hurried by Satan out of the Wilderness through the Air who sets him upon a Pinacle of the Temple in Jerusalem and from thence carries him to a very high Mountain where he tempts his Lord to worship him THE Spirit of Bliss i' th' Wilderness And Desert Christ doth lead Among wild Beasts where are no Feasts Full forty Days no Bread To God's Son dear there did appear In this vast Wilderness A gray old Man with Clothing mean As if some Lamb did miss To Christ he spake Sir What sad Fate Hath brought you to this Place All that come here do die for Fear Or Want in a short space I speak the more upon this score Thou seem'st to be the Man That Man most wise who was baptiz'd By new baptizing John And that good Man baptizing John Call'd thee the Son of God Which if thou be come let me see And make of Stones some Bread Then spake the King unto the Swain Do'st think I know thee not Thou art that Head didst thousands lead When first thou didst revolt Then the arch Fiend who cannot mend Confest he was that Spirit Under sad Fate unfortunate Eternal Wrath t' inherit Then on a trice he hurries Christ Out of the Wilderness All through the Air God's Hemisphere To put him in distress Mr. Milton A Pinacle of the Temple He sate his Judg upon The Temple in Jerusalem And said Come cast thee down Thou shalt not fall the Angels all Procession forth will make From Heaven high the Air and Sky Death to anticipate Thus Beelzebub Prince of the Club King of the damned Crew Does tempt God's Son to worship him As if it were his due Proud Lucifer he did allure His God to worship him These Kingdoms fine shall all be thine Bow now before my Throne This was his Scope and his great hope Man's Saviour to destroy For if the King he made to sin No Saviour could he be Satan be gone Apollyon Worship the Lord thy God And do not tempt him God hath sent To bruise thy subtil Head The Lord of Bliss was tempted thus That simpathize might he And succour those against their Foes Who are in misery Full forty Days he fasts in praise Of Power Infinite That from our Head we might have Bread Of Life of Strength of Might If he God's Son thus set upon To bow and worship him Then wonder not at Satan's Plot That tempts Man to the same He tempted Man for to liken His God to Creatures vile Made very fine in glorious Shine And thus did him defile A Creature cold they ' dorn with Gold Who pompous Worship love Religion gay tempts Men to pray To Devils as God above Full well they 'r known to Heathen Men By various Names they gave Moloc Chemos and Ashtaroth Adonis Thammus brave He sets his Seat by God's most great Satan's Altar by Jah's That Men may moan at his black Throne And then at them he laughs CHAP. XV. The ARGUMENT An Elder and Witness of Christ informs the Church of the Messiah entring upon his Prophetical Office but is opposed by Men of the same Spirit which opposed St. Paul such as Barjesus and Elimas the Sorcerer who irrationally asserted that he wrought Miracles by the Power of the Prince of Devils Lucifer but by his Divine Reply he put them all to silence CHRIST rich in Grace began to preach And Man illuminate In Napthalim and Zebulun Commands them to repent He makes new Hearts and Men translates From Darkness into Light So that his Fame and fragrant Name Were spread both Day and Night But Envy rose among the Jews Against the Prince of Light They flout and jeer they domineer Over his Sovereign Right And many said he friendship had With Beelzebub the Great And in much spite call'd Nazarite The Carpenter's Relique That Pow'r cast out the Legions stout They say 't is Satan's all And thus in spite they ' ppose the Light Of Spirit Word and Soul A Kingdom said our Lord and Head Divided cannot stand Can Satan cast out Satan judg Come answer my Demand From sinful Lust the Holy Ghost Against it now they sin Which to remit here is not meet Nor in the World to come If that Men sin against the Son And Father of all Light He may forgive but not who live The Spirit to despite Who understand the Lord's good Mind And yet in Malice call The Holy Ghost and Blood of Christ The most unjust of all These are the Men who greatly sin Against the last Relief They can't repent whose Hearts are bent To Envy and Mischief CHAP. XVI The ARGUMENT A Man of God enters with an Antient Record called the Gospel which gives a Relation of Christ's sudden departure from Earth to Heaven Also of his bloody Sweat in Gethsemain and of his drinking a horrible Cup of Death in Obedience to his Father and for the Good of Man Moreover how one of his own Family betrayed him into their hands who belonged to the black Prince of the damned Crew and came with Swords and Staves to apprehend Christ whom they bound with Cords and carry him to the Judg as some grand Malefactor THE time draws on Christ must be gone From Earth to Heaven high A Lamb 