taught him T was a Greater Thing To be a Martyr then to be a King The last is Finâ—â—e and by Birth bestow'd The First is Infinite aâ—d Given by God There none who saw the VVay in which He Dy'd But of his Innocence were Satisfy'd For through his Soul so bright a Calmness Shone Every Spectator Judg'd That He was one And that That Heads-man when he gave the Stroake As much as were his Judges was mistooke Next to the Pow'r of Over-comming Death VVas with Such quiet to Resigne his Breath This Loss alone had Pow'r to make vs find A Greater Curse then VVarre was yet behind And that one Fatall Death could VVound vs more Then all the Deaths in Civill VVarrs before And though his Raigne this one Misfortune Brings That his Sonne Cannot be the Best of Kings Yet it Repaires it by Instructing how â—o make that no Misfortune he must doe Afflicted Prince Though they cast off your Crown Your Highest Glori's safe being His Sonne No Monarch ever Liv'd vpon the Earth But would exchange his Empire for your Birth For never any was so Great and Good It Springs from Martyrs and from Royall Blood The Joyes above now are not all Unknown To see your Martyr'd Father there is one Since but to thinke he went there when from Hence Is Sin enough to keepe the Doubter thence Then let us Strive Since us this Blest Man Guides To tread those Pathes which lead where he resides And make his Death by such a Piouâ— Strife A Blâ—ssiâ—g more Transcendent then His Life V THE END OF THE POEMS POSTSCRIPT THe Reader will perhaps wonder that these POEMS are placed in such an Order as is neither altogether agreeable with that of the Câ—VRCH CALENDER nor with that which others have Observ'd To Satisfy him in which it hath beene thought Convenient to give this Following aâ—count of it The Noble Author of these Poems had a respect to three things in the Publishing of them in that Order they are Presented to the World First He had a respect to the History of our Blessed Saviours Life and Actions and therefore esteem'd it requisite to place all the Poems on those Feastivalls that did any way relate thereunto in such an Order as that the whole History thereof might be carryed on and Continued in one uninterrupted Sâ—ries And therefore the Reader fiâ—ds after the Dedication the First Poem to be on the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary beginning there first because that is the first account wee have of our Saviours actuall Comming into the World And then after that On his Nativity and Circumcision And then as Occasionall Attendants on these are added those Poems on the Epiphany Holy Innocents and Purification Afterwards follow those on his Passion Resurrection Ascension and sending the Holy Ghost Secondly He had likewise a respect to the Eminency of Certaine of the Saints Whose Festivals are Celebrated in the Christian Church And therefore those whom he Esteem'd most Eminent either for Suffering for or Preaching of the Gospel He thought fit to Place next And upon this account after the Poem on Wnitsunday Hee Order'd those On St Stephen the Christian proto Martyr St Iohâ— the Baptist St. Peter and St Paul to take place before all the rest And then lastly as for all the remaining Festivals 〈…〉 it necessary to have the Pâ—emes on them to be Placed in that Order in which they are in our Liturgy And therefâ—re tâ—e Reader finds the Poemes on the Dayes of St Anâ—rew St Thomas St Iohn the Divine St Matthias St Mark St Philip St Iames the Less St Iames the Great St Bâ—rthoâ—oâ—eâ— St Mâ—tthew St Luke St Simon and St â—ude immediaâ—ely to 〈◊〉 that of St Paul As for St Barnabas St Mâ—chael All Saints the Author