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

Deuided so in any land If Sathan cast out Sathan sure Or I by Beelzebub do so His kingdome cannot long endure One thing I aske you and no mo By whom do your sonnes cast them out They shall you iudge in this no doubt If through God cast out the same Then is his kingdome come this day If one man to a strong man came To spoile his house and runne away Can he his purpose bring to passe Ere he be bound that owner was But I by force gaue him the foyle Whose helpe you say I daily vse The more for you that I do toyle The more you still do me abuse He that on my side is not he Against me fully sure must be Blasphemie Each sinne and so each blasphemy Shall be forgiuen men I say If they repent it hartely And for remission do pray Except against the holy Ghost Of all this sinne offendeth most The sinne against the sonne of man Which oftentimes doth hap and chance Both francke and free remit I can For it may come of ignorance The works Gods spirit works are such That they cannot be hidden much Take heed ye do not then offend Or sinne against the holy Ghost God will not sure world without end Forgiue that sinne he hates it most The tree and fruit make good I say Or make both ●it to cast away As by the fruit we know the tree So by your wordes ye knowen are Oh vipers you that euill be Your speaches do your workes declare The hart it storeth good or ill Whereof the mouth doth sauour still Both good men and the euill show What treasure they haue hid in hart At the last iudgement you shall know How well or ill you plaide your part Vaine talke who so doth here affoord Shall answer for each idle word Christ denied the Iewes any signe sauing onely the signe of Ionas The Scribes and Pharisies withall Came tempting Christ and sought a signe As if on sight thereof they all From former faults would then decline But Christ that knew the inward mind With words they could not so make blind Christ answered and said againe Thou wicked generation Adulterous and very vaine Though signes thou doest depend vpon No signe shall geuen be to thee But that of Ionas thou shalt see As three dayes and three nights he was Within the whale all couered So shortly it will come to passe I shall in earth be buried Three dayes and three nights verely In graue the sonne of man shall lye Christ argued the Iewes of impenitencie The men of Niniuie shall rise With these and shall condemne them to They Ionas words did not despise But did repent as you should do One greater then Ionas is here Yet small repentance doth appeare The Queene of Saba she shall rise In Iudgement with these men also And them she shall condemne likewise That so farre from her home would go To heare king Salomon I say His greater yet you heare this day Christ prnounced an heauie sentence against such as reuolt from the truth receiued They which are once deliuered From vncleane spirits free and well Are after iustly punished If in them they againe do dwell Their last end sure farre worse shalbe Then was the first take this of me The vncleane spirit places dry Doth walke throughout seeking a rest Where faith where hope where charitie Is setled sure within mans brest It is so dried with Gods grace That deuils haue there no resting place Then he returneth home againe Into the house from whence he went For all this while he walkt in vaine And missed still of his intent This house he findeth swept within Cleane voide of vertue deckt with sinne Then taketh he seauen spirits more As ill as he in euery thing And dwels where he did dwell before His end is worse then beginning So shall it with this people be They mend not for all that they see This spirit is the deuill indeed His house is man where he doth dwell The drie place where he cannot speed Mans heart it is heat by God well With godly zeale and hate of sinne He rests not there though he come in Christ shewed who his mother sisters and brethren are While Christ spake to the company His mother and his brethren were Without desiring earnestly To talke with him as may appeare Then one of them that was there came And told our sauiour of the same But he preferring farre before The worke that he then had in hand Encreasing daily more and more He said to such as there did stand My mother and brethren be they That do my doctrine still obey My mother whom I loue so well My brethren whom I like also Are these and they marke what I tell For brother and sister shall go My friends they are who so do still Performe and keepe my fathers will The state of the kingdome of God set forth by seauen parables and first of the seed By parables Christ taught men plaine The state nature and worthinesse Of Gods word he did not disdaine To shew alwaies his readinesse His chosen in all things he may To helpe and winne them eu'ry way Christ though of late he had bene let And interrupted