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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12742	Loves revenge VVherein is briefly shewed from the historie of the holy scripture, the rising, grouth, and finall fall of the man of sinne; with the long and continuall strife betwixt the two seeds, how they have, from time to time, sought to disinherite each other: and how that Christ, by his righteous life, and long sufferings, in the end shall get the victory, and justly revenge himself upon his adversarie. Omnia vincit amor, & c. By Ios. Speed.	Speed, Joshua.	1631 (1631)	STC 23050; ESTC S101712	43,323	144

to passe It is the work of Gods own hand For Abraham sole actor was 'T was he which should have Isaac slain 'T was he which brought him back again For Abraham which was Gods friend VVhen he should offer up his sonne Two servants true took to attend To testifie what he had done To take an Asse he thought it good To help his sonne to bear the wood Here is a perfect way to know By his two servants which attend Who shall be there to strike the blow For they must witnesse to the end If God be there it is most plain All safely shall return again If otherwise it come to passe That he and both his servants die And none return except the Asse These servants then will testifie The Devill hath him thither brought And there his open shame hath wrought These things did please the woman well When he had blown them in her eares And she forthwith for to expell All dangers and ensuing fears And being full of wrath and ire Did execute his full desire For when the Passeover drew near That she should eat the Paschall Lambe Her Passeover did then appear To end the work for which he came The substance first a curse she made Then sought a blessing from the shade The Vipar nursed in the Ark Which did bewray his fathers shame Did then go creeping in the dark For to betray his brothers name And binde him fast in iron bands To bring him in the Serpents hands When he was in the Serpents claw False witnesses she did procure Which when they could not stand by law The Priest began him to adjure Thinking to catch him in a snare That he himself might witnesse bear When the High Priest did hear him speak It then did blow no little gail His clothes he did rend and break His countenance appeared pale And in his malice he did cry Lo we have heard his hlasphemy What shall we do in such a case Some said he worthy is to die And some did spit him in his face Some buffet him as cruelly And othersome did him deride And vex him sore on every side Then Peter's faith began to fail And hope was almost at a losse But fervent love did still prevail And follow'd him unto the crosse Love would not start love would not flie But love would see his Master die But Sarah full of malice fraught Did bring him unto Cesars throne Like as the Serpent had her taught And there she did accuse her sonne A fire was kindled in her mood Which nought could quench but Isaac's bloud While Sarah thought through cruell bands On Ishmael to end her grudge She brought her sonne in Hagars hands And Ishmael he was the judge And Hagars childe this being done Did mock the mother and the sonne While she accus'd it came to passe That Ishmael did understand That he a Galilean was VVhere Edom had the chief command Then he sent Jsaac to his sonne That he might judge what he had done But Herode wore a Foxes skin And thought If I should this man judge Then Pilate will again begin For to renew his former grudge My father once thrust in his hand VVhere Pilate hath the chief command He sent to Beth-lehem and slew The Infants where he had no might And now our friendship to renew I will surrender him my right That Pilate may this man adore As Herod would have done before VVhen Edom with his warlike train Had shewed him his utmost spite Then Herod sent him back again Drest and araied all in white That Ishmael might Isaac slay Thus were they made good friends that day Sarah again to end her grudge Her sonne fore Cesars throne did draw Quoth Jshmael let Iacob judge Condemne this man by Jacob's law Yet knew that Iacob had no might For Ishmael had Jacob's right VVhen he had mock't them one by one Esau and Iacob each apart Then Hagar did deride her sonne Which pleased Sarah at the heart For she did clothe him all in red And set a crown upon his head Of pricking thornes in great disgrace Which made the bloud run from his brow And some did spit him in his face Some other to him kneell and bow Then Ishmael did him forth bring And said Oh Iews behold your King But Pilate he was wholly blinde This was the Serpents subtle feat And yet by smelling he did finde That this was done through malice great And fain he would have let him go But Sarah would not yeeld thereto Quoth Pilate then you have your choise Iesus or Barrabas must die Then Esau did lift up his voice Oh crucifie Oh crucifie This malefactor on a tree And let just Barrabas go free Iustice quoth Pilate hath forbod A guiltlesse man to crucifie He makes himself the sonne of God And by our law he ought to die Quoth Iacob then be not dismaid But this made Pilate more afraid When he so far did understand He ask't him much about this thing VVhich done he did the Iews demand What he should do unto their King Quoth Sarah thou his life must end Else thou art none of Cesars friend When he did heare the woman speak Her words they did him much affright Though Cesars lawes he might not break Yet durst he not