Amen OF OBEDIENCE Obedience is better then Sacrifice Eccl. 4. v. 17. MAn's Reason dictates that t' obey Is Nature's obligation By which our duty we do pay To God for our Creation Dumb Brutes and Creatures void of sense Do teach the very same The Vice of Disobedience First from the Devill came All Creatures tend to do God's Will By nat'rall Inclination That Man might not the same fullfill The Devill by Temptation Prevail'd and thus made him abuse Gen. 4. v. 7. Eccli 15. v. 17. The Freedom of his will Which God did give him to refuse And fly from what is ill When Christ this World did leave he gave Act. 20. v. 28. Heb. 13. v. 17. Us Pastors to obey Which are his Flock to guide and save Lest they should go astray Those who hear you Luk 10. v. 16. the same hear me And those who you contemn Do me despise and Rebels be And such I shall condemn The Church to slight and not to hear Math. 18. v. 17. Is Excommunication Pronounc'd by Christ and 't is most clear Unto the souls Damnation Io. 16. v 13. To hear the Church is most secure Which God doth still direct 1. Tim. 3. v. 15. Which is of Truth a Pillar sure All Errours to detect As we are bound by our Creation God's pleasure to fullfill Eph 6. v. 1. Eccli 3. v. 8. So we are bound by Generation To do our Parents will That 's when their will doth not gainsay God our Creatour's will Whom we must honour and obey Above the Creature still But next to God Exod. 20. v. 12. Deut. 5. v. 16. Eccli 3. v 15. we them must fear Love honour respect Relieve their wants while they are here And gratefully reflect What care and pains they underwent In our past Infancy v. 14. And still endeavour their content Or else we guilty be That Men on Earth might quiet live In Peace and Unity God unto them a King did give 1. King 8. v. 22. Approving Monarchy Commanding them still to obey Him honour love and fear 1. Pet. 2. v. 17. Math. 22. v. 21. And to him their just Tribute pay As his Vice-gerent here Kings sacred are by God appointed To whom we must submit Ps 104. v. 15. Not daring to touch his Anointed Who on his Throne do sit To Rule and Govern here below The wicked to correct Rom. 13. v. 4. And on the good Rewards bestow And Father-like Protect If they should not do what is right v. 2. We may not yet rebell To seek our due by Arms and Might v. 2. Directly leads to Hell We patiently must all endure And humbly dayly pray That God from sin will us secure And guide them in the way 1. Cor. 7. v. 3. A mutuall Obedience 'Twixt Man and Wife is due There 's little danger of offence Where Faith and Love are true Eph. 5. v. 23. Let wife remember Man's her Head To honour and obey 1. Cor. 7. v. 39. Which Tye doth last till she be dead Or God takes him away When you your selves do servants make To Masters here on Earth And for your service Wages take Thô they should be by birth Inferiour Colos 3. v. 22. yet you must obey Them in their just desire And never what 's their will gainsay This Justice doth require You servants saith Saint Paul Eph. ◠v. 5. be sure You faithfully fullfill Your work while service you endure Perform your Masters will v. 6. 7. Colos 3. v. 24. Do not your service to the eye But serve as to the Lord That you God's grace may gain thereby 1. Io. 3. v. 18. Let words and deeds accord Let Masters Kings Colos 4. v. 1. and Prelates know They Master have above Who Power did on them bestow Their subjects to improve Heb. 13. v. 17. To whom account they once must render How they have govern'd here If they their subjects good did tender And taught God's Love and Fear You see that God ordain'd that all Shall in Obedience live That they may be secure from fall And him Just Tribute give For
proper Judgment and self-will ' Gainst God do oft rebell And are the Authors of all ill And plunge the Soul in Hell Saint Austin saith that nothing burns In Hell but Man's self-will Who this denies and humbly learns His Master 's to fullfill By his Obedience is secure Where no Sin is intended Colos 3. v. 24. And of Rewards from God is sure When this short life is ended But who Superiours disobey And slight their just desires Will be condemn'd Colos 3. v. 25. in th'latter day Unto Eternall fires Rom. 13. v. 1. For as all Power is from God So those who it resist v. 2. Shall surely feel his scourging Rod If they in it persist The World would in confusion be Without state-government The like in Church you soon would see If Laws did not prevent Except on Earth men had a Law To govern them thereby Of no one they would stand in aâ—â— But set up Anarchy What is the cause of Heresy Eccli 10. v. 14. But disobedient Pride Men will not on the Church rely Iud. 1. v. 18. But take themselves for Guide And thus they into errours run And stubbornly defend The Heresy they have begun Mat. 1â— v. 17. Untill they are condemn'd Rebellion also is a Child Of disobedient Heart Those men who are with this defil'd From God's just Law depart ' Gainst God and Man they do rebell Whom God doth reprobate Thus headlong they run on to Hell Repenting when too late Hence Murders Rapes hence Fire and sword This lays all desolate This brings to slight God and his Word New Doctrins to create Rev. 12. v. 7. v. 9. As Lucifer rebelling fought And into Hell was cast So those who have Rebellion taught Will perish at the last Exod. 20. v. 12. Long life is promis't unto those Who Parents do obey But death their eyes shall sooner close Who do not duty pay Where Father blesseth Eccli 13. v. 11. without doubt God blessing doth bestow v. 11. When Mothers Curses do root out Whole Families we know Here we do see the sad effects Of this unnat'rall Vice The stubborn Heart God nêre directs Take then Saint Paul's advice Rom. 13. v. 5. To higher Powers subject be And this for Conscience sake Thus from God's Curse you will be free And happy end will make For since all sinfull acts proceed From disobedient will Deny your will and you 'l be freed From Sin and God's fullfill Hence that our own wills we submit The Scriptures do advise 1. King 15. v. 22. Affirming that the same to quit Excells our Sacrifice By word and deed Luk. 2. v. 51. Christ taught the same His Mother still obeying And to Saint Joseph bearing name Of Father duty paying I came not here Iob. 6. v. 38. by Father sent To seek and do my will But mine while here is always bent His pleasure to fullfill Christ full of grief in bloudy sweat Math. 26. v. 44. Desirous to be quit Three times his Prayer did repeat Yet always did submit Father not mine Luk. 22. v. 42. but thy blest will Be now and ever don To imitate be ready still This most obedient son Since Christ as Man would subject be And his own will deny Thô it were good much less ought we On self-will to rely Gen. â— v. 21. For since our will to Sin is prone And from the Truth to slide It 's dangerous to act alone Much safer with a