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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66465	Poetical piety, or, Poetry made pious by rendering into its method observations arising from various divine subjects, useful for these prophane and enormous times : to which is added, a brief alphabetical expositor, explaining the most intricate words made use of in this book, to the conception of a mean reader, and may serve as a remembrancer to the imperfect memory / by William Williams ...	Williams, William, of Cardigan.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2785; ESTC R8078	64,141	220

God from whom they spring And on whom they depend XII Created beings rational Nay sensible as Brutes And Vegetables likewise shall Display Gods Attributes XIII Behold his Wisdom in their frame His Power to appear In the Enlivening of the same His Providence them chear XIV Man Beast Fish Fowl and every thing Created does explain Its species sprang from such a Spring None could but God ordain XV. * God is the efficient cause of all causes The efficient Cause of all Effects Is God and only He In either of these two respects Creation or Decree XVI Ascribe le ts not to Nature what Do's properly belong Unto the God of Nature that Were a Blasphemous wrong XVII * Nature is a Second cause For Nature is no otherwise Than as an Officer A Second cause which does arise From God the cause of her XVIII And hence we are Informed then No Science Skill nor Art Nor Nature wond'rous were to Men Should God not Act his part XIX For God first moves and whithout doubt Gives motion to the rest He brings in order things about Although by these exprest XX. Though Nature Science Art and Skill Occasion mens applause More these admire than God do ill Who 's their primordial causes XXI Nay let men but conjecture this 'T is God that gives man wit For to accomplish and not miss What else he could not hit XXII Unless it be when as that Man Do's project and do's Plod With all the cunning Plots he can Regardless of his God XXIII This is not wisdom which derives From God where goodness dwell 'T is madness which the Devil drives Within Mans heart from Hell XXIV There are which be reputed wise But in mischevious Acts Such as in falshood excercise Themselves or such like facts XXV As for the wisdom from above 'T is sacred and secure ' Its relatvies are Grace and Love So peaceable so pure XXVI But all the wisdom from below Absurd to God dos seem And those that know it most do know The least in Gods esteem XXVII 'T is Pious prudence Elevates Mans mind when seriously He Gods Creation contemplates For his complacency XXVIII He gains both knowledge and delight That ponders oft upon The objects which delight mans sight Of Gods Creation XXIX Behold the Earth the Sea the Sky The Rivulets that run From Sea to Sea continually Keep course like to the Sun XXX As swift as do the Rivers glide So swift the Sun and Moon In motion are for Time and Tide These slip away so soon XXXI God made the Sun the Lamp of day To render mortals light The Moon a Lanthorn to allay The dimness of the night XXXII The darkness and the light do seem To God as if the same The night is bright in his esteem That both of these did frame XXXIII The luminaries of the Skie Those sparkling Stars so bright Display on Earth although so high Their Influence and light XXXIIII Such influence from Stars derive Astrologers do hold As governs every one alive Poor Rich or Young or Old XXXV * If the Stars Govern men yet God Geverns the Stars Suppose that Stars do thus Rule men And over them bear sway God Rules the Stars he 's Ruler then Whom Stars and men obey XXXVI The which do's plainly intimate The Rule and Government Of every Creature to relate To God Omnipotent XXXVII And this may serve for to convince * The opinion of the Atheist and the confutation thereof The Atheist who maintains The world to make it self long since By chance and so remains XXXVIII If thus 't was chance that did inform Just Noah to prepare An Ark to Lanch the delluge storm Himself and his to spare XXXIX But otherwise 't is understood God Noah gave command To build an Ark and float the Flood Which should surmount the Land XL. Then Noahs God not Atheist's chance Informed Noah's mind To build an Ark the same to Lanch With Creatures of all kind XLI It is an Odium to relate What Atheists have reveal'd As how did chance the world Create Of Atoms small congeal'd XLII And since that chance has took the pains To frame so large a space They have a course which now remains For to supply Chance place XLIII Thus are they grown so politick Not God in Heaven does dwell The Devil by some cunning trick They would deprive of Hell XLIV Now course is made for to succeed What chance afore did frame All comes by course they have agreed To nullifie Gods Name XLV Denying both and Attribute To chance what does belong To God that all did constitute Whom Atheists should not wrong XLVI Of things seen and unseen the cause Jehovah is indeed All for his Pleasure and applause Were made and not for need XLVII God never stood in need of one Created Creature he God all sufficient was alone E're one was made to be XLVIII One Cubit to his stature add No Creature is that can When as it is not to be had From Angel nor from Man XLIX For both these Creatures did excel All others in degree None but these Twain were