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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61400	The history of the Babylonish cabal, or, The intrigues, progression, opposition, defeat, and destruction of the Daniel-Catchers in a poem / by Richard Steere.	Steere, Richard, 1643-1721.	1682 (1682)	Wing S5397; ESTC R21257	17,957	40

THE HISTORY OF THE Babylonish Cabal OR The Intrigues Progression Opposition Defeat and Destruction Of the Daniel-Catchers In a POEM By Richard Steere Nec Lex est justior ulla Quam Necis Artifices Arte perire suâ Ovid. LONDON Printed for Richard Baldwin in the Old Bayley 1682. TO THE Right Honourable ANTHONY Earl of Shaftesbury c. My Lord THere is hardly a kind of Persecution more Irresistible than that of Dedications No Monarch can defend himself from it since the Invention of Printing By this kind of Visit a Plebean whether he Adorns or Disgraces the Press 't is no matter can Vault into the view of the Most Exalted Wits and Most Renowned of Men. If Custom be any Excuse for such fashionable Presumptions I hope your Lordship will pardon the Boldness I have taken to shelter this Product of some Retired hours under the Protection of your Honourable Name Some Sheets of the same nature were not long since presented to your Lordship in Prose which Allarm'd a Silent Spectators Muse to Revive that Ingenious Paraphrase in the Modern Attire of Measure and Cadency which though unadorn'd with those Affected Flights of Fancy those Heaven-daring Metaphors that by an Antiphrasis becautifie the Raptures of the PERPETUAL STATE-POET the Achitophel-maker yet my Lord you will find it plain and honest and expressive of the Sympathy which some of a Lower Orb bear to the Contriv'd Sufferings of so Illustrious an Innocent as DANIEL was But who can Fall when Heaven is the Protector Or what Machinations can prosper when countermin'd by the Divinity If Men of Meer Wit will needs wantonly Allegorize SACRED HISTORY and by Misapplied Parallels throw Affronts upon our Great and Loyal States-Men then whether They will or no Men of Loyalty will borrow Scripture Artillery and Allegorize it in a sober Attaque to Batter down the Babels of such Daniel-Catchers That your Lordship may Live Long and Happy to serve your King and Country in spight of all your Enemies is the Hearty Prayer of My Lord Your Most Humble and Most Obedient Servant R. S. THE HISTORY Of the Sham-Plot Defeat and Destruction Of the Daniel-Catchers c. BEhold how Rich how Glorious is the Soul Whose Faith is stedfast and without controul Faith will the Temples with Great Glory Crown Faith is the Hand which Takes the Blessing down Faith 's the Defensive and Offensive Shield Saves the Possessor Makes th'Opposer yield This Abel Enoch Noah in their days Made th'Infant Earth Illustrious with its Rays Abra'am was call'd the Father of this Grace Isaac and Jacob in his steps did trace Moses and Samuel have the same pursu'd Who as Bright Stars of the first Magnitude Dart down their sev'ral Bright Coelstial Rays Upon the Church in her more Modern days Who all a Glorious Constellation prove Patterns of Piety of Faith and Love Can Daniel be forgot or may he come And with his Fellow Prophets take a Room Of Princes and of Prophets not the ●east Whose Soul with this Eximious Faith possest To stop the Mouths of Lions Faith is Crown'd Because our Daniel Innocent was found His History shall be our present Theme And from that Fountain we 'l pursue the Stream To paraphrase upon the State of things What Honours were conferr'd on him by Kings His Lise Imprisonment and Sufferings With that strong Faith which did his Soul Advance Working Miraculous Deliverance Take but a transient View of him behold How his own Book doth his own State unfold See how the Spirit hath display'd the Sence Of his Original his Eminence He is descended of Illustrious Blood His Pedigree was doubtless Great and Good The Seed of Princes he appears to be Or some Prime Branch of the Nobility His Conduct and his Courage do proclaim The Greatness of his uncontrouled ●ame For his Great Soul so Manag'd all Affairs As he did Antitype those Characters Nor in the Series of his Lives whole Story Was Daniel found to be Derogatory But Ornamental to his Birth and Glory And as in Honour so in Beauty he Arrives unto an excellent Degree His Graceful Presence Personage and Face Perfection vie with his Interiour Grace Each representing him Lovely and Rare So fairly good or else so goodly Fair By Royal Mandate he 's a Chosen one Attaining perfect Education In all the Chaldean Learning he is Taught The Mysteries and Policies of State That he might stand before the King or be A Privy Councellor to Monarchy A Pollisht Pillar fixt for the support Of Royalty and Grandeur at the Court. Yet he Religiously avoids Excess And frames his mind to be content with less The King 's delicious Dainties he denies And all the Fulness of Court Luxuries For Pulse and Water are his only Fare Which to Great Men is an Example Rare His Humane parts with Grace Divine are Crown'd True Wisdom and Great Knowledge do abound In him for he by God was sanctifi'd To be a Prophet whereby he unty'd The knotty and most intricate of Dreams By powerful Insluence of Coelestial Beams Puzling Enigma's Visions of the Night He their Interpretation brings to Light He fitted was for Publick Government Well qualifi'd for what was Eminent All these concurring fitted him to be Trusted with all Affairs of 〈◊〉 The King inspects his Wisdom and great Worth His favour then to Honour calls him forth Makes him his Lord LIEUTENANT next the Throne Over the Province of Great Babylon More Honour yet the King on him confers Creates him Greatest of his Treasurers And as the King should say I cannot see One of more Worth in all my Monarchy Heaps Honour upon Honour adding more Over the Magi him Chief Governour To make his Royal Favour more complete Daniel at Court is fixt Chief Favourite And now involv'd in bus'ness for the King Honours and Offices do Troubles bring Yet Daniel won't neglect three times a day As he did use unto his God to pray And while his prayers mount the Throne of Grace All worldly Cares do to his Thoughts give place O happy Prince more happy in this thing Whose Counsellors fear God obey the King Daniel Exalted now to high Renown Studies the only Int'rest of the Crown He knew his Lord's great Interest would be T o'ave Officers of spotless Loyalty Men● of an Equal Spirit with his own Were persons fittest to attend a Throne This Policy of his appears to be An Act of unexampled Piety Next to his Prince his Loyal care extends And shews some signal Favour to his Friends Great Comfort to the Church in her Exile When Nursing Fathers on their Children smile At his Request 't was done th' effects were so For Shadrach Meshech and Abednego Over th' Affairs of ●abylon were sent To manage Grand Affairs of Government See the Effects of his Industrious Care When such Brave Men in publick Office are Whose publiek Spirits for the publick good Nebuchadnezzar's Idols have withstood To which his Princes and his ●ords of State Pay Homage whilst yet