intended to have written on them but was Prevented by Dâ—aâ—h At the End of all is added a Poeme on the Marâ—yrdome of King CHARLES the First which is there Placed because it was not â—ound till after thâ— Authors Decease and till all 〈◊〉 Foregoing Poems were Sent to the Press The Author had likewise an intent to have written on the 29th of May the 23d of October and 5th of Nâ—â—embâ—r But it Pleas'd God to Call Him to an Happy Rest from these as well as all other his Labours before he could fiâ—â—sh wâ—at he further intended in this Kind And upon this account it isâ— That the World Sees here no more of Him Finis St. Lu C 1. v. 26. â— 54â— 35 v 38. v. Gene. C. 22. v 9 10 11 13 Gene 2â— v. 18. â—â—ay 9. 6. Ioh 4. 42. Ioh. 1. 17. Isai C. 7. ver 14. Luk C 2. v 12 13. Rev 3. 21. Heb C 2. v 16. 2 Pet 1 C v 4. Gen 22 18. â— Tim 1 10 Luk C 1 v 48 â— Ioh 3. 1. 2. Galat 4 4. Heb 12 2. Rom. 4. 11. Revel 1. 5 Galet 4. 5. Math 5 17 Ephes 2. 14. Exod. C 13 v 20. 21 22. Exod. C 14. 15 16 17. Exod. 16. 18. Exod. 31. 18. Exod 17. 11 Luke 2. 7. Math 2. 2. Ioh 18 36. Dan 7 9. Math 8. 10. Math 2. 11. Math 2. 12 Psal 345 Luke 2 22. 27. 1 Kings 8. 27. Haggai 2. 9. Collos C 2. v. 9 1. SaÌ„ 15 22. Exo. 14. 22. Levi 12. 8. Mat 2 16. Ier 31 15. Mat 12 16. Mat 2 2 Mat 2 16. Ex 14 22. 28 Deut. Mar 10 14 Gen 1. Luk 2. 11. Math 28. 1 2. 3. Revel 20 11. 12. Heb 11. 3. Heb 2. 16. Acts. 2 24 1. Cor 5. 10 Acts. 20. 28 Luk 23. 44 45. Ex 12 6. Luk 23 45. Math 27 51 Colos 2. 15. Math 27 52 53. Math 27 54 Math 27. 39 40. 41. 42. Math 27 25 2 Cor. 3. 15. Ioh 14 6 1. Cor 2 8. Heb 2. 9. Math 27. 29 Heb 10 29. Math 2â— 49 Math 26. 39 â—eb 2â— 14 1 Cor 15 20 Acts 26 8 1 Cor 15 55 56 57. Math 28. 1. 2 Mark 16 9. Luk 23 56. â— Sam 1 26. Math 28 2 Ioh 13. 23. Math 16 18 Math 28. 1. Ioh 20. 10. 11 Ioh 20. 14. 15 Mark 16. 9 Ioh 20. 17. 18. 1 Tim. 2 14 1 Cor. 2. 8. See Martyrologie 2 Kings 2. 11 Psal. 126 5. 1 Pet. 1. 3. 4. Cols 3. 1. â—â— 19 4 6. Acts 1 9. 10. 11. Psal 18 11 Ioh 14 1. 2 Colos 1 18. Psal. 24. 7. v. 8. Colos 1. 20. Ephes 4. 8. Luk 2. 13 14 Psal. 91. 11. Heb. 1. 11. 1 Tim 3. 6. Iude. 6. Act 1 10. 11 Acts 2 2. Heb 12. 29 Acts 2 3. Acts 2. 3 Act 11. 18 Act 2. 3. Act 2. 6. 7. Act 2. 6. Gene 11. 7. 8 Act 2 11 Act 2 13. â—oel 2. 28. 2 Thes 2 11. Act 2. 41. Aâ—â— 2. 41 Ioh 1. 23. Math 3. 2. 3 〈◊〉 1 41. 43. 44. Ioh 4. 42. Math. 11. 9. prâ—v 8. 12. 22. Luk 7. 24. 25. 36. Luk 1. 41. Ioh 3. 23. Math 3. 13 Math 3. 4. Math 3. 4. 〈◊〉 3. 12. 13
O do not Refuse These the First Fruits of my Converted Muse A Muse which in vain paths too long has trod And now do's Consecrate her self to God This Change O Muse Most happy is for thee Mount Sion now shall thy Parnassus bee Thou never yet Could'st Sore to such a height As that from whence thou now begin'st thy flight The Spires of Airy Verse climb not so high As to the Fâ—et of Sacred Poetry Mother Vouchsafe My Influence to be Now I thy Prodigall Return to Thee On the Day of the Anuntiation Of the Blessed Virgin HAil Happy Day On which Blest Gabrie'll flew To bring the Ioyfull'st News the World ere Knew In Raptures He left Empty His High Place When sent to Her whom Heaven had fill'd with Grace Blest Virgin what might Thy Employments bee When Gods Ambassador appeard to Thee Who can Beleeve that thy Devotions were Since God still Helps not Interrupts Our Praye'r And more Improbable it does Appear Thou then wert thinking on The Joy so near Such Lofty Thoughts found in Thy Soule noe Place For Humbleness was one part of Thy Grace But since to tell it vs God Judg'd not Fitt 'T were Sin to be too Prying into It. Yett wee may well beleeve what-ere they were They best Prepar'd