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Nevves from Ierusalem containing, 1. The beauty of the citie of the great King. 2. The vanitie of the isles of the sonns of men. 3. The comming of the Kings sonne. VVritten by Augustin Taylor, preacher at Hawarden.
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Taylor, Augustine.
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And purchac'd honour you should saue One Swan vpon your ford To sing you measures you before Haue march'd like Dauid King And since like him you conquest wore Now set you downe and sing Or hearken me my Lord I 'm free To sing and my song's true Ornated with Diuinitie And doth belong to you Your noble nature valour and Most Lordly bounty should Be writ by an Euangels hand In lines of perfect gold Mine are diuine although vnmeet Accept them I haue power To build another Lanthorne yet Vpon your stateli'st tower Thrice noble Lord make vse of this 'T will tell you of a sonne That shall shine in the dayes of blis When nights of woes are done At your Honours seruice in any Christian office Augustin Taylor THE COMMING OF THE KINGS SONNE 1 O Israel that thou would heare And vnderstand those things That God commands for loue or feare Of the great King of Kings Reforme thy selfe the dayes doth run And posteth fast away The time departs and th' euening sun Is finishing the day 2 The beames of mercy will grow dim Offences grow so great The times are now so sicke with sinne Moses dare scarce intreat Thy pardon any more of God Thy promise was to mend And he in mercy stayes the rod And doth thy time attend 3 The dayes of peace are almost past And nights of death ensue Vengeance black cloud will drop at last The newes are bad yet true The goulden bels at Aarons coat Haue almost lost their sound Dauids sweet Harpe and Cymbals note The thundring trump hath dround 4 Behold the Sonne of God doth come Not Lambe but Lyon-like With life to all the righteous some And with blacke death to strike The cursed brood of prophane Cham A dismall time comes on When God will grant the wicked man No place to rest vpon 5 The bondlesse sea with fire shall burne The Hils shall leape and daunce But not for ioy all flesh shall mourne And who presumes t' aduance His eyes to heauen there shall view The starres goe out and fall The Skies shall change their Azur blew To Crimsonred and all 6 The furniture of ayre and earth Shall perish and decay Mourning shall come in steed of mirth And night insteed of day The now bright sunne shall then appeare A cloud fild full of raine The moone that sometime lookt so cleare Before the starrie traine 7 Shall looke like blood and loose her pace Sad witnesses of ire Shall multiply in fearefull case And stormes and showers of fire Thicker then hayle did ere descend Shall fall as as Prophets cry Since for mans sinne God did intend And said all flesh shall die 8 After these stormes and fearefull signes The Kings sonne in a cloud Shall sit as Iudge to whom inclines The eares of all the crowd There shall be all that borrowed breath As well the great as small From the worlds birth day to it death And latest funerall 9 The Princes Kings and Monarchs great That once the world did sway Shall naked stand before the seat Of the high Iudge that day The nice and tender wanton crew That now doe scorne the ground And doe disdaine the sun should view Their faces shall be found 10 Bare face and foot without a coach No man no maid no knees T' adore their greatnesse but reproch For their proud qualities There Lazarus and Caesar meet And the spectators can Not censure by their equall greet Which is the greater man 11 The supreame Iudge aboue shall sit In glory strength and might The godly shall reioyce at it The righteous shall haue right No bribes nor friends nor flatters may Preuaile to hide offence For why God onely made that day To honour innocence 12 God is so gratious the condemn'd Can haue no cause to grudge Which doth all dayes in mercy spend And keepes but one to iudge But great and fearefull will it be The thoughts of euery heart Shall be reueil'd apparantly And after each desert 13 Rewards shall run it 's Gods decree All wickednesse shall faile And fall and perish vtterly And puritie preuaile Against this iudgement who prouides Or who with Iob demands What shall I doe life runs and slides Like vnto dyall sands 14 Falls to be lift againe might I Friendly perswasion vse And see it follow'd none should spie Sad passion in my muse Hate enuy murther blasphemie Detraction and all vice Contract your selues to puritie Or to his Paradice 15 This iudge admits you not beware That run not out of mind That he intends for to declare He showd himselfe so kind To publish it in dayes of peace Where by we know's intent Intends if sinne spring and increase Euen so shall punishment 16 You blessed come you cursed goe So hath the iudge decreed And that his blessings you may know Furnish your selues with speed For the right hand and let our foes Sinister passage trie That leads to torments death and woes God grant both you and I 17 May tread the path that leads to peace And when our dayes of grace Are finished let neuer cease Our dayes of Glory Place Vs all aboue with all our friends And from all woes beneath Assigne vs blesse that neuer ends Both free from dumbe and death FINIS
