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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53475	Poems on most of the festivals of the church composed by the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery.	Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679.	1681 (1681)	Wing O495; ESTC R22207	38,091	90

For they Deaths Pangs made him the Longer Feel During two Daies while thus his Limbs they stretch'd He for His Murth'rers Pray'd or to Them Preach'd The People all Astonish'd were and mourn'd That Hee his Cross had to a Pulpit Turn'd And could not of that Doctrine think too high Which for such Hate Return'd such Charity Poor Maximi●a was nere Drown'd in Tears Yet whom Her Lord had murther'd Shee Interres There in a Privat Tomb His Corps did Rest Till with great Constantine the World was Blest Who to His new Imperiall Seat did Bear His Sacred Dust and gave it Buriall there On the Day of St. Tho●as the Apostle SIRNAMED DIDYMUS HAil Thou Great Saint whose Doubts were o●ce so High As Border'd Thee on Infidelity Thy Gratious Lord Recalls Thee when Astray And yeilds to Conquer them in Thy own way Hee off●rd by Thy sences to make known Hee was no Spirit having Flesh and Bone And But this mild Reproof Thou didst Receive Bee Thou no longer Faithless but Beleive At this Thy want of Faith Thou didst De●est And that Hee was Thy Lord and God Confest Christ when His Doubts rose to a Sinfull Heighth Did make him by his Senses Climbe to Faith His Sacred Mercy which no Limits knows Blames what Hee wants and what ●ee wants bestows When God our Faith Requires yet holds not fitt Our Senses should be vs'd to Reach to it As in the Hypostatick Vnion A Virgin did Conceive and Three are One Not to beleive of Them but what wee S●e Is to be Sinfull to the Last Degree But when God does a Miracle Dispense And does Subject the Proo● of it to Sense Hee who will not his Senses then Believe Rejects that Proof which God bids him Receive The Wedding Guests at Cana had not known The only Transubstantiation VVhich ever yet on Elements has past Had They beleev'd against their Sight and Tast. Romes Church Amazing Doctrines does Dispense First bids vs Credit then not Credit Sense Our Senses were must Trust to know the Priest Does Consecrate the B●ssed Eucharist But must Renounce after the Holy Rite Our Tast Our Smell Our Feeling and our Sight Yet who can know Hee must not Sense believe If to his Senses he no Credit give Since to be taught Hee must their Verdict Slight He either must beleeve his Ear or Sight Our Blessed Lord did His Apostle win By seeing to beleeve what was not seen Hee often blam'd them that they Dsbeliev'd Those things which by their Senses they Receiv'd And that Blest Faith They did to Men Dispense Was built vpon their Senses Evidence Their Eies their Eares their Hands They did Confess Of what they taught were their sure Witnesses And on his Soul a Sin our Saint did Draw In not believing what his Brethren Saw When beyond Iordan the sad News was Spread That Lazarus of Be●hany was Dead And when at Mary and at Marth's Pray'r IESUS into Iudea would Repair Which since the Iews did there his Life pursue Th' Apostles were vnwilling he sho●ld doe Thou saidst to Them Thy Love was then so High Let vs goe also and there with him Dy. Thou who to Dy with IESUS didst not Dread Thou who saws't La●arus rais'd from the Dead How couldst thou Doubt what they ten Baethren said Whose Eies the Witnesses of it w●re made How couldst Thou doubt His R●seing who had shown He was himself the Resurrection But Sin in Man Gods Image does Deface Till 't is afresh stamp'd by the hand of Grace But when from want of Faith he was Reclaimd His Falling with such Zeal his soul inflam'd That through the Eastern World he went about To Pla●t that Faith of which He once did Doubt VVhich shows that into Sin the best may Fall And that such Sin for greater Zeal does Call The Farthest Indians he to Christ Reclaim'd Where still St. Thomas-Christians They are nam'd More wealth He brought them by his Pious ●oyle Then Nature yeilds them from their Sea or Soyle Th' Incense of Faithfull Pray'r is of more Price Then All their shining Jewells and their Spice At Sumatra the Brachmans Fertile Ile Hee did to Christ the People Reconcile At Malipur Chief Town of Cormandell In which their Sagamo or King did dwell Neare which Fam'd Ganges in the Gulf does Fall A Church he built and on Christs Name did Call There by his Prayr's