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The countrie mans comfort. Or Religious recreations fitte for all well disposed persons. Which was printed in the yeere of our Lord 1588. And since corrected, amended, and enlarged by the same author. I.R.
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Rhodes, John, minister of Enborne.
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1637
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THE COVNTRIE Mans Comfort OR Religious Recreations fitte for all well disposed persons Which was Printed in the yeere of our Lord 1588. And since corrected amended and enlarged by the same Author I. R. PSAL. 34. 11. Come ye Children in vnderstanding I will teach you the feare of the Lord. COL 3. 16. Let the words of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisedome teaching and admonishing your owne selues in Psalmes Hymnes and spirituall Songs singing with a grace in your hearts to the Lord. Printed at London by M. D. and are to be sold by Anne Boler at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Church-yard 1637. To the Christian Reader grace and peace GOod Reader in the yeere of our Lord 1588. when the Divell Pope and Spaniard did rage against our late Q. Elizabeth never to be forgotten and this kingdome to haue both killed vs and to possesse the land and when God had so miraculously delivered vs from that invincible Navie as they termed it I wrote this Booke containing in it many good Songs Ditties Carrols for the comfort and solace of all those that are well disposed after so miraculous deliverance from our enemies the Pope and Spaniards If therfore it happen to light into hands that are wise and learned know this that I doe not count it so fit a booke for thee as for the Schollers of pettie Schooles the poore Coutrieman and his familie who wil aske these vain questions som times saying what shall we doe in the long winter nights how shall we passe away the time on Sundayes what wold you haue vs doe in the Christmas Hollydayes For such haue I made this booke wherein I shall no doubt please their merrie minds a little for that they are naturally given to sing if happily I may winne them to sing good things and forsake euill And when the gun-powder Treason was found out and bewrayed I began to looke over this little booke and finding as great cause to mooue vnto thankefulnesse now as then I did as my leasure serued me correct amend my former labors and added and augmented them more then was in the former booke and now haue finished the same I offer it to the view of all well minded persons and as for others that cannot take plaine labors in good part I leaue them to themselues and the rest vnto God The Lords poore and humble seruant I. R. The Countrymans comfort A song in stead of an Introduction to this worke worthy your reading and entituled A Table of good Counsell It will goe to the tune of in Create if you sing it FIrst learne to honour God aright Let loue and feare thereto provok Obey the King with all thy might Submit thy selfe to Parents yoke Imbrace the good and shunne the ill This is the summe of wisedomes skill To know thy selfe thou must apply And try thy friend before thou trust Content thy selfe clime not too hie Let word and deed be all waies iust Striue not to swim against the streame Account not of a drowsie dreame Wish not for wealth by parents death A friend farre passeth worldly good And while the body yeeldeth breath Seeke not for to exceede in foode For great excesse of meate and drinke Doth cause the soule in sinne to sinke Faint not though fortune fauour fooles Fret not at others good successe Delight to sit in learned schooles Thy former faults seeke to redresse Spurne not at him that tells thy crime Mend that against another time Spend sparingly yet not too nye And make accompt how wealth doth wast Hate Suretiship all debt bookes flie To giue thy word make thou no hast Let not apparrell sumptuous be But still remember thy degree Respect not only present time But marke also what may ensue For cracke of credit is a crime Change not an old friend for a new Take heed of brasen face past shame And loue to liue in honest fame Praise no man till thou dost him knowe Dispraise not rashly any wight Least shame thereby to thee may growe Speake but few words place them aright Into the world then maist thou goe And say thy friend hath taught thee so The summe of the Creed in Meeter IN Father Sonne and Holy Ghost Beleeue I stedfastly And that Christ Iesus Man became I hold as earnestlie He also suffered for our sinnes Himselfe still voyde of sinne Who did descend the manner how I say not much therein We find that Christ felt so much paine As satisfied Gods Ire And reconciled man to God That 's all we neede require And as for Christ in Pix in bread Or harrowing vp of Hell Of Purgatory Limbus twaine The Scripture doth not tell One true Church Catholike there is One earth still Millitant And I a member of the same Through Christ now Tryumphant This Church it hath Communion And God remitts their sinne To life and glory they shall rise And they shall neuer linne To sing out HALLELVIAH In euerlasting Blisse Wherefore beleeue and liue well here That so you may be his Amen The summe of the Tenne Commandements 1 None but Iehova haue for God 2 No Creature worship thou 3 Take not Gods holy Name in vaine 4 Keepe well the Sabboth now 5 Thy Parents honor and obey 6 No murder once commit 7 Be none adulterer at all 8 Steale not by hand or wit 9 False witnesse beare thou not I say 10 Ne couet not in heart Thy neighbors wife seruant or goods That God gaue for his part These Ten Commandements we deuide Still into Tables twaine And take them for our spirituall guide And our direction plaine First to the worship of our God And then to Christian loue That we may shunne the fiery rod And liue in heauen aboue Then doe not like to Papists adde Nor take from this his Law But downe with Images and all And euer liue in Awe And as the Lord did make vs all So let him teach vs too For he knowes what is best for vs And we blind what to doe FINIS A Briefe of the Lords Prayer O Father ours which art in heauen Still hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come thy will be done In earth without all blame As it performed is in heauen Ofsoules and Angels bright Where thou art serued without sin And praysed day and night Giue vs this day our daily bread Forgiue our sinnes likewise As we forgiue them that vs hurt When quarrells doe arise Into temptation lead us not So to be overcome As wicked persons euer are That lose thy sweet kingdome For thine is that celestiall place With power and glorie still Both now and euermore Amen Say we with right good will To pray to Saints or creatures then you see t is Po-pe-rie To haue a Picture in this worke Is idle certainely A Crucifix is nothing worth Ne Beades to count vpon For blind-men they must leaue those Paints And pray to God alone FINIS The Summe of the old Covenant or Testament with the