's prepar'd we might regard That it did typify Pure Shilo's Fate did intimate That Lamb for us must die Who had no Spot yet takes his Lot To bleed at Calvary The Paschal Lamb's Supper be'ng done He blessed Bread did break Lest we forget Love Infinite He gave Command to eat And after supt he took the Cup Which also signified Blood must be shed for there is need Man's Soul be purified And gave Command that Act should stand Until he come again For every Church to practise much To shew his Death and Pain Then after Supper he did utter A Sign of humble Love In washing Feet Come it 's most meet We follow him above They sweetly sing a blessed Hymn Before he went to die With Heart and Tongue they sweetly sung The Praise of God most high The Lord goes out to Olive Mount And Gethsemain also Saith he my Soul is sorrowful My Griefs no Man doth know My People wait I 'll invocate My Father Lord of all If I this Cup of Death must sup Or pass this Draught of Gall. But Lord thy Will not mine fulfil I came no less to do My bloody Sweat and Sorrow great Gives Peace to Greek and Jew When he came back all were asleep What can't you watch one Hour Then said the Lord with one accord Watch pray with all your Power Yea every one no Temptat'on For you may be too high The Flesh is weak Satan's a Cheat Your Trial 's very nigh Then ushers in the most Obscene Upon the Lord of Bliss Judas that Cheat betrays in heat His Master with a Kiss With Staves and Sword they take the Lord As if a Barrabas A Guard most strong they set upon The Innocent alas Jesus did call Whom seek you
THE MARROW OF Gospel-History OR A Diversion for Youth at their spare Hours Being a POEM on the Birth Life Death and Resurrection of our most blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ With some Thoughts on the Apostate Angels and fallen Man The former under an irrecoverable Estate having no Object of Faith for Salvation And the latter restored by the Death of Christ By HERCVLES COLLINS of Wapping LONDON Printed for the Author 1696. A POEM on the Birth Life Death and Resurrection of our most blessed Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST CHAP. I. The ARGUMENT Theophilus the Lover of God begins in making mention of the unsearchable Attributes and Perfections of Jehovah and how he is encompassed on his glorious Throne by the Holy Hierarchy and Order of Angels Seraphims Cherubims Thrones Dominions Principalities Powers Archangels who are Eternally casting their Crowns at the Feet of the Incomprehensible Trinity with Hallelujahs JEHOVAH right is Infinite And in eternal Bliss The most Supream therefore doth reign O Kings give him a Kiss Ps 2.12 Who is Immense and full of Sense An independent Good Yea only Wise do not despise The Everliving God In all his Will immutable For Changes he knows none How can that be when perfect's he Three Persons yet but One Pure Angels fall and honour all The Glorious Trinity With Crowns down cast their Praises last Unto Eternity The Seraphims and Cherubims Thrones Principalities Dominions too Archangels true Their God for ever praise CHAP. II. The ARGUMENT Here interposeth an holy Evangelist who give an Account of the horrible Revolt of somâ— of the Angels from Jehovah their supreaâ— Lord And that one of them now calle Beelzebub headed Thousands with Design to overthrow God's Monarchy BUT one thro Pride became a Head To thousands who resolv'd God's Monarchy for to destroy Rather than be controul'd They War maintain in Heaven's Plain So they might equal be In Honour Praise and length of Days Unto the Trinity God pleads his Rights and them despites So hurls them into Hell To the Abyss Pit bottomless Where they shall ever yell Then Satan proud he spake aloud What tho the Field be lost All is not gone my Heart 's not won To love Jehovah most This I can boast all is not lost My Will 's unconq'rable Resolv'd I be still to be free Tho I remain a Devil 'T were shame for me to bow the Knee And God adore and love A Prince in Hell doth far excel Subjection tho above Mr. Milton A Chaos great and Abyss deep God casts those Rebels in A burning Lake is their sad Fate And Flames all surrounding CHAP. III. The ARGUMENT Jehovah himself gives a Relation of hâ—â— framing the Heavens and Earth anâ— how he created another Creature calleâ— Man to serve him better than the falleâ— Angels and having very glorious Qualifications is made Lord of the New World THE Earth and Man I God did frame And made him Lord of all In Righteousness and Holiness With an immortal Soul This Man most wise in Paradise I fixt with great delight Whose Will was free at liberty To be unjust or right That Man alone might not lie down A Help-meet him I gave And from his Bone and Flesh alone The Woman came most brave And for a time how did they shine In this delightful Place In this new Land how Hand