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A14379	Englands hallelu-jah. Or, Great Brittaines gratefull retribution, for Gods gratious benediction In our many and most famous deliuerances, since the halcyon-dayes of euer-blessed Queene Elizabeth, to these present times. Together, with diuers of Dauids Psalmes, according to the French metre and measures. By I:V	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1631 (1631)	STC 24697; ESTC S111549	31,133	126

Sinne sincerelie wept God graciouslie the Sluice of Heauen did stop Immediatelie it ceast to raine one drop 115. When wee gan weepe the Heauens began to smile Whe wee were sad and sorrowfull for Sinne The Sunne began to laugh on vs the vvhile As if with vs it n'ere had angrie bin The Heauens grim cloudie Countenance grevv cleere And did our Hearts with happie Change re-cheere 116. From That day forward euen That very day Most extraordinarie cleare and faire It constantlie continued to display Without least intermission Sun-shine rare Till by Gods goodnesse and his fauour great It banisht Feare and made our Joy compleate 117. Vntill I say our Haruest happilie Not onelie in due season was possest But ô the Lords boundlesse Benignity Our Rarnes were All vvith great aboundance blest A Copious Croppe of euery kind of Graine Did vnto All men Euery where remaine 118. And is thy God ô England so propitious So prone so prest vvith mercies to embrace thee Vnto thee still so louinglie auspicious With so sweet Fauours graciouslie to grace thee How gratefully shouldst thou such Grace repay How should thy Heart thy thankes expresse alway 119. O how much care and Conscience should be shew'd So many marchlesse mercies faire to write In datelesse Rubrickes of pure Gratitude And there to keepe of them perpetuall sight And at so sweet a sight amaz'd to stand Admiring Gods great Loue vnto thy Land 120. And in this contemplating Admiration To praise the Lord and promise faithfullie To walke more worthie of so great Saluation To hate those Sins with zealous feruencie Which are the cursed Cause of all this Ill Which force perforce Gods anger 'gainst thee still 121. But oh ô woe I tremble to relate it O yet not yet doe All these Mercies moue thee And as for Iudgement Thou euen seemest to hate it Nothing availeth to reclaime reproue thee Thou neither wilt for Judgements or for Loue Forsake thy Sinnes or feare the Lord aboue 122. Well if his Rod may not reforme thy Riot Take heed and tremble for Hee hath an Axe Wherevvith he can thee quicklie quaile and quiet If thou in Sinne vvilt worse and worser vvaxe And if his Axe be laid to th' Roote ' o th' Tree O then without redemption vvoe is thee 123. Then He that vvith such Longanimitie Hath stood and knocked at thy hard-Hearts doore Will stay no longer but most angrilie As thou hast grieu'd his Spr'it Hee 'l grieue thee more Then thou shalt crie but Hee will giue no care Because when Hee did call Thou wouldst not heare 124. Then maist Thou feare least in his high displeasu● In stead of thy late dreaded Dearth of Bread He send a Famine fearefull out of measure Euen of his Word whereby the Soule is fed Without which Food the Soule will starue and die And be expos'd to vtmost Miserie 125. Oh then I say but ah good Lord forbid Our Candlestickes being from vs ta'ne away Our Soules caelestiall Light would quite be hid Our Feet at euery step would slip and stray Into the myre and Mudde of odious Errour And we made Subiects of all woe and Terrour 126. Then since we did our Fathers stripes deride Hee 'l giue vs ouer to his Seruants Rage A gap a gate He then will open wide To let in Foes whose furie to asswage Nought shall suffice till they Vs quite deuoure And Captiuate our Princes to their power 127. O England England call to mind these things Recant repent thy great Ingratitude Cease to incense Heauens glorious King of Kings B●times returne before He thee exclude Oh yet t is time now then returne with speed Before his wrath to This extent proceed 128. Returne Returne I say Breake off thy Sinne Why wilt thou perish English Israell Oh now to sue for Sauing Grace begin To cease from Ill and trulie to doe well And which is most and best obedient be To All thy