Her the great News to Heare She Fled not when the Angell She Beheld For Grace is against Terror the Best Shield Tho She was Troubl'd yett She did not Fear When His Strange Salutation She did Hear But when the Glorious News He did Impart O! who can tell th'Emotions of her Heart The Truth She doubts not in the least Degree Yet She did humbly ask How this shall bee Since She had not Known Man And this being said A Bright Vermilion did her Face Invade Blushes on her great Modesty had Pow'r Tho t' was an Angell was Her Confessour He then did of the Myst'ry so much Show As it was fiâ—t She and the World Should Know Saying On Thee The Holy Ghost shall Come And the most High shall Overshade thy Wombe When Faith Part of the Meaning did vnfold Of what Gods wing'd Ambassador had told She said Behold the Hand Maid of the Lord Bee it to Me according to Thy word NOe Wonder the Stupendious News he brought Imploy'd her Faith and entertain'd her Thought She Ponder'd Why God Her Should before All Her Sex to that Amazeing Glory Call Vnshapen thoughts might have throng'd in a pace Had not Faith told her It was Gods Free Grace So Gloomy Clouds Strove to Vsurp the Skies Vntill the New Created Sun did Rise She wonder'd yet beleev'd what GABRIEL said How She could be a Mother and a Maid More then a Miracle it did appear That She her SAVIOUR and the Worlds should Bear Yett under so much Faith She did not Bow She Knew it would be so but knew not how Thus Abrah'am on Gods Promise still Rely'd Tho on the Altar He his Son had Ty'd His Stretch'd out Arm stops at an Angells Cryeâ— And trembling Isaacs Place a Ram supplies Yet for th' Obedience which he did Intend God gave him the vast Title of GODS FRIEND And then Confirm'd to him the great Decree That in His Seed All Nations Blest should bee Those still the best Rewards of Faith Receiv'd Who even against Hope in Hope Beleiv'd Few o're that Precipice of Faith have trod Vnless the Mother and the Friend of God On the Nativity of Our Blessed LORD and SAVIOUR comonly called Christmas Day HAil Glorious Day which Miracles Adorn Since 't was on Thee ETERNITY was Born Hail Glorious Day in which Mankind did View The SAVIOUR of the Old World and the New Hail Glorious Day which Deifies mans Race Birth Day of IESUS and through Him of Grace In Thy Blest Light the World at once did See Proofs of His God-head and Humanity To prove him Man He did from Woman come To prove Him God 't was from a Virgins Wombe Man nere could faigne what his Sâ—range Birth prov'd True For His Blest Mother was a Virgin too While as a Child He in the Manger Cryes Angells Proclaim His Godâ—ead from the Skyes Hee to So vile Cradle did Submitt That Wee through Faith in Him on Thrones might Sit O Prodigie of Mercy which did make The God of Gods Our Humane Nature take And through Our Vaile of Flesh His Glory Shine That Wee thereby might Share in the Divine Hail Glorious Virgin whose Tryumphant VVombe Blesses All Ages past and All to Come Thou more then Heal'st the Sin by Adam's Wife She brought in Death but Thou brought'st Eâ—dless Life Noe greater VVonder in the VVorld could bee Then Thou to Live in it and HEAV'N in thee Heav'n does Thine own great Prophesy Attest All Generâ—tions still shall Call Thee Blest To Thee that Title is most Justly paiâ— Since by Tâ—y Son VVee Sons of God are made On the Day of Circumcision of Our BLESSED SAVIOUR HAil Thou Instrâ—ctive Day on which Wee See God in the Flesh from Gods Law was not Free The Author of Our Faith did then Submit To what was but the Signe and Seale of it How Dare wee then in Disobedience Run When God exempts not from His Laws His Son Near