your JESUS dear Embrace him with a loving heart Desire he 'l take his lodging here And never from you to depart Remain O Lord for night draws on Of sins Temptation Luc 24. v. 29. be not gon How senseless are men to refrain Receiving this blest Sacrament Since that it doth all grace contain And fills the Soul with true content The cause of this is liberty Eccls 12. v. 12. The Flesh would not restrained be All honour praise and glory be To Christ for this great sign of love That you may for Eternity Live joy and reign with him above Oft humbly take this Sacrament In soul to God and virtue bent Amen THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS Do this in remembrance of me Luc 22. v. 19. THE light of reason dictates this That there 's a God from whence we came It also dictates that there is A Sacrifice due to the same By which we do him Homage pay And our true Lord and Master own And for his blessings daily pray This honour 's due to him alone The Heathens by the self same light Did own a God and sacrifice But yet their judgment was not right They many own'd and did devise Horrid Oblations to express Their duty to the Gods they own'd They sacrific'd Ps 105. v. 37. as merciless Their children not the least bemoan'd In Natures Law as we are taught Gen. 4. v 34. Man Sacrifice to God did yield Thus duty paid and Blessings sought Cain gave to him fruits of the field And Abell of his flocks v. 5. v. 4. as due But Cain's Oblation God rejected God knew that Cain's heart was not true Just Abel's off'ring was accepted In Moyse's Law commanded were Four Sacrifices for salvation Burn't Off'rings Levit. â— v. 9. which consum'd all there The second was of Expiation Exod. 29 v. 36. Lev. 7. v. 12. Lev. 15. v. 15. Numb 16 v. 47. The third Thanksgiving they did call The fourth preferr'd their just petition To these the Law obliged all God's grace to gain and sin's remission The first did own God's Deity And that from him we 've our Creation The next did purge iniquity And thus preserved from damnation The third for blessings gave God praise The fourth for favours made request These Sacrifices of those days Rom. 7. v. 6. Christ did abolish with the rest And in the new Law did ordain Luk 22. v. 19. One great unbloudy Sacrifice Which in effect doth all contain Where he himself concealed lies v. 19. Which he commanded should be don And now it is without life's loss In memory how he God's son Made man did dy upon the Cross Where he for sin did satisfy Rom. 9. v. 11. and 18. And by his merits purchase grace We to our souls must them apply That grace of sin may here take place Heb. 13. v. 15. Which by this Sacrifice we do Where of Christ's Death we God remind And for his grace and pardon sue Which through his merits we do find This Sacrifice the Mass we call From the word Mitto that 's to send For here by Christ God sends to all His grace who with true faith attend And we by Christ return again Our pray'r and thanks to God above And thus the faithfull do remain By this Oblation in God's love When first from Satan Man was freed 2. Petâ— 1. v. 19. Upon the Cross by meek Lamb's Bloud That we might still this loving deed Bear in our minds and for our good A Sacrifice Christ did ordain Wherein himself would offred be And thus on Earth with us remain From Death of sin to keep us free By this great Sacrifice we own That God made Man dy'd on the Cross And that Christ able was alone Man to redeem and his great loss This now doth expiate our sin By this we thanks for favours give Io. 6 v. 56.57 By this we beg and graces win By this made one with Christ we live Here 's Sacrifice and Sacrament The same that 's offer'd we receive This by Oblation's to God sent Which Christ for our relief did leave This Sacrifice in full contains What all the old prefigured The Author of them all remains Here under signs of Wine and Bread How can we think God will deny What here we ask in JESUS Name Since Christ that we might satisfy His Justice did ordain the same As he by Death did satisfy The Debt Coloss 2. v. 14. that to our sins was due So we by Mass his Death apply To us and forth our pardon sue No fast no Pray'r or other act Doth God so please as doth the Mass No Sin no Crime or horrid fact In their demerits can surpass The merits of our saviour dear Which are in virtue infinite And for our souls are off'red here All men to Mass let this invite Since that for those who present are It 's offer'd in a speciall sort And they above the rest do share In the effects who there resort But most of all who with the Priest The same do offer with pure heart For they by this are joynd with Christ And void of grace shall nêre depart The Angels here on Christ attend Be sure with rev'rence to remain Lest Christ and them you should offend Io. 2. v. 15. And Curse instead of Blessing gain We read that Christ with his own hand Chastiz'd those which the Church abus'd Io. 9. v. 31. All Church-profaners guilty stand The Pray'rs of such will be refus'd If by just let you can't be by In person when the Mass is said Devoutly still the same apply Unto your soul where you are stay'd Make you an Altar of your heart With sorrow pierc't Ps 50. v. 18. heat with love's fire By Pray'r devout act you the part Of Priest 2. Cor. 8. v. 12. and you 'l have your desire For Dead as well as Living we Do offer up this Sacrifice And surely they partakers be Since Holy scriptures do advise To pray for them â— Macch. â—2 v. 46. so when you here Or absent do your prayers say Still let your Charity appear And for those Souls devoutly pray 1. Cor. 11. v. 26. Since Mass doth Christ's Death represent Devoutly on it meditate All your past evills there repent Raise in your soul sin's perfect hate With tears reflect upon the pain Which he for sin did once endure That he to God your soul might gain And heav'nly joys for you ensure And as Christ is the Mass-Oblation Doubt not God's wrath to pacify And through his merits have Salvation Who for your sake vouchsaf't to dy If you devout with Priest do joyn And offer up this Sacrifice Where under signs of Bread and Wine True God and Man obscured lies In all your wants devoutly go Coloss 11 v. 19.20 Unto this Treasure-house with speed Where God doth freely grace bestow Supplying us in all our need When you are tempted unto evill To this great
created Had he not eat of Knowledge-Tree From grief and pain he had been free Do Pennance he had never heard If he his God had lov'd and fear'd By sin he lost all Gen. 3. v. 6.7 v. 24. v. 18. v 19 in a trice And was cast out of Paradise The Earth must yield no Bread to eat But what he gets with toil and sweat Birds Beasts and Fish did from him fly Would not obey God's enemy ' Gainst him the Elements rebell Sickness and death v 19 now due with Hell He and his Heav'n were then excluded With dev'ls in fire to be detruded In this sad state they must remain What lost not able to regain Till God made Man for Man did dy And for Sin did so satisfy That with his Grace we able are Our greatest losses to repair Phil. 4. v. 13. That is lost Heaven to regain And Keep us from Eternall pain By Pennance this is to be don If you will credit Christ God's son Who when on Earth to Men did preach This sacred Doctrine he did teach Do Pennance and see it be true Or else you 'l perish as your due His blest Fore-runner when he came Preach't to the Jews the very same Do Fruits of Pennance ready Stand Math. 3. v. 2.8 God's Kingdom now is nigh at hand The Ax is lay'd unto the Tree v. 10. What Tree's unfruitfull it shall be Cut down and cast into the fire As God's great Justice doth require Not by words only but by deeds While here Christ sow'd true Pennance seeds Math 11. v. 29. Math. 16. v. 24. That we the same may imitate And not Repent when t is too late He fasted watch't he wept he pray'd He suffer'd all upon him lay'd Isai 53. v. 7. Math 26. v. 27 Mat. 14. v. 15. Luk 22. v 23. Io 18 v. 19. Isai 53. v. 5. With buffets whips with Crown of Thorn His sacred Flesh was rent and torn Nail'd to the Cross he meekly dy'd With cruell Lance they pierc't his Side He suffer'd what was due to sin As if a sinner he had been Whose Life from sin like Christ's so pure Of glory who is so secure His Flesh had joyn'd the Deity To sin it could not subject be Yet as we read in sacred story That he might enter into glory He was to suffer thus and dy Luk. 24. v. 26. To Rise and to Ascend thereby None then can plead that they are free From doing Pennance thô they be Not Sinners great For this is sure who 'l Glory have Act. 14. v. 21. must Pains endure Two reasons why I shall here give Men must do Pennance while they live First that they satisfy for Sin Next that they may not fall therein All know that sin deserves Hell Fire Math. 25. v. 41.46 And that God's Iustice doth require We satisfy here for the debts Or else the Sin he 'l not forget For we could never satisfy Thô in Hell-Torments we should ly If Christ had not our want supply'd And by his Death once satisfy'd But now Poor Man can satisfy If he by Pennance Rom. 8. Ps 17. will apply Christ's merits to his sinfull Soul From Sin 't will purge and keep it whole Saint Austin saith that evêry Man Must satisfy in what he can Without our help God did us make But to be sav'd we share must take And if we do what in us lies Christ by his Death our want supplies And thus we Satisfaction make By Penall Acts we undertake Act. 26. v. 20. But he who 'l nothing suffer here For Sin committed let him fear Thô Christ on th' Cross did for him dy He perish shall Eternally And with the Damn'd Repent for ever That here he us'd not his endeavour By Pennance strict to satisfy God's Justice and his friend to dy Who hath in scripture past his word That he 'l sheath his Revenging Sword If Sinners will do Pennance Isai 1. v. 18. he Will pardon and in Friendship be Sinners he saith Return to me In your whole Hearts converted be By Fasts Ioël 2. v. 12. and Tears your Sins lament Your Hearts and not your Garments rent Isai 1. v. 18. And thô your Sins in Bloud were dy'd As Snow they shall be purify'd And I 'l Ier. 31. v. 34. Ezech 33. v. 15.16 bear them no more in mind But you shall my free Pardon find This is the force of Pennance true It quits from all to Sin that 's due But if here Pennance be neglected In Hell the Soul must be corrected Now that your Pennance may be right Look in what Sins you did delight And Pennance let proportion'd be In quality Mat 3. v. 8. and quantity If you to Wealth enslav'd your self Give to the Poor your Worldly pelf If you have sinn'd in Glutony By Fasting you must satisfy If your Offence were Brutish Lust Chastize your Body Gal. 5. v. 24. 't is but just With Hunger Thirst with cold with heat With Whip and Scourge the Rebel treat If you have been puft up with Pride Contempt Disgrace and Scorn abide If Passion hath been your Offence Let Patient suff'rings recompence Do you the like in all the rest That satisfaction is the best When in the Member or the sense You did offend you recompense Besides your Pennance quality Observe the like in quantity If your offences have been great Your self with equall Pennance treat Mat. 3. v. 8. Think not great sins and small require But equall grief or purging sire Or what for one the same for more Will satisfy and grace restore God by his Prophet doth declare Some more than others punisht are Revel 18 v. 7. How much in pleasures she did live So much of torment to her give To bring forth Pennance worthy fruit Let it with your Offences sute And doubt not God will it approve And you receive into his love And do not think Sinners alone While here have Pennance undergone No no You 'l find that the most just Durst not unto their Justice trust Except by Pennance they did tame Their Flesh Rom. 8. v. 13. lest they should lose their aim Of heav'nly joys which are not gain'd But by great suff'rings here sustain'd Besides this they did know full well That Pleasures draw to Sin and Hell But Acts of Pennance do secure The Soul from Sin and joys ensure This made Saint John his life begin In Pennance Mark 1. v. 6. not due to his Sin For he in Womb was sanctify'd Without great Sin he liv'd and dy'd Luk. 1. v. 25. Yet would in lonely Desart live No pleasures to his Flesh would give Mat. 3. v. 4. But cloath'd himself in Camel's hair Honey and Locusts were his fare The great Saint Paul Vessel elect His Flesh by Pennance did subject 1. Cor. 9. v. 27. Lest whilst he taught Men Sin to hate Himself might be a Reprobate If these great Saints were not
