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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66465	Poetical piety, or, Poetry made pious by rendering into its method observations arising from various divine subjects, useful for these prophane and enormous times : to which is added, a brief alphabetical expositor, explaining the most intricate words made use of in this book, to the conception of a mean reader, and may serve as a remembrancer to the imperfect memory / by William Williams ...	Williams, William, of Cardigan.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2785; ESTC R8078	64,141	220

stark naked to himself does seem Yet cloath'd with Righteousness in Gods esteem One of his worth and merit never brags But strips himself of his unrighteo us rags He makes himself as naked as was Job For Christ to cloath him with his righteous robe And thus you see the Christian man is one That would be righteous either all or none Although to this he has a willing heart He 's never righteous here but in part He on the one hand will himself deny Thereby his God the more to glorifie And on the other hand he will confess That Christ is all in all his righteousness One thinks him rich enough whilst he can plead His Saviours merits and that Christ was dead 1 The Christian his behaviour towards God The Christian man foresees it him be fit When God commands he should to God submiti Let God rebuke him then will he not faint Nor yet of his correction make complaint When vile temptations seek to do him wrong He sheilds himself with faith and so is strong He ever dreads he shall himself disgrace Thus to the Devil never will give place He Souldier like keep-Guard does watch pray In these is exercis'd both night and day Through Christ his merits still he recommends To God his Soul and God his Soul defends He alwayes trembles at the Almighties Rod Which makes him more religious towards God All his deportment does derive from grace Whose love and meekness mercy will embrace His duty towards God discern I can But what 's this Christians duty towards man 1 His deportment towards man His carriage towards man is just and true For he will render to all men their due He hates contention and the cause of strife Loves Peace and Friendship as he loves his life Of quietness he does so much approve He would have all things to be done in love He bears in mind no bitterness nor gall To none but pure affection towards all He is not willing Gods commands to break Therefore will use forbearance with the weak He honours others does himself debase Gives them the better keeps the worser place Of others sins by no means will partake But warily these and their guilt forsake And thus his carriage towards men you see In all respects is from offences free Yet some would know since that it may be known What 's his decorum to himself alone 1 His descency towards himself Truth to declare he does in very deed At all times to himself take care and heed Is alwayes sober and does duly watch That no temptations unawares him catch Since Christianiz'd he holds it fit that he His sins of Youth and Youthful lusts should flee Christ is his Captain Devils him despite With whom Faiths battel he 's ingag'd to fight Though Devils aim his strength and force to blast He questions not to overcome at last He 's found in Armour fears no stab nor scar During the manage of his holy War He knows this is well doing is not tir'd In hopes his warfare will be soon expir'd His youthfull Time he now seeks to redeem Which he found lost in his and Gods esteem With wickedness resolves he to contend Till God shall bring his life unto an end Which times he knows shall gain so great renown God will himself reward him with a Crown 2 His carriage towards the World His carriage to himself we saw would see What yet might to the world his carriage be Within the world he Circumspectly walks With whom herein converse's wisely talks He views the world which is by him forgot And seems to use it as if us'd it not Himself he fashions not nor will he frame Like to the world because he shun's the same Nor with the cares thereof will he like some That are unwise be likewise overcome Nor lay up treasure on the Earth where rust And moth corrupt mens riches unto dust Content he 's with the tallent God him gave For to maintain his life this side the grave He meddles with no business but his own For he would not a meddling Fool be known During his life in this world all his care Is how for life Eternal to prepare To God to Man himself the world thus I In brief have writ the Christians History Which may all ever practice till they die SUBJECT XI A Discovery of the Faithful and devout Christians Quality and Conversation A Christian by belief those things obtains Promis'd in Time and after Time remains DEad was this man that 's now alive His death from Adam did derive In Adams sin he lay as dead Till Christ awak'd his drowsy head No sooner did this man awake But presently