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B07160 [Ane godly treatis, callit the first and second cumming of Christ] [with the tone of the winters-nicht shewing brieflie our native blindness / by James Anderson]. Anderson, James, d. 1603. 1614 (1614) STC 572.5; ESTC S90283 9,315 28

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you tidinges mikell worth To you is borne a blessed birth In Bethlehem this day 17 His Starre al 's in the Firmament The wise men from the Orient Did call them foorth incontinent And guid them on the way Till they came to the selfesame place Where Christ our King then new borne was That Stare would then no farder passe But stood still in a stay 18 Then came they in right courteously Acknowledging his Majestie Offering to him these gifts thrée Gold Incense Mirh that day The Gold because hée was a King Incense because God euerlasting The Mirh in token of burying Thus learned Doctours say 19 Iust Simeon into his Song Who for that day did looke so long Said Lord let now thy seruant gang In peace and passe away Sith that mine eyes haue séene this sight Of thy swéete Sonne the Gentles light And of the Iewes the glorie bright Whom thou hast sent this day 20 Iohn Baptist did his way prepare And pointed with his finger there Behold the Lambe of God so faire That takes our sinnes away Bade them belieue and him imbrace Repent and mend while they had space Or otherwise they get not no grace But die in sinne that day 21 When Iohn in Iordane him baptized The Fathers voyce him authorized This is my Son in whom I am pleased Heare him what hée doth say And farder in the peoples sight The holy Ghost did on him light And with him bode to show his might As God and Man that Day 22 The diuine doctrine that hée taught The wonderous works that he wrought In suckring all that to him fought And saying no man nay His bright transfiguration His patience in his Passion And glorious Resurrection Did proue hée was our Day 23 For neuer man did speake as hée Causde deafe men heare and blind-borne sée Hée praide for them that causde him die And rose on the third day Then fourtie dayes remained here With his Disciples and did them lere And gart them know the Scriptures cleare Before hée past away 24 When hée had fully pacified His Fathers wrath and him obeyed Vnto the death and purified Our sinne as white as Snow Then sent hee his Apostles out In all the world to teach about And put all people out of doubt That come was his first Day 25 Then with our flesh before them plaine Hée did goe vp to Heauen againe Whereas his manhood must remaine Till the dreadfull Doomesday But when that dreadfull Day shall bee No creature knoweth certainly Except the Father and that onely So doubtsome is that Day 26 Wherefore the Lord bade all men watch ●nd let not sinne nor sleuth them catch Incase vnwares hée with them match When they least thinke that Day Is with the Virgines which playde the foole That had their Lampes but lacked Oyle They got not in but causde recoole And barred out that day 27 The many tokens that wée read That second day which should proceede Are come already in verie déede Both come and gone away As well into the Heauen aboue As in the Earth almost are done Which significes it shall come soone As pleased God that day 28 As for the signes celestiall For longsomnesse I leaue them all And treat of the terrestriall That should procéede that day In Scripture which are specified Wée shall them find accomplished To sée the same then verrified Attend what I now say 29 First shall bee Battels and bloody Warres That people and policie downe beares VVe heare their rumour with our eares Increasing euery day Both Forraine Warres and Intestiene That Realmes and Countreys wracketh cleane Wée sée this token before our eine Accomplished this day 30 And yet the world most certainly Is setled in such securitie They thinke not once that they must die And answere to that day 38 Loue towards God is almost gone And loue to Neighbour colde as stone No loue now but selfe-loue alone Amongst all beares the sway In Gods owne cause no feruencie The poore opprest are cruellie All séeke themselues so narrowlie Promise and Loue is quite away 39 The fourth shall bée defection From Christ and his correction By folke of vile affection Before that second day That of his word they shall take loath And with true Preachers bée so wroth That when Christ comes scarsely shall Faith Bée found in Earth that day 40 This token for to testifie That it is now come certainly The manifest Apostasie That many make this day From Christes Kirke and little Flocke Which heare his word and beare his yoke Whome these Apostates doe but mocke By word and writ each day 41 There is two sorts of Apostates Some from Christes word are run-a-gates Themselues that excommunicates From Christes Kirke and Fay. Of this sort are our Iesuites The sliest sort of Hypocrites That Sathan sent with lying spirites In Earth this many day 42 For to aduance their fained fame Of Iesus they vsurpe their name And yet they traitors thinke no shame His trueth for to betray More méete of Iudas Iudaites Or of Sus suis bee calde suites Ad volutabrum of Romes ruites They had their name perfay 43 For Iesuites in generall Are traitors to Christ Iesus all And séeke to gar his Kingdome fall With all the might they may Omitting none occasion To furder their inuasion By pestilent perswasion Both by night and day 44 Their doctrine is but Papistrie Set out with subtile Sophistrie Founded to foster Idolatrie By learned leys alway For to maintaine the Popes Empyre They are vpholden with his hyre But at the length into the myre Both hée and they shall faa 45 They haue forsaken the wholsome strands Of Gods owne word and his Commands And digged vp with féete and hands And Padels of Papists Laa And though they drinke while that they bu●●st Those pooles shall neuer s●aike their thirst But make their soules drinke as they list More drie from day to day 46 The fond opinions of Papistrie In euery point particularlie Are else confuted cunningly By moe than one or twa It were but labour then in vaine To tread the same ouer againe Christs written word hath so them slaine They haue no more to say 47 Yet they pretend Antiquitie So doe they discens Linallie And locall Visibilitie From Christ vnto this day In Christs time no Papistrie They are degenerate whollie And brooke that place by tyrannie Against Christ euery day 48 And to performe their interprise They leaue not off with once or twise But vp againe they mint to rise The trueth to stope and stay But when that Light they cannot sm●re Which in their spite shines more and more This is the last they make them fore True teachers to mislay 49 These truethlesse trukers without all shame Name sundrie Pastors by their name Them and their Doctrine to defame Loude lies abroad they lay The Iewes they calde our Soueraigne Possest sinfull Samaritane Yea Drunkard and vylde Publicane Who knew no sinne at aa 50 No seruant is