Idols is their grief Which now can yield them no relief These thoughts will draw your love frō wealth From carnall pleasures still refrain If you will keep your Soul in health Think what at Death by them you 'l gain Rev. 18. v. 7. How much you liv'd in pleasures here So much of torments you may fear Since then the pleasures of the Flesh Wealth Honour Glory are but vain Phil. 3. v. 8. Eccli 2. v. 10.11 Isai 40. v. 6. And at Death can't Your soul refresh As base and vile do you disdain Esteem them all mere Vanity Which pass away immediatly Iames. 1. v. 10. Coloss 3. v. 1.2 And fix your love upon those pleasures Which are prepar'd for you above Those Honours Glory Joys and Treasures Which will both true and lasting prove Love nothing but in God Ps 41. v. 3. Luk. 2. v. 29. and he From fear of Death will set you free While you live here be enemy To Flesh and Bloud Gal. 5. v. 24. Fast Watch and Pray Relieve the Poor in Charity Be Humble Patient and Obey Still Virtue practise and Sin fly Thus you will stand prepar'd to dy Besides that Death doth put an end To all those Worldly Vanities It doth the soul from Body send To lasting Joys Mat. 25. v. 13. or Miseries And there 's not any certainty When this great Day or Hour shall be God doth the Hour of Death conceal That we may always ready stand 1. Thess 5. v. 2. Mat. 24. v. 44. Thief-like it doth upon us steal Believe it then to be at hand In Conscience clear with Virtues drest That when you dy your Soul may rest What Madness t is but for an Hour To ly in sin and hazard all 1. Io. 3. v. 8. To keep within the Devil's power And not to God for Mercy call If in that Hour you chance to dy Your soul is damn'd Eternally Fear Death before it comes and be Mat. 24. v. 44. Upon your guard against that Hour Love God and be assured he Will you defend from Satans power Eccl. 8. v. 12. c. 12. v. 24. Prov. 28. v. 14. Thrice happy man that liveth here Replenish't with God's Love and Fear Then come Death early come it late Foreseen or sudden when you dy Prov. 14. v. 26. Eccli 33. v. 26. 1. Io. 4. v. 16. Iob. 14. v. 14. Fear hath secur'd you from Hell's gate Love joyn'd you to the Deity Let Death be always in your mind That you these blest effects may find Amen OF JUDGMENT After Death followeth Judgment Hebr. 9. v. 27. AS we are servants placed here Our Masters pleasure to fulfill 2. Cor. 5. v. 10. So we before him must appear To prove if we have done his Will Where ev'ry one reward shall have As here he did himself behave Death's only Messenger to cite All Souls before God's dreadfull Throne Where he will pass a Judgment right And Justice do to ev'ry one Twice God will Judge at Death the Soul When Bodies rise he 'l Judge the whole Dan. 7. v. 10. Rev. 20. v. 12. As soon as Soul from Body parts All 's op'ned to the Conscience view Who knows the secrets of Mens Hearts Will pass a Sentence just and true The Soul that moment knows its doom Go thou Accurs't or Blessed come Yet God will have one Genêrall day When soul and Body shall appear The Bodies 1. Thess 4. v 16. v. 17. which before dead lay Shall rise with horrid dread and Fear All must appear at Trumpet 's sound To that Assize all men are bound Rom 2. v. 5 6. Mat. 7. v. 15. God will have all men publick try'd Who good and bad were shall appear God's Judgments will be justify'd Thô some Men were disguised here Wolves sheep-skins then must lay aside No one Hebr. 4. v. 13. that day his fault can hide As Bodies did with souls partake And share with them in sinfull acts They also here account must make And judged be of all their facts If good with soul they 'l happy be If bad condemn'd to misery Again this Judgment-day must be That Christ who here was vilify'd Mat. 24. v. 30. May then appear in Majesty By who all Causes must be try'd 2. Tim. 4. v. 1. Hen then shall Judge the Quick and Dead Who Thief-like to the Judge was lead Before this Dreadfull day there shall Luk. 21. v. 25. Math. 24. v. 7. Strange signs in Sun and Moon be seen Great Earth-quakes also shall befall Great Wars and Tumults rise between Father and Son Brother and Brother v. 7. All Nations fighting one another Besides the Anti-Christian cheat Mat. 24. v. 24. With sword and Wonders shall compell Most Men from Christ's Faith to retreat And draw them with himself to Hell 2. Thess 2. v. 8. He shall be kill'd by JESUS Spirit And cast in fire as he shall merit Ose 3. v. 5. Isai 10. v. 21. Math. 24. v. 29. Then the hardhearted faithless Jew Shall be converted to Christ's Faith Soon after these things will ensue The Judgment-Day as Scripture Saith Before which there will yet appear More dreadfull Signs recounted here The sun shall be obscur'd v. 29. Act. 2. v. 20. Mat. 24. v 29 Luk 21. v. 26. Rev. 6. v. 14. the Moon Shall lose her light like Bloud appear As dark as Midnight shall be Noon Which shall fill Men with Dread and Fear The Stars shall fall the Heavens mov'd By Earth-quakes Mountains be remov'd From Heav'n most dreadfull fire shall fall Luk. 21. v. 25 Rev. 6. v. 16. The sea most horrid noise shall make Sinners shall on the Mountains call To hide them and with Terrour quake With Fear they 'l dry Luk 21. v. 26. and wither away How Dreadfull then will be that Day The Ensign of the Son of Man The Cross Mat. 24. v. 30. shall in the Sky appear They 'l tremble who here from it ran Who lov'd it Dan. 7. v. 9 Mat. 25. v. 31. shall with joy draw near Then shall be plac't the Judgment Seat And Christ appear in glory great Dan. 7. v. 10. v. 10. Ps 96. v. 3. Mat. 24. v. 31. Mat. 25. v. 6. Milliôns of Angels shall attend Him Fire shall run before his face He then his Angels forth will send To summon all unto that place At Midnight they 'l the Trumpet sound Which will throughout the World resound Arise you Dead 1. Thess 4. v. 16.17 come out of Grave You also who alive remain Appear that you may sentence have Of Joys or Everlasting Pain The Dead shall rise Rev. 20. v. 12. Math 24. v. 12. and all shall stand Astonish't at this great Command Souls shall their Bodies repossess 11. The Just with joy shall enter in But those who liv'd in wickedness With grief Rev. 2◠v. 13. reflecting on their sin As Bodies good or wicked are They shall
is due to thee O Heav'nly queen my Helper be And plead my case before thy son Isai 59. v. 2. Wisd 1. v. 3. From whom by sin I 've basely run Whose rage and fury I do fear And without thee dare not appear Ps 50. v. 6. For unto him I 've sinn'd alone My tears present unto his Throne And do not turn away thy face O Holy Mary full of grace Be thou my sad hearts keeper here Prov. 1. v. 7. Imprint in me God's holy fear Obtain for me pureness of life In actions good and void of strife Eccli 21. v. 1.2 Obtain that I may sin detest To love what 's just and there to rest O Virgin sweet my heart's delight None hath or êre shall shine so bright Like thee among the femal Kind Luk. 7. v. 28. Whom God alone did worthy find To bear his son who pardon gave To Mary sinner Luk. 7. v. 48. satan's slave O pardon beg of him for me Ps 37. v. 5. From sin's great load that he will free My dolefull soul lest at the last In Hell with devils it should be cast O pious Rose without a thorn Their help who here in sin are born Pray unto Christ for me each hour That he will free me from the power Of tempting Flesh the world Revel 12. v. 12.1.10.2 v. 16. Gal. 5. v. 17.19 and Devil Who sorely press me unto evill On every side in sense and soul Dear Mother help and keep me whole Christ 10.3 v. 16. only son to God above I beg for thy dear Mother's love Luk. 11. v. 27. In whose blesst womb thou didst take Flesh Whose sweet breasts milk did thee refresh By her on bended knee I crave Thy mercy Lord Luk. 2. v. 1 ◠1.10 ◠v. 14 Coloss 2. v. 14. who once didst save The world and souls which are therein Paying the debt of Adam's sin Thô I in conscience guilty be Yet mercy beg o God Ps 50 v. 1. Mark 10. v. 47. of thee Have mercy Christ God's only son Pardon the evill I have don Mercy it self shew it to me My sinfull soul from satan free Blot out my sins Ps 50. v. 11.12 by mercies art Create in me a new clean heart Grant lively Faith and Hope to me In perfect Love that I may be And that at death my soul may rest Revel 14. v. 13. which is a gift of all the best Grant that my heart so grieved be For sin Ps 50. v. 19. that I be joyn'd with thee Make me so worthily receive Thy Body as all sin to leave Withdraw thy anger Christ my dear Let thy pure Blood wash me so clear Ps 50. v. 4. Without in body and within My heart so clear from filth of sin That when grim death doth seize me here The Angel strong may then appear Ps 90. v. 11. Who is my Custos by thy grace And me among the Just may place While death my body paineth much Let second death me no way touch Rev. 2. v. 11. Althô my flesh do putrify My soul let in thy bosom ly That when I rise my Judge to see 2. Macchab v. 9. I alwaies may remain with thee And never from thee parted be But praise thee for Eternity Ps 83 v. ◠Hear us o Lady for thy son Doth honour thee all that is don Which of him thou dost crave Sweet JESUS by thy Mother dear Who prays for us poor Sinners here We beg our souls to save CHRIST'S THIRST OF MAN'S SALVATION JESVS said I thirst Jo. c. 19. v. 28. OUr corporall substance hath originall birth And is composed of four Elements The fire and air cold water ponderous earth All naturall bodies have these four contents Their qualities drought moisture cold and heat By consequence they do participate The Body healthfull is while these remain Even proportion'd but if one prevail It generates sicknes bitter grief and pain And causeth stomack health and strength to fail Creatīg death and doth dissolve the whole Except by Physick you the same controul As fire more active is of all the four So heat its quality exceeds the rest The thirsty man is crucify'd much more Than who with cold or hunger is opprest By sicknes hunger's less than t was before But burning thirst increases more and more Christ therefore us'd this word Thirst to declare The great desire he had of man's salvation His loss in grace and virtue to repair To dy for sin and free him from damnation Thrice he did thirst in Heav'n poor Man to be On Earth made man and dying on the Tree The Prophet David who in many things Prefigur'd Christ Redeemer of mankind As is recorded in the Book of Kings 3. Kings 23. v. 15. To drink of Bethleem's water had a mind Of Bethleem's cistern water who 'l give me To drink 1 Chron. 11. v. 17. that my great thirst allay'd may be No other water wine or pleasant drink Could satisfy or please this holy King He of the living water then did think Which out of Bethleem's Cistern was to spring That was Christ Math. 2. v. 1. the Messias who was born In Bethleem to save man who was forlorn So God the King of Kings in joys above Seem'd not content he had a burning thirst Proceeding from the passion of his love Io. 3. v. 16. Man to redeem who was by sin accurst To take our flesh Io. 1. v. 14. and wrap his Deity Within the robes of our humanity In Bethleem he was born and man became Mat. 2. v. 1. To tast our bitter water which doth spring From tribulation sorrow pain and shame And purchase for us that which life doth bring Iohn 4. v. 13. He who doth drink the water I shall give Nêre more shall thirst but with me every live This water's Grace which that we may obtain As Pattern Christ Example to us gave To practise Virtue while we here remain Whom we must imitate if Grace wee 'l have I here on Earth do you example give Ioh. 13. v. 15. That you may imitate me while you live But since he found all men defil'd with sin Rom. 5. v. 12. Before they could be capable of grace They were with tears and sorrow to begin First to lament and grieve their sinfull case These tears he thirsted from mans heart and eye That man might drink this water and nêre dy When Christ did thirsty sit at Jacobs well He crav'd of the Samaritan to drink Ioh. 4. v. 7. What drink he meant this woman could not tell Of that well-water she did only think Why dost thou water ask of me V. 9. since Jews Samaritan's assistance do refuse To show what sort of water 't was he mean't Christ openly declares her sinfull state Ibid. v. 17. Desiring that she should the same repent And give him tears proceeding from sin's hate Ibid. v. 10. If
no love Therefore no loss his heart doth move Curst Envy's reach he doth not fear His soul 's above Phil. 3. v. 20. thô Body here Where he doth daily take a tast Of Heav'nly joys as if there plac't On Love's smeet Manna he doth feed Which all supplys in time of need 1. Io. 4. v. 16. He still grows more and more divine And thus by Love his God doth joyn Here you the Worldly joys may see Compar'd to Virtues nothing be Betwixt them there 's no parallell More than 's of Heav'n and cursed Hell Make you your choice Rom. 6. v. 23. yet take advice To choose what end in Paradise Amen Wo to you who are mighty to drink wine and stout men in drunkennes Esay 5. v. 22. VAin Ovids Metamorphoses forbear Admiring here you greater have than there The Gods their own work chaÌ„g'd in Heav'n plac't By Man on Earth God's work is here defac't Noah's Floud is still a wonder to Mankind en 7. v. 18. Observe and you shall here a greater find Heavn's Floudgates opeÌ„'d and great showers fell v. 11. But this great Deluge is produc'd by Hell That many bodies did of life bereave Here Sentence of Damnation Souls receive Gen. 9. v. 11. God promis't that should never be again Men and the Devill will have this remain We read the Giants with the Gods made war Twixt God and man this makes a reall jarr Here Man blasphemes and doth his God defy Nay that there is a God he dares deny Dan. 4. v. 30. Nabuchodonosor was turn'd a Beast These men like swine in Wash do make their Feast Untill tâ—eir Reason they have overthrown And only by their shape from beasts are known That Man might glorious be God Reason gave Prov. 20. v. 1. Ps 81. v. 6.1 Io. 3. v. 8.10 This Man destroys to be the Devils slave A blest Exehange of all the greatest evill Of God's true son to be the child of Devill These changes great and more are made in man By dev'lish Floud of liquour pipe and Can. The Poets feign a River runs in Hell This hath broke bounds and flows on th' earth we dwell Gen. 8. v. 16. No man revived after Noah's great Floud From this vast Deluge few return to good Men other vice are gain'd to leave and hate A Man is rarely stay'd at this Floud gate Which broken down lets in all sort of sin All God's CoÌ„mands man boldly breaks therein No wonder Os 4. v. 11. since his Weapon Reason's light The Devill gains disarm'd how can he fight The first CoÌ„mand One God thou shall adore The Drunkard slights he loves his belly more He curses Phil. 3. v. 19. damn's he takes God's Name invain This Ale house Musick sounds while Cups remain God's Sabbath he contemns and Holydays He breaks at Cards and Dice with others plays He 'l honour neither Parent or Superiour While he 's in 's Cups each man is his Inferiour His Idoll-Will all men must then adore Prov. 20. v. 1. Gen 19. v. 33.35 Deny'd he kills or dyes in bloudy gore In Wine doth brutish Luxury abound found Lot-like his Daughter serves when Wife 's not Eccli 49. v. 1. Prov. 21. v. 17. By Drunkenness he doth a Beggar grow TheÌ„ cheats theÌ„ robbs and steals froÌ„ frieÌ„d or foe He lyes by course and tells detracting story Unjust desires do share his sinfull glory The Church Commands he doth as little keep Fasting and Pray'r shall nêre disturb his sleep Let soul be damn'd so please the Flesh he can What state 's so bad as this of Drunken Man Many more sins the drunkard doth commit To name them to chast ears it is not fit For liquors strong are fewell to the fire Of Luxury Prov 23. v. 31.33 and heart's unchast desire Eccli 31. v. 38. Of all sins drunkenness you see 's the Mother The devill Father who wed one another In Ale-house where they drunken children get By Pipe and Pot and other snares there set Behold how drunkard doth his soul defile Prov. 12. v. 11. And of all good the same he doth