by his friends His office he did not forget For their great fault he made amends To the sea side from thence he went To preach againe with like intent And the same place was the sea side That by Genezaret doth lie Where he sat downe for to abide But preased on with company He tooke a ship wherein he sate And taught them as he had done late The people standing on the shore With diligence did giue him eare The multitude encreasing more The more of him did stand in feare Whose words and workes they all did see In eu'ry thing so well agree Behold said Christ a sower went To sowe his seed but some seed fell Farre otherwise then he had meant By the way side which could not well Yeeld fruite the fowle without delay Deuour'd them all so cleane away Some fell on stonie ground also Where they of earth had little store They sprung the rather there but lo The sunne rose vp and parcht them sore And so for lack of roote I say Anon they witherd all away Among the thornes some other fell Which springing vp were choakt withall Some fell in good ground and did well The same brought fruite where they did fall One corne an hundreth fold or moe Some sixtie some thirty also He that hath eares to heare may heare For herein the condition Of Gods word may to thee appeare The rule of thy saluation Three sorts decayed all you see The fourth yeelds onely fruite to me Then his disciples askt him why By parables he taught them then To you said Christ this verely Giu'n is to know not to those men The secrets of Gods kingdome ye Shall learne and know alwaies of me To you that haue

THE HOLIE HISTORIE OF OVR LORD AND SAVIOVR Iesus Christ natiuitie life actes miracles doctrine death passion resurrection and ascension Gathered into English meeter and published to withdraw vaine wits from all vnsauerie and wicked rimes and fables to some loue and liking of spirituall songs and holy Scriptures By ROBERT HOLLAND maister of Arts and Minister of the Church of Prendergast Be filled with the spirit speaking to your selues in Psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songs singing and making melodie to the Lord in your hearts Ephes 5.18 LONDON Printed by George Tobie 1594. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL MISTRES ANNE PHILIPS OF PICTON R. H. wisheth increase of worship continuance of godlinesse and health in Christ Iesus AS the highest tides haue their falles and ebbes after greatest tēpests and darkest dayes the sunne shineth so fareth it with me right Worshipfull it pleased God the author of all goodnesse when I had bene foure yeares or more tossed with sundrie troubles aduersities able euerie way to oppresse me had not the same mightie Iehouah Iacobs God the hope and strength of Israel who by the mouth of his holy Prophet hath willed all men in their troubles to call vpon him promising euen then to deliuer them so stirred vp and opened the harts of my worshipful good friends ●o fauor my innocencie to releeue my case to Gods holy name be all praise honor and glorie for it to graunt me at length a breathing time after my trauels yet intermingled with remembrances of my former miseries with speciall warnings of the Lord all which I most ioyfully receiue and with my hart embrace considering that he correcteth whom he loueth and that the race of my youth was so vnaduisedly run that I haue merited much more grieuous punishment for it In which time of rest if I may terme it a rest that we enioy while we remaine here in this world I haue bestowed such vacant time as my necessarie businesse letted not in penning the whole history of Christ our Sauiour plainly as I could according to my simple capacitie and knowledge in English me●ter to be applied to the tunes of sundrie of Dauids Psalmes following therein the foure Euangelists dissenting from them in nothing though in the disposing of Christ his acts and doctrins as neare as I could to their proper places and as they were done in order of time I follow other directions Which worke howsoeuer to Gods glorie I hope I haue finished and for two especiall causes haue determined though the workmanship be but as it were rough hewen yet in respect of the matter that is so worthie to dedicate the first fruits of my labors vnder your worships name The first is your godly zeale and forward affection to the hearing reading of Gods word much like that noble Romane Caecilia which let no day passe without reading some parte of Gods booke and euer caried about her whither soeuer she went the touchstone of our faith the new Testament which rare vertues of her minde much more adorned and beautified her then either her birth though borne of honorable parentage or her attire how costly so euer The booke of God is in deed to be esteemed of greater value then all other iewels in it is the heauenly manna that bread of life and the waters whereof whosoeuer drinketh