God in Ought commandeth thee 129. And what ô England vvhat doth God require What speciall Thing doth Hee from Thee expect O He hath tould and taught thee his desire What Sacrifice his Soule doth most affect Iustly to deale and Mercie to embrace Humbly to walke before his sacred Face 130. Iustice I say to Loue and doe what 's Right To doe to All vvhat thou 'd'st haue done to thee To haue a pious and a pitteous Sprite Wrongs to forgiue as thou'dst forgiuen be To walke before the Lord vvith Constancie And a pure Heart in true Humilitie 131. To pay those Vowes vvhich Thou to God didst make In bitternesse and sorrow of thy Heart That thou wouldst Sin yea All thy Sinnes forsake Yea from Sinnes Least Appearance to depart Sinnes nauseous Vomite to euaporate And n'ere with Dogges It re-ingurgitate 132. To search thy Heart to search and seeke and finde That traiterous Achan Sin-bane of thy Soule To pay and punish it in Jts due kinde The pride thereof to pull-dovvne and controule Thy selfe for Sin to iudge condemne arraigne So God thy Iudge from iudgement vvill abstaine 133. That so thou turning from thy Paths peruerse Thy God from thee may turne his Plagues away And his vindicatiue Verdict reuerse His heau'd-vp Hands from striking stroakes may stay That thou returning to his Courts of Grace He may returne to thee with Loues embrace 134. That as thou yerst in Sin didst take delight So now thy Loue may on the Lord be set That so thou mai'st be gracious in his sight Thy Sauiour hauing satisfi'd Thy Debt And by his Merits made Redintegration Twixt God and Thee for thy poore Soules saluation 135. Hee hath not dealt with euery Nation thus Nor haue the Heathen knowledge of his Law He hath not lou'd them as he loueth Vs Nor wrought or sought so many vvaies to draw Them from their Lusts vnto his Lo●e and Lure As vnto Vs Vs to protect secure 136. For vvhich euen These All these blest Arguments These good these great these gracious signes of Loue For these All these vnpatternd Presidents Of boundles Bounty Mercie from aboue A holy Life an vpright Conuersation And thankefull Heart is best retaliation 137. These are the Twins that wins his Loue and fauour These onely make a Compleate Sacrifice This Franckincense and Myrrh hath sweetest sauour These make most aimable in Gods Eyes The Person and the Abel-like And into God new force of fauour strike 138. This Mu●icke in Gods Eare doth sound most sweet This Picture pleaseth most his sacred sight This sauourie Meate is for Gods Palate meet This fragrant Po●ie doth his smell delight This siluer-tuned-string to strike and touch God most affects besides These ther 's none such 139. O then that Wee had Hearts as full of Praise As God hath Hands full fraught with blessings store O that our Hearts and Hands would ioyne alwaies Gods Goodnes Greatnesse duelie to a dore Like Jonathan and Dauid faithfullie Two indiuiduall Friends in Loyaltie 140. To publish and proclaime in Verse and

17. Darkenesse strange Darkenesse his Commission Did them obey with expedition And ouer-spread All Egypt Land And by Heauens All-ore-ruling Hand Their Waters-All gore Blood became And slew all Fishes in the same 18. With croaking Frogs He them infested Their Land and Lodgings where they rested Not sparing Pharaoes Chamber neate He sent huge Swarmes noisome and great Of crawling Lice and stinging Flies 'Mongst their hard-hearted Enemies 19. Instead of Raine Haile-stones he rained And with fierce flames of fire them bained And thereby totallie ore-threw Vines Figtrees yea All Trees that grew Then Caterpillers did abound Great Grashoppers their fruites confound 20. Their first-borne Babes he deadly wounded And strongest of their Land confounded Yea euen the prime of all their strength And led his Seruants forth at length All fraught with Gold and Siluer store Not One was feeble faint or poore 21. Th' Egyptians Hearts were then reuiued Being of their Presence thus depriued Such feare of Them had broke their Heart And as they thus did thence depart A Cloud by Day hid them from Heate Their Guide by Night a Fire most great 22. At Their rebuest He Quailes downe-rained With Manna sweet their state sustained Whiles through the Wildernesse they went And then the rigid Rockes he rent From whence did Floods of Water flow To quench their thirst as they did goe 23. For as he euer was delighted With mindfulnesse of Promise plighted So then the Lord did mind the same And to his euerlasting fame He brought them fo●th with mirth and Joy Whence they had liu'd in dire Annoy 24. Yea such to them was his good Pleasure That all the Labours Lands and Treasure Of Heathen-folke his flocke did take That they might not his Lawes forsake But faithfully obserue his Lore Oh let vs praise the Lord therefore Psalme 107. 