beguile Besides his soul he Reputation stains On earth short life and scorn are all his gains Gen. 9. v. 22. Noah when drunk disclos'd his nakedness So drunken Man his folly doth express His words and actions men to laughter move What Man of Reason such a life can love Since Reason's lost by Vice of Drunkenness Men who invite unto it do express A seeming grief that God hath made them men And wish like Beasts that they were made agen If change in them God will not what is man They 'l make themselves Brute Beasts in which they can Come let us tast the pleasures of the Beast To Brutish men this is the pleasantest Feast Isa 56. v. 12. Drink and be merry sorrow cast avay Enjoy your selves while in this house you stay Come here 's a Health be sure this Glass go rouÌ„d Iob. 21. v. 13. All grief and care in this good Liquor 's drown'd Dev'lish advice taught by the Prince of Hell Lest man should glory have froÌ„ whence he fell Be merry Prov. 23. v 29.30 what in sin and God's abuse Drink Healths which Death unto the soul produce If you 'l not sorrow and for sin grieve here Sorrows of Hell and just Damnation fear Where wit the drunken damn'd Society You shall drink healths in flames Eternally They slight the joy that is in Virtue found with God and HeaveÌ„ when their Heads turn rouÌ„d O Beastly Men by men of sense avoided As enemies to God and men exploded Iudith 13. v. 10. And to themselves the greatest enemy Who seeming would like Holophernes dy At least they hazard limbs and neck to break O sad account to God which they shall make Of lost time also and their mony spent In sin which for their good to them was lent The Liquor also which they vainly wast Consuming all so they may please the tast Isai 5. v. 11 Luc 16. v. 24. O cursed Pallat which brings souls to Hell In glutton Dives fiery place to dwell Where flouds of flames shall pour down thy throte Which will produce this vain repenting note O would to God in time I had been wise And sense had never blinded Reasons Eyes My boon Companions can give no relief Here ly I must encompassed with grief The cursed devils are my company On whom in cups I call'd Math. 25. v. 41. Revel 16. v. 4. with them I ly In fiery Bed which my old note renews Blasphemous curses Musick which we use Beyond this fire Isay 26. v. 10. it 's tort'ring grief to me That I the face of God shall never see But feel his scourge ' cause I his Law conteÌ„n'd With Rebell Angels justly here condemn'd I wish all men would timely warning take This brutish Vice of drinking to forsake Isay 28. v. 7. Which is the inrode
to all sort of sin And hard to leave when once they fall therein Feed not your Bellies swine-like Iam. 5. v. 5. to the knife Seek not joys here but in the other life Hence fly your drinking friends society Mind you were made to joyn a Deity Cast not away this Counsel as they use Away its Melancholy Here 's abuse Dan. 5. v. 5. Beware Balthasar's hand upon the wall Wâ—ch while he 's drinking writes his great downfall Luk. 21. v. 34. That night he lost his life do you beware God's eye above doth see and will not spare The least of faults but note it down by hand Severe much more shall drunkard guilty stand Who hundreds hath made partners in his sin Poor sottish soul henceforth do thou begin A Reformation leave this Mother Vice Attendants all will vanish in a trice Fix thought on Heaven Phil. 3. v. 20. let thy converse be With Angels that is the society God made thee for and there with him to dwell While brutish drunkards buried are in Hell DEATH AND LIFE Are in the hands of the tongue Prov. 18. v. 21. THe soul thô active yet while here Within the Body sâ—â—â—s confin'd Math. 12. v. 34. In this defective doth appear Not able to declare her mind Without the use of instruments Of which the Tongue is always chief In the revealing her intents Her love her hate her joy her grief Hence 't is the Tongue participates In her soul's actions good or ill So do the lips which are the gates That shut and open at her will Thus death and life are said to be In the Tongûes power 〈◊〉 her hands Althô the sin's formality Is in the Will which all commands But yet from fault the Tongue 's not free Some Tongues so ready are to speak Eecli 4. v. 34 Eccli 32. v. 10.11 Like Fancy they as nimble be Let fly at all and thus they break The Laws of Reason God and Man With evill words they wound the soul They speak before their Reason can Well judge what 's right and them controul Hence 't is Saint James declares that he Who to Religion doth pretend And leaves his Tongue at liberty Of his Religion there 's an end Iam. 1. v. 26. Except a Man his Tongue refrain And make of it Religious use Ps 139. v. 12. He doth pretend to it in vain T is not Religion but abuse A Tongue that 's let at liberty Iam 3. v. 8. Saint James doth call a restless evill Abounding with iniquity And brings the soul unto the Devill It swears it curses v. 9.10 it blasphemes It lyes detracts and causeth strife It treats men with injurious Names Which oft occasions loss of life It doth the innocent defame By telling stories too and fro Iam. 3. v. 6. It puts the whole World in a flame Such Tongue to ' scape what man doth know Ps 56. v 5. Ps 13. v. 3. David compares it to a sword Under its lips Asp's poyson is Hundreds somtimes but with a word Infecting or with whispeâ—ing hiss Detracting words it doth let fly Prov 24 v. 9 21 Eccli 20. v. 28.30 To th' loss of others Reputation Thus wounds the souls of standers by And many times to their Damnation For they do oft too much attend And credit the Detractours speech When they the absent should defend Math. 7. v. 12. As Christian Charity doth teach And thus they guilty do become Rom. 1. v. 32 Lev. 5. v. 1. By Silence seem to give consent In their defence are wholy dumb And lend their ear with much content Hear what Saint Bernard says of this Men to detract or others hear Which of these two more wicked is It doth not plain to me appear Again the Tongue by words impure 1. Cor. 15. v. 33. Provokes the Hearers unto Lust For which one day let man be sure A strict account he render must As instrumentall to their evill As envying their dear soul's salvation Against his God he joyns the devill And brings their souls unto damnation O fy lascivious Man for shame Beware your Tongue Eccli 27. v. 7. Math. 12 v. 34. for it doth show You are in heart the very same Since by his Tongue Man's Heart we know Let then your Tongue be chast and pure And Heart convert from that great Vice Rev. 21. v. 27. For no uncleanness we are sure Shall ever enter Paradise See what great evills men run in By their unchast detracting Tongue Besides their own most wicked sin All hearers sins to them belong Coloss 3. v. 8. Beware this Vice then from this day And of your Tongue most carefull be Ps 18. v. 14. Still with King David humbly pray From others sins O Lord spare me Some Tongues are good and Life do give By Godly counsell Pray'r and Preaching They gain from sin and win to live In virtue by their pious Teaching Souls to convert of all good works Saint Denis calls the most divine Let them be with the Jews or Turks Dan. 12. v. 3. Such Teachers shall with glory shine Choice silver saith wise Salomon That pure Tongue is Prov. 10. v. 20. which many teacheth To worship God and call upon His Holy Name and if it preacheth Good doctrine from all errours quit He truly names it Prov. 15. v. 4. Wood of life Reviving all that tast of it Such Tongues are always void of strife To injuries they make reply With meek with mild with humble spirit They always speak with charity Which pleaseth God and grace doth merit They pray they sing they praise God's Name If gratefull office they can do They still are ready for the same True Charity prompts thereunto Such blessed Tongues are instruments Eccli 37. v 21.22.26 To do themselves and others good They cross the Devil 's curst intents Christ's Death to frustrate and his Bloud Which he by wicked Tongues oft gains Destroying Christian Charity Well knowing Christ's most bitter pains For such will ineffectuall be The nature of the Tongue you see It is the best and worâ—â— of things As you do use it certainly Death to the soul Eccli 37. v. 21. Ps 100. v 6 Eph 4. v. 29. or life it brings Of others tongues do you beware Lest you be partner in their sin And of your own take equall care That you the same Gulf fall not in Come Children hear Ps 33. v. 12. and credit me Saith David I 'le teach you God's fear Who with long life would blessed be And see good days while he is here v. 14. Let him his Tongue refrain from ill His lips let not deceitfull be Thus he 'l perform his Makers will Long Life and happy days shall see But since it doth to God belong Prov. 16. v. 1. As Salomon the Wise declares To govern and to rule the Tongue Ps 140. v. 3. With David let us make our Pray'rs Put to
29. learn of me Humble in Heart and Meek to be Besides his own example rare To win us to this virtue great An humble Virgin he took care To choose for his Incarnate seat When Hail God's Mother Gabriel said Behold Luk 1. v. 38. saith she the Lord's Handmaid What greater tryal could you have Of any Man's Humility The answer she to Angell gave Deserves praise to Eternity And certain 't was Humility That caus'd her Mother of God to be My soul saith she v. 46.47 c. doth magnify The Lord and in my God rejoice Regarding my Humility Henceforth shall ev'ry human voice Me Blessed call Here you may see The way how you may Blessed be Again if you consider well Ioh. 3. v. 23. You 'l find that all great Saints did still In this rare Virtue most excell Thereby with grace their souls to fill The waters to the valleys flow 1. Petr. 5. v. 3. God doth on th' humble grace bestow This Virtue also is the Mother Of all the rest which we should love Phil 2. v. 7. Since it made God become our Brother And makes us sons of God above Math 48. v. 4. The lower in Humility The higher you 'l exalted be Eccli 23. v. 20.1 This from all vice secures the soul Where this is Satan hath no pow'r This checks his Pride and doth controul This Lion 1. Pet. 5. v. 8. who doth souls devour Who 's like to God breath in his face He flies away and leaves the place To gain this Virtue oft reflect Upon the Sins you have committed And of your duties great neglect Which God hath oftentimes acquitted How oft you have abus'd your God And under foot his graces trod Then you will think you are the worst Of all God's Creatures on the Earth That you deserve to be accurst As hainous Sinner from your birth Wisd 5. v. 21. ' Gainst Sinners shall all Creatures fight In their God's cause This is but right If then it chance that any Man Doth slight and undervalue you With all your force strive what you can To own and answer it is true I have deserv'd this and much more Who have thus slighted God before And thô your Brother who doth this Doth not consider your demerit And doing this may do amiss Forgive him Math. 18 v. 34. and with humble spirit Cry out O God this is my due Because I have offended you Then God will pardon your offence Ps 33. v. 19. The humble-hearted he still loves This for past sins shall recompense Such satisfaction he approves For humble Penitents Christ dy'd And for their Sins hath satisfy'd Besides Luk. 18. v. 14. the Humble he exalts To places whence Proud Angels fell Proud-hearted Men for their defaults With Devils proud he casts to Hell Embrace profound Humility Which raiseth to so high degree Dear humble JESUS who didst give Phil. 2. v. 8. Of this great Virtue rare example Grant of thy Mercy while we live Pride under foot we still may trample And that by true Humility We joyn thee for Eternity Amen OF PATIENCE AND THE CONTRARY In your Patience you shall possess your souls Luk 21. v. 19. WEre Men of reason void like Beast This Sacred Doctrine would be vain In Patience you shall find true rest And Master of your self remain For Beast will spurn he 'l bite and cry If you his flesh do lance or burn Althô without it he should dy Not sensible of that good turn But Man of reason who doth know What 's good for Body for health's sake Most bitter pains will undergo And most unpleasant Potion take Life to prolong thô he is sure This Mortall Body once must dy What pains then should not man endure That 's soul may live Eternally Had Man not sinn'd he had no pain Of Body felt nor was to dy Rom. 5. v. 12. But here in pleasure to remain Till call'd by God to live on high But since he sinn'd and did contemn His Maker for unlawfull pleasure To pains and Death God did condemn Gen 3. v. 19. v. 7. His soul depriv'd of heav'nly Treasure To free his Soul from future pain And Heaven also to regain Afflictions here he must sustain Act. 14. v. 21. And Patient still in them remain For Christ did not redeem Man so As from all suff'rings to acquit That he should nothing undergo And yet with him in glory sit If you will my Disciple be Saith Christ and with m'in Heaven reign Mat. 16. v. 24. Take up your Cross and follow me By suffrings while you here remain 2. Cor. 4. v. 4.5 For Men do often Sins commit Which do deserve the pains of Hell And if from them they will be quit They suffer must while here they dwell Who doth for Justice suffer here Christ blessed calls Mat. 5. v. 10. with promise great That he to Heaven shall be Heir With Angels there shall have his seat But yet no suff'rings gratefull be To him or any grace do merit Except he takes them Patiently With humble and resigned spirit Saint Paul affirms none crown'd shall be But those who lawfully have fought 2. Tim. 2. v. 5. That is who suffer Patiently As Christ by word and deed hath taught Hence 't is the scriptures also say That Patience needfull is to men Heb. 10. v. 36. Christ promises to bear away And Glory to regain agen For Patience satisfies for Sin Preserving also from the same And grace here for the soul doth win And Glory promis't in Christ's Name If Patiently you suffer here Rom. 8. v. 17. With Christ you shall be glorify'd Who for your sake no pain did fear But Patiently did all abide 1. Pet. 2. v. 23. This Patience is a blessed Treasure Which to us so much good doth bring It keeps the soul from God's displeasure Prov. 14. v. 29. And wed 's it to her Heav'nly King With wedding Garment she adorns For of most Virtues she 's the Mother Thô in this life her Crown 's of thorns Rom. 8. v. 17. It will be glorious in the other But furious Man with Sin abounds His Weapon that is Reason's Light Is laid aside he it confounds With Rage Disarm'd how can he sight Thus he lies open to his Foe Ready to do his wicked will At beck he brings him to his bow Eccli 28. v. 13. To swear to curse to wound to kill Like raging Beast he seemeth mad He stares he foames he tears his hair Fears not to do what 's êre so bad Of all things Fury then beware Ps 36. v. 8 Eccli 27. v. 33. For such are odious unto God Who in the meek and mild doth dwell But those shall feel his scourging rod Among the Furies cast in Hell For furious Man flyes in God's face When he is cross't or aim doth miss He will not bear the least disgrace Prov. 27. v. 4. By word