Guide We read that Abrâm to fullfill God's pleasure and command Gen. 22. v. 10. Was ready on the Mount to kill His son with his own hand This so pleas'd God above the rest He promis'd v. 18. in his seed All Generations should be blest By Christ from Devill freed God doth esteem Free-wills submission Above all Sacrifice Conjoyned with the Hearts Contrition For from the Heart arise All human actions then give this And you give all you have And you can never do amiss But Soul at Death will save Except to God you give your Will No Sacrifice is gratefull Thô you should fast and pray yet still Your Works are to him hatefull The People pleaded they had fasted Esai 58. v. 3. The Prophet answer'd well Your self-Will with your Fast still lasted Which brings the Soul to Hell Let all men be while here they live Obedient to Superious And also never let them give Rom. 12. v. 10. Affront to their Inferiours Thus Pride of Heart will be subdu'd And self-Will overthrown The Soul with grace will be indu'd And made with God all one Dear JESUS Phil. 2. v. 8. since Obedience laid Thee dead upon the Tree And thus for Disobedience paid We humbly beg of Thee Math. 16. v. 24. Luk 9. v. v. 23. That we may be obedient still And our own will deny Conforming to thy blessed will That we may never dy Amen OF POVERTY AND THE CONTRARY Blessed are you poor for yours is the Kingdom of God Luke 6. v. 20. IF Cicero the Eloquent Or Aristotle that great Wit Had taught or Angel hither sent In golden letters had this writ The Poor are blest they 'd not have gain'd Disciples but alone remain'd For since Dame Nature this doth teach To lay up for a Winters day It had been vain for them to preach The contrary or to gainsay The Emmets Prov. 6. v. 6.8 who in summer hide Corn and for Winter do provide And since God's greatest friends on Earth With riches were by him rewarded This Doctrine had dy'd in its birth And never would have been recorded Than Rich the Poor more happy are Such new Divines men would beware Iob. 1. v. 3. Gen 12. v. 7. c. 22. v. 17. Was not just Job with riches fraught And Abrâm promis't Chanaan's Land The Israëlites from want were brought Through Desart by God's mighty hand And to a rich Land Iosue 3. v. 17. which did flow With Milk and Honey they did go While Adam's Sin had men enslav'd And light of Reason had so blinded Eph. 4 v. 18.19 That they like Beasts themselves behav'd And future joys but little minded They follow'd what did please the sense And little thought of going hence Or that they had à Soul to save Denying th'Immortality Thereof but when Flesh to the Grave Did go the Soul did also dy This made them seek their Heaven here And nothing more than Want to fear And our good God did so comply With human frailty Man lay in That he did not immediatly Command Perfection but from Sin To keep Levit. 20. v. 22.24 and in his fear to live And he would temp'rall Blessings give Io. 1. v. 14. But when the Plenitude of Grace God's Son from Heaven did descend What did before seem vile and base He took upon him to this end That we might still convinced be What World esteems is Vanity He Flesh would take of poorest Mother In
stable born Luk 2. v. 7. Math. 4 v 19.21 Luk. 6. v. 20. and Manger laid He chose Poor Men would have no other For his Disciples to them said Blessed are you who here are Poor Of Heav'nly joys you may be sure When one did ask how he might gain Heaven Math. 19. v. 16. v. 17. Keep the Commands But if Perfection you 'l attain Sell all you have and with your hands Give to the Poor v. 21. and follow me This doing you will perfect be Who Heav'n and Earth possest Ier. 12. v. 7. and All Seem'd All to leave Poor Man to be To raise Man from his deadly fall And free him of his misery He lived Poor Ps 87.16 and naked dy'd And must Men rich on Earth abide Mark of himself what he did say The Fox hath holes Luk. 9. v. 58. but Son of Man Hath no place where his head to lay Or Worldly Treasures Prov. 17. v. 5. that he can Say This is mine and shall men scorn Those who are Poor or Poorly born Let Rich Men judge it not a folly All to forsake and imitate Christ Of all states this is most holy The World with all its Wealth to hate We have left all Math. 19. v. 27. and follow'd Thee Saith Peter What Reward shall be Amen I say to you that when The son of Man in Majesty Shall sit v. 28. you all shall rise agen And Judges ôre twelve Tribes shall be v. 29. And who for me shall Riches leave For one an Hundred shall receive This makes so many Men forsake Their Father Mother House v. 29. and Land Religious Lives to undertake And be at other mens command Their Cross to take Math. 16. v. 24. and Will deny To live with Christ Eternally And for this reason they refuse Riches on Earth thô they be good If rightly us'd but most abuse Them and it 's hard if understood To keep them Math. 19. v. 24. and to Heaven go They are to Virtue such a Foe They are the Ministers to Vice They purchase all for sinfull Heart What it desires all in a trice They bring and Men will freely part With them to purchase hatefull Sin But not that they may glory win They nat'rally do so bewitch Mens Hearts Eccls. 4. v. 8. Eccls. 5. v. 9. as still to desire more Their fingers to receive still itch But will give nothing to the Poor What they part with for any good Comes from their Heart like drops of bloud This is the Idoll they adore Avârice is the Root of evill Colos 3. v 3 1. Tim. 6. v. 10 Luk. 12 v. 15. Eccli 10. v. 9. Set not your Heart on it therfore For certain it brings to the Devill More souls by Wealth have gone astray From God than any other way Our Saviour Christ affirmeth this Math. 19. v. 24. A Camell can as easy pass Through eye of needle as in Bliss A rich Man enter Yet alass Most Men do Riches here desire Which brought rich Dives to Hell fire What then can't Rich Man saved be Yes if he will dispense his Wealth Dan. 4. v. 24. And to the Poor in Alms be free He may preserve his soul in health And friends of this his Mammon make Luk. 16. v. 9. At death to joys his soul they 'l take But since it is so hard a thing Wealth to possess and not to set Your Heart upon it from you fling What is superfluous and thus get Claim to this Promise Luk. 6. v. 20. Blest are you In spirit Poor Heav'n is your due O blest Exchange Luk. 6. v. 38. for Worldly Pelf To be partaker of God's glory If you 'l give gold he 'l give himself If we may credit sacred story Mat. 6. v. 29. Then send your Riches there before Where you shall live for evermore And you who Poor are don't repine But be contented with your state Be Poor in spirit Math. 5. v. 3. and in fine Your wants will open Heaven's Gate God's Just and will reward you there For Wants you patient suffer here Be not sollicitous Mat. 6. v. 25. or fear That you shall want cloths meat or drink To God your wants do all appear