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death_n	body_n	soul_n	world_n	13,005	5	4.9109	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75925	Devout rhapsodies: in vvhich, is treated, of the excellencie of divine Scriptures. Also, of God, his attributes. Plurality of persons. Absolute monarchie. Angels, Good, Bad, their power. How the bad fell. Tempt man. Man, his fall. Beatitude. / By J: A: Rivers.	Rivers, J. A. (John Abbot)	1647 (1647)	Wing A67; Thomason E413_16; ESTC R1117	46,163	91

nere saw So Aristotle form'd a happy man In his owne braine which no age could or can Or shall behold Riches and outward things Are temporary Pleasure brings No constant blisse are wives and women ware More precious let our Ancestors declare The worth of these What is for silver sold Lesse valued is then Silver lesse then gold A Wife by Gods command the Prophet buyes And with her having paid his Sicles lyes A Kings first daughter chaffer'd for the skins And slippits of preputiate Philistins We goe beyond their wisedome now 't is common Without a Dowry few will take a woman Five thousand twenty forty thousand crownes Laid downe upon the naile wardrobes of gownes And rich attire jewels prepar'd before Shee enters her dread Lord and husbands dore Yet notwithstanding all this stir and cost The haplesse husbands have by th' bargaine lost For some such shrews or rather Furies are Their husband 's better be without 'em far What are your Empires what your large commands So many severall cares as severall lands What are your stately masques ingenious playes Wit uttered showes perform'd by Popinjaies Besides this transitory life 's so short That passing we can onely look at sport Not sit by it that thread the life of man Spins out fitly resembled to a span What 's Solomon on his Imperiall Throne His Grandees all attending every one Praising his wisedome Despicable clay Accou●red well set forth in rich array Yet thus set forth a Lilly withering streight Shall quite eclipse this gaudy Monarcks state If wisedome learning erudition bring Felicity we must confesse this King A happy man but he himselfe shall grant Where 's much affliction likewise ther 's much want Of happinesse though sciences delight Yet what a toyle is studying day and night To purchase arts and when all 's done none know What animates a dog a cat a crow We see when any such poore creature dyes The senslesse carkasse without motion lyes Death some thing must destroy some thing divide That soule and body hath together tyde The union 's lost where is and what is that Did constitute a crow a dog a cat We cannot tell more then in generall How we these actuating soules should call We have surveigh'd the world and nothing finde Which can beatifie m●ns restlesse mind Created to be happy must this end Be frustrate must we toyle and labour spend In vaine No! we will fly with wings of love To heaven and finde beatitude above The state of joy and pleasure is the will The object either reall good or ill Yet such as clothes it selfe in the antique tire Of good the senses when what they desire They have transmit to th' soule their Queene delight Which issues from the heating cast smel sight That pleasure is the scules we are easily taught Because the will or else some pensive thought Can curbe all pleasure in exteriours t●ne Yea more convert all pleasure into paine Faire Aletkeia the search and object is o th' understanding and its proper blisse Is formall verity How are we glad When certaine demonstrations can be had In any science through what labours run To finde how where by whom such deeds were done Pleasures belong to th' will and to know much Gives the understanding great contentment such Knowledge have Sions Citizens they know All things as torrents so their pleasures flow A torrent blessing the overwhelmed meads Derives his Origen from severall heads Heaven-threatning mountaines in abundance send Their fleecy snowes the neighbouring rivers lend Friendly their streames heavens cataracts fly ope The earth to all her ●lood-gates gives full scope So shall there be a confluence of all good To make compleat the Saints beatitude Will understanding memory every Sence Shall freely give a large benevolence A body so exact in every part That skilfull nature cannot mend nor art Make better after the age of Christ for he As author so th' exemplar cause must be Of the Saints blisse full of agility Can when it will through the 〈◊〉 Kingdomes flie Drakes Ship as a rare monument was kept At Debtfort 'cause she had the Ocean swept Encompassing the world and 〈◊〉 the Sun Had thrice his course through th' oblique Zodiack run Circled the coasts of parched Africa Of Asia Europe