whose Blest Birth as well as Death was Spilt That Sacred Blood which weshes off Our Guilt A Double Ransome for Our Soules Hee Paid That from Sins Captives Wee might Sons bee made Till this Illustrious Day the World nere Saw A Debtor and Fulfiller of the Law 'T was Fitt the Law of Works should then give Place To the more Glorious Covenant of Grace On the Day called Epiphany Or the Manifestation of Our Blessed SAVIOUR to the Gentiles HAil Glorious Day On which the Middle wall 'Twixt Iews and Gentiles First began to Fall The Jews Whom God from Egypt made Retire And gave for Guides Pillars of CLOUDS and FIRE The Jews VVhom God from Pharoahs Bondage Lead And whom by Daily Miracles Hee Fed. The Jews in whom God tooke soe much Delight That His owâ— Hand their Sacred Laâ—s did Write The Jews whose VVarrs God did with VVonders Bless Whose Captains Pray'd their Hosâ—s into Success The Jews whose Prophets God Himself did Teach And who of their Messiah sti'l did Preach The Jews who yet after False Gods did Run VVherefore the True left them to be Vndone The Jews enslav'd by Herod and by Rome And groan'd till their Deliverer was come Yet when He came They from the Inne did bring Into a Stable both Their God and King VVhich does their Name with Ignominy Blott For Beasts Admitted Him when They would not VVhen in Impiety They Ran so Farr God lead the Gentiles to Him by a Starr To their New Faith that Glorious Guide was giv'n To evidence it was inspir'd by Heav'n And that the Doubting VVorld thereby might see God will a Guide to those that
seeke him bee Into what Darkness was the Gentile World Not Knowing of the Promis'd IESVS Hurl'd Since out of its Dominion to be Freed The Sun Auxiliary Light did need That Faith which to those Magi did Declare The Light which did Conduct Them was HIS STARR ' Made them nor be Disgusted nor Dismayd Seeing Their God in a Vile Manger Layd To their Inlightned Soules Faith made it Clear That His Blest Kingdom was Above not Here. Nor Fear'd They their Bright Guide had them Beguil'd When th' Ancient of Dayes Seem'd but a Child All this to Those Wise men gave no Offence Their Sight of Faith Triumph'd o're that of Sense For no such Faith as That in Them did Dwell Was to be Found no not in Israel They therefore worship IESVS and then bring Gold Myrrhe and Incease to their Priest and King And as the Gentiles Representative They those Mysterious Presents to Him give Happy Those Easterns were as well as Wise Who first Paid Christ the Gentiles Sacrifice In various Wayes God did his Son Dispence The Old VVorld saw by Faith the New by Sence All Sacred Duties being paid by Them A safe way home God taught them in a Dream God made Deaths Image sleep teach them to shun The Danger They were in to Find his Son Heaven did by what suspended Reasons vse Safety to those who worship Christ Produce While such as God does call Their sleep doe Takâ— The Eye of Providence for Them does Wake On the Day of the Purification And the Presenting of IESVS in the Temple HAil Glorious Day on which Heav'n Judg'd it â—itt The Temples God should be brought into It. Hail Happy Pile in which He did Remain Whom even the Heav'n of Heav'ns cannot Contain Mysterious Day on which it may be Said That God was unto God an Off'ring made That Loâ—ty Temple Solomon did Build Must to the Glory of This Temple Yeild Christs Presence made This Temple That Excell In Him the God-head Bodily did Dwell That But in Gold and Pollish'd Stones was Bright This shin'd with Him VVho is the Light of Light He There and on the Crosse did Solemnize His Morning and His Ev'ning Sacrifice Blest Virgin sure Thou didst not stand