in Hand They walk'd with God in Grace CHAP. IV. The ARGUMENT an having discovered the New World and Man reigning as King in it the Devil envies his Paradisical State and in order to make him miserable like himself he tempts him to throw off the Government of his Lord and Maker All which the good Angel which guarded Paradise could not be ignorant of SATAN did tell the Peers of Hell An Antient Prophecy In Heaven was A World should rise From nothing very high In which New Land I understand A Creature beautiful Not much below our selves I know Will reign as I in Hell Come noble Peers some Course let 's steer This Land for to discover And then allure this Creature pure To act as our own Brother God on his Throne with his blest Son Saw Satan swiftly fly Unto the Man in this new Land To bring to misery The Angels good they understood While guarding this new Creature The fallen One discovered Man With a most blessed Feature An evil one they saw fly down To Adam in disguise So walkt their Rounds the Garden-Bounds If him they might surprize In Paradise he tempts with Lies That Man his Bliss might lose As he lost God all Hope and Good Which made him thus confus'd Satan did fix the weakest Sex With Eve did thus begin To eat 's no Death the Serpent saith It 's natural no Sin The Serpent speaks so fine and neat Which made the Woman say How came you thus to speak to us By tasting yonder Tree Come eat good Food and know as God Don't live in Ignorance In Envy he forbiddeth thee This Tree come eat but once And so at last through sinful Lust They both were overcome Their Fruit dear cost God's Image lost And so the World 's undone For Man his Maker his Creator In Paradise enjoyed Till he did sin against his King Nothing the Man annoy'd Till he did break and violate The Law of his Supream His Happiness was perfect Bliss He as a King did reign But on the Fall he came in thrall And was cast from his height The flaming Sword it brandished To keep the Tree of Life When Adam's Eyes apologiz'd No Boon was to be had No Penance then could help the Man To make him once more glad And must I go from Eden so As not to return more From this sweet Place and God of Grace O this is very sore O might I stay I would â—bey And never more offend who 'l intercede and for me beg Eden my Days may end Those fragrant Smells which far excel The Scents of Lebanon And Odours free on every Tree I 'll offer God alone Mr. Norris I 'll take my Rounds in Eden's Bounds Before I do depart Now farewel all my Joys do fail By a deceived Heart A publick Head so Adam stood As Christ is of his Spouse And what he did as our chief Head We did it gain or lose None would refuse but Adam chuse Them for to represent O none so fit nor none so meet Whatever the Event Therefore let none on God lay blame That we in Adam fell Had any his Choice it had been thus Pure Reason doth us tell CHAP. V. The ARGUMENT Adam apologizing for himself lays the Cause of his Apostacy on his Sovereign Lord and the Woman the Woman on the Serpent a Curse descends on them all Now Man being undone by the abuse of his Free-Will hath no hopes of any Restoration unless the uncreated Being shew Man more favour than the fallen Angels THIS Woman see thou gavest me Tempted and I did eat O blame not God Free-will abus'd Was it
all The Man of Nazareth 'T is I am he let these go free Put none of them to death By Power Divine some were struck down When they him apprehend 'T was Mercy all they did not fall And into Hell descend Some Sages think they did not shrink His Skin to penetrate When with a Cord they tie the Lord His potent Arms about Peter by Sword as well as Word For Christ apologiz'd When Malchus Ear he cuts then fear Did all his Guard surprize Then Christ the Word would have the Sword Put up and Malchus nigh To heal his Wound most safe and sound Tho his grand Enemy Now to Annas they make him pass And hurry him away And out of hate interrogate The Lord about his way The Lord said then my Doctrin's known 'T is not obscure and hid The Temple nigh where I did pray And preach it open stood An Enemy a stander-by Said Durst thou answer so For thy false ways apologize The Judg dost thou not know This King of Grace they smote his Face With sordid Heart and Hand But this good Man was like a Lamb Tho all against him stand CHAP. XVII The ARGUMENT One of the King of Kings Messengers gives an impartial Relation of the Carriage of the Messiah before his Judges How he was adjur'd to confess he was a King Several false Witnesses swear point blank against him and he is sentenced to Death as guilty of Blasphemy and one that sought the Destruction of the Government and dethroning Cesar and that by a new Doctrine their old Religion was undermined But before they led him to Execution they whipt him till his sacred Blood ran down his Body FROM Annas