arose A proud sect of the Libertines that did enuie him sore Still seeking him to persecute that he should speake no more They hyred some to sweare and say that Stephen spake blasphemie Against the Lord and Moses law for which he ought to die Then to the Counsell he was brought to purge him of that crime Which thing he did most worthily before them at that time When they had heard these words and saw he feared not the chiefe Their hearts for anger burst and they gnasht on him with their teeth They gaue a shout with voyces loud and lead him straight away Then did they stone him unto death yet he for them did pray O Lord forgiue their sinne quoth he and doe my soule still keepe Vpon his knees he prayed thus and so did fall a sleepe Such patience grant to us O Lord and eke such constancie When for thy truth or otherwise we shall be brought to die A Carroll for Saint Iohns day The holding of the same BEfore the Lord now let vs sing with all the ioy we can That we may rightly celebrate Christs birth with good Sainr Iohn The Carroll it selfe According to Gods promise made in mercy to Mankind Christ Iesus came into the world as we in Scripture find Of whom the Prophets prophecied long time ere he was sent That he should be a Sauiour to all that doe repent Our Sauiour Christ both God and man when these things ended were And he had led his life on earth the space of thirtie yeere He did begin to call the twelue and taught them earnestly To preach his fathers will in all the Regions farre and nie And as he walked by the Sea he saw both Iames and Iohn The sonnes of simple Zebedie who was a fisher-man Christ called them and they forthwith obeyed him and came Wherefore Apostles they were made to preach still in his name Saint Iohn was borne by mothers side of great and royall stocke Though he were once a fisher-man and after fed Christs flocke He came of Mary Sallome of Davids braunch most deere And Sister to the Virgin pure that bare our Saviour deere The words of this Euangelist hath sounded euery where Vnto the comfort of all those that serue the Lord in feare Wherefore let vs with cheerefull hearts sing prayses to Gods name And in our Christian life like John still imitate the same FINIS A Carroll for Innocents Day The holding of the Carroll VVEeping mourning there was heard in Rama did complaine That wofull woman Rachel shee her children they were slaine The words of the Carroll it selfe When that th' eternall Sonne of God by providence diuine Into this sinfull world did come mankind for to redeeme Then Bethelem Iuda thought her selfe thrise happy and thrise blest That shee was found a worthy place to lodge that heauenly guest Wise-men there came from the East parts to worship this yong King Farre they had seene his starre appeare which did foretell this thing VVhen Herod heard of this strange newes O he was troubled sore And all Hierusalem with him they were in an vprore He called the Priests and asked them where this great King should be They answered at Bethelem if he would search and see In secret then did Herod call the wise men vnto him To know what time the starr appeared of this the new borne king And when he knew the certaintie he bid the wisemen goe And bring him word that he might come and worship him also But in a dreame God warned them the King not to obey Wherefore as they returned home they went another way When Herod knew of this he said this yong King I will quaile Ten thousand for his sake shall die with blood I will prevaile The Infants young of two yeares old by Herods campe were slaine Their guiltlesse soules God hath receiu'd in Heauen with him to raigne To Ioseph then an Angell spake in sleepe as we may read Saying take Mary and the child and hast away with speede To Nazareth then was Iesus brought and there he nursed was Vntill such time as he was cal'd vnto an other place A Carroll for New yeares day setting out vnto vs the true circumcision of the heart with out the which the circumcision of the outward members was of none effect To the tune of any ordinary Psalme REioyce we in the Lord our God for this ioyfull new yeare And let our holinesse of life from day today appeare The law of Circumcision now we humbly call to minde Yeelding most hearty thanks therefore to God that is so kind He made his sonne our sauiour Christ obedient to the law For vs that disobedient were and would not liue in awe Not to the end we should abide in sin as heretofore But that we might repent and pray henceforth to sinne no more This law of circumcision first God gaue to Abraham And to the fathers euery one long time before Christ came As we haue Baptisme now in vse so did they hold and keepe This ordinance which was a signe betweene God and his sheepe The badge the marke the Sacrament whereby all men did know They were his chosen people then and he their God also The eight day after that their sonnes into the world were borne The Priests did circumcise them all or else thy were forlorne The foreskinne of their privie parts with sharpe knife they did pare And cald the children by that name which then was given there The women children were contain'd vnder the males each one Wherefore they gaue them not the signe of circumcision This signified and did set forth unto the peoples view The Circumcision of the heart in all Gods children true And this the Lord did oft recite by all his prophets then And in like sort by Preachers now he shewes it to all men That God may haue his honour due and euery man his owne That Iustice may be ministred to make the truth well knowne That helpe may still be granted to the blinde the halt and lame The prisoners that afflicted are for Christ his truth and name Then shall we tightly hold and keepe this day cal'd New-yeares day By putting euill out of our hands the which God grant we may To whom be honour laud and praise from whom be given grace To vs that we may magnifie his name in euery place The father Sonne and holy Ghost that euer loued vs deere Increase true amitie in vs and send a good new yeere A Carroll for Twelfe day On the Feast of the Epiphanie The holding of the Carroll CHrist manifested in the flesh to Iewes and Gentiles all Still shew himselfe to vs and ours when we doe cry and call The Carroll it selfe This feast of Christs Epiphanie or open setting out Vnto beleeving Gentiles all to put vs out of doubt That he the God and Sauiour is of Iewes and Gentiles too And makes one people of them both which none but he could doe He now saluted is of kings of