husband to betray And my Commandement so to disobay I will torment thee with continuall wo Upon thy belly thou shalt ever go Dust of the earth shal be thy daily meat The very vilest of it thou shalt eat Between the womans seed and thine and thee For evermore there shall contention be Gen. 15. Her seed shall break thy head thine bruise his heel These torments thou for evermore shall feel And woman then which by enticement hast Thy husband from his happinesse down cast By which thou hast undone both him and thee And made you both vile bondslaves for to be For this thy breaking my Commandement Thou shalt receive from me this punishment I 'le punish thee in thy conceptions Because of this thy sore transgressions And for thou hast not lived in my feare With pain and sorrow thou shalt children beare Unto thy husband thy desire shall be And he shall still have power and rule o're thee And Adam thou that didst not stand in fear Of me thy God but to thy wife gave eare I will no more so carefull be upon thee But I pronounce this sentence to be on thee For that you have been to me so unjust Out of this Garden now I will you thrust Now thou mayst say thou art of me forsaken Go dig the ground from whence thou first wast taken Thou art but earth therein go take some pains Gen. 3. 19. For unto earth thoushalt returne again You both shall die as you doe well deserve But when I will unto my selfe reserve Because you have liv'd so rebelliously You both shall dye and your posterity The earth also shall Thistles beare and Thornes And thou shalt suffer many grievous stormes With sweat of brows thou now must get thy meat Thou must not idle be if thou wilt eat So I have done now I have past my doom Learn to live better now before death come Thus God did curse what he before did make Gen. 3. 18. He curst the very earth for Adams sake His disobedience made him have this curse And we his off-spring all doe fare the worse For of our father Adams grievous sin We as his heirs have all our shares therein And thus was Adams sin our great downfall Therefore remember death We must dyall But here a comfort doth again arise Which subtill Satan never did surmise Though we were cursed by the womans deed We now are blest again by a womans seed As in the Scripture we may daily read The womans seed should break the serpents head Our Jesus Christ both God and man was he Came to this world our Saviour for to be Our Jesus Christ he hath our ransome paid For on his shoulders all our sins was laid Esay 53. 4. 1 Pet. 2. 24. Matth. 8. 17. He offered up himselfe a sacrifice for sin For to redeeme us from the bondage we were in Those that believe in him by a true faith They shall be saved as the Scripture saith But 't is ordain'd that once we must dy all Heb. 9. 27. And yeild our life to death when he doth call And death at Gods command doth still atend To bring each mortall wight unto his end Death is Gods Herrald when command is given To goe to all the Nations under heaven For to arrest and take into his power Some people therein every day and houre The greatest King cannot deaths power withstand When he comes with the King of Kings command No age can scape from cradle to the crutch No sex can keepe them from his fatall touch Kings and beggars to death are all alike There 's none at all can say Death dares not strike But there 's a time for all things under Sun Time hath been ever since the world begun A time for to be borne a time to dye The wiseman saith and none can it deny In time was Adam made in Gods image In a short time he lost his heritage And infulnesse of time God sent his Son Gal. 4. 4. For to redeeme us that were all undone Death taketh time unto him as a brother To go with him and follow on another Time with his sythe Death with his dismall dart These two between them both the world doth part Time he hath wings a speedy pace to hie And death can run as fast as time can fly Time takes our lives and post to death doth run Death meets with time and so our lives are done How carefull ought we be our lives to mend Since two such watch-men do on us attend Time he doth number all our houres and days And death doth watch to catch us on our ways We must dy all and yeild to death his due Though we know not the time nor place nor how Death he hath weapons more besides his dart He hath more ways then one to kill the heart Some in the seas and brooks are daily drownd Some in the fires are utterly consum'd Some are by powder all to peices torn Some have their lives in deserts overworn Some there are daily killed with the sword Some dy a death that most they have abroad Some hath by poyson got a deadly stroke Some in