1. OVr good GOD euer-liuing O laud and magnifie For Hee delights in giuing Good Guifts incessantly Let Those preach and proclaime Gods powerfull Preseruation Whose fierce foes he did tame Freeing them from Vexation 2. Them scattered He collected From th' East vnto the West And brought them thus affected From North and All-blest Yeo when in Wildernesse Bereft of House or Citty They wandred in distresse He shew'd Paternall Pitty 3. When fearefully they fainted All pin'd with Penurie With thirsty Drought euen tainted And ready for to die With sorrow thus o're-charg'd Heauens helpe they then implored Then God his Loue enlarg'd And them to Ioy restored 4. And from their Desolation He led them like a Guide Vnto a Habitation Where they might safe abide Let thankefull Persons then The Lords great Loue be telling And to the Sonnes of Men His wondrous Workes excelling 5. For He in bounteous measure The hungrie Soule hath fill'd And his caelestiall Treasure On thirstie Hearts hast still'd But Those that doe reside In Deaths darke Habitation Fast fetter'd-vp and tide With Chaines of Desolation 6. Because they had rebelled Against Gods Holy-writ And gainst his Counsailes swelled Esteeming them no whit Yet when his heauie Hand Had brought them in Subiection When they in woe did stand Quite frustrate of Protection 7. Then with much Lamentation Gods helpe they did implore Who from deepe Desolation Did them to Ioy restore And from the gloomey shade Of Death where they were closed In Jron-fetters laide He powerfullie them losed 8. He snapt their Snares a sunder Their Bolts and Barres of Brasse And op'd th●ir Gates with wonder To ●et the People passe ●e● thankfull Persons then The Lords great Loue be telling And to the Sons of Men His wondrous workes excelling 9. Fond Fooles hy their Transgression And foule Deformities Are forc'd to feele oppession And many Miseries Their Soule in Languishment Sweet Nutriment distasted In this sad Exigent Euen to Deaths doore they hasted 10. Then Ayde they impetrated In this their deepe distresse And w●re commiserated And found a full redresse The Lord sent forth his Word With potent operation Which did them Helpe afford Vnto their Soules Saluation 11. Let gratefull Men be telling The Lords great Goodnesse then His wondrous Workes excelling Vnto the Sonnes of Men. Let them with ioyfull Hearts Prepare a sweet Oblation And praise Gods glorious Parts And Workes of Admiration 12. Such as vse Nauigation In Ships to Sea being sent With indefatigation Their Marchandize to vent Those men see and behold The wonders of the Ocean Gods maruailes manifold In Sea's most mighty motion 13. For at his Voice like Thunder The Waters rise and rage Winds blow Floods flow with wonder Their Surges None can swage Alo●t they lifted rise That Heauen they touch They thinke Straite plund'g in woefull wise They seeme to Hell to sinke 14. Then to and fro they tumble Like men in drunken-fits They Art-lesse heart-lesse stumble Bereft of Sence and wits Then cry they to the Lord With loud eiaculation Who quicklie doth accord To send them Preseruation 15. For at his Becke and Pleasure The sturdie Stormes lie still The Waues in wondrous measure Obey his Word and Will The Mariners thereby Are fill'd with Joy and Gladnes That their wisht Hauen they spie In safety free from Sadnes 16. Let gratefull Men be telling The Lords great Goodnesse then His wondrous Workes excelling Vnto the Sonnes of Men And let them laud his Might In the great Congregation And in great Princes sight Proclaime his sweet Saluation Huge Waters-Inundation He makes a Desert drie And with strange alteration Dries-vp Springs presentlie And