Be not mistrustfull or once think That he v. 26. who Birds and Beasts doth feed Will you neglect in time of need Mark 10. v. 38. You know not what is for you best Health sicknes Wealth or Poverty Trust him with Life and all the rest Obedient still unto him be Be confident and never fear What 's best for Soul he 'l give you here Most certain 't is true Poverty Is here on Earth the greatest Treasure From Sin it keeps the Soul most free Increasing Virtue in great measure It frees a Man from fear of loss And joyns with Christ upon the Cross He suffers Hunger Thirst 1. Cor. 4. v. 11. and cold Which when receiv'd with Resignation Do purchase Heaven more than gold And more secure him from Damnation Blest Poverty which Soul doth bring And weds her to its Heav'nly King Yet all who Poor are be not blest For some are Poor against their will And in desires do never rest But still contrive them to fulfill Their Hearts are so much set on wealth It often brings them unto stealth Those Poor are blessed who in spirit Are humbly with their state content Such dayly do increase their merit By wants and Crosses to them sent Luk. 6. v. 21. These shall in Heaven have their fill For Resignation to God's will Let Rich and Poor then warning take Ps 61. v. 11. On Riches let no'ne set his heart But freely give them for God's sake And when his soul shall hence depart He shall from his God mercy find Since to the Poor he was so Kind You Poor deem not your lot the worst Nor greedily seek after gain Luk. 6. v. 24. Which makes so many Souls accurst But patiently your wants sustain Then they from Sin will keep you free And Rich in Heav'n with Christ you 'l be Amen OF CHASTITY He that can take it let him take it Math. 19.12 SInce God was pleased not to make All Men at once but did decree One flesh should of another take And thus in bloud related be That they might one another love In heart and all division hate As Natures instinct doth them move God to this end did them create A Lawfull Union is requir'd Betwixt the Male and Female King Which Mat. 19. v. 5. as in Flesh so it s desir'd They both united be in mind Gen. 1. v. 28. Eph. 6. v. 4. T' increase is God's Commandement And breed up Children in his Fear This must be Wedlock's chief intent As by the Scripture doth appear So that before the World was fill'd The Marriage-Precept had great force If all Gen. 9. v. 1. but few again were kill'd Men would be bound to
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
created Had he not eat of Knowledge-Tree From grief and pain he had been free Do Pennance he had never heard If he his God had lov'd and fear'd By sin he lost all Gen. 3. v. 6.7 v. 24. v. 18. v 19 in a trice And was cast out of Paradise The Earth must yield no Bread to eat But what he gets with toil and sweat Birds Beasts and Fish did from him fly Would not obey God's enemy ' Gainst him the Elements rebell Sickness and death v 19 now due with Hell He and his Heav'n were then excluded With dev'ls in fire to be detruded In this sad state they must remain What lost not able to regain Till God made Man for Man did dy And for Sin did so satisfy That with his Grace we able are Our greatest losses to repair Phil. 4. v. 13. That is lost Heaven to regain And Keep us from Eternall pain By Pennance this is to be don If you will credit Christ God's son Who when on Earth to Men did preach This sacred Doctrine he did teach Do Pennance and see it be true Or else you 'l perish as your due His blest Fore-runner when he came Preach't to the Jews the very same Do Fruits of Pennance ready Stand Math. 3. v. 2.8 God's Kingdom now is nigh at hand The Ax is lay'd unto the Tree v. 10. What Tree's unfruitfull it shall be Cut down and cast into the fire As God's great Justice doth require Not by words only but by deeds While here Christ sow'd true Pennance seeds Math 11. v. 29. Math. 16. v. 24. That we the same may imitate And not Repent when t is too late He fasted watch't he wept he pray'd He suffer'd all upon him lay'd Isai 53. v. 7. Math 26. v. 27 Mat. 14. v. 15. Luk 22. v 23. Io 18 v. 19. Isai 53. v. 5. With buffets whips with Crown of Thorn His sacred Flesh was rent and torn Nail'd to the Cross he meekly dy'd With cruell Lance they pierc't his Side He suffer'd what was due to sin As if a sinner he had been Whose Life from sin like Christ's so pure Of glory who is so secure His Flesh had joyn'd the Deity To sin it could not subject be Yet as we read in sacred story That he might enter into glory He was to suffer thus and dy Luk. 24. v. 26. To Rise and to Ascend thereby None then can plead that they are free From doing Pennance thô they be Not Sinners great For this is sure who 'l Glory have Act. 14. v. 21. must Pains endure Two reasons why I shall here give Men must do Pennance while they live First that they satisfy for Sin Next that they may not fall therein All know that sin deserves Hell Fire Math. 25. v. 41.46 And that God's Iustice doth require We satisfy here for the debts Or else the Sin he 'l not forget For we could never satisfy Thô in Hell-Torments we should ly If Christ had not our want supply'd And by his Death once satisfy'd But now Poor Man can satisfy If he by Pennance Rom. 8. Ps 17. will apply Christ's merits to his sinfull Soul From Sin 't will purge and keep it whole Saint Austin saith that evêry Man Must satisfy in what he can Without our help God did us make But to be sav'd we share must take And if we do what in us lies Christ by his Death our want supplies And thus we Satisfaction make By Penall Acts we undertake Act. 26. v. 20. But he who 'l nothing suffer here For Sin committed let him fear Thô Christ on th' Cross did for him dy He perish shall Eternally And with the Damn'd Repent for ever That here he us'd not his endeavour By Pennance strict to satisfy God's Justice and his friend to dy Who hath in scripture past his word That he 'l sheath his Revenging Sword If Sinners will do Pennance Isai 1. v. 18. he Will pardon and in Friendship be Sinners he saith Return to me In your whole Hearts converted be By Fasts Ioël 2. v. 12. and Tears your Sins lament Your Hearts and not your Garments rent Isai 1. v. 18. And thô your Sins in Bloud were dy'd As Snow they shall be purify'd And I 'l Ier. 31. v. 34. Ezech 33. v. 15.16 bear them no more in mind But you shall my free Pardon find This is the force of Pennance true It quits from all to Sin that 's due But if here Pennance be neglected In Hell the Soul must be corrected Now that your Pennance may be right Look in what Sins you did delight And Pennance let proportion'd be In quality Mat 3. v. 8. and quantity If you to Wealth enslav'd your self Give to the Poor your Worldly pelf If you have sinn'd in Glutony By Fasting you must satisfy If your Offence were Brutish Lust Chastize your Body Gal. 5. v. 24. 