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A31568	A sacred poem wherein the birth, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascension of the most holy Jesus are delineated ... : also eighteen of David's psalms, with the Book of Lamentations paraphras'd, together with poems on several occasions / by James Chamberlaine.	Chamberlaine, James, Sir, d. 1699.	1680 (1680)	Wing C1817; ESTC R34419	74,873	219

their Laws And break the rest of that same sacred day Which he was strictly bound to keep alway But unto this the man could nothing say For then he knew not Jesus who that day Had healed him and to the Jews unknown VVas stept aside and from their envy gone After a while the ever-blessed Lord Found him i' th' Temple whom he had restor'd VVho out of tender pity to the man Bid him be careful how he sinn'd again Since of his tedious Sickness he was well Lest a more fearful Judgment him befell But straight unto the Jews this silly Soul Went and inform'd them Jesus made him whole Therefore they sought the ever-Blest to slay Because he heal'd him on the Sabbath-day MIRACLE VIII The Cure of one who had a wither'd Hand wrought in Galilee AS Jesus travell'd through the Fields of Corn With his Disciples on the Sabbath Morn His little Flock with gnawing Hunger took T' appease its rage the full-ear'd Corn did pluck When this the formal Pharisees did see VVho no respect had to necessity They told the ever-blessed Jesus how His Follow'rs did what they ought not to do They broke upon that Solemn Day their Fast Before the publick Services were past Which strictly by their Moses was forbid In his own Law and which they never did Jesus who through this Vail their envy saw And better knew the meaning of the Law Than these dissembling Zealots did reply'd Have ye not read what God 's Anointed did And his Companions when from Saul they fled How they did eat the consecrated Bread Which to the Temple and the Priests belong'd And by this action thought the Law not wrong'd And in the Law have ye not notice ta'ne How that the Priests i' th' Temple do prophane The sacred Sabbath And yet blameless are Although the work they then performed were But for the service of the Temple not To be allow'd on that day to be wrought Now if that David and his men who were With Hunger pinch'd might safely without fear The Shew-bread take and without sinning eat Those hallow'd Loaves for want of other Meat Why may not my Disciples be allow'd Since they were destitute of other Food To pluck and eat the ripened ears of Corn Although they did it on the Sabbath Morn That which they did being but to abate Their raging Hunger which requir'd Meat And in the Laws intention sure they are No more blame-worthy than the other were Their Cases are alike and therefore must Both sinful be or both accounted just And if th' appeasing Sacrifices may Be by the Priests drest on the Sabbath-day Why may not my Disciples crop the Corn As they walk'd through it on the Sabbath Morn Since holy days as well as things may be Prophan'd in cases of necessity If inhumane ye were not as ye are And so unlike to God who doth declare That Mercy is more pleasing in his Eyes By far than is the richest Sacrifice You would as 't was your duty to have done Put on this act the best construction And not have charg'd my Follow'rs for this deed With an offence ' cause what they herein did Was but in order to my Service done And with my liking and permission Who Lord am of the Sabbath and so may Forgive the breach of that Religious day This said and having justify'd this Deed And his Disciple from the Cavils freed Of the most spightful Pharisees the place He forthwith left where the Contention was And went another Sabbath day into Their Synagogue and as he us'd to do The silly People most divinely taught Where this ensuing Miracle he wrought Among the great Assembly there did stand A poor disabled Person whose right hand Was shrivel'd up he hearing of the Fame Of Jesus to be heal'd unto him came The baffled Scribes and Pharisees who were Thirsty for an occasion to ensnare The blessed Jesus waiting for him lay To see him heal upon the Sabbath-day A deed which they accounted such a Crime That 't would condemn him in the Sanhedrim But Jesus who their thoughts did understand Commanded him who had the wither'd Hand To rise and in the mid'st stand forth of all Those who their Malice did Religion call Straight he arose and this command obey'd Then Jesus sternly looking on them said One thing I 'le ask of you who seem so wise To think all knowledge in your bosom lyes Who so great Criticks in your Laws are known Is good or evil lawful to be done Upon your Sabbath-days Or is it fit To destroy Life or else to rescue it But they so puzzled were at what he said That to his Queries they no answer made Then went he on Who is there of you all Shall have a Sheep that by a chance shall fall Into a steepy-pit o' th' Sabbath-day And will not take the liberty to lay Hold on