Christ to Caiaphas Priest And Council they him lead An Officer calls one to swear Tho then there was need Yet up starts one against the King And swears that he should say He could pull down this Temple fine And perfect the third Day This Lying was for to dispraise The Lord of Dignity Who did not mean the Temple-Stone But his own dead Body His infinite Power could smite Down all the Gates of Hell If they had been Adamantine His Strength doth so excel Jesus stood mute did not dispute When they did him accuse The Brats of Hell in that Council Did greatly him abuse We thee abjure if thou be pure Make no Equivocation Art thou a King and without Sin Come make a Declaration I do not lie no verily You prophesied right I am your King and without Sin And have Eternal Might When you shall see my Majesty Sit at the Lord 's right Hand You 'l mourn full sore and me implore When I reign in the Land Upon the same a Voice forth came Says Blasphemy he spake Him crucify for he doth lie Lead him without the Gate Those Vipers spit upon his Lip As Men with Mischief rife They scoff and jeer and without fear Do strike the Lord of Life Come prophesy thou Prophet high Who smote thee on the Cheek Canst thou descry Physiognomy Thou wicked Heretick To this we 'l add he was made sad By Peter's flat denial Who then and there did curse and swear When Christ was near his Trial. But one sweet Look from Christ so took That Peter's Heart did break And bitterly then he did cry To see his Faith so weak They with him trudg to Pilate Judg No Accusations want They with their Lies and Calumnies Over the Lord do vaunt Thou Blasphemer and Conjurer Thou wicked Heretick Cesar can't rule thou call'st him Fool Our King dost contradict Then Pilate saith Who takes an Oath Rebellion he did make Who now can tell he 's culpable Of ought against the State I cannot see Enormity In this Man doth appear Preposterous it is for us To sentence one that 's clear If you 'l release one at the Feast The Feast of Paschal Lamb Determine ye who it shall be The Christ or sinful Man 'T is Barrabbas we will release The other crucify Let all his Blood be on our Head And on our Children lie Some did proclaim they must arraign The Lord at Herod's Bar The President was glad and sent The Galilean there Now tho of late Herod the Great And Pilate were at strife Yet when the Heir comes to their Bar They 'gree to take his Life Herod the Great said Operate Some Wonders in my sight My Humour please or else chastis'd Thou shalt be e're 't is Night But this sage King the most Serene True God and only Wise Humours him not in this his Plot Tho Rage against him rise They him transfer to Pilate's Bar Drest in an Idiot's Coat They him degrade as Fools are made And at the Lord do flout Then Pilate saith Who takes an Oath Let Evidence appear Why he must die at Calvary As if some Premunire We 'l him chastise before your Eyes And so let him depart No they reply him crucify We beg with all our Heart We 'l no King have but Cesar brave He is Legitimate Down with this thing this little King Cesar's the Potentate Then they him scourge which made a purge Our Souls to clarify His sacred Back no stripes did lack Before he went to die Some think with Rods others with Cords Or Wier he was whipt And tied fast unto a Post When he was naked stript In Rancor great his Body's beat O Adamantine Heart They made his Blood run like a Flood From Head and every part Behold the Man said Pilate then In him no Fault I find Away with him said the Obscene To Death he is design'd The President for Water sent To purify his Hands See I am clear from his Blood pure Upon him lay no Bands Pilate may think that Christ will wink At this prodigious Sin O no he sate as Magistrate And Sentence gave on him Who wonder can that Pilate's Hand At last himself should hang When 's Conscience was so faithful as To tell him Christ was King CHAP. XVIII The ARGUMENT One of Messiah 's Learned Disciples interposeth with an astonishing Narrative about his Lord 's being led to execution bound with Cords and the heavy Cross fixt on his Back on which he was crucified and a strong Guard surrounded him all the way to Golgotha And while the Cross was fixing in the Earth they unmantle and strip him to his naked Body which they lift up and nailed to the Cross one Foot on the top of the other with Arms stretched out being plac'd between two Thieves a Crown of Thorns on his Head and an Inscription of Hebrew Greek and Latin as the Custom of the Romans was to all they accounted Malefactors THE most high Lord they bound with Cord And lead to Calvary Fixt on a Cross most ponderous On which he was to die Upon his Back like Isaac The blessed Type of Christ This Cross did lie most heavily Tho he was meek and Just This Innocent 't is like did faint And Humane Nature sail Being so sore with Stripes before And had no time
