Mat. â—8 Isa 9. Gal. 4. Isa 45. 4. 1. â—oh 1 1. Cor. 15 1. Thes 4. That Spirite with vs vnto the worldles end This lambe sitting on his throne eternall Subdewer of death and feyndes infernall Sauiour of all that in him will conside Where his elect with faiâ—h and hope abide His comming when the last trompet shall sound Wherethey in him shal rise forthe of the ground 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 these coud 〈◊〉 the Myrâ—â—◠〈◊〉 in forme and maâ—â—â— of an 〈…〉 â—â—mposed by the sade Noruell ALL the dolores from the originall All wo distress and paines surious â—â—â— me imbrace sith I diserue theÌ„ all 2. Cor. 7 All dishonour the ilk man doeth resuse Come vnto me do me clene confuse thy dart Come teares come terrours come death now â— And plant these doloures many wofull hart It is my conscience in my hart full depe Which conseâ—â—nce doeth me daâ—ke curse and ban That maketh me like one womaÌ„ sigh and wepe Rom. 2. Come all the wo since first the world began That euer had or yet suffred any man Come attones my stony harte so wound That trwe repentance with teares may abound Because that I haue bene so proud and bolde So full of sinne and euery wickednes As Christess brother me to name and holde I haue abused my self I do confesse Mat. 12. For Christ doeth say in his Gospell expresse Who workes my Fathers wil and his command He is my brother sister and seruand But I vnworthie wretche bent full of ire 〈◊〉 â— How darre I him my master call for shame To birke his will since I haue no desire Therfore I am not 〈◊〉 to beir thâ—â— Name Of Christes brother as an trew Christiane For I haue not Gobbes holie word 〈◊〉 Luc. â— But done the contrare hâ—w can I be excused Now I persaue it better my tongue to holde Nor as one hypocrite to go about And say as I was wont with visage bolde Brother holde vp thy eye and kneill and lout Matt. 7. That I may forth thereof an moâ—e pull out When I my self do others thus disprayse And yet will not persaue in any wayse The greate beame that is my own eye vithin Proceding from the faultes of my mother Ecce 25. I will correct and yet I bo but slune The sault whereof I do reproue my brother I do commit the same with many other My heart doeth nothing with my lippes agrie Rom. 14. I am so full of blinde hypocrisie My darkenes is full great I do considder Wherein I spent my tyme bothe night and daye Mat. 6. Synce that my light is darknes all togidder I do confesse I haue gone long astraye From Christ which is the light the lyfe and waye Doing my sinnes dailie still agment As maine sworne maÌ„ ouer lait hathe done repent Perâ—ured I am because that I did sweare WheÌ„ they with water of Baptisme did me weshe Rom. 6. Col. 2. Ephe. 4 To Loue God onelie and his Lawe 〈◊〉 Whiche from my heart alwayes I 〈…〉 Seruing the beastlie pleasures of my fleshe Geuing the same vnto the owne delyte Gal. 3 That now my conscience doeth my selfe dispite O sy sals lust had thou in me suche strengthe Hast thy pleasures so gart me dote and â—aue Gal. 5. To bind me in that snare where I at lengthe Can not my selfe forthe of thy handes haue Râ—m 8. Hes thy vaue pleasures done me thus deceaue â— Cor. 15 Hes thou me led to Goddes ire full deipe Bringing on me of sinne the slouthfull sleipâ— To walken at the porte of blak dispair After so shorte an ioye to gar me quaike Gal. 6. At lengthe thy seruandes gettes of the na mair â–ª Rom. 6. When that delyte hathe led them in that laâ—â—e At last I se thou doeth them clene forsaike Till me had better bene the till forsakin Before or that I had thy pleasure Stakin Thou art the poysone that my heart hath soght Thy wicked vennome is endles but remeid Ioh. 5. I haue the sound thou hast broght me to noght Except that grace and mercye do preceid Ephes 1. From Christ that for my sinnes on croce did bleid Now help me Lord for Christes sake I call Ioh. 16. And driue from me affâ—ctiones sensuall Commâ—nd my heart from lusâ—es till abssene Sith it is â—â—â—hy power gene thou 〈◊〉 If thou wilt noâ— with them I perishe clene By daye nor night I wait not what till cheife Nor yet I se nothing that may the ciâ—e When I on death and iudgement think eâ—presse Then doeth my 〈◊〉 more 〈◊〉 Eccl. 41. Wherefore o deaâ—h forthe of this world me driue Sith I am so tormented euery sake