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A33990	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 ... / by Hercules Collins ...	Collins, Hercules, d. 1702.	1696 (1696)	Wing C5362; ESTC R43110	29,586	100

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 som● of the Angels from Jehovah their suprea● 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 h●● framing the Heavens and Earth an● how he created another Creature calle● Man to serve him better than the falle● 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 ●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

thy Soul did cheat The Woman vain she lays the blame Upon the Serpent's Guile Who to her said Like unto God You shall be in a while From sinful Lust Judgment doth haste On Man and Woman too 'T is they must die that lov'd a Lie Above a God most true The Ground once blest with Thorns is curst The Woman bears in sorrow And Man must sweat if Bread he 'll eat The Serpent trails the Furrow Thus happy Man he is undone Himself he can't restore O Man's sad Fate the Devil's State He 's in for evermore Unless some State that 's uncreate More pity shew to Man Than Angels have whom God won't save That from their Maker ran CHAP. VI. The ARGUMENT Jehovah seeing his Creature Man undone in the New World begins to be concerned how he may be restored and not for ever lost as the revolted Angels He makes a Proposition to the heavenly Hosts to this End but all stood mute until the Son of God broke silence with the offer of himself to be Man's Redeemer Vpon which the heavenly Host gave a Shout with Hallelujah's SHALL Man be lost by Devil's Lust And ne'r recover'd more Shall Devils boast of their Conquest And triumph in their Power Come heavenly Host can none suggest Where such Love can be found You Spirits all who 'l be mortal That Justice may not wound The Man to Death I made of Earth But may for ever live who 'l pity take on his sad State For Man himself will give Now all stood mute and silent to 't A Pause in Heaven's made Till one did break the Silence great And there it was replied By God's own Son What! is there none That will Compassion show I looked when some Seraphim Would pity Man below I God's dear Son will Man become A Man of Sorrow's Death This glorious Throne I 'll leave anon And descend to the Earth For to restore this Man so poor Unto a better State And make him wise a Paradise He shan't lose as of late Then Heaven rang the Angels sang That splendid Host above Who saw such Grace in God's Son's Face And shewed Man such Love And God did see his own Decree From Love to Man he made Even from high Eternity Which runs not retrograde He gave his Son for sinful Man That in his stead might die And set his Face in our Law-Place Us to indempnify The Angels shape he doth not take Nor them redeem to live Yet let none speak thus God is weak Or Grace diminutive I thee do tell unsearchable Is his Beneficence Yet know also he 'l save but who His Sovereign Will presents CHAP. VII The ARGUMENT An Apostle extraordinary relates how that Jehovah had a Son who was to be born of a Virgin The great End and Scope of it was the Redemption of a lost World IF some would know how Man from Wo Is brought and set in Bliss A Wonder 's wrought come see God's Thought In this Analysis The Spirit above sell in much Love Upon a Virgin sweet To comprehend or understand This I do not predict But yet that King and holy Thing Which was in Mary's Womb Was God indeed of Abr'am's Seed True God and yet true Man Who understands how God and Man Should in one Person dwell One Person true yet Natures two But one Immanuel His Godhead Rays had dull'd our Eyes But vail'd with humane Flesh His Glory 's hid for there 's much need With Man he should converse And nothing less for Man's Trespass An angry God can please But Righteousness in humane Dress Can his great Wrath appease No Diadem or Hecatomb Such large Dimensions hath Of blessed Good Christ won by Blood For those that tread his Path. CHAP. VIII The ARGUMENT A Man of God with an antient Record signifieth the Time and Coming of the Messiah and the long Journey he makes to visit a sinful World And tho he sat as the Second Person with the Eternal Trine Council in the Court of Celestial Glory upon making and redeeming the World yet is graciously pleased to suffer hard Things for those who rebelled against his Royal Crown and Dignity THE time draws on the Lord must come And Daniel's Weeks shall end It 's then some will Messiah kill The Sanctuary rend And when the Tax from Cesar's Acts Begins for to commence Mary goes then to Bethlehem From Nazareth went thence And in a Stable it 's no Fable The Virgin did bring forth The greatest King ever did reign Or will be on the Earth This blessed King lies in an Inn No Princes Court hath he But in a Manger lies in danger Expos'd to misery O blessed Morn a King is born A Virgin-Maid the Mother But his Grandsire is God admire This Myst'ry altogether But pray from whence did come this Prince From Heaven's Council-Board Where he did sit in Council great Before the World was made Mr. Milton Counsels of Love in Heaven above With Father Son and Spirit Counsels of Peace how to release Man from his sad Demerit In this Compact Eternal Act It was concluded on That Man should be the Subject free Of God's Redemption In this Contract and noble Act The Price was fixt upon Justice demands no Gold or Lands But Godlike Blood for Man A Covenant of Suretiship Christ entered into That unto Death would give his Life And unto God his due So he might reign and be a King Over redeemed Man His Captain Head for him will bleed And in his room will stand In this Decree they did agree That what the Surety did God would impute from Grace's Root As if the Debtor paid This Infant God deserves thy Ode Come join the Angels Quire And from the Altar of thy Heart Ascend an hallowed Fire To him who left his Royal Court And chose a darksome House This Majesty lays Glory by For to espouse a Curse And tho this Man from David sprang He 's pure without within And tho is made of Abraham's Seed Hath no Orig'nal Sin Pow'r Infinite can separate Between the Virgin 's Sin And Virgin 's Seed for there is need Christ be a holy Thing The Virgin blest lays Christ to rest Then round the Courtly Stable Bright harness'd Angels guard the Lord While in a Cribbee Cradle CHAP. IX The ARGUMENT A Celestial Messenger called an Angel is dispatch'd from the Throne to inform the Shepherds in the Field of the Nativity of the Messiah The heavenly Host do unite in their singing Hallelujah's to the most High for sending his Son to redeem Man Satan sends a Summons to his Peers to enter into a deep Council how he may procure Man's second Revolt knowing if he can perswade Man to rebel against the second Adam there remains no more Sacrifice for his Sin THE Angels great much speed do make To Shepherds keeping Sheep And say Fear not a Saviour great Is born O do not weep Rejoice be glad come joy in God In David's City strong This Day is born for Man

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