O do not Refuse These the First Fruits of my Converted Muse A Muse which in vain paths too long has trod And now do's Consecrate her self to God This Change O Muse Most happy is for thee Mount Sion now shall thy Parnassus bee Thou never yet Could'st Sore to such a height As that from whence thou now begin'st thy flight The Spires of Airy Verse climb not so high As to the Fâ—et of Sacred Poetry Mother Vouchsafe My Influence to be Now I thy Prodigall Return to Thee On the Day of the Anuntiation Of the Blessed Virgin HAil Happy Day On which Blest Gabrie'll flew To bring the Ioyfull'st News the World ere Knew In Raptures He left Empty His High Place When sent to Her whom Heaven had fill'd with Grace Blest Virgin what might Thy Employments bee When Gods Ambassador appeard to Thee Who can Beleeve that thy Devotions were Since God still Helps not Interrupts Our Praye'r And more Improbable it does Appear Thou then wert thinking on The Joy so near Such Lofty Thoughts found in Thy Soule noe Place For Humbleness was one part of Thy Grace But since to tell it vs God Judg'd not Fitt 'T were Sin to be too Prying into It. Yett wee may well beleeve what-ere they were They best Prepar'd Her the great News to Heare She Fled not when the Angell She Beheld For Grace is against Terror the Best Shield Tho She was Troubl'd yett She did not Fear When His Strange Salutation She did Hear But when the Glorious News He did Impart O! who can tell th'Emotions of her Heart The Truth She doubts not in the least Degree Yet She did humbly ask How this shall bee Since She had not Known Man And this being said A Bright Vermilion did her Face Invade Blushes on her great Modesty had Pow'r Tho t' was an Angell was Her Confessour He then did of the Myst'ry so much Show As it was fiâ—t She and the World Should Know Saying On Thee The Holy Ghost shall Come And the most High shall Overshade thy Wombe When Faith Part of the Meaning did vnfold Of what Gods wing'd Ambassador had told She said Behold the Hand Maid of the Lord Bee it to Me according to Thy word NOe Wonder the Stupendious News he brought Imploy'd her Faith and entertain'd her Thought She Ponder'd Why God Her Should before All Her Sex to that Amazeing Glory Call Vnshapen thoughts might have throng'd in a pace Had not Faith told her It was Gods Free Grace So Gloomy Clouds Strove to Vsurp the Skies Vntill the New Created Sun did Rise She wonder'd yet beleev'd what GABRIEL said How She could be a Mother and a Maid More then a Miracle it did appear That She her SAVIOUR and the Worlds should Bear Yett under so much Faith She did not Bow She Knew it would be so but knew not how Thus Abrah'am on Gods Promise still Rely'd Tho on the Altar He his Son had Ty'd His Stretch'd out Arm stops at an Angells Cryeâ— And trembling Isaacs Place a Ram supplies Yet for th' Obedience which he did Intend God gave him the vast Title of GODS FRIEND And then Confirm'd to him the great Decree That in His Seed All Nations Blest should bee Those still the best Rewards of Faith Receiv'd Who even against Hope in Hope Beleiv'd Few o're that Precipice of Faith have trod Vnless the Mother and the Friend of God On the Nativity of Our Blessed LORD and SAVIOUR comonly called Christmas Day HAil Glorious Day which Miracles Adorn Since 't was on Thee ETERNITY was Born Hail Glorious Day in which Mankind did View The SAVIOUR of the Old World and the New Hail Glorious Day which Deifies mans Race Birth Day of IESUS and through Him of Grace In Thy Blest Light the World at once did See Proofs of His God-head and Humanity To prove him Man He did from Woman come To prove Him God 't was from a Virgins Wombe Man nere could faigne what his Sâ—range Birth prov'd True For His Blest Mother was a Virgin too While as a Child He in the Manger Cryes Angells Proclaim His Godâ—ead from the Skyes Hee to So vile Cradle did Submitt That Wee through Faith in Him on Thrones might Sit O Prodigie of Mercy which did make The God of Gods Our Humane Nature take And through Our Vaile of Flesh His Glory Shine That Wee thereby might Share in the Divine Hail Glorious Virgin whose Tryumphant VVombe Blesses All Ages past and All to Come Thou more then Heal'st the Sin by Adam's Wife She brought in Death but Thou brought'st Eâ—dless Life Noe greater VVonder in the VVorld could bee Then Thou to Live in it and HEAV'N in thee Heav'n does Thine own great Prophesy Attest All Generâ—tions still shall Call Thee Blest To Thee that Title is most Justly paiâ— Since by Tâ—y Son VVee Sons of God are made On the Day of Circumcision of Our BLESSED SAVIOUR HAil Thou Instrâ—ctive Day on which Wee See God in the Flesh from Gods Law was not Free The Author of Our Faith did then Submit To what was but the Signe and Seale of it How Dare wee then in Disobedience Run When God exempts not from His Laws His Son Near whose Blest Birth as well as Death was Spilt That Sacred Blood which weshes off Our Guilt A Double Ransome for Our Soules Hee Paid That from Sins Captives Wee might Sons bee made Till this Illustrious Day the World nere Saw A Debtor and Fulfiller of the Law 'T was Fitt the Law of Works should then give Place To the more Glorious Covenant of Grace On the Day called Epiphany Or the Manifestation of Our Blessed SAVIOUR to the Gentiles HAil Glorious Day On which the Middle wall 'Twixt Iews and Gentiles First began to Fall The Jews Whom God from Egypt made Retire And gave for Guides Pillars of CLOUDS and FIRE The Jews VVhom God from Pharoahs Bondage Lead And whom by Daily Miracles Hee Fed. The Jews in whom God tooke soe much Delight That His owâ— Hand their Sacred Laâ—s did Write The Jews whose VVarrs God did with VVonders Bless Whose Captains Pray'd their Hosâ—s into Success The Jews whose Prophets God Himself did Teach And who of their Messiah sti'l did Preach The Jews who yet after False Gods did Run VVherefore the True left them to be Vndone The Jews enslav'd by Herod and by Rome And groan'd till their Deliverer was come Yet when He came They from the Inne did bring Into a Stable both Their God and King VVhich does their Name with Ignominy Blott For Beasts Admitted Him when They would not VVhen in Impiety They Ran so Farr God lead the Gentiles to Him by a Starr To their New Faith that Glorious Guide was giv'n To evidence it was inspir'd by Heav'n And that the Doubting VVorld thereby might see God will a Guide to those that
