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A16534	A spirituall hymne or The sacrifice of a sinner to be offred vpon the altar of a humbled heart, to Christ our Redeemer. Inverted in English sapphicks, from the Latine, of the reverend, religious, and learned divine, Mr Robert Boyd of Trocborege. By Sr William Mure yo: of Rowallane knight. By whom is also annexed a poeme, entituled Doomes-day. Containing, hells horrour, and heavens happinesse.; Roberti Boddii a Trochoregia Hecatombe christiana. English	Boyd, Robert, 1578-1627.; Mure, William, Sir, 1594-1657.	1628 (1628)	STC 3445; ESTC S116400	16,452	60

which ne're remoue nor weakned are by slight 80 As soules which horride shads enchaine This doe not feele their meanest paine With mates most hated to remaine for aye by just decreite How happie then this glorious traine With these eternally to raigne Who mutuall love doe entertaine Insep'rablie vnite 81 From thence a quiet calme Content A sympathyzing sweet concent Satietie which vnacquent with loathing doth arise Man heere in earths ignoble tent Desires vnbounded still torment The more hee hath the more is bent things fading to comprise 82 O soule which life doth heere expose To inward feares to outward foes Deluded by deceaving show's with shads of seeming blesse When with content thy Cup oreflows When hopes nor vast desires thou knowes How deare shall bee this sweet repose which aye beginning is 83 O Peace on which all hap depends Mans vnderstanding which transcends To Thee alone our labour tends our Pilgrimage aspires Happie in Thee his life who spends In Joy in peace which never ends To present toyles which solace sends encentring our desiros 84 By perfect Iustice what excesse Of Joy shall to the will accresse Out-shining Adams righteousnesse in innocent estate But O! this Joy who can expresse Not tongues of Angels Mans much lesse O ravisht Soule heere acquiesse drencht in this Ocean great 85 His Reason Adams sense and will Did serve this God but changeable Was this submission now but still All doe themselves subject To God by bonde most durable Fearing no fall secure from ill Rendring the soule most am'able to God selfe Saints elect 86 O soule dejected plungde in feare Which stinging thoughts minds horrors teare Thy wounded sprite who canst not beare with inward terrours torne O how invaluable how deare Would this integritie sincere To Thee in conscience rackt appeare which doth the saints adorne 87 This innocence which doth exclude All spots polluting earths fraile broode Pure vndistainde perfectly good free from least sinfull thought Saintes aye refreshing with that food Of Gods wingde messengers which stood Confirmde in grace by purple floode which Mans redemption wrought 88 Nor shall lesse measure of content To Memory of Saints present How lifes small period heere was spent encompassed with cares From warres most pittifull event If settled sweetest peace is spent The soule which earst did most lament joyes most now fred of teares 89 Of passed sight the doubtsome fate The Souldier doth with joye relate The sea-tosde wight in dangers great if gone most pleasure finds Past miseries inunding spaite Most sweetens Saints triumphing state Foes spoyles which no invasion threat lesse ravish noble Minds 90 From passions fred for happiest lote Their purest parts which did bespot●e Strugling as exhalations hote in humide clouds inclosde From slights of dartes the World foorth shot Entisements which the best besotte While these in their remembrance floar how much are they rejoysde 91 Revoluing in this calmest peace How God by his preventing grace Our steps restrain'de whilst we did trace the tempting paths of death Of monstruous Sinnes in hottest chace How Hee in loue did vs embrace In this to joye Saints ne'ere shall cease while they in blesse doe breath 92 The long vicissitude of yeares Of Times the Memory endeares Since Worlds first Age aboue the spheares of blest celestiall bands Which while this Companie admires Cause of these changes cleare appeares In Prouidence large booke which beares Records of Seas of Lands 93 In this great Volumne read they shall Why Angels first first Man did fall Why God did This not These