appeare 42 No Moone nor Starres nor Candles there can profit any whit They shew much like as clouds doe heare that yeeld no benefit 43 The Citizens thereof are Saints the Gouernour 's the Lambe No Treasure neither pleasure wants that God can giue to man 44 And if Iehouah vse his skill to make a place compleat To praise the worke of his best will none can but those that see 't 45 Who cannot comprehend admire and we shall see in time The state of those that doe aspire to that celestiall Clyme 46 Remooue your thoughts to better things the nature of the mind Aspires and seekes a campe of Kings and cannot be confin'd 47 A King a time may be contain'd vnder the poorest roofe But long no Monarch so remain'd I need to bring no proofe 48 Euen so the soule awhile may night within weake walls of clay But wayts the time to take her flight to finde a better day 49 Then since there is no certaine good allotted heere below Get wings against another Flood and teach thy selfe to know 50 The Towers of Bethell Babells downe and like to rise no more Except to fall seeke thou the Towne from which old Simon bore 51 His Masters Crosse for thou must passe the Valley to the Mount Then change thy selfe from what thou was and make a full account 52 To leaue the earthly Citie and prepare thy selfe to sing Such Songs as fits the Holy Land to praise so great a King 53 O let no gracelesse Syrens Song thy graces ouer-cast If thou want strength to come along binde thy selfe to the Mast 54 Of Heauens holy Ship the Church yet there thou mayst be tost But for her safest Harbour search and thou canst not be lost 55 The Owner of the Ship may winke and Passengers may weepe When they as Peter thought doe thinke the Master is asleepe 56 And Windes and Seas doe threaten death but then like Peter call And Windes and Seas and Hell beneath confesse t' obey him all 57 Who may it bee that these obey Iehouahs onely Sonne Sayling for Heauen Happy they that in this passage runne 58 Each one will venture to find Land that yeelds small Gemmes of price And for a trifle take in hand a tedious enterprise 59 As 't was it is Canaans Gold is gracelessely refus'd For Straw in Egypt but why should the best be thus abus'd 60 Why buy men prophane Bookes apace and leaue the sacred Story For want of grace and want of grace will breed the want of glory 61 Therefore you that desire those things prepar'd with God aboue Contemne the world and take the wings of Faith of Hope and Loue. 62 The Heauens are ope the Way is light true Ioyes abounds amaine The Lambe and Bride in glory bright eternally shall raigne 63 In Persons three in Essence one God grant we all adore Not onely euermore alone but euer more and more Amen FINIS THE MISERIE OF THE WORLD Or The Vanitie of the Isles of the sonnes of men Hoc momentum vnde pendet aeternitas By AVGVSTIN TAYLOR Preacher at Hawarden LONDON Printed by Augustine Matthewes dwelling in the Parsonage house in Bride Lane neere Fleet-street 1623. To the Right Worshipfull WILLIAM RAVENSCROFT Esquire c. a Principall of the Honourable Societie of Lincolnes Inne WOrthy Sir it hath been a proper custome in all ages amongst all but especially the best sorts of people to requite euery benefit at the least with gratitude for it is found in the rules of humane equity non datur beneficium nisi propter ossicium and if it be so that no benefit is bestowed but in regard of some office to be performed for it then your bounties weekely bestowed in so large measure in our Church of Hawarden towards the reliefe of them most needfull in that Jurisdiction deserues a publike testimoniall of many thankefull voices and not to be a requitall to you but to be an excitall to others to doe the like In a word your datiue acte vnto your natiue place shall finde rewards at God and should finde imitation but shall finde commendation with men being an acte both good great and lasting And since your bounties truely construed are Gods blessings J take it to belong to mee to erect some columne in your memoriall in the behalfe of those that in so great measure taste your gracious gifts for since I am appointed to offer their sacrifice to God I am likewise allotted to conduct their thankefulnes to you not to flatter you for I know you are not vaine glorious because it is knowen you are charitable charitie and vaine-glory were neuer yet chamberfellowes and therefore that as you doe you may still seeke for those treasures aboue I present you with the vanitie of these trifles below the basenes of the latter inuites you to pursue the excellencie of the former and as you haue begun with Grace so without question you shall finish with glory which is the earnest desire of Your worships in the seruice of God AVGVSTIN TAYLOR THE MISERIE OF THF WORLD IF any one long after life and desires to see good dayes let him refraine his tongue from euill remooue his feete out of the paths of Impietie hold his hands from all actes of Seuerity wash his heart from all thoughts of impuritie and then willingly cast aside the coate of Iniquity and hauing put it off put it on no more let euery one striue to obtaine a reformation and then to continue perfect It is most apparant euery one desires to see many dayes but it is very doubtfull that few desires to see good dayes and it is true for ipse dixit all those that doe not desire to see good dayes are certaine to bee partakers of many euill nights for the decree is out that none can disanull those that doe not loue the light are deomed to bee shut vp in darkenesse for the vnfortunate vnfurnished vnfortunate to bee vnfurnished wicked man heard this sentence denounced against him when in speachlesse silence his eares were forced to entertaine the iudgement of damnation that in the dayes of peace would not receiue the glad-tidings of Saluation Matth. 22. Binde him hand and foote and take him away and cast him into vtter daskenesse there shall bee weeping and gnashing of teeth sorced howling and continuall torments the horrible clamours of the damned soules there is nothing to bee seene but darkenesse nothing to bee heard but horror nothing to bee vnderstood but confusion nothing to be knowne but dolours nothing to be felt but torments and last of all which is worst of all there is no ende of these they are eternall And these remaines for those that will not put off the workes of darkenesse and put on the armour of light that wil not cease to doe euill and learne to doe well that will not cast away the ragges of wickednesse polluted with their owne miseries and seeke the white robes of righteousnesse prepared by our Sauiours