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B01731	A bottle of holy tears, or, Jeremies threnes and lamentaions for Israels misery and Ierusalems woefull desolation, metrically and metaphrastically laid out in verse, explaining plainely the meaning of the prophet in his lamenting phrases. Very suitable to these times, wherein we have a call every day to learne the lessons of Englands lamentation, warre and plague having made a strong entrance into divers parts of the land, and leane famine and desolation knocking at the doore for entrance.		1645 (1645)	Wing B3811A; ESTC R173018	29,429	53

say my hope is gone Yea perisht from the Lord all strength extinct Verse 19. Whiles I remember how I lie fast linkt In sore affliction and to minde recall My daily draughts of wormewood and of gall Verse 20. This I remember and for this my soule Is deeply humbled Verse 21 Yea my heart doth roll And busied seekes what sins doe cause my woe I le not despaire for humble hopes doe grow Verse 22. O the large sea of mercies in the Lord We merit the edge he strikes with back of sword 〈◊〉 (y) Quicquid citra infernum est uitrameritum est his transcendent grace which knows no end 〈◊〉 for our sins he doth not vengeance send 〈◊〉 alt●erly destroy O mercies rare 〈◊〉 spare not sinning God doth smiting pare Verse 23. So oft as Sun doth every morning rise 〈◊〉 merc●es are p●esented to our eyes 〈◊〉 faithfull is our God in truth and love● Verse 24. My (z) My lot is falne in a faire place I 〈◊〉 a goodly herit age Psal 16.6 soule hath chosen thee O Lord above Whiles others seeke for wealth ease honours store ●ord thou art my portion I desire no more Therefore I le hope in him in lowest state Verse 25. For God is good to all that on him waite Verse 26. 'T is a good thing and piece of rarest Art 〈◊〉 darne to waite on God with patient heart 〈◊〉 with soule-calming hopes to rest possest ●●ill Gods saving health be manifest Verse 27. 'T is good our shoulders be inur'd betime 〈◊〉 beare Gods yoke even in our youthly prime ●arly acquaintance with Gods scourging hand ●●●●ns his servants makes them understand Verse 28. He sits alone with silence bolts his lips 〈◊〉 bursting out into impatient sits 〈◊〉 why such burthens he has borne before Verse 29. Therefore he 's (a) The godly in afflictions ponit in pulvereos suum as 〈◊〉 but the ungodly ponit in coelum os suum Psal 73.9 silent hopes God wil restore Verse 30. Unto the smiting hand he gives his cheeke 〈◊〉 filled with reproaches doth not seeke ●ny revenge Verse 31. This comfort he doth gather 〈◊〉 may correct but casts not off for ever Verse 32. For some short time his Saints are tried with grief 〈◊〉 then Gods tender heart beyond beliefe 〈◊〉 ravells with paine deliverance to send 〈◊〉 endlesse mercy seekes our miseries end Verse 33. Oh how (b) Deus non maestitia afficit ex ●●orde s●e non ex animo Tremel Jun. unwillingly doth our gracious God 〈◊〉 forth his hand to take sins smarting rod ●o scourge rebellious men Verse 34 He hates that might Which ●reades downe thralled captives under feet Verse 35. He doth adhorre unjust oppressione all When greatnesse brib'd causes right causes fall Verse 36. Against all such he sets his hand and heart Who doe the poore in rightfull cause subvert Verse 37 What are mens words decrees but wind sand Things onely come to passe by Gods command Verse 38. What punishing evill or what pleasing good Meet we withall which comes not all from God Both come at his decree Verse 39. O men mo●● vaine Why d●e ye murmure or at all complaine No bitter draughts vex us without within Which first we did not brew and tunne in sin Verse 40. Let us then in ou sufferings search and try What sins in heart or life doe cherisht lie Verse 41. Turning to God with lift up hands heart Praying the Father in heaven to ease our smart Verse 42. We Lord have sinn'd with great rebellion Thou scourgest us with sharp correction Thou spar'st us not Verse 43. But in thy angry mood Thou smitest ●●yest coverest us with bloud Yea thou exc●udest pity Verse 