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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33990	The marrow of gospel-history, or, A diversion for youth at their spare hours being a poem on the birth, life, death, and resurrection of our most blessed lord and saviour, Jesus Christ : with some thoughts on the apostate angels and fallen man ... / by Hercules Collins ...	Collins, Hercules, d. 1702.	1696 (1696)	Wing C5362; ESTC R43110	29,586	100

THE MARROW OF Gospel-History OR A Diversion for Youth at their spare Hours Being a POEM on the Birth Life Death and Resurrection of our most blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ With some Thoughts on the Apostate Angels and fallen Man The former under an irrecoverable Estate having no Object of Faith for Salvation And the latter restored by the Death of Christ By HERCVLES COLLINS of Wapping LONDON Printed for the Author 1696. A POEM on the Birth Life Death and Resurrection of our most blessed Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST CHAP. I. The ARGUMENT Theophilus the Lover of God begins in making mention of the unsearchable Attributes and Perfections of Jehovah and how he is encompassed on his glorious Throne by the Holy Hierarchy and Order of Angels Seraphims Cherubims Thrones Dominions Principalities Powers Archangels who are Eternally casting their Crowns at the Feet of the Incomprehensible Trinity with Hallelujahs JEHOVAH right is Infinite And in eternal Bliss The most Supream therefore doth reign O Kings give him a Kiss Ps 2.12 Who is Immense and full of Sense An independent Good Yea only Wise do not despise The Everliving God In all his Will immutable For Changes he knows none How can that be when perfect's he Three Persons yet but One Pure Angels fall and honour all The Glorious Trinity With Crowns down cast their Praises last Unto Eternity The Seraphims and Cherubims Thrones Principalities Dominions too Archangels true Their God for ever praise CHAP. II. The ARGUMENT Here interposeth an holy Evangelist who give an Account of the horrible Revolt of som● of the Angels from Jehovah their suprea● Lord And that one of them now calle Beelzebub headed Thousands with Design to overthrow God's Monarchy BUT one thro Pride became a Head To thousands who resolv'd God's Monarchy for to destroy Rather than be controul'd They War maintain in Heaven's Plain So they might equal be In Honour Praise and length of Days Unto the Trinity God pleads his Rights and them despites So hurls them into Hell To the Abyss Pit bottomless Where they shall ever yell Then Satan proud he spake aloud What tho the Field be lost All is not gone my Heart 's not won To love Jehovah most This I can boast all is not lost My Will 's unconq'rable Resolv'd I be still to be free Tho I remain a Devil 'T were shame for me to bow the Knee And God adore and love A Prince in Hell doth far excel Subjection tho above Mr. Milton A Chaos great and Abyss deep God casts those Rebels in A burning Lake is their sad Fate And Flames all surrounding CHAP. III. The ARGUMENT Jehovah himself gives a Relation of h●● framing the Heavens and Earth an● how he created another Creature calle● Man to serve him better than the falle● Angels and having very glorious Qualifications is made Lord of the New World THE Earth and Man I God did frame And made him Lord of all In Righteousness and Holiness With an immortal Soul This Man most wise in Paradise I fixt with great delight Whose Will was free at liberty To be unjust or right That Man alone might not lie down A Help-meet him I gave And from his Bone and Flesh alone The Woman came most brave And for a time how did they shine In this delightful Place In this new Land how Hand in Hand They walk'd with God in Grace CHAP. IV. The ARGUMENT an having discovered the New World and Man reigning as King in it the Devil envies his Paradisical State and in order to make him miserable like himself he tempts him to throw off the Government of his Lord and Maker All which the good Angel which guarded Paradise could not be ignorant of SATAN did tell the Peers of Hell An Antient Prophecy In Heaven was A World should rise From nothing very high In which New Land I understand A Creature beautiful Not much below our selves I know Will reign as I in Hell Come noble Peers some Course let 's steer This Land for to discover And then allure this Creature pure To act as our own Brother God on his Throne with his blest Son Saw Satan swiftly fly Unto the Man in this new Land To bring to misery The Angels good they understood While guarding this new Creature The fallen One discovered Man With a most blessed Feature An evil one they saw fly down To Adam in disguise So walkt their Rounds the Garden-Bounds If him they might surprize In Paradise he tempts with Lies That Man his Bliss might lose As he lost God all Hope and Good Which made him thus confus'd Satan did fix the weakest Sex With Eve did thus begin To eat 's no Death the Serpent saith It 's natural no Sin The Serpent speaks so fine and neat Which made the Woman say How came you thus to speak to us By tasting yonder Tree Come eat good Food and know as God Don't live in Ignorance In Envy he forbiddeth thee This Tree come eat but once And so at last through sinful Lust They both were overcome Their Fruit dear cost God's Image lost And so the World 's undone For Man his Maker his Creator In Paradise enjoyed Till he did sin against his King Nothing the Man annoy'd Till he did break and violate The Law of his Supream His Happiness was perfect Bliss He as a King did reign But on the Fall he came in thrall And was cast from his height The flaming Sword it brandished To keep the Tree of Life When Adam's Eyes apologiz'd No Boon was to be had No Penance then could help the Man To make him once more glad And must I go from Eden so As not to return more From this sweet Place and God of Grace O this is very sore O might I stay I would ●bey And never more offend who 'l intercede and for me beg Eden my Days may end Those fragrant Smells which far excel The Scents of Lebanon And Odours free on every Tree I 'll offer God alone Mr. Norris I 'll take my Rounds in Eden's Bounds Before I do depart Now farewel all my Joys do fail By a deceived Heart A publick Head so Adam stood As Christ is of his Spouse And what he did as our chief Head We did it gain or lose None would refuse but Adam chuse Them for to represent O none so fit nor none so meet Whatever the Event Therefore let none on God lay blame That we in Adam fell Had any his Choice it had been thus Pure Reason doth us tell CHAP. V. The ARGUMENT Adam apologizing for himself lays the Cause of his Apostacy on his Sovereign Lord and the Woman the Woman on the Serpent a Curse descends on them all Now Man being undone by the abuse of his Free-Will hath no hopes of any Restoration unless the uncreated Being shew Man more favour than the fallen Angels THIS Woman see thou gavest me Tempted and I did eat O blame not God Free-will abus'd Was it