the Life the Truth the Way And when the Lord of Life They Cruciâ—y'd They did not know that 't was for Them He Dy'd Mercy may Plâ—ad their Ignorance for Them But 't is Our Knowledge which may vs Condemn Instead of Praise wee load Him with Our Scorns Wound him afresh and Crown him with worse Thornes We say He is our Saviour God and King Yet trample on his Blood as a Vile Thing Iudâ—s his Cursed part wee daily Play And Him wee â—ail as Master Wee Betray The Wonders of this Day wee Heighten thus Makeing it vseless that Hee Dy'd for vs. Prodigious Day on which ev'n God did Pray To God to take the Bitter Cup away A Day in which Philosophy Descry'd That Nature or the God of Nature Dy'd A Day in which Mortallity may Cry Death Thou art Swallow'd vp in Victory O may this Day bee in All Hearts Engrav'd This Day on which GOD Dy'd and Man was Sav'd On the Day of the Resurrection of Our Blessed SAVIOUR Or Easser Day HAil Glorious Day on which th' Almighty gave To His New World the First Fruits of the Grave Hail Glorious Day in Thy Illustrious Light What Faith could scarce Bâ—lieve Appear'd to Sight Hail Thou most Glorious Day for 't was on Thee Death Lost his Sting the Grave His Victory Ere the Blest Dawn of this Day did Begin On which God Rose from Death and Man from Sin The Pious Magdalen prevents the Light Her steddy Soul Darkness nor Tombs could Fright She of that Pow'r to Guard Her could not Doubt By which Her seven Divills had been cast out Hâ—r Duâ—y's to His Corps Shee does Begin Assoon as She could Pay Them without Sin But All those Perfumes which with her Shee Beates Were not so Sweet as was Her Love and Teares Both which did Rise in Her to such an Hâ—ighth As made her Gratitude Resemble Faith David would not the Love of Man Preferr Could Hee have known the Love which shin'd in Her Argells to whom Her matchless Griefs were known To ease them From the Tomb Rell'd off the Stone But nor the Earth-quake nor that Glorious Sight Had or the Pow'r to Please Her or to Fright Nor could the Honour Shee did then Obtain Of speaking with Blest Spirits Ease Her Pain For those who IESUS seek as Mary did Can but in finding HIM be satisfy'd Who could Believe a Woâ—an would Display More Love then â—ee who on Christs Bosome Lay. Or that to Hers Blest Peters Love should Yeild On whose Confession Christ His Church did Build Yet She came Early'r to His Tombe then They And stay'd and wept after They went away Nothing could o're her Grieâ—s the Conquest win Yet Love made want of Faith in Her no Sin For when an Angells News stopt not her Tears Christ to Reward them instantly appears Soe Apt He is to bring that Soul Releif Whose Trembling Faith springs but from Love Grief Both which in her Hee did so Highly Prize As She First saw Him of All mortall Eyes And sends Her his Apostle ev'n to Those Whom He to be the Worlds Apostles Chose Never did Love and Sorrow Hers Excell And never Both were Recompens'd so well As 't was a Woman which Death first Brought In So 't was a Woman did the Glory win To tell the World with Her Obligeing Breath The Lord of Life had broke the Bonds of Death Death which till then did valiant Men perplex Now should not Fright Those of the softer Sex Myriads of which through Faith in IESU'S Name Have run to Deaths Embraces through the Flame Elijah like from Earth They did Retire And Climb'd to Heav'n in Chariots made of Fire True Grief does Cause Our Comforts not Destroy For Those who Sow in Tears shall Reap in Ioy. And when Death comes to State vs in the Face His Pow'r we Smile at by the Pow'r of Grace Christ by His Riseing has made Death to bee Only the Gate to Blest ETERNITY Such then as strive to gett Admittance there While They fâ—ar Dâ—ath to enter Heav'n They Fear Those who like Magdalen their Saviour Love Now Hee is Ris'n should seek the Things Above Since wee in Magdalen so well are taught Christ to a Soul by Love and Tears are brought Still let vs strive by Both Our Souls to bring VVhere They with Hers may Allelujabs Sing â—n the Day of the Ascenâ—ion of Our Blessed SAVIOUR HAil Thou most sad and Joyfull Day on which Earth grew more Poor that Heav'n might grow more Rich. Th'Apostles Christs Ascention did Deplore Fearing They Lost what They did but Restore No wonder it Surpriz'd the Gazers Sights To See a Cloud lâ—volue the Light of Lights To that Cloud only was the Blessiâ—g giv'n To be the Chariot which bore God to Heav'n The Truths which David Suâ—g did then Appear Darkness His Closett Clouds his Chariots were In Sacred Things How soon is Reason Lost Till'tis Enlighten'd by the Holy Ghost For They with Grief on his Ascention Look Tho then Hee in Our Right Possession took Of that Blest Kingdom where 'till that Glad time The Human Nature ne're before could Climb The Happy Cloud on which Hee Dâ—ign'd to Ride Approaching Heav'n the Gates did open wide And Allelujahs Angells did Begin Seeing the King of Glory enter In. Hells and Deaths Powr's Hee did before Defeat And Now His Crosses Triumphs are Compleat For to the Blood of it the Pow'r was giv'n To Reconcile All both iâ— Earth and Heav'n Angells are now from fâ—ar of falling Free'd Captivity by Him being Captive Led Since that Blest Harmony was heard on Earth Which Heav'n did make at His Porâ—entours Birth What Pen but one took from an Angells wing Can write the Tryumphs His Return did bring Angells Rejoyc'd who Musick are and Love That Those they guard Below shall Reign Above And shall on those Bright Thrones for ever Dwell From which by Pride some of Their Order fell While Heav'n did thus Rejoyce Men sink with Grief Two Angells therefore Fly to Their Relief Who told th' Apostles while They Gaze and Mourn That as Christ went from thence He should Return Such High Ambassadors such Charming News Banish'd their Sorrows and did Joy Infuse A Joy which tho subâ—ime was not Complâ—ate Till God indu'd them with the Paraclâ—te On the Day of Pentecosâ— commonly call'd Whitsunday HAil Welcome Day on which the World may Boast Th'Apostles first Receiv'd the Holy Ghost God Vsher'd in the Vast Gift He design'd By a most mighty and a Rushing wind To shew the Blessed Spirit does Abhorr To Rest in any Place not Cleans'd before God a Consumeing Fire Himself does Call Now in Illuminateing Fires does â—all The God of Nature Natures Laâ—s did turn And made that to Inspire which vs'd to Burn. Mans Nature
