his sight 11 t Those Christ imploys in his vineyard ought to be both vigilant laborious diligent At Baalhamon a fertile fruitful plot A fruitful vineyard Solomon had got Which vineyard he lets out unto his keepers Which must be watchmen and not drowsy sleepers And every one of them must yearly bring Forth fruit thereof a thousand silverling 12 u The Church of Christ and so every Christian is Christs own and ought to be devoted wholy unto him The vineyard t'wich I have a proper right It is my own and always in my sight w He hath promist his presence with his people and will make provision for them My watchful eye her wants shall still be spying And when discern'd my grace shall be supplying Those wants of hers that she may fruitful be x To the end they may abound in Gospel fruit in good works And in great measure bring forth fruit to me Her blessing is prosperity and peace And I expect and look for much increase Not for my self alone nor for my sake y The labourers in Christs Church are blessed if faithful for they shall have a great reward But fellow laborers that pain do take To dig and plant and prune without regard Unto themselves sure I will them reward If I a thousand do look for at least Two hundred to allow them I am pleast They shall partake o' th glory that is mine And like the sun in brightness ever shine 13 z The true Church of Christ and thâ— pastours thereof teach and instruct others with saving doctrine and sound speech such as cannot be condemned O thou that in the gardens hast thy dwelling Regard this thing which to thee I am telling Thou hast companions which do heare thy voyce And thou must them instruct for therein lyes Thy duty to them thou must set before them The good and evil too not Lord ore them For they partake of the same precious faith And what the one have still the other hath a To be much in prayer is the duty of Saints it is the precept of Christ and pleasing to him if they do so And furthermore thou mayst cause me to hear Thy voyce also in humble hearty prayer It is a sacrifice right pleasant sweet And for the saints to offer it is meet My soul also with it is much delighted Remember how to it thou art invited 14 b Every gracious soul longs and prays for Christs second coming in glory that they may be freed from all that is greivous here reign with him in heaven hereafter amen come Lord Jesus come quickly My soul dear love's impatient of delay Make hast make hast and do no longer stay Be thou for swiftness like the roe or hart My only dear who on the mountains art Of spicy pleasures and all rare delight That ravish will the heart and dim the sight Of all beholders from those glorious hills The swetest pleasures evermore distills While I am here below I am opprest Lord Jesus quickly come to give me rest THE BOOK OF JONAH IN MEETRE CHAP. I. The Argument How Jonah's sent to Niniveh But he withstood Gods call In turning off another way And 's swallowed by a whale IN antient times as Scriptures do record In Isra'l dwelt a prophet of the Lord. Jona by name son of Amittais youth To whom the Lord sent forth his word of truth He long had preacht to Isra'ls ten tribes Converts them not but gains their mocks and gibes Now God doth see by means they do not profit When they should hear the word they rather scof it Their hearts are hard means makes them not amend Another way God will their prophet send The light from heaven must not always shine What God doth give he sometimes takes again Observation from Gods sending Jonah to Niniveh out of Israel when he preacht but did not profit When trees are barren do not bring forth fruit The gardener will pluck 'em up by the root When men have means for growth but do not grow God will not taâ—â—y but away will go When truth appears but truth men do not love Nor means nor mercies carefully improve For their cheif good their day is turn'd to night And darkness covers them instead of light The means they had before God will remove it And give it those that better will improve it When by the means they do not bring forth fruit Those shall have means that by the means will do 't On mine embassage Jona thou must go And hast away th' assirian city to That is so great so full and of such fame Through all the world 't is Niniveh by name And when thou comest there in herald-wise Declare thy message though they do despise Both it and thee lift up thy voice on high And like a trumpet sound a fearfull cry Against the city lest it doth repent And let it know for what end thou art sent For why I judge them not without a cause The people are found bteakers of my laws They have not lern'd to fear nor to adore me Their wickedness and sin it lies before me As Sodoms sins once cry'd lowd in mine ears So Ninivehs before my face appears For which I will the city overthrow Commission now thou hast see that thou go The greatest monarchs that the earth doth bear Nor Citys of most fame that ever were Nor might nor greatness gives immunity But all expos'd to judgment just they ly Observation from Gods not sparing the greatest places nor persons If they minde not their maker for to know Their makers minde is them to overthrow But Jona now as one amaz'd no doubt With this strange heathen news doth cast about What course to take that so he may not be A bringer of this news to Ninivee