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B07160	[Ane godly treatis, callit the first and second cumming of Christ] [with the tone of the winters-nicht shewing brieflie our native blindness / by James Anderson].	Anderson, James, d. 1603.	1614 (1614)	STC 572.5; ESTC S90283	9,315	28

you tidinges mikell worth To you is borne a blessed birth In Bethlehem this day 17 His Starre al 's in the Firmament The wise men from the Orient Did call them foorth incontinent And guid them on the way Till they came to the selfesame place Where Christ our King then new borne was That Stare would then no farder passe But stood still in a stay 18 Then came they in right courteously Acknowledging his Majestie Offering to him these gifts thrée Gold Incense Mirh that day The Gold because hée was a King Incense because God euerlasting The Mirh in token of burying Thus learned Doctours say 19 Iust Simeon into his Song Who for that day did looke so long Said Lord let now thy seruant gang In peace and passe away Sith that mine eyes haue séene this sight Of thy swéete Sonne the Gentles light And of the Iewes the glorie bright Whom thou hast sent this day 20 Iohn Baptist did his way prepare And pointed with his finger there Behold the Lambe of God so faire That takes our sinnes away Bade them belieue and him imbrace Repent and mend while they had space Or otherwise they get not no grace But die in sinne that day 21 When Iohn in Iordane him baptized The Fathers voyce him authorized This is my Son in whom I am pleased Heare him what hée doth say And farder in the peoples sight The holy Ghost did on him light And with him bode to show his might As God and Man that Day 22 The diuine doctrine that hée taught The wonderous works that he wrought In suckring all that to him fought And saying no man nay His bright transfiguration His patience in his Passion And glorious Resurrection Did proue hée was our Day 23 For neuer man did speake as hée Causde deafe men heare and blind-borne sée Hée praide for them that causde him die And rose on the third day Then fourtie dayes remained here With his Disciples and did them lere And gart them know the Scriptures cleare Before hée past away 24 When hée had fully pacified His Fathers wrath and him obeyed Vnto the death and purified Our sinne as white as Snow Then sent hee his Apostles out In all the world to teach about And put all people out of doubt That come was his first Day 25 Then with our flesh before them plaine Hée did goe vp to Heauen againe Whereas his manhood must remaine Till the dreadfull Doomesday But when that dreadfull Day shall bee No creature knoweth certainly Except the Father and that onely So doubtsome is that Day 26 Wherefore the Lord bade all men watch ●nd let not sinne nor sleuth them catch Incase vnwares hée with them match When they least thinke that Day Is with the Virgines which playde the foole That had their Lampes but lacked Oyle They got not in but causde recoole And barred out that day 27 The many tokens that wée read That second day which should proceede Are come already in verie déede Both come and gone away As well into the Heauen aboue As in the Earth almost are done Which significes it shall come soone As pleased God that day 28 As for the signes celestiall For longsomnesse I leaue them all And treat of the terrestriall That should procéede that day In Scripture which are specified Wée shall them find accomplished To sée the same then verrified Attend what I now say 29 First shall bee Battels and bloody Warres That people and policie downe beares VVe heare their rumour with our eares Increasing euery day Both Forraine Warres and Intestiene That Realmes and Countreys wracketh cleane Wée sée this token before our eine Accomplished this day 30 And yet the world most certainly Is setled in such securitie They thinke not once that they must die And answere to that day 38 Loue towards God is almost gone And loue to Neighbour colde as stone No loue now but selfe-loue alone Amongst all beares the sway In Gods owne cause no feruencie The poore opprest are cruellie All séeke themselues so narrowlie Promise and Loue is quite away 39 The fourth shall bée defection From Christ and his correction By folke of vile affection Before that second day That of his word they shall take loath And with true Preachers bée so wroth That when Christ comes scarsely shall Faith Bée found in Earth that day 40 This token for to testifie That it is now come certainly The manifest Apostasie That many make this day