's overcome you see Who would serve him a conquer'd one Obey me 't is no sin Cast off his Name 't is horrid shame To own one dead your King What Revel-rout in Hell throughout When they thought all was won And Christ laid low see how they crow In hopes that all 's their own Now Lucifer ascends his Chair And mounts his gloomy Throne The hellish Guard flock round their Lord And vaunt he 's King alone Now the black King began to sing Altho in Flames array'd And thus began the hellish Song When to his Peers he said Dominions Thrones Powers unknown I claim all as my Right Mr. Wesley I 've gain'd the Field Jesus did yield And he is conquer'd quite I do not fear him call'd the Heir Immortal some him thought But now he 's dead he 's gone and fled And ne'r to life be brought The Devils in pomp and great triumph Appear now Christ is dead The Oracle's Head come fill with speed The World may be misled The Hebrew Child no Sword can weild He 'l conquer you no more Let 's march from Hell in Heaven we 'l tell Of our all-conqu'ring Power And conquer there as well as here Who can before us stand Now God is dead I will be Head In Heaven Sea and Land While Satan spake with lofty state In came the Glorious One With all the Marks victorious Acts Of a triumphing King While Beelzebub with his black Club Did vaunt yea scoff and boast Came starting in the powerful King And Guards from God of Hosts This glorious Guard surround the Lord Like warlike Angels stand To smite to Hell great Belial And all against him band Who is this here doth domineer And boast of Victory Over God's Son the holy One Who lives altho did die I have the Keys of Hell and Death Who am the First and Last All Potentates and powerful States To me shall yield or taste Unmixed Wrath as my Word saith Which they can never bear Nor dwell in ever-burning Lakes Or the devouring Fire O how confus'd and how amaz'd The Devils all do stand Satan flies down his Iron Throne To flee from Jesus Hand The Devils fled from Christ their Head And from his terrible Wrath But Christ pursues his scoffing Foes Through their black horrid Path. The Devils knew that Christ the true Had broke their Gates and Walls And conquer'd Death and all the Earth So into Hell he falls And now the Word of God's made good The Serpent's Head is bruis'd Christ he hath trod upon his Head Which makes him thus confus'd Then Satan spake with horrid hate What tho I conquer'd am Be just if sent and don 't torment Your Foes before the time And now in Chains he them confines Unto the Judgment-Day All Powers must bow before his Brow Who doth the Scepter sway Christ he Death's Bands broke with his Hands And in triumphing manner He did arise tho Enemies Stood round with Guard and Banner Yea that strong Guard upon the Lord Did tremble like dead Men The Earth did quake their Hearts did shake To see him rise again And at the Grave an Angel brave That shined as the Sun Did roll away the Stone that Day The Lord did rise upon And that day's Morn good Women mourn About the Sepulchre Jesus you seek pray do not weep The Angel said Don't fear Rather rejoice lift up your Voice Christ from the Grave is gone In Galilee you may him see The Living he 's among The Lord did shew himself most true After he did arise The Signs were all infallible He was in no disguise And for to put all out of doubt No Spirit did appear Come touch said he and handle me My Flesh and Bones most pure After he rose and vanquish'd Foes An Apparition's made To Magdalen in a Garden By Jesus Christ the Lord. The Gard'ner then she thought upon Till that Christ Mary said O Rabboni she did reply My King my Lord my Head Mary touch not thy Lord as yet Till I to God ascend Then me embrace by Faith which Grace Will all the Saints commend But poor Thomas his Faith 's amiss He won't believe 't is he Unless the print where the Nails went Into his Body he see A just Reproof of s Unbelief The Lord gave when he said Most bless'd is him who hath not seen And yet believ'd his God The Scripture saith if we ha'n't Faith In the rising again Of Christ our Head we all are dead And damned every one Then Preaching's vain and Faith 's no Gain If Christ be in the Grave God's Justice Good not satisfied So Pardon none can have The Church did meet and God did seek Upon the Week's first Day Where Christ among them often came To cheer them in his Way And gave Commands into the Hands Of his Apostles dear How they should act in every part Till he again appear E're Christ ascends he gave Commands That at Jerusalem At Wisdom's Gate they may expect The Spirit promis'd them Now Christ ascends before his Friends From Earth to Heaven high From whence he 'l come e're it be long To fetch his Bride away Christ clears the Air and Hemisphere Where damned Spirits dwell He clears the Path for Saints on Earth To