't is but just With Hunger Thirst with cold with heat With Whip and Scourge the Rebel treat If you have been puft up with Pride Contempt Disgrace and Scorn abide If Passion hath been your Offence Let Patient suff'rings recompence Do you the like in all the rest That satisfaction is the best When in the Member or the sense You did offend you recompense Besides your Pennance quality Observe the like in quantity If your offences have been great Your self with equall Pennance treat Mat. 3. v. 8. Think not great sins and small require But equall grief or purging sire Or what for one the same for more Will satisfy and grace restore God by his Prophet doth declare Some more than others punisht are Revel 18 v. 7. How much in pleasures she did live So much of torment to her give To bring forth Pennance worthy fruit Let it with your Offences sute And doubt not God will it approve And you receive into his love And do not think Sinners alone While here have Pennance undergone No no You 'l find that the most just Durst not unto their Justice trust Except by Pennance they did tame Their Flesh Rom. 8. v. 13. lest they should lose their aim Of heav'nly joys which are not gain'd But by great suff'rings here sustain'd Besides this they did know full well That Pleasures draw to Sin and Hell But Acts of Pennance do secure The Soul from Sin and joys ensure This made Saint John his life begin In Pennance Mark 1. v. 6. not due to his Sin For he in Womb was sanctify'd Without great Sin he liv'd and dy'd Luk. 1. v. 25. Yet would in lonely Desart live No pleasures to his Flesh would give Mat. 3. v. 4. But cloath'd himself in Camel's hair Honey and Locusts were his fare The great Saint Paul Vessel elect His Flesh by Pennance did subject 1. Cor. 9. v. 27. Lest whilst he taught Men Sin to hate Himself might be a Reprobate If these great Saints were not
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
and hearken night and day Iob. 32. v. 8 Heb. 1. v. 14. Unto God's inspirations Which I inspire and them obey Repelling all Temptations Which come from Satan and to know The good from bad ask me Who am to teach you here below And your Instructor be God says Exod. 23. v. 20. My Angel shall precede And keep you in the way Contemn him not v. 21. who you doth lead But do his voice obey v. 22. And I an Enemy will be To your's and will chastize Those who do any hurt to thee In goods or otherwise As Gabriël Luk. 1. v. 26. I Message bring To you from God above To love and practise every thing That 's good I do you move Like Raphaël Tob. 12. v. 14. J'm sent to thee That I may make thee whole When serpent's bite hath made thee see What ill Sin brings the Soul 4. Esdr 4. Antiph at Bened. in the office of the Angel Guardian Act. 12. v. 7. I am 4. v. 7. As Uriell is Shepheard chief Orê God's beloved Flock So I from you do chase the Thief Awaking like a Cock When he assaults I put in mind What ill comes by consent If you resist here you shall find Relief with Soul's content And thus like Michaël I fight Rev. 12 v. 7. Rev. 12 v. 9. Against the Dragon fell Who would rob you of Grace's light And plunge your Soul in Hell I check I move I pray to God I leave no way untry'd That you may scape God's heavy rod And in his love abide Be mindfull then oft in the day Of me Tob. 5. v. 15. Gen. 48. v. 16. your loving Guide And me as oft devoutly pray With you still to abide Sin not and thus your self deceive Because Men do not see What 's hid from others I perceive And nothing's hid from me Set guard on th' Tongue Prov. 18. v. 21 Mat. 12. v. 34. for in its hands Is life and death of Soul It test fies how your heart stands And if you 'l keep it whole Shut Eyes and Ears ' gainst Objects bad Which by them enter in And cause the Heart to be full sad When they have made it sin Gen. 9.21 Coloss 3. v. 5. Take equall care of all your senses And Members guard them well Raise up against them these strong fences The Fear of God and Hell Rom. 6. v. 13. Make them to serve your Maker dear As Virtues Instrument To purchase Heaven with them here This was your God's intent Receive all Crosses chearfully From hand of your good God Math 16. v 24. Prov. 3. v 12. Heb. 12. v 6. Rev. 3. v. 19. With them you must your glory buy And kiss his scourging Rod. Who doth in life chastize you here To spare you afterward And keep you in his Love and fear The Soul's securest guard In all distress Ps 9. v. 11. Ps 17. v. 31. put confidence In God your Fathêr above And in dear JESUS thô gone hence Since he dy'd for your Love The presence of the Holy Ghost Wisd 1. v. 4. With clean heart seek to have The Pray'rs beg of the Heav'nly Host That God your soul will save With good thoughts I 'le you oft inspire Comply then with the least Nourish't spark-like 't will set on fire Your Soul to act what 's best But if first motion you neglect And that be not attended Your heart God leaves then to direct When slighted he 's offended When you do pray with Faith attend Mat. 21. v. 22. And God in Heav'n adore Devout persever to the end Christ's Mother's help implore Such Pray'rs with joy I do present To God and with you crave What you do ask with due intent In due time you may have These counsells take and still obey My holy Inspiration Thus shall I teach you Virtues way Which leads unto Salvation And at your Death with joy present Your Soul unto God's Throne Where we for êre in joys content Shall praise him Three and One. Honour Pup and Praise to God above Who doth his Angels send Thanks to you Custos for your Love Who do your Charge attend I vow that I will you obey When I your voice do know That I may not deceiv'd be pray Or in my duty slow Amen A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND MORTIFICATION Mortify your Members which are upon the Earth Coloss 3. v. 5. Lib. AS slumbering I lay Me thought I saw a Man His hair was turned gray His colour waxed wan Lean-fac'd and hollow-ey'd His Body skin and bone I ask't He thus reply'd Mor. J'm Mortification Lib. Where do you live and why Do you the Flesh thus treat Mor. I live in Monastery Where I do little eat My sleep the like my Flesh With Discipline I tear Mat. 11. v. 29.30 And this doth me refresh Christ's painfull Cross to bear All this I do to keep 1. Cor. 9. v 27. Ps 6. v 7. Flesh subject to the spirit For past Sins I do weep And to increase my merit The hardest Virtues I Do practise and thus stand Prepar'd Phil. 1. v. 20.21.23 for Christ to dy When Faith and Love command Lib. What needs this strict Life now Coloss 1. v. 20. Act 1 v. 10. c. 7. v. 55. Christ hath Sin 's debt full pay'd And this you must allow Heav'n Gates are open layd Enjoy what pleasure 's here While God you life doth send Believe and never fear But Heav'n shall be your end God pleasant things did make On Earth 3. Esd◠8. v. 44. for men to use And pleasures you to take As sinfull do refuse Are you than God more wise To judge what 's good and evill 1. Tim. 2. v. 4. D' you think he 'l Sin disguise To cheat you to the Devill Mor. 