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The history of Joseph, or, A divine poem upon Joseph and his brethren from the 37th of Genesis to the end, written exactly according to each chapter : to which is added a few other poems, the like never before, by John Smith ...
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Smith, John, fl. 1677.
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at his Command He did possess it and did multiply And grew and did encrease exceedingly And Jacob seventeen Years there did dwell Most sumptuously in Riches did excel So that the Age of Jacob doth appear To be an hundr'd fourty seven Year Now vvhen the time drew near that he should Die He Call'd his Son to him and said If I Have in thy sight found Grace let me command That thou wilt put under my Thigh thy Hand Let me my Son thy Truth Rely upon Lay me not here vvhen I am Dead and gone But vvhen I Die then vvith my Fathers all Bury me vvith them in their Burial And Joseph answer'd him and said I will Perform my Duty thy mind to fullfil But Isr'el said to Joseph Swear my Son Thou vvilt perform my Will So thereupon Joseph did Swear And Isr'el Worshipped And bow'd himself to him upon the Bed CHAP. XI Being the lxviii of Genesis The Argument Joseph takes his Sons and He His sick Father goes to see Jacob each of them doth Bless Tells him of their good Success Prophesie the promis'd Land Will be Restor'd by th' Almighty's Hand NOw after this to Joseph speedily One came said thy Father 's like to Die So Joseph hasted and he took with him His two Sons Manasseh and Ephraim And also one told Jacob thus and said Joseph is come to thee be not dismai'd Then Isr'el when he had recover'd Strength Got up and sate upon his Bed at length And said to Joseph hear my Son I pray What I shall speak to thee and what I say The Lord Almighty did to me appear At Luz in Canan and did Bless me there And afterwards thus unto me he spake And said Behold I will thee fruitful make I will thy People multiply said he And I will make a Number great of thee I 'le give to thee and to thy Seed therefore This Land they shall possess for evermore And now thy Sons which here are Born to thee In Egypt thou shalt give them both to me As Reuben and as Simeon they are mine But all thy Issue after shall be thine Now vvhen I came from Padan in the Land Of Canan Rachel Dy'd upon my hand When I from Ephrah vvanted half a day And there I did her Bury by the way Then Isr'el Joseph's Sons did there espie He lookt on them as they were standing by And asked Joseph saying Whose are these And Joseph said my Sons vvhom God doth please To spare alive His blessings I may see They are my Sons whom God hath given me Then Isr'el said before thou take them hence Let me my Blessing on them both dispence Now Israel with sickness he did Sage His sight did fail by Reason of his Age Then Joseph brought them him and for a space He there did Kiss them and did them Embrace And then he said to Joseph I ne'r thought To see thy Face but God to pass hath brought That he hath also shewed my thy Seed The Lord our God is Merciful indeed Then Joseph from his Fathers Knees did take His Sons and did Obeisance to him make And Ephraim then he took in his Right hand Towards his Fathers Left as he did stand And also took Manasseh in his Left Next Isr'el's Right hand not to be bereft Nor misse his Right-hand Blessing thus he thought Then to his Father both of them he brought But Isr'el his Right Hand he did Convey And upon Ephraims Head he did it Lay And laid his Left Hand then upon the other Upon Manasseh's Head The Elder Brother And Blessed Joseph saying God before Whom all my Fathers Walk't and did Adore Whom Abraham and Isaac did obey And he that hath preserv'd me to this day The Angel which Redeem'd me from all ill Now Bless the Lad's and let my Name be still On them and let my Father's Names also Be upon them and also let them grow Unto a Multitude so great by Birth Their dwelling in the mid'st of all the Earth But now when Joseph saw on Ephraim His Father 's Right hand it displeased him And sought for to remove it thence upon Manasses Head which was the Eldest Son And Joseph to his Father thus did say This is the first-Born move thy hand I pray But Isr'el he refus'd and said I know It is my Son yet I will not do so Of him I know a People great shall be But Ephrahim shall be greater far than he So thus he did them bless upon that day And said In thee Isr'ael shall bless and say The Lord make thee as great as Ephraim Before Mannasseh thus preferred him Then Isr'el said to Joseph I shall die But God is with you and will not deny His gracious Promise but his mighty hand shall bring you hence unto your Fathers Land And I a blessing more hath given thee Then all thy Brethren now which living be That I took from the Amorite my Foe I got it vvith my Sword and vvith my Bow CHAP. XII Being the xlix of Genesis The Argument Jacob his Sons to him doth Call Pronounce his Blessings on them all And giveth them a strict Command To Bury him in 's Native Land Where all his Father 's they do Lie So makes a Blessed end and Die NOw Jacob Call'd his Sons and thus did say