Sara to expell Pray'r's good v. 8. said Raph'ël When 't conjoyns Fasting and Alms it Mercy finds Elias pray'd it might not rain 3. king 17. v. 1. c. 18. v. 45. And no rain did for three years fall He pray'd that it might rain again Sweet showr's fell down reviving all By Pray'r the Heav'ns did ope and shut As thô all pow'r in Pray'r were put Stout Josue's victorious hand Fighting he fear'd th' approaching night Iosue 10. v. 12.13 By Pray'r commands the Sun to stand It stood and gave him more day-light No wonder Creatures Pray'r obey Since the Creatour it did sway The Jews in Desart of 't rebell'd And God to Anger did provoke But Moyse's Pray'r his hands fast held From giving the Revenging stroke Permit my Anger God did say Exod. 32. v. 10.11 Which is restrain'd while thou dost pray Behold the force of fervent Prayer Attended with due circumstance All losses past it doth repair The Soul in grace it doth advance Untill by Love she doth God joyn 1. Io. 4. v. 16. And thus in him become divine In all temptations still be sure To use this Buckler of Defence As Bull-work this will you secure From Dev'ls and your great God's offence Lest in temptation you should fall Mat. 26. v. 41. By Pray'r upon your Father call And as the Dev'l doth go about Still watching whom he may devour 1. Pet. 5. v. 8. So saith S. Paul still pray devout That God will free you from his power 1. Tessal 5. v. 17. He doth not mean that you shall be Always in Pray'r upon your knee All men may follow their Vocation As he declares 1. Cor. 7. v. 20. but then be sure You have in it communication With God by word and thought most pure Colos 3. v. 17. Do what you do in the Lords Name Then this with Pray'r will be the same Thus who 's at work or in the Quire Will still be praying in effect Off'ring their hearts with pure desire To God that he may them protect Thus they 'l remain without all fear Of Satans snares while they live here And at their Deaths they 'l surely find God present helping in that hour If they by Pray'r will him remind He will protect them by his power And take their Soul still to remain In joys By Pray'r this you obtain Amen OUR FATHER When you pray pray thus Our Father Math. 6. v. 10. WHen God came down our Flesh to take Io. 3. v. 17. Mat. 11. v. 29. Two reasons mov'd him thereunto That he might dy for poor Man's sake And also teach him what to do For Men by Sin were grown so blind That Virtues path they could not find Christ did not then as formerly Command men this and that to do Threatning if not Exod. 21 v. 12.16.17 Act. 1. v. 1. they sure should dy In Virtues path he first did go Christ by Example first did teach And then he did begin to preach This is the best of ways in teaching When deeds the words associate It far excells all other preaching And brings a man to imitate Luk 6. v. 12. Christ day and night did often pray And afterwards taught us the way Son Eccli 18. v. 23. saith the Wise before you pray Prepare your heart tempt not the Lord All worldly cares cast clear away Let tongue and mind in Pray'r accord With revêrence still your Pray'r begin v. 23. Lest that it should be turn'd to sin The like Christ teacheth in this Pray'r By Preface which doth us remind Our thoughts to Heaven must repair If any favour we will find These words do also chear the heart Our Father which in Heaven art Christ doth call God our Father here For he to us a Being gave And names himself our Brother dear Who took our Flesh our Souls to save Tell my dear Brothers Io. 20. v. 17. I intend To God our Father to ascend What can give greater confidence That we shall gain our just desire Thô't were release of great offence Since we of Father it require Luk. 15. v. 20. The Father spend-thrift did receive The like he 'l do when Sin we leave This also doth our Hope increase That Christ God's Son our Brother is Who thô in Heav'n Rom. 3. v. 34. doth never cease To mediate for what 's amiss O Father life for all I gave Those who return receive and save Thus b'ing incourag'd humbly kneel Before your God prepar'd in heart And whensoever you do feel That he good motions doth impart Be sure you do them prosecute That they in time may bring forth fruit Then Cross your self say In the Name Of Father Son and Holy Ghost The Devils tremble at the same It guards you from that Hellish Host It shews one God and Persons three That God made Man dy'd on the Tree Thus arm'd with faith devoutly say Our Father which in Heaven art And also with Devotion pray Iam. 1. v. 5. That he will grace to you impart Then make this sevênfold great request Which of all Prayers is the best Hallowed be thy Name alway Of all Requests first let this be That all may honour and obey God their Creatour one and three Exod 33. v. 20. But since none can see him and live To his blest Name this honour give Thy Kingdom come God's pleas'd to say Revel 21. v. 3. Prov. 8 v. 31. With Men my Tabernacle is I take delight with them to stay And guide them to Eternall bliss For their sakes I took flesh and dy'd Mat. 28. v. 20. And still on Earth with them abide O let him reign in you by love Let his Loves Scepter in you sway By sinfull Act him nêre remove Isai 59. v. 2. Wisd 1 v. 3.4 Like Subject true his Word obey Thy Kingdom come Lord govern here My Heart keep in thy love and fear Thy Kingdom come Lord grant to me That while I live I do thy Will That I may thy Disciple be Mat. 25. v 41. v. 34. And pleasure in all things fulfill That I may scape thy dreadfull frown And hear come blest receive a Crown Thy Will be done for that is best In Earth as 't is in Heaven still What êre befalls still quiet rest Iob. 1.21 1 King 3. v. 18. Conforming to his pleasing Will. What you command O God or send Let me subscribe to to the end Gen. 4. v 7. Mat 23. v. 37. God given hath Free-will to man Which Lady-like doth domineer Reject accept at list she can She governs Flesh while she is here Water's before thee set Eccli 5. v. 17. and Fire To choose what 's best be sure aspire But since our Reason is so blind That oft it knows not what is best And will to Flesh is so inclin'd It yields to Flesh and Bloud 's Request Beg God to work in you his will That like the Saints you do it
and hearken night and day Iob. 32. v. 8 Heb. 1. v. 14. Unto God's inspirations Which I inspire and them obey Repelling all Temptations Which come from Satan and to know The good from bad ask me Who am to teach you here below And your Instructor be God says Exod. 23. v. 20. My Angel shall precede And keep you in the way Contemn him not v. 21. who you doth lead But do his voice obey v. 22. And I an Enemy will be To your's and will chastize Those who do any hurt to thee In goods or otherwise As Gabriël Luk. 1. v. 26. I Message bring To you from God above To love and practise every thing That 's good I do you move Like Raphaël Tob. 12. v. 14. J'm sent to thee That I may make thee whole When serpent's bite hath made thee see What ill Sin brings the Soul 4. Esdr 4. Antiph at Bened. in the office of the Angel Guardian Act. 12. v. 7. I am 4. v. 7. As Uriell is Shepheard chief Orê God's beloved Flock So I from you do chase the Thief Awaking like a Cock When he assaults I put in mind What ill comes by consent If you resist here you shall find Relief with Soul's content And thus like Michaël I fight Rev. 12 v. 7. Rev. 12 v. 9. Against the Dragon fell Who would rob you of Grace's light And plunge your Soul in Hell I check I move I pray to God I leave no way untry'd That you may scape God's heavy rod And in his love abide Be mindfull then oft in the day Of me Tob. 5. v. 15. Gen. 48. v. 16. your loving Guide And me as oft devoutly pray With you still to abide Sin not and thus your self deceive Because Men do not see What 's hid from others I perceive And nothing's hid from me Set guard on th' Tongue Prov. 18. v. 21 Mat. 12. v. 34. for in its hands Is life and death of Soul It test fies how your heart stands And if you 'l keep it whole Shut Eyes and Ears ' gainst Objects bad Which by them enter in And cause the Heart to be full sad When they have made it sin Gen. 9.21 Coloss 3. v. 5. Take equall care of all your senses And Members guard them well Raise up against them these strong fences The Fear of God and Hell Rom. 6. v. 13. Make them to serve your Maker dear As Virtues Instrument To purchase Heaven with them here This was your God's intent Receive all Crosses chearfully From hand of your good God Math 16. v 24. Prov. 3. v 12. Heb. 12. v 6. Rev. 3. v. 19. With them you must your glory buy And kiss his scourging Rod. Who doth in life chastize you here To spare you afterward And keep you in his Love and fear The Soul's securest guard In all distress Ps 9. v. 11. Ps 17. v. 31. put confidence In God your Fathêr above And in dear JESUS thô gone hence Since he dy'd for your Love The presence of the Holy Ghost Wisd 1. v. 4. With clean heart seek to have The Pray'rs beg of the Heav'nly Host That God your soul will save With good thoughts I 'le you oft inspire Comply then with the least Nourish't spark-like 't will set on fire Your Soul to act what 's best But if first motion you neglect And that be not attended Your heart God leaves then to direct When slighted he 's offended When you do pray with Faith attend Mat. 21. v. 22. And God in Heav'n adore Devout persever to the end Christ's Mother's help implore Such Pray'rs with joy I do present To God and with you crave What you do ask with due intent In due time you may have These counsells take and still obey My holy Inspiration Thus shall I teach you Virtues way Which leads unto Salvation And at your Death with joy present Your Soul unto God's Throne Where we for êre in joys content Shall praise him Three and One. Honour Pup and Praise to God above Who doth his Angels send Thanks to you Custos for your Love Who do your Charge attend I vow that I will you obey When I your voice do know That I may not deceiv'd be pray Or in my duty slow Amen A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND MORTIFICATION Mortify your Members which are upon the Earth Coloss 3. v. 5. Lib. AS slumbering I lay Me thought I saw a Man His hair was turned gray His colour waxed wan Lean-fac'd and hollow-ey'd His Body skin and bone I ask't He thus reply'd Mor. J'm Mortification Lib. Where do you live and why Do you the Flesh thus treat Mor. I live in Monastery Where I do little eat My sleep the like my Flesh With Discipline I tear Mat. 11. v. 29.30 And this doth me refresh Christ's painfull Cross to bear All this I do to keep 1. Cor. 9. v 27. Ps 6. v 7. Flesh subject to the spirit For past Sins I do weep And to increase my merit The hardest Virtues I Do practise and thus stand Prepar'd Phil. 1. v. 20.21.23 for Christ to dy When Faith and Love command Lib. What needs this strict Life now Coloss 1. v. 20. Act 1 v. 10. c. 7. v. 55. Christ hath Sin 's debt full pay'd And this you must allow Heav'n Gates are open layd Enjoy what pleasure 's here While God you life doth send Believe and never fear But Heav'n shall be your end God pleasant things did make On Earth 3. Esd◠8. v. 44. for men to use And pleasures you to take As sinfull do refuse Are you than God more wise To judge what 's good and evill 1. Tim. 2. v. 4. D' you think he 'l Sin disguise To cheat you to the Devill Mor. 'T is true when God did make The World and Man therein Gen. 1. v. 29 Gen. 2. v. 17. He made all for his sake To use and without Sin Excepting Knowledge Tree Which thô its fruit was good To eat forbid was he He eat Gen. 3. v. 6.7 and guilty stood And thus did he by Sin Forfeit his right to all Pleasures and grace must win Luk. 13. v. 3. By tast of bitter gall I grant Christ's Death did free From Hell yet that of Heaven Man might possessor be Many commands are given Io 3. v. 5. He first baptiz'd must be And when hath use of reason Mat. 19. v. 17. God's ten Commands must he Keep strict break them 't is Treason Condemning 〈◊〉 to dy His Justice to appease Mat. 3. v. 8.10 ◠He must here satisfy By works which may him please Gal. 5. v. 24. That 's corporall affliction With sorrow from the heart Joyn'd with the contradiction Of his rebellious part Mark 8. v. 34. And Christ to follow right He must himself deny Bear Crosses 2. Cor. 4. v. 17. and thus fight To live Eternally For Christ