Rom. 7. I do but leue in langour here on 〈◊〉 To strike me with thy darte since thou art slake Against the worlde whaâ— armies shall I take Eccles 1. Shall I confesse my owne abusione And sinfull life whiche is my owne confusione Prepare the o my harte and arme the streght Be not assrayed in no manâ—â—r of 〈◊〉 Gal. 5. Against the worlde for to combâ—â—â— and feght Be hardie vailliant in euery place Syne do the world with his pleasures chace Arte thou not strong from the for till dispeshe And al 's ouercome the world the deuill and fleshe O Lord I grant my sayinges vndisereit Esa 59. Wherewith I thoght to haue parted the pelf They me forthe shawe to be an hypocreit For how darre I presume 〈◊〉 else To steall thy gloire and take it to my self Seyng the iustest that euer yet was found Phil. 2. Doeth dailie sinne that reignes on the ground We but thy grace coulde neuer yet with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â— 2. Cor. â— 2. â—et 11. Nor couâ—â—◠〈◊〉 the vane consaities mandane The deuill 〈◊〉 as I haue â—ane on hand What â—ais◠〈◊〉 now 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Num. 16 2. Para. â—â— What caust thou think or say but wordes vane Yet fear the 〈◊〉 of the Lord almight Thogh he the dampne he doeth the 〈◊〉 Where shall I go allas vnto the Law Rom. â— And blenck in to that spectakle profound Naye naye for it doeth all my vices shaw 2. Cor. 3. Whiche are so foull so filthie and immound The leist of them by right may me confound Heb. â—2 It is my sinnes allas that doeth me duell And dampnes me with Satan for to duell Gal. 3. My filthie fleshe dailie I fele it steir Resisting still the motiones of my spreit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 7 With ardent battaill strife and mortall weâ—e Adam greit was the sinne thou did commit Thou sell not shine allone in to the pit Aswell as thou we that are of thy seid Are partenars of thy curst and wicked deid Lord seing thou did sonne Adam of claye And made him lyke to the with all his kinne Why made thou nor â–ª his heart the to obaye Esa 6â— And why did thou not
no officer inâ—ernall That haith their maister moir seruit nor he 2. Cor. 4 Dar thou take suche an man of Law for the Their neuer was man that to him creddit gaue But he lost their cause did theme cleine dissaue Their is no such so to that word deuine As ignorance that leadis man to ruine 1. Corin. 14. Vnder whose winges as an bie byke or hyue Is bred all vice in any man on liue As Paull doeth write if thou thyselfe abuse Think not thy dotage shall thy selfe excuse Seing ignorance many haith deuoird Who dotis at length with daffing shall be sinoird Who will not ioine them selues to discipline But stil from knowledge wisdome wil decline Without the Law and be with vice inflammid Rom. 2 Without the Law so shall they be condemnid Their is some others wold an folie found Because the fleshe doeth in it felfe abound Rom. 8. And of it selfe from sinne can not abstene Those ignorantes without reasone maintene How all that lieth not in our fre will Shulde not to vs be holdin vice nor ill 3. Reg. 8 As who wolde say that God his creatâ—ure Wroght wronge to punishe the will of nature Esa 54. Hearken and heir an lyke similitude If in an harbere among floures goode Prouer. 21. Spraâ—g bryeres or weides of silth or bittirnesse Shulee men them pluck or lat them still incresse By this reason we shulde thoâ—e euery where The wolfe the fox the wod and bousteous bere To kill all kinde of tender bestiall Gal. 5. And lat all vermine work their naturall Thus when that the fleshe doeth in such errour raue It fredome seketh and wolde all pleasures haue Deut. 18 The nature of the fleshe doeth still delite To case the selfe and blame the holie write And wolde it wreist vnto an carnal sence Esa 3. Whose reasones oft are turned to offence Good intentes without charitie and faith Zacha. 