Joy Celestial Disperse you Orbs you glittering Clouds At distance roll away His glorious Guard the Way prepar'd On Christ's Ascension-Day The Angels high above the Sky Spake unto them below What happy King is this you bring In triumph he doth go Who is this King this glorious One And what may be his Name The Lord of Hosts he 's known by most His Vict'ry gives him Fame Lift up ye Gates ye Doors of State And entertain your King Come stand wide ope in Heaven's Court Ye Gates everlasting He comes who hath conquer'd the Grave And drags the King of Pride Fastned unto his Chariot new In which the Lord doth ride Triumphantly to Bliss on high His Chariot moved fast To Heaven's Gate where many wait And thousands cry Haste haste This Prince of State when Heaven's Gate He had arriv'd unto O what a Shout is given out By Angels as his due And with his Crown went in sat down Close by his Father's Side And will prepare a Palace there To entertain his Bride He 's now gone home to wear his Crown For all his Work is done God's satisfy'd En'mies subdu'd And now ascends his Throne Now Christ is gone the Spirit doth come On the Rebellious The Sinner's Head is captive led And Gifts are given us On Pentecost the Spirit did rest In cloven Tongues upon The Messengers of Jesus Christ Because he was gone home He doth inspire baptize with Fire Prophets Apostles too He 'l Pastors give the Church may live A holy Life and true Poor Fishermen go conquering on The World in Jesus Name The Blind do see the Dead rais'd be To Christ's eternal Fame If Christ did shew his Godhead true When in a swadling Clout Mr. Milton Controll'd
the Crew of damned Hue In all the World about He will much more his Power declare Ascended now on high Captivity he captive led In his triumphant Day This Hebrew Child tho meek and mild Made Devils loudly roar On Mountains steep in Vallies deep On all the Seas and Shore All Oracles dumb no hideous Hum No mighty Trance or Spell Apollo's Shrines no more Divine's Nor no Prophetick Cell The Flamins quaint at Altars faint In consecrated Grove Because no Sound doth there rebound From their-sweet Object Jove All Temples dumb Peor Baalim And mooned Ashtaroth No Tapers shine none can divine Hence Beelzebub is wroth Now Moloc's fled that Idol's dead Isis and Osiris From Judah's Land the Infant 's hand Laid low the Heathen Priests Each fetter'd Ghost slips to his Post To the Infernal Jail Who go in Troops their Malice shoots Back to the God of all Who comes who comes in glor'ous Blooms From Edom and Bozrath In whose Brow high is Majesty And treads untrodden Paths Glory surrounds his Body's Bounds There 's Terror in his Face Mr. Norris The Evening Sky the Scarlet Dye His Robes cannot debase They are so red with God-like Blood And Blood of Enemies They are much stain'd with Conquest gain'd And blessed Victories I mighty One 't is I do come That treads the Press alone Of Wrath Divine such Power is mine I will have help from none 'T is I can speak my Foes to death And that in Righteousness Almighty I can save most high From Hell to Heaven's Bliss 'T is I alone go conqu'ring on By my great Power and Strength And Blood runs o're my Garments pure My People might have Health 'T is I outvie the Scarlet Dye And make my Garments red Like those Men that do tread the Fat And Wine-press for the Blood I wear those Clothes red like the Rose To save some some destroy By shedding Blood I bruise one's Head And God do satisfy The Day is come that signal One And Death shall have its Doom The Kingdoms dark I will subvert And conquer every One No Sea of Blood but Christ's most good The Enemy could spoil And we are glad Christ's bloody Flag Doth flourish over all The Cher'bims Guard of the High Lord Stood by while Christ did fight His Father true forsook him too Yet he the Field did get My Fury strong supports me long And with my single Arm The Conquest 's won Salvation's come To mine that none can harm CHAP. XX. The ARGUMENT This Chapter contains an Account of a triumphant Song to the Lamb by the Saints of the Old and New Testament for Christ's most glorious Conquest over his and the Church's Enemies in his Resurrection and Ascension WITH Deborah we 'l sing to Jah Who hath avenged me And trod down Strength his Arm hath length To spoil his Enemy When he march'd on the Enemy strong Did tremble in the Earth And in the Field he made them yield As Holy Scripture saith Wake Deborah awake with Mirth A Song of Triumph sing Our Barak Head Captivity led A Captive tho a King Proud Sisera must stand in awe The Stars in Heaven fight The great Jael hath conquer'd Hell And put his Foes to flight Come to our King with Israel sing The Lord 's a Man of War He gloriously triumphs on high And leads his Enemies far Pharaoh of Hell that proud Rebel His Chariots overthrew His great Captains and chosen Ones