made to dwell With God like God to be L. But not like God in every thing For he did both Create That the Creator might be King Of Angels and Mens state SUBJECT V. The Model of the Mravelous Creation To wit the Heaven and the Earth And all the Host of them with their Accomplishments in the space of Six Dayes THE PROLOGUE All things that are of nothing God did frame In Six Dayes space to magnifie his Name Save him no Actor ne're could Act the same A Scene of the First Days Creation I Thus might speak and think it proves no crime Eternity conceiv'd and brought forth time Time now appears a space which was decreed By God himself all living things to breed Thus God alone from all Eternity Design'd a time and what should time supply E're time began there was no form nor place But a confused Chaos was the Case Of Heaven and Earth until by Gods decree Their true Materialls should Created be And these compriz'd for to enlarge his praise Within the bounds and limits of six dayes When God determin'd this he did begin To frame the Heav'ns what he pleas'd therein * Rreason allow's the Creation of Angels to be on the first day By consequence the Heavens to possess Now Angels fram'd gave them this happiness We have no witness neither can we say They of a Truth Created were this day But yet we may assurely this scan They had Creation e're God formed man Pardon me Reader if herein I erre E're Adam was a Hell found Lucifer And by this Plea we seem to intimate That Hell was one thing God did first Create * It may be supposed that Hell was Created the First Day Heaven was First did First gainst God Rebel And this Implies the Second fram'd was Hell To damn those Angels which from Heaven fell But since

there is no mention made as when I leave this seruple to be Judg'd by men And will according to Gods word proceed To what he has Created or decreed Behold the formless Earth confus'd and void Its matter and formation now enjoy'd This time the darkness that did vail the face Of the great Abbisse found its proper place Which deep no doubt the waters were whereon Gods breathing Spirit had his motion His Spirit on these waters surface mov'd By which the watry Element was prov'd And made productive that therein might breed Those various Broods for aye should thence proceed This Element does not alone produce Supply for food but is it self of use To heal Diseases this will do beside Since by Gods Holy Spirit qualifi'd Note those effusions that from hence do flow And those extractions God gave men to know From Chimick misteries in things below But to return to what should follow next Let 's take a view of what lies in the Text 'T is not amiss to look a little back The Text implies of light there is a lack And God who did Eternally foresee The need of light commands that Lamp to be Who in this manner said let there be light And it appear'd in presence of his sight It seems that God no sooner this had said But lightimme diately his voice obey'd Such was the ruling power of his word That every thing could but obey the Lord And with his pleasure presently accord God saw the light that it was good and he From darkness made the light divined be Which light he called day it 's glorious sight Render'd the darkness to be named night By this time light and darkness both display The Evening and the Morn of the first day One act is acted God leaves this aside Nights Curtain draws the Terrene stage to hide A Scene of the Second Days Creation AGain God said whose pleasure did invent 'Twixt Heaven and Earth a fixed Firmament Amid'st the waters or betwixt them let The Firmament my word has fram'd be set And to regard command we find the skie Render submission to his potencie To shew subjection gains sublimity Thereby exalted unto that degree The highest thing that mortal eye can see Wich firmament created was apply'd The waters from the waters to divide That is by its attraction do's retain The Clouds sometimes permits them not to rain Upon these lower springs which would increase Our floods too great but as its greatness cease And thus we find the showers congeal'd to Snow Or unto Hail not long prevail below God having made this sirmamentall frame Above it waters were beneath the same Likewise were waters as God had decreed At the Creation and 't was so indeed The water that 's above the firmament Is mixt with fire sometimes in its descent When thus 't is seen the Heavens seem to shake Their voice of thunder makes the Earth to quake Till consternation mankind over take Thus Water seems for to wage war with Fire While trembling mortals at their sound admire The noise so loud as if design'd to rent In sunder the Caelestial Firmament Which firmament admits an other Name And that is Heaven thus God calls the same What I have said with Scriptures will accord Which Oracles most magnifie the Lord And thus I have endeavour'd to explain What on the Second day God did ordain Until the Evening from the Morning Tide Clos'd up the day and drew this Scene aside A Scene of the Third Days Creation NOw God was pleas'd who all things did design For his own Praise the waters to confine And gather these together to one place Which by appointment in a little space Effected was and at the Lords command Immediately appeared the dry Land To this dry Land God did ordain a Name The which is Earth from its Terrestial frame To th'gathering