44. When our prayers Are climb'd up to the top of heavenly staires Hoping by this ascent to finde thy grace Then dost thou not asient but hid'st thy face Masked with angers cloud O mise●ies masse When our poor prayers to Gods eare may not passe Verse 45. We 〈◊〉 counted base by vilest raffe of men Refuse and rubbish is our best es●eeme Verse 46. Our e●emies all have opd their mouth as large Venting reproaches with a full discharge Verse 47. Where is our safety here feare there a snare Woes and astations our best neighbours are Verse 48. Mine (c) Oh that my head were waters and mine eyes afountaine of teares that I might weepe 〈◊〉 and night for the slaine of the daughter of my people Jer. 9.1 eyes are full with briny-streaming tears Because my peoples judgement beats mine cares Verse 49. Mine eyes gutter my cheekes I never cease Nor intermit my moane for Zions case Verse 50. Untill from heaven the Lord cast piteous eye Upon my people in their misery Verse 51. Mine heart affects mine eyes mine eyes my heart 〈◊〉 in this wretched consort know their part 〈◊〉 daughters of my City to deplore Verse 52. Like (d) At when one doth hunt a Partridge in the mountaines 1 Sam. 26.20 Psal 11.1 Fly a●● 〈◊〉 to your mountaine weake-wing'd bird so am I chased 〈◊〉 my fierce foes and guiltlesse without crime 〈◊〉 ●●wk for harmlesse dove the clouds doth climbe Verse 53. I lie in dungeons bottome as one dead With ponderous pressing stones upon me laid 〈◊〉 strangle hopes of life Verse 54. I 'am drown'd gone 〈◊〉 plenty (e) Great afflictions are commonly compared to great waters and wa●●● flands Psal 42.7 Psal 69.1 2. Psal 124.4 5. of waters have my head o're-flowne Which made me say Lord thou hast done enough How am I perisht I am quite cut off Verse 55. Yet in the dungeon deep Lord I did pray ●nd call'd upon thy name Verse 56. Turne not away ●●ine eare from my sad sighes deep-breathed cries know thou heard'st me O let comfort rise Verse 57. Yea Lord I gather hopes for when I prayed ●hou didst draw neere and say be not affraid Verse 58. The causes of my soul thou hast pleaded well ●nd hast redeem'd my life from lowest Hell Verse 59. O Lord thou knowest my wrongs injuries 〈◊〉 and up for me and judge mine enemies Verse 60. I doe appeale for witnesse to thine eyes ●ho saw their busie thoughts alwayes devise● ●●ngeance and malice Verse 61. (f) Thou hast knowne my reproach and my 〈◊〉 and my dishonour all mine adversaries are before thee Psal 69 19 Their reproaches al ●●ine eares have heard which they on me let fall Verse 62. What their curst lips did vent who ' gainst me rose 〈◊〉 plots their hearts invent O Lord thou knows ●hold their sitting downe for to conspire 〈◊〉 rifing up to act what they desire 〈◊〉 their musicke their best dish at feasts ●●on my broken head to breake some jests ●●ey call on minstrels when they merry be ●●●'s heare the Song of Zions misery ●●rusalems last good night That pleasant stroke 〈◊〉 enemies sorrowes will our sorrowes choke Verse 64. Render to them O Lord a recompence According to their deeds and bad intents Verse

65. Lay on their wicked hearts thy hardning curse That they may daily grow from ill to worse Verse 66. Lord in thy wrath destroy them be they driven From all abiding undercope of Heaven Verse 1. I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath Verse 2. He hath led me and brought me into derknes but not into light Verse 3. Surely against me is he urned he turneth his hand against me all the day Verse 4. My flesh my skin hath he made old he hath broken my bones Verse 5. He hath builded against me and compassed me with gall and traoell Verse 6. He hath set me in darke places as they that be dead of old Verse 7. He hath hedged me about that I cannot getout he hath made my chaine heavy Verse 8. Also when I cry and shout shutteth out my prayer Verse 9. He hath enclosed my way with hewen stone he hath made my pathes crooked Verse 10. He was unto me as a bear lying in waite and as a Lion in secret places Verse 11. He hath turned aside my wayes