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Youths divine pastime containing forty remarkable scripture histories turned into common English verse : with forty curious pictures proper to each story : very delightful for the virtuous imploying the vacant hours of young persons, and preventing vain and vicious divertisements : together with several scripture hymns upon divers occasions.
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R. B., 1632?-1725?
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to streng then him And bows himself with all his power He plucks the Pallace to the ground A thousand slays at his last hour Thus dy'd Heavens Champion with renown And at his Death more Honour won Than by his Glorious Conquests he Even all his Life before had done XVII Vpon David and Goliah 1 Sam. 17. WHen Israel ' gainst the Philistines Made War under King Saul They had a Giant in their Host Whom they Goliah call He taller was than others far In strength he did excel He had an Head-piece all of Brass And he with Pride did swell He marches up to Israel's Tents And boldly does proclaim Defiance to the best of them That dare at him to aim The Israelites were much afraid And trembled at his voice Which made their Enemies laugh and scoff And over them rejoice Thus proud Goliah oft doth vaunt And challenge them to Fight But there was none the courage had To meet this Man of Might When David comes into the Host And hears the boasts he makes He much disdains his Blasphemies The Combate undertakes Goliah doth the Youth despise Swears he will have his life David as vallantly replies His death shall end the strife Goliah comes with Sword and Spear But David with a Sling And though the Giant rage and swear David him down doth bring He only slings a little Stone And therewith lays him dead Which done he bravely marches on And then cuts off his Head XVIII Vpon David and Abigail 1 Sam. 25. IN great distress to th' Wilderness Of Paran David fled To save himself from furious Saul Who close him followed Being in want he sends his Men To Nabal for relief But he instead of Food returns What added to his grief David he calls a Run-away And nothing will bestow He will not give his Bread and Drink To Men he does not know The young Men back to David come And Nabal's words declare Who vows his Family to slay And none of them to spare When one of Nabal's Servants heard His Master so severe He told his Wife who instantly The Consequence did fear Plenty of Bread and Wine she takes And unto David goes To pacify his wrath and save Her House from Blood and Woes Being discreet at David's Feet She falls and favour craves Prays he 'll be pleas'd to be appeas'd Since God him often saves He hears her voice and does rejoyce She kept him back from Blood He up her lifts receives her Gifts And promises her good Soon after Gods revenging Rod Took away Nabal's Life Then David sent for Abigail And took her to his Wife XIX Vpon David and Bathsheba 2 Sam. 11. VVHen Joab against Ammon fought King David staid at home And on his House did use to walk Till Joab back should come From conquering his Enemies One Evening thus imploy'd Bathsheba who was very fair Bathing her self he spied Her Beauty prov'd a snare to him He sent and she is brought With whom he folly doth commit Which him much mischief wrought And to conceal his wickedness And cover this vile deed Her Husband poor Uriah's doom'd Though innocent to bleed This faithful valiant Souldier Must be expos'd to die Lest he his Wives Adultery Should happen to descry Joab must be imploy'd therein Who never asks the Cause David then takes her to his Wife And thus rejects Gods Laws Lord if the best of men may thus So foully sin and fall What need have we to watch and pray And on thy Name to call For thy assistance and thy grace Temptations to withstand That they may ne're prevail on us To break the least Command Since we observe that one sin still Is followed by another Vainly like David men design The first the last shall cover XX. Vpon David and Nathan 2 Sam. 12. DAvid a while lay quietly And thought his Crime conceal'd But foolish Man can never hide What God will have reveal'd For Nathan came and in Gods Name Lay'd to his charge this sin And threatens him that for the same The Lord will visit him Thou didst quoth he this secretly But I before the Sun Will shew to all how I detest The Fact that thou hast done Uriah 's Wife and then his Life Were subject to thy Lust And now thy Wives and Childrens