Their Strength could not renew They proudly said Pursue the Head Fight not with Small or Great But Israel's King strike most at him Then we shall them defeat Come draw your Sword upon my Word My Lust I will fulfil I will divide the Spoil his Pride Shall not go conquering still The Sea arose upon his Foes And in it they did sink A Sea of Wrath wherein no Path Can find from it to shrink Who can compare with this most Fair Glorious in Holiness And fearful in the praise of Men His Wonders cannot cease Now Hannah sung we will prolong Our Honour he exalts Against our Foes his Power flows They may not proudly talk The mighty One is broken down And weak Ones girded are The Prince brought down from a high Throne The Poor exalted there Come Esa's Song we will prolong To our beloved King That us hath made his sweet Vineyard Who were but Lumps of Sin And fix'd it in a fruitful Hill Where Showers fall Divine A Tower great he made in it And on it Christ doth shine He doth it watch his Vineyard rich 'T is done both Night and Day A fiery Wall is round them all Against the Beasts of Prey May Zion say in a good Day Tho thou wast angry Lord With me for Sin through Christ our King Thy Favour is restor'd Behold my God doth Help afford He is Salvation Who shall I fear Jehovah's near My Trust my Strength my Song Therefore in Faith let 's draw with Mirth From God's Salvation-Wells Those living Streams Christ's bloody Veins Did purchase for Rebels In this good Day we all will say Praise praise the Lord alone Exalt his Name and spread his Fame For great 's the holy One. In Zion's Land his mighty Hand Is stretched out to save His Israel where he doth dwell Whom to his Son he gave Well is it said in God's sure Word Excellent Things doth he 'T is shewed forth in all the Earth God for his Church will be Sing and cry out come give a Shout Of Hallelujah's high To Jehovah begun on Earth But lasts Eternity The Prophet old when he foretold Death should be swallowed up In Victory by one on high Then he this Song did put Unto the Church to triumph much On that triumphant Day Eternal Gates stand ope in state That Saints then enter may This City strong they enter in Salvation is their Wall And Bullwarks too none can subdue And make this City fall As Mary's Song when Gabriel came The Angel her did tell And her salute and kindly greet With News that did excel That she should bear the glorious Heir Of Heaven and of Earth In her pure Womb should lie God's Son As holy Scripture saith Then she brake out with holy Shout Of Praise to magnify The Lord above who in much Love Had fill'd her Soul with Joy What Wonders here that I should bear A Saviour unto Man That I so poor God great in Power Should set his Love upon And me exalt with all my Faults Above all Women high No Queen he took this King to suck Or bear in her Body But me poor Maid he did regard To his eternal Praise I bore the King who had no Sin One of eternal Days With Zachary the Lord on high Let us ever extol For visiting and redeeming His People from all thrall A Horn of Power and a strong Tower Of great Salvation For us hath rais'd eternal Praise The Lord shall wait alone Now are made good the Prophet's words Spake since the World began God's Covenant stood
And said Live Infant live When in our Blood he was so good His saving Grace to give And threw his Skirt on our foul Heart To hide our Nakedness This is the Time of Love the Time He gave us Righteousness A Covenant wherein 's no Want With Sinners made when poor To be his own he gave his Son The Cov'nant to ensure We washed are with Water pure And with the best of Blood Blood 's wash'd away with Blood that Day Death seiz'd the Son of God God did appoint them to anoint With his most precious Oil They decked are with Silk and Hair All clean no longer foul A Chain of Gold the Worth's untold Is put about her Neck The Linen white and broidred Work Doth her most lovely deck Upon her Hands the Bracelet stands Her Head with Jewels set And on the same a glorious Crown With Ear-rings she 's bedect And she did eat the finest Wheat And sweetest Honey too She 's beautiful and doth excel The most Self-righteous Jew Now her Renown and glorious Fame Goes through the Heathen Land She prospers in a blest Kingdom Which never will have End Her Comeliness is Righteousness But this the Lord puts on And Comely through his Comeliness Glory to Grace alone This Spouse excels in glorious smells Myrrh Alloes Cashia Her Garments fine a sweet Perfume Do cast forth every way Within within the Glory 's seen In the King's Daughter true Wrought Gold 's her Garb most richly laid The Bridegroom wears it too At whose right Hand the Queen doth stand In Gold of Ophir fine Her Beauty great makes Christ to speak Thy Beauty is Divine The Father just his Son did trust Before his Incarnation In saving those to Heaven