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David and Bersheba. To a pleasant new tune.
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1674-1700?
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Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[98]
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David and Bersheba To a pleasant new Tune WHen David in Jerusalem as Royal King did rule and reign Behold what happened unto him that afterwards procur'd his pain On the top of all his Princely Palace a gallant prospect there had he From whence he might when 't pleas'd his Grace many a gallant garden see It chanced so upon a day the King went forth to take the air All in the pleasant month of May whereas he spy'd a Lady fair Her beauty was more excellent and brighter than the Morning-sun By which the King incontinent was to her favour quickly won She stood within a pleasant bower all naked for to wash her there Her body like a lilly flower was covered with her golden hair The King was wounded with her love and what she was he did require He could not his affections move he had in her such great desire She is Uriah's Wife quoth they a Captain of your Princely Train That in your wars is now away and she doth all alone remain Then said the King Bring her to me for with her love my heart is slain The Princess of Beauty sure is she for whom I do great grief sustain The Servants they do soon prepare to do the Message of the King And Bersheba the Lady fair unto the Court did quickly bring The King rejoyced at her sight and won her love and lay'd her by They spent the night in fond delight until the sun was risen high The King his leave most kindly took till that three months were gone and past And then again he did return with wondrous speed and haste And then the Lady Bersheba she found her former health exil'd By certain tokens that she saw the King had gotten her with child Then to the King she made her moan and told him how the case did stand The King sent for her Husband home to cloak the matter out of hand When from the Camp Uriah came the King receiv'd him courteously Demanding how all things did frame concerning of the Enemy Uriah shew'd his Highness all the accidents of warlike strife Then said the King This night you shall keep company with your own Wife The Ark of God Uriah said with Judah's Hoast and Israel Keep in the field and not a Man within the house where they do dwell Then should I take my ease quoth he in bed of down with my fair Wife O King he said that may not be so long as I enjoy my life Then did the King a letter frame to Joab General of the Host And by Uriah sent the same but certainly his life it cost And when the King for certain knew Uriah thus had murdered been Fair Bersheba to the Court he drew and made of her his Royal Queen Then God that saw this wicked deed was angry at King David's sin The Prophet Nathan then with speed came thus complaining unto him O David ponder what I say a great abuse I shall the tell For thou that rul'st in equity should see the People govern'd well Two Men within the City dwell the one is rich the other poor The rich in cattel doth excel the other nothing hath in store Saving one little silly sheep which young he did with mony buy With his own bread he did it feed amongst his Children tenderly The rich Man had a Stranger came unto his house that lov'd him dear The poor Man's sheep therefore he took and thereof made his Friend good chear Because that he his own would spare he us'd the Man most cruelly Then by the Lord the King did swear the rich Man for that fault should dye Thou art the Man the Prophet said the Princely Crown God gave to thee The Lord's Wife thou thy own hast made and many more of fair beauty Why hast thou so defil'd thy life and slain Uriah with the sword And taken home his wedded Wife regarding not God's holy Word Therefore behold thus saith the Lord Great wars upon thy house shall be Because thou hast my Laws abhor'd much ill be sure I 'll cast on thee I 'll take thy Wives before thy face and give them to their Neighbours use And thou thereby shall reap disgrace for Man shall laugh at thy abuse Then David cryed out piteously Sore have I sinned against the Lord In mercy therefore look on me let not my prayers be abhor'd But as the Prophet told to him so did it after chance indeed For God did greatly plaugue his sin as in the Bible you may read The scourge of sin thus you may see for murder and adultery And grant that we may warned be such crying sins to shun and flye