1 Rom. 3 9. Prouokes oftymes Goddes yre and wraith Silence to all men is conuenient And not but why nor wherefore to inuent Oght of our selues that can no good considder Seing that it haith pleased him to confidder The sinnes of Adam vpon all his raice Esa 43. Is no remeid but call on him for grace Then after sinne come death right doutable Say 1. With birning brimstone and oyles horrible That no man might behold for sincke and stinke On Adam ran and said as I do thinke Sen thou and all thy raice haith done rebell I shall the with thy seid send down to hell Apoc. 6. Thus death in his right hand one coupe he bair Full of cursing of sorow wo and cair With hard and feirfull execrationes And with pestiferent inflammationes Death for Satan For the desires of death and his intent â–ª He drest him sprinkle his poisons pestilent On Iewe on Greke 〈◊〉 other nation But where as fell 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—ation 〈◊〉 In haist they ware 〈◊〉 so appeir Where they with tormentes terrours with feir With double dolour and with wo tyrannicall Apoc. â— They harled ware to the paines infernall O poore Adam take head and now beholde How thy owne selfe hathe the wedsett and solde Vnder that hard and terrible tutoure Rom. 6. Before the was set fyre and water pure Thou had fre will to chuse in to that stead But thou râ—fused life and chosed dead Rom. 6. Thou chosed thy â—o for aye ouer the to ring That felloâ—e â—o was ouer the bothe Lord King To serue him as an sclaue did the compell And for rewarde â—â— promâ—sse gat bâ—t hell Take head of these thy soâ—s and considder How they haue sworne thy death all thre to gidder All thought a foir the wordles fundatione Before the coupe of indignatione Ephe. 1. Before the Sunne the Moone or element God the Father that is ommpotent 1. Pet. 1. Disposed and wroght thinges all and some As they haue bene and as they are to come Apoc. 5. Yet to himselfe the Lord he hathe reserued An certaine chosin whom he will haue preserued Ephe. 2. For to remaine with him in endles glore Where others shall thole paine for euermore Rom. 9. His elect people with grace shall be possest where the reprobat neuer shall haue rest In hell according to his iust iudgemenâ— â–ª 〈◊〉 With weping gnashing and with sâ—ir 〈◊〉 Thogh we our selues can not this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—et must we nedes beleue it so to be Saying also o maker of heauen and land 〈◊〉 â— Who can or may thy riches vnderstand How heigh how deipe and how inscrutable Are thy hid secrettes incomprchensable For thou hast thyne â—lect predâ—stmat Ephe. 1. With all thy treasures to be abumbrat Frome all dissaitfull doctrine malignant Rom. 8. Ioyning them to thy trew Churche melitant That hathe not vainlie taine thy talentes sweit But haue broght forthe thefrutes of the Spreit They are thy chosin by vocatione But not with rigour or with violatione Thou hast not suffred them to be infect Nor yet to death nor hell to be subiect But hast preserued an nombre clene ouer all â— Reg. 19. That haue not bowed their bodies vnto Baall â–ª To them was made the promesse infallable Of Christ with miracles inestimable To saue them all from reprehensione Rom. 4 8 11 12 And did dâ—creit In his intentione To cleith them newe with iudgement and iustice I meane with faith their mother and nurice Syâ—e with mercifull eyne ou them did call With ardent loue and petie paternall Act. 1. And where they war before with Satan solde For to fulfill his promesse then he wolde Gal. 4. Send down hâ—s holâ— word in earth vs till And with his word the promesse did fulfill Ioh. â— And then 〈◊〉 to make manifest Maâ— â–ª â—â— Where their shuld be conuened from east to west Of all nationes an Churche catholicall To prayse and loue Goddes Name perpetuall Col. 3. And wolde also that the eterue purpose Of the great sâ—bbothe and the great repose Shulde be confirmed for an Testament Heb. 2. 10. Col. 1 2. Abyding the ransome and the digne payment Of the lambes oblation for them all And wolde that the burdenes tyranicall Ephe. 2. The decrettes of the lawes bannishing Shulde die in them selfe with all manashing And wold that the enemies all and some Psal â—â—â— Shulde be distroyed vincust and ouercome For the of the power that they did obteine And wolde all thinges shulde be pure and cleine Act. 5. All Prophecies to be fulfilled syne Before the comming of his word deuyne This heauenlie word alwaye victorious Heb. 10. Bothe strong wight permanent and glorious Apoc. 6. By whiche the worlde and the heauens all Toke their beginning and originall Gen. â— This word cled with flesh made him readie than Ioh. 1 To feght