their drink a silly flie doth choake Some dy of surfets eating too much meat Some dy by famine having nought to eat Some conquering Captains fighting in the field Death conquers them and makes them for to yeild To strike old age in bed death doth not scorne Nor doth he spare the infants that 's new borne Thou canst not passe no time a long the street To be assured no danger for to meet Some wood or stone may fall upon thy head Down from church or house and strike thee dead Be carefull then to be as thou shouldst be Sith death so many wayes may come to thee Repent in time and do thy life amend Before that death do come thy life to end Be thou for death all times prepared be That sudaine death may never come to thee Unto the wicked death doth come with terrour Proverbs 28. 1. For of his coming he is still a fevour But to the godly death is welcome ever He doth acknowledge God of his life the giver And that he must returne it back againe To him from whom he did it first obtaine Death he will come though we know not how soon Luke 12. 40. In midst of night in morning or at noon In the spring time or else upon the fall But sure enough it is we must dye all Although that Christ for all our sinnes did dye Yet we must carefull be from sin to fly For sin within us still there doth remain O let it not within thee rule and reigne Be carefull then thy God to serve and feare And patient be afflâ—ctions to beare Lead a good life an evill life abhorre Rom. 12. 9. That thou mayst live with Christ for evermore Live well and dye well that proverb is true But few in these days that will do so now Some
A DIALL WHEREIN Is contained a remembrance of DEATH and the uncertainty of the time of DEATH With many good Rules how for to lead a good life FOR WE MVST YOVTH MIDLE AGE OVLD AGE 1 THES 5. 1. Try all things and keep that which is good LONDON Printed Anno 1648. To the Reader KInd Reader I desire and wish to thee All health and happinesse may ever be This little book which heare I do present Is for no ill but for a good intent It is a dyall so I have it named According to some motions in it framed Likewise unto a garden we may it compare Wherein both flowers and weeds there are To both of these you may it use at leasure As time will serve for you to take your pleasure T is both to put us all in mind of death While on the earth God lends us life breath As in a dyall is motions of the houres So in this garden is motions of sweet flowers As in some dyalls be some false deeds So in this garden is some bad weeds All dyalls goes not true that I do know Some go too fast and some do go too slow But this may prove to thee a true dyall If thou thereof do make a true tryall This garden to though but a little ground Yet there are here sweet flowers to be found This dyall do thou buy it is not deare Learn by it how to live while thou liv'st here Though in his centre thou no tongue discern Yet thou by it may some good lessons learn Prepare for death while thou hast time and space Aad pray to God to gvide thee with his grace Death he will come though we know not the houre At one or two at three or else at foure Suppose he stay unto a farther line Till five or six to seven eight or nine But if he stay till ten eleven or twelve T is high time then for thee a grave to delve Chuse this thy ground do thou not it refuse And delve therein t is made for thee to use Do thou peruse it well and spend some houres To cast the weeds out but preserve the flowers Gather some flowers to deck you to your grave Observe this dyall well and so it may Serve for thy use both for the night and day In day time for to read while it is light And for to meditate on in the night God grant us grace that we may learne hereby In goodnesse still to grow and multiply So I desire thee for to read it o're And give to God the praise for evermore So I rest thy loving freind and well willer William Granger A DIALL GOod Christians all of whatsoe're degree Give eare a while and harken unto me Both old and young it doth us all concern The oldest he is not too old to learne We must dye all by ordinance divine How ere so high we must at last decline Our God he hath ordain'd it to be so Our Grandsire Adam brought us to this wo In Genesis the third we may it read Gen. 2. Gen. 3. The sequell why and how it was decreed God pardon me in plainnesse to bestow A little time his wonderous works to shew In Eden God did chuse a plot of ground And planted fruitfull trees about it round Fruits of all sorts herbs of all sorts likewise And made it be a pleasant Paradice And in that place there water was enough For pleasant strames did run this garden through In midst