shall neuer thirst offred vs in it is the way the truth and the life taught vs and by this way onely haue we accesse vnto the Father The Poets faigne that Vlysses sayling betweene Italie and Sicilie was driuen to stop the eares of his companie with wax and to be bound him selfe to the mast of his ship least by hearing the songs and sweete melodie of the Syren that lay in his way he and his should f●ll into their danger but whosoeuer sa●leth in this ship may safely vnbound and with open eares passe by all the Syrens of Italie at this day which exceed I dare auouch it for number and craft an hundred to one that all Italie and Sicilie affoorded in the dayes of Vlyss●s In the booke of God is the true and best triacle found which deliuereth the receauer from the poysoned cup of that great Circe the Bishop of Rome who hath infected so many thousands and transformed them into swine in it is that notable whore of Babylon sitting on a scarlet coloured beast full of names of blasphemy with seuen heads ten hornes notably described frō whose fornications the Lord deliuer vs. While your Worship doth as that kingly prophet Dauid did exercise your selfe in the same booke of the lawe of the Lord day and night you shall easily perceiue that vaine and wicked are the trash and trumperies that Rome doth offer vs the which I know and can iustly report that with all your heart you vtterly abhorre them which gift of grace as God hath begun in you for your good so I beseech him to continue the same to his glorie In the booke of God you shall see that ignorance which the Romanists do accompt the mother of deuotion can not excuse them that deuotion without knowledge is dotage and knowledge without vertue ostentation And therein you shall see and find it indeede that to pray to Angels or Saints or for the dead which they make no small point of their religion is plaine superstition and their counterfet holinesse hypocrisie Nouelties in these dayes delight daintie eares and fine filed phrases so fit some fantacies that no booke except it abound with the one or th'other or both of these is brookt of them Some reade Gascoine some Gueuar● some praise the Pallace of pleasure and the like whereon they bestow whole dayes yea some whole moneths and yeares that scarce bestow one minute on the Bible albeit the booke of God And no maruell though hypocritical Papists delight in anie other booke rather then the Bible seeing that this as the Sunne scorcheth the naked Ethiopians skin so grieueth the galled consciences of some that whē it discouereth their dissembling they neuer leaue kicking while any Christian is in their company Other there be that are more mild who for feare their offices should flie or their liuings be lost haue learned such conformitie that they can dissemble with deare friends in deepe points of religion and seeme outwardly that which inwardly in heart they vtterly abhor these snakes are most venimous when they cast their old skins Are not they grosse drunke with the dregges of their superstition that dare vtter this blasphemie against God and his word to terrifie and withdraw as much as they may the well meaning man from so godly and comfortable an exercise that it is dangerous for the vnlearned to reade the Bible If they would consideratiuely wai●h what great and grieuous punishment the Lord layd on Sennacherib king or Assyria Nicanor and others for blaspheming his name they would not so rashly do the like If their

What man shall haue a sillie sheepe Fall in a pit and lye in payne If it were worst of all he keepe And will not on the Sabboth day Haue care to fetch it thence away How much more may a man be then Preferd before a sheepe I pray There is no law forbiddeth men To do good on a Sabboth day Stretch forth said Christ thy withered hand This heard they all that there did stand It was restored to him so And all the people saw the same It fild the Pharisies with woe Which sought for to eclipse his fame And they went out with litle ioy Deuising Christ for to destroy For they had missed their intent Which made them rage so much the more To trappe him in his words they meant Yet fayl'd as they had done before His worthy works they did despise And went his death for to deuise But he that knew their meaning well Departed thence and went away He needed not that man should tell That they sought how they might him slay His fathers will he did respect And he his works did well effect Great multitudes him followed thence And he likewise them healed all Each one that came in his presence And vnto him for helpe did call Yet charged them they should not tell Or make him knowne if they did well Esayas Prophecie tooke place My seruant whom I chose ywis And my beloued full of grace In whom my soule delights is this My spirite put on him I will And he shall iudge the Gentiles still He shall not striue in