in Need For Bearing IESVS to be Purify'd Next Thy Sons Body Thine the Purest was Since Purity it self through Thee did Passe What is 't Thy Purifying then did Mean Child-birth which stain'd Thy Sex did make Thee Clean Thou neededst noe more Cleansing then Thy Son Did stand in need of Circumcision But Both Perform'd what God does Highest Prize Obedience is better then Sacrifice Parents are taught by Her who Bore the Truth To Consecrate to God their Childrens Youth Their Pious Gratitude with Hers should Suite Who Offer'd up to God both Tree and Fruite Turtles which Innocences Emblems be Yet could not be more Innocent then She The Offering She Paid and Son She Bore Shew'd She was Heav'nly Rich and Wordly Poor On the Day call'd Innocenâ—s Day HAil Mournfull Day On which the Iews Beheld Great Ieremie's Dire Prophesy Fulfill'd Sad Ramah saw those Murther'd whom She Bred And Rachell would not then be Comforted For Herod being both Enrag'd and Greiv'd Thinking He by the Magi was Deceiv'd And fearing the New Starrs vnknown Event To Heav'n a Legion of Young Martyrs Sent. Dreading to Misse that ONE which He Pursu'd Hee in Those Infants Blood his Hands Imbru'd With what Mean Fears are Tyrants Joyes Controll'd Fearfull They are of Children Two years Old Thus Herod Acts against His own Decree He makes Them more then he did Fear They'd bee Mans Rage most Glory to Gods Children Brings 'T is Greater to be Martyrs then be Kings The Old vail'd Type now Wee with Clearness Know These through a True Red Sea to Canaan Goe And Led the Van of that Blest Host whose Rear Will not be Seen till Time cease to Appâ—ar Our Mother therefore does Decree that They Should in Her Kalendar enjoy a Day Faith shew'd Her which with VVonder Reason Fills That Martyrs might be made against Their VVills And what 's more strange That such to Heav'n should Come As Dy'd They knew not VVhy nor yet for whom Yet such is the Extensive Pow'r of Grace That little Children have in Heav'n a Place Christ did therein His Will to Man Disclose And said His Kingdome did Consist of Those Well then may such Eternall Glory win Who dy'd for Christ did no Actuall Sin God did these Sons of Men to Glory take Who in effect were kil'd for His Sons sake On the Day of the Crucifixion of Our Blessed SAVIOUR VVOnderfull Day That Title 's due to Thee Above All Dayes which have been or shall bee The Day when Order out of Chaos Broke The Day when God our Human Nature took The Day when Christ Ascended from the Tombe The Day when All the World must hear their Doom Tho these Four Dayes wee justly Great Ones call Yet when Alas Compar'd to Thee are small For 't was not strange that both the Heav'ns Earth From Gods All-Pow'rfull Word Receiv'd their Birth Nor when nought else Heav'ns Justice could Attone The God of Nature put Our Nature on Nor that Hee should in whose Hand onely lies Th' Issues of Life and Death from Death Arise Nor that One Generall Assize should bee To Hear from Gods own Mouth his Iust Decree These but the Actings of a God Display But That God suffer'd on This Signall Day Which Miracle Amazement did Infuse In Heav'n Earth Hell and All but in the Jews In whose Obdurate Soules such Rancour Dwelt As All the World but They Compunction Felt. The Sun from His Bright Globe His Lustre strips And with His Maker suffers an Ecclips The Moon did hide Her Face tho fill'd with Light Seeing the Sun at Noon Create a Night The Sacred Temple at the strange Event Of this great Day Her Vaile for Sorrow Rent The Earth which does insensible appeare Yet at this Prodigie did shake with â—eare Hells Sad Inhaâ—itants for Anger Cry'd And by these Signes Knew