and pulled me in peeces he hath made me desolate Verse 12. He hath bent his bow and se● me as a marke for the arrow Verse 13. He hath caused the arrower 〈◊〉 his quiver to enter into my re●●● Verse 14. I was a derision to all my people and their song all the day Verse 15. He hath filled me with bitternesse he hath made me drunken with wormewood Verse 16. He hath also broken my teeth with gravell stones he hath covered me with ashes Verse 17. And thou hast removed my soule farre off from peace I forget prosperity Verse 18. And I said My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord. Verse 19. Remembring mine affliction my misery the wormwood the gall Verse 20. My soulhe hath them still in remembrance and is humbld in me Verse 21. This I recall to my minde therefore have I hope Verse 22. It is of the Lords mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions faile not Verse 23. They are new every morning great is thy faithfulnesse Verse 24. The Lord is my portion saith my soule therefore will I hope in him Verse 25. The Lord is good unto them that waite for him to the soule that seeketh him Verse 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly waite for the sovation of the Lord. Verse 27. It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth Verse 28. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence because he hath borne it upon him Verse 29. He putteth his mouth in the dust if so be there may be hope Verse 30. He giveth his cheeke to him that smiteth him he is filled full with reproach Verse 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever Verse 32. But though he cause griefe yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies Verse 33. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men Verse 34. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth Verse 35. To turn aside the right of a●● before the face of the most High Verse 36. To subvert aman in bi● 〈◊〉 the Lord approveth not Verse 37. Who is he that saith 〈◊〉 commeth to passe when the 〈◊〉 commandeth it not Verse 38. Ous of the mouth of the 〈◊〉 High proceedeth not evill and go●● Verse 39. Wherefore doth a living 〈◊〉 complaine a man for the punishm●● of his sinnes Verse 40 Let us search and try our 〈◊〉 and turne againe to the Lord. Verse 41. Let us loft up our heart 〈◊〉 our hands unto Gods the he●●●● Verse 42. We bout trausgressed and 〈◊〉 rebelled th●n hast not pardoned Verse 43. Thou best covered with an● and pers●enied us th●● hast slai● thou bast not pitied Verse 44. Thou hast covered thy self w●●● a cloud that our prayer should 〈◊〉 passe thorow Verse 45. Thou hast made us at the 〈◊〉 scouring and refuse in the ●●idst the people Verse 46. All our enemies have op●●● their mouthes against us Verse 47. Feare and asnare is come up us desolation and destruction Verse 48. Mine eye ranneth down 〈◊〉 rivers of water for the destruction the danghter of my people Verse 49. Mine eye trickleth down 〈◊〉 ceaseth not without any inter miss●● Verse 50. Till the Lord looke down 〈◊〉 behold from heaven Verse 51. Mine eye assecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city Verse 52. Mine enemies chased me sore like a bird without cause Verse 53. They have cut off my life in the dungeon and cast a stone upon me Verse 54. Waters flowed over mine head then I said I am cut off Verse 55. I called upon thy name O Lord out of the low dungeon Verse 56. Thou hast heard my voyced hide not thy eare at my breathing at my cry Verse 57. Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee Thou saidest Peare not Verse 58. O Lord thou hast pleaded the causes of my soule thou hast redcemed my life Verse 59. O Lord thou hast seene my wrong judge thou my cause Verse 60. Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me Verse 61. Thou hast heard their reproach O Lord and all their imaginations against me Verse 62. The lips of those that rose up against me and their device against me all the day Verse 63. Behold their sitting down and their rising up I am their musicke Verse 64. Render unto them a recompence O Lord according to the worke of their hands Verse 65. Give them sorrow of heart thy curse unto them Verse 66. Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord. CHAP. IIII. Verse 1. HOw (g) Such a question for degenerating by sin as this by affliction is that of Esay 1.21.22 How is the faithfull city c. is the gold of Zions glorious frame Grown dim and dark not meriting the name Of mettals monarch That which gilded was With star-like burnisht gold how dull as brasse Yeelding no glistring lustre to the eye Is it become the heavenly Sanctuary Cast downe in every street may finde her stones Verse 2. Jerusalems children the most precious ones Passing all pearles for price for beauty gold How are they now as cheape as pitchers sold Esteem'd as Potters ware Verse 3. Can any kind Of Earths or Oceans Animals be unkind And cruell as the daughter of Zion is Like (h) See Job 39 14 15 16. Contentions there are about this word Ostrich some will have it struthio some ●●culus some Strix Vide Cornel. a lap Tarn In Thren Ierem. hardned Ostrich in the wildernesse That doth her new hatch'd young forget forsake Yet the Sea-calves as carefull dammes doe take Piteous affection hold dugs to their young Verse 4. But here the sucking-child with glued tongue To roofe of mouth dry'd up with thirst doth cry Younglings yell out for bread ready to die With

Onely in mothers bosome they swoon and die And laid in street preach pity to each eye Verse 13. What shall I take or seek to earths utmost hem To witnesse for thee O Jerusalem Rhetorique is bankrupt thou hast begger'd th' Arts Ovirgin daughter of Zion all their parts Cannot similitudes coyne fit to expreile Thy dolours deluge all compares are lesse Inferiour much to thine Could I but fetch Example parallell from some dismall wretch Hence this small glimpse of comfort thou mighst see Thou we●● not singula● in misery Yet to the Sea thy sad estate compar'd Some part by that rude shadow is declar'd As those proud swelling waves the banks or'e reach Levelling high-crested earth with many a breach And fearfull ruptures thus tho waves of woe Broke in upon thee and ore run thee so As for thy breach small hopes of help remaine Nothing can stop when waves slow in amaine Verse 14. Fie (o) Dreaming prophets Ier. 23.23 Daubing prophets E●●k 22.28 cushion pillow prophets or elbow and armhole prophets Ez●●●● 18 Quam ration mchristo reddent ministri corum qui ipsorum culp● perierunt vel quia tacenda dixerunt vel quia dicenda tacuerunt Figveiro in Mal. Hicrosolymas de●●ruxerunt prophete titulis Italicis a Episc Landensis Episc Adulensis Episc placentinius on all oylie Serm●ns flattering tongues Of sweet-run'd Prophets that can sing no songs But peace and safety How could Zion stand When please-eare Preachers did infect her Land All 's well cry they thou hast some sins indeed Yet desolating vastations no●e we reade In all our visions Foolish things and vaine They see but see not sin bring captives chaine Had they set our Zions abhorred wayes And all her sins she had not seen these dayes Of sad captivity but their wi●s they spent To sift false causes of her banishment Verse 15. Behold the passengers that traveil by Doe wag their heads clap hands and hi●●ing cry Loe yonder ruin'd turrets piles of stone Was the worlds beauty and perfection Of all earths glorions Fabriches Can this be Jerusalems City we demolish●●ce Verse 16. See how thine enemies together flocke To vent the venome of their mouthes they mocke Some Serpent-like doe his●c some Dog-like grin Every one s●●ive the Scorners prize to win In acting best upon Derisions stage See see shee 's falne cry they in scornefull rage She 's swallowed up the day the day is come Of her woes and our wishes a sad doome Verse 17. This is the time wel●okt for long expested Gods purpose and dev●●e is now effected Long since he threatned he● for sinne of old His wrath sulfills what 's patience did with-hold She 's tumbled downe no piteous ●●n lo●t●●ngu● Draws