he does forsake His bed of sin wherein he lay And to the Temple goes to pray 1 The Christian resembles the Publican The gesture of the Christian man Is like that of the Publican Who thinks himself to be so base Not worthy there of the worst place He villisies himself that he The chief of sinners thinks to be And seriously will it confess Christ is alone his Righteousness He 's meek in Spirit and is Poor Therefore will pray hard by the door T' approach the Altar fears affront Till he does pennance at the Font. There falling down upon his knee O Lord be merciful to me A sinner prayes 't is not deny'd And by this prayer is Justifi'd Now since his Maker made him just In his Redeemer put 's his trust To whom he bears an upright heart Till death his Soul and body part He 's now alive and dead to sin When the dull world lies dead therein But he while living lives to God And fears his wrath to shun his rod. 1 He will not bring forth Fruit to himself He 'l not be found that fruitless Elf Like many one lives to himself By him shall Christ be glorifi'd To him will live for whom he dy'd 2 He hath content in every state In every state to be content He learn'd all dangers to prevent The Christian can for truth relate He has content in every state 3 He has nothing yet possesses all things He nothing has yet does possess All things because Christs Righteousness And should he not possess the same He all things else would nothing name He seems to sorrow and to joy Enjoys both comfort and annoy He 's like a Ship by waves that 's tost Somtimes all his Intents are crost He 's oft cast down like one forgot And yet we find him Perish not Sometimes to fall God gives him scope To rise again by Faith and Hope Likewise he seems for to decay Yet is renew'd that very day So that no man on Earth can know The Christian's state by outward show He 's poor but rich can many make That of his Councel will partake Whose Treasure 's there where is his bliss In Heaven's Kingdom not in this One that 's in darkness to our sight But in this darkness find's

of fire Somtimes for horrid deeds we recompence Our selves by doing wilful violence Somtimes Gods Judgments for mans sins are found Like Pharohs Hoast it 'h Oacen men to drownd Some wicked men the Lord comits in Ire With Nadab and Abihü to the fire Others there are whom Death doth thus deprive Like Sechems men are Swallow'd up alive Others again like Sisera were brought To death by Starrs which in their courses fought And some we read another way are Dead By Houses overwhelming on their head Which Sampson and Job's children did devour With those Eighteen interr'd by Shiloams Tower Some with wild Beasts there are in pieces torn As were those scoffing boyes in Bethel born And some are found like Achan ston'd to Death That 's presently bereft of mortal Breath Again we find that Justice often times Hangs men like Haman for malignant crimes And there are men by their acquaintance slain As Abner or as Abel was by Cain For Abel as he walked in the Field Through Cain's assault his life to death did yeild To shew the uncertainty of Death the more It slew old Eli sitting at his door To Eglons Summer Parlor death retird And Eglons life by strange surprise requir'd Betwixt the Temple and the Altar Death Met Zachary there him depriv'd of Breath Senacharib of life likewise was Rob'd By Death in Nisrah's house though 't was his God Again 't is said whils't sleeping Isboseth In his Bed-Chamber was surpriz'd by Death Death the Philistines smote in their resort To the Theatre there themselves to sport And stately Herod he within a Trice After Deaths Summons was destroy'd by Lice An Archer from his Bow did let to flie An Arrow which Josiah's caus'd to die A Prophet of the Lord we find again Was by a Lyons Teeth both torn and slain The falling of a Stone did break the head Of stout Abimeleck and made him dead And cruel Jezabel as strangely dy'd Entomb'd by Dogs for her accursed pride Zimri and Cozby for their wicked Fact Were slain by Phineas in the very Act Two Captains with their fifties bore Gods Ire And were consum'd by his Caelestiall Fire Curst Ananias and Saphira dy'd Because against the Holy Ghost they Ly'd Thus Judas who betray'd his Lord that Elf Withdrew from Christ went forth hang'd himself To Period these examples who from hence * It is hard for a man to foresee what-manner of death is ordain'd for him Is' t can derive the proper inference Of his own death fith these mutations are So incident to men in them to share Thus may the question be resolved then Those that fear God shall die like Godly men That is a timely death in mans full Age Or when some sickness does mans death presage There is a certain Time for man that 's born Like Harvest season for the Shock of Corn And ther 's a death untimely that doth lop Mans life like to the Ears of Corn men crop And there 's a Lingering death which seems to be A Prison to the Soul till it gets free So there 's a sudden death which