the Messiah Dy'd Th' Insatiate Grave which the Last Day does Dread Thinking it now was Come Releas'd Her Dead The Pale Centurion Smote His Trembling Breast And that Christ was the Son of God Confest But the vile Iews their Heads at Iesus nod Bid Him come Down and Then They 'll Say Hees God Oh Frantick Wretches wa st not More to Have The Bodies of the Saints Forsake the Grave The Sun grow Dark th' Earth in a Palsey see Then onely to Descend From oâ—f a Tree But t was that Sacred Blood they did Despise And wish'd vpon theire Heads which vaild their Eyes Oh! who of thâ—se Obdurate Iews can Hear And not bee Struck with Horrour and with Fear Yet wee call'd Christians Guiltier are then They They knew Him not
Rome saies it was in Asia the Less Nicephorus averrs it was in Greece And that by His Vile Murtherers Decree Hee suffer'd Death upon an Olive Tree That Rage which in their Hearts his worth had bred Turnd vndesign'dly Just to Crown his Head For since the Learn'd to Learning doe allow A wrâ—ath to Crown it of an Olive Bow Our Saint whose knowledge reach'd the Last Degree Was Crown'd not with an Olive Wreath but Tree But Piety did to His Body give As Little Rest when Dead as when Aliue Kingdomes and Ciâ—ties did a while Contest In which of them his precious Dust shâ—ust Rest. All yeild at Last to Coâ—staâ—tines strong Claâ—me Who built a â—emple to the Apostles Name Which though a Pile of so much Art and Cost That of the Like the whole World could not boast Yet since t was made to those great Saints a Tombe Whose Blood and writings taught all Christendome The Famous Structure more Renown'd does prove For what 's there Bury'd then for all above On the Day of St. Simon the APOSTLE HAil Sacred Cananite whose God-like Pains For Thee the Title of the Zâ—lâ—t Gains More â—ustly Due if wee the Truth Respect From Labouring for Thy God then from Thy Sect VVhat Creature e're so many Lands did Run Vnless his Fellow-Traveller the Sun Egypts and Affricks heat and Barren Sand Could not His Zeal or Frighten or Withâ—tand The Libian Lyons Barr'd not vp his VVay Nor the VVild People Savager then They. Hee did Fulâ—â—â—l what was in Scripture Read On Lyons and on Adders Hee did Tread Against Their Venome Antidotes he had The Words of Faith that Bâ—lme of Gilead These wreâ—ched People who with heat were vext Much in This VVorld but much more in the next Hee by his Pâ—ous Life and Preaching brings To Rest vnder the sâ—â—dow of Gods Wings Those were the Seeds of Faith he there did Sâ—â— VVhich to great Heigth in Future times did grow After He had Asia and Affrick taught Into VVest Europe He the Gospell brought At last into Oâ—r Brittain He did Come The Guilty Scene of his Blest Martyrdome Hee like the Sun vp in the East did gett â—hin'd o're the South then in the West did Sâ—tt His Holy Life his Doctrine so maintain'd That Many People Hee to Iesus Gain'd But others who Themselves to Sin had Sold Did to Destroy him open Counsells hold And as the Greek Menologies Agree Those Monsters Crucify'd him on a Tree With Joy Hee saw his Blood for Iesus spilt His Faith was on the Rock of Ages â—uilt There in an Vnknown Grave his Body Lies Vntill a Glorious Body it shall Rise â—ight not His Blood which our Forefathers spilt Have helpt to Fill the Measure of that Guilt VVhich often drown'd Our Islands in a Flood Of Royall Noble and Plebejan Blood So that No spott of Earth hath e're been more No nor so much moistned with Human Gore And even in our Faâ—all Dayes we Saw Great Brittain made a True Acheldama O May wee from all Sinning so Refrain As God may never make it One again VVhen our Repentance shall his