side Yet all these pardon'd were What greater sins can you conceive Or more ungrate full Men Yet those when they did evill leave And did return agen With tears of Eyes Ioel. 2. v. 12. and grief of heart With hope and Faith conjoyn'd By fervent Pray'r and Pennance smart v. 13. To Mercy God inclin'd Who did receive them in his love And grace on them bestow Ezech. 18 v. 22. Rom. 5. v. 20. The guilt of sin he did remove Where Vice now Virtues grow Thus they with many more became Great Saints and reign above Remitted sins Luk 7. v. 47. increase the flame Of Gratitude and Love If any sin he 'l not forgive It 's that which you are in Despairing Mercy 1. Io. 5. v. 16. Ier. 18. v. 12.13 while you live The greatest of all sin By this you do deny in him Ps 144. v. 9. Eph. 4. v. 19. His greatest Attribute Which leads the soul unto Hell's brim Despair's accursed fruit God's Mercy 's greater than Man's Sin So is the Price Christ gave Upon the Cross his Soul to win And from Damnation save Put trust in God Ps 90. v. 14.15 and in the merit Of Christ thy Saviour dear Leave Sin Ezech. 18. v. 32. by Faith raise up your spirit And pardon never fear Des I grant all 's true that you do say But yet this Mercy I Who Sinner am know not the way To gain or to apply Christ's merits to my Soul I fear Prov. 28. v. 9. While J'm in state of Sin My sighs and Pray'rs God will not hear This oft hath proved been Hope That is while Heart remains perverse Ready to sin again Eccli 34. v. 31. But when Man grieves his sinfull course And doth from sin refrain By Sacraments let him apply Christ's merit to his soul Christ promis't who can never ly Io. 20. v. 23. That he will make it whole Desp Sweet Hope Rom. 8. v. 24. which dost to Heav'n bring Your Convert I will be Dev'lish Despair away I 'le fling And hearken unto thee I 'le weep I 'le grievee I 'le leave all sin By Sacraments will I God's Mercy seek his grace to win Eccli 2. v. 11. And thus in Hope will dy Amen OF DEATH Remember thy last Ends and thou wilt not sin for ever Eccl. 7. v. 40. It is appointed for all men once to dy Hebr. 9. v. 27. THe soul of Man since Adam's fall Eph. 4. v. 18 19. Is so obscur'd by Flesh and Bloud The senses seem to govern all As if the soul nought understood Men to this life do so attend They little think upon their End The whole Earth sayeth Jeremy Ier. 12. v. 11. With desolation's desolate And he declares the reason why That we may mend before too late No one considers deep in heart That from this life he must depart Much less 2. Cor. 5. v. 10. that he account must give Of all what ever he hath done And that he must for ever live In joys or sorrow when he 's gone This want of true consideration Is chiefest cause of Man's damnation The Wiseman therfore doth advise That in your ways you mindfull are Of your last things Eccli 7. v 40. thus you 'l be wise And for a happy death prepare You 'l never sin or do amiss While this your Meditation is What is grim Death in picture made With Dead-Man's skull and standing by Hour-glass with crooked Sithe and spade Arm and Leg-bones that cross do ly Death nothing is but Life's privation The soul and Body's separation But yet how sad that hour will prove When Flesh and soul must separate Which were so firmly joyn'd in love No tongue is able to relate S. Denis Ps 54. v. 5. Among all other dreadfull things That day to Man most terrour brings That puts an end to carnall pleasures Which then to Soul cause bitter grief That separates from Worldly treasures Luk. 12. v. 20. Which then afford men no relief That parts from Children Wife and Friend To Worldly joys that puts an end That quells the spirit of the proud And stubborn disobedient heart That makes the Sinner cry aloud His guilty Soul 's loath to depart Wealth honour Pow'r will not prevail When Death arrests he takes no Bail Your Life to mend he 'l grant no space But to the Judge your Soul present Where bribes or friendship find no place To late 't will be then to repent Eccl. 11. v. 3. As at that hour you 're found to be So you 'l be for Eternity Delights and Pleasures wanton Love Which were before your heart 's content In that most dreadfull hour Wisd 5. v. 3. will prove Grief to your Soul which will lament To think how for these pleasing toys She is depriv'd of reall joys Those then will pass and leave behind A strict account for her to make Why she let them possess her mind And Pleasure with the Flesh did take Since she was made for joys above And to contemn all Carnall Love Then Glory Honour Power Wealth In which vain Men do put their trust Youth Beauty Valour Courage Health Will all be buried in the dust That Man will vile to God appear Who seem'd so great and glorious here Eccls. 1 v. 8. All these you 'l own then to be vain On which before you plac't your love Despairing then you will remain To think upon your God above How he will justly you condemn Who did for these his Laws contemn Ps 33. v. 22. O dreadfull day to wicked Soul Which here in body did neglect Her sense and passions to controul And crooked Nature to correct Still yielding with depraved will Her Flesh-desires here to fulfill Whereas in Body she was plac't Corrupted Nature to restrain And what she found in it defac't By grace and Virtue to regain But she let senses govern all By which the Dev'l procur'd her fall Mat. 25. v 7. The Prudent Virgins imitate With oyl in Lamp prepar'd remain Not with the foolish v. 8. when too late To seek v. 10. and knock but all in vain The gate is shut you are forgot The Bride-groom says v. 12. I know you not Have oyl of works in Lamps of Faith ' Gainst midnight-Death â—â—â—l 5.6 â—â—â—m 2. 〈◊〉 4.24 thus ready stand And glory not as scripture saith In Faith alone lest Spouse command You Ecâ—â—â—â—â—at 22. v. v. 12.13 not adorn'd with works to ly In fire yet dark and nêre to dy Take warning then before too late Deut. 32. v. 29. And that your life you may amend On your departure meditate That Worldly pleasures will have end That Riches you must leave behind Which will at Death perplex the mind O Death Eccli 41. v. 1. how bitter is the thought Of thee to those who do possess Peace in their Riches which have brought Their Soul to Sin and Wickedness To leave their
she went To keep the Sabbath-day But little rest sad Mary found Reflecting on her Lord. No meat no drink or sleep I judge She did her self afford Early next morn Mark 16. v. 1. with Marys two She took her ointments dear To give her Lord the last farewell The Guards she did not fear Nor who should roll away the stone v. 4. Which passed much their strength Love gave her wings Love gave her will Love brought her joy at length But lo Mary a second grief Lik 24. v. 3. The Body is not here The Tomb is open some have stol'n Away my Lord I fear Chear up Mary An Angel asks Woman Io. 20. v. 13. why dost thou weep I know not where they 've laid my Lord Which wounds my heart full deep v. 2. She runs and tells his Brethren this Peter and John ran fast And found what she had said was true And back again they past But Mary still stood weeping at The Tomb v. 11. would not depart Where her Lord's Body last was lay'd She had intomb'd her heart No longer could Christ's clemency Forbear but did appear v. 15. Say'ng Woman why do you thus weep And whom do you seek here She took him for a Gard'ner by His habit v. 15. and replies If thou him took'st I 'le fetch him back Tell me but where he lies Christ seeing Mary's loving tears No longer could conceal Himself but open'd Mary's eyes And did himself reveal MARY v. 16. says Christ She knew him then And Rabby she reply'd She saw he was no Gard'ner but Her Lord who for her dy'd And fell down at her usual place His Feet to kiss but see New grief Her Lord denies her this Say'ng v. 17. Woman touch not me v. 17. But go and tell my Brothers dear That I again do live Mat. 28. v. 7.10 In Galily they shall me see Where I will blessing give Mary obeys and in the way v. 9. Christ lets her kiss his feet Love made him first appear to her Her Love with Love did meet How oft to her Christ did appear The Scripture doth not tell 10. 11. v. 5. But we may judge it often was For he lov'd Mary well And when to Heav'n he did ascend Act. 1. v. 14. Mary was with the rest When Holy Ghost he promis't them And his Beloved Bless't Behold how Mary serv'd her Lord And never did depart From him in Joy or Misery So constant was her Heart Grant JESUS dear for Magd'len's sake That I adhere to Thee In Life and Death and that her Prayr's True Joy may bring to me Dear Mother Look in the old Hymn at Lauds beg this of your Lord As you did for your Brother That in this Life he 'l give me grace And glory in the other THE THIRD PART Containing the rest of her life after Christ's Ascension to her death YOu 'l say While Christ was here on Earth Mary was led in hand Now he is gone and out of sight Let 's see how she doth stand Io. 11. v. 44. Christ raising Laz'rus up from Death Confirm'd his doctrin so How to defame and blast the same The Jews no longer know Io. 12. v. 10. To kill him therfore they resolve But God permitting not How to destroy the family They next contrive and plot The brother sisters and some more They put into a boat Without Sails Oars or any guide Upon the Sea to float Intending to destroy them thus of humane help depriv'd But by God's Providence they all Safe at Marselles arriv'd Where Magdalen began to preach One God and Saviour dear Such Doctrine these poor Heathens blind Before did never hear From Idols many turned were By word and works she wrought Till at the last they would adore Her for the God she taught Which made her beg of God to take Her from the praise of men Convey'd she was by Angels hands Into a lonely Den. Where never Man or Woman she Beheld for thirty years Her meat was what the Mount did yield Her drink was wrought by tears For shedding tears for her past sins And Death of Master here Immediatly at her request Sprung up a Fountain clear To keep fresh in her memory Her dear Lord's death and loss She begs some Instrument of God An Angell brings a Cross She spent her life in tears of love And heav'nly Contemplation Her Heart curs't Satan nêre could move With any vain Temptation Christ her dear Lord could nêre forget This his dear Penitent But to her seaven times a day His gloriôus Angels sent Who by their virtue rais'd her up Into the air so high That with a ravish't Soul she heard The Heav'nly Harmony And in that space of thirty years As Mary lived there Her Lord an hundred and ten times Did gloriously appear What ravishments he gave her then Of Joy and what excess Excells Man's fancy to conceive Or Tongue well to express God willing now that Magdalen In soul this World should leave Reveal'd her who from Maximin Christ's Body did receive And being thus prepar'd for Death Her Soul left presently Her Mortall Body and with wings Of Love to God did fly Where now with him she doth remain In joy of Heav'nly Bliss Become a Patroness for those Who here have done amiss Behold the Soul of Magdalen At first defil'd with sin Refin'd by Love and purg'd by tears At last did Heaven win Let no poor Sinner then despair Of Mercy here and Grace If Mary's Life he 'l imitate And her rare Virtues trace This let him beg of God in faith Of JESUS Passion dear And merits of this glorious Saint Whose Pray'rs he 'l ever hear Blest Mary my poor love accept And be to me a Mother Pray in this Life God's Grace I have And Glory in the other Amen THE LIFE OF THE SERAPHICALL FATHER S. FRANCIS IN VERSE DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS The First Part to the making of his Rule GOd made Man's nature innocent Adorned with Free-will Gen 4. v. 7. Eccli 15. v. 17. Gen. 2. v. 17. And gave him one Commandement His pleasure to fulfill To break it Death to keep it Life Was for Eternity And while on Earth void of all strife And human misery Luk. 10. v. 18. Rev. 12. v. 9.12 Curs't Satan who from glory fell Did hate Man's happy state Made for his place in joy to dwell Where once this proud Fiend sate Wisd 2. v. 24. Gen. 3. v. 4. And to deprive him of his Bliss He tempts the fruit to take Thou shalt not dy 't is not amiss Do but experience make Man yielding to his Wife's desire v. 6. Rom. 5. v. 12. Made that unhappy tast Incurr'd for him and his Hell-Fire Who here on Earth were plac't Environed with misery In Reason blinded so They fell into Idolatry Their God they did not know For this and many other sins Gen 6. v. 7. v. 8. God thought all
them here Till he should bury'd be They oft did bleed with such great pain That he had dy'd thereby But that God would have him remain The World to edify His Body now with labour spent Made weak for JESUS'S sake And he to Contemplation bent But little food did take And thô by Sword as he desir'd He could not Martyr dy Yet greater pains as God requir'd He suff'red patiently And off'red up in flames of Love His Soul an Holocaust Which daily did ascend above To him he loved most Knowing his Death was near at hand Not able now to go That he be carry'd doth command To Portiunculo Our Lady's Church from Angels nam'd The place that he lov'd best And here to dy he ever aim'd And take his finall rest To shew his love to Poverty Mat 27. v. 35. And Christ to imitate He naked on the ground would dy So strip't him as be sate The same in his last Testament He doth his Brothers give For he by JESUS dear was sent Poor Ps 87. v. 16. like him here to live Mat. 18. v. 17. He recommends Obedience Most strict unto Christ's Church That Heresy on no pretence Among his Brothers lurch True Patiênce and Humility With other Virtues rare He leaves them as a Legacy And doth for Death prepare He gives his blessing to his Brothers To live in Love and Peace The same he recommends to others Here after his decease His soul to JESUS recommending Replenish't with great merit By hands of Angels there attending To God resigns his Spirit He being dead his sacred Flesh Wither'd before and hard Became most limber soft and fresh To youth might be compar'd Which with his Wounds like Rubies dress't Was glorious to behold Assisiûm Men would have it rest With them more priz'd than gold A stately Church they for it build And in a Vault it lay Which incorrupt and fresh doth yield Delights unto this day The World 's great wonder it remains The Wounds appear therein What favours great and immense gains Did his true Pennance win Thus did Christ's Church-Repairer dy When he had thousands gain'd From Worldly Love Flesh-liberty Which had true Faith so stain'd He in his Order lives again Which to Perfection guides And as Reveal'd shall still remain As long as World abides Great Saints this Order hath brought forth As to the World is known But what 's the number or their worth Is known to God alone The Rule doth so to Virtue bind That if Men well keep it Not one among them they shall find who 'l not in glory sit OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE CORD In the cords of Adam I will draw them in the Cords of Charity Ose 11. v. 4. BEsides his Holy Orders three The Pope of his accord Confirm'd a Confraternity Where Girdle is a Cord For those who cannot undergo Those strict Rules yet desire By this blest Cord men should them know Related to the Frier Saint Francis made choice of a Cord For Girdle as the best Memoriall of his dying Lord In all his sorrows dress't For if you mind it all along Throughout his Passion still They led him bound in Cords full strong Wherever was their will This