Gather your selves together now I pray That I may now unfold to you he sayes What shall befall you in the latter dayes Gather your selves together I may tell Come near and hear your Father Israel RUben my Eldest Son my Chief Delight The first beginning of my Strength and might The Excellency of high Dignitie And of Power do both belong to thee But now thou art as unstable as Water And thou shalt not be excellent hereater Because thou did'st defile thy Fathers bed Thy Power and Dignity is from thee fled Thou did'st defile my Couch and thereupon Thy Honour and thy Dignity is gone SImeon and Levy Bretheren in Ill The Instruments of Cruelty are still Within their Habitations I do fear O thou my Soul their Secrets come not near Nor let my Honour now with them be Joyn'd With their Assembly be not thou Confin'd For in their griev'ous VVrath a Man they Slew And b'ing self-will'd a VVall they overthrew O Cursed be their VVrath for it vvas fierce Their Cruelty too cruel to express Wherefore in Jacob I vvill them divide And scatter them in Israel so vvide BUt Judah all thy Brethren thee shall praise And shall be subject to thee all their dayes Upon thy En'mies Neck thy hand shall be Thy Fathers Sons shall all bovv dovvn to thee And as a Lyon shall come from the Spoyle My Son he shall lie down and Couch a vvhile And as a Lyonness shall so remain And vvho shall dare to stir him up again The Scepter shall not part from Judah's home Nor a Lavv-giver until Shiloh Come To him all People shall be gathered His People vvhich throughout the Earth are spread He shall his
a Maze Behold said he I now do understand That there is Corn enough in Egypt Land Then get you down to Egypt go and buy A little food from thence we may not dye So Joseph's breth'ren they did haste away But Benjamin doth with his father stay For Jacob said least mischief him befall And he be lost I am bereft of all So Jacob's sons to Egypt came at last Before the governor they all did hast And in his presence are admitted now And to the earth before him they did bow Now Joseph knew his bretheren said From whence come you which made 'em fore afraid Because he roughly spoke and seem'd so strange As though his countenance did somthing change Now they their brother Joseph hath forgot Although he knows them yet they know him not We came from Canaan Sir they did reply We hither come a little food to buy Joseph remember'd now his Dreams and said You sure are come as Spies I am afraid But they said Nay my Lord thy servant 's come To buy us food the famines sore at home We all are one mans sons they thus replyes Thy servants are true men we are no Spyes But Joseph said do I not understand You come as spyes to see our naked Land But they said Nay we all are Bretheren We are no spyes my Lord we are true men All of our Father lawfully begot The youngest is with him but one is not Then Joseph said I take you now for spyes Because I think these stories you devise By th' life of Pharaoh you shall not go hence For with your speeches I cannot dispence Untill that brother come that I may know If there be any truth in you or no Then send for him and let the truth appear Or else you shall remain as prisoners here So then he put them in ward all three dayes But on the third day thus to them he sayes This do and live for I do fear the Lord Therefore this liberty I l'e you afford Go carry Food for all you have at home But bring your younger brother when you come And one of you shall here in prison stay But go the rest with food and hast away So then they fell to reason with each other And said we sure are guilty of our brother When he besought and craved Mercy on us But we refus'd now evils come upon us Then Reuben said to save him I desir'd But you would not and now his blood 's requir'd And now they thought none understood them for Joseph he spake by an interpreter So then he turn'd aside from them to weep But yet his brother Simeon he will keep And caus'd him to be bound before their eyes That they may see he takes them still for spyes And then his Servants did Command that they Should fill their sacks with Corn they might away And give them victuals that they might not lack And put their mony-bags into each sack So this they did and they departed thence To take their Journey now they did Commence And when they came at length into their Inn To give their Asses Corn they did begin And lo when one he had his sack unty'd his bag of money there he soon espy'd Behold my money 's in my sack he said But when they saw it they were all afraid And said unto each other thereupon O what is this the Lord to us hath done And now with speed they hasted home to tell Their Father how all things to them befell The man said they that 's Lord of Egypt Land Took us for spies and there he did Command That we should be imprison'd for said he You all are spies and come our Land to see But we said nay we were twelve bretheren All one mans sons and all of us true men And one is not the other is this day With our Father So then he thus did say If you be true men you shall here with me A brother leave that I the truth may see And go you carry food for all at home But bring