it and endeavour all he can To pull it out How much more is a Man Better than such a Creature Wherefore know Men may good actions on the Sabbath do Then fiercely looking on the thronging Croud Who there around him full of envy stood Griev'd at the very Soul to find not one That had the Bowels of Compassion He bid the Man who had the wither'd Hand And in the middle of the Throng did stand To stretch it forth who did as Jesus said And whole that Hand was as the other made MIRACLE IX The Cure of several Persons by our Saviour when he came down from the Mountain JEsus whose Soul was on Devotion bent Having all night in fervent Prayer spent Upon a Mountain when the Worlds great Eye Pierc'd through the sable Clouds and made them fly Call'd his Disciples to him and of them Made choice of twelve for to attend on him These he Apostles nam'd because that he Purpos'd so soon as they were fit to be Employ'd by him to send them forth to Preach Those right'ous Laws which he came down to Teach But first in Jewry they were to make known Th' eternal Precepts of the mighty One And after that when he was Thron'd on High Throughout the World to Preach up Piety Th' Apostles thus made choice of to fulfil The pleasure of his just and sacred Will He from the Leavy-Mountains shady Brow On which he Pray'd did with his Follow'rs go Into the spacious Plain and there he stood As most convenient for the Multitude Who with more ease might there his Doctrin hear And to him come those who diseased were Being there besides the residue of those Who Jesus for their blessed Master chose Great multitudes of People to him came Out of Judea and Jerusalem And from the Sea-coasts of the stately Tyre And pop'lous Sydon some with a desire To hear him Preach and some infirm that were In hope once come they should be healed there Herein so gracious was the blessed Son Of the Almighty that there was not one That mist his expectation for he Preach'd The Gospel to them and his Virtue

that thou shalt conceive She who is barren call'd Elizabeth Is now with Child To Zach'ry I brought down The joyful Message of a wisht-for Son Six Months with Child she 's gone with God there 's nought How strange soe're but he can bring 't about The Conception it self Behold said she the Handmaid of the Lord Be it to me according to thy Word For ever Lord thy Glorious Name be prais'd Who from a low and abject State hast rais'd And in renown exalted me above The rest of Women by this mark of Love Mary's saluting Elizabeth No sooner Gabriel had his Message done But back he flew to Heaven's Glorious Throne Up from her bended Knees the Virgin rose And straightway went to Zacharia's house Within Judeas hilly Country where She found her Cousin and saluted her The welcome Greeting did no sooner sound Within her Ears but she the Infant found To leap within her Womb and straight her Breast With a Prophetick Spirit was possest And thus she spake Elizabeth's Exclamation Blessed art thou most lovely Maid above The rest of Women in th' Almighty's Love Blessed for ever Blessed is that Son Of the Great God within thy Virgin Zone O what a joy is it for me to see The Mother of my Lord to visit me For loe mine ears no sooner heard thy Voice But in my Womb the Infant did rejoyce Blessed art thou because thou didst believe The Angels Message it shall never grieve Thee that thy Faith was so much wrought upon For e're nine Months thou shalt bring forth this Son Then Mary said Magnificat My Soul doth praise the Lord for evermore And Spirit joyes in God my Saviour For he regarded hath the low estate Of his poor Servant and hath made her great So great that Generations henceforth shall Respect my name and highly-Blessed call For he that mighty is great things hath done For me beyond imagination His Mercy is from Age to Age on them Who serve him blessed be his Glorious Name He with his Pow'rful Arm hath to the great And proud Designers given a Defeat He from their Seats the Mighty hath put down And rais'd the humble Soul unto a Crown He hath the needy with good things supply'd But to the proud his Mercies hath deny'd He in remembrance of his promise made To Abra'm and his Seed hath now made glad And holpen Isr'el for within my Womb There lies inclos'd the promis'd Seed to come S. John's Birth Well nigh three Months within her Cousins House Remain'd the lovely new betrothed Spouse Of Joseph till she plainly did perceive Her Womb contain'd him who the World should save Then she took leave and forthwith to her home Poor and despised Nazareth did come Some few days after of a lovely Boy Eliz'beth was deliver'd to the joy Of all her Neighbours her Relations were Glad when they heard how God a Son and Heir Had given to her and had Mercy shown Making her pregnant who was barren known On the Eighth Day they all together came To Circumcise and give the Child a Name The bloody Act perform'd they voted all Him by the name of Zachary to call But when the Mother heard how they her Son Had