death Shall shew that I am just Thus saith the Lord I 'll draw my Sword Against thy Family And first th' Adulterous Child now Born I do pronounce shall die I made thee king and gave thee Wives And all thou couldst desire Yea more I would have done for thee If more thou couldst require But since mine Enemies now Blaspheme For these thy evil ways Thy House shall have no rest nor peace VVithin it all thy days Thou dost confess thy wickedness I 'll therefore thee forgive Yet to be sure thou must endure My wrath whilst thou dost live Thus God declares he will not spare The best but them chastise Let us then fear him to offend For he is just and wise XXI Vpon David and Absalom 2 Sam. 13. DAvid doth still Gods Judgments see Now Absolom conspires His best beloved Absolom His Fathers Death desires He first contrived Amnon's Death And now invades the Crown David's grey Hairs with sorrow he Will bring unto the ground The Politick Achitophel In League with him doth join The Rebels now grow confident Of carrying their Design David flyes from Jerusalem VVeeps as he goes along VVith covered Head and bared Feet The Traitors still grow strong Alas what shall poor David do He calls upon the Lord And of him humbly doth implore He would his Aid afford God hears his Prayer confounds his Foes Brings all their Plots to nought In rage Achitophel hangs himself In his own Snare he 's caught Joab pursues young Absolom Assur'd of Victory And finds him hanging by the Locks I' th' Branches of a Tree And notwithstanding David's Charge He to him should be kind He with a Dart pierces his Heart The Youth his Life resign'd Then David mourns for Absolom As for an only Son Yea his dear Absolom's Life to save Wishes his own had gone XXII King Solomon and the two Harlots 1 Kings 3. VVHen Solomon in Peace possest The Throne of Israel His Wisdom far and neer was known Most King 's he did excel It happened two Harlots begg'd Of him to do them Right Who having heard them plead their Cause Soon brought the Truth to light Both dwelt together in one House Each did a Man-Child bear One Woman over-laid her Son I' th' Night for want of Care Then rises up and in the dark Doth to the other come And takes away her living Child Leaving her dead i' th' room The Mother wakes the dead Child finds But looking well thereon At length she certainly concludes This Child is not her own The other boldly doth affirm Her 's is the living Child The Difference is so great that they Could not be reconcil'd The King hears all and thinks this Cause Affection must decide
shed his innocent Blood The Promise would be still perform'd His God could make it good For his Obedience God doth give Him Isaac back again A sign that he by Christ should live And in his Grace remain VI. Vpon Joseph and his Mistress Gen. 30. TO Potiphar a Man of War Young Joseph for a Slave was sold And was so just unto his Trust His Master never him controull'd Now Joseph's Mistress void of shame Upon him cast a lustful Eye And without fear unto him said I prithee Joseph with me lye O impudent why not content With what by Marriage was thy share How confident how void of grace Does this thy motion thee declare To modest Wives thou art a shame Who all such wickedness decry And all such Harlots will exclude And banish from their Company But would he be and do as she With shameless Face did him desire No Sacred Story to his Glory Says he from her did soon retire For which a false and treacherous part She did to innocent Joseph show Since her lasciviousness he hates She into Prison will him throw Therefore a cry she instantly Did feign pretending she was Chaste Alas said she he 'll ravish me Come come to my relief make haste Thus Joseph ' cause he faithful was Did grief indure most wrongfully While Potiphar his Wife adores For her pretended Honesty But into Prison Joseph's thrown As guilty of Disloyalty With Fetters bound for Crimes unknown Yet soon advanc'd to dignity VII Upon Joseph and his Brethren Gen. 42.43 WHen Joseph's Brethren had him sold and into Egypt he was gone They went home and their Father told An evil Beast had slain his Son This did they ' cause their evil deeds He to their Father us'd to tell Who Vice corrects but hardly speeds Though by so doing he means well They likewise hate him for his Dreams Scorning he should above them be Pride always runs men to extreams And envies those that rise more high Yet Joseph up at last is set Made next to Pharaoh in the Land The Cross to Dignity 's no let The purpose