ne●r heef●●s rej●ice their ho●n's made arong Verse 18. In the Lords c●rs their h●●rts aloud did cry O wall of Zion never more be dry Let slouds ve●ld ●o h●te ●●es nee● let sleeps key Look up ●li●●ne●●s w●●p●eill essenigh● and day Verse 19. Ri●e up and b●ak thy mi●night ●u●●ed●est In nightly watches powre ●ut he ●ta●d brest Before the Lord in Prayers h●ld hands on high Crying O save (p) Dent 28 53 T●ou thalt eat the sru't of thine own bod● the fl●h of thy sons and daughters in the sieg● and straitnesse wherewith thine enemies shall d'stred● d●●● 〈◊〉 babes which fainting lie Stab'd through with hu●ger at h●ad of every street Verse 20. O L●●d hehold a miserab●e s●g●t A spect cle of wee neverd d●eye Read sad ler Argument of Tragedy Shall (q) In the famine of Ierusalem Mary a rich wealthy gentlewoman of per● a boiled her own son to eat him Iosephus in 7 book of Iews wars Heressipp●s bring her in boldly inviting the Souldie●s that broke in i●ving smelt mea● saying to them I have male you a di●h of meat of my own● bowe 's come taste and ●ee how sweet my sons flesh is Be no● more maidealy and modest then ● mother what Souldiers more a e●ke and d●stardly them a woman But the Souldiers stayed their stomack● with ●●●ot of the fact Hegesip 5. ●ook chap 41 When Scipio took Numantia in Spaine so great was the famine that there were divers mothers s●und with the bodies of their children in their Iaps of which they had eaten the halfe Petion in sine Saryt Vnder the Emperour lustinian there was so great a famine in Italy that the greatest part of men and women died for hunger One saith fifty thousand died by famine in one part of Italy in selo piceno Two women of strangers that came and lodged at their houses in their journey had killed 17 at severall times whiles they slept and having killed them made them ready and eat them They attempted it on the 18 but he wakening ended both their famine and lives Divers mothers then did cooke their owne children for dishes of mout● Baronius 〈…〉 39 Alstedius in Thesau to chronol bowell-bleeding mothers take and eat Their span-long sucklings O abh●rred meat Alas their child-bed pangs were sport and mirth When travelling throwes fi●st brought these Infaats fo●th Compar'd with this when mothers they must feed Upon that flesh which their owne flesh did breed O heavy judgement of necessity Inventing food ' gainst Na●ures cookery ●no bit of such sad break-fast's worse then all Earths griefes that under imagination fall Shall Priests and Prophets slaine in Sanct●ary lie Finding no refuge nor no Sanctuary Verse 21. Both old and young in open streets lie slain My virgins and my young men drop like raine Falling by sword no pity doth thee stay From slaught●ing all in this thy wrathfull day Verse 22. As at some solemn time they are grathred all Girt round with terrours here and there they fall Nothing (r) I even I will teare and goe away I will take away and none shall rescue him Hosea 5.14 escapes for what can safe remaine When God a day of anger doth proclaime My babes the solace of my life which I Brought up with care and swadled these mine eye Why have I eyes to see it sees a prey Unto destroying enemies every day Verse 1. HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Ziom with a cloud in his anger and cast downe from heaven unto the earth the beanty of Israel and remembred no● his fcotstoole in the day of his anger Verse 2. The Lord swallowed up all the habitations of Iacob and hath not pitted he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong hold● of the daughter of Iuda● he hath brought them down to the ground hee hath polluted the kingdom and the Princes thereof Verse 3. He hath cut off in his fieres anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right band from before the enemy be burned against Iacob like a flaming fire whichd v●nreth round about Verse 4. He hath ●ent his bow like an enemy he stood with his right hand as an adversary slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the Ta●ernacle of the