and America What is this world compar'd to heaven a span To fifty leagues Yet the Saints bodyes can As soone as the swift sun all regions see And at the journyes end not wearied be Then how pellucid bodyes made divine By glory are how radiantly they shine Here they were Tabernacles though of clay In which soules deare to God a while made stay Organs o th' divine glory so Pauls tongue Through th' Universe Gods praise and Gospell sung Orethrew Idolatry orethrew false Gods His body for the true God scourg'd with rods Orewhelm'd with stones in perils on the Maine His head by th' sword from off his shoulders tane These severall members for the severall wounds Shall be adorn'd with severall Diamonds Anadems of glory circle that blest front Gyrlands of richest Jewels set upon 't The Proto-Martyrs body black and blew With stones shall shine in a most fulgent hue Such glorious dowries the Saints bodyes grace That rocks and hardest marble must give place To make them way nor can they suffer harme By any sword manag'd by th' strongest arme Subject to woes to blowes to torments here Senslesse of woes of blowes of torments there Parch'd Afriks glory borne in 's mothers eyes An happyer issue of her holy cries Then of her wombe would magnifie three sights Above all other temporall delights To see our Saviour in that flesh araid In which he was to the false Jewes betraid By Gentiles crucified rose from the grave And by his death did Jewes and Gentiles save To heare the Doctor of the Gentiles Paul Either in the Athenian judgement Hall From th' unknowne statue fit occasion take And to his auditors a Sermon make Or in the Synagogues instruct the Jewes How he whom they so barbarously did use Naild to the Crosse should with much glory come To give all Mortals an impartiall doome Or else before the Roman Presidents Thundring Gods judgements and what punishments Attend transgressors with his Rhetorick make Affrighted Faelix and Drusilla quake Then what a glorious sight wil't be to see Great Rome in all her former Majesty Or in Augustus or Vespasians time Proud with the Trophees of the Easter clime The spoiles of Nations Caesars bringing forth In Ovant pompe what in the South and North Was rich and glorious Souldiers crown'd with Bayes Ecohoing in Paeans their Commanders praise Rome at the greatest was but thirty miles About had for its houshold-stuffe the spoiles Of the whole World the riches of all Realmes Arabian Gums and gold Egyptian Gems What 's thirty miles to Sions amplitude What 's the worlds treasure to Beatitude We speake

supreame Majesty Done by us vermine who to God compar'd Are nothing hope by th' same God to be heard When we forgivenesse aske for Talents ought Our selves forgiving not a petty fault Will nothing satisfie but deaths but bands But sequestrations of mens goods and lands Will we not feare will we not stand in awe Of the like recompence or Talions Law How did we handle Strafford how grave Laud We made a rod for them now the same rod Scourges our selves as our owne Souldiers plead They trace our steps who first this dance dar'st lead How doe the Angels smile to see poore Ants More wise then the worlds chiefe inhabitants They toyle they labour gather here and there To hoard up graine against the following yeare When they are sure by winters frosts and raines To be besieg'd therefore take all this paines To fortifie their hold but man that knowes Not whether in the Sabboth of the snowes Of winter he shall take his flight both times Unfit to travell into distant climes Provides not for his journie scarce demands What come goes currant in remoter Lands Sound faith firme hope love hospitality Patience in trouble meeknesse piety These when our soule does the fraile body leave Shall in eternall mansions it receive And when we all by th' Angels summond must Be reunited to our wonted dust And Christ appeare in his majestick state Of glory in the vale of Josaphat Myriads of Angels waiting on their prince All of the Judges verdict in suspence These shall conduct you up to Christs right hand Where without dread securely you shall stand And see the Book of Consciences laid ope And all our actions done under the Cope Of heaven made knowne then heare the Judges votes Remunerating Sheepe condemning Goates Ingratefull wretches why have you misus'd Those treasures I have given you why abusde Your stewardship not knowing or not caring How I to thousand others have been sparing To you most bountifull your labours blest Your sheep your oxen and your stock● increast Your eares of corne yielding a hundreth fold Your Ships returnd loaded with spice and gold And why all this that your superfluous store Should finde out