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B01731	A bottle of holy tears, or, Jeremies threnes and lamentaions for Israels misery and Ierusalems woefull desolation, metrically and metaphrastically laid out in verse, explaining plainely the meaning of the prophet in his lamenting phrases. Very suitable to these times, wherein we have a call every day to learne the lessons of Englands lamentation, warre and plague having made a strong entrance into divers parts of the land, and leane famine and desolation knocking at the doore for entrance.		1645 (1645)	Wing B3811A; ESTC R173018	29,429	53

Author BEyond all doubt it is that Jeremy was the Author of this Booke He was the penne in the hand of the Holy Ghost by which this Booke was written Of all the Books in Scripture this about the Author falls under the least question Cassanae in Caral glor mund The Ienes call the Book Echa from the first word Quomodo as the French it is thought call their Salique Law from the two first words Si aliqua The Hebrew Doctors and Rabbins call it Cinoth that is Lamentations Of the Greeks it is called Threnoi because the matter of it is Lamentable the name of it is suitable Lamentations The Iews use to read this Scripture by the prescription of their Rabbins Pet. a figueiro in Lam. Jer. in Ca. 1. the 9. day of July or the moneth Ab in their Synagogues because that day Israel fell Ierusalem and the Temple were burnt In the Greek and the Roman Bibles the Booke begins with this proeme added to it And it came to passe after Israel was carried into Captivity and Ierusalem was laid desart that the Prophet Jeremy sate and lamented with this Lamentation over Ierusalem and said How doth c. Some thinke this Booke not to be a single one of it selfe but a part of Jeremies large Prophesies and to go● on with it Junius and Tremelius thinke it to be the Booke of Lamentations made at Josiah● funerall 2 Chron. 35. Now whether there were two Bookes of Lamentations will fall under question Sure it is that much of the Iewes misery came hasting on after Josiahs death so as the sorrow for him turned into a proverbiall of great mourning Zach. 12 10 or the mourning of Hadadrimmon 3. But for that it should be the Booke that underwent the penknife and the martyrdome of fire by Jehojakim Jer 36. needs not far to be sought after seeing there was much matter of prediction here onely of deploration It remains to conclude that it contains as a bottle Jeremies tears wherewith he bewasles the wretched estate of the Iewes and Ierusalem writing an Epitaph upon that dying City whose misery he saw begun at Josiahs death and foresaw her great desolation instant and imminent yea pressing fast onward under Zedekiah in War Famine cr●ell Tyranny and all evils within the predicament of misery and prevailing enemies By this writing he acts Lamentation confession of sinne appeale to Gods mercy deprecates judgement layes open Gods just wrath Israels unjust wayes thereby both exciting his owne people and giving an example and a lesson to all people to learne how to repent and turne to God when he in his judgement is turned against them He being a Prophet it not onely stayes at that destruction by Babylonians under Zedekiah and Jehoiachin Jer. 52. but withall fore-tells fore-sces and fore-bewailes Ierusalem and Iewes deeper downefall by Titus and the Romans The Lamentations of the Prophet IEREMIE Metrically Meraphrased CHAP. I. Verse 1. COme see and wonder how great Zion sits In sad alonenesse lately her fair streets were fill'd with populous throngs Now none wil woo Poor forlorn Widow none make love unto her (a) Cat me soelicemtoties jactasti● amici Qui ceeidit Rabilinon er●● ille gradu Boetide conso●● 〈…〉 How had she all Nations knees her ears were blest her With name of Princesse servant now at best Verse 2. Sad day's oft eas'd by night when as kind sleep Stops up tears Bottle but her sorrows keep Their watry course both with the Moon and Sun Her Cheeks are water Chanels where floods run Her eyes no standing Ponds but flowing Springs (b) 〈…〉 ●●vers have forgotten thee they seek thee not for I have wounded th●● wi●k 〈…〉 30.14 Yet no friend visits no Lover comfort brings Once many a name and face of loving friends Now low estate begins their friendship ends Disloy all love's soon chang'd from amity Verse 3. By adverse state to perverse enmitie Judah is stript of all her Soveraignty And captive led in great servility Amongst the Heathenish routs this holy flock Doth lead a restlesse life with Pagan folk In vain heart wishes to escape hope waits The enemies have caught her in such straits Verse 4. The wayes to Zion crowded with holy guests Which