Passion in men's hearts to print Was always his desire Which soften can a heart of flint And set it all on fire With love unto its Saviour dear Who for Man thus did dy And never any pains to fear His love to shew thereby Saint Dominick poor Francis lov'd And would his Rule embrace But since by him 't was not approv'd He begg'd his Cord in th' place That thô he could not of that be He would have some relation To him by this a Memory Of Christ's most bitter Passion Persons of greatest quality Which this World doth afford Have thought it a great dignity To be girt with this Cord That they might be related to This Order while they live The great Indults to gain also Which Holy Church doth give Which are as great as any be Continually confirm'd Unto this Confraternity And all therein concern'd Which hath not any obligation Men binding under Sin But minds us of Christ's bitter Passion That we may glory win Five Paters and five Ave's more You daily are to say To mind how Christ was wounded sore Upon that dolefull day In hands and feet and in his Side These five you must salute And there with confidence abide Till you obtain your suit For what can God the Father here Deny his only Son When in his sight his Wounds appear Which he hath undergon To reconcile a sinfull soul Unto his Justice great And to dispense rich Grace's dole From his great Mercy 's seat With arms spred forth the Friers say These Pray'rs and make a Cross And thus Saint Francis us'd to pray Reminding that our loss Repaired was upon the Tree When Christ ' shands feet and side Were pierc't Which wounds effectuall be When thus by faith apply'd When Amaleck the Hebrews fought Exod. 17 v. 11. Moyses his arms stretch't out And praying thus success he brought But when they fell was doubt Of Victory which did foreshow How Christ for man should dy And now he 's dead we praying so His Death do signify Upon the Cross five Virtues rare Christ practis'd to teach us Daily to beg and take like care To imitate him thus In Patience and Humility Which he doth recommend Obedience and strict Poverty With Love unto the end More pious Practices are there Belonging to the Cord Which by this Saint ordained were To bind men to their Lord In bonds of true Obedience And perfect Charity That when the Soul departeth hence It live Eternally Behold how Francis's Life was spent In Mankind's Reformation Christ's seamless Garment that was rent And much defac't in fashion That is the Church with Heresy And vicîous life distain'd He brought unto its Purity Thousands of Souls regain'd Thus Moyses-like he did bring back Pharao's the Devils Exod. 3. v. 10. Slaves Their Souls with filth of Sin made black c. 14. v. 29. He by the Red Sea saves Reminding what Christ did endure On th' Cross to free from Sin And by example leads secure Through th' Desart we are in Deut. â— v. 2. Unto the rich Land promised That 's Heav'n Iosue 3. v. 17. Exod. 3. v. 8. the place of Bliss Where with sweet Milk and Hony fed The chast and pure Soul is That is the Vision of God clear And of his full Fruition Of losing it void of all fear How happy 's this condition Dear Father pray unto thy Lord. My life while I am here With thine in all things may accord That Hell I may not fear Dear JESUS grant for Francis sake That I thee always love And my life's Pattern by his take So reign with thee above Amen THE BOOKS ADDRESS TO THE READER YOu gentle Reader who have read me ôre Grant this Request to read me yet once more If curious Fancy to the first did move Let now your Motive be Devotion 's love And that your reading may advantage bring Attend not to the Verse but to the thing The sense consider deeply in your mind Imprint the same then you will surely find A hidden Treasure which doth rarely ly Within the bosom of Dame Poetry Virtue 's discover'd Vice laid to your view That this you fly that eagerly pursue Read not as Pilat ask't What 's Verity And then went forth Io. 18. v. 38. He did not really Seek Knowledge and much less did he intend To act he would be Jews and Cesar's friend He would not know lest coÌ„scieÌ„ce should approve What Christ should say Io. 19. v. 12. he lose Cesar's love that young Man who ask't of christ to know Which way to Heav'n he might securely go When Christ bid hiÌ„ the world and Riches leave This wholsom counsell he would not receive v. 21. He would no more discourse with him v. 22. and why To th' World and Flesh he had too strong a ty Beware the like when you have read this Book Lay 't not aside no more on it to look Because it pleaseth not the Flesh and Bloud But be assur'd when its right understood It will your Soul to Virtue 's Practice win With ravishments to that and hate to Sin Remember only Beast that cud did chew Was clean esteem'd â—ev 11.3 â—eut 14.8 â—en 8 v. â— â—â—k 3. v. â— 55 and sacrific'd to shew That if by reading you 'l God 's love obtain You must reflect and in the sense remain Of what you read and thus you will reap gain Or else your reading will but prove in vain Expect no Finis to this Book FOr as Man's Life a Warfare is Iob. 7. v. 1. Gal. 5. v. 17. ' Gainst Viceâ— and Virtue undertook Is hard 〈…〉 you miss The Crown 〈◊〉 promis't only those Who do persevâ—â— to the end Mat 10. v. 22. Mat. 25. v. 13. You must be watchfull till Death close Your eyes hence you will want a friend Oft to consult as virtuous Guide This Book will prove unto you such If in its reading you 'l abide 'T will give your heart a zealous touch Then daily here take your repast And let the End begin again Thus do as long as Life doth last That you may here secure remain Amen
grace abide And glory at our death do win Let 's all praise Christ by joynt consents Who purchast us these Sacraments Amen THE TWO TABLES AFTER SHIPWRACK BAPTISM AND PENNANCE Baptize in the Name of the Father Math. 28. v. 19. Great ships which seem to dare the seas Are oft stav'd on a Rock Which carefull Pilot might with ease Have sav'd from fatal knock If he Land mark or Beacon had With care kept in his eye In storms and tempests ere so bad He might have steered by But now alas it is too late The Ship is broke and all The goods are lost O dolefull fate That often doth befall The Negligent Now all his care Must be his life to save Since Ship is lost and all its ware Lest Sea should prove his grave And to do this he finds small hope No other ship is nigh To lend him boat or cast him rope To save his life therby Till laying hold of plank or table He passes through the waves At length finds footing firm and stable Whereby his life he saves A stately ship God once did place On this World 's dangerous waves This fraighted was with holy grace Which here from shipwack saves This ship was Man the Pilot soul â—en 4 v. 〈◊〉 Eccli 5. v. 17. His Guide was reason's light His will had power to controul And make him steer aright The crafty Pirat who did see That Man would sail secure Untill this Light extinguih't be The same did strait procure Gen. 3. v. 4. With lies he tempts and doth prevail The right way not to steer Poor man believes secure doth sail The Rock he doth not fear Gen. 2. v. 17. This Rock was the forbidden Tree Which he was not to touch If so death's prize he was to be God's Pact with him was such Gen. 3. v. 6. The devill tempts with Eve his wife He eats and fears no blame Thus sense depriv'd his soul of life And we partake the same Gen. 3. v. 15. c. 22. v. 18. Ps 131. v. 11. Math 27. v. 26. For all were lost and still had been Had not God in his love Promis'd Redemption from this sin And all guilt to remove Christ by his death did this fulfill And Sacraments ordain As helps for us to do his will And favours here obtain Of these Baptism and Pennance are Those which we Tables call Ordain'd our losses to repair And save us after fall Rom. 5. v. 12. Gen. 3. v. 19. The first shipwrack that Men sustain'd Was by Origînall Sin From this by death Christ them regain'd Or else all damn'd had been Thô Christ from pains of Hell did save Rom. 5. v. 8 9.10 Io 3. v. 5. By shedding of his Bloud Yet joys of Heav'n no one shall have But by Baptismall floud This Christ ordain'd that so his merit Math. 8. v. 19. Might be to Man apply'd And that he now new born in spirit Might in his grace abide Hence t is that Children christ'ned be Christ dy'd for all 2. Cor. 5. v. 16. Marc. 10. v. 14. who saith The little ones let come to me Althô they have not faith The Parents faith may here suffice As well as Parents fall Did cast them out of Paradise And purchast Hell withall When Christ'ning Font cannot be had Desire and Love supply Or else some Saints case had been bad Who did without it dy Of Baptism sev'rall sorts there be Water Love's Fire and Blood If th' first to have man is not free The other are as good The fruits of this great Sacrament Tit. 3. v. 3. Are Justifying grace The sin which we have by descent That doth our soul deface And actûall are remitted but Act. 2. v. 38. Io. 3. v. 5 Marc. 16. v. 16. Here grief is still requir'd Heav'n gates are op'ned which were shut Where 's all can be desir'd After this Sacrament receav'd Esay 59. v. 2. Who in great sin doth fall His soul of this grace hath bereav'd Rom. 6. v. 25. And purchast Hell withall This second shipwrack we do name From which the soul to save Hebr. 6. v. 4.5.6 No one can twice baptize the same What help then can he have Our mercifull Redeemer hath Left us a second Table Which joyned with a perfect Faith Grace to restore is able This Sacrament of Pennance is The soul's security Which if the soul doth willing miss It 's lost eternally THE SECOND PART OF PENNANCE Whose sins you remit they are remitted Jo. 2â— v. 23. CHrist Math. 9. v. 13. who came sinners frail to save As we read in Saint John Io. 20. v. 23. Absolving Pow'r in his Church gave And this to Priest alone Ibid. Whose sins on Earth you do remit And whose you do retain The first in Heav'n I also quit The other shall remain We sin in thought in word or deed All sin comes from these three Three ways to satisfy there 's need That sin remitted be So Pennance that 's the Sacrament Contains a triple part Confess the fault I am 5. v. 16. Math. 5. v. 25. the wrong'd content With sorrow from the heart 2. Cor. v. 10. These three when as they perfect be And joyn'd with Absolution As Sacrament impart to thee Of grace a distribution Where God is reconcil'd again To thee in perfect love From Hell thou' rt freed and dost remain God's Heir to Heav'n above Let no one here this doubt admit Suggested by his foe How can this Pennance small acquit Of sin when all men Know Sin doth deserve Eternall pains And what proportion's this Pennance is but while life remains And that for ever is It 's true Math. 5. v. 27. God's Justice seeks severe Proportion to the debt And these two equall ballanc't were Ps 84. v. 11. When Mercy Justice met That was when Christ Man to regain Upon the Cross did dy This Sacrament he did ordain His merits to apply To sinfull soul that 's gone astray And Baptism doth the same Let none deny then but man may Remit sin in Christ's name Iohn 20. v. 23. If you believe Christ's God and Man Believe he cannot ly And by this Sacrament he can His Justice satisfy And thô Christ's merits did supply Our inability Think not because he once did dy You are so quit and free Luk. 13. v. 3. Rom. 2. v. 6. That you may Pennance now neglect And good works set apart As thô our saviour would protect A wicked sinfull heart No Christ will not encourage Sin Ps 44. v. 8. Heb. 1. v. 9. Which odious is to God Be sure if you do fall therein You 'l feel his scourging rod. Luk. 13. v. 3. Except in heart you do repent And as Christ hath ordain'd Make use of Pennance Sacrament Where pardon is obtain'd First see that you true sorrow have For sins you have committed Your soul you can't without this save Nor of sin be acquitted To have this
Pray'rs neglect Ps 15. v. 9. Bêing confident he 'l hear my cry And mercy shew before I dy Amen THE WORLD'S GLORY IS VANITY TRUE JOY IN VIRTUE All things that are done under the sun are vanity and affliction of spirit Ecclesiastes 1. v. 14. WHat is this World and all therein But Vanity producing sin Except the soul withdraw her love And Eagle-like take flight above And there in contemplation high On God doth fix her piercing eye Where she in God will clear behold Her self her worth and doth unfold The fallacies the World doth use To win mens love and them abuse By representing that for good Which proves disguis'd when understood She takes the Titles that declare God's attributes and Symbols are Of Heav'nly Bliss to name her toys That they may seem to us true joys But when you once do them detect As vain you slight contemn neglect By honour power and Majesty She raiseth some to that degree As Gods on Earth Dan. 3. v. 5. they will be treated As thô their Thrones with God's were seated Riches and Pleasures have some blinded That other Heav'n they never minded Some did in Beauty so excell Like Goddesses on Earth did dwell Puff't up with Pride ador'd by Men And Deify'd by Poets pen This glory now in dust doth ly All 's vanisht in the twinkl'of eye And if ought here of them remains It is their soul 's most sinfull stains Which in God's Justice may require The flame of Hell's Eternall fire Of Worldly Joy this is the end To which she brings her dearest friend Are here her joys from sorrows free No they are mixt with misery Honour doth meet with emulation Hest 7. v. 10. Which often causeth great vexation And when it seems past Fortunes frown Proud Aman-like it is cast down With labours great men riches gain What frights and fears do they sustain Lest they should lose their Idoll Wealth They often hazard life and Health And when death comes they no more have Than a poor Coffin Shroud and Grave Great Alexander in his Throne Was not content thô he alone The world possest he oft did weep His soul found want disturbing sleep Nothing the soul can satisfy That is beneath a Deity The Epicure and Sodomit Whom name of Beast doth most befit Eph. 4. v. 18 19. Like swine in carnall puddle ly By this obscuring Reason's Eye They shame's disease and sicknes find With lost repute true grief of mind Behold a drunkard in his cups What comes to hand clear off he sups With hellish smoke he fumes his brains Till void of reason he remains He curses swears he damn's his soul He spews like swine in it doth roll Wisd 2. v. 6. c. These are the joys and glory great With which the world her friends doth treat This course of life consider'd well To men of sense seems but a Hell Rom. 6. v. 21.23 Leading poor Souls to that infernall Where devills are and flames Eternall Base world who here false joys for true Dost give thy Lovers now Adieu No longer shalt thou Tyrannize On sense and soul to make thy prize No longer joy I 'le seek in thee Hence shall my joy in Virtue be THE SECOND PART HEAVEN UPON EARTH OR TRUE JOY IN VIRTUE A secure mind is as it were a continuall Feast Prov. 15. v. 15. TO stop a floud doth pains require Small hopes with oyl to quench a fire So floud of Vice 't is hard to turn Where Carnall love the Heart doth burn Yet burns asswage by greater heat So Virtues love makes that retreat To win Man's Heart to Virtues love Is properly God's work above Especially where sin is plac't And sense Man's Reason hath defac't Yet Virtue known is of that force It gains the Heart and changeth course The cause is known by its effect So I will Virtue here detect Not by defining as the use But by the fruits it doth produce The which Mans Reason will so please They 'l steal his Heart and love with ease Health Honour Riches to possess May termed be World's happiness But since in Heart Fear doth remain That what it gives ' twill take again They can't be deem'd felicity Where Fear 's 1. Ioh. 4. v. 18. true Joy can never be A Man that is in Conscience clear Is void of sorrow fright and fear He feareth nought the World can take It 's Joy to him Rom 5. v. 3. if for God's sake He loseth all and pains endure Rewards above he knows are sure Math. 9. v. 29. Christ's promise of an hundred fold For what is lost makes him so bold That Persecution he don't fly But runs into 't couragiously If he 's possest with any fear It 's lest he may not suffer here The greatest honours here on Earth Bestow'd by Man or due by Birth He slights as mean and Vanity When he above doth cast his eye To be God's son his Spouse Io. 1. v. 12. 