and Miracles he wrought That Savage Prince to the Blest Faith he brought The Vnconverted Brachmans quickly knew That their Feign'd God must yeild vnto the True And then their Pow'r and Riches must Decline They who Priz'd fordid wealth above Divin● Resolv'd to save what they did most Esteem To give Him Death who had brought Life to them An Ambush neer a Sacred Cell they Laid In which our Blest Apostle daily Pray'd While There He for his Murth'rers praying was They through his Heart their guilty Darts did Passe Then le●t no part of all his body whole And from his Earthly Prison ●reed his Soul Th' Adventurous Portugalls in after time That they might both to wealth and Glory Climb Planted this Region which so Distant Lyes And which the Sun first Gilds when he do●s Rise There as a much Esteem'd Historian Saith Thousands they Found who held the Christian Faith Taught first by Our Apostle They All Sayd And by Tradition was to them Convay'd Some Pious Prelates the whole Flock did Guide And over them an High Priest did Preside Their Churches with no Gawdy Pictures shone To them Saints Images were things vnknown No Representm●nt but the Cross was made Zeal was the Ornament their Churches had Beyond what 's Dec●nt they no Rules did know Religion is a Substance not a show The Gospells first Simplici●y they Priz'd Church Pageantry they hated or Despis'd Their Clergy did much of their Time afford To make the Lay Study the Sacred word Of which no part of it with them Remain'd That is in the Old Testament contain'd Th'Essentialls of Faith They all beleiv'd And in both Kinds the Eucharist Receiv'd He who was weary in the World to dwell Might when he would Retire into a Cell None thence would to the World again Repair Devotion and not Vows confin'd them there These who with the Words Sincere Milk were Nurs● Show vs how plain Religion was at First When Sousa did in India Govern All As Vice Roy to the King of Portugall The Indians ●ound digging vp bury'd Stones A written plate of Brass and Dead mens bones At Last a Bramin then a Learned Iew The meaning of th'Engraved writing knew First it declared Gods Son St Thomas sent To teach them to believe and to Repent Next that to build a Church their Sagamo Did on Our Saint freely that Land bestow The Portugueses judging that those Stones Had been the Coffi● of our Martyrs bones The precious Relicks bury'd with Respect And did o're them a

stately Church Erect On the Day of St. Io●n the Apostle HAil Great Apostle who so happy prov'd As to be call'd th' Apostle IESUS Lov'd A Name which does to thee more Glory bring Then wer 't Thou stil'd the Vniversall King Who well can think Linus and Cletus were Who next to Blessed Peter fill'd Romes C●air The onely Heads Christ to His Church did give While ●hou who on ●is Bosome Dw●llst didst Live Thou on whose Head while Thousands did Admire The Spirit did sitt in Cloven Tongues of Fire Thou whom that Spirit did Inspire to write The Loftiest Gospell which it did Indite Thou whose blest Tongue by God himself was Chose That Book to Dictate which His Word did Close Thou to whom Christ while yeilding vp the Ghost Gave Gifts the Like of which none Else could boast Hee left His Blessed Mother to Thy Care And by Adoption made Thee His Joint Heir None could whilst Thou on Earth mad'st Thy abod● Bee above ●hee who Brother wer 't to God Yet this great Truth must Contradicted bee Or it must Ruine Romes Supremacy Whose Sons alas with too much guilt maintain Onely Their Bishops o're Christs Church can Raigne God might to Thee so Long a Life Dispence That such Vsurping might have noe Pretence Tho Tyrants Thee to Patmos did Condemn Yet there Thou saw'st the New Ierusalem God shew'd Thee thence lest too Long Life might Cloy Those Glories which through Faith thou shouldst Enjoy Let none Admire since Christ Lov'd Thee so well That Hee so Long left Thee on Earth to Dwell For since to serve Him here Hee did Decree To do His will on Earth was Heav'n to Thee Thus Angells tho from God They take their Flight Yet finde in Their Obedience Their Delight Thou onely of Thy Blest Society Christ did permit a Naturall Death to Dye Mans Fury did the Rest to Death Decree But Age it self to God presented Thee Which proves All Those as sure to beav'n shall Climbe Who Dye in Christ as those who Dy For Him Many might else from His Blest Doctrine Fly I● all who taught it had been Doom'd to Dy. Which sinfull Fear that All men might Decline God who Their