for the sinfull Band Of bad Inhabitants He makes a fruitfull Land Fruitlesse and full of Wants 18. Againe dry Wildernesses Huge flowing Floods he makes And dry-Lands He redresses To Springs and Pooles and Lakes And for Poore People there Prouides an Habitation Where they may Citties reare With pleasant Situation 19. Where they infruitfull measure May sow and Vineyards plant And so augment their Treasure That None need liue in want And God doth blesse them so In time of Peace or Battell That they most Wealthy grow In Coine in Corne in Cattell 20. But when his Saints are wronged Diminisht and brought low And what to Them belonged Are forced to for-goe Then their proud Enemies Though Princes He distresses And doth so blind their Eyes To erre in VVildernesses 21. Yet out of all their Troubles Poore Humble-Hearts he frees Their stockes and flockes he doubles Like Sheepe or Swarmes of Bees The Righteous this shall see And ioy with heartie Gladnesse But Bad-mouthes stopt shall be With most malicious Madnesse 22. Oh who is godly wise And free from wilfull Blindnesse To marke and memorize The Lords great Loue and kindnes Psalme the 123. Paraphrased by way o● thankesgiuing for our great deliuerances from the Papists Pouder-Plot King David against the Philistims King Iames against the Antichristians 1. NOow may England Confesse and say surely If that the Lord Had not our Cause maintain'd If that the Lord Had not our State sustain'd When Antichrist Against vs furiouslie Made his proud Brags And

Plagues oft smarted But still his Goodnesse Goshen did sustaine And to his people Light and Loue imparted Propping protecting These with sweet aspection Cropping Correcting Those with foule infection 12. Euen so proud-hearted Antichrist of Rome And ●is Crowne-thirsting Paramour of Spaine Heauens iust displeasure hath with heauy doome Oft foyled spoyled with their impious Traine Our English-Goshen being still protected Such was his Goodnesse So hee vs affected 13. Witnesse ô euer witnesse may those dayes Those Malcyon-Dayes of sweet Eliza's Raigne Eliza worthy Englands endlesse praise That Friend to Faith That Scourge to Rome Spaine All present past and future Ages Glorie Worthy prime Place and Grace in datelesse Storie 14. By whom the Lord so many wonders wrought To whom the Lord so great deliuerance gaue For whom in their owne Snares hir Foes he caught In whom his Church poore Church he oft did saue By wondrous glorious world-admir'd protection Such was to Hir and Hirs Heauens firme affection 15. Witnesse I say the Treasons ofte contriued By Westmerland Northumberland and Poole Stukely and f●lse Mendoza yet none thriued For Heauen did see and smile and Them befoole That impious person Parsons Irish Sanders Campian Romes Champion All full fraught with slaunder 16. Creitons Torne-Papers Allines impudence Englefields Plott and Rosses enterprise Parries pernicious practis'd Jnsolence Sauages sauage plotted Villanies Babingtons barbarous Treason Percies Spleene And Iewish Lopez All to kill That Queene 17. Throgmorton Stafford Stanly and Tyrone Implacable Conspiratours were All Like Sampsons Foxes tyde by th' Tailes in One All ranne like Fire-brands fierce to worke the fall Of that rare Queene Christs Church to ruinate As Reuerend Carleton sweetly doth relate 18. Some sought and wrought with Poisons Pistolls fierce With Daggers Daggs and such like Instruments Hir harmelesse Heart iniuriously to pierce Some by Rebellions aym'd at foule Intents All aym'd amisse and All did misse the White And Law and Vengeance payd them All their right 19. But if you 'l see Sisera's Pride at height Against that English Deborah most sweet And how the Lords strong Arme did for Hir fight Behold it in his Eighty-Eights great Fleet His great Armado shipps most huge and tall Which Hee Inuincible did fondly call 20. This Fleete did floate vpon our English Seas With This he had euen swallowed vp in hope Our Albions Iland Nothing Les●e could please The hungry Appetites of Spaine and Pope And This fierce Force and factious Parts within Promis'd assu●'d they should the Conquest win 21. Thus Phillip hauing with insulting Pride On euery part beset vs with his power Gaping but fondly gaping