yearly came to keep her solemn feasts Pathwayes and gates now languishing lament Because few feet there tread none them frequent The Priests are prodigall of sighs and moan Depris'd of holy Office Virgins groan Deeply afflicted Zion knowes no lesse Herself in gulphed in great bitternesse Verse 5 Beyond all this her enemies doe command Shee must obey they have the upper hand Her sins this scourge to the Lords hand did reach When the Word 's rejected then the Rod shall teach Hee many sius these many sorrowes bred For this her children now are Captive led Verse 6. That face of beauty which Zion did renowne Like all her blisse is gone uncomely growne As stragling Harts her Princes are become Wandring for food being pasture-pincht at home The strong pursuers doe them strengthlesse drive ' Cainst powerfull force poor weaknesse cannot strive Verse 7. But O that misery (c) O that I were as in moneths past as in the dayes when god preserved me when I washed my steps with 〈…〉 and the rockes powred me out rivers of oyle Iob 29.2 6. Memoria foelicitatis ptaeteritae he●●● 〈◊〉 ●●ire infaelititat once to have happy been Torments the memory of Jerusalem Of sorrowes children this is eldest sonne To say of former joyes those dayes are done Her quondam pleasures she recounts full sad In deep affliction which before she had Till th' inundation of her enemies power Which hath her land selfe people all run o're Help none appeares Her enemies seeing it mock Yea her blest Sabbaths are their laughing stock Verse 8. Deeply she sin'd therefore she deeply smarts And Vagrant-like wanders in forraine parts They that had waxen knees in signe of honour Rowing doe now despise cry fie upon her Because they see her nakednesse with scorne They thinke to cloath her She as one forlorne Drawes out her soule in sighes her face she hides Verse 9. In her fonle skirts pollution much abides Wherefore from high thus low she did descend Because she quite forgot her latter end No Comforter appeares O Lord behold My miseries swelling tide whiles enemies bold Lift up themselves in pride Verse 10. They make their prey All her delights which hand can snatch away Nay Lord thy Sanctuary that holy place Which all unhallowed feet of Heathen race Thou didst inhibit to enter these she sees Pollute that sacred pavement which bow'd knees Of worshipping Saints did kisse Verse 11. See what rate bears One little loaf of bread when sighes and tears Of th' people cannot buy it For pittance small Of meat which might the flitting soule recall To fainting body one day more to live Their costliest jewelrie they doe freely give My piteous case consider Lord meane while See how

A BOTTLE OF HOLY TEARS OR Jeremies Threnes and Lamentations for Israels misery and Ierusalems woefull desolation Metrically and Metaphrastically laid out in Verse explaining plainely the meaning of the Prophet in his lamenting Phrases Very suitable for these times wherein we have a call every day to learne the Lesson of Englands Lamentation Warre and Plague having made a strong entrance into divers parts of the Land and leane Famine and Desolation knocking at the doore for entrance Therefore said I looke away from me I will weep bitterly labour not to comfort me because of the spoyling of the daughter of my people Esay 22.4 Consider ye and call for the mourning-women and send for the cunning-women that they may come and teach your daughters wailing and every one her neighbour Lamentation Jer. 9.17 19. YORKE Printed by Tho. Broad 1645. To the godly Reader that understands what these times are and practises Jeremies Lamentations with a sorrowing and sensible heart IN that day said the Prophet Esay Esay 22.12 did the Lord God of hostes call to weeping and to mourning and to baldnesse and to girding with sackcloth in this day he calls for the same for this is the day of Iacobs trouble What he calls for these Verses as blacke as the Inke they are writ withall calls for also Nazian 1. pacificat Nazianzen confesses he never read these lamenting lines of Ieremy but with a lamenting heart and with overflowing teares in his eyes Not onely Ieremies but ours are lamentable dayes and doe challenge our Threnodies and mourning Verses We have our sorrowfull Doctor Ieremy and the Doctrine is our owne or the Application rather comes home to us our Jerusalem being on a fire our Temples waste our Elders and Prophets gone into Captivity our Magistrates none to be found sitting in the gates our Merchants are weary of the Land and say it is more tempestuous then the sea they beare dust and ashes upon their heads our Virgines are defloured by an heard of Goates Rachel weepes for her children and will