Zachary nam'd she gave the name of John They told her none of her Relations were Call'd by that Name as ever they could hear Unto the Father they made signs to know How he would have him call'd 't should be so He made them signs to have a Book which brought Within it John unto their wonder wrote Which having done his Tongue immediately From its restraint was set at liberty And in most thankful manner the first thing Was the Almighty's praise which he did sing When they heard this who round about did dwell A reverential fear upon them fell Believing all this Child in time would prove Some mighty man whom Heaven so did love Who in the Womb and ever since hath been By God so favour'd as was never seen Old Zacharias who was musing on What Gabriel said of his and Mary's Son A sacred flame arose within his Breast And thus divinely sung the inspir'd Priest Benedictus Blest be the God of Isra'l and esteem'd Who hath his People visited and Redeem'd And rais'd within his servant Davids house A mighty King and Saviour unto us As by his holy Prophets mouths he spake Which have been since he the vast World did make That we should be delivered from all those Who are our secret or our open Foes To keep his mercy which he promised To our Fore-fathers and their num'rous Seed The Oath he swore to Abraham on this wife That he would free us from our Enemies That we securely may devote our days To do his Will and sing his worthy praise And thou my Child of the most High I know Shalt be a mighty Prophet thou shalt go Before the Christ t' instruct the World how they May him imbrace and all his Laws obey To teach them how when they have evil done Through him they may obtain Remission All through the mercy of our God whereby Christ hath to us descended from on high To give them Light who do in Blindness sit Within the Vale of Death and guide our Feet Into the path of peace which pleasant way Will lead us all to joys which ne're decay Thus sung the aged Priest unto his joy In Spirit strong and stature grew the Boy John's Education Within the Mountains of Judea he Severely past his tender Infancy There he abode until the day wherein His Ministerial Function did begin Now in the forty fourth year of his Raign The great Augustus Caesar did ordain And strictly charge that all in every Town Within the Roman Empire should set down Their Names Fortunes in those Cities where Their Ancestors were born of whom they were When this first Taxing was by Caesar made Cyrenius for his Province Syria had To their respective Cities each one went To be enroll'd in Caesar's Government From Galilee out of Naz'reth Joseph came With Mary big with Child to Bethlehem Because they both of David's Princely Race Descended were who born was in that place It came to pass they were no sooner there But Mary found the happy time drew near Wherein she must her first born Son bring forth The Word by whom God made both Heav'n and Earth The Birth of Christ Within the Inn no room she could obtain Although she sought it o're and o're again Into the Stable she was forc'd to go Then on the ground her Knees did humbly bow And in the midst of glorious thoughts the Son Of the Most High brought forth without a groan In Swadling-Cloaths she wrapp'd her First-born Child And on the Straw she laid him in the Field Were Shepheards who by nightly turns did look Unto their innocent and wealthy Flock When lo an Angel from the glittering Throne Of the Almighty came and round them shone The daz'ling brightness of his presence made The watchful Shepheards

on his Knees upon the ground With lifted hands in fervent Prayer found Straight with the reasons of their coming out They did inform him how his fame had brought By those he had restor'd as many more Diseased persons round about the door Who there attended to receive their doom And would not thence depart till he did come But he who came commission'd from the Throne Of the great God to make his Gospel known Askt them with him to th' neighb'ring Towns to go For so his Father order'd him to do That they his glorious Truths might likewise hear And Power see and of them witness bear Then with the four he went such care had he To preach the Gospel throughout Galilee And dayly in their Synagogues he taught Th' abused People and such VVonders wrought In curing those whom Satan had possest That his Almighty Pow'r was manifest There was a Jew who a long while had been Vext with a Leprous Scab all o're his Skin Who by the Priest was by a rigid doom Forbid within their Synagogues to come He came to Jesus with an humble Soul And begg'd on bended Knees to be made whole For Lord said he I know if thou do'st please 'T is in thy pow'r to cure my soul Disease The Son of Love who of our Bodies here As well as Souls hereafter takes a care Stretcht forth his Arm and touching him said he My pleasure 't is that thou henceforth shalt be Freed from this Leprous Scab and as he said All on a sudden he was healthful made Then to the