abridge his right And once again did ask this thing If he should crucifie their King The woman hearing this demand Through extream malice did reply If thou for Cesars right wilt stand This fellow thou must crucifie For Cesar is my King alone And other king I know of none Thus Pilate was constrain'd to yeeld For he must stand for Cesars right And Hagar she did win the field And Sarah lose her lawfull right And Jshmael did Isaac flout And thrust him and his mother out When Sarah saw that Hagars boy VVhich she to Abraham had born Did flout and mock her onely joy And laugh her onely sonne to scorn She said Though Hagars son be thine Yet shall he have no share with mine Cast out the Bond-maid with her sonne For Hagars sonne shall have no chance But he which I by Abram won Shall have the sole inheritance Which thing was grievous in his sight That Ishmael should lose his right Then God to Abraham did say Thou must obey the womans voice Put Hagar and her sonne away For I my self have made the choise In Isaac I thy seed will call For Isaac shall inherite all But Abraham possest with grief Did early in the morn arise And did provide them some relief Their hungry bodies to suffice Some water and some bread in store Vntill the Lord did send them more But when the water all was spent She laid her sonne under a tree And Hagar grieved from him went For she would not his anguish see Her sonnes distresse did make her cry For nature could not see him die VVhile she did thus poure out her cries The Lord did shew himself most milde For he did open Hagars eies And she found

once again might live In Paradice to rule and reigne And cast the Serpent out again He did not seek to be made known But his Desciples daily prove To see how far that they were grown In stedfast faith in hope and love And trying them all one by one He pick't out Peter James and John These three forthwith along he led With him unto a mountain high Where he himself transfigured That they might see his majestie And in what glory he should reigne When he should come on earth again Behold quoth he and take a glance For all what is under the skies That is my sole inheritance Ev'n all what stands before your eies Faith hope and love my crown did gain Faith hope and love with me shall reigne As flesh and bloud cannot attain True faith to stand out constantly Ev'n so where flesh and bloud doth reign Faith hope and love of force must die Therefore he set before their eyes What flesh doth hate and bloud denyes Two witnesses he there did call That Peter Iames and Iohn might see It was no shadow on a wall No idle dream nor fantasie Then God from heav'n this being done Gave witnesse to his onely Sonne This pleased Peter passing well Master quoth he lot us here make Three Tabernacles here to dwell That Moses one of them may take Eliah one for making three There yet remaineth one for thee No Peter no here is no place The enemie will not permit I onely set before thy face A marke to aim at and to hit A royall kingdome for to win If thou by faith canst enter in And Iames can lay hopes ankor fast By casting it upon this rock Then Iohn shall by his love at last Preserve and keep my little flock And nourish them by love alone When faith is lost and hope is gone For faith and hope were born of man And therefore cannot long endure They both shall end as they began For they were born but to allure Eternall love to be mans friend That man may live when they do end Faith did finde out the holy Land Hope led them in the wildernesse But love did bear the chief command For he our fathers did possesse In Canaan that mighty hoast When faith was gone and hope was lost Faith first doth bring man under awe Then hope attends upon Gods will But love alone must end the law Each royall precept to fulfill For Love he is that onely one Which makes a servant prove a sonne Moses my servant gave my law Eliah did attend my will And kept all men in servile aw Now I am come for to fulfill Each royall precept and to give True grace that man by faith may live These are my faithfull witnesses These men have overcome by love These men have seen my holinesse On earth beneath in heaven above Their witnesse doth in one agree To testifie that I am he Faithfull Moses stands me by Hopefull Eliah doth the same And love from heav'n doth testifie That I am he which bears his name Faith hope and love in one agree That you may know that I am he Moses was sent for to destroy Not sparing either man or beast Proud Pharaoh's kingdome to annoy With sundry plagues till he releast His bond-slave and did let him go Moses did daily work his wo. But I am sent for to preserve And call all men unto a feast From grace and truth I may not swerve Vntill that I have all releast Both Iew and Gentile in their kinde I may not leave one hoof behinde Moses obeyed my command And did the Passover ordain That Iacobs heritage might stand When Aegypts first-born all were slain And be preserved by that Lambe When the devouring Angell came Moses the red sea did divide An Angell went before his face Which did him through the waters guide When Pharaoh did pursue and chase A fiery pillar in a cloud Did this preserving Angell shrowd Now I am come for to fulfill I am that Lambe which shall be slain I must obey my fathers will My coming cannot be in vain I am that Angell which shall slay The Serpents first-born in one day Moses the Red-sea and the Cloud The fiery Pillar all am I That Angell which the Serpent