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A00555 St. Paules-Church her bill for the Parliament as it was presented to the Kings Matie on Midlent-Sunday last, and intended for the view of that most high and honorable court, and generally for all such as beare good will to the reflourishing estate of the said church. Partly in verse, partly in prose. Penned and published for her good by Hen: Farley author of her complaint. Farley, Henry. 1621 (1621) STC 10690; ESTC S114668 19,515 44

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beautifie the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem c. 2. Chron. 24. 8. 9. 10. c. And at the Kings commandement they made a Penny Royall or the Kings Royall Penny or gift Chest and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord and made a Proclamation through Iuda and Ierusalem c. And the Lords and all the People reioyced and This may be called Angelica when Angels are so offered brought in vntill there was sufficient c. 2. Kings 12. 9. 10. 11. 12. But Iehoiadah the high Priest tooke a Chest This is as I take it Bursa Pastoris or Shepheards purse or the Clergies Chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the Altar on the right side as euery man cometh into the Temple of the Lord c. And when they saw there was much money in the Chest the Kings Scribe and the high priest came vp and told the money c. and gaue it sealed into the hands of them that executed the worke and such as had the ouersight of the house of the Lord. Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance And so the workmen wrought and the worke amended through their hands and they made the house of God as it ought to be and strengthned it So Iehoiadah Thus farre extends the pious branches of the good herbe called the Shepheards Purse waxed old and died full of dayes c. And they buried him in the City of Dauid among the Kings because he dealt well with Israel and with God and his House Here followeth Mother-Time gathered by the good King of our time and sent to the Reuerend Kingly Bishop Physitian or Father of this Mother-Church as an Herbe of most excellent vertue to cure all her diseases viz. Psalme 102. verses 13. 14. THou shalt arise and haue mercy vpon Sion for the * This sweet Mother or Mountaine Time may also be called the precious ointment vpon the head that ran downe vnto our Aarons beard yea euen to the skirts of his Clothing or yet more properly like the Dew of Hermon which by a diuine Sermon fell vpon our sacred hill of Sion Time to fauour her yea the set time is come For thy seruants take pleasure in her stones and fauour the dust thereof A Parallel of present time with time past Or of a good King liuing with a faithfull good King long since deceased IN the 18. yeare of the reigne of our good King Iames a Ouer England France and Ireland it pleased his sacred Maiestie to visit me poore Church and soone after to send the Gouernor of his City with diuers of his Nobles Reuerend Fathers and Elders to suruey my wants and to returne vnto his Highnesse all my diseases and corruptions and their causes that so he might like a most excellent b Supreame head gouernor in Church and Common-wealth within his Maiesties Dominions Physitian next vnder God take course for my cure And so in the same yere he called a Parliament intending first to purge the land and the Temple and then I hope to send his Nobles c. againe that shall neuer cease till I bee totally cured and most beautifully repayred This may then be worthily paralleld with the noble acts of that famous and faithfull King Iosiah recorded and renowned in the second Booke of the Kings the 22. Chapter and in the second Verses 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. c. Verses 8 9 10. c. Booke of Chron. the 34. Chapter For in the 18. yeare of his Reigne when hee had purged the Land and the Temple of Heresie This is heauenly Hysope and Corruption c It should seem this was at the end of a Parliament which was a heauenly conclusion of one good worke and a most sacred beginning of another Nota quaeso c. he sent Saphan the sonne of Azaliah and Maasiah the Gouernor of the City and Ioah the sonne of Ioahaz the Recorder to repaire the House of the Lord his God c. And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest they deliuered the money that was brought into the house of God which the Leuites that kept the Entries had gathered of the hands of Manasseh Ephraim and of all that yet remained in Israel and of all Iudah and Beniamin and they returned to Ierusalem and they put it in the hands of them Men did not then come like Beares to a stake to such a businesse but like poore beggers to a xijd. dole Happy was hee that could doe any thing which might dignifie and set forward the worke that had the ouersight of the house of the Lord and they gaue it to the Laborers that wrought in the house of the Lord to repaire and mend the House euen to Masons and Carpenters gaue they it to get hewed stone and timber for Couples and for Beames c. And the men did worke c. And the Ouerseers of them to courage them forward were Iahath and Obadiah Leuits of the Children of Merari and Zechariah and Meshullam of the Children of the Kohathites which all could skill of Instruments of musicke And ouer the bearers of burthens and ouer all that wrought in whatsoeuer workmanship were there Scribes Officers and Porters of the Leuites c. Thus farre the Posie of heauenly Herbs and Flowers gathered out of the Garden where millions more might haue beene culled for my purpose but I hope this is enough to him that delighteth in sweet Odours of piety and good workes And to that end I will pray as followeth This Prayer or Petition is for the King Prince c. and directed to the King of Kings O King of Kings and Lord Omnipotent Direct protect King Iames in Parliament Make all those wholesome Lawes he treats vpon T' approue him still a second Salomon A blessed Peacemaker Churches Amender And in Great Britaine long true Faiths Defender That euery Pen may write a sacred Story Of all his Noble Acts done to thy Glory And Sinne corrupt and base may out of hand Be purged quite and cleane out of the Land His Sonne likewise thy Sonne O God so guide him That all good hopes and haps may still betide him And as he is a Prince of prudent carriage So blesse him Lord in Single life and Marriage Make him thy Iem of Iems thy Pearle of Pearles Next to his Maiesty our Princely Charles Thy conqu'ring Champion when he goes to Warres As he is Conqu'rer at the Tilting-barres And thy strong Sampson valiant in the Field That he may fight and kill and ne're be kild Blesse also all his noble Lords and Peeres His Bishops Burgesses and Knights of Shires And giue them Ioy Prosperity and Health That doe their best for Church and Common-Wealth O let not any man be so vnholy From henceforth for to beg a * I meane such as are helpfull to one Subiect and hurtfull to all