of this faire garden God even he Did place the tree of knowledge for to be This pleasant place abundantly expelling God gave to Adam for to be his dwelling God of the earth a little time before Did make him there to rule all creatures o're Then made he Adam a heavy sleep to bide While he a rib did take out of his side And made a woman his helper for to be The case was altered soon from that we see Then God did say to him of all the trees that be Within this garden set and plac'd by me Take thou the fruit thereof and freely eat I give them thee they shal be for thy meat But of the tree in midst this garden great I do comand thee that thou shalt not eat For this I say to thee assuredly If thou do'st eat thereof thou sure shalt dye Then Satan he envying Adams state Began unto himselfe thus to relate Shall man possesse that place of high renown That glorious place from whence I am cast down O! no I say I will away devise He shall not to that blessed place arise Though he be blessed now he shall accursed be And so I 'le overthrow his Majesty But he no way could finde to make the man be curst But by enticing of the woman first Then did he take on him the Serpents shape And thought by this device man should not scape He presently got up without delay Into the Tree and thus to Eve did say Woman quoth he what is your charge so great Of all the fruits that 's here you may not eat We eat said shee of all that here doe grow He that hath made us doth the same allow But of the Tree amidst this Garden great He hath commanded that we shall not eat And if we eat thereof we sure shall dye The subtill Serpent then made this reply No no said he you shall not dye at all You are unwise to keepe your selves in thrall Your Maker knows that when thereof you eat You shall be like to God in knowledge great You then shall understand both good and ill For this same cause hee 'l keepe you from it still But how can you forbeare this fruit so fair Why is it kept from such a loving paire He pluckt an apple then and gave it unto Eve She saw it faire did gladly it receive When she did taste and found it savoury meat She gave to Adam one and he did eat Then opened were their eyes Immediately And they ashamed were their nakednesse to spy God knowing this in cool of day came down And in the garden thus his voice did sound Adam where art then they durst not abide But ran among the trees themselves to hide At last poore Adam spake and thus he said We hard thy voyce and therefore were affraid Because that both of us now naked be And art thou naked now who told it thee Hast thou now eaten of the forbidden tree Said he The woman that thou didst me give She gave it me and I did it receive Then unto Eve God did these words expresse Why hast thou caused thy husband to transgresse Said she the Serpent he enticed me And made me doe this great offence to thee So every one of us our sinnes do smother And put it from our selves unto some other Then God unto the Serpent presently Did say these words which I doe now descry Thou Serpent vile which by thy subtilty Seduced have this woman against me And caused her so her
that would dye well there were and there is But yet they have lead their lives for a mis Numb 23. Balam desir'd the righteous death to dye Mark 14. John 18. 10. Although he lived not righteously Judas that traytor did not so in either He did not live well nor dyed well neither Lets pray to God to grant to us his grace To keepe us all from such a desperate case Live thou a righteous life holy and pure And thou shall dye a righteous death be sure There is a rule by Gods commandement To teach thee how to live and not be shent Exod. 20. Gods ten comands that he to us hath given To be our guide to lead us into heaven God be my guide me to direct a right For to explaine them as I doe recite commandment 1 Thou shalt have no other gods but me There is but one and I am only he That brought thee out from Pharoes cruell hand Where thou in bondage wast in Egypt land I am that God that can condemne and save And therefore thou no other shalt have commandment 2 Thou shalt to thee no graven image make Thereby Gods honour from him for to take Likenesse of anything in heaven above Or in the earth below to like or love Fowls of the aire or fishes in the sea An Image shalt thou make of none of these I say thou shalt no image make at all To bow to it or down before it fall Of any kind of met all wood or stone All worship doth belong to God alone The Lord thy God he is a jealous God And he will visit daily with his rod The fathers sinnes upon their children here That do him hate whom they should love and feare Unto the third and