For why in Israel he had taken pain And preached long but 's preaching was in vain Doth those elaborate pains convert no Jews What hope is there that this unwelcome news This dreadful direful sermon should finde place Among the people of the heathen race And if it should then God was gracious bent And of the threatned judgment would repent That so his reputation he must lose Another way therefore the prophet goes When doubts arise and dangers stand before Seeming to cross the way we should go ore When at the stake our carnal interest lies And self must suffer by the enterprize How apt are we poor weaklings to suggest Our own devices not Gods ways the best Observation from Jonah's turning aside because he thought God would not make good his word against Niniveh Sin blinds mens eyes now Iona thinks to flee Out of his presence who doth view and see Each step he takes from his all-seeing eyes He posts away and unto Tarshish flyes Having cast off obedience to Gods word He steals away from serving of his Lord Thinking that by this unadvised flight To hide himself from Gods most peircing sight To
a sea port or to a haven town Iopa by name this passenger went down At his arival there he quickly sound A ship prepared fitted ready bound To Tarsus citty there her voyage was Thither the rebell Prophet thought to pass And that his passage might not be prevented To pay his fare aforehand hee 's contented Which having done he quickly goes aboard To flee away from serving of the Lord. When self sits uppermost and beareth sway That selfish soul will quickly disobey Gods just commands Observation from Jonah's care and diligence to effect his carnal intention and every holy test For to promote a selfish interest No let nor rub that standeth in the way Of erring man when once he goes astray From Gods command but he with diligence Will use endeavour to remove it thence What care he takes for fear his game be lost Although at last full dear it do him cost Now Jona hasts away hee 's under sayl Looking each minute for a prosperous gale Of pleasant winde to further his intent And quickly waf't him ore whether he went But that great Lord whom Jona did displease Sent out his winde and did a tempest raise A mighty tempest is upon the main So that the ship the clouds do seem to gain Those milder streams are curl'd rough and unkinde And rage and swell by reason of the winde The Ship it reels like to a drunken man The mariners they do all that they can To lowr the top-sail and take in the sails Yet all they do or can nothing avails For still the hideous tempest on them lyes And to lose ship and all now each man crys How vain are we to think our counsel will Take place Observ from Gods crossing Jonah in his way of disobedience and rebellion when we consult for to fulfil Unruly lusts and foolish fond intent Thinking Gods blessed will for to prevent Then to our grief our detriment and loss Such purposes he 'l quickly cross All mens endeavours then are at a stand When they endeavour to bind up God hand Or to divert the course of a just rod When streached forth by a displeased God The seamen all are now full sore afraid The strongest hearts of men may be dismayd Fear with the smart of heavens chastizing rod Drives every man to call upon his God Unto their heathen gods they make their suit Fear makes men pray when nothing else will do 't And now as men possest with dreadful cares To save themselves and ship they take the wares And cast it over board in hope their pains May be rewarded in the use of means Some that confesse a God Observ from the heathen Seamens praying in danger no more God knows Then did these heathen rude and barbarous Who in the time of their great misery Do all confesse there is a deity But they that do confesse the true God must Fear love obey and always in him trust But where is Jona all this dreadful while The Seas do roar and rage and foam and boyl And whistling winds a fearful noyse do keep Our Ionas gone aside the ship to sleep His sences are lockt fast and conscience too And neither wakes for all the seas can do A man would think no heart could now endure But sin makes men most desperatly secure When into dangers men are plunged deep They many times do fall full fast asleep Lul'd in the cradle of security Till their small threed of life be cut Observ from Jonah's security in time of so great danger whereby They hold their lease then they awakned be Eyes that were shut are open now to see How Sathan like a jugler did deceive them And of true happinesse did quite bereave them Who being fool'd into this dismal state Must pay for pleasures at a woful rate The master of the Ship then to him came And says what meanest thou O fy for shame What meanest thou O sleeper void of fears How canst thou darst thou rest now death appears Are not we sinking all into the deep Why dost not rather watch but ly and sleep Is this a time for thee to be secure Now death is wayting for thee at the door Art thou of sence and reason quite bereft Or of the world to come all thoughts hast left Arise O sluggard do it not delay Hast thou a God then unto thy God pray And call upon him with an earnest cry Perhaps he 'l hear and will us not destroy Thus did the heathen to his duty move him And for his negligence sharply reprove him Come near and take a veiw