vpright on the Tree His Dying Posture was too good for Thee This made thee beg what th' Impious did Deride That thou might'st bee Revers'dly Crucify'd That Humble way which thou didst Choose to Dy Honor'd the Cross which Christ did Sanctiâ—y Hee a sure way to Endless Life does Choose Who in this VVorld His Life for Christ does Loosâ— O Happy Loss which brings the Highest Gain Since those who Dy for Christ with Him shall Raign On the Day of St. Paul HAil Great Apostle Greatest of them All Since from Christ Glorify'd Thou hadst Thy Call A Call which made Thee stop Thy Fierce Pursuiâ—e And Preach that Faith which Thou didst Persecute Taught by Gods Word Thee I the Greatest Call Since from thy Riseing Thou didst never Fall Thou with that Sacred Priviledge weâ—'t Blest VVhich God 〈◊〉 on none â—f all the Rest. And Thou Encourag'd by the Pow'r of Grace Peter withstoodst when Faulty to the Fâ—ce The Christian World in Sacred Records see The care of All the Churches Lay on Thee Thy Pen in writing more of them was Bâ—est Then the Inspired Pens of All the Rest And the Blest Spirit Testifies of Thee Thou more then All didst work abundantly Thy Tribe of which so Few Gods wrath did Scape VVhile They maintain'd a Murther and a Rape VVas yet the Tribe from which his Hand did Choose The First of All the Monarchs of the Iews And which did more the Fame of it Renew The great Apostle of the Gentiles too Since Iacob Lov'd his youngest Son so well God made His Tribe most other Tribes Excell To Benjamin more Glory it does bring To give vs That Apostle then a King Of all the Sacred Colledge Thou Alone For OUR APOSTLE we with Justice own The Gentiles Teacher Heav'n does thee Declare And wee of the West World all Gentiles were Since Thou thine Office dost so Magnify My Muse delights in magnifying Thee As God to Thee most Mysteries did show So Hee made Thee most Suff'rings vndergoe Thy Life Like Thy great Masters seemes to bee Continuall Scenes of Vary'd Misery He who most vex'd the Church God Judg'd it Fit Should bee afflicted most in Planting It. By which his Sacred Justice has made known Only Great Suff'rings should great Sins Attone Stripes Prisons Dangers and all else wee Dread Were by his Providence Thy Daily Bread But tho the Loads were great which Thou didst beâ— Yet vnder them Thy Comforts greater were For the vast Priviledge to Thee was Lent Of being in All States of Life Content To what Amazeing Raptures wer't Thou brought When Thou wer 't vp to the Third Heaven caught Such were the Joyes thou didst Partake of there Thou but in Negatives couldst them Declare Yet wee those Joyes for Worldly Trifles sell Which ev'n Thy pen did want the Pow'r to Tell. That Blest Apostle to whose Eies was shown What the Church call's the Reâ—elation Tho Hee to Picture Heav'n enough did see Yet fell in Revelation short of Thee For Wee of what Hee saw Partakers are But thou sawst things not Lawfull to Declare Those Iews which at thy Miracles did 〈◊〉 Brought thee to Dy before a Roman Iudge But Felix trembl'd and his Tongue was Dumâ—â— Hâ—aring thee Treat of the great Day to come Such Pow'r those have which Gods Cause Vndeâ—take That from the Barr They mâ—ke their Judges Quakâ— And when to Festus and Agrippa led That before them thou for the Faith shouldst Pleaâ— The King confest thou didst so well Perswade That He was then ALMOST a Christian made God with such Argu'ings sâ—ill did thee supply That from their Force Reason nor Faith could Fly Such Divine Logick thou didst allwaies vse That who Resisted was without Excuse When Nerâ— haâ— the Bright Poppâ—ja gain'd To such a Sin as all her Beauty Stain'd Blest Paul as Holy Chrisostome does write Converted and therâ—by made her more Bright For after to the Faith Hee her did win Romes Glories could not Tâ—mpt her to a Sin WHich made the Tyrants Rage so blind and High That who His Mistress sav'd Hee doom'd to Dâ— That Faith for which Our great Apostle stood He did when Call'd by Christ Seal with â—is Blood And when Romes Pow'rs he had by Death O'recome God Crown'd the Head he Lost with Martyrdome A Crown which Monarchs ought to value more Then That which once His Murth'rer Nero wore O May wee Learn from Him to Dy to Sin That Wee thereby the Crown of Life may Wiâ— On the Day of St. Andrew THE APOSTLE BLest Saint whom Two Peculiar Honors Crown'd Thou wer 't the First that the Messiah found and e're the Gospell Christ to Thee did Tâ—ach Thou didst the Gospell to Blest Peter Preach Of the First Brothers which on Earth did Live The Eldest to the youngest Death did give But of those First wee in the Gospâ—ll Read The younger did to Life the Elder Lead In them the Different Maxims are Descry'd Twixt Those whom Nature and whom Grace does guide That Holy Zeal Christ did on Him Bestow Made â—im into Remoâ—est Regions goe Wild Scythia which did Civill Nations Fâ—ight Own'd to His Piety the Gospells Light Those Hee set Free whom Sin in Chains did hold Sin which had more Benum'd Them then their cold To Fam'd Bizantium afterwards hee Sailâ— Where by His Pains so much the Faith Prevail'd As Hee that City with a Mitre grac'd And in that See Pauls Belov'd Stachys plac'd After those Parts did Rev'rence IESUS Name He then to Patrae in Achaja came Aegeus the Pro Consulls Office bore who with blind Zeal blind Idol's did Adore As God he worship'd Statues which he made Thus by Ill breeding most men are Betray'd Seldome wee wipe ouâ— Prepossessions staines For what Our youth Receives Our Age Reâ—eines Since to False Gods Hee thought his Zeal was Due How had it heightend had he known the True Our Blest Apostle being griev'd to see Th' Achajans bent to such Idolatry Shew'd them that Adoration should bee paid To that God onley which the World had made The Gospells Iâ—fluence as the Suns is Felt Thâ— Clay it hardens and the Wax doth melt Fâ—r what Our Saint taught of the Word of Life Iâ—rag'd the Husbaâ—d but converts the Wife Fair Mâ—ximilla when the Truth Shee heard Despis'd those Idols which Her Husband Fear'd And wondâ—â—'d when in Grace shee did Partake How men beleev'd their Hands Their Gods could make In her new Faith so Happy Shee appears That Shee did Court her Lord to it with Tears But tho Her Beauties He did much Adore Yâ—t Hee did His Revenge and Idolls more A Cross Decussaâ—e Hee with speed does 〈◊〉 VVhich sort of Cross still bears St. Andrews Name And on it did Our Martyr Crucify VVhose Limbs he did not Naile to it but Ty Those Cords more Cruell were by Farr then Steel