1. Io. 3. v. 1. his friend Are honours which do those transcend On Earth was Alexander great Who sate in hâ—â— Imperiall seat To judge the World seems glory high Math. 19. v 28. 1. Cor. 6. v. 3. Compar'd to his he doth deny Since by Christ's promise judge he shall The Angles and the World with all Croesus with riches did abound Which do command on Earth what 's found These he contemns Math. 19. v 24. Mat. 5 v. 3. Iam. 2. v. 5. since t is a venture If ever they shall Heaven enter He blessed calls his Poverty which from that doubt doth set him free King Salomon Eccli 2. v. 10. who did possess All what was pleasant did confess T was Vanity v. 11. and grief of mind True ioy therein he could not find But Man from these withdrawing love Doth tast the lasting joys above Hence t is no worldly Crosses can Disturb the soul of Virtuous Man Since he all here as vain doth flight And suff'rings are his great delight For if with Christ 2. Cor. 1. v. 7. saith Sacred story He shares in pain he shall in glory Gal. 6. v. 14. This makes him pains and Crosses thirst Th'unsuffring state he deems the worst If others do'nt him mortify He makes himself his enemy With hunger cold and labours great And Discipline Gal. 5. v. 2. his Flesh doth treat To all affronts he 'l open ly What 's Will requires he will deny Still saying Luk 22. v. 42. Father with God's son Not mine but thy bles't will be don 2. Tim. 2. v. 4. Who as he came all men to save So he them glorify'd would have All Virtues are his great delight To practise them both day and night For they to soul do glory bring And wed her to the heau'nly King Where she in ioy shall still remain What price too great for so great gain Here you the reason clearly see Why virtuous Man from grief is free For ought on Earth he hath
Lying devill them deceive By Lyes of joys their dear souls to bereave O wicked Parents who while young neglect This dev'lish Vice in children to correct You Lyars guilty of this deadly crime Leave off Repent amend while you have time Speak what is just Eph. 4. v. 25. do not the truth deny The Lying devill and his Lyes defy Love and serve God his just Laws still attend Thus once a Lyar may make happy end THE TRUE ART OF LOVING WELL. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God Math. 22. v. 37. I Shall not here like Ovid teach The Art of brutish Carnall Love But that which did exceed his reach Practis'd by Seraphins above Which God Io. 13. v. 34. made man did teach to men To joyn them to their God agen To love those only who love you Or objects that your senses please Math 5. v. 46. What do you more then Heathens do Or brutes â—ho Belly love and ease Your God above whom you don't see I 'le teach to love and Enemy This Christ did teach v. 44. while he was here By words Luk 23. v. 34. and his most rare example The same to follow do not fear Rom. 5. v. 15. He for you grace hath purchas 't ample He hath rais'd Man unto this state He can love those Act 7. v. 60. who do him hate To do this cast your eye above Contemplate God's most lovely features Then for his sake you 'l learn to love In him all his beloved creatures And most of all Gen. 1. v. 26. his Image dear Which wrap't in flesh is placed here The Elements to Center tend As Water Earth the Air and Fire Where they do rest as in their end To hold them back doth force require The iron doth to Loadstone cleave That it may virtue thence receive Ps 72. v. 26. God Center is to soul of man Which here to Body is confin'd And without him there 's nothing can Give satisfaction to her mind He is the Loadstone where she gains Perfection and content remains For what are objects of Man's love Wealth Power Beauty Riches Glory All these are found in God above In high degree saith sacred story Wisd 1. v. 7.1 Ioh 4. v. 19. God all perfections doth contain Since he loves you love him again He loves you not for interest As if you could him profit bring But that you may with him have rest In glory of your heav'nly King Where you with Angels shall always In joy sing forth his glorious praise Love makes the consort of the Quire For all their Notes are tun'd by Love And Love is all their hearts desire Their God is Love 1. Ioh 4. v. 16. that reigns above By Love you do him perfect joyn To love him truly then incline To gain your loving heart's consent Gen. 1. v. 26. 1. Ioh 4. v. 9 Ioh 1. v. 14. Ioh. 20. v. 17. Behold what here on Earth is don All creatures made for your content Nay he has sent his only son To take your flesh and Brother be From sin and Hell to set you free All objects of true Love are here Laid open to your corp'rall view Since all that 's perfect doth appear In Christ who God and Man is true Ps 44. v. 5. He is the beauty of Mankind In Body features grace and mind He is not only amiable In body but likewise in heart His love to you was firm and stable Ioh. 13. v. 1. Till Death did soul and Body part While here on Earth for your souls sake No pains did he refuse to take He fasted pray'd he watch't he taught Cold Hunger Thirst he did endure Salvation for your soul he sought And to make future Glory sure Ro. 5. v. 8. By bitter pains he dy'd on th' tree Thus much thy JESUS loved thee Now he to heaven is ascended Io. 14. v. 2.1 Io. 2. v. 2. Rom. â— v. 34. Heb. 7. v. 25. Beholding Father face to face His Love to you is still extended He hath prepared you a place That it may be your finall home He is your Advocate become Love this your God-Man who loves you And for your sake hath done all this In all your ways prove to him true Against his Laws nêre do amiss His blessed will be sure obey Math. 19. v. 17. To Heav'n it is the only way THE SECOND PART I say to you love your Enemies Math. 5. v. 44. If you love me Ioh. 14. v. 15. saith Christ our Lord Be sure you keep this my command Ioh. 15. v. 12. Math. 22. v 39 1 Ioh. 4. v. 20. With one another still accord Your Brother love as your right hand Who doth not here his Brother love Loves not his God who is above Not only love him who loves you For blindest Heathen doth the same But love your Enemy Math. 5. v. 44. as true Tender his life his goods his fame So you who Enemies have been To me Math. 6 v. 12.14 shall love and pardon win God made man's soul his image dear To live with him eternally And thô to sin he did not fear And thus became his Enemy Revenge on him he did not take But taking flesh dy'd for his sake Here learn of God Math. 5. v. 45. your Heav'nly Father Who sinner feeds as well as just To feed your Enemy yea rather Than friend so you may humbly trust Luk. 6. v. 38. That God your soul with grace will feed Since you fed Foe in time of need You cannot love his wickedness But as God's Image you must love 1. Ioh. 4. v. 20. To 's Pattern Kindness here express If Peace you love that is above Then mercifull to you he 'l be Who for his sake lov'd Enemy The Just dost lesser stand in need Of love Rom 8. v. 2. than he who is in sin From satan's pow'r the first is freed While this 2. Timi 2. v. 26. his slavery lyes in O pray that God will set him free Then God will mercy shew to thee But if Revenge thou seek'st to take Math. 18. v. 32 33. For injury that 's gone and past Thou liable thy self dost make To guilt forgiven and at last As cruell damn'd thy soul will be Not shewing Mercy shew'd to thee With joy forgive then Man's offence Since Christ our Lord hath promis't you Mark 11. v 25 Eccli 28. v 2. Mark 4. v. 24. For sin it shall make recompense And debt remit which to it's due What measure you give to your Brother The same shall you have and no other His loss is most when he wrongs thee In body goods or reputation Without Repentance his will be The loss of God and soul's salvation Pray you the Father as the Son Forgive Luk. 23. v. 34. he knows not what h 'as don If you saw Beast in danger great You strait would run his life to save And enemy away would beat
stable born Luk 2. v. 7. Math. 4 v 19.21 Luk. 6. v. 20. and Manger laid He chose Poor Men would have no other For his Disciples to them said Blessed are you who here are Poor Of Heav'nly joys you may be sure When one did ask how he might gain Heaven Math. 19. v. 16. v. 17. Keep the Commands But if Perfection you 'l attain Sell all you have and with your hands Give to the Poor v. 21. and follow me This doing you will perfect be Who Heav'n and Earth possest Ier. 12. v. 7. and All Seem'd All to leave Poor Man to be To raise Man from his deadly fall And free him of his misery He lived Poor Ps 87.16 and naked dy'd And must Men rich on Earth abide Mark of himself what he did say The Fox hath holes Luk. 9. v. 58. but Son of Man Hath no place where his head to lay Or Worldly Treasures Prov. 17. v. 5. that he can Say This is mine and shall men scorn Those who are Poor or Poorly born Let Rich Men judge it not a folly All to forsake and imitate Christ Of all states this is most holy The World with all its Wealth to hate We have left all Math. 19. v. 27. and follow'd Thee Saith Peter What Reward shall be Amen I say to you that when The son of Man in Majesty Shall sit v. 28. you all shall rise agen And Judges ôre twelve Tribes shall be v. 29. And who for me shall Riches leave For one an Hundred shall receive This makes so many Men forsake Their Father Mother House v. 29. and Land Religious Lives to undertake And be at other mens command Their Cross to take Math. 16. v. 24. and Will deny To live with Christ Eternally And for this reason they refuse Riches on Earth thô they be good If rightly us'd but most abuse Them and it 's hard if understood To keep them Math. 19. v. 24. and to Heaven go They are to Virtue such a Foe They are the Ministers to Vice They purchase all for sinfull Heart What it desires all in a trice They bring and Men will freely part With them to purchase hatefull Sin But not that they may glory win They nat'rally do so bewitch Mens Hearts Eccls. 4. v. 8. Eccls. 5. v. 9. as still to desire more Their fingers to receive still itch But will give nothing to the Poor What they part with for any good Comes from their Heart like drops of bloud This is the Idoll they adore Avârice is the Root of evill Colos 3. v 3 1. Tim. 6. v. 10 Luk. 12 v. 15. Eccli 10. v. 9. Set not your Heart on it therfore For certain it brings to the Devill More souls by Wealth have gone astray From God than any other way Our Saviour Christ affirmeth this Math. 19. v. 24. A Camell can as easy pass Through eye of needle as in Bliss A rich Man enter Yet alass Most Men do Riches here desire Which brought rich Dives to Hell fire What then can't Rich Man saved be Yes if he will dispense his Wealth Dan. 4. v. 24. And to the Poor in Alms be free He may preserve his soul in health And friends of this his Mammon make Luk. 16. v. 9. At death to joys his soul they 'l take But since it is so hard a thing Wealth to possess and not to set Your Heart upon it from you fling What is superfluous and thus get Claim to this Promise Luk. 6. v. 20. Blest are you In spirit Poor Heav'n is your due O blest Exchange Luk. 6. v. 38. for Worldly Pelf To be partaker of God's glory If you 'l give gold he 'l give himself If we may credit sacred story Mat. 6. v. 29. Then send your Riches there before Where you shall live for evermore And you who Poor are don't repine But be contented with your state Be Poor in spirit Math. 5. v. 3. and in fine Your wants will open Heaven's Gate God's Just and will reward you there For Wants you patient suffer here Be not sollicitous Mat. 6. v. 25. or fear That you shall want cloths meat or drink To God your wants do all appear Be not mistrustfull or once think That he v. 26. who Birds and Beasts doth feed Will you neglect in time of need Mark 10. v. 38. You know not what is for you best Health sicknes Wealth or Poverty Trust him with Life and all the rest Obedient still unto him be Be confident and never fear What 's best for Soul he 'l give you here Most certain 't is true Poverty Is here on Earth the greatest Treasure From Sin it keeps the Soul most free Increasing Virtue in great measure It frees a Man from fear of loss And joyns with Christ upon the Cross He suffers Hunger Thirst 1. Cor. 4. v. 11. and cold Which when receiv'd with Resignation Do purchase Heaven more than gold And more secure him from Damnation Blest Poverty which Soul doth bring And weds her to its Heav'nly King Yet all who Poor are be not blest For some are Poor against their will And in desires do never rest But still contrive them to fulfill Their Hearts are so much set on wealth It often brings them unto stealth Those Poor are blessed who in spirit Are humbly with their state content Such dayly do increase their merit By wants and Crosses to them sent Luk. 6. v. 21. These shall in Heaven have their fill For Resignation to God's will Let Rich and Poor then warning take Ps 61. v. 11. On Riches let no'ne set his heart But freely give them for God's sake And when his soul shall hence depart He shall from his God mercy find Since to the Poor he was so Kind You Poor deem not your lot the worst Nor greedily seek after gain Luk. 6. v. 24. Which makes so many Souls accurst But patiently your wants sustain Then they from Sin will keep you free And Rich in Heav'n with Christ you 'l be Amen OF CHASTITY He that can take it let him take it Math. 19.12 SInce God was pleased not to make All Men at once but did decree One flesh should of another take And thus in bloud related be That they might one another love In heart and all division hate As Natures instinct doth them move God to this end did them create A Lawfull Union is requir'd Betwixt the Male and Female King Which Mat. 19. v. 5. as in Flesh so it s desir'd They both united be in mind Gen. 1. v. 28. Eph. 6. v. 4. T' increase is God's Commandement And breed up Children in his Fear This must be Wedlock's chief intent As by the Scripture doth appear So that before the World was fill'd The Marriage-Precept had great force If all Gen. 9. v. 1. but few again were kill'd Men would be bound to