Is their more greâ—ter honour land and gloir As to be portrait in euerie kinde of thing To Iesus Christ the Sonne of God our King Col. 3. At the last day with Christ our Master deir Like to him self saith Iohn we shall appeir Christ saith who that wold my disciple be Forsake him self againes the worlde stryue Luc. 9. Take vp my croce and beir it after me I grant ther is no creature on lyue But they wold all be saued man and wyfe Mat. 10. I confesse all wold reigne with Christ in blis But sewe are like the Sonne of God in this The Sonne of God our Master or he rang Receaued humilitie and abhorred pryde Mat. 2. Luc. 22. Was crucified and tholed paines strang And durst not long in to no place abyde Baneist and had no hole his heid to hide Ioh. 8. He was blasphemed they said say we not weill Away Samaritane possessed with the deill For who wold be like the Sonne of God Like him must shape their cleathing their weid Col. 3. Syne bear his croce through euerie pathe rod Mat. 16. If we wold reigne vncrucified in deid We are not like to Christ our cheffe and heid Mar. 8. God haith ordained all that with Christ shal ring Luc. 9. For to be like to Christ in euerie thing Their is no waye to entre in to gloir Rom. â— Their is no helpe their is none other choise â—uc 9. But as the Sonne of God hathe gone beâ—oir He is the waye his shepe they hear his voise Ioh. 10. They follow him thy bear his marke and croise Esa 50. God the Father in his counsell deuine Determined by suffâ—ing woo and pine That Iesu Christ shoulde entre in repose Since the diuinitie did so decreit Esa 62. So it behoued this blessed heauenlie rose Shoulde suffre death to make the worke coÌ„pleit As God the Father had ordained in Spreit Some saith that the Scripture Prophettes trwe Luc. 9. Spake and meined but onelie of Christ Iesu I answer the prouidence eternall Ephes 1. Before the worlde as now it sees and saw Comprehending all thinges vniuersall 1. Cor. 11. The cermonicall Scriptures ye knaw Col. 1. Are finished in Christ end of the Law But yet the Scriptures follow vpon vs Rom. 8. That are membres of his Sonne Christ Iesus The holie Spirit of God saith Paull expresse That wirketh daye and night for our behoue To our spirit beareth record and witnesse That we are children of the Lord aboue Also coheritoures with Christ throw loue Saith Paull if we suffre with him in deid We shall be also with him glorifeid Except we suffre and our selues dant The holie Spirit maketh narratione Mat. 20. We shall no wayes be participant Mar. 10. Of Iesus Christes death and passione Except we bear the croce of tribulatione 2. Tim. 2 If we think shame his croce to bear and take Likewise saith Paull he will vs clene forsake In to the Leuitt Law God gaue coÌ„mand Leuit. 2. To all Israell that they should neuer tyre To salt all sacrifice and all offrand But in the nynt of marke Christ doeth require His seruandes to be seasoned with fyre Mar. 9. If they will be of his religione To salt them selues with persecutione Prepair you o vnfeinzeid Christians To passe se that ye be all readie drest 1. Cor. 3. This purgatore to the Corrinthians That Paull in to the thrid theptour exprest Where euerie work shall be manifest In the daye of temptatione and of yre The croce of tribulaâ—ione is that fyre That fyre shall trie our work â—s euen and od Idâ—m To riche nor poore it will haue no respect Their shall be sene who is like the Sonne of God Ioh. 16. It is neidefull that all the faithfull Sect 2. Tim. 3 Be tryed by fyre that are his trwe elâ—ct As were all they that loued Christes Impyre Iud. 8. Proued and tryed by that fellone fyre Abell the iuste by his owne brother Cain Gen. 4 7. Thogh he offended him in to no caice Was he not put to death by him and slaine Noye with all kind of soules and beastes raice Was closed on the sea an yeres spaice Abraham father of all fidelitie Rom. 4. Had he not dailie great aduersitie When sundrie tymes for dreddour of his life Gen. 12 14 20 22 23. For hongare famine and tribulatione Behoued to denie his propre wise Loth in Sodome had great vâ—xatione Isaac had he not great temptatione When his father obeying Goddes ' commande Vpon an altar lyke one lambe him band To cut his neck all readie was an knyfe Whill that his faâ—her persaued well and saw That Goddes Angell came to saue his lyfe Twentie yeres durst not Iacob ye knaw Gen. 27. 