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fire_n	cloud_n	day_n	pillar_n	4,681	5	10.5980	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11063	Three decads of diuine meditations VVhereof each one containeth three parts. 1 A history. 2 An allegory. 3 A prayer. With a commendation of the priuate countrey life. By Alexander Rosse his Maiesties chaplaine in ordinarie.	Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.	1630 (1630)	STC 21331; ESTC S116241	13,362	38

of thy good seed bring forth good corne Lord bind my sins and on thine Altar lay them Pull out thy sword and in thy mercy slay them Make me to offer them with like affection As Abram did his Sonne by thy dir●ction VI. Rebeccas Twins REbeccas Twins no sooner were aliue But in her wombe they did begin to striue And w●ēher time was come that she should bear Her Twins the one was redd and full of haire This came our fi●st and afterward the other Who by the heele held fast his elder brother The one was cunning greedy fierce and wilde The other simple honest plaine and milde This was a Shepheard and dwelt in a Cottage And bought the Birthright for amesse of pottage Esau seru'd Iacob for the E●omits We know seru'd Dauid and the Is●aelits The Iews our Elder Brethren were Elected Before vs yet they are to vs subiected As in Rebeccas wombe so still there are Strifes in the Church of Christ and ciuill warre Between rough Esau and his younger Brother Strugling withi● the belly of their Mother I mea●e the Sonnes of God and Satans brood These alwayes hunt and persecute the good But yet at last Gods children shall subdue them And Christ out of his blessed mouth wil spue them And as Rebbeccas twins did much perplexe ●er So in my heart are twins which always v●xe her The ●lesh and spirit are concei●'d in me Though th●y be ●wins yet they cannot agree The fl●sh like Esau is the elder brother But yet the Spirit doth best please his mother The flesh is rough r●d and hunts for pleasure And romes abroad and 's cunning aboue measure The mild and simple Spirit is conte●t To liue here in this world as in a Tent. O Lord command the Flesh to serue the Spirit Grant him the Bi●●h-●ight that he may inherit Thy bl●ssing lo ●e brings thee sauoury meat The sins which he hath ●ill'd then rise and eat Command him to draw n●re to thee kisse him And in the name and cloathes of Iesu blesse him VII Iacobs Ladder AS Iacob trauel'd towards Haran Towne ●e stay'd one night at Luz and there lay down Heau●ns starry curtain ouer him was spred His pillow was a Ston● the Earth his b●d H● slept and thought he saw a Ladd●r there R●aching from earth to heauen in the ayre On which the Angels vp and downe did moue And God stood on the top himselfe aboue Iacob awoake out of his sleepe and sayd How fearefull is this place and was a frayd This can be nothing els quoth he but euen The very house of God and gate of Heauen He did anoynt the stone on which he lay And call'd it Bethel then he went his way Chirst is this Ladder who hath ioyn'd in one The Earth and Heauen by his passion His foote is on the Ear●h in Heauen his head Hee 's God and man Emanuell indeed As God he is from Heauen without a Mother As Man he is of Earth our elder Brother By him from God Angels to vs descends By him to God Prayers from vs ascends He is like wise the Churches corner stone It is on him on whome we rest alone O sweet Redeemer of my soule I pray Seeing thou art the truth the Life the way Lead me to Bethel to that sacred place Where I may sleepe all night and see thy face Thou art the God of consolation Then comfort me in my tentation And when the night of death shall ouer take me When all my friends and neighbours shall forsake me Be thou with me Lord leaue me not alone But let me sleepe with Iacob on the stone VIII Iacobs Wrestling When Iacobs people ouer the brooke were gone He wrestled with a Man that night alone And did preuaile and when it was neere day He would not let the Angell goe a way Till he had blest him fi●st which instantly He did and touch'd the hallow of his thigh And then he named Iac●b Israel And Iacob named that place Peniel The Sonnes of Iacob in this latter●age Against the Sonne of God did storme and rage They Wrestled with him and they did preuaile And to the Crosse his blessed Corps did naile But the third Morning after he was Slaine They let him goe for then he Rose againe He blessed Iacobs Sonnes that fear'd his name But such as would not he did wound and lame These wrestle with him still and still they halt O Iew yeeld to thy Lord conf●sse thy fault Sticke not so closely to the Lawes dead Letter Beleeue the Gospell for that is much better My Soule like Iacob is afraid of Esau I meane the Flesh then comfort her sweet Iesu. For now she is alone now it is night Shee trauells homeward let her see thy light Thou wrestles with her still by feares and cares And she againe doth wrestle with thee by prayers Lord grant her faith and then she shall preuaile Pray to thy Father that it may not faile Weaken her carnall lusts and make them lame Blesse her before thou goe then change her name Marke how she holds and will not let thee goe Vntill thou giue her strength against her foe Lord make thy Church a Peniel or place Wher●in my soule may see thee face to face IX The Fiery Bush. MOses vpon Mount Horeb saw a flame Which burn'd the Bush but not comsum'd the same To which when he drew neere to see the wonder From thence he heard the voice of God to thunder Moses put off thy shooes and hide thy face I am the Lord this is a holy place He troubled at the splendor of Gods presence Straight hid his face and did him reuerence The Church is like this Bush fire may annoy her The Crosse I meane but it can not destroy h●r For why God dwels in her hee 's her defence She needes not then to feare fires violence O Lord be thou my helpe and sure protection Make me to cast off euery foule affection Make me to walke in feare as in thy sight And in the midd'st of darkenesse be my light When thou with fire shall trie me I presume Although I burne yet I shall not consume X. The Cloude and firy Pillar FVll forty yeares in feare and pensiuenesse The people wandred in the Wildernesse Vntill ●hey came vnto the holy Land Whi●h God did giue them by his mighty hand And all the while because they knew no way Fir● wa●●heir guide by night a Cloud by day Christ I●sus is ●●hadowie Cloud to those Tha● l●ues him but a fire vnto his foes He is to al● the Children of the day A Cloude to coole and guide them in their way Betweene them and the Sun their great Creator He is a Hedge a Cloude a Mediator But to the Sonnes of darkenesse there 's a fire And will like chaffe consume them in his ire This Cloude was not begot of Sun or showres Neither was Christs conception like ours But he was formed of the Holy