recall of his eternall grace Why Hee did Abrams seede enstall Peculiar most of Nations all And why to Gentiles these made thrall were planted in their place 94 In these great Archives scrold is found Why dearest Saints are trode to ground By Tyrants pryde to which no bound oft is below assignde To wit more glorious to bee crown'd As their affections did abound Joyes may proportionall redound as cresses them confinde 95 Nor shall the Bodie now all bright The fellow souldier of the spright Bee frustrate of these Ioyes by right of its redemption due Of all the Noblest sense the Sight Impassible not harmde by light Aboue all measure shall delight amazde with wonders new 96 How shall the ravisht Eye admire When Suns past number doe appeare Darkning that sparke our hemi-spheare which cleeres with chearefull rayes On all hands Nought when farre and neare Encounters sight but objects cleare Blest Empyrean bands which weare Crowns Palmes immortall bayes 97 How shall this Beautie vs amaze How on this glorie shall wee gaze How on our bodies which doe blaze with brightest beames of light Our bodies which ere death did seaze Death which no prayers can appease Most loathsome burthens were to these whom most they now delight 98 What breast can bound this joyes full spaite To see falne Angels chayrs of state Filde with our friends familiars late Love long dissolvde renewde To see to know O wonder great Saints all all times did heere relate Since Abels blood a long-long date his brothers hands imbrued 99 By force of flammes which all subdue When broght to nought this worlds false shew Of Heauen of earth the fabricke new what wonders shall afford Things which before wee never knew Charming our euer-gazing view With pleasures endlesse perfect true which tongue cannot record 100 But none of all these objects rare Can with thy sight O Christ compare Fulnesse of Joy reflecteth there on these at thy right hand Jn Righteonsnesse thy face preclare Who viewing satisfied are For which'a place Thou didst prepare before thy Throne to stand 101 If that great Herauld of Heau'ns King Record of Thee sent foorth to bring For Joy did in thy presence spring an Embrion yet vnborne Jf yet a babe thy sight benigne So Simeans soule with joy did sting That hee his Obsequies did sing With age and weaknesse worne 102 If Easterne Sages spar'de ●o paine By Pilgrims toyles thy sght to gaine An infant borne but to bee slaine in manger meanlie laide What soule then can ●ese joyes containe Which shall arise to se Thy raigne The glory of thy heauenlie traine whose pompe sh●ll never fade 103 But O! Mee thinks of heavenly layes A Confort sweet my sense betrayes By Organs of min Eare allayes all mind-remoding cares Aboue time moion place which raise My ravisht thoughts to heare his praise Proclaimde which heauens blest hosts amaze by Notes of Angels ayres 104 O harmony ●ranscending Arte Of which the hopes ease present smart Thrise happie they who beare a part in this coelestiall Quire O blest Musitians most expert Whose Ditties all delight impart Whose hymnes exhilarate the heart and entertaine the Eare. 105 Of Ambrosie of Nictar streames Heavens dainties lid in heathnish names An endlesse feast the Lambe proclaimes to all the Saints above The Saints refresht nore with his beames Then wordlings withvaine pleasures dreams O how desiderable se●nes to Thine this

THE SACRIFICE OF A SINNER TO CHRIST OVR REDEEMER 1. CHRIST of thy Saints the Head the King Whose bounties vn-exhausted spring Doth to thy meanest members bring Eternall streames of grace Giue mee sweet Saviour Thee to sing In holy hymnes with heart condigne Which eating age nor envyes sting Shall in no time deface 2 Thou Lord with glorious beams all bright ●lazing around thy Throne of light Outreaching farre my feeble sight heere in deaths shade exylde ●ns clouds dispell guilts loade make light Which doth surcharge my fainting spright ●hat J may spreade thy praise thy might with heart pure vndefyl'de 3 With worship chast in soule sincere Thou shouldst bee celebrate in feare Hence yee vncleane that darre appeare with hands with hearts prophaine O let a Seraphim draw neare A slamming Coale whose hand doth beare My lips