pity and relieve the poore Amongst the needy distribute your pelfe Whom I esteem'd my Brethren more my selfe But your boards furnish'd with choise Kates and Wines Distressed Lazarus at your threshold pines You strut in silks and purple Lazarus begs Your crums to satisfie his hunger rags To cloth his nakednesse bind up his wounds But finds more mercifull then you your Hounds You cruell men what pleasure did you take When you could severall Goales and Prisons ma●● To torture poore offendors as if God Had not for you as well a scourging rod As them did ever your superfluous sto●e Comfort a prisoner or relieve the poore How many starv'd in prisons thither sent Even for no crimes at your commandement And being petition'd for poore men in clogs You cryde out let 'em famish hang 'em dogs Thus you your Christian brethren did abuse As if or they or rather you were Jewes Put in authority you so did beare With cruelty your state as if you were Not as are other men but Wolves or Fiends Still sacking blood for private splens eand ends Deafe to laments of others with false lies Detractions slanders feares and jealousies Cozoning the world making the multitude Your instruments in shedding guiltlesse blood So at the Priests command the rabble cride When I was judg'd Let him be Crucifi'd When help'd you widowes and the fatherlesse When gave you lodging to the harbourlesse Wretches pack hence to ●ubtenanean vaults Prepared for the Devils and their faults This sentence given with flashes and with thunder The yauning earth shall forthwith rive a sunder And swallowing in her jawes conveigh to Hell The damn'd who there eternally shall yell And waile in flames their most accursed state With Devils whom they here did imitate Christ gently turning toward's the elect his face Speakes mildly but with a Majestick grace You blessed of my Father come pertake That kingdome and those joyes which for your sake When the foundation of the world was layd By God predestinated were and made For when my members beg'd from dore to dore You gently did support them with your store When hungry fed 'em thirsty gave 'em drinke Nor were you frighted with the loath●ome stinke Of cut-throat Goales but when they lay in gives Your supreme charitie preserv'd their lives When they were sick you ministred unto 'em When they were wounded and the Priest not knew 'em Nor Levite you like the true Samarite Taking compassion from your Horse did lite Bound up their wounds and brought 'em to an Inne Which you had made an ample Magazin Of Chirurgerie for the sick and with much pity Erected Hospitals in every City And you who for profession of my word And Church and faith dreaded nor fire nor sword Couragiously shedding your noble blood Have swum with Israel through a crimson flood You sowed my Gospels seed the whole world ore And rain'd on it your owne fructiferous gore To make it grow and deem'd it your chiefe fame To suffer ignominy for my Name You wept when you went forth to sow this seed But now with joy you shall receive your meed Bringing along with you those soules to Heaven To whom you faith have and salvation given You learned Doctors dect with virdant bayes Shall issue forth as the fresh more your raies You guided others in the way of right And now shall shine as stars th' gloomy night This speech being ended with triumphant cries The judge th' Angels the Saints ascend the skies All Roman triumphs were but silly toyes Or rather gaudy feastings of Schoole-boyes Compar'd to this where Christ the King of Kings With him his captives yet all conquerors brings Into the eternall Citie All had bin Made slaves to death and Hell and both by sin They were enfranchiz'd by his precious blood On Golgoth shed from this base servitude And fighting battailes of the God of hosts Subdu'd the world the flesh infernall Ghosts For though the blessed Saints shall alwayes play Their life being one continued Holie-day Yet shall their first ascent more glorious be And solemniz'd with more festivitie The Hierarchies of Angels will attend And entertaine obsequiously their friend And fellow-sharer Man leading the way And as they mount sing hymns and sweetly play What a magnifique spectacle shal't be To behold every distinct Hierarchie March in array as if they went to win A battaile or some Citadel take in These Squadrons marching of hiacinthine clouds A stately Chariot made great Jesus shrowdes And such his grandeure is his beautie such Angels of viewing him have nere too much For now the glory of his soule which he Injoy'd even in this vaile of misery Reflecting on his comely face a light Shall make it then the Sun at Noone more bright The Angels gone before the Saints shall