goes In every Land and Nation The Son most just the Father trusts That he Salvation give All the Elect who have their Debt Paid long before they live Their Debt did pay and satisfy Some hundred Years before They Being had by Christ his Blood Or e're they ran in score What 's requisite and what 's most meet In any Advocate Is found in Christ the Meek and Just The only Potentate Who doth delight to see the Spite And Disagreement end Between the King and Men for Sin Therefore his Blood did spend He 's just and meek yea very sweet Most powerful and true And brings God down to love the Man And Man to God does go The Levites pass the Priests make haste From us sweltring in Blood But the good Man Samaritan Stood still to do us good And in the Soul did pour in Oil So heal'd the Wounds of Sin And rather than his Soul should pine His Blood he poured in He covers all our Shame and Fall With Robes of Righteousness And gives to Man a glorious Ring To seal them up to Bliss The fatted Beast is kill'd to feast Those starving Souls of ours O Lamb of God thy Blood was shed In an accepted Hour We Syrians poor and Strangers were In a most forlorn Plight Lay at thy Door of Grace full sore In Darkness without Light Yet saidst thou Live my Grace I give To thee besmear'd with Blood Live Infant live my Son I give To be thy Prince and Head An Head of Sense and Influence Is to his Body dear As from the Root the Branches shoot So Christ the Church doth bear His Lambs he 'l feed a tender Head One Member if but ill A Balsam made of his own Blood Doth from the Heart distil As Branches dry and also die Which from the Vine are cut So every Saint would quickly faint And die if from the Root As many Branches make one Vine And many Grains one Loaf So many Men one Body frame Unite to Christ by Faith Who gave himself for our Souls Health That 's more than Heaven high Ten thousand times ten thousand Tens Come let us for him die A Journey long through Storms a throng Christ came to visit thee His Head with Drops and Dew his Locks Did wet he might thee see Tho Mankind had some Lovers bad When he the Question put He gave his Dove excelling Love By which their Hearts he took But waited long with Patience strong For Floods can't quench his Love Repulses strong often and long Could not make him remove This Bridegroom wrought great Battels fought To him none equal be Few Husbands win their Bride and Kin By Blood as he did thee Mr. Delaun Ear-rings of Gold Riches untold He clothes his Bride withal His Spouse doth dress with Righteousness To beautify the Soul And from all Debts they are acquit By Marriage of the King Who will invest his with the Best A Kingdom without Sin What Monarchs known to leave his Throne For Leprous and Diseas'd And tho forlorn and fill'd with Scorn Yet he with those is pleas'd Some Bridegrooms change new Lovers gain And cast the old away But he loves first unto the last Yea to Eternity The Mother dear her Son most near She sooner can forget Than a Convert with changed Heart Out of his Love can slip The Mountains fast they all shall haste From their most fixed Place Before that he will thee deny Who art in Cov'nant-Grace If any can the Heavens span And measure Sea and Land Then Flesh and Sin and Satan's Gin May pluck them from his Hand If Moon so bright and Stars o th' Night Their Course can change and slip Then may his Love decline his Dove Whom he keeps while they sleep If he can drown the World again Against his fix'd Decree Then may his Love from thee remove Which none shall ever see So we from Justice were discharg'd Upon his dying Day He like a Lamb most patiently Unto the Slaughter's led And drunk the bitter Cup of Death Without a murmuring Word Before the Judgment Seat he stood A Prisoner at the Bar And by his Judgment we are freed Who wretched Prisoners were His Generation is so Great Noble Eternal too None can declare the Number of His Sons and Daughters true In shedding of his precious Blood A numerous Off-spring hath Which none can number nor declare For they fill Heaven and Earth And tho no Violence did act Yet he must make his Grave With wicked and ungodly Men For such he came to save It pleased God his Son to bruise An Offering he might give To have a glorious Church on Earth And with him ever live As Eve came out of Adam's Side So did the Church from Christ She is the Travail of his Soul For whom he groaned much But Satisfaction great hath he After his trav'lling Soul For his Seed he will justify By knowing Christ their All. A Portion with the Great he 'l have And with the Strong divide The Glory of his conquering Strength In spite of Hellish Pride Because he poured forth his Soul To Death both frank and free And took it up in three Days time So got the Victory And now triumphantly is gone Into the Heavens high Having Captivity captive led 'T