my heart from Heauens high sphear● to purge from double staine 4 Then shall these documents divine By which thy crosses ●ruits doe shyne To happie Life conducting Thyne my Thoughts by day by night With meditation deepe confyne At morne midday my weake engyne While Heavens clear Torch his course decli● shall in thy praise delight 5 Sonne with thy Syre in yeares in mig● In all co-equall mans dimme sight Transcending like thy paterne bright An Other and the Same True God of God myld Maid-borne wi● Blest Ladder reaching earth aright Co-apting things of greatest hight with lowe Lights glorious beame 6 Safetie of Soules sight of the blinde Haven where the shipwrakt shelter finde End of all toyles Ease of the minde press'd downe with sinfull loade Reward of works due in no kinde To conflict past the Palme assignde Soules cure with sins sore sicknesse pynde the banisht mans aboade 7 Blest bow bepaynting azure aire Thy pledge who did the World repaire Arke rendring Thine secure from care of o●erflowing floods Their Crowne that fight their pryze most rare That run earths peace heauens joy hells feare A saving Rocke to thine a snare to such as sinne secludes 8 Israels glory Gentiles light Summe of the fathers wisht-for sight Of Paradise the deare delight Eternall Tree of life On source which watering day and night In foure cleare streames divided right Preserues from yeares from dayes despight but arte or gardners knife 9 The Lawes the Prophets scope who she● Thy face when Thou the vaile withdrew Of Types of Shads the body true Lambe Altar Priest at ones Lambe kild before the Worlds first view Altar which sinne inherent slew Priest who in man did grace renew mounting alone heauens Thrones 10 J sing my Mediators praise Whose hand o're all the scepter swayes Who Angels fall did stint yet stayes man falne did raise againe Who filde the breach by wondrous wayes Of Heauens proud Apostats hells preyes Earthlings adornde with Angells rayes ' mong'st the immortall traine 11 But say sweet Iesu what procurde Thee in a servants shape immurde To pittie man in sinne obdurde Gods rebell to beefriend To pleade for him who thee abjurde Suffring thy Godhead lurke obscurde Last on the Tree O Tears indurde an ignominious end 12 Else perisht had the World for aye No other Meanes Gods wrath could lay None else could working deaths decay Mans Image fi●st infuse None else Laws paine severe could pay Heauens wal's to scale no other way To vernish fresh graues rotten prey Means Thou alone couldst vse 13 ●ithout Thee Lord supremely blest Whom highest honour doth invest For Man with paines extremly prest by spoyles of conquer'd Hell ●eavens glorious courts had neere encrest ●or should our fleshes loade to rest ●boue the Spheares its selfe addrest ' mid'st heauens blest hosts to dwell 14 ●ence sprang Mans ease exyling toyle ●s hopelesse groanes which so did boyle ●y breast that Thou pourd'st in the Oyle of Mercie in his wounds ●is Plaints procur'd thy soules turmoyle ●at Thou his l●t di●st●ake to foyle ●ne Death and Hell O Glorious spoyle ●hich reasons ray confounds 15 Our guilts soule shame sname did deface Empurp●ring thy vnstained face Thy clouds thy care our light our peace our Victorie thy liftes Thy hels in heauen procurde vs place Our honour grew by thy disgrace O Wisedome if not found by grace Mans wit involves in mists 16 O sauing Knowledge which of right The deepest Polititans sight O'resyles drownde in eternall night Jn clowdes of self-conceate O contrares which by nature fight Thus reconcil'de mix'd by thy might Things weightie ballancing with light O change O wonders great 17 Thy dumpes our doo●efull hearts did c●● Our teare-blind sights thy teares did cle● Thy deepe afflictions calmde our feare Thy bands vs fred from paine Thy wants our wealth procur'de we ● Roabs by thy rags grieves thou didst ● Our greifes our languishings en-deare thy blood did ours restraine 18 That crimson sweat these drops which drownd Thy blessed face with rayes ours crownde Sins leprous spots which soules confound from Parents seede they purgde Thou shak'd by deaths approaching wound 'gainst death mad'st vs secure be found Thou of our innocence the ground for vs with guilt