Lives did shorten Lengthen'd Thine On the Day of St. Matthias THE APOSTLE VVHen Cursed Iudas the sad Breach had made By having both His Lord and Soul Betray'd Peter by Scripture Lets th' Apostles See They were Impowr'd to fill the Vacancie Which to effect They Invocated Heaven And Lots did Cast the Spirit not been given Our Saint and Ius●us were the Blessed Pair Of which One should by Lot fill Iudas Chair Hail Glorious Saint who to the Honour got Of the Apostleship by Sacred Lot Thy Blessed self wer't both the first and Last Whom God that way in that High Office Plac'd And what the Lot Declar'd the Holy Ghost Confirm'd on the great Day of Pentecost For then the Spirit vnto Thee was given As God bestow'd it on the Blest Eleven Tho Iustus ●ist of that Supream Degree For which Hee then stood Candidate with Thee Yet to the Second Christ did Him admitt Since For the First th' Apostles Judg'd Him Fitt Hee knew their Prayr's th'vnerring Lot did guide And it was God did the great Doubt decide To which Hee did Submitt without Appeal And what it gave a Miracle did Seale By which the Churches Priesthood God made known Shall be continued by Election That Sacred Office which so Long did shine In Levi's Tribe and in High Aarons Line Now was by Gods Decree to yeild the Place To the more Glorious Ministry of Grace None therefore to th' Apostolate e're gott Of Levi's house either By Choice or Lott Christ Calling none to it of Aarons Line Declar'd Hee did that Priesthoods End Designe After Our Saint was with the Spirit Blest His Soul Allow'd his Body little Rest Through many Regions Hee the Gospell spread And Those reviv'd who in their Sins were Dead Authors in Various Narratives abound Where t was that Hee with Martyrdome was Crown'd In Ancient Martyrologies wee Read The Jews first Ston'd Him then Cutt off his Head But if Greek Offices may bee beleev'd Hee on a Cross his Martyrdome Receiv'd Hellen the mother of Great Constantine In whom Exalted Piety did Shine The Relicks of Our Saint did so Esteem That she remov'd them from Ierusalem And at new Rome much Time and Treasure spent In giving them a Second Monument From thence as Old Church Histories have said His bones to other Cityes were Convay'd And even to our Times Triers and Rome Contest in which of Them they have their Tombe Since of His Dust so much Esteem is had Much Greater to his Doctrine should bee pai'd On the Day of St Mark THE EVANGELIST HAil Great Evangelist whose Sacred Pen Inspir'd by God has taught His wayes to Men Before Hee did Receive His saveing Call Into what sad Back-slideing did Hee Fall Great Epiphanius has expresly showne Tha● of the Guilty number he was One Who when they Literally vnderstood They were to Eat Christs Flesh and Drink His B●ood Th' Amaze●ng Doctrine They di● so Abhorr That They withdrew and walk'd with Him no more Yet the like words mistaken are b●come And made an Article of Faith by Rome Averroes pray'd H●aring such Doctrine prest His Soul with the Philosophers might Rest. Heathens have no beleif so wild and Odd As both to Worship and to Eat their God But Peter did to Mark the Truth Dispence And shew'd the words had a Spirituall Sence His Faith thus Fix'd He ne're again did Fall But was to Peter what Luke was to Paul And after Hee His Convert was become Hee did Attend Him when He went to Rome The Earliest Writers diff●r where and when The World did ow the Gospell to his Pen. Which Peter did Review and then Decreed It should bee in Divine Assemblies R●ad Papias and Eusebius Declare 'T was writt at Rome and at His C●nverts Pray'r But the Ve●etians will not this Ad●itt They say It was at Aq●ilej● writt And that the Greek Originall's with Them VV●ich They of A●l t●eir ●reasures m●●t E●teem Blest Peter who at Rome was in Restraint Egypt to Free Thither employ'd our Saint True Gospell Charity in this VVee see ●hile him they b●●d ●ee does sett others Free Free from worse Chaines then Tyrants make vs bear 〈…〉 are than Nero's heavyer Nile to her People ne're such blessi●gs brought As They enjoy'd by the Blest Faith he taught Fair Alexandria was the Happy place Which with His Doctrine Hee did oftn●st Grace By which m●re Fam'd by much it did become Then for its b●ing Alexanders Tombe Or for those Pyrami●s to which were given More heighth then to that Tower which threa●end Heav'n Or to those mountaines which by Gyants paines Were Raisd to Scale the Skies from Phlegra 's P●aines Yet Hee his Mitre did not there Confi●e