Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	name_n	write_v	6,549	5	5.6975	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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

due to Thee ERRATA PAge 14. l. 1. Assembly r. Synagogue l. 14. include in a Parenthesis p. 18. l. 22. needful r. sacred p. 24. l. 15. tyr'd r. tyred p. 39. l. 2. work r. works p. 40 l. 8. Disciple r. Disciples p. 50. l. 27. unto r. into p. 55. l. 11. inconsistant r. inconsistent p. 57. l. 23. ingen'ous r. ingenuous p. 63. l. 5. r. make p. 65. l. 6. hear r. here p. 68. l. 17. r. when to the three p. 69. l. 16. hea'vny r. heav'nly p. 88. l. 25. the r. their Souls p. 90. l. 2. those cruel marks the Jews p. 119. l. 12. soon r. some p. 136. l. 2. coule r. could p. 137. l. 13. r. and communion p. 145. l. 15. mounful r. mournful p. 152. l. 21. false r. base lyes p. 165. l. 6. Age r. Ag'd l. 7. looked r. look'd l. 19. are r. was tan'e p. 168. l. 11. r. Turn thou us Lord p. 169. l. 14. Sin r. Sins p. 170. l. 4. r. we have against thee done p. 187. l. 9. should r. shouldst l. 15. Women r. Woman p. 192. l. 18. higer r. high'r A SACRED POEM The Birth of S. John and the most holy Jesus Luke the first SInce there are many who have undertook Of those great Wonders to compile a Book Which of late years were in this Nation done Just in that order as they were made known To them by those who at the same time were Eye-witnesses of what they did declare To me who from the first have understood Exactly sev'ral things it seemed good To write Divine Theophilus to thee This following matter as 't was told to me That thou the truth of all those things may'st know Which I suppose was taught thee long ago In Herod's days who King of Jewry was There liv'd a sacred Priest call'd Zacha'ras One of Abia's Course he had to Wife Elizabeth of an Exemplar life The Virgin was before she knew his Bed Nor was she less devout when married Both righteous were both blamelesly did live In all those Laws God to the Jews did give No Child they had nor e're were like to have Elizabeth too old was to Conceive It came to pass while that he went to burn Within the Temple Incense in his turn Before the Lord and all the People were Without devoutly on their knees at Pray'r On the right hand o' th' flaming Altar he Perceiv'd an Angel of the Lord to be His aged Limbs scar'd at the Vision shook Trembling he stood until the Angel spoke The Promise of John's Birth and Office Fear not said he thy Prayers are heard a Son Thy Wife shall bear and thou shalt call him John Thousands of hearts glad at his birth shall be As well as thou and praise the Lord with thee He shall be great in the Almighty's sight For abstinence a perfect Nazarite Not tasting Drink that 's strong nor any Wine Endu'd early with the Spirit Divine Many of Isr'el's Children to the Lord Shall be converted by his pow'rful Word He shall before the true Messiah go I' th' Pow'r and Spirit of Elijah so That he shall make the Ceremonious Jews Admire Justice and her Paths to chuse And so prepare them to be wise that they Shall Christ receive and his Commands obey How shall I know since I am now grown old Said Zacharias what thou hast foretold Shall come to pass my Wife is likewise known Through heatless age past hopes to have a Son Gabriel's my name by the great God's command Before whose sacred presence I do stand With these glad Tydings I am sent to thee But since thou faithless art and wilt not be Perswaded of the truth of what I say Deaf shalt thou be and dumb until that day Thine aged Wife shall bring forth to thy joy From her now barren Womb this promis'd Boy Long did the People with amazement wait For Zacharias at the Temple Gate Forth at the length the aged Priest did come Deaf as the Angel said and likewise dumb Soon they perceiv'd something reveal'd had been By a wing'd Herald which he there had seen Beck'ning he stood but could not for his heart What he had heard and seen to them impart The Conception of S. John Baptist It came to pass so soon as he had done His priestly Office and the Crowd was gone The silent Priest departed to his home And streight his Wife receiv'd a pregnant Womb. Five Months from home not willing to abide The People's Censure she withdrew aside Although assur'd she was her marr'age Bed Was never stain'd with a disloyal deed She knew this Mercy in her aged days Was an unwonted Gift and so gave praise Unto the Lord who had remov'd that day From her the shame of barrenness away In the sixth Month the glorious Gabriel came From the Almighty to a Town whose name Was Nazareth within whose happy Wall There liv'd a Virgin whom they Mary call Youthful and florid as the blooming May Devout and piously imploy'd each day Of Body chast and humble too in mind In whom all Heavenly Graces brightly shin'd She was betroth'd to Joseph for a Wife A man all just and of a pious life And was descended from that valiant King Who Isr'el freed with a smooth Stone and Sling To her the Angel came as she alone On bended Knees was praying to the Throne Of the great God and thus to her he said The Salutation Hail thou most lovely person happy Maid The Lord is with thee thou art highly blest Of all thy Sex thou art the happiest When she beheld the glorious Messenger Who in this manner had saluted her A Rosy Blush diffus'd it self all o're Her lovely Face and shame-fac'd on the Flore She cast her Eyes troubled and in her mind seeking th' importance of his words to find But while she musing was silence he broke And thus the borrow'd Form to Mary spoke The Promise of Conception of the most Holy Jesus Fear not thou lovely Maid from Heavens King Before whose Face thou hast found Grace I bring Most joyful news Thou shalt conceive a Son Who shall to Isr'el bring Salvation Him thou shalt Jesus call he great shall be The happy product of Divinity He shall his Father David's Throne ascend His Scepter over Isr'el shall extend Of his Dominion there shall be no end To him the Rulers of the Earth shall bring Their borrow'd Crowns and own him as their King How can I hope blest Gabriel said she While I a Virgin am that this to me Can ever happen to conceive a Son A thing ne're heard off nor was ever known Thy God doth know how I have always led Throne A single life and ne're defil'd my Bed Therefore said Gabriel from the glorious Of the most High his Spirit shall come down And fruitful make thine hallow'd Womb to bear Jesus the Son of God thy Saviour What I have said th' Almighty will fulfill His Pow'r is able to effect his Will And as a Token