of the waters he did please As he knew fit to give the Name of Seas Which deluge rage his power did since appease So God himself saw that all this was good And pleased him as may be understood He gave command that Earth should bring forth grass At whose command the Earth brought it to pass All things obeying him who had decreed From evermore the Herb to yeild its seed The Fruit Tree to yeild Fruit each in his kind To the fulfilling of his will Inclin'd Whose Seeds in these remain and have their birth In them to propogate upon the Earth This barren Earth thus Fruitful now became Through their supply replenishing the same And since thus fertile every thing is found According to his kind in 't to abound It brings forth grass to satisfie the need Of what God should Create on Earth to breed That is all Creatures which threon should feed Thus bounteously did God give every thing It s proper species that from Earth do's spring Likewise the Herb did render of its Seed And so the Tree according as decreed And this was good in God Almighties eye When he reviewed all things with their supply These are the works of God and safely may Be said t' have been Created the third day And now the Morning and the Eve restore This days Perfection as the dayes before Thus wise this Scene seems to dismiss our sight Vail'd by the sable Curtain of the night A Scene of the Fourth Days Creation AGain God pleas'd to dictate thus and said Let there be lights and lights themselves displaid Which lights fixation in the firmament Of Heaven was design'd for this event The separation of the day from night Or if you please the darkness from the light And these were constituted by decree For signs for Seasons Dayes and Years to be These Luminaries God was pleas'd to fet In the Caelestial firmament and let Them render brightness on the Earth and be Light to all things God should Create to see For nothing more can satisfie the sight Than from the darkness to distinguish light And to behold its glory when most bright When to Create the light our God enclin'd Some passages observable I find This for a Truth methinks I might relate God did command and his command Create He never did command the least of things But presently from him its fountain springs Immediately from nothing some thing brings This Author of the Great Creation he Made two great lights and makes them rulers be To Rule the Day appoints the greater Light Commands the lesser for to Rule the Night Thus having made the Sun and Moon now he Proceeds to make the Starrs which in degree Exceed each other as in Influence So in proportion there 's a difference Who reads the Scriptures Astrologick story Will find them likewise differ in their glory In his Caelestiall Orbe the God of might Did fix these shining Lamps on Earth to Light Which Lights God gave unto a power to sway Not only o're the Night but o're the Day And to divide the Darkness from the Light Which thing was good in the Almighties sight

the light 'T is he of whom the Scripture saith He lives by Bread but more by Faith One will converse on Earth in love While 's Conversation is above His Treasure 's there where is his heart We have him hear but in part 1 His life is hid with Christ in God His life is hid with Christ in God Who when chastis'd will kiss the Rod The Christian life I thus descry To be a hidden mistery He is but weak yet has the might To do all things in others sight For Christ upholds him by his hand And gives the Christian Strength to stand But what he doth through Christ his strength Shall to Gods glory tend at length For he would not enjoy the same Unless to glorifie Gods name He knows that God alone did give Unto him life thereby to live And if to live to live aright He of a truth find's Gods delight The Christian man to none does wrong Yet meets somtimes an envious tongue The noise of which does him annoy Least God should justly it destroy 1 No weapon form'd against him shall prosper He knows no weapon prosper shall ' Gainst him that 's form'd nor cause his thrall His life with Christ in God is hid To malice can defyance bid Yet would with mercy be involv'd Therefore desires to be dissolv'd That he a Mansion might obtain For aye in Heaven to remain Where now I am resolv'd to leave Him whom the world could not deceive An Heir of glory he was born And therefore held the world in scorn Though he at first was born in sin And for a time lay dead therein His Second or new birth to grace Gave him true glory to embrace No doubt he now this happiness In Heaven's Kingdom does possess Which may all Christian men partake With him for Christ our Saviours sake SUBJECT XII Supremacy and subordination considered both as to the legality of Soveraignty and the loyalty of Subjection from the impartiality of our Saviours expression to the Jews concerning the Tribute Money in Mat. 22.21 Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesars and unto God the things that are Gods Kings in their Kingdoms God do represent They 're Potentates next God Omnipatent WHo to the Crown of glory will be true Must give God's Crown Caesars Crown their due Our Saviour Christ inform'd us there are things Pertain to God and appertain to Kings As fear and honour both which do relate To God himself and to the Kings Estate Kings Gods Vice-gerents are he them inthron'd Because as his their power should be own'd 