was vrgde 19 And when thou seemde some space to bee Depriv'de from heauen of all supplie Yet banisht Man still deare to Thee Thou neuer didst forsake Mans state was still before thine Eye Till entring Hell Thou sett him free O Crosse once curst now happie Tree Source whence all good wee take 20 When Thou thy selfe triumphde o're sho's Nailde to the Crosse exposde to blo's Chargde by thy proud insulting foes with infamie with shame Torne naked pale a mappe of woes Whilst floods of wrath thou vndergoes Thy syde trans-fixde from which forth flo'es a double gushing streame 21 Thy soule commending to thy Syre While twixt two Theeues Thou didst expire Loe then enlarging thine Jmpire Thy foes Thou Captiues led Triumphing on the Tree hells ire Deaths sting Earths Kings that did conspire Bound hand and foote thy wraths hote fyre their shame before Thee bred 22 Thou ledst great Victor foylde in fight Those bands in darknesse that delight Roots of mans ruine foes to right Sin bound Thou didst detaine To Heauens high courtes a glorious sight Gods Rebells vanquishde by thy might Condemnde in chains of horride night for euer to remaine 23 Loe heere deaths double-poynted sting Laws hand writ there traverst deaths spring Trode vnderfoote in triumph bring Thou didst nail'd to thy crosse Thee swallowing vp death conqu'ring King Death to it selfe the graue did bring On rav'ning Wol●e preyde ravishde thing Victorious by losse 24 By death insulting held as dead Deaths death Thou was and deaths remeed O Thou who dost Gods secreets spread Author revealer wise Heauens pure delight the womans seede Who treading

downe the Serpents head To wretched Man didst pittie plead Way leading to the Skyes 25 Oh what had beene our fearefull fate Deare soules Redeemer what our state Of ire what hudge inunding spaite had quenchde our of-spring weake Without thee Lord hells preys of late Who mongst thy saints didst vs relate And mounting heauens with glorie great deathes brazen barres didst breake 26 Who saues vs in the day of ire When all shall bee refinde with fire Who with thy Sp'rit dost vs inspire Arls of eternall Life Thy SP'RIT of peace our pledge our hyre Who all vnites of thy empire To Thee our Head our soules desire for ever shunning strife 27 His seuen-fold grace doth vs defend From snares the World the flesh forth send From Fiends infernall which doe bend theirs pow'rs 'gainst Thine by night Which flie like pestes by day in end On winges with faith and hope empen'd Heauens starrie circuits wee transcend by vertue of his might 28 Hee who eternallie foorth came With Father and with Sonne the Same Third branch joynd with that twofold stream witnesse on earth to beare By him confirmde wee accesse claime To Gods hie Throne with feare and shame Brought low by him wee doe proclaime Abba O Father deare 29 He sending vp a secreet grone Doth penetrat Gods eares anone No wordes no cryes can reach his Throne nor speedier pierce the skies He doth vnsyle the eyes alone Of soules sincere to them is showne The lawes hid sense● Hee doth enthrone the lowe the proud despise 30 Soules languishing his grace revives To wandring steps hee regresse gives The falne liftes vp deathes throe's releiues by warme light of his flame The hardest heart of flint hee reaves For iubjects Rebells home receiues Subdues the stubburne that believes no hardnesse breedes him shame 31 Ev'n as perfumes which most excell Worke on weake sents and doe dispell All former loathings So befell Thy Saints the Virgines deare How soone thy Names sweet fragrant smell Was powred foorth all prostrate fell Who gainst Thee did before rebell Thy yoke now gladly beare 32 O let this dewy showre descend Of thy sweet Oyle that We in end That Rocke of safetie may ascend admitting no retreat Conduct vs who on thee depend Life-giuing essence vs defend Who here our days in dangers spend which vs each moment meete 33 Lead vs poore Pilgrims vnexpert Our Compasse Pilote Pole who art Through this inhospitall desert this vaile of bitter teares Where perill lurkes in euerie part Where Asps their poys'nous stings forth dart Whose plaines no pleasures else impart but scrotching drought and feares 34 Lead vs those rivers to