fourth generation All those that live in any land or nation But unto thousands mercy shew he will Of those that his commands keepe and fulfill commandment 3 Thou shalt not take Gods holy name in vaine Thy mind to please or cause for to maintaine In any case do not blaspheme his name That gave thee breath and did thy body frame He that to take his name in vaine is bold The Lord hath said he will not guiltless hold commandment 4 Remember that the Lords Day thou keepe holy Abuse it not by any kind of folly Six dayes thou labour shalt and do what longs thee to And keep the Sabbath as thou oughtst to do For in six dayes the Lord did all things make And on the seventh he his rest did take In it I say thou shalt not work at all Thou nor thy servant nor Ox within thy stall God blest the Sabbath day and hallowed it Therefore look that no work thou do in it commandment 5 Honour thy father and thy mother to And do them reverence as thou oughtst to do That thou long days and good on earth may live In any place that God shall to thee give Mat. 15. 4. He that his father or his mother curse His days on earth shall fewer be and worse commandment 6 Thou shalt not any kind of murther use In any case thy brother to abuse By this word murther we must understand Some other mischeifes used in our land As envy hatred malice and the like And wicked slander that mans life doth seeke He that his neighbour doth slander and defame As good were take his life as his good name A good name is a good mans chiefe delight And highly is esteem'd in good mens sight Prov. 22. 1. commandment 7 Thou shalt not commit Adultery Nor any other kind of lechery Of Sodoms odious sinnes do thou beware To keep thy body chaste and pure have care After a woman see thou do not lust For if thou do thy heart it is unjust If thou dost so I tell thee for thy part Adultery thou dost commit in heart Matth. 5. 8 28. commandment 8 Thou shalt steale looke that thou do not so Lest it doth chance to turne unto thy wo In dealing falsly do thou not delight Remember still that thou art in Gods sight Jer. 23. 23 24. Levit. 19. 36. Weights too light or measures which be small Do thou not use lest thou in danger fall Deceit is stealing in a kind of way Which thou shalt answer for another day commandment 9 Thou shalt false witnesse against no man beare But for the truth stand up and do not fear Do thou have God at all times in thy minde And take no bribes lest they do make thee blinde commandment 10 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house or land His wife or servants that be at his command His Oxe his Asse nor anything that 's his If so thou doe be sure thou dost amiss Thinke how King Ahab and Queen Jezabel 1 Kings 21. 13. Against this last commandment did rebel Ahab did covet and Naboth's Vineyard crave Naboth deny'd what Ahab fain would have Then Jezabel false witnesses did bring To swear that Naboth had blasphem'd God and the King For that good Naboth he was ston'd to death And with his Vineyard he did lose his breath What punishment they had the proofe is plain The dogs did eat her flesh and he was slain And now the ten Comandments I have rehearst Some other things I have to be rehearst Pride doe thou shun in any kinde of case Decent apparell is a comely grace But above all be thou not proud in heart Prov. 16. 5 12 18. I give thee counsell whosoere thou art Remember this before it be too late The proud in heaâ—t the Lord thy God doth hate 1 Pet. 5. 5. Be humble minded then and meeke in heart And God will love thee then if so thou art God will exalt the humble and the meeke Matth. 23. 12. But the proud heart he will in peeces breake Nabuchadnezar that mighty King Dan. 4. 30. His pride of heart did him great damage bring For God out of his Throne did down him cast Among the beasts to feed till seven years past Of Gluttony likewise do thou take heed Eat not too much give some to them that need Rich Dives he did feed on dainty fair Luke 16. 19. But to poore Lazarus no crums would spare What came to him after his dainty faire He is in durance now where all vile torments are Vile drunkennesse do thou in no wise use Drinke not too much thy selfe for to abuse For drinking much may make thee for to want And so may death come to thee just upon 't When Holifernes had drunke of wine his fill Judith 13. 8. His head was quite cut off by Judith's skill It was Gods will for his own peoples sake In their revenge that she this way did take Noah crusht his grapes and too much of the same Gen 9. 21. Did make him drunk and so he shew'd his shame This is no pattern left for thee to follow If thou thinke so thy wit is very shallow Some of Gods