Priest he order'd him to go As by the Law he was oblig'd to do And shew himself and for his cleansing bring VVhat was requir'd for an Offering But how he came to be restor'd to none No not unto the Priest to make it known Yet when he was departed he began To publish it that Jesus was the Man VVho wrought this mighty Cure though forbid To tell it told them all he said and did So that with safety Jesus could no more Enter the City as he did before In publick but a while withdrew aside To Desart places where he did abide But there the Galileans found him out Flocking from every quarter round about MIRACLE VI. The Cure of a Man sick of a Palsie at Capernaum JEsus though for a while he did refrain From Capernaum came at length again Into the City in the open day And to the house of Simon went straightway Long had he not been there but a great Crew VVas met together when they once it knew A Crew so num'rous that there was no room No not about the door for all to come Jesus who all occasions did embrace To teach the People what their duty was Arose and sweetly the Almighty's will Into their itching Ears did there instil But while amidst the Doctors of the Laws His Fathers sacred Truths he teaching was A Paralytick to the house was brought To have a Cure by his great power wrought But the ungovern'd press into the Room Would not permit the Bed-rid Wretch to come When lo his Friends bethought them of a wile And climbling to the top o' th' low built Pile The Roof uncover'd when they so had done Into the Room they let the Palsy'd down VVhen Jesus saw the strange unusual way The Friends of the diseas'd had to convey The Paralytick to him Son said he For thy great Faith thy Sins forgiven be Which when the Scribes and Pharisees who were Sitting within the Room with him did hear They thought within themselves how dares this Man Blaspheme at this rate since there 's none that can Forgive our Sins but that Almighty One Who sits above in his Celestial Throne Jesus who by his Pow'r Divine could tell Those ranc'rous thoughts which in their heart did dwell Looking upon the envious Scribes did say VVhy judg ye thus Which is the easier way To tell the Sick thy Sins forgiven be Or thou art cur'd of thine Infirmity But that ye may the mighty Power know The Son of Man hath over all below To make both Soul and Body to arise Healthful and free from all Infirmities He stedfast look'd upon the Palsied Soul And bid him rise for he was now made whole VVho straight obey'd and taking up his Bed VVent forth before them all recovered Now when the Jews beheld what Christ had done They were amaz'd having the like ne're known And with their mouths gave glory to the Lord VVho so impower'd his great Prophets Word MIRACLE VII The Cure of an Impotent Man by the Pool of Bethesday AT Solyma there was a noted Feast To celebrate the which the ever-Blest VVho ne're omitted what he ought to do In all obedience to the Law did go Within the Town there stood just by the place Wherein the Jews did use to wash always The slaughter'd Bodies of their harmless Beasts Which were to be the Victims at their Feasts An House of Mercy where the Blind and Lame And Wither'd Persons lay who thither came To be immers'd within this bloody Pool In which who-e're was plung'd was straight made whole Under this Roof an helpless Wretch did ly bound with the Bands of an Infirmity Thirty eight years expecting there to find Some pious Person who would prove so kind As him into this healing Bath to set That he thereby might Strength and Vigour get But this neglected He could find not one So little did they all his Case bemoan That when the Waters troubled were therein Would his assistance lend to put him in The Son of Love who all his life time spent In works of Mercy to the Impotent Came to the place where the Diseas'd did lye And looking on him with a tender Eye Propos'd this question to the Bed-rid Soul Whether he willing was to be made whole Sir said the Man long have I waited here For this intent but I am ne're the near No Friend I have that when the VVaters be Troubled their helping hand will lend to me To put me in others this blessing gain Through help of Friends which I cannot obtain Jesus who knew the sad and helpless case Of the Diseas'd and how he friendless was Bid him arise take up his Bed and go Unto his house for he was healed now Then straight he rose and taking up his Bed On which a long and sad Life he had led Begun with it upon the Sabbath-day On which the Cure was wrought to go away This when the Jews beheld who did detest All violations of their Day of Rest They were enrag'd and told him what he did Upon that day their sacred Law forbid Which no laborious action would allow And such was his which he ought not to do But boldly he reply'd the Man who made Me whole this day the same unto me said Take up thy Bed and walk and so I will Though in the very act you do me kill Then they demanded of him who he was That durst command him to infringe