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A68256
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The soules solace, or Thirtie and one spirituall emblems
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Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631-1656.
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as'twere by chance Others in downy beds their spirits expire Some 's vitall powers may be benumd retire To th' heare those are not dead for put a glasse Thus triall 's made against their mouth and face Breath being found thereon aliue they seeme If not them to be dead doe all men deeme Death seizeth on the body Not on soule That must liue aye death can it not controule But yet the soule is dead too spiritually When as vpon its face you shall apply Christs righteousnes but it like a dead stone Breaths not thereon That man is such a one In whome's noe spirituall life nor living grace For this Divines count life in the last place And this rule 's certaine If there shew no breath No truer signe can be of life or death Therefore though I be wounded like to die I am not dead yet for the whilst that I Breath at my Christ I liue and shall liue ever I'n ghoastly breath which shewes I shall die never Christ is the glasse thy sinnes doe cause the sound If breath of faith then life of grace is found M. F. 11 The sacrifice of the Masse THe Law Leviticall to know's much worth For that the offices of Christ sets forth And manifestly shewes the Papists Masse A needlesse Ceremonie euer was For why They offer Christ continually Which you shall see confuted presently The Preist was one who onely was to enter Into the holy place none else might venter Where for the people he did sacrifice And they without God worshipt otherwise But might not make an offering that alone Concern'd the Priest that in to God was gone When all was done within and he come out He streight in peace dismissed all the rout Thus Christ our high Preist enter'd is within Holy of holiest offering there for sinne His merrits with an incense doth afford Sweete smellings in the nostrills of the Lord. The world 's the outward court where we remaine Whose duties are to prayse and laude Gods name Not doe the Sacrificing worke at all For Christ that same performed once for all And when himselfe He offerd vp that day All sacrifices else tooke end for aye Leaue off then Masse and such like trumperies Vnlesse Christs offring will not you suffice Who as he is that one so he 's the best Yea to this end is entr'd in that rest While Nadab and Abihu brought strange fire God cut them off in his provoked ire Then feare ye Papists while you are at Masse You be not slayne for God is as he was M. D. 12. A remedy against spirituall pride THe grasse hearbs to looke on cheares the sight So doe the flowers and fruits t is mans delight He takes great comfort and can glory much To see them greene and sprout his joy is such He thinks one well could liue by these But when He veiwes the sunne the case is alterd then For though he gaze vpon them nought he spies That seemeth pleasant or can glad his eyes Cause now a while he 's blinded though he tooke That great delight before on them to looke This is the cause why Christians are so proud Of their transcendent grace God hath bestowd For they themselues doe with themselues compare And many times with those that weaker are And see not how farre they of him come short Who knew noe guile and had in sinne no part When one shall wisely see what God desires What himselfe wants and what the Law requires Hee 's strucken blind who did before behold Such graces in himselfe he grew so bold To vaunt of them This rule to make thee humble be sure thou take and then thou shalt not stumble Vpon the Rock of thine owne haughty mind If thou 'lt see what thou wantest and what 's behind M. B. 13. Some time spent in holy duties hinder not a mans perticular calling THe Swayne that with the sweating of his browes Food to himselfe and family allowes Who Digs and Delues and mowes the Corne and Grasse And will no precious time in vaine let passe Yet whets his sythe and time to make it keene Spends daily much for thereby it is seene He cuts the Corne more smoother and a pace And rids more worke And counts it no disgrace Ost so to doe and that way further gaines Then if he vs'd in cutting greater paines So knowes the true Nathaniell Israelite By taking paines in good things his delight He looseth not by that but double gets First comfort to his soule and yet not lets His owne peculiar calling That day more He speeds then worldlings doe with labour sorr And I for my perticular can say I gaine more then Then any other day The Lords Commandement was to Israell When they did come in Canaan land to dwell All their male Children thrice should in the yeare Before the Lord of Lords goe vpt ' appeare And while they so would worship oft The land None should assay to get from out their hand But each thing prosper and succesfull proue And all occurrents turne to their behooue On Christian practises whet oft thy sythe And take 't for certaine thou and thine shall thriue M. D. 14. The way to please God in all our actions THat Archer will not ayme with both his eyes Which shooteth in a game to winn a prize But lookes with one eye narrowly to hit That pinn or marke he shootes at in the white So he that God will please serue and obey That eye must shut that vseth to survey Honours or prayse of men or worldly pelf And thus he good may purchase to himselfe Good things then for themselues must freely follow Or else Gods name aright thou canst not hallow If I should seeke to please men saith S. Paul Then were I not Gods Minister at all Who doth an heart and heart with hate detest The single eye and simple heart are best While men doe seeke the loue of men to gaine They saile of that and loose the Lord the maine The Lord with him Corrivall will haue noue But who alone Him loues is blest alone O let my heart be in thy statutes sound That shame may not my soule or face confound The Lord all creatures for mans vse did make But for himselfe vouch safed man to take Sith so 's Gods minde let man to God surrender Himselfe and leaving all God only tender And when these two shall meet My profit ease Gods glory will Let this downe to their pease The while Gods glory mans selfe th' eye shut quite Disclaimst thy selfe in all Thou 'st hit the white M. S. 15. The cause why wicked men die either suddenly sullenly or desperately THe Parents to their Children wont each night To deale out some convenient jnch of light That seemelier they might to their rest resort Who fall parchance to wrangle or to sport And so their peece of candle vainly wast Which being out themselues in bed they cast They know not how one runns in at the feete Another hawles