'T is true when God did make The World and Man therein Gen. 1. v. 29 Gen. 2. v. 17. He made all for his sake To use and without Sin Excepting Knowledge Tree Which thô its fruit was good To eat forbid was he He eat Gen. 3. v. 6.7 and guilty stood And thus did he by Sin Forfeit his right to all Pleasures and grace must win Luk. 13. v. 3. By tast of bitter gall I grant Christ's Death did free From Hell yet that of Heaven Man might possessor be Many commands are given Io 3. v. 5. He first baptiz'd must be And when hath use of reason Mat. 19. v. 17. God's ten Commands must he Keep strict break them 't is Treason Condemning 〈◊〉 to dy His Justice to appease Mat. 3. v. 8.10 ◠He must here satisfy By works which may him please Gal. 5. v. 24. That 's corporall affliction With sorrow from the heart Joyn'd with the contradiction Of his rebellious part Mark 8. v. 34. And Christ to follow right He must himself deny Bear Crosses 2. Cor. 4. v. 17. and thus fight To live Eternally For Christ
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
afflicteth thus Have mercy Friends pray for us You Children v. 22. who feed on our Flesh Whom we brought up by sweat of brow You Poor also our souls refresh We pitty'd you Pray for us now v. 22. Why do you persecute like God He whips you 'l not withold the Rod. Have mercy on us for God's sake Whose Friends we are thô now in pain And for your own sakes pitty take By Pray'r our freedom seek to gain And when before God we appear We 'l pray for you who help't us here Dear Friends great love you did profess As living now be to us kind And help us in our great distress Lest out of sight prove out of mind Prov. 17. v. 17. Remember that a Friend in need Doth prove himself a Friend in deed O Children dear have you forgot That you are our own Flesh and Bloud That we did still contrive and plot How to advance your Wealth and good And now when we are in distress Will you prove to us comfortless We suffer for your sakes in part That we through your excessive love Eccls 2. v 19. Too much on gain did set our heart And will you now nngratefull prove Oh help us in our suff'rings here Or else God's Judgments justly fear All you who tast our Charity And Alms receive from us or Friend In justice you obliged be To pray for us for to that end You do receive Luk 16. v. 9. and we it gave That we your helping Pray'r might have Do not as too much is the use Our alms receive and only say Lord help him This is an abuse You for us oft are bound to pray Of this God strict account will take And you must satisfaction make All faithfull Christians pitty take Upon us in our misery And for us intercession make For thus you 're bound in Charity Luk◠16. v. 9. Then when you suffer in this kind You helping friends will also find Io. 9. v. 4. We can not now our selves relieve That state with us is come and past But you may to us comfort give By Prayer Alms and holy Fast God's Justice thus you will appease And through his Mercy give us ease Kindly receive admonishment From us before it is too late Your sins on Earth truly repent Do works which open Heaven's gate Make satisfaction and nêre fear That you shall be confined here And since sin's malice is so great As contradicting God's blest will Mat. 5. v. 27. Luk. 12. v. 59. That Venîall sins God thus doth treat His pleasure in the least fulfill Slight not and say the sin 's but small What brings you here don't little call Do not as some will vainly say Would I in Purgatory were You can't conceive what we do pay For small offence in Torments here Which justly may compared be To Hell 's except Eternity If you so choice and tender are That when you chance to burn your hand You roar and after do beware The Fire by this you understand What Pain 't would be if for a day The whole in fiery furnace lay What would you give your self to free Whole Kingdoms if 't were in your power The Pains would be in that degree That thô they were but for an hour To quit your self you 'd keep a Fast In bread and water to the last Why do you then so slight set by These Torments which without compare Exceed those which none can deny And yet in time will not beware But for a little Flesh-delight Will venture this come wrong come right And rather than to undergo A little Pennance while you 're here Will be to Soul so great a Foe To cast it in those Torments there Be wise Ps 118. v. 59. take warning here repent Lest in that Fire your soul relent While you are here Fast Watch Pray Give Alms at Crosses don't repine With tears of grief wash sin away With Fire of Love your soul refine Thus you 'l to God pass through this Fire Like gold 1. Cor. 3. v. 14. and will no Purge require Amen OF HEAVEN Come ye Blessed of my Father possess a Kingdom Math. 25.34 THe final End of Man's Creation Was his Creatour God to joyn To whom in soul he hath relation Which doth his Love to him incline He 's like to him in some degree One soul in Pow'rs a Trinity Gen. 1. v. 27. This soul God doth in Body place Corrupted Nature to correct To which he gives the light of grace In way of Virtue to direct Iud. 1. v. 4. 1. Cor. 15. v. 10. Some do this grace most vainly slight Some use it for a guiding light The first for want of light do fall Into the precipice of Hell The other God at Death doth call To Heav'n with him in joys to dwell Come bless't possess a Kingdom here Repleat with joy and void of Fear How great these lasting joys will be 1. Cor. 2 v. 9. No Tongue is able to express No Ear êre heard or Eye did see The like which they do there possess No Heart of Man can full conceive The glory which the Saints receive This Kingdom in the Revelations Rev. 21 v. 18. v. 19. Is term'd a City of pure gold Where pretious Stones are twelve foundations That do a glorious Wall uphold Which Wall is made of pretious Stone Twelve Gates v. 21. a Margarite each one The streets with purest gold are pav'd Which is inlayd with pretious stone Christ in the midst c. 22. v. 1. who Mankind sav'd Doth sit upon a glorious Throne From whence doth run a River clear Which doth refresh all living here v. 2. A Tree of Life doth by it grow Which brings forth most delicious fruit c. 21. v. 27. That place doth no uncleaness know No jars or strife do with it sute All there in Peace and Love do live To th' Meek Mat. 5. v. 4. God doth this Kingdom give It 's always day Rev. 21. v. 25. c 22. v. 5. v. 23. they fear no night It 's pleasant Spring-time all the year The Holy Lamb 's their shining light Who gloriously doth there appear Althô on Earth he was obscur'd By scorn and Death which he endur'd Ev'n so his Saints who here endur'd Shame Want Disgrace and bitter Pain Are there of like Rewards assur'd As were their suffr'ings so 's their Gain Rom. 8. v. 17 As they for Christ did suffer here So they will be rewarded there Th' Apostles who in Charity Their lives in labours spent and pain To bring men from Idolatry And Souls from Satans flock did gain Mat. 13. v. 43. In Heav'n shall like the Sun appear Who were such lights to Sinners here The Martyrs here in Bloudy dy Who cover'd were with Wounds and scars Shall there appear triumphantly Like glorious Champions come from Wars Rev. 7. v. 9. ◠With Palms in hands and Laurell boughs Wreathed like Crowns upon their