'T was God alone these powers did ordain Whose cause as lawful Subjects should maintain Since God ordain'd the King thus to controul Be Subject then to him let every soul Who dare dispute this Power do but plod How to resist the ordinance of God Who thus resolve the Scriptures say shall gain Damnation a just Pension for their pain The thoughts hereof methinks should much suppress Sedition and Rebellions wickedness All Subjects of their errors should convince To fear their God and reverence their Prince Factious Rebellion of a truth has bin Found in effect to be a witchcraft sin A sin in Royal crimson deeply dy'd An evil of that nature 't is deny'd None save the same makes man a Regicide Curst his intent that wickedly will Arm Himself to do the Lords Anointed harm Kings are ordain'd these factious men to aw By Regal justice and the Kingdoms Law I say their Regal power in a word Is not in vain to bear the Kingdoms Sword Which to the evil vengeance should afford As for the Sword 't is clearly understood To terrifie the bad and not the good Since thus design'd then is it not a shame To see the Subjects quarrel at the same As heretofore did Englands regal Foes Who King from Kingdom Crown and Head depose 1 Monarchy metamorphosed to Democracy That unexpected Englands Monarchy Was Metamorphos'd to Democracy And Govern'd by usurping Tiranny Which Government we found not long remain Till God restor'd our Kingdom 's King again He who exil'd was from his regal Throne Return'd to the enjoyment of his own Thus God himself did all his foes withstand Brought home in Peace the regend of our Land The Kingdom subject made to his command No doubt but Gods deliverance in this thing Should caution men for to obey the King 1 Obedience deniable to the usurpers of Authority And unto those obedience to deny That are Usurpers of Authority God thrones the King when Rebels take him down Confusion wracks the Kingdom with the Crown Peace is disturb scarce one shall stand in aw But Plead their will and conscience is their Law Too true our late experience this hath found When Treachery and Treason did abound Till furious rage and cruel worth accurst Did without mercy murther Charles the First God grant our Charles the Second long to Reign In peace the true Religion to maintain Make those his friends that were before his foes Whose wilfulness his Power did oppose And if Gods pleasure may he rectifie Our Nonconformists with conformity That Union and Communion may be found Unto the glory of our God redound Till all with glory shall of God be Crown'd Preserve this Kingdom bless the Church and State Increase our Love and nullifie our hate Vouchsafe that all who shall succeed the place Of Charles the Second may his Faith embrace The Faith great Charles maintains may more defend Until the world and Generations End SUBJECT XIII Tribute and Custom are commanded by God to be rendred the Ministers of Christ because their due as well as their Lawfull Magistrates observed from Rom. 13. vers 6.7 For this case pay your Tribute also for they are Gods Ministers attending continually upon this very thing Render therefore to all their dues Tribute to whom Tribute is due Custom to whom Custom Fear to whom Fear Honour to whom Honour God doth allow a Tribute to this end Those to maintain his Altar that attend GOd this commands therefore must be his will What he commands all should seek to fulfill Who his commands neglect no doubt do ill The reason why it is because that he Made these commands and them observ'd to be In brief you see the question thus reply'd Where Tribute's due it must not be deny'd And God thereby is also glorifi'd 1 Ministers ought to be paid their Tribute To Ministers God would have all be true In paying Custom where the Custom 's due Fear to whom fear and honour to the same Where honour's due this gain 's an honest name And shelters man from spite contempt shame And from all scandalls will a man release Make him belov'd and then shall live in peace Of Tenths and Tithes the Preacher must partake Gods laws allow it and for conscience-sake Then those that scruple payment needs must err Felloniously they rob the Minister Not him consider as Gods Messenger Dishonour God that

most too blame Then shun we pride because a shamefull evil That hath its derivation from the Devil So base a thing is pride wise men it know T' have brought the proud to want from want to wo. A Spiritual Hymn to the praise of God who is Omnipotent Omniscient and Omnipresent Lord frame my tongue To sing a Song O Could I sing To Sions King A Song that would him please No doubt but he Would pity me And my griev'd heart soon ease Teach Lord my King My tongue to sing To God alone Besides him none I 'le make my moan that he May mercy take For his Sons sake On such a wretch as me I would thee praise My God alwayes I am defil'd Sin me beguil'd So wretched is my case Since Adams fall That I and all Gods Image did deface May I begin Lord to hate Sin God did Create Man in a state Of blessedness at first In Edens land Plac'd him to stand Where he became accurst O Lord do thee From sin me free In Paradice Did Satan tice Man to transgress Gods Laws Forbidden fruit There like a Brute Accepts his sin 's the cause Lord from the Devil Sprang all evil Man did rebell Deserved Hell But God to help mans need Procur'd a Friend Should man defend Of Adams