From Christes Kirke and little Flocke Which heare his word and beare his yoke Whome these Apostates doe but mocke By word and writ each day 41 There is two sorts of Apostates Some from Christes word are run-a-gates Themselues that excommunicates From Christes Kirke and Fay. Of this sort are our Iesuites The sliest sort of Hypocrites That Sathan sent with lying spirites In Earth this many day 42 For to aduance their fained fame Of Iesus they vsurpe their name And yet they traitors thinke no shame His trueth for to betray More méete of Iudas Iudaites Or of Sus suis bee calde suites Ad volutabrum of Romes ruites They had their name perfay 43 For Iesuites in generall Are traitors to Christ Iesus all And séeke to gar his Kingdome fall With all the might they may Omitting none occasion To furder their inuasion By pestilent perswasion Both by night and day 44 Their doctrine is but Papistrie Set out with subtile Sophistrie Founded to foster Idolatrie By learned leys alway For to maintaine the Popes Empyre They are vpholden with his hyre But at the length into the myre Both hée and they shall faa 45 They haue forsaken the wholsome strands Of Gods owne word and his Commands And digged vp with féete and hands And Padels of Papists Laa And though they drinke while that they bu●●st Those pooles shall neuer s●aike their thirst But make their soules drinke as they list More drie from day to day 46 The fond opinions of Papistrie In euery point particularlie Are else confuted cunningly By moe than one or twa It were but labour then in vaine To tread the same ouer againe Christs written word hath so them slaine They haue no more to say 47 Yet they pretend Antiquitie So doe they discens Linallie And locall Visibilitie From Christ vnto this day In Christs time no Papistrie They are degenerate whollie And brooke that place by tyrannie Against Christ euery day 48 And to performe their interprise They leaue not off with once or twise But vp againe they mint to rise The trueth to stope and stay But when that Light they cannot sm●re Which in their spite shines more and more This is the last they make them fore True teachers to mislay 49 These truethlesse trukers without all shame Name sundrie Pastors by their name Them and their Doctrine to defame Loude lies abroad they lay The Iewes they calde our Soueraigne Possest sinfull Samaritane Yea Drunkard and vylde Publicane Who knew no sinne at aa 50 No seruant is

TO THE RIGHT GODLY WORSHIPFVLL AND VIGILANT PASTOR IN Christs Kirke Iohne Erskin of Dun especiall planter and builder of the Reformed within the boundes of Angus Merns Stermonth and Gowrie Iames Anderson Minister at Collace his most humble and obedient in Christ wisheth grace and peace from God the Father with increase of spirituall gifts and health of bodie through Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen RIght ancient Professour of the Trueth Long time before it came to cōmon sight Which perilous time thou passedst not with sleuth But hardily didst hazard day and night To bring the Trueth to libertie and light Life Land and geare thou set them all apart Of that true Treasure so joyfull was thine heart Thine house was harbour to all that profest Thy geare was common to them in time of need Aboue all other thou loued thy brethren best As thy own flesh thou didst them cloath feed Not naked loue in word but loue indeed VVhich loue the Lord forget not to restore The more thou gaue hee gaue thee aye the more And whē it pleasde Christ Iesus King of grace To bring his Trueth to light and libertie And by the same proud Papistes to deface And them ouerthrow with their Idolatrie Then did hee call thee to this dignitie To plant his Kirke in Gowrie Mernes and Angus VVhich prudently thou hast planted among vs And hast the same oft watered with his word Perswading euer to perseuerance And not to faint for feare of Fire or Sword But bee enarmed with Faith and patience Builded on Christ that Rocke of sure defence Thus thou ceast not but traueilledst faithfully Till infirme age perforce constrained thee Yea though thou be now warded as it were Frō tedious trauels which thou wast wōt to tak And mayst not from thy Chamber journey farre Yet in thy cure thou art not slow nor flacke But as the Bee that doeth collect and make Her wholsome honey of many Herbes Flowers So thou thy Sermons of sundry sweet Scriptures VVhich thou doest forme into most comly writ For speciall profit to thy Posteritie Thy louable labours therein ere and late VVhen thou art dead shall