brows Those Wounds like Rubies then shall shine And glorious in their Flesh appear 4. Esd. 7. v. 55. Their faces then will seem divine To Christ their Captain they 'l draw near Rev. 4. v. 10.11 And praises sing Eternally To him who gave them Victory The pure chast Virgins cloath'd in white Rev. 14. v. 4. Shall still upon the Lamb attend Their Bodies chast with glory bright A fragant savour forth will send They 'l there wear Crowns of Victory Obtain'd against Carnality Iam. 1. v. 12. All shall with glory crowned be And plac't among the Angels there Io. 14. v. 2. Rev. 19. v. 1. Each Man shall sit in his degree According as his Merits were where they shall with the Angels sing Praise be to God our Heav'nly King Above the rest in glory great Resplendent as the sun shall sit The Queen of Heav'n in glorious seat At Christ's right hand as doth befit Since he from her his Flesh did take In glory he 'l her Part'ner make As they their Bodies did chastize With Watching Labour 2. Cor. 4. v 8 9.10 c 6. v. 5. 2. Tim. 4. v. 8. Pains and Fasting They glorious shall from Death arise And share in glory Everlasting What joy will soul and Body have When she rejoyns it from the Grave This Mortall Body saith Saint Paul 1. Cor 15. v. 54. Shall put on Immortality Thô here it suff'red then it shall Put on impassibility Mat. 13. v. 43. Wisd 3. v. 7. With Beauty it will glorious shine What 's Earthly God will then refine Agility will make it quick And Sampson-like it will be strong Still healthfull it will nêre be sick Rev. 21. v. 4. Pain will no more to it belong And it shall have security Of a most blest Eternity Esay declares c. 25. v. 6. Luk. 22. v. 29. that God will make A sumptuous Feast in this great day Where all delights they will partake Which he shall there before them lay Rev. 19. v. 9. Luk. 12. v. 37. Saint John doth this Lamb's supper call Where Christ himself shall serve them all No pleasant thing shall wanting be Unto the very Body's senses God's hand to them will be so free And lib rall in his recompenses Mat. 19. v. 29. An hundred fold they shall receive For any Pleasure they did leave This joy and glory of the Flesh Divines do Accidentall call But that which doth the soul refresh 1. Cor. 13. v. 12. Mat. 25. v. 21. Divines do terme Essentiall This doth consist in the clear Vision Of God and in his full Fruition By that we do with Cherubins The Essence of God clearly see By this we are with Seraphins Inflam'd with love and charity This Love Divines Fruition name Ps 35. v. 9. God doth absorp them in the same By this their Vision they do see Not only all that God did make But also the Divinity And of his knowledge they partake They see how God is Three 1. Io. 3. v. 2. and One This is Beatitude alone Coloss 1. ◠16.17 As God doth in himself contain All things created here below He representeth them again And thus the Saints do come to know What we desire in heart or say And then for us Poor Sinners Pray Besides their Knowledge they possess All pleasure Isai 64. v. 4. that their heart can crave Knowledge alone were comfortless If they Fruition should not have Yet no one God can clearly see But must him joyn in charity True Honour Power Glory Wealth In God as in their Fountain be Peace Pleasure Joy Content Health He is their full Felicity They cannot wish for ought in mind Rom. 11. v. 3. Which in their God they do not find Thô some in glory greater be Io. 14. v. 2. 1 Cor. 15. v. 41. Yet none doth envy others state Each one's content in his degree There all do love and none do hate Who 's placed in lowest seat Is joy'd to see the other great Luk. 6. v. 38. All Souls have there o'reflowing measure As they are capable they 're fill'd For there 's an Ocêan of true pleasure All 's granted there what êre is will'd If you 'l be capable of more Gal. 6. v. 9.10 While here be sure you lay up store Ps 35. v. 9. The Powers of the Soul all three Are satisfy'd the Understanding Is fill'd with light and Verity The Will which here is still commanding Shall be content and Memory Fill'd with secure Eternity As this the Damn'd doth most torment That their Pains ended will be never So this the Saints doth most content To think their Joys shall last for ever To them a Hell's Eternity To these their great Felicity Since God hath put these in our pow'r Eccli 15. v. 17. And Life and Death before us set Let us be wise and evêry hour Indeavour to discharge Sin 's debt That we grim Death may never fear Nor to the Judge then to appear It is neglect and want of care Ier. 12. v. 11. ◠Esdr ◠v. 16. That brings so many to the Devill While living men will not beware Sin to avoid and what is evill Much less do they attend to good As if they nothing understood Take then the counsell Eccli 7. v. 40. Deut. 32. v. 29. that I gave Your four last Ends still bear in mind This will secure you to the Grave At Judgment you shall comfort find You will avoid the Pains of Hell And with your God in Heav'n shall dwell Amen SAINT MARY MAGDALEN'S LIFE The First Part to her Conversion WHen God the World did first create Gen. 1. v. 14. And parted Night from Day Two great and gloriôus Lights he made To guide Men in their way The greater Light was call'd the Sun Which to the Day gave light The lesser that 's the Moon v. 16. was made To guide Men in the Night The Sun 's great light doth men direct That they may danger fly The Moon gives light in darksom Night That who in danger ly May by her light escape the same And thus be freed from fears Which do the dark and Night attend Untill the Sun appears Thus when God re-created Man From Death of Sin set free Two Lights he plac't in 's Holy Church Guides for poor Man to be The first is Christ Zach. 3. v. 8. that Orient Sun Who by his conversation Gave light Io 8. v. 12. and taught the perfect way Which leadeth to Salvation The second for poor Sinners was Who erring from the first In danger of Damnation lay A state of all the worst For Sin Iob. 15. v. 16. thô it seems sweet at first While it 's short joy doth last It leaves grief sorrow and remorse When that delight is past Which often lead into Despair Rom 6. v. 23. And so unto the Devill Except the Soul be taught the Art To draw good out of
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.