not be comforted because they are not Every one eates the flesh of his owne arme Manasseh is against Ephraim and Ephraim against Manasseh and both against Iudah O the cruell and unmercifull dealings of the men of these dayes as if it were not onely true that the English were not onely gone to live among the Cannibals in New-England but a Colony of Cannibals were brought thence to devoure and banquet with mans flesh in Old-England O Lord to us belongeth confusion of face to our Kings to our Princes and to our Fathers because we have sinned against thee Dan. 9.8 If there were true judgement given of our calamities what they are it might be resolved thus and that justly that the iniquity of the Throne the Inxurie of the Palates the oppressions of the Tribunals the prophanenesse of the Sanctuary the ungodlinesse of the street and market are all met together in one and have called forth the justice of God to plague us and to be revenged on such a Nation as this Wee have heard of fours great judgements the Lord threatens to great sinners wilde beasts and those we have belluine brutish and bitter men that need not learne in the wildernesse but set up a Lecture in the desert to the Tygers and Leopards to teach them to destroy and ●eare in pieces and for the other three limos lointos and polemos Famine Plague and War woe unto us that we have sinned they have said of the Land Here will we dwell for we have a delight therein The Lord teach us the lesson of these dayes to lament and turne unto him O all you carelesse soules that passe by that have some ease and quiet when all the Land is steeped in bitternesse and lies in the breach of the wrath of the Almighty how can you goe with such a dry Summer in your eyes Is it nothing to you that the Land mourns the Church hangs up her Harp on the Willow trees Sion sorrowes England and Ireland are bidding farewell to their broken hartstrings behold and see if there be any sorrow like Englands sorrow wherewith the Lord hath afflicted her in the day of his fierce wrath Come and vie teares with the weepers bow your heads and eyes to the wounded that having part in her sorrowes when she findes comfort you may challenge a part in her joyes For as none could goe into the Temple of Honour but they must passe thorow the Temple of Vertue so certainly it will come to passe that none shall enter into the glorious Temple of the Churches joy but they that goe thorow the closet of mourning earnestly bewailing both our sins ●say 66.10 and Gods peoples sufferings Rejoyce with Jerusalem and be glad with her all ye that love her Rejoyce for joy with her all ye that mourne for her To this purpose I have plainly and simply set upon my owne heart and laboured to strike fire with Ieremies flint and steele that some of his compassionate sorrow might take hold on me in the midst of the passions of the Lords inheritance and doe thinke the endeavour Nahum 2.7 ●●ck 7.16 be it never so meane honest and good in calling upon others to learne to be Doves tabring upon their breasts and mourning in the vallies The Prophets meaning I have followed with a Metricall and Metaphrasticall interpretation sometimes taking a Poeticall license to be more large but alwayes following the Propheticall sense Nor is it strange that Lamentation should be in Verse and Poetry the Prophet writ it so in Hebrew meeter spending foure Alphabets of Hebrew Letters Hi●r●● Epist 115. ad Paulam Vrbi somewhat like the 119. Ps l me about it the manner of Verse inost resembling a Trimeter Sapphicke Why not sorrow in Verse when Davids Penitentiall full of the wormewood of repentance in ' 51. Psalme was vented in mournfull Poetry and had more water of godly sorrow in it then the spring had Elementary water in which Bathshebah bathed If from this Prophets Threnes Pelusi epist 298. Lib. 1. Lucae C●nobiarchae who was prophetoon polyp●●thestatos the most calamitous of all the Prophets I shall but gaine some few hearts with holy and sorrowing sense by compassion to lament the passions of the Lords people I shall rejoyce because wet seed carried out has a promise of sheaves to be reaped and brought home triumphantly The Verse is neither Scenicall nor Cynicall but plaine and passionate Lacbrymosae p●●mata puppi Pers Mat. 5. Es●y 57.18 not Martials Verse to breake the Diaphragme with laughter but like Puppius his Verse the Cloth and Fringe all teares Englands state is sinfull and mourfull the Lord teach us tomourne that the next Message we have from the Lord may be that of Christ Blessed are you that mourne for you shall be comforted I will restore comforts to you and to the Mourners Of the Name the Argument the Book and the