gives a blow Without its warning and this death is wo There is a tranquil death to die in peace As not perceiving of the souls Release And there 's a death attended with distress As raving raging and unquietness What man is he that can the knowledge have Which of these deaths shall bring him to his grave Thousands of deaths there are that men befall And yet no man can tell which of them all Belongs to him these Issues do depend On God alone the lives of Men to end Thus all transactions acted from the prime Of mans Creation periods death and time As touching man both time death might wel In some opinions thus run Paralell Yet Death and Time from Paralells have ran In a Parenthesis to limit man Time past behind him Time to come before Where death arrests him to pay natures score But not to leave till render'd Time its due Great benefits to men herein ensue If that but seriously we recollect What God for mans salvation did effect The accomplishment of every thing was done By Gods Incarnate word or Christ his Son The best production of the space of Time Was mans Redemption from each mortal crime By our Emanuel which cherisheth A christians heart and gives him life in death So that he 's willing to dismiss Times Span Since life Eternall purchas'd is for Man As much as in us lyes let 's all apply Our hearts in time to gain Eternity I mean this present space although that some Will say if time is past there 's Time to come But when the time to come likewise is past Through carelesness great proves the loss at last If we regard our Time but Righteously Our sure reward will be Eternity Neglect we Time Eternity we gain In everlasting torments to remain Improve we Time and doubtless we shall find Joyes to Eternity remain behind Thus of a Truth Eternity rewards Him that esteems it or it disregards Sith thus it is I am resolv'd therefore Betimes in Time the grace of God t'implore That after Time I may my soul supply With life and joy in blest Eternity Of which through mercy may all men partake When Time 's no Time for Mans Messiah sake SUBJECT IV. A prospect of the Great Creation And the Creator understood by the Creatures All living Creatures most apparently A God that is Omnipotent descry O What contrivance I behold When seriously I gaze On Gods Creation wrought of old Such as my mind amaze II. Methinks Gods wisdom did fore-run His might when as I see Above and eke beneath the Sun Such wondrous works to be III. The Lord did by his prudence frame And by his word has wrought All things to Glorifie his name And fram'd the same of nought IV. All things that are once nothing were Which nothing every thing At Gods command was made to bear What he to pass should bring V. Then how might mortal men admire The wisdom of the Lord Who at his pleasure and desire Made all things by his word VI. The Earth which is through wisdom was Made uniform in frame Of that Rude Lump confus'd when as It from the Chaos came VII So was the world although so wide Of nothing made to be So great a Bulk 't is not deny'd By God and none but he VIII * The Wisdom of God Created man an Epitom of the great World and made man the great Ruler of it Which Macrocosm was since comprizd Or modeliz'd to man This Microcosm Epitomiz'd It s Metropolitan IX Lo here 's prudence most profound Discretion to behold And understanding to a bound By wisdom manifold X. These are Gods works and they do seem Most wond'rous in the sight Of Prudent man and his esteem That ponder's them aright XI * God may be understood by every Creature God may be seen in every thing All Creatures comprehend Some sign of

gave it to maintain The Preacher as his Payment for his pain Them to defraud no doubt our God will Ire The labourer is worthy of his hire And God his due will at our hands require O let us not detain the Preachers mite Since Gods commands confirms the same his right But with his Tribute freely to impart To him as his not ours with all our heart For he takes pains and so 't is his desert So Honour to whom Honour every thing Commanded from the Beggar to the King As loving Subjects then God will us own Both to this Crown and that of Heavens throne And shall adopt us children of his own Implore we then his grace to live thereby While here on Earth in Love and Amity Endeavoring and daring to be true And to our power render all their due Pleasing our God and bearing right regard To his commands that will us sure reward SUBJECT XIV Gods love to mankind and the Terms of of Salvation consider'd from John 3.16 God so loved the World that he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Man sin'd Hell gain'd and Heaven was his loss Christ to save men from Hell dy'd on the Cross GOds goodness did behold mans wretch'd case Since Adams fall in sin and void of grace This mov'd his mercy to commiserate Poor mans condition in so curst a state When welt'ring in his blood through sin he lay Gods bowels yearn'd that he consults a way For his salvation that so vile did