seeke him bee Into what Darkness was the Gentile World Not Knowing of the Promis'd IESVS Hurl'd Since out of its Dominion to be Freed The Sun Auxiliary Light did need That Faith which to those Magi did Declare The Light which did Conduct Them was HIS STARR ' Made them nor be Disgusted nor Dismayd Seeing Their God in a Vile Manger Layd To their Inlightned Soules Faith made it Clear That His Blest Kingdom was Above not Here. Nor Fear'd They their Bright Guide had them Beguil'd When th' Ancient of Dayes Seem'd but a Child All this to Those Wise men gave no Offence Their Sight of Faith Triumph'd o're that of Sense For no such Faith as That in Them did Dwell Was to be Found no not in Israel They therefore worship IESVS and then bring Gold Myrrhe and Incease to their Priest and King And as the Gentiles Representative They those Mysterious Presents to Him give Happy Those Easterns were as well as Wise Who first Paid Christ the Gentiles Sacrifice In various Wayes God did his Son Dispence The Old VVorld saw by Faith the New by Sence All Sacred Duties being paid by Them A safe way home God taught them in a Dream God made Deaths Image sleep teach them to shun The Danger They were in to Find his Son Heaven did by what suspended Reasons vse Safety to those who worship Christ Produce While such as God does call Their sleep doe Takâ— The Eye of Providence for Them does Wake On the Day of the Purification And the Presenting of IESVS in the Temple HAil Glorious Day on which Heav'n Judg'd it â—itt The Temples God should be brought into It. Hail Happy Pile in which He did Remain Whom even the Heav'n of Heav'ns cannot Contain Mysterious Day on which it may be Said That God was unto God an Off'ring made That Loâ—ty Temple Solomon did Build Must to the Glory of This Temple Yeild Christs Presence made This Temple That Excell In Him the God-head Bodily did Dwell That But in Gold and Pollish'd Stones was Bright This shin'd with Him VVho is the Light of Light He There and on the Crosse did Solemnize His Morning and His Ev'ning Sacrifice Blest Virgin sure Thou didst not stand in Need For Bearing IESVS to be Purify'd Next Thy Sons Body Thine the Purest was Since Purity it self through Thee did Passe What is 't Thy Purifying then did Mean Child-birth which stain'd Thy Sex did make Thee Clean Thou neededst noe more Cleansing then Thy Son Did stand in need of Circumcision But Both Perform'd what God does Highest Prize Obedience is better then Sacrifice Parents are taught by Her who Bore the Truth To Consecrate to God their Childrens Youth Their Pious Gratitude with Hers should Suite Who Offer'd up to God both Tree and Fruite Turtles which Innocences Emblems be Yet could not be more Innocent then She The Offering She Paid and Son She Bore Shew'd She was Heav'nly Rich and Wordly Poor On the Day call'd Innocenâ—s Day HAil Mournfull Day On which the Iews Beheld Great Ieremie's Dire Prophesy Fulfill'd Sad Ramah saw those Murther'd whom She Bred And Rachell would not then be Comforted For Herod being both Enrag'd and Greiv'd Thinking He by the Magi was Deceiv'd And fearing the New Starrs vnknown Event To Heav'n a Legion of Young Martyrs Sent. Dreading to Misse that ONE which He Pursu'd Hee in Those Infants Blood his Hands Imbru'd With what Mean Fears are Tyrants Joyes Controll'd Fearfull They are of Children Two years Old Thus Herod Acts against His own Decree He makes Them more then he did Fear They'd bee Mans Rage most Glory to Gods Children Brings 'T is Greater to be Martyrs then be Kings The Old vail'd Type now Wee with Clearness Know These through a True Red Sea to Canaan Goe And Led the Van of that Blest Host whose Rear Will not be Seen till Time cease to Appâ—ar Our Mother therefore does Decree that They Should in Her Kalendar enjoy a Day Faith shew'd Her which with VVonder Reason Fills That Martyrs might be made against Their VVills And what 's more strange That such to Heav'n should Come As Dy'd They knew not VVhy nor yet for whom Yet such is the Extensive Pow'r of Grace That little Children have in Heav'n a Place Christ did therein His Will to Man Disclose And said His Kingdome did Consist of Those Well then may such Eternall Glory win Who dy'd for Christ did no Actuall Sin God did these Sons of Men to Glory take Who in effect were kil'd for His Sons sake On the Day of the Crucifixion of Our Blessed SAVIOUR VVOnderfull Day That Title 's due to Thee Above All Dayes which have been or shall bee The Day when Order out of Chaos Broke The Day when God our Human Nature took The Day when Christ Ascended from the Tombe The Day when All the World must hear their Doom Tho these Four Dayes wee justly Great Ones call Yet when Alas Compar'd to Thee are small For 't was not strange that both the Heav'ns Earth From Gods All-Pow'rfull Word Receiv'd their Birth Nor when nought else Heav'ns Justice could Attone The God of Nature put Our Nature on Nor that Hee should in whose Hand onely lies Th' Issues of Life and Death from Death Arise Nor that One Generall Assize should bee To Hear from Gods own Mouth his Iust Decree These but the Actings of a God Display But That God suffer'd on This Signall Day Which Miracle Amazement did Infuse In Heav'n Earth Hell and All but in the Jews In whose Obdurate Soules such Rancour Dwelt As All the World but They Compunction Felt. The Sun from His Bright Globe His Lustre strips And with His Maker suffers an Ecclips The Moon did hide Her Face tho fill'd with Light Seeing the Sun at Noon Create a Night The Sacred Temple at the strange Event Of this great Day Her Vaile for Sorrow Rent The Earth which does insensible appeare Yet at this Prodigie did shake with â—eare Hells Sad Inhaâ—itants for Anger Cry'd And by these Signes Knew the Messiah Dy'd Th' Insatiate Grave which the Last Day does Dread Thinking it now was Come Releas'd Her Dead The Pale Centurion Smote His Trembling Breast And that Christ was the Son of God Confest But the vile Iews their Heads at Iesus nod Bid Him come Down and Then They 'll Say Hees God Oh Frantick Wretches wa st not More to Have The Bodies of the Saints Forsake the Grave The Sun grow Dark th' Earth in a Palsey see Then onely to Descend From oâ—f a Tree But t was that Sacred Blood they did Despise And wish'd vpon theire Heads which vaild their Eyes Oh! who of thâ—se Obdurate Iews can Hear And not bee Struck with Horrour and with Fear Yet wee call'd Christians Guiltier are then They They knew Him not