men to kill Just Noah for his God's Mercy wins Who always did his will Gen. 15. v. 13. Exod. 1. v. 14. Exod. 3. v. 10. Soon after they return'd to sin Th' Egyptians them inthrall'd God Moyses sent their hearts to win For Mercy they then call'd Exod. 14. v. 2â— Exod 20. Exod â—6 v. 4 13. By the Red sea they all were freed Commands he gave them ten Whom Moyses did in Desart feed And brought them back agen Unto the Land of Promise which Iosue 3. v. 17. With milk and honey flow'd Where they became a Nation rich In blessings there bestow'd Here they did oftentimes rebell Against their God most high Iudg 2. v. 12.17 And by the Serpents craft they fell Into Idolatry They oft for this chastized were 4. King 25. v. 11. And into Bondage led Some were corrected by dread fear Ps 77. v. 14. When others were struck dead But Vice with men did still renew Till our Redeemer came And laid it open to the view Which caus'd in men a shame And by his Virtues rare did win Them Virtue here to love Which drew their hearts from filthy Sin Now fix't on God above And when for Adam's fault he dy'd And freed from sin and Hell He form'd a Church out of his side Where Men secure might dwell Not fearing Sathan's strength 1. Tim. 3. v. 15. or sleights Again them to deceive He left therein such guiding Lights If they would to them cleave The Ark of Noah prefigur'd this Gen. 7. v. 1.23 Which sav'd all Souls within But who to enter here did miss Did perish in their sin v. 23. So those who in God's Church abide Pure in their conversation 1. Tim. 3. v. 15. And from that Faith do never slide Find therein true salvation But after Christ was gone Alas And his Apostles dead 2. Petr. 2. v. 1.2 v. 13. v. 10.18 Iud. v. 19. v. 12. He and the Truth blasphemed was Men by their senses led Forsook their Faith and doing good And running to all vice Trod under foot Christ's pretious Bloud Which was their Soul's great price At this God was offended sore Saint John reveals the same Rev. 7. v. 1. He power gave to Angels four Whom he sent in his Name To punish men by sea and Land Destroying all therein For Man's offence who now did stand Defil'd with hainous sin But God who 's still to Mercy bent Once more was pacify'd Another Moyses here was sent Among us to abide Who by his Life was to renew Christ's Passion in our mind And lay his Life unto our view That we might Virtue find Another Angel v. 2. says Saint John I saw come from the East Who cry'd unto the four hurt none Sea Earth Trees Fish or Beast Vntill in th' forehead with the Cross v. 3. I 've sign'd God's servants dear Teaching by sin what heavy loss What comfort 's in God's fear Poor Francis of Assise was he Born rich a Merchants son With other youth at first too free In pleasures he did run Yet to the Poor in charity He always did increase Which caus'd him to elected be God's Anger to appease Lo How God Sinners of all Men Chose Sinners to recall King David Peter Magdalen And Francis last of all As fittest Patterns here to win Them to Repentance by Assuring them Ezech 13. v. 15.16 if they 'l leave Sin They in his Love shall dy You may him well an Angel call For his chast Life and pure From which he never more did fall It always did endure Seraphicall for his great Love Doth Holy Church him name From Seraphins who burn above Absorp't in Love's great flame He had the Sign of God above Rev. 7. v. 2. As after did appear The Wounds that Christ had for our love He in his Flesh did bear He sign'd all men in th'forehead deep Renewing in their mind Christ's Passion and his deadly sleep He suffred for Mankind While yet a Merchants Life he led An Alms was begg'd but he Deny'd to give as busied Thô other times most free Lo he runs after speedily As pitty did him move And gave with Vow nêre to deny Ought asked for God's Love Another begs who was full bare He knew him nobly born He gave the cloaths which he did wear And put on his all torn These acts of pitty mov'd God so That Francis Mercy wins For Charity conceals 1. Petr. 4. v. 8. you know A multitude of Sins Next night in sleep Christ did appear And shew'd where Jewels were Saith These are for my souldiers here Who Holy Cross do bear He strait prepares for th' Holy Land Where Souldiers wore a Cross He did not Visions understand And thus was at a loss Till Christ reveal'd to him again He mean't not that Warfare But that to suffer and take pain With him he must prepare By his example to recall Sinners from their sad state To save them from Eternall thrall And cause them Sin to hate To teach them Virtue and true way To Heaven Gal. 5 v. 24. Phil. 3. v. 18.19 by the Cross Which glory gives in th' latter day When Sinners shall find loss With tears he prays both day and night To know God's holy will And how to do this work he might His pleasure to fulfill Christ from a Cross to Francis spake Go thou my Church repair Which falling is He care did take All things prepared are Saint Damians Church wherein he pray'd He did intend to mend Great Sums of mony that were pay'd He sav'd unto this end And gave them to the Pastor free The same work to compleat Who did refuse to take them he Did fear his Father's heat But Francis left the mony there Which when his Father knew He ready was his hair to tear So high in rage he flew And presently in hast did run Mony and Son to find To punish him who had this don He was resolv'd in mind Poor Francis but a Proselyte For fear hid in a cave Not yet arriv'd to virtue's height Resolv'd himself to save The Priest shew'd to his Father then Colos 3. v. 5. Where his God-mony lay He taking it was pleas'd agen And quiet went away But Francis seem'd to be asham'd At this his cowardise And his small Love to Christ he blam'd And begg'd of God advice Who gave him grace and courage too He strait to th' City went Resolv'd for Christ to undergo What malice could invent By Fasting pale and poorly clad He sadly walk't along The people thought he had been mad With cryes about him throng His Fathers hears goes forth to see Lays on him viôlent hands Brings home a Pris'ner close to be Lock't up and bound in bands His Mother more inclin'd to pitty Watch't opportunity When 's Father was gone out of th' City And set her dear Son free He missing him at his return Seeking at last did find With Avarice his heart did