word or deed None in the street shall heare his voyce He shall not breake a bruised reed The Gentiles shall in him reioyce Yea smoaking flaxe quench shall not he Till he both iudge and victor be Christ then had twise refelled such Opinions fond as they did hold At first they had presumed much And then againe did seeme as bold The Sabboth lets no man at need His wants supply or do good deed Iesus seeing the multitude dispersed as sheepe hauing no shepheard tooke compassion on them And Iesus Christ did not ceasse then But went about to eu'ry place In townes and Cities among men To preach and he was full of grace He healed each disease they had All men of him were very glad But when he saw the multitude He tooke on them compassion The people seemed very rude And wanting consolation For all abroad they scattered were As sheepe that had no shepheard there The haruest great and the labourers few The haruest is surely said he Now very great yet few I say Do labour in the same pray ye The Lord thereof to send away Some labourers for to take paine That by his haruest he may gaine Christ called his xij Apostles and sent them forth to preach giuing them power to worke miracles and heale diseases Then his Disciples Christ did call Power to them he gaue and grace That vncleane spirites they should all Cast out of men in eu'ry place As free you haue so likewise deale All sicke-men freely see you heale Twelue Iesus did send fotth to preach And did command them saying so Among the Gentiles them to teach Or to Samaria do not go To the lost sheepe of Israell Go first of all these newes to tell Say ye and teach that now at hand The kingdome of our God doth come Saluation throughout the land Is surely sent to all and some To all that will beleeue say ye That they the same shall shortly see Heale ye the sicke the leapers clense Raise vp the dead the deuils out cast And see when ye depart from hence Ye freely giue from first to last And in your iourney take no care What weeds ye weare or how ye fare What house or Citie ye come to Among the worthy there remaine Till you from thence haue cause to go Let them with you in peace retaine Such as do not deserue this grace Shake of their dust in the same place That dust shall witnesse against those That you desired not their wealth And earthly treasure that they chose Before this proffred sauing health They in the iudgement sure shall gaine Of Sodome and Gomorh the paine As sheepe I send you simple men In midst of worldly wolues to go Be ye as wise as Serpents then And innocent as doues also To kings and counsels for my sake When you are brought no thought then take For what ye speake it is not ye When torments for you do remaine The holy Ghost in you shall be To guide your speach and ease your paine The father shall the sonne said he And friend his friend betray for me Ye shall be hated for my name But he that dureth to the end Shall saued be and voyde of blame From persecution you defend From Citie to another go If you haue need for to do so For the Disciple is not sure Nor the seruant his Lord aboue Like death if you as I endure A signe it is of perfect loue If Beelzebub they do call me Is it strange then you so should be Nothing is hid but that shall I Make manifest and what ye heare In secret preach it openly Of men ye need not stand in feare Feare him that soule and body may Destroy in hell feare him I say If that a sparow shall not fall Nor any haire of yours decay But that your father cares for all And ouer all doth beare a sway Why should you care or be afrayd You shall be sure to haue his ayde Who so shall me on earth confesse Or me deny before men here Shall haue the like and nothing lesse In heau'n before my father there For my cause peace must needs decay And dearest friends their friends shall slay Who father friend his sonne or wife Doth loue more then he loueth me Who so my Crosse to saue his life Doth not take vp but seeks to flye The one vnworthy of me is The other shall not scape ywis He that receiueth you or me Receiueth him that vs hath sent A Prophet who receiueth he Reward shall haue to his content These litle ones who doth relieue God sure to him reward will giue Christes Sermon at the sending forth of his Apostles to preach When Iesus had then made an end Of giuing these commandements To his whom he then forth did send To teach the Iewes good documents The place he stood in was a plaine And with him many did remaine Yea multitudes of people were Out of all Iurie standing by From Tyre and Sydon they were there To heare his doctrine verely And at his hands to haue reliefe Each one as he was painde with griefe And they that with fowle spirits sore Tormented were Christ heal'd them all And still they sought him more and more Which boldly durst not on him call To touch his vesture as he went For health thereby to them was sent Then Iesus