For they Deaths Pangs made him the Longer Feel During two Daies while thus his Limbs they stretch'd He for His Murth'rers Pray'd or to Them Preach'd The People all Astonish'd were and mourn'd That Hee his Cross had to a Pulpit Turn'd And could not of that Doctrine think too high Which for such Hate Return'd such Charity Poor Maximiâ—a was nere Drown'd in Tears Yet whom Her Lord had murther'd Shee Interres There in a Privat Tomb His Corps did Rest Till with great Constantine the World was Blest Who to His new Imperiall Seat did Bear His Sacred Dust and gave it Buriall there On the Day of St. Thoâ—as the Apostle SIRNAMED DIDYMUS HAil Thou Great Saint whose Doubts were oâ—ce so High As Border'd Thee on Infidelity Thy Gratious Lord Recalls Thee when Astray And yeilds to Conquer them in Thy own way Hee offâ—rd by Thy sences to make known Hee was no Spirit having Flesh and Bone And But this mild Reproof Thou didst Receive Bee Thou no longer Faithless but Beleive At this Thy want of Faith Thou didst Deâ—est And that Hee was Thy Lord and God Confest Christ when His Doubts rose to a Sinfull Heighth Did make him by his Senses Climbe to Faith His Sacred Mercy which no Limits knows Blames what Hee wants and what â—ee wants bestows When God our Faith Requires yet holds not fitt Our Senses should be vs'd to Reach to it As in the Hypostatick Vnion A Virgin did Conceive and Three are One Not to beleive of Them but what wee Sâ—e Is to be Sinfull to the Last Degree But when God does a Miracle Dispense And does Subject the Prooâ— of it to Sense Hee who will not his Senses then Believe Rejects that Proof which God bids him Receive The Wedding Guests at Cana had not known The only Transubstantiation VVhich ever yet on Elements has past Had They beleev'd against their Sight and Tast. Romes Church Amazing Doctrines does Dispense First bids vs Credit then not Credit Sense Our Senses were must Trust to know the Priest Does Consecrate the Bâ—ssed Eucharist But must Renounce after the Holy Rite Our Tast Our Smell Our Feeling and our Sight Yet who can know Hee must not Sense believe If to his Senses he no Credit give Since to be taught Hee must their Verdict Slight He either must beleeve his Ear or Sight Our Blessed Lord did His Apostle win By seeing to beleeve what was not seen Hee often blam'd them that they Dsbeliev'd Those things which by their Senses they Receiv'd And that Blest Faith They did to Men Dispense Was built vpon their Senses Evidence Their Eies their Eares their Hands They did Confess Of what they taught were their sure Witnesses And on his Soul a Sin our Saint did Draw In not believing what his Brethren Saw When beyond Iordan the sad News was Spread That Lazarus of Beâ—hany was Dead And when at Mary and at Marth's Pray'r IESUS into Iudea would Repair Which since the Iews did there his Life pursue Th' Apostles were vnwilling he shoâ—ld doe Thou saidst to Them Thy Love was then so High Let vs goe also and there with him Dy. Thou who to Dy with IESUS didst not Dread Thou who saws't Laâ—arus rais'd from the Dead How couldst thou Doubt what they ten Baethren said Whose Eies the Witnesses of it wâ—re made How couldst Thou doubt His Râ—seing who had shown He was himself the Resurrection But Sin in Man Gods Image does Deface Till 't is afresh stamp'd by the hand of Grace But when from want of Faith he was Reclaimd His Falling with such Zeal his soul inflam'd That through the Eastern World he went about To Plaâ—t that Faith of which He once did Doubt VVhich shows that into Sin the best may Fall And that such Sin for greater Zeal does Call The Farthest Indians he to Christ Reclaim'd Where still St. Thomas-Christians They are nam'd More wealth He brought them by his Pious â—oyle Then Nature yeilds them from their Sea or Soyle Th' Incense of Faithfull Pray'r is of more Price Then All their shining Jewells and their Spice At Sumatra the Brachmans Fertile Ile Hee did to Christ the People Reconcile At Malipur Chief Town of Cormandell In which their Sagamo or King did dwell Neare which Fam'd Ganges in the Gulf does Fall A Church he built and on Christs Name did Call There by his Prayr's and Miracles he wrought That Savage Prince to the Blest Faith he brought The Vnconverted Brachmans quickly knew That their Feign'd God must yeild vnto the True And then their Pow'r and Riches must Decline They who Priz'd fordid wealth above Divinâ— Resolv'd to save what they did most Esteem To give Him Death who had brought Life to them An Ambush neer a Sacred Cell they Laid In which our Blest Apostle daily Pray'd While There He for his Murth'rers praying was They through his Heart their guilty Darts did Passe Then leâ—t no part of all his body whole And from his Earthly Prison â—reed his Soul Th' Adventurous Portugalls in after time That they might both to wealth and Glory Climb Planted this Region which so Distant Lyes And which the Sun first Gilds when he doâ—s Rise There as a much Esteem'd Historian Saith Thousands they Found who held the Christian Faith Taught first by Our Apostle They All Sayd And by Tradition was to them Convay'd Some Pious Prelates the whole Flock did Guide And over them an High Priest did Preside Their Churches with no Gawdy Pictures shone To them Saints Images were things vnknown No Representmâ—nt but the Cross was made Zeal was the Ornament their Churches had Beyond what 's Decâ—nt they no Rules did know Religion is a Substance not a show The Gospells first Simpliciâ—y they Priz'd Church Pageantry they hated or Despis'd Their Clergy did much of their Time afford To make the Lay Study the Sacred word Of which no part of it with them Remain'd That is in the Old Testament contain'd Th'Essentialls of Faith They all beleiv'd And in both Kinds the Eucharist Receiv'd He who was weary in the World to dwell Might when he would Retire into a Cell None thence would to the World again Repair Devotion and not Vows confin'd them there These who with the Words Sincere Milk were Nursâ— Show vs how plain Religion was at First When Sousa did in India Govern All As Vice Roy to the King of Portugall The Indians â—ound digging vp bury'd Stones A written plate of Brass and Dead mens bones At Last a Bramin then a Learned Iew The meaning of th'Engraved writing knew First it declared Gods Son St Thomas sent To teach them to believe and to Repent Next that to build a Church their Sagamo Did on Our Saint freely that Land bestow The Portugueses judging that those Stones Had been the Coffiâ— of our Martyrs bones The precious Relicks bury'd with Respect And did o're them a