Observ from the prophets sluggishnesse who was to have been a watchman unto others but do not wonder To see a Boanarges son of thunder Whose office is to cry to men arm arm Lest through security your souls take harm Stand fast quit you like men be strong and watch And yet himself a single slumber catch His light his life his grace a while to smother In ashes rak't till kindled by another O most prodigious he that is the keeper Of 's own and others souls to turn dead sleeper The seamen now agast with horrid fear Did think some wicked person was come there Who had committed some more huinous crime And for whose cause the evil of that time Had now befaln them hence with one consent They all agree to finde the delinquent Come let us now cast lots into the lap Thereby to know for whose cause this mishap And evil is upon us so they fell To casting lots till that time none could tell Who was the man so sorely had offended The lot was cast and Iona apprehended When God will execute his judgments just 'T is a vain thing in a vain thing to trust Observ from Jonah's being found out by the Lord and his sin discovered When God a sinner will bring to the tryal 〈…〉 thing to bid the Lord denial When God will serch 't is vain to go about To hide from God for God will finde it out Shall vain man sin in sinning think to hide Himself from God whose eyes cannot abide To look on sin what doth he think he can Deal with his God as he dealeth with man Nay God hath ways and means to bring to light Things done in secret and the darksome night Sometimes by this means and sometimes by th' other God will discover what vain man doth smother Now let us know we pray thee hide not from us The very cause why this is come upon us Thou seest wee 're brought into an exigent And till we know the cause are not content Hast thou a calling then what calling hast Art thou not one that wilfully doth wast Thy precious time and live in idlenesse And for that sin ere brought unto distresse What is the country now from which thou came And of what people art tell us by name Now danger great had opend Ionah's eyes Therefore he says to them in humble wise as for my
nation it is of the Jews Distinct from others by the name Hebrews I am an hebrew from the loyns descended Of him that was of God so much befreinded As for Religion I do fear the Lord And worship him who by his powerful word Did frame and fash'on both sea and dry land That governs all things at his own command To God alone and t'none else am I bound Yet at this time in base rebellion found When men are brought into some great distress Though not before yet then they will confess Their evil deeds Observ from Jonah's confession and acknowledgment of God and his rebellion the hearts that stubborn were Are bruis'd and broken in a time of fear God in his wisdome often thinks it fit To whip a frantick person into 's wit And sure at such a time â—ells his best To use and to improve what interest He hath in God if any such thing be And to his uprightness for comfort flee Then were the men afraid with greater fear When so much of the true God they do hear And see for sin he doth due vengeance take And will not spare it for a prophets sake Then did they say why hast thou done this thing How dar'st thou disobey thy Lord and King What couldst thou turn away when he says go Dare you professing Hebrews once do so What fond conceit possest thee didst thou think That for so great a fault thy God would wink For he had told them and thereby they knew That from the presence of the Lord he flew Thus he that disobeyed Gods command Doth now convict condemn'd Observ from the heathens reprehending Jonah and censur'd stand Among and by the barb'rous heathen crue In silent wise account it all his due So every one that feareth not Gods name One time or other he will clothe with shame And make them stand as men all in a maze Dumb like a stock on which others do gaze And by the words of others are reproved Cause by the words of God they were not moved The Seamen say Jona thou hast undone us The seas still rage and tempest lyes upon us Our souls are fill'd with dreadful fears and care And still encreasing as the tempests are The lot's faln on thee conscience tells thee too Thou art the man that doth us quite undo By which two things thou plainly art detected To be the cause yet let us be directed What we shall do unto thee that the seas May rage and foam no more and winds may cease Then Iona answered 't is not you but I That have provoked God so mightily 'T is for my sake not yours the seas are raging And tempest still is on you not asswaging Now take me up and cast me overboard For that 's appoynted for me of the Lord That is the sentence I must undergo it And silently submit my self unto it Then shall there be a calme upon the main And boystrous waves shall smoothly glide again Though God in justice seem to be severe And strict in punishing for sin Observ from Jonah's so patiently submitting to Gods will accepting the punishment of his iniquity yet here A gratious soul submits in any wise And suffers not one grudging thought to rise Against Gods dealing so but will submit Knowing his sin is the just cause of it For to excuse himself he will not do But say 't is righteous Lord that thou dost so Hee 'l take unto himself deserved shame