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The judgment of God shewed upon one John Faustus, doctor in divinity. Tune of, Fortune my foe.
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1693
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Wing J1178; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[235]
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The Judgment of God shewed upon one John Faustus Doctor in Divinity Tune of Fortune my Foe ALl Christian men give ear a while to me How I am plung'd in pain but cannot die I liv'd a life the like did none before Forsaking Christ and I am damn'd therefore At Wittenburge a town in Germany There was I born and bred of good degree Of honest Stock which afterwards I shamed Accurst therefore for Faustus was I named In learning Ioe my Vncle brought up me And made me Doctor in Divinity And when he dy'd be left me all his wealth Whose cursed gold did hinder my souls health Then did I shun the Holy Bible book Nor on Gods word would ever after look But studied accursed Conjuration Which was the cause of my utter Damnation The Devil in Fryars weeds appeared to me And streight to my Request he did come That I might have all things at my desire I gave him soul and body for his hire Twice did I make my tender flesh to bleed Twice with my blood I wrote the Devils deed twice wretchedly I soul and body sold to live in peace and do what things I would For four and twenty Years this bond was made And at the length my soul was truly paid time ran away and yet I never thought How dear my soul our Saviour Christ had bought Would I had first been made a Beast by kind then had not I so vainly set my mind Or would when reason first began to bloom Some darksome Den had been my deadly tomb Woe to the Day of my Nativity Woe to the time that once did foster me And woe unto the hand that sealed the Bill Woe to myself the cause of all my ill THe time I past away with much delight ' Mongst princes peers many a worlâ—y 〈◊〉 I wrought such wonders by my Magick Skill that all the world may talk of Faustus still the Devil he carried me up into the Sky Where I did see how all the world did lie I went about the world in eight Daies space And then return'd unto my Native place What pleasure I did wish to please my mind He did perform as bond and seal did bind the secrets of the Stars and Planets told Of earth and sea with wonders manifold When four and twenty years was almost run I thought of all things that was past and done How that the Devil would soon claim his right And carry me to Everlasting Night then all too late I curst my wicked Deed the Deed whereof doth make my heart to bleed All daies and hours I mourned wondrous sore Repenting me of all things done before I then did with both Sun and Moon to stay All times and Seasons never to decay then had my time nere come to â—ated end For soul and body down to Hell descend At last when I had but one hour to come I turn'd my glass for my last hour to run And call'd in learned men to comfort me But faith was gone none could comfort me By twelve a Clock my glass was almost out My grieved Conscience then began to doubt I wisht the Students stay in Chamber by But as they staid they heard a dreadful cry then presently they came into the Hall VVhereas my brains was cast against the wall Both arms and legs in pieces torn they see My bowels gone this was an end of me You Conjurors and damned VVitches all Example take by my unhappy fall Give not your souls and bodies unto Hell See that the smallest hair you do not sell But hope that Christ his Kingdom you may gain VVhere you shall never fear such mortal pain Forsake the Devil and all his crafty ways Embrace true faith that never more decays Printed by and for A. M and sold by the Booksellers of London