Peâ—tapolis and Libya saw it Shine Shine with more Rayes then Gold or Sâ—ones can give Those Dead in Sin Its Lustre did Revive The Life Monasâ—ick Divâ—rs have beleiv'd â—t's Institution from our Saint Receiv'd From the Fam'd Philo this beleif they Take Who writes that near the Meraeotick Lake Many Retir'd and there Their time did give To Pious Rites and Lives Contemplative St. Hierome and Eâ—sebius doe Declare That these Devout Recluses Christians were And Learn'd Baronius That we might Esteem The Cloister'd Life Rome Founded Ioines with Them But Those who throughly read what Philo writt Scarce can what those Collect from thence Admitt For He with the most Large Encomiums Strives To make his Readers praise their Holy Lives Who then can think he would Commâ—morate That Sect which all his Nation most did hate Hee adds that Order ancient was when Hee Compos'd his Celebrated History If so how can Those Men beeâ— Christians thought VVhose Faith was Newly then in Egypt taught All which does rather seem to make it Clâ—ar That these Strict men Jewish Esseni were Serapis Priests who Highly were Afraid Of the Vast Progress which the Gospell made Against Our Saint Their Fiercest malice bend And did Resolve his Death their Fears should End The Time they Chose their Fury to Display VVas when Their Idolls â—east and Easter Day Did happen at the selfsame Time to Light They then the Easy Multitude incite To vindicaâ—e their slighted Deiâ—y VVhose Altars they behold Contemn'd did Lye All then the Sacred Christian Church Invade So much Religion can seduce the Bad. They knew such subtilty their Hearts had fill'd The Flock would scatter were the Shepherd kiâ—ld St. Mark They bind and then with Impious Force Towards their Bucelus They take their Course Dragging his Carcasse all the way They went And from that Precipice 't was their Intent His precius Body in the Sea to fling This seem'd to Some too mercifull a Thing Him therefore in a Prison They secure That He their Torments longer might Endure But while much more acute ones They Contrive He begs of God His Murth'râ—rs to Forgive Next Day They Drag'd Him o're sharp Rocks again Vntill he owd His Rest vnto His pain The Priests enrag'd Hee did so soon Expire Condemnd His Sacred Reliques to the Fire His Converts Tears did quench the Flames at last And then His Ashes in a Tombe they plac'd This precious Dust which Egipt sert at nought From Alexandria was to Venice brought And there Interrd Their Duke did mourn in Cheif And Paid it All the Complements of Greif And as a Tombe to guard it did bestow One of the Proudest Piles the World can show Then that Illustrious Senate did Decree Saint Mark Their Tuâ—elary Saint should bâ—e On the Day of St Phillip the APOSTLE HAil Great Apostle who the First of All With Christ câ—ntinu'â— after thy blest Call Peter and Andrew tho they Iesus knew Yet some months after did their Trade pursue Amazeing were those waies the World must grant Which Christ did take the Sacred Faith to Plant Hee could have Monarks for Apostles Câ—ose Yet that High Office on mean men bestows His Wisdome the Wâ—rlds Wisâ—om does despise And by the Ignorant Co verts the Wise. To the Blest Faith Pâ—ilosophers were brought And in the nets of Fisher-men were Caught Nay makes them which more wonderfull appears By their own Deaths Convert their Murâ—herers VVho can Consider and not vpward Look That when the mighty work was vndertook Which in the World did Act such wondrous Things It 's Learning to Confute and Vanquish Kings Christ only Poor Illiterate men did send And yet by Them attain'd His Glorious End Tho they Declar'd for they abhor'd Deceit That Worldly Crosses on their faith did waite And still the greater Wonder to Infuse That Gaâ—â—ilee which People'd was by Iews And was the Province They did most Despise Saying No Prophet out of it could Rise VVas yâ—t by Christ whose VVill does All Dispose The Countrey whence He his Apostles Chose Nay Poor Bethsaida a fisher Town He with the birth of Three of them did Crown Peter and Andrew shining Lights on Earâ—h VVith Our blest Phillip there receiv'd their Birth VVere the World therefore equall in her Doom Bâ—thsâ—iâ—a shâ—uld be more priz'd then Rome The brighter Fame is to their Birth-place due That â—hree Apostles Rais'd Rome Murtherd Two Great Phillip did surpass in knowledge All Th' Illustrious Twelue whom Christ at First did Call The Law and Prophets He did early read The best of Books in which youth can be bred By those he knew the Glorious time was neere In which the Great MESSIAH should appeare VVereby as soon as Christ the words had said Of FOLLOW MEE he instantly Oâ—aid Then to Nathaniâ—l does that News Impart VVhich had with Sacred Raptures fiâ—ld his heart The Principles of Grace still Active are And in our Blessings will make others Share But yet That Isralite indeed did Choose Noâ— to give Credit to the Jâ—yfull News His Prâ—pâ—ssâ—ssiâ—n past this hasty Doome Tâ—at out of Nazareth no Good could come Yâ—t our Apostle would not angry bee But to Convince Him lids him COME and SEE There Hee in whom no Guile was soon did know The God to whom that Blessing he did Ow. The Vpper Asia as some Ancients Thought The Province is where He the Gospell taught His pious Labours there the Spirit did Blesse And to Christs Fold They brought a great Increase Hierapolis in Phrygia was the Place VVhich with His Doctrine Hee the Last did Graceâ— Tâ—e People there which Phillip did Deplore A monstrous Serpent dayly did Adore 'T were Hard to Judge which Savager appears Either the Idoll or th' Idolaters Bâ—t Iove having assâ—m'd that Shape to wiâ— Th' Incestuous Embrace of Proâ—erpin The Daughter which to him bright Ceres bore The Phrygians therefore did that beast Adore But as it is by Metaphrastes said To Death our Phillip the Vile Monster Prayd The people seeing such a VVonder done Did from Idolatry to Iesus Run For which their Magistrates with sinfull Breath Condemn'd Our Saint to Ignominious Death VVhile all his Converts by the Tears they spilt Strove to wash off their Rulers bloody Guilt On the Day of St. Iames the Apostle Sirnamed the JUST HAil Great Apostle whom Gods Sacred Word Vouchsafes to Style the BROTHER of the LORD Christ the First Christian Mitre gave to Thee And made the Holy City Thy First See Rome does in vain for that High Title Strive Which God but to Ierusalem did give There all allow that Thy Inspir'd Decrâ—e From the Iews yoak did seâ—t the Gentiles Free Thou in that First Blest Councill didst Preside Whose Sacred Canons the whole Church did guide Tho that Fam'd Councill was in number small Yet none was e're so Oecumenicall For 't was in Fact That for which Rome does strive It was The