womans seed Gods love descends Christ makes amends O! here is news Let none refuse The message that is sent Mans Saviour's found May praise redound To God Omnipotent God from above Shew'd men his love Messiah blest Gave man kind rest By restless agonies Man to restore Gods wrath Christ bore And on a Cross he dies Christ on the Cross Repair'd our loss Joy to all men Abounded when Their Saviour Christ was born The Angels prais'd Their God that rais'd A King whose Crown was thorn An Angels voice Made th' Earth rejoyce Glory above And on Earth love This Song did Angels sing With one accord Unto the Lord And Christ their new born King Glad tidings came With Christ his name Christ dy'd for those That were his foes This was exceeding love Which far excells All paralells Men in compassion move For 's foes Christ dy'd None so beside God him commends That loves his friends And with his friends his foes Though such as he may chance to be Not many are of those Man will deny For 's Friend to die Man for some end Affects his friend This I have seen most plain His love is set In hopes to get Some benefit or gain Save God above Few have true love Love is a cheat Or meer deceat As now a dayes 't is us'd This but in part 's lodg'd in the hear Which makes it thus confus'd Love oft-times skips From heart to lips Gods seeing eye 's ubiquity And his omiscience can know by his might And present sight The Inward thoughts of man God mans intent Knows and how bent Thrice blessed then Be God of men O Praised be his name For evermore Let 's him adore That sees and knows our frame Amen say I Eternally Divine Ejaculations or Pious breathings O Lord prepare my Soul to seek Thy self and make my Spirit meek O Thou preserver of mankind May through thy grace my heart Will Conscience Spirit Soul and mind From what 's impure depart Lord cleanse my heart and make it thine Then without doubt thou wilt be mine O rectifie each faculty That to my Soul pertains And every member bodily Redress from sinful stains O shew some token Lord on me That I am wash'd from sin by the. That in thy sight as Innocent And sinless I appear Possessing mercy to prevent The Judgement drawing near My Soul being freed from sin I say Will make me joy at Judgement day Because that then all works of men To Triall shall be brought As acted how and where and when Both good and bad they wrought All works I did Dooms-day shall try Lord pardon my iniquity There to receive their recompence And stipend of reward According as with Reverence To God they had regard If my good works out-poise my bad O this will make my conscience glad They that obediently did serve The Lord in Heaven shall dwell That disobediently did swerve From God shall go to Hell If that my evil works out-weigh My good I am undone for aye The significations of the word World in Scripture A formed world deform'd reform'd again I find a truth Scriptural proofs maintain Form'd first of God deform'd through Satan next Reform'd through Christ this tenet proves the text Form'd free from blame deform'd through shame sin Reform'd from faults as if they 'd never bin On the words Exploration Deploration Imploration Explore Deplore Implore these words contain Three certain grounds which proves the Christians gain First Exploration to search out his crimes Next deploration these bewail betimes Then Imploration to invoke or call On God for absolution from them all On the words Easeless Endless and Remediless Easeless and Endless and Remediless Are Hells amazing Torments to possess Easeless because no respite of the grief Endless in that no period for relief Remediless ' cause sinners would not turn From sin for which they chose for aye to burn On Faith Hope and Charity Faith Hope and Charity three Virtues are So transcendental none with these compare Faith flies to Heaven by Caelestial wings Hope waits till Faith from thence some comfort brings But Charity both Faith and Hope excels Man's Heav'n on Earth is love wherein God dwels On God the King and the Church God and the King to rule the Church agree Though th' King bear rule God rules the King she First God inclines the King to rectifie The Church-deformers with Conformity The Church enjoyes her union by this thing From that Communion of God and the King On the Personality of God to wit Father Son and Holy Ghost The Father Son and Holy Ghost all three To make man in Gods Image did agree The Father did command the Son Create The Holy Ghost this Image animate Thus man was made next Angels in degree By God that 's Three in One and One in Three Though God afflicts man for evil yet Gods afflictions to man are not evil The evils of chastisements truly are No evils nor with Evil things compare For from the chiefest good even God they flow Lead to the chiefest good this God to know And in the chiefest good likewise are found Even Jesus Christ abundantly t' abound Sometimes God will not hear nor regard the Prayers of his own Servants The Lord will not bow down his sacred Ear Nor will the Prayers of his own Servants hear When they ask either things in nature bad Not good for them nor by them to be had Or things right good for some malignant ends Such gifts as these bestow God ne're intends The Scriptures say according to his will Soshould we pray if God our prayers fulfill On Matthew 6.33 But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and