of the Lord shall stand A Famine makes them hunt for Bread Distrest they come to Joseph's Door What Men despise when they are Great They 'll not disdain if once grown Poor To Joseph now they cringe and bow And give him both the Cap and Knee The haughty looks the Lord knows how To bring unto humility Joseph looks strange and speaketh rough He charges them with being Spies Oh! ye are served justly now Remember your poor Brother's cries Falshood and Theft he to their charge Doth lay to mind them of their Sin Imprisons and sets them at large To shew his Dream fulfill'd had been At last he tells them who he was He kisses and forgives them too Tells them the Crown he got by th' Cross There 's none but Christ the like can do VIII Vpon Moses in the Ark of Bull-rushes Exod. 2. THY Mother when she saw thy Face Concluded thus of thee A Man above the common Race Of Men my Son will be Therefore when she no longer could Thee in her Bosom hide To save thee from the Tyrants wrath An Ark she did provide Compos'd of Bulrushes wherein Being put she down thee laid Upon the Rivers brink in hope That God would send thee aid Soon after Pharaoh's Daughter came Unto this very place She sees the little Ark and sends Her Maid it to uncase When opening this Rushy House She there a Babe doth spy Thou weptst her Bowels yearn and she Bewails thy destiny Thy Sister comes and tells her she A Nurse for thee will call Who thy own Mother is what could More happily thee befal This Child said she nurse thou for me And Wages thou shalt have His Mother now Becomes his Nurse Nought kills when God will save Being now grown up he comes to Court Where owned as the Son Of Pharaoh's Daughter he Respect And Reputation won And Moses call'd because he was Taken out of the River Who in his early years began His Brethren to deliver IX Upon Moses and the Burning Bush Exod. 3. WHen Moses kept his Fathers Sheep At Horeb he did see What made him quake a Bush on Fire Which could not burned be He saw the flaming with amaze But whilst he view'd this wonder There suddenly from thence proceeds A Voice much like to Thunder Moses thy Shoes thou must unlose Thou stand'st on Holy Ground The Lord thy Father's God is here Who doth with Grace abound I 've heard and seen and long have been With Jacob ' s groans affected For help they crave and I will save From Egypt mine afflicted Out of this Land I them will bring In Canaan they shall dwell Their Cause I 'll plead I will them lead Because I love them well I thee will unto Pharaoh send For their deliverance By Signs and Wonders done by thee My Glory I 'll advance Doubt not nor be at all dismay'd To go before the King Free from all danger I the Lord Thee safely back will bring Moses now saw the real cause The Bush was not consum'd He knew where God made his abode Fire rather there perfum'd Moses and Aaron then to Court Upon God's Message go And bid the King set Israel free The Lord will have it so X. Vpon the Plagues of Egypt Exod. 7 8 9 10. WHen Moses unto Pharaob came To him he did this Message bring The Lord saith Let my People go To serve me with mine Offering But he refus'd he will not hear God therefore on him Plagues did send Yet still he turned a deaf Ear And God with Plagues his life did end He turn'd their Waters into Blood From whence a Plague of Frogs did spring Which over-spread the Land and came Into the Chambers of the King He still rebels God next sends Lice And swarms of Flies in all their Coasts To make them know none can withstand Jehovah the Lord God of Hosts He 's hardned still the Murrain next Infects all Cattel in the Land With Boils and Blains God next them plagues Magicians cann't before him stand To this succeeds a Plague of Hail With Thunder mixt and Flames of Fire Yet all could not prevail the King Performs not what God doth require He will not yet let Israel go The Locusts next by Gods command Are sent to eat up all green things Who instantly devour the Land The Heart of Pharaoh still is proud He yet refuses to obey God them incompasses about With horrid darkness night and day He still persists till in one Night Egypt's First-born the Lord did slay Which put them all in such a fright That Pharaoh bid them go their way XI Vpon Pharaoh and his Host drowned in the Red Sea Exod 14. WHen Pharaoh had let Israel go And they were marching to their place He soon repents his doing so And calleth back his Act of Grace Then furiously he them pursues Resolving he reveng'd will be For all the mischiefs he had felt