17. Come to Canaan for feir of Esaw Iosephes owne brethren put him in an caue And syne him solde in Egypt for an slaue Where his masters accused him in dispite And into prisone impetiouslie was donne Gen. 39. For not fulfilling of her appetite Moyses walde rather with Godds people woÌ„ne Exod. 12 Nor to be called king Pharoes daughters sonne Heb. 11. Moyses thy Spirit before did clearlie se Where Salomon said it were better be With the humble in paines and distresse Nor with the glorious bothe night and daye Prouer. 16. To parte bushelles of gold and great richesse â–ª Iossue that still did the Lord obaye At whose request the Soune for him did staye What tribulatione had he or he wan Iosu 10. The land of promesse called Canaan Godlie Debora what she tholed in eard Iud. 4. When vnderneth the palme trie was her luges Beholde and read in Iudicum the feard Iud. 7. What Gideou suffred with smale refuges I do report me to the book of Iudges What petious paines had Iephteth Gileadâ—it When he his onelie daughter sacrifest Iud. 11. Samsone blessed of God omnipotent Iudi. 13 14. Nazarien that oynted was with oyle And for his strength Messias did present Had he not persecutione paine and dule They brest his eyne and vsed him as an fule Idem 16 Dauid prince of Prophettes in Spirit exparte That God did chese after his verie hart Againes Saull the moste part of his lyfe 1. Sam. 19 22 23. In woddes in willdernes and great exile He had but persecutione paine and strife After Saull Absolou within aâ— while His father chaist and did his bed defile Dauid suâ—fred all these probationes 2. Sam. 15. Without murmour or exclamationes Welcome he said welcome thy holie will Thy pleasure mot all waye in me be planted 1. Sam. 26. I haue suâ—fred and readie to suâ—fre still O worde deuine o outward man well danted O faith and hope in till an heart well hanted When Samuell by prophecie deuine Declared
is heauâ—nlie the bodie inutill And is but an obscure or law preson Where as in laugour lyeth the soule gentill Of that prison I haue key subtill Which is my dart that for the soule is geuen To louse it out of that soull preson vile Where I it send with mekle ioy to heauen Holde fâ—irme thy faith on an God vndefild And for thy father take him and him call Ys he be so then art thou sure his child Mat. 6. And aire of his kingdome Celestiall Yf he hath fred the frome death perpetuall Befoir or euer thou had tyll him regaird Rom. 5. Dout not but and thou loue him cordiall With mekell better he shall thy selfe rewaird And as concerning the fleshes actione It can not liue without sinne and delite Nor yet it can not make satisfactione Rom. 6. For sinne to God wherof it had the wyte But right as Iesus vpon an croce perfite Died for our sinnes so most our fleshe expire And die with Christ yf that we wold be quyte Of endles death sinne and of Hellis fire Who striketh this stroke but death thou knowest weill So I am to all christians man and wyfe The end of sinne beginning of their seill The end of cair and thoght most pungetyfe And the beginning of euerlasting lyfe Why wold thou Aigâ— returne to youth againe To pas the vaill of woo and mortall stryfe Which thou hast scaped with so mekell paine Yf thou will say when I come the arreist That I the do great wrong and violence Saying thou hast no paine but ioy and fâ—ist With all delite withoutten indigence I say that pleasure turnes to impatience When it at length leadeth to dampnatione My death is pleasure to all hath sapience When ye from death turne to saluation What displeasure haue I here to the named To fear my dart nay nay I say not so But for Christis sake to suffer and be blamed To take in patience truble paine and wo The losse of goodes and dignities also Wanting pleasurs that somtime thou had ryfe So dyeng vnder my dart to pas them fio In place of them shall haue Eternall lyfe For fear of me be not contrist nor wo But haue firme hope and faith for till conforme The will of God and syne let gladlie go Ryches and friendes with all thesaures enorme For an cleir sky betoknes that the storme Will sone throw the Aire make seperatione Suche faith in persones departing doeth performe Sure signes and tokens of their trew saluatioÌ„e To this effect thou shuld not fear at length