burn Which made him thus unkind While he in Vice his mony spent His Father minded not But now to Virtue he is bent He deems him but a Sot To th' Bishop he must with him go His Birth-right to resign Tim. â— v. 9. Francis deem'd Riches now a Foe And therfore don't repine But strips off all his cloaths withall And gives them altogether And says I now may truly call Not you but God my Father At this the Bishop wept with heart Embrac't him in his arms And cloath'd him who in joy did part Reviv'd with heav'nly charms He goes poor Lepers now to tend He wipes their sores with kiss What did him highly first offend He now esteems a bliss But all this while did Francis see Himself at loss which way The Church-repairer he might be And Christ thus to obey He could not tell or yet did know What Rule he should walk by Which did perplex and grieve him so That he wept bitterly Fearing that for his past sins still God was with him offended And would not plain declare his will Till something were amended He therfore wept fasted and pray'd Wither other acts austere Off'ring Christ's merits which once pay'd A Price for Sin most dear All this doth teach how hard a thing 'T is Justice to appease God's Mercy to our Souls to bring Ezech 33. v. 11.12 Ps 90. v. 15. Sin 's burthen here to ease Yet if with Francis we persever In Love in tears in grief With Francis we shall find God ever At hand to our relief SAINT FRANCIS THE SECOND PART OF HIS LIFE From the making of his Rule unto the receiving of the Stygmes a little before his Death TO God Man's duty twofold is As David doth record Ps 36. v. 27. 1. Pet. 3. v. 11. Do good decline from what 's amiss So thou shalt please thy Lord. The latter Francis had fulfill'd To good he was inspir'd The way he knew not thô he will'd To do what was requir'd But entring in the Church one day He heard that Gospel preaching Which doth relate what Christ did say When he sent his to teaching Take neither mony Mark 6. v. â— 8 Luk 10. v. 7. 1. Cor. 9 v. 13.14 purse or meat Shoo 's Staff two coats with you What 's set before you freely eat It is the Preachers due These words as from Christ to him said He takes and goes away Says Here my Rule 's before me laid And I will it obey The Life of Christ to imitate Must I and mine begin Which surely is the perfect state Mark 10. v. 21. For Mortals to live in Christ came Io. 8. v. 12. and taught all men the way Which leads unto Salvation Soon after men did from it stray I 'm sent for Reformation Not only my own soul to feed With heav'nly Contemplation But also to instruct where need And preach to ev'ry Nation His secûlar garments lay'd aside Heb. 4. v. 12. He cloath'd himself in grey Course cloth his nakedness to hide His shoo 's he cast away He made a Girdle of a Cord His Habit like a Cross To mind the Passion of his Lord Who had redeem'd Man's loss He presently began to preach With words that pierc't full deep And all poor Sinners he did teach To sorrow sigh and weep With confidence in God's great love If they 'l new Life begin And crave his Mercy Ionas 3. v. 10. that 's above The malice of Man's Sin His words were simple plain inflam'd With fervour of the spirit The Converts number can't be nam'd To gain which he did merit Many did Pennance for their ill Forsook the World would have Him teach them how to do God's will To whom a Rule he gave Not made by him but from above Reveal'd as he declares Teaching to hate what Flesh doth love Freeing from Worldly cares Obedienee true pure Chastity He vows to keep always And also such strict Poverty Not used in those days His Lents were many lodging hard No linnen he did wear No shoo 's his feet from thorns to guard Which oft his Felsh did tear With discipline he did chastise 1. Cor. 9. v. 27. His Body that the Spirit Might rule and still he did devise How to increase his merit Th' Apostles Life he thus trac't out Who twelve were sent to teach Luk 9. v. â— 2 Perfection and the World about The Faith of Christ to preach So he when twelve divided his And sent them to this end To preach the Faith and what amiss In manners to amend And after when they met again He found that many were Converted and that not in vain They preach't God's love and fear Their fervent words their humble looks With faces pale and thin Their Habit poor were Christian books To read perfection in Now that his Rule more force might have With it to Rome he went To be confirm'd and there he gave It to Pope Innocent Who thought it hard and did deny The same Rule to approve There were Rules many to walk by Made to increase God's love But lo To rest when sleep did call This Vision he did see The Lat'ran Church began to fall And to supported be By one poor man and he did know That Francis was the same He then approv'd it bid him go And teach it in God's Name And said to those who by him stood That Francis would repair God's Church decay'd by doctrine good And his example rare Poor Francis strait made his Profession There in Christ's Vicar's hand To keep the Rule without transgression And what it did command And after the Pope's blessing had He humbly went away Prais'd God and in his heart full glad For his success that day And so return'd unto Assise Where Monks did to him give A Church which he did highly prize And there resolv'd to live He lov'd this Church because 't was small The sitter for Poor Friers Lady of Angels they it call Because Angelick Quires Were here oft heard and he therfore Commands when he is dead This Church be counted evermore Of all his Orderâ—s head Moreover his desire was much This place should honour have Of all Christ did appear and such A boon unto him gave That whosoever enters in And right confessed be Shall Pardon have and also win Indulgence Plenary Was Francis's Love with this content Who Rule had made for Men No no. He knew that he was sent Each sex to bring agen From way of Vice to Virtue 's path And therfore made another For Women which same strictness hath And made Saint Clare their Mother And as he knew that all were not Of like ability And Wedlock was some others lot Which makes a worldly ty He made a third Rule for all kinds Rich Poor Wedded and free Leading to Virtue yet not binds Under sin's Penalty As our Redeemer when he came Did teach by word and deed So did Saint Francis do the same And sow'd Example's seed Not only by