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Scriptural poems being several portions of Scripture digested into English verse / by John Bunyan.
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
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Judgment shall be given And with such Measure as you meet to Men It shall be measur'd unto you agen And why dost thou take notice of the Mote That 's in thy Brother's Eye but dost not note The Beam that 's in thine own How wilt thou say Unto thy Brother let me take away The Mote that 's in thine Eye when yet'tis plain The Beam that 's in thine own doth still remain First cast away the Bean thou Hypocrite From thine own Eye so shall thy clearer Sight The better be enabled to descry And pluck the Mote out of thy Brother's Eye Give not to Dogs the things that are Divine Neither cast ye your Pearls before the Swine Least that they should their Feet them trample under And turn upon you and rent you asunder Ask and obtain seek and ye shall find do ye Knock and it shall be opened unto ye For he that seeks shall find that asks obtain And he that knocks shall an Admittance gain Or what Man is there of you if his Son Shall ask him Bread will he give him a Stone Or if he ask a Fish will he bestow A Serpent If then ye being evil know To give your Children good Gifts how much rather To them that ask him shall your Heav'nly Father Then what you wou'd Men shou'd to you so do To them for that 's the Law and Prophets too Enter in at the strait Gate for the Road That doth unto Destruction lead is broad And wide the Gate and many there be that Enter therein because strait is the Gate And narrow is the way that is inclin'd To Life and which there are but few that find False Prophets shun who in Sheeps Cloaths appear But inwardly devouring Wolves they are Ye by their Fruits shall know them Do Men either Pluck Grapes of Thorns or Figs of Thistles gather Even so each good Tree good Fruit will produce But a corrupt Tree Fruit unfit for use A good Tree cannot bring forth evil Food Nor can an evil Tree bear Fruit that 's good Each Tree that bears not good Fruit's hewen down And burnt thus by their Fruits they shall be known Not every one that saith Lord Lord but he That doth my Heav'nly Father's Will shall be An Heir of Heaven many in that day Will call Lord Lord and thus to me will say Have we not Prophesied in thy Name Cast Devils out done Wonders in the same And then will I profess I know you not Depart from me ye that have Evil wrought Whoso therefore these Sayings of mine doth hear And doth them to a Wise Man I 'll compare The which upon a Rock his Building sounded The Rain descended and the Floods surrounded The Winds arose and gave it many a shock And it fell not being founded on a Rock And ev'ry one that hears these Sayings of mine And not to do them doth his Heart encline Unto a Foolish Man shall be compar'd Who his Foundation on the Sand prepar'd The Rain descended and the Floods were great The Winds did blow and vehemently beat Against that House and down the Building came And mighty was the downfal of the same And now when Jesus thus had finished His Sayings the People were astonished Thereat for not as do the Scribes taught he Them but as one that had Authority The End of Christ's Sermon on the Mount THE Prophecy of Jonah CHAP. I. NOW unto Jonah old Amittai's Son Thus did the Word of the Almighty come And said Arise Go thou forthwith cry 'Gainst that great City Nineveh for why The Sins thereof are come up in my sight But he arose that he to Tarshish might Flee from God's Presence and went down found A Ship at Joppa unto Tarshish bound He paid the Fare and with them went on board For Tarshish from the Presence of the Lord. But the Almighty a great Wind did raise And sent a mighty Tempest on the Seas So that the Ship was likely to be broken Then were the Mariners with Horror strucken And to his God they cried ev'ry one And over-board was the Ships lading thrown To lighten it but down into the Ship Was Jonah gone and there lay fast asleep So to him came the Master and did say What meanest thou O Sleeper Rise and pray Unto thy God and he perhaps will hear And save us from the danger that we fear Then said they to each other come let 's try By casting Lots on whom the Fault doth lie In bringing all this evil now upon us So they cast Lots and the Lot fell on Jonas Then said they we intreat thee let us know For whose cause we this evil undergo Whence comest thou What is thine Occupation What Country-man art thou And of what Nation And unto them himself he did deolare And said I am an Hebrew and do fear The Living Lord the God of Heaven who Alone hath made the Sea and dry Land too Then were the Men exceedingly afraid And wherefore hast thou done this thing they said For they did understand he did forgo God's Presence for himself had told them so What shall we do unto thee then they said That so the raging of the Sea be stay'd For it did rage and foam Take me said he And cast me over board into the Sea So shall the Sea be calm for on my score I know it is that thus the Waves do roar Nevertheless they rowed hard to gain The Land but all their labour was in vain So much against them did the Tempest beat Wherefore they the Almighty did entreat And said we do beseech thee and we pray O Lord that thou would'st not upon us lay The charge of guiltless Blood nor let it be That now we perish on th' account that we Take this Man's Life away for thou alone As it hath pleased thee O Lord hast done So they took Jonah up and to the Seas Committed him then did the Tempest cease Then did the Dread of the Great God on high Seize on the Mariners exceedingly And they did offer up a Sacrifice And vowed Vows unto the Lord likewise And now the Lord for Jonah did contrive A mighty Fish to swallow'im up alive And in the Fish's Belly for the space Of three days and three nights poor Jonah was CHAP. II. UNto the Lord his God then Jonah pray'd Out of the Belly of the Fish and said By reason of Affliction which lay sore Upon me I the Lord God did implore And he gave Ear and from Hell's Belly I Cry'd unto thee and thou Lord heard'st my Cry For thou into the Deep hadst cast me out And there the Floods did compass me about In the midst of the Sea thy Waves were sent And all thy Billows which my Head o'er went Then said I though thy Presence hath forsook Me to thy Holy Temple will I look The Waters compassed about my Soul And the great Deeps did round about me rowl The Weeds were wrapt about my Head I went Down to the bottom