liue eternally And keepe thy Name in blessed memorie That as in youth thy tong taught Christs word So in thine age thy penne did preach that Lord. I Can not dite as thou hast done deserue In Kirke Court Countrey and Commonweale Carefull the Kirke in peace for to preserue In Court thy counsell was stout true as steele Thy policie decores the Countrey well In planting Trees and building places faire VVith costly Brigs ouer waters plaine repaire THE WINTER NIGHT. THe Winter night I thinke it long Full long and teugh while it ouergang The winters night I thinke so long Both long and dreigh till day Full long thinke I the winters night While daye breake vp with beames so bright And banish darknesse out of sight And workes of darknesse Aa 2 The Winter night that I of meane Is not this naturall night I weine That lackes the light of the Sunne shine And differs from the day But darknesse of our minde it is Which hides from vs the Heauens blisse Since Adam first did make the misse In Paradise that day 3 The joyefull day is Iesus Christ The Womans séede by God promist To tread the Serpents head that Beast that did vs first betray And it did tread him on the hiele The bitter death when hee did féele In his Manhood to reconcile Vs to our God for ay 4 The filthie louer that vs illudes Is Sathan with his blinded buds Of fleshly lusts and worldly goods which cause vs goe astray Who ceaseth neuer but subtillie First gars vs doe syne gars vs die That longsome Night eternally To draw vs from our Day 5 Wée haue no Day but onely one The Sonne of God our Life alone For other dayes wée doe know none Nor yet none other way To guide vs to the Heauens glore And to that state vs to restore Which Adam lost for euermore Were not that precious Day 6 Which blessed Day must twise appeare The first to take our nature here Of his blest Mother a Virgine cleare As I say doth hée say The second time the world to judge Both quicke and dead that number hudge Where faithlesse shall finde no refuge But godly grace that Day 7 The first cumming is long fore-gane Sensyne fourescore of yeares and ninetane Beyonde sixe hundreth and a thousand Not an houre lesse or maa Then since the first cumming is past Wée should bée looking for the last When the Archangel shall the blow blast To dite vs to that Day 8 Long was the Fathers winter night Fiue thousand yeares by reckning right Twixt Adams fall and Christ did light into our flesh that Day Yet though it was so long betwéene They saw him with their spirituall eene Which was the strength did them sustéene To bide that joyfull day 9 Abrams faith was so reposed Hée saw that day and was rejoysed Though faithles Iewes their eyes closed When as come was that Day For which their proude hypocrisie And wilfull incredulitie They are and their posteritie In darknesse to this day 10 The prudent Prophet Isaie Did speake of him al 's specially As hée had séene him sensibly And béene at his birth day First saw him borne of a pure Maide Syne heard him preach the Gospel glad And last our sinnes vpon him laide To take them all away 11 The Prophet Dauid did perceiue This mysterie beyond the laue His soule should not bée left in graue Nor flesh corrupt away Of which as now I speake no mare Till proper place but will it spare And forward to our purpose fare Lest wee ouerlong delay 12 When Daniel did expone the Dreame Of the hudge Image with copper wame With lims of yron and féete of leame and haire of golde so gay Hée saw a stone without mans hand Breake first the féete when it did stand Syne brake it al 's small as the sand And brought it to decay 13 Which Image with their properties Did meane the foure great Monarchies Of Babel Perse and Griece but lies And Romanes in their ray The little stone that hée did see That brake the Image so mightilie Was Christ that matchlesse Monarchie Which neuer shall decay 14 When come was the appointed time That hée should suffer for our crime Hée lighted in the Virgine wyme And did no longer stay That blessed Virgine then him bred Without companie of mans bed The holy Ghost her ouershed As Gabriel did say 15 Elizabeth not long before Conceiued Iohn who gaue him glore And in the wombe did him adore For joye did spring and play His Mother then full feruently Calde Marie blest eternally That shée belieued assuredly To beare that birth that day 16 In Bethlehem when hée was borne The Angels timely in the morne Came to the Heards without sojourne In Fieldes whereas they lay Saying Rejoyce and make great mirth Wée bring