euery tyde Our Liues and Lands like Quicke-sands to deuoure Euen then the Wooden-walles of Jericho The breath and blast of Gods wrath downe did blow 22. Then did the Lord arise a Lord of Hoasts And all our Foes disperse and dissipate Then did he drench and drowne their Spanish boasts And to vs did their Captaines captiuate The raging waues their ships did sinke and batter And all their formidable Forces scatter 23. Then was our Englands Deborah most deare By Gods all-potent power all-patent Grace Made most triumphant ouer foes and feare Heauen did from Hir proud Sisera quite chace The starres in order windes waues seem'd to fight To vindicate hir Innocence and Right 24. Thus for that time th' insatiate thirst of Spaine Was quenched to his cost and high disgrace Most of his mighty shippes spoil'd sunke and ta'ne Those that escap't crept home in shamefull case But spight of Home-bred Traitors forreine Foes Eliza liu'd and dy'd a fragrant Rose 25. This was the Lord Let thankefull hearts declare it For t is exceeding wondrous in our Eares That yeere of Eighty-Eight ô neuer spare it To blaze the praise of That yeere all thy yeeres Let English Isre'll sing and say all wayes Not vnto vs but to the Lord be prayse 26. But what had Romes inueterate spight and spleene An End with sweet Elizaes blessed End Oh no King Iames succeeding that faire Queene Against Him they their Plotts againe did bend The Cause continuing workes the same Effect And Spayne and Rome their Dagon must erect 27. Then for th' aduancement of their cath'like-Cath'like-Cause Romes apish Popish Priests are firebrands first VVatson and Clarke encourage with applause A Romish-proiect Treason most accurst But if you 'll see a Mapp of All in One Looke on their Pouder-Plot oh There t is showne 28. A Plott of Treason hatched first in Hell I meane the Hell of Romish He●rts most base Bred and brought forth by Men like furies fell Incarnate Diuels onely Men in face Nourisht and cherisht by Romes Man of Sinne By Whom all Treasons End or else Begin 29. A Treason 't was transcending all compare Though True yet Strange to all Posterity Such as whose fulnesse foulenesse to declare Would seeme t' exceed the bounds of Verity Yea no true story from Earths first Creation Could ere relate so curs'd a Coniuration 30. A Priest was Prouost in this foule designe Hellish incarnate Garnet this was He He prompts prouokes The Earth to vndermine And with Gun-Pouder then It stuft must be Wherwith King Queene Prince Prophets Peeres All Should with One Blow haue had One fatall fall 31. The mixture of Nocents with Innocents Would nought availe All should haue drunke One Cup High Low Rich Poore None were impediments With Pouder All at Once had bin Blowne vp Hearts worse then Neroes voide of mercy quite Whole Kingdomes Heades at One stroake off to smite 32. But our supernall Isre'ls Shepheard good Who neuer sleepes nor slumbers o're his flocke Close by vs by his Prouidence then stood He sate and saw and smil'd and them did mocke Turning the Counsell of Achitophell Into mad Folley Folly fecht from Hell 33. And in the Snare which they for vs had made Perillus-like Themselues were iustly snared Our Soules did by Gods goodnesse safe euade Whilst They amongst themselues their mischiefe shared Haman and all his Popish impious Fellowes Were hanged All vpon their owne high Gallowes 34. Oh here were Worke for endlesse Meditation To make the thankefull Heart breake forth in Praise With fire of zeale and holy exultation To liue to loue ●nd laud the Lord alwayes His endlesse boundlesse Goodnesse to proclaime And cause our Childrens Children doe the same 35. But yet ô English heart goe one with me And taste and see that God was yet more gracious His neuer-emptied Hands still forward free To fill thy Soule with blessings specious spacious To leaue Blacke-Fryers fatall fearefull doome A Type of Justice on the Rabble of Rome 36. Whose circumstances yet considered right May iustly moue vs to admire the Lord In all his workes of wonder grace and might And matter of much thankefulnesse afford To see Romes forward Pride and Impudence By Gods owne Hand receiue due recompence 37. Nouembers 5t. with Vs Their Pouder-Plott Nouembers 5t.