much to Him the Christian World does ow Rude Lycaonia by his Sacred Pains Hee from Idolatry to Iesus Gaines From thence he did the Gospell propagate Even in that India stil'd the Fortunate VVhich by his Preaching there might such be Held More then for All the Riches it does yield Spices and those bright Stones with which the East Of all parts of the World does seem most Blâ—st May Justly but as Dung and Dross be thought Compar'd to saveing Faith which there he Taught St. Mathews Gospell Hee the Indians showd More wealth then Nature had on them Bâ—stow'd So Bright he Shin'd so swiftly hee did Run As makes Him seem more then a Second Sun His Early Beames did in the East appeare Then to Armenia Hee his Light did Beare Astiages who then possest that Throne Was Happy in his Brother Palemon Whom our great Saint Converâ—ed to the Faith Which Rais'd the Tyrants Anger to an Heighth That did the Royall Office mis become Our Saint he Doom'd to Triple Martyrdome First Flay'd alive then on a Cross was Ty'd Where Preaching still the Faith for which Hee Dy'd His Murtherers who did his Doctrine Dreaâ— To stop the Martyrs mouth Cutt off His Head His Royall Blood thus spent more Glory gaines Then had it still been Circling in his Veines The slighted Torments of his Triple Death The Truths hee Seal'd even with his Dying breath Convinc'd Blest Palemon and others too An Happy Life to such a Death was Due This made that Prince Contemn a Temporall Throne To strive to Climbe to an Eternall One. And to such heighth of Holynes did Soare As Hee the first Armenian Mitre wore Wearing a Mitre well gaines more Renown Than only but by Birth to weare a Crown Learn'd Hereticks Observing Our Saints Fame A Gospell wrote and call'd it by His Name Knowing that none could any Doubts admitt Of what they did beleeve his Pen had writt But Pope Gelaâ—ius did a Synod Call And justly Sentenc'd it Apocrypall Popes in Old times were men of High Renowne Shining in Faith not in a Triple Crown OUr Saint in Divers Citties had a Tombe In Daras Benevent and Last in Rome Where may They be so Pious and so Just As more to Prize His Faith and Less His Dust On the Day of St. Matâ—hew the APOSTLE and EVANGELIST BLest Saint who from a Publicanes Loath'd Trade Thy seâ—f to Christ as a Due Tribute Paid Thy Gainfull Office when the word Hee Spake Thou didst with Gladness instantly Forsake Thou by that Call the Wisdome didst Obtaine To Know that Goalyness was Highest Gain Thy Noble Dinner where Christ was Thy Guest Might well bee Reckoâ—d as thy Marriage Feast There Thou wer 't Ioined to the Churches Head The World Divorc'd and didst the Gospell Wedd In that great Feast All Gallilee did See How Blest Thy Change of Life Appear'd to Thee If such Râ—joyceings might not bee Exprest Christ with His Presâ—nce had not Grac'd the Feast How Iustly may a Sinners Second Birth Which causes Ioy in Heav'n Cause Feasts on Earth Christ the high Honor did to Thee Afford To bee the First who wrote His Sacred Word By which thy Counâ—â—ey-men did ow to Thee The Light which Them from Moses Yoke did Free When with that Book he had Iudea Blest Hee went to Propagate it in the East There Hee the Gospell to the Parthians taught And those Fierce men vnder Christs Scepter brought One man from God did Partâ—ia more Subdue Then all the Roman Legions e're could doe For by the Holy Ghost Hee let thâ—m See That only They who Iesus serve are Frâ—e From Parthia by Gods Dictates being sent Hee to the Sooty Ethiopians went A Blackness on their Soules was caus'd by Sin Much worse then that the Sun made on their Skin Yet Christs Baptismall Water had such might As Hee by it did wash the Ethiops white Inwardly white which God does higher Prize Then men th' Externall which so Courts their Eyes In these two Regions Hee his Race did Run Which more enlighten'd Them then did the Sun Authors Dispute where he Receiv'd his Doome But all Agree Hee Suffer'd Martyrdome And that the Faith Hee did to Them Reveale Hee with His precious Blood at last did Seale His Converts were by it the Firmlyer ty'd And in that Truth did Live for which Hee dy'd Two mighty Kingdomes to Our Times Contest In which of them His Sacred Reliques Rest. But Ciâ—ties strove which Homers Birth should have But Empires strive which has Our Martyrs Grave Yet Vaster Diff'rence is in what They writt So much is Inspiration above Witt On the Day St. Luke the EVANGELIST HAil Great Physitian Great without Controule Thy Skill does heal the Body and the Soule Rome with Thy Antioch might Exchange her Famâ— It gave Thee Birâ—h and to the Christians Name The Least of Both more Honoâ— to Her brought Then All Her Schooles in which the East was taught A Double Glory thy blest Pen Contracts Writing Christs Gospell and th' Apostles Acts. Had wee of this great Record been bereâ—t In how much Darkness had the World been Left And how much greater Knowledge might wee VVin If Thou hadst Finish'd what Thou didst begin But How dare VVee Laâ—ent the want of it Since God has Judg'd That Deprivation fitt And by what 's Left the Christian VVorld may Boasâ— None need for want of Knowledge to bee Lost. Since All our Condemnation will be Due To our Performing Less then what wee Knew To Thee and Vs that Influence was Kinde By which to Holy Paul thou first wer't Join'd Illustrious Blessings Thou Obtain'st by It Tâ—y Praise is in the Sacred Scriptures writt Belov'd Physâ—tian Thee Gods word does Call And the Blest Fellow-Lâ—borer of Paul â—ho Schooles Conferr on Schollers High Degrees Yet none e're gave any so High as these Nor couldst thou From thy Antioch Schooles have brought Such Learning as to Thee by Paul was Taught Men gave to Mans Phylosophy the Place That 's Dâ—e to the Philosophy of Grace Of that High Science which by Time and Care Men strove to Learne God bids vs to Beware More vsefull Learning in Christs Schoole is taught Then any which meere men to Mankind brought All School Philosophy we must Decline That may oppose attaining to Divine The Path which Leads to Glory must bee Trâ—â— Not in Mâ—ns Wisdome but the Pow'r of God No wonder that ouâ— Saint so great a Friend To Learning did so Close on Paul Attend Whose Brest Inspir'd was with more knowledge Crown'd Then in the Fam'd Pantheon could bee Found And nâ—ver Left Him till in guilty Rome His great Instructor Purchas'd Martyrdome From that Vngratefull City then He goes And on the World his precious Time bestows Iâ— Maps no Regions Geographers admitt But are Oblig'd by what he Taught and writt The Martyrologies of Greece and Rome Difâ—er where he enjoy'd his Martyrdome