Iejunio In keeps the soul to Virtue bent It doth preserve Grace and to other Rare Virtues makes her full intent The fruits of Feasting are Hell's gain By Fasting Man doth just remain This made the Saints so much esteem The Virtue of true Abstinence Themselves secure they did not deem Without this Buckler of defence It shields from Fiesh and Devil's dart That it shall never wound the heart Saint John Christ's great Fore-runner fasted Luk. 1. v. 15. Mark 1. v. 6. He no delicious meat would eat What Desart yields he only tasted With Pennance strict he Flesh did treat Thus kept the Grace he was born in And never did consent to Sin Saint Paul thô by God's choice elected While here did seem his Flesh to hate By Pennance strict he it corrected 1 Cor 9 v. 27. Lest that he might prove Reprobate If you examine you will find The Saints were all of this Saint's mind If therfore you will be secure From tempting Flesh and Devill fell By Fast God's grace you must procure To guard you while on Earty you dwell Fasting preserves from new offence Ioël 2. v. 12. And for past Sins makes recompence Hence 't is the Church commands to Fast Yet this is to be understood As long as health and strength doth last She seeks hereby her Childrens good Three sorts of Fasts in Church there are Which I will briefly here declare The first is called naturall And broke by crum or drop we take The next Ecclesiasticall One meal a day in this we make The third is abstinence when we Excepting flesh to eat are free Unto the first the Church doth bind When We receive the Sacrament Lent Fridays Eves where Fast we find We must with one meal be content On Saturdays we do abstain When only Flesh we do refrain Behold what profit doth accrew To us by Fasting then besure To give Obedience what is due To Holy Church while you endure Who hears the Church Luk. 10. v. 16. the same hears me who 'l not as Heathen let him be The meat hurts not which enters in When it is took with moderation Your Disobedience is the Sin Which makes you guilty of Damnation Gen. 1. v. 31. Gen. 3. v. 11. Good was the Apple Adam eat Yet eating his offence was great As Satan tempted him so here He tempts to Disobedience The Flesh bids eat and never fear The Soul yields to Concupiscence Thus not regarding Church command Man boldly eats what comes to hand But let us still obedient be To holy Church Mat. 18. v. 17. in all our ways That from Christ's curse we may be free Remembring what Saint Austin says who 'l not the Church his Mother call Have God for Father never shall Let no Flesh-Devill then prevail Phil. 3. v. 19. To make you Belly-God adore To feast now what will it avail Luk. 16. v. 24. When you must hunger evermore From Sin preserve your Soul by Fast Rev. 19. v. 9. That you may Feast with God at last Amen OF ALMSDEEDS Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of iniquity Luk. 16. v. 9. IN the beginning God did give All things in common here below That men might still united live No one his Portion then did know God did not parts to men assign 29. No one could say this Land is mine When Men on Earth did multiply Gen. 13. v. 9. The Earth in parts they did divide Who had most pow'r gain'd most thereby The weakest poorest did abide Thus Avarice did first begin 1. Tim. 6. v. 10. Which Scripture calls the Root of Sin By Property their hearts were set On greedy gain and Worldly Love Their aim was worldly Wealth to get They little minded joys above They were to Flesh and Bloud so bent Iam. 5. v. 5. Their Heaven was this World's content Ps 16. v. 15. The Soul's desire 's nêre satisfy'd Till she joyns God her finall End She having with the Flesh comply'd To her desires doth wholly bend So men their Heav'n seek in this life Which is the cause of Worldly strife For they to greatness do aspire And Wealth 's increase Prov. 28. 〈◊〉 22. which all commands They grieve to see another higher In honour riches or in lands This makes them plot both day and night How they may gain by wrong or right Hence 't is they cheat they rob they kill To gain a little worldly wealth To satisfy their greedy will They often hazard life and Health The Idol-Riches they adore Give these and they will ask no more Prov. 1◠v. 20. Eccli 13. v. 24. Eccli 4. v 4.5.6 Eccli 13. v. 24. They are no friends unto the Poor Their wants they 'l not the least supply But harshly drive them from the door As their Wealth 's greatest Enemy Let them consider how unjust They are hereby unto their trust For thô God some men did permit To have more than some others have Yet his decree he doth not quit Deut. 14. v. 29. Eccli 4. v. 1.2.3.4 By which the Earth he common gave All Men are by her Fruits to live To Poor the Rich are bound to give For since they do the Land possess Which food unto the Body yields To those which only Trades profess To till and sow who have no fields Eccli 29. v. 12. In want they 're bound to give them bread Or give account when they are dead For God hath plac't the Rich man here Not only his own flesh to feed But to be his true Dispenseer Luk. 16. v. 11. Distributing where he sees need Account of this he once must give If bad 't is Death if good he 'l live Our Saviour's counsell here then take And freely give unto the Poor Luk. 16. v. 9. Thus wicked Mammon friends will make Of whose assistance you 'l be sure Your Soul when it doth Body leave The Poor shall into joys receive Isai 58. v. 7. Prov. 17. v. 5. The Prophet bids you to refresh Who hungry are and naked cloath And not despise them your own flesh Nor their infirmities to leath Tob. 4. v. 8. Do still as you would be done by To all in great necessity Christ's counsell here Command becomes Sell what you have Luk. 12. v. 33. and Alms bestow The Saints in Alms have spent great sum's Before the Poor should naked go These words of Christ made them so free What you give them Mat. 25. v. 40. you give to me Alms Eccli 29. v. 17. saith the Wiseman do defend More than the strong man's shield or spear Against assaults our foes intend The Soul thus armed doth not fear Alms reinforce her so with grace They raise the Siege and leave the place And thô you should be Sinners great True Charity hides all your Sins v. 16. Tob 4. v. 11 Luk. 6. v. 38. And pleads before God's Mercy seat And of him Pardon for you wins Who gives to
brows Those Wounds like Rubies then shall shine And glorious in their Flesh appear 4. Esd. 7. v. 55. Their faces then will seem divine To Christ their Captain they 'l draw near Rev. 4. v. 10.11 And praises sing Eternally To him who gave them Victory The pure chast Virgins cloath'd in white Rev. 14. v. 4. Shall still upon the Lamb attend Their Bodies chast with glory bright A fragant savour forth will send They 'l there wear Crowns of Victory Obtain'd against Carnality Iam. 1. v. 12. All shall with glory crowned be And plac't among the Angels there Io. 14. v. 2. Rev. 19. v. 1. Each Man shall sit in his degree According as his Merits were where they shall with the Angels sing Praise be to God our Heav'nly King Above the rest in glory great Resplendent as the sun shall sit The Queen of Heav'n in glorious seat At Christ's right hand as doth befit Since he from her his Flesh did take In glory he 'l her Part'ner make As they their Bodies did chastize With Watching Labour 2. Cor. 4. v 8 9.10 c 6. v. 5. 2. Tim. 4. v. 8. Pains and Fasting They glorious shall from Death arise And share in glory Everlasting What joy will soul and Body have When she rejoyns it from the Grave This Mortall Body saith Saint Paul 1. Cor 15. v. 54. Shall put on Immortality Thô here it suff'red then it shall Put on impassibility Mat. 13. v. 43. Wisd 3. v. 7. With Beauty it will glorious shine What 's Earthly God will then refine Agility will make it quick And Sampson-like it will be strong Still healthfull it will nêre be sick Rev. 21. v. 4. Pain will no more to it belong And it shall have security Of a most blest Eternity Esay declares c. 25. v. 6. Luk. 22. v. 29. that God will make A sumptuous Feast in this great day Where all delights they will partake Which he shall there before them lay Rev. 19. v. 9. Luk. 12. v. 37. Saint John doth this Lamb's supper call Where Christ himself shall serve them all No pleasant thing shall wanting be Unto the very Body's senses God's hand to them will be so free And lib rall in his recompenses Mat. 19. v. 29. An hundred fold they shall receive For any Pleasure they did leave This joy and glory of the Flesh Divines do Accidentall call But that which doth the soul refresh 1. Cor. 13. v. 12. Mat. 25. v. 21. Divines do terme Essentiall This doth consist in the clear Vision Of God and in his full Fruition By that we do with Cherubins The Essence of God clearly see By this we are with Seraphins Inflam'd with love and charity This Love Divines Fruition name Ps 35. v. 9. God doth absorp them in the same By this their Vision they do see Not only all that God did make But also the Divinity And of his knowledge they partake They see how God is Three 1. Io. 3. v. 2. and One This is Beatitude alone Coloss 1. ◠16.17 As God doth in himself contain All things created here below He representeth them again And thus the Saints do come to know What we desire in heart or say And then for us Poor Sinners Pray Besides their Knowledge they possess All pleasure Isai 64. v. 4. that their heart can crave Knowledge alone were comfortless If they Fruition should not have Yet no one God can clearly see But must him joyn in charity True Honour Power Glory Wealth In God as in their Fountain be Peace Pleasure Joy Content Health He is their full Felicity They cannot wish for ought in mind Rom. 11. v. 3. Which in their God they do not find Thô some in glory greater be Io. 14. v. 2. 1 Cor. 15. v. 41. Yet none doth envy others state Each one's content in his degree There all do love and none do hate Who 's placed in lowest seat Is joy'd to see the other great Luk. 6. v. 38. All Souls have there o'reflowing measure As they are capable they 're fill'd For there 's an Ocêan of true pleasure All 's granted there what êre is will'd If you 'l be capable of more Gal. 6. v. 9.10 While here be sure you lay up store Ps 35. v. 9. The Powers of the Soul all three Are satisfy'd the Understanding Is fill'd with light and Verity The Will which here is still commanding Shall be content and Memory Fill'd with secure Eternity As this the Damn'd doth most torment That their Pains ended will be never So this the Saints doth most content To think their Joys shall last for ever To them a Hell's Eternity To these their great Felicity Since God hath put these in our pow'r Eccli 15. v. 17. And Life and Death before us set Let us be wise and evêry hour Indeavour to discharge Sin 's debt That we grim Death may never fear Nor to the Judge then to appear It is neglect and want of care Ier. 12. v. 11. ◠Esdr ◠v. 16. That brings so many to the Devill While living men will not beware Sin to avoid and what is evill Much less do they attend to good As if they nothing understood Take then the counsell Eccli 7. v. 40. Deut. 32. v. 29. that I gave Your four last Ends still bear in mind This will secure you to the Grave At Judgment you shall comfort find You will avoid the Pains of Hell And with your God in Heav'n shall dwell Amen SAINT MARY MAGDALEN'S LIFE The First Part to her Conversion WHen God the World did first create Gen. 1. v. 14. And parted Night from Day Two great and gloriôus Lights he made To guide Men in their way The greater Light was call'd the Sun Which to the Day gave light The lesser that 's the Moon v. 16. was made To guide Men in the Night The Sun 's great light doth men direct That they may danger fly The Moon gives light in darksom Night That who in danger ly May by her light escape the same And thus be freed from fears Which do the dark and Night attend Untill the Sun appears Thus when God re-created Man From Death of Sin set free Two Lights he plac't in 's Holy Church Guides for poor Man to be The first is Christ Zach. 3. v. 8. that Orient Sun Who by his conversation Gave light Io 8. v. 12. and taught the perfect way Which leadeth to Salvation The second for poor Sinners was Who erring from the first In danger of Damnation lay A state of all the worst For Sin Iob. 15. v. 16. thô it seems sweet at first While it 's short joy doth last It leaves grief sorrow and remorse When that delight is past Which often lead into Despair Rom 6. v. 23. And so unto the Devill Except the Soul be taught the Art To draw good out of