Years of Famine were begun The which he call'd Manasseh for said he God makes me to forget my Misery And all my Father's House And after him Was born another he call'd Ephraim For God saith he hath made me to possess Abundance in the Land of my Distress And when the seven plenteous Years were gone The seven Years of Famine next came on As Joseph said and there was a great Dearth In every Nation throughout all the Earth But in the Land of Egypt there was Bread And when the People almost famished Complained to the King he bad them go To Joseph and whate'er he said to do And now the Famine daily waxing sore Joseph began to bring forth of his Store Which he had laid up for the Publick Good To whom th' Egyptians came and bought their Food And People from all Countries far and near To Egypt came to buy Provision there For in all Lands the Famine was severe CHAP. XLII AND now behold when Jacob had been told That there was Corn in Egypt to be sold He said unto his Sons Why stand ye thus Go down to Egypt and buy Corn for us That so our craving Stomachs may be fed And not lie here and die for lack of Bread Thus Jacob's ten Sons were to Egypt sent But Joseph's Brother Benjamin ne'er went For why his Father said I will not send him Lest peradventure some ill chance attend him And Joseph's Brethren came among the rest To buy Provision for they were distrest Now he was Governor of all the Land And all the Corn of Egypt in his hand Wherefore his Brethren when they came to treat With him for Corn bow'd down ev'n at his feet And he no sooner saw them but he knew them And shew'd himself extremely strange unto them And very roughly asked who they were From whence they came and what their bus'ness there And they made answer We thy Servants from The Land of Canaan to buy Food are come Now tho' they knew him not yet he knew them And calling now to mind his former Dream He said I do suspect ye 're come as Spies To see in what distress our Country lies But they reply'd again my Lord we 're come Only to buy some Food to carry home Think not thy Servants Spies but true Men rather For we are all the Children of one Father Nay nay said he but ye are come to pry Into the Nations great necessity But they reply'd again Thy Servants are Inhabitants of Cana'n and declare That we 're twelve Brethren whom one Man begot The Youngest is at home and one is not Well then said Joseph hereby shall I know Whether ye 're Spies as I have said or no Now by the Life of Pharaoh do I swear Unless your Brother come I 'll keep you here Send one of you and fetch the Lad to me And you shall be confin'd so shall there be A Proof of what you say before mine Eyes Or by the Life of Pharaoh ye are Spies Then he for three days put them all in Ward And on the third day said I have regard To Equity therefore if ye are true And honest Men do this let one of you Be bound in Prison here and let the other Go carry Corn home and bring me your Brother So shall ye be approv'd and shall not die And they prepar'd to do accordingly And as they were discoursing to each other They said we were in fault about our Brother In that we saw his Soul in great distress And yet were so exceeding pitiless As not to hearken to his earnest cries This is the cause of these our Miseries And Reuben said you know I did forewarn And beg that you would do the Child no harm But you would not do then as I desir'd And now his Blood is at our hands requir'd Thus they discours'd about the cause that brought Their present trouble but they little thought That Joseph knew of what they did confer Because he spake by an Interpreter And he being moved at their words withdrew To weep and then returned to renew His former talk and chusing Simeon out Before them all he bound him hand and foot And gave command to fill their Sacks with Grain And to restore their Mony to 'em again And for their Journey give them Food to eat In such sort Joseph did his Brethren treat Then with their Asses laden towards home They went and when into their Inn they come As one of them his Sack of Corn unty'd To give his Ass some Provender he spy'd His Mony in his Sack again return'd Wherefore he call'd his Brethren and inform'd Them that his Mony was returned back Behold said he it is here in my Sack On sight whereof their Hearts were sore dismay'd And being very much affrighted said What is the thing that God's about to do That we do thus these Troubles undergo Then coming to their Father they related After what sort they were in Egypt treated And said the Man that 's Lord of all the Land And hath the store of Corn all in his hand Spake roughly to us and affirm'd that we Were come the weakness of the Land to see To whom we said we are all honest Men We are twelve Brethren whereof here are ten And two elsewhere all which one Man begot The youngest's with our Father one is not Then said the Ruler of the Land hereby Shall I make proof of your integrity Let one of you continue here with me And take Provision for your Family And get you gone and bring the youngest hither That so I may be satisfied whether Ye are true Men as you make protestation Then I 'll release him and give toleration To you to come and Traffick in the Nation And now behold as they their Sacks unloos'd To empty out their Corn there was inclos'd In each Man's Sack his Money therein bound As when they came from home which when they found Both they and their old Father were afraid And to his Sons afflicted Jacob said You of my Children have beâ—eaved me Joseph and Simeon now do cease to be And of my Benjamin you would deprive me These things do ev'n into distraction drive me Then Reuben said My Father I resign To thy disposing these two Sons of mine Give me the Lad and let them both be slain If I do not return him safe again But he reply'd I will not let him go For why his Brother is deceas'd you know And if upon the way some evil thing Should happen to the I ad you then will bring These my grey Hairs with sorrow to the Grave For he 's the only comfort that I have CHAP. XLIII AND now the Famine still continuing sore And having spent all their late purchas'd store Their Father bids them to go down for more To whom when Judah had himself addrest He said The Man did solemnly protest If we without our Brother came again To seek his Face would be for us in vain If therefore