Thereby to honour Gods most glorious name Come take a view how these rude heathen men Behav'd themselves in love to Jonah when They saw his patience and did hear his word And knew he was a prophet of the Lord Sure greater love then theirs could not be shown They seek to save his life dang'ring their own They fain would save him and therefore they try The best of means and skill before he dye They row full hard now each man lays his hand To work thinking to bring the ship to land They toyl they sweat they labour in great pain And when th 'ave done their labor 's all in vain For now as though the elements conspire To vex them still the waves they mount up higher The sea still works the windy tempests roar The sea-men cease there rowing and give ore From hence we see that a meer humane soul Hath so much pitty others to condole That God of nature Observ from the heathen mens endeavour to have sav'd Jonah so much reason gave To teach one man anothers life to save More when a beam divine hath influence On them they give the greater reverence These men that worshipt idol gods before Have quickly learn'd the true God to adore And now like unto new converted Saints They go to God alone with prayer and plants And lest the guilt of blood should on them ly They make to heaven and list up their cry We do beseech thee Lord destroy us not For this mans sake but leave us without spot We do beseech thee Lord and humbly pray Blood innocent on us thou wilt not lay For we perceive Lord that it is thy will And we as executioners do fulfill Even as thy blessed pleasure hath design'd For all is done according to thy mind Men in affliction earnestly will cry Observ from the heathen mens addressing themselves to God in this strait The worst of men then unto God will fly Self guides the stern ofttimes and beareth sway For love to self and not to God they 'le pray But every one that is a convert true In every season yeildeth God his due Unto his God he prays to him he 'l cry Not only when afflictions on him lye And when some difficultys stand before But when all such with ease he can get ore If this or that befall he 's mov'd by neither Hee 'l pray as well in fair as fouler weather So they took Jonah as it pleas'd the Lord Into the sea they cast him overboard Whereat the sea it seem'd well satisfy'd The stormy tempest now is layd aside No token of displeasure now appears Nor nothing seen to usher future fears Now all is done even as the Lord did please His anger now is calme so are the seas If judgment at Gods house do first begin Observ from Gods not sparing his own servant And God not wink though at a prophets sin If God his dearest ones he will not spare But they of this and t'other stripe must share As God in justice pleaseth to pass sentence Then those ungodly ones without repentance Those fearless graceless wicked wretches who From one rebellion to another go The devils drudges driving on sins trade Must pay full dear for it when th'reckoning's made The seamen seeing all things that had past They cannot chuse but stand like men agast They cast off idols greatly fear the Lord And offer sacrifice while yet aboard And lest these wonders should slip out of mind Themselves by vows and oaths full
nor presecution should keep from Christ for they are but for a moment of no continuance The winters blast is gone and past Tempestuous storms no more arise Gods wrathful shours no more he pours On freinds but on his enemies 12 g The hearts of men are like barren earth till planted by the spirit and sown with grace then they are fruitful the flowrs appear shew summer's near h There is a time to mourn a time to rejoyce Saints know it and in due season warble forth Gods praises Each chirping bird doth fit and sing The turtles voice doth make a noise All which bespeak a glorious spring 13 The figtree puts forth her green shoots Her unripe figs are sweetned well The vines also do dangling grow With graps that give forth a good smell Each token says that summer days Are hasting on without delay i though men be unwilling to come yet Christ is not weary to call to them over and over by many moving arguments to come to him Wherefore arise from worldly toys My love my fair one come away 14 k Christs spouse is both harmless and pure neither without presecution nor then without a hiding place in God Now oh my dove what can thee move Sith thou art in the secret stairs And rocky clifts free from the drifts And storms of foes and other fears The barb'rous foes do thee inclose And thou lyest hid in secret place l Faith prayer the best practise very requisite in time of affliction Yet let me hear thy voyce in prayer m Good works joyned with prayer and a conversation becoming the Gospel is acceptable to and lovely in the eye of the Lord Jesus And see the beauty of thy face For there 's no creature hath a feature Like thine so comely to behold Thy praying voice it hath a noise More sweet then by words can be told 15 n Those that hurt the Church by fraud or force doctrine or manners ought to be reproved punished The foxes take that spoyl do make Upon our vines for every tree o The weak and infirm in Christs Church must be cared for for they are equal with others in his love and Favour Young grapes do bear and with great care Such tender plants preserv'd must be 16 p