the blancket for the sheete And commonly that night no rest they take Because no better vse of light they make Like to these foolish Children most men are Who though the Lord them time and health doth spare And little light of life affords them heere To serue Him still in trembling and in feare This precious time mispent to graue they goe As men bereau'd of sence they care not how But though this life 's a moment yet depends Eternity heereon which never ends Statutum est That thou as all must die And after that to Gods Tribunall hie See therefore what the prisoners doe that heare Deaths doome Noe more themselues deboist they beare But pensiuely tow'rd execution goe Take patterne then by them and doe thou so Doe not the Candle of thy life extinguish Before thou grace pursue and sinne relinquish Least thou cry lockt in sable bed of Hell To late Ah had I life now I 'de line well M. D. 16. The impediments of Christian conversation THe Citizens for most part Hacknies hire And none so soone as they their horses tier Which riseth hence With full career they Ride And in their Innes the beasts to th' Rack are tied Meateles vndrest yet are they switcht and spurrd If on their way they haue a whit demurrd But cause they provender with-hold them from They grow vnable through to bring them home Like vnto these are some those Christians sad Who looke not on the Gospell which makes glad But on the Rigour of the Law their eyne Doe fix and on their faults their soules to pine Considering not what Christ for them hath payd And what is beate vpon so oft and sayd Reioyce ye Righteous and againe Reioyce And ye of perfect heart life vp your voyce Those seest thou not But tiest thee to the Rack Of the lawes Curses which doe make thee slacke Thy pace vnto thy home in heaven attending And so before thy time thy zeale hath ending When Sampson dranck that mistick spring amaine His spirits refresht and he reviu'd againe Vnto the house of David opened is A fountaine for their fowle vncleanesses A proclamation's made Ho he that will Come wine to buy without price Take your fill Who hath no power and 's faint He maketh strong And strength vnto the strengthlesse doth prolong As Eagles mount to heaven So shall they flee And in that walke or race vnwearied be Drinck then of these Rich promises Collection And thou shalt strengthned be vnto perfection M. F. 17. The cause of ignorance in lay Papists THose Theeues that vse to pilfer hate the light And seeke by all meanes to extinguish quite What light so ere they see For that discouers Their mischeife which else in the darkenes houers Therefore before they 'le act their wickednes All light shall surely out both more and lesse Then they no consctence make but all they can They steale against the lawes of God and man Those theeues are Popelings and this light the word Which they obscure and will it not afford Vnto the people least it should discry Their double dealing and their villany For when the people nought thence see or know They make them deeme what they say must be so Elisha once the blinded Syrian hoast Diverted from along the Dothan coast Into the midst of Samar's dreadfull bands Where they together by their foes strong hands Might soone haue perisht ere they were aware Thus Papists by the Pope perverted are Who suffers not the Gospell of our Christ To shine But his inventions gloomy mist Misleades them for the God of this world blinds The hearts of them and darkeneth their minds Wherefore with this ye shauclings be asham'd And Antichrists vild brood for ere be blam'd That hide from people that which should afford Them light of life to bring them to the Lord. For as a lantharne serveth shining bright In places darke so doth Gods word giue light As curst he was of old who drew astray The blind man which was going in right way So curst for ever be that man of sinne That thus doth mens damnations travell in M. D. 18. The Reprobates vtmost bounds AForraine Chapman from the Country comes To buy much wares to disburse such somes Of money as necessity doth craue And heere and there he seekes about to haue That which is good and good cheape as he can And where he lookes and likes he cheapens than And likewise mony bids and faine them would Haue at his price if possibly he could But deeming them held at too deare a rate Goes thence comes back t is gone then greiues too late To Christ the yong man comes and thus he sayn Master What shall I doe heaven to obtayne Commandements keepe saith Christ steale not ne kill These from my youth I haue observed still Replies he Then Christ one thing lack'st thou more Goe sell what e're thou hast and giue the poore And thou in heaven shalt haue abundant treasure Take vp thy crosse come follow me such measure For this ere long vpon thee I le bestow Of good as having thou would'st not forgoe At thesed epe words the man departed sad If at this price Gods Kingdome must be had He rather from his first speech will digresse Then leaue his Mammon of vnrighteousnes The Formalist or Reprobate thus farre Goes tow'rd the purchase of this heavenly ware To tast the swectnes of the word some deele And of another world the powers to feele Put rather then he all his sinns will flee At length his soule he damns Eternally And like the foolish shapman though too late Mourns that he hath lost heaven though at that fate M. C. 19. The first false putting on of Christ THe Simplest or vnmannerliestrude Clowne That meets his friend in feild or in a Towne Or farther off if any he espie He mooues his hat that must of presently If in one day a hundreth friends he meets Off goes his hat to every one he greets Like to this hat that 's oft put off and on Are such as falsly Christ rely vpon And such are they who only Christned are And being no more in Christ haue no true share These seeme to haue him on but curse drinke sweare And to dishonour God nor care nor feare This makes so many Whores and Rogues increase Because they put off Christ they never cease For sanctitie Him did they ne'r assume And therefore falsly say thy king dome come Simon the Sorcerer so far proceeded He made profession with some faith was speeded Became baptiz'd for Christ with Philip stayd And saw what workes and miracles he made Wondring thereat But Peter playne him told He was not of Christs flocke but Divels fold In gall of bitternes thou art saith he And in the bondage of iniquitie As Paul of Circumcision once did say To thee concerning Baptisme so I may The Ceremonie nothing doth availe If thou in keeping of Gods lawes dost faile Flesh of thy slesh make Christ Bone of thy