seem In his pure eyes and how him to redeem From that so base a case in Gods esteem The means whereby he mans redemption wrought Was by his death mans life that dearly bought And that was God himself becoming man Who made Eternity to seem a span For God incarnate did himself behave As man excepting sin unto the grave Whose sinless nature never did deprave Christ was his name to death was crucifi'd Upon a cross and thus as man he dy'd To save believers that in him abide By vertue of whose death men life obtain Christ bore the loss and man enjoy'd the gain He suffer'd torments he endur'd the grief And sacrific'd himself for our relief Betwixt two malefactors as a thief The way the truth the life he since was found By those believers sin their souls did wound In him all these find mercy to abound We all things have in Christ and Christ is all And every thing to those on him that call For instance when our sins our Soul make sick Physitian-like does search us to the quick By lancing our corruptions so that we From sinful Ulcers are by him set free He pow'rs the Oil and Balm in every wound Of sin sick souls to cure and make them sound And now no more mans duty than belief In Christ repenting all his sins with grief And when this service is perform'd then he Shall to his Masters joy admitted be Will seem to God without a spot of sin As not defil'd by Adams Origin Christs blood and his repentant tears did flow To wash his Leprosie as white as Snow His crimson crimes no more their redness show SUBJECT XV. A Mediation on Esay the 55. vers 6. Seek the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near In seeking God by Prayer Invoke his Name And when he 's found O man extoll the same INquire my soul search earnestly and seek For him who is most mighty and most meek Use all the means thou canst till thou dost find Who is most mighty and most meek most kind Pursue thy search and doubtless thou shalt see who 's mighty most most meek most kind to thee And when thou shalt this truth experience 'T will quit thee of thy fear and diffidence By framing in thy heart a larger scope For faith to Act than was requir'd by hope Faith is that powerful grace whereby the soul Do's over all despondencies controul And does its self upon Christs merits roul But hope is oft assaulted by despair Somtimes dejections does poor hope impare Yet 't is renew'd again by fervent prayer Faith joyn'd to hope or hope in Faith to rest Are buckler's of such Armour-bearers brest These fortifie his courage so that he Will conquer more than conqueror shall be Whereas if he had neither of these twain Nor faith nor hope no conquest could he gain But Esau-like the Lord his God might seek With cares and fears and tears upon his cheek And yet in searching not find him at all Or finding of him in effectuall Because that love the best Grace of these three Within his Bosom is not found to be Where is true hope O there true Faith begins For love to cover multitude of sins This hope to no man does create a shame But rather renders credit to his name Then cease we not to seek God virtually Till sound through faith and hope and charty This is the day of grace wherein he ought For to be found and by his Servants sought Now is the accepted time when this is past No search for him no finding him at last Seek God my soul whilst thou canst not him see Least when he 's seen he 'l not be found of thee Seek him by hope and thou shalt find him near By Faith this day of grace though he appear Not to the eye of sense to see him clear All shall behold him at the Judgement day But those far off his Laws did disobey And others near to save their souls for aye If that we would not seek the Lord in vain We must seek him in Truth once and again Yea often-times or rather constantly Till with his presence he our souls supply Let us not seek an other thing to find Instead of God but God whom we design'd Nor any thing besides God wish in heart Nor yet for any thing from God depart And since that God is neer this day of grace Then let us seek the presence of his face With right regard to him and reverence Declining not this search dy deligence In Truth and Love then let us seek God ever Until we find him and when found let 's never Cleave unto what from him our souls may sever SUBJECT XVI A Contemplation on Job 20. vers 5. The triumphing of the wicked is short the joy of a Hypocrite is but for a moment An Hypocrite is not within devout All his Devotion 's visible without LO how he Tirumphs now puft up with pride Whose time is as uncertain as the Tide One day unto his dayes he cannot borrow To day he Triumphs tumbles down to morrow From goodness and from virtue he will vary Although he knows his time but momentary Thus then his Character to amplifie This is the Hyprocrites Hypocrisie 'T is said of Hyprocrites their Congregation Shall be destroy'd by certain desolation Good reason why the just is more in danger Of him although his neighbour than a stranger For