Every true Christian is given up wholy to Christ and by faith makes Christ his own Mine my love is and I am his My all on him I will bestow q Christ is much delighted with the sweet and beautifying graces of his people He rests and feeds not among weeds But where the purest lillys grow 17 r Till Christ the sun of glory break in upon a soul it sits in darkness and shadows of death Whilst it is night and till the light Of day do break it grow clear Whilst shady clowds the brightness shrouds Till they disperse and thou appear s The true Church begs Christs speedy and special presence to support her under all her pressures and to put an end to all differences Be like a roe young hart or doe On mountains where divisions are Turn dearest one and be thou known Of me to take a special care CHAP. III. 1 t Carnal security will give Christ cause to withdraw and hide himself WHen I had lost the present sight u True love is always working and puts thee upon to seek for Christ when withdrawn Of him whom my soul loveth best I sought him in the darksom night His absence gave me such unrest I sought him and must seek him still be found at first he seldome will 2 x That soul that makes Christ her beloved will rise and rouze up to seek him without delay I will arise up from my ease And seek my love in every street w Falne Christians are not easily restor'd and those that do desert Christ do not quickly see the light of his countenance shining upon them y Christ is not always found in those places that men seek him in yet must we not leave to seek him in any of his appointments From thence I 'le pass to the broadways To seek him where the assemblies meet I sought him there to please my mind But seeking there him could not finde 3 Thus restless I still wandring was z Sometimes gratious souls wanting Christ do enquire for him of those that know not how to direct to him Till by the watchmen I was found As they along the City pass Tending their watch walking the round To whom I said for grace did move Saw ye him whom my soul doth love 4 a We must leave men and their devices and wayt upon the Lord in his own ways and he will soon discover manifest himself gratious to us No answer good they gave to me Direction from them I had none How my soul satisfi'd should be But when I left them and was gone Away from them a little time I found him that was wholly mine b We must hold what we have of Christ stand fast in that liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free When I of him fast hold had caught Again I would not let him go c A Christian desires to enjoy Christ in the inner man mostly and to see his goings in his sanctuary also Till my late-found dear love was brought My mothers dwelling house into And till my souls most secret place Were lodging chambers for his grace 5 * Every true Christian hath a care lest he should offend Christ and will use his best endeavour that others also do neither provoke nor displease him Ye daughters of Jerusalem I charge you have a special care By roes and hindes and each of them Or other things that lovely are That ye wake not by wicked ways Nor stir my love untill he please 6 d Those souls delivered from a lost and bewilder'd estate by Christ their redeemer must needs rise up heaven-ward in fervency of spirit and dear affection What glorious one oh who is this Like smoaky pillars doth ascend Out of the desart wilderness Sure 't is my love my dove my freind e The prayers praises and all the spiritual sacrifices of Saints are exceeding sweet when perfumed by the intercession of Christ the mediator Who 's all persumd as it is meet With mirrh and frankincense so sweet 7 f Each true believer beds his beloved in his bosome which is Christ Jesus Behold the bed that bed of his The great and mighty Solomon Each gratious heart a lodging is For him to take his rest upon g A Christians priviledge is to be kept by Christ and he as a good souldier doth resist the adversary There valiant Israelites and stout Compass this princely bed about 8 h Gods people have many enemies to withstand are always in danger to be surpriz'd and therefore have need of skilfulness and courage As valiant so they many are They
much provoks the Lord To punish man and beast not man alone But for the sins of men the creatures groane The sinless beast nor need nor can repent Yet with the sinner needs they must lament May sinful man stand then all in a maze When on the sinless creature he doth gaze Groaning with grief for the just God therein Shews how he is displeas'd with men for sin And further by the foresaid thority We do decree and to all signify That every man put off his rich aray And every beast his ornaments this day This darksome day wherein none can be glad Let man and beast in sackcloath rough be clad And while that all thus sadly mourning ly Let every one to God lift up his cry With earnest powerful prayers now make your suit For weak nor feigned prayers now will not do 't By sins we have displeased God on high And if he shew not mercy we must dy We guilty are of many great offence And most of all we have us'd violence Within this city it cleaves to our hands Let 's clense our selves from it now he commands And with our prayers tears outward mourning Let every of us from our sins be turning When thus by king and Counsel 't was