Wrath Atone The Inward Peace will bring the Outward One On the Day of St. Iude THE APOSTLE HAil Blessed Juâ—as whose Devotion 's Flame Hath made Atonement for that guilty Nâ—me The Cursed Iudas who to gaiâ—e was Ty'd Sold Him for whom the Blessed Judas Dy'd His Question to Our Saviour does Detect He also did His Temporall Raign expect Which Error all his Bretâ—ren did Admitt Till the Blest Spirit Led them out of it To worldly Glories men Aspire at most Vntill enlighten'd by the Holy Ghost But for a nobler Empire then They Sâ—rive More Solid Farr then All this World can give T was Long before the Câ—urches did admit His Blest Epistle into Sacred Writt During that guilty time wâ—at was become Oâ— the Infallibility of Rome Eâ—ocâ—s Apocalâ—ps the Church of Old Next to wâ—at was Canoâ—â—caâ—l did holdâ— Oâ—r Saint His Prophâ—sie did therefore Cite Which Since no Pen that was inspir'd did Write Was the Câ—eif Râ—ason Divers could Afford Why Tâ—ey did doubt t was not the Sacred word Yet some Epistles written by Blest Paul Were still admitted as Canonicall Tho Hee to Reach the Eâ—ds which he did Press Aratâ—s quotes and Epimeâ—ides Who though not guided by the Heavenly Light Yet They the truth in severall things did write Of Romes Vnerringness ill Proof She makes By First Suspecting what at Last she takes If by the Help of Study and of Time She to know what 's Caâ—onicall does Climbe Others to such Infallibility May have at lest as good a Right as Shee Either that Title she should not Admitt Or Shee should give vs better Proofs of it Th' Inspiration which our Saiâ—ts Epistle beares Highly Instructive to Mankind appears Servaâ—t to Christ and Brother to Blest Iâ—â—es Tâ—e wâ—ighty Titles are which Hee Esteem's Tho â—ee might â—ustly by Gods Sacred word Have stâ—l'd himself THE BROTHER OF THE LORD Yet that vast Title Our great Saint Declines By which His Humbleness the Brighter Shines Many Great Nations of his Teaching boast But Perâ—ia seems indebted to it most Their Magi who in High â—steem were held Finding their Wisdome unto Goâ—s did yeild Which should have Led them into Sâ—veiâ—g wayes Did only their Revenge and Envy Raisâ— Which did not Let them Rest vntill that They His Life did take who taught to Life the Way His Converts when the News They vnderstood Their Sâ—râ—ames of Tears mixt with his Streams of Blood But thaâ— Bâ—est Mâ—rtyrdome Hee did abide 〈◊〉 them in the Faith for which He Dy'd On the Martyrdome of his Sacred Maiesâ—y KING CHARLES THE FIRST OF BLESSED MEMORY THat Sacred Head three Kingdoms did Adore For what it was more then for what it woâ—e That Heaâ— by â—orth mâ—re then by Biâ—th the Bâ—st Which Dayâ—y prov'd Oâ—aâ—les were not Ceaâ— Is not Condemn'd as t is bâ—leiv'd by Some 〈◊〉 is with Glory Crown'd by Martyrdome And tho his Rebels Power thus to Dispence His Fate make Some to question Providence My Faith by it is Rais'd and not Deprest Since the worst they could doe did prove the Best For that Black Voâ—e which then Pâ—onounc'd his Doome Serv'd to Conâ—eigâ— him to a Nâ—bler Crown Of whose Dâ—ration none can doubtfull be Since t will ouâ—-live his Murth'reâ—â— Infamy Glory like time Progâ—ession does reqâ—ire VVhen iâ— Advances not it does Expire And his had Reach'd to such an Height befoâ—e Nothing but such a Death coâ—â—d Raise it more And though Some dare alledge 't was but a Few 〈◊〉 or his 〈◊〉 or 〈…〉 Yet that it self does all excuse defeat To Let so few Commit a Sin so Great All are too Guilty they are who did Siâ— To shed his Blood and Those Permitted it VVith a Sublimer joy he mounted on The Scaffold then he did Ascend the Throne For Heav'n had