Iesus for vs would first the death assay His death hath venquest 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 might strength Theirfore thinke not to dye thogh I the slay He me ouercame to sâ—ue the frome dâ—â—ay So I am but port and passage manifest That thou shuld gladlie â—ine throw night day Frome this fals world to heauenlie gloir celest Somtyme in figure as Scripture declair can An brasin serpent Moyses did raise on hight Which serpent to behold did heall an man That had bene stonged by â—yrie serpents slight Lykewyse all they that by trwe faith hes sight Of Christ is death is heiled of my band As of the secound death I haue no might Christ hath that pouer rest forthe of my hand Great folie is in the custome humane To mourne for men when I them lay on sleip Yf thou beleues he shall with God remane Wâ—y doest thou then lament with sighing depe Orwould thou here alway on lyfe him kepe Will thou him frome his great profit defend Since it is Goddes will thou shuld not wepe In doing so I know thou doest offend Let pagains rore let turkes take terrours That hope to haue none other habitatione The lake of faith is cause of all theare Errours Like Eathâ—â—quâ—s ignorant of their saluatione As to the black dooâ—es frequentation Ipocricie did shaipe that feyned sorow Some for their father maketh dooll ád deploratione That for their mother wold it weire the morrow Messess of Requâ—â—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 excellis To the great profite of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 With rouâ—ing roring and 〈◊〉 of bellis Their gredines forth sheweth their wicked waâ—â— â–ª For yf ye had no vailzeand to your â—â—kes Be ye assured that after youre deceirs None of the rabill that wearres the markes Wyll for you ringe or singe or say an veirs For the prepair no suche solemniteis Nor for thy buriall bâ— thou no wayes trist In Goddes sight they are but vaniteis Sauitie doeth not in earth nor tombe coÌ„sist An Faithfull man shall in the heauen be blist Where euer his fleshe or bodie buried be The wickits soull shall in the hell â—e thrist Thogh he were buried whith all solemnitie At short to end now with my first purpose Fear not me death nor ban me I the pray For who wold in the heauenlie Hous repose Must first beleue goddes promese I saye Vho wold be with his angelles nyght daye Vho wold the face of God behold and se And who wold dwell in paradice for aye Yet before all I death must gar him die Confesse me to be good and gratious For whill I come thou art with sinne repleit Confesse thy lyfe bitter and Eigerous Confesse my dart plesand holsome sweit Also confesse and grant althogh thy spreit Ware mortall as thy filthie 〈◊〉 immound Yet shuld thou hold me as thy freiud discrte That 〈◊〉 the from thir worâ—â—li◠〈◊〉 pro â—ound FINIS Where followeth The Iudgment of Minos Vpon the preserment of Alexander the great Conquerout Hanniball of Carthage and Scipion the Romain surnamed Affrican 〈◊〉 forth of Frayâ—ce in scoâ—tes by the saide Noruell My vailÈeant heart full of honor gloire May not suffre HaÌ„niball to pas before Me intill armes and dedes martiall For suthe I thinke no man that is equall Ought in dedes of armes for to compair There worthynes or actis vnto myne Hanniball I will defende and manteyne the contrair Reporting me vntill God Mynos syne Iudge infernall and Lord of wo and pyite The aufull sworde of iustice to mantyne Where ryght and reason alway shal be seyne For euerie man alike bothe freind and sone Mynos That I may heare fyrst tell to me anone What are ye that disputis heare alone Of high honours to haue the aduantage Alexandre This is the Duke Hanniball of Carthagâ— And I Alexandre the great Empriour Of all the world Kyng and Conquerour That wan and sâ—bdwed euery Natione Mynos Your names are of great existunatione Worthie of honour glorie and land supreyme With lawreir crowned is your diadeyme I meruell ye shuld haue debaite togidder â–ª Alexandre Bot Mynos I thinke ye shuld consider My birth forâ—uâ—â— silicitie and werde And how I wold suffer no man in erde To be my compagnion nor perregall But as the Eigle that suremountis all Other foules most highest in the aire So may no man himselfe to me compaire In high curage and furour bellicall Wherefore I will not that