frequent Where milke and honey yeelds content O! euer blesse with good event the wrestlings of thine owne Till comming in the firmament Unlookt for by earths trembling tent When times last Period shall bee spent Thy glory thou make knowne 35 That Day shall rest Heauens rolling spheares Earthes refluous tumults deathes pale feares O day which neuer night outweares Night by no day displac't Then to the source floods course reteires Time lurking then no more appears Hid in the vast abysse of yeares from whence it first did haste 36 O day which doth all blesse impart To all who vpright are in heart O day of horrour full of smart to all of sprite impure Day which shall sobs of saints convert In songes of Joy Day which shall dart Wrath on the wretcht who then shall start wak'd from their sleepe secure 37 That Trumpets terrifying sound That day their ears their souls shall wound In sine deepe Lethargie long drownde to heare a fearefull doome Whose noise whose murmurings profound Shall call what e're earths limits bound Or who in floods o'rewhelmde are found hid in the Oceans wombe 38 Who cheardare with the Worlds bright Eye ●nvest'd yet with mortalitie Or whose dead ashes scattered flie dispersde through earth or aire ●his dayes sharpe tryall all must see ●sentered once lifes miserie ●ea babes which scarce yet breathing bee must at this found appeare 39 When flammes shall furiously confound Lightning thy glorious Throne around What e're shall bee their object found in this inferiour Frame Shaking the World ev'n to the ground Razde from its center laid profound Dissolving what earths fabricke crownde with greatest Arte or fame 40 The Suns cleare beames clouds shall enfold Starres losse their light earths pride controld What Earthlings did most pretious hold records of wit of strength Shall with this mouuments rare mold More quicklie melt than can bee told All this great All shall as of old a Chaos turne at length 41 Then when the screiches and frightfull cryes Of such Gods wrath as vnderlyes Encrease the noise of rushing skies of earthes disjoynted frame Hee makes divorce that 's only wise The damned goates hee doth despise Poynts out his lambes whose sinfull dyes hee pu●gde with bloody streame 42 When blessed soules shall fred of feare Thy Throne encircling Thee draw neare As dayes comforting Beame the spheare the Orbe of purest heauen The clouds transcending shining cleare Thy footsteps streatched foorth to beare Those trembling bands shall streight reteare downe to the Center driven 43 Trembling to heare the thundring noise Of thy three-forked fearefull voyce Which streight their soules with sad annoyes with terrours strange shall pierce Hence hence yee cursed hells convoyes Who of this Portion earst made choyse In chaines of darknesse end your Joyes amidst hells furyes fierce 44 Goe curst for aye exy●de from light From hope from rest from all delight Where wormes ne're dying wrath and spight gnashing of teeth and teares ●then what horrour what affright ●hall on those hopelesse prisners light ●ebarrde eternally his fight who on the throne appeares To the right Vertuous and WORSHIPFULL THE MUSES Deare Minion St. W. MVRE Knight Author Epigram WHen thy sweet Sophoclean straines I read Motions of Love and Admiration breed Within my breast for thy soule-charming Songes To whom the Laurell as thy due belongs Haue rais'de in Mee hotte flammes of kinde Desire That I must love Thee still and still admire Thy glorious choyse and with deserved praise Stirre vp thy Muse a higher flight to raise Well dost Thou now disclaime that Dwarfling fond And builds thy Thoughts vpon a divine ground Walter Forbes DOOMES-DAY Containing HELLS horrour and HEAVENS happinesse By Sr WILLIAM MVRE yo of Rowallane Knight 1 BUT now my Sprite refresht a space Forbearing pressed steppes to trace Aspires aboue the vulgare prease to raise a second flight I feele my bosome peece and peece Warmde with vnusuall flammes Giue place Eare-charming fancies Artes disgrace affoording false delight 2 Thoughts which aboue the spheares inclyne Wings furnish to my weake engine If Thou O Lord the Horne of Thine in mee this Rapture wrought Bee present by thy power divine Grant in my