decreed Signed and seal'd Observ from the kings decree for repentance and hast to the execution thereof it hasts with winged speed It flys abroad and runs through every street Each tels another of it whom they meet For why it was proclaimed in his name And heralds fit to execute the same Where true repentance gods there goes confession Repentance true nere goes without contrition Self judging too repentance doth call in Whereby t' escape Gods judgments due for sin Unfained prayer doth assistance lend And reformation life for to amend For where â—mendment joyns with hearty grief Hope may be had that it will bring relief And cary'd on with strength of resolution To spend and hast the work to execution The penitent he can no longer stay But meets an angry God half on his way When God against him comes tho's pace be flack He mends his pace and runs to turn him back But now behold what mov'd this heathen king To constitute ordain appoint this thing It was not only thoughts of present fear But God in mercy also might appear For who can tell sayth he or who doth know Whether this city he will overthrow If we persist not on but do repent May be for this end Jona he was sent Perhaps returning we shall mercy finde For I have heard to mercy hee 's inclin'd We do not know therefore let us make tryal But if we turn from sin and be found loyal But God may turn away from his feirce wrath And will repent of what the prophet hath Pronounc'd against us that we may not dy Although he says that he will us destroy Gods mercys great Observ from the Ninivâ—â—s encouragement to turn of to God because he is a mercyfull God they â—ave bâ—en eveâ— found Good ancre-hold for souls hopes surest ground Poor sinner when at loss then do make bold To graspe at mercy and there take fast-hold 〈…〉 â—oul to save from horrid desperation 〈…〉 get a blessed expectation 〈…〉 means for to escape the fire 〈…〉 â—nkindled wrath and burning ire Mercy to finde yet 't is but peradventur Thy soul had wasted all thy mercy lent-her And now it 's come to this I do not know Whether I shall finde mercy yea or no What though it be to thee a doubtful thing Thy soul into the hands of mercy fling Concerning Niniveh see how 't appears Who now sit mourning all bedew'd with tears Nor mirth nor musick heard not one is glad But every one in hairy sackcloath clad Yet this is judg'd to be the smallest part Of works that manifest a trve convert With it they turn'd from all their evil ways God saw they did it and they did him please For 't is not sorrow much nor protestation Gainst sin that pleaseth God but reformation The evils all God said he would do to them Are now remov'd and turned away from them They are suspended upon this condition That they amendment joyned with contrition For the most gratious God repents of what He said that he would do and does it not Great is the force of faith and true repentance Though judgment passe Observ from Gods forbearing to punish upon their turning to him it will reverce the sentence When sin is left that sinful souls beguiles Gods frowns are turned into pleasant smiles His threatned judgments often are suspended When as the people threatned are amended CHAP. IV. The Argument How Jonah's angry cause the word He preacht had not success As he would have God by a gourd Reproves his foolishnesse BUt now when Jona saw the strange event His sermon had it made him discontent He now is angry and doth take displeasure His anger 's great and doth excel all measure He frets he pets he peevishly fume o◠〈◊〉 bluâ— Cause God does not as he will have â—nâ— do For God repents the Sirians scapt his â—and And enemies they 'l be to Judahs land May Jonah think and so his country men Abundantly had fared better then If they had been destroy'd as was the word That Jonah preached to them from the Lord. Blinde â—eal and carnal ends do oft misguide The best of men and cause them turn aside Time after time Observ frow Jonah's bâ—ing angry at the Lords sparing Niniveh their lust they will fulfil If God his actions steare not as they will Self would be serv'd whether God will or no If God say yea self never will say so Gods will and mans each other oft opose 'T is hard for mans with Gods will for to close What this is strange a prophet be displeas'd That to'ards a people God is now apeas'd And shews them mercy whom he might destroy Turning their days of mourning into joy Can any soul but Jonas be offended Instead of judgment to see grace extended But that 's not all why Jonah he is crost His fame his name and honour now is lost To be a prophet false he is afraid Lest that among them such a thing be said And now unto the Lord he doth address Himself by prayer that signifies no less In it he doth the Lord his God accuse To be in fault when as he did refuse To hear his voice at first and did rebell Pleading as if thereby he had done well Unbridled passion is a thing that will Transport the soul of men so long Observ from Jonah's casting his rebellious fault on God thinking to clear himself untill God and themselves they totally forget And go beyond the bounds that reason set And reasonless they foolishly will reason And think 't is loyalty when 't is but treason They think and speak and act against the Lord Such fruits self-love and passion do afford For this he says I pray