Rome saies it was in Asia the Less Nicephorus averrs it was in Greece And that by His Vile Murtherers Decree Hee suffer'd Death upon an Olive Tree That Rage which in their Hearts his worth had bred Turnd vndesign'dly Just to Crown his Head For since the Learn'd to Learning doe allow A wrâ—ath to Crown it of an Olive Bow Our Saint whose knowledge reach'd the Last Degree Was Crown'd not with an Olive Wreath but Tree But Piety did to His Body give As Little Rest when Dead as when Aliue Kingdomes and Ciâ—ties did a while Contest In which of them his precious Dust shâ—ust Rest. All yeild at Last to Coâ—staâ—tines strong Claâ—me Who built a â—emple to the Apostles Name Which though a Pile of so much Art and Cost That of the Like the whole World could not boast Yet since t was made to those great Saints a Tombe Whose Blood and writings taught all Christendome The Famous Structure more Renown'd does prove For what 's there Bury'd then for all above On the Day of St. Simon the APOSTLE HAil Sacred Cananite whose God-like Pains For Thee the Title of the Zâ—lâ—t Gains More â—ustly Due if wee the Truth Respect From Labouring for Thy God then from Thy Sect VVhat Creature e're so many Lands did Run Vnless his Fellow-Traveller the Sun Egypts and Affricks heat and Barren Sand Could not His Zeal or Frighten or Withâ—tand The Libian Lyons Barr'd not vp his VVay Nor the VVild People Savager then They. Hee did Fulâ—â—â—l what was in Scripture Read On Lyons and on Adders Hee did Tread Against Their Venome Antidotes he had The Words of Faith that Bâ—lme of Gilead These wreâ—ched People who with heat were vext Much in This VVorld but much more in the next Hee by his Pâ—ous Life and Preaching brings To Rest vnder the sâ—â—dow of Gods Wings Those were the Seeds of Faith he there did Sâ—â— VVhich to great Heigth in Future times did grow After He had Asia and Affrick taught Into VVest Europe He the Gospell brought At last into Oâ—r Brittain He did Come The Guilty Scene of his Blest Martyrdome Hee like the Sun vp in the East did gett â—hin'd o're the South then in the West did Sâ—tt His Holy Life his Doctrine so maintain'd That Many People Hee to Iesus Gain'd But others who Themselves to Sin had Sold Did to Destroy him open Counsells hold And as the Greek Menologies Agree Those Monsters Crucify'd him on a Tree With Joy Hee saw his Blood for Iesus spilt His Faith was on the Rock of Ages â—uilt There in an Vnknown Grave his Body Lies Vntill a Glorious Body it shall Rise â—ight not His Blood which our Forefathers spilt Have helpt to Fill the Measure of that Guilt VVhich often drown'd Our Islands in a Flood Of Royall Noble and Plebejan Blood So that No spott of Earth hath e're been more No nor so much moistned with Human Gore And even in our Faâ—all Dayes we Saw Great Brittain made a True Acheldama O May wee from all Sinning so Refrain As God may never make it One again VVhen our Repentance shall his Wrath Atone The Inward Peace will bring the Outward One On the Day of St. Iude THE APOSTLE HAil Blessed Juâ—as whose Devotion 's Flame Hath made Atonement for that guilty Nâ—me The Cursed Iudas who to gaiâ—e was Ty'd Sold Him for whom the Blessed Judas Dy'd His Question to Our Saviour does Detect He also did His Temporall Raign expect Which Error all his Bretâ—ren did Admitt Till the Blest Spirit Led them out of it To worldly Glories men Aspire at most Vntill enlighten'd by the Holy Ghost But for a nobler Empire then They Sâ—rive More Solid Farr then All this World can give T was Long before the Câ—urches did admit His Blest Epistle into Sacred Writt During that guilty time wâ—at was become Oâ— the Infallibility of Rome Eâ—ocâ—s Apocalâ—ps the Church of Old Next to wâ—at was Canoâ—â—caâ—l did holdâ— Oâ—r Saint His Prophâ—sie did therefore Cite Which Since no Pen that was inspir'd did Write Was the Câ—eif Râ—ason Divers could Afford Why Tâ—ey did doubt t was not the Sacred word Yet some Epistles written by Blest Paul Were still admitted as Canonicall Tho Hee to Reach the Eâ—ds which he did Press Aratâ—s quotes and Epimeâ—ides Who though not guided by the Heavenly Light Yet They the truth in severall things did write Of Romes Vnerringness ill Proof She makes By First Suspecting what at Last she takes If by the Help of Study and of Time She to know what 's Caâ—onicall does Climbe Others to such Infallibility May have at lest as good a Right as Shee Either that Title she should not Admitt Or Shee should give vs better Proofs of it Th' Inspiration which our Saiâ—ts Epistle beares Highly Instructive to Mankind appears Servaâ—t to Christ and Brother to Blest Iâ—â—es Tâ—e wâ—ighty Titles are which Hee Esteem's Tho â—ee might â—ustly by Gods Sacred word Have stâ—l'd himself THE BROTHER OF THE LORD Yet that vast Title Our great Saint Declines By which His Humbleness the Brighter Shines Many Great Nations of his Teaching boast But Perâ—ia seems indebted to it most Their Magi who in High â—steem were held Finding their Wisdome unto Goâ—s did yeild Which should have Led them into Sâ—veiâ—g wayes Did only their Revenge and Envy Raisâ— Which did not Let them Rest vntill that They His Life did take who taught to Life the Way His Converts when the News They vnderstood Their Sâ—râ—ames of Tears mixt with his Streams of Blood But thaâ— Bâ—est Mâ—rtyrdome Hee did abide 〈◊〉 them in the Faith for which He Dy'd On the Martyrdome of his Sacred Maiesâ—y KING CHARLES THE FIRST OF BLESSED MEMORY THat Sacred Head three Kingdoms did Adore For what it was more then for what it woâ—e That Heaâ— by â—orth mâ—re then by Biâ—th the Bâ—st Which Dayâ—y prov'd Oâ—aâ—les were not Ceaâ— Is not Condemn'd as t is bâ—leiv'd by Some 〈◊〉 is with Glory Crown'd by Martyrdome And tho his Rebels Power thus to Dispence His Fate make Some to question Providence My Faith by it is Rais'd and not Deprest Since the worst they could doe did prove the Best For that Black Voâ—e which then Pâ—onounc'd his Doome Serv'd to Conâ—eigâ— him to a Nâ—bler Crown Of whose Dâ—ration none can doubtfull be Since t will ouâ—-live his Murth'reâ—â— Infamy Glory like time Progâ—ession does reqâ—ire VVhen iâ— Advances not it does Expire And his had Reach'd to such an Height befoâ—e Nothing but such a Death coâ—â—d Raise it more And though Some dare alledge 't was but a Few 〈◊〉 or his 〈◊〉 or 〈…〉 Yet that it self does all excuse defeat To Let so few Commit a Sin so Great All are too Guilty they are who did Siâ— To shed his Blood and Those Permitted it VVith a Sublimer joy he mounted on The Scaffold then he did Ascend the Throne For Heav'n had