proud Shall overthrow ev'n when I die My bloud shall Aegypts slave defend And bring the Serpent to his end In flaming fire I once came down And did desend upon the mount That men might fear when I did frown And Moses calling to account Both high low might trembling stand For breaking of my least command Eliah with consuming fire Did prosecute this fiery law To execute my wrath and ire On such as would not live in aw He made both high and low obey And in his zeal Ball 's prophets slay That law which I did once reveal In fire unto my servant true And after by Eliah's zeal With burning fire again renue Now love hath found a faithfull friend This law in fierie love to end All what by Moses was begun And never had been taught before Shall now by me be all undone Shall vanish and appear no more And circumcision shall fall And end in me for I am all This law is minister of death And sheweth the reward of sinne It must be ended with my breath My guiltlesse bloud the crown must win I must by death Gods wrath expell And overcome sinne death and hell This law I gave in flaming fire Thunder and lightning made men quake The trumpet did blow wrath and ire The burning mount did trembling shake Curse upon curse did there begin Thunder and fire did threaten sinne But now in love I did appear No thunder lightning smoak nor fire No trumpet blew the skie was clear All men might come which did desire Into the mount to heare what is Vertues reward blisse upon blisse That curse which I did then pronounce Is due to all men by desert Yet I will beare it ev'ry ounce No man shall beare with me a part All men be guilty and in thrall I guiltlesse free must pay for all That blessing which I now did give Is due to all men which deserve For love which would that all should live Gives food of life that none should sterve If men do come again in thrall The guilty then must pay for all In fiery love I gave this law That men might one another love And love hereafter might men draw To fix their eies on him above Who sitting at the righter hand Shall have the rule and sole command In fiery love I will proceed I will not banish scourge nor kill No tares nor cockles will I weed Out of my wheat they shall grow still Both shall have place both shall have room To grow untill the harvest come And then the wheat which love did sow By love shall reaped be again Hates cockles shall no longer grow For love will then in great disdain Burn and consume in wrath and ire Hate and his tares

again But as these witnesses before Came down with God to testifie That Love which he had kept in store His onely Sonne which came to die Gods wrath and justice to appease And all mankinde from death release So then they shall go up again When all this wickednesse is done And unto God they shall complain For they shall witnesse with the Sonne And call for justice at Gods hand For breach of every command The n God in wrath and great disdain When he doth hear their plaint and moan VVill send his Sonne yet once again To overthrow the Serpents throne And Jacob's seed for to advance In Canaans inheritance Then all the soules of holy men Which do under the Altar lie Even all the Chikens with the Hen Which now to God for vengeance cry Shall then behold sinnes overthrow When the seventh trumpet gins to blow The seventh seal shall be then undone Then earthly men shall all despair The seventh plague then shall light upon The Prince that ruleth in the aire Then Loves revenge shall surely come For God will be no longer dome The Serpents throne he will divide And rend his kingdome into three And over throw all tyrants pride All Aegypts bands and slaverie Sodoms foul sin and Babels jar And make an end of bloudy war He shall to Edom come in white As he him once to Pilate sent And Edom shall condemne by right T is then too late for to repent He will him not to Pilate send That Pilate should his quarrel end For Edom must lay down his life For murder done by him before Then lying with his fathers wife To make his mother play the whore Such facts Gods wrath they do procure And justice can them not endure From Edom he shall go in red As Hagar did him once attire And set a crown on Ishm'els head Of pricking thornes then flaming fire Shall burn and lay all under foot And leave them neither branch nor root Yet shall his bloud be justly shed The law will take away his life He did defile his fathers bed And made a harlot of his wife Injustly then when this was done Did crucifie Gods onely sonne Then Hagars spite and foul disdain Her gould shall then appear but drosse He shall reward her for her pain Whom she doth still mock on the crosse And cast out Hagar and her sonne For all the spite that they have done The Winepresse he shall tread in red And with a massie rod of steel Shall break in twain the Serpents head Because that he hath bruis'd his heel The cup is full up to the brink And bloud for bloud shall be his drink Proud Egypt shall be drown'd in bloud When Israel shall be set free They shall not know where Babel stood For they shall all in one agree And Sodoms sinne and foul desire Shall vanquish't be in flaming fire Then shall he plant his dwelling place Vpon the top of mountains high That nations may see his grace His glory and his majesty And all may come with one accord Vnto the mountain of the Lord. That they may learn to live in aw And be instructed of the Lord From Sion shall go forth his law And from Jerusalem his word For he shall judge in truth and right And men shall learn no more to fight Their swords and spears they then shall break And shall not use them any more But shall them sithes and mattocks make To dresse the earth and bring in store That men may reap the earths encrease And live in perfect joy and peace The wolf shall with the lambe then dwell The leopard lye with the kid The calf feed with the lyon fell A little childe shall them forbid The bear and cow together eat Their young ones lying at their feet No Asp no Cocatrice annoy Vpon the mountain of the Lord There shall be nothing to destroy But all shall then obey his word By justice he shall rule and sway And with his lips the wicked slay For when this trumpet ' gins to blow Christs kingdome then is at the door For he himself on earth shall show To save the needy and the poor The widow and the fatherlesse To succour in their great distresse All prophesies be then fulfil'd All shadows ended gone and vain That Lamb which once on earth was kil'd Shall then come down on earth to reigne He bought his kingdome with his life And won it with an endlesse strife He dide that man might ever live He strove to bring in endlesse peace Because the earth again might give Her fatnesse and her full encrease Her children all alike to nurse When he had tane away the curse The poor in heart he will sustein The mourners shall be comforted The meek with him on earth shall reigne The hungry soul it shall be fed The mercifull shall mercy gain For mercy then they shall obtain The pure in heart shall God behold Peace-makers shall his children be Such as unjustly be control'd Shall in his kingdome be made free Such as men now do most disdain Shall with him in his kingdome reigne The rich he will not once respect Such as rejoyce shall mourn and cry The haughty minde he will reject The glutton shall for hunger die He which no mercy had in store Shall mercilesse be judg'd therefore The unclean shall not see his face Peace-breakers peace shall never finde Such as do persecute and chase Shall be rewarded in their kinde And such as do revile and hate Shall never come within his gate This King is righteous and true In all his combates he shall thrive And shall his enemy pursue Vntill he take the Beast alive And apprehend his learned Clark Which makes most men receive his mark Also his image to adore And at his greatnesse to admire Them will he cast alive therefore Into a lake of burning fire A sword shall out his mouth proceed Which all the rest shall make to bleed They shall be justly judg'd to die Their sentence shall come from above Distrust despaire and cruelty The breach of faith of hope and love Shall them to endlesse torments bring Then men Hallelu-jah shall sing Then the old Serpent which did crave When he had slain the worlds pure light To have a stone laid on his grave That none should take him out by night And have him lock't and sealed in Before his Sabbath did begin Shall then be chained at the last And cast into a groundlesse pit The door upon him sealed fast That he shall not come out of it The world to cumber nor molest While Christ is taking of his rest Then shall there be no more complaints No anguish sorrow grief nor pain God will give judgement to his Saints And they a thousand years shall reigne VVith him in perfect joy and peace Before the Serpent he release When thousand years be come about He shall be losed in his gail Then the old Serpent shall come out And in the world shall much prevail And Gog and Magog shall combine To execute his last designe And like the sand upon the shore In multitudes they shall come down To make the Saints appear no more But God will at their malice frown And burning fire from heav'n shall send To bring them all unto their end The Serpent which did them beget And drew them unto his desire Shall then be taken in the net And cast into the lake of fire To be tormented evermore With them that were cast in before There shall they ever scorch and senge In endlesse torments never die And love shall have his full revenge On them for all their cruelty Then Loves reward shall come to his When they shall see him as he is For then the judgement shall appear And all shall rise both great and small Each one shall then his sentence hear For they shall then be judged all And death and hell which did aspire Shall go into the lake of fire Then shall come in mans perfect joy And sorrows then shall have an end None shall be left for to annoy Jerusalem shall then descend That blessed Bride from God shall come Trim'd and adorned for her grome He then shall end her dolefull cries Release her from all grief and pain And wipe all tears off from her eyes And death shall then no longer reigne For then he will make all things new His words be faithfull just and true FINIS A Post-script to the Author THose that so quaintly in such gaudy dresse Trim their vain lines their vainer Loves to prove May come and view thy Poems comelinesse Here they shall see the mighty pow'r of Love Behold that brand that everlasting stain Which Envie mark't upon all Adams breed Almighty Love hath rinz'd it out again With better bloud then could young Abel bleed Thou Broaker car'st not for to set it forth For Love thy subject is and Love's thy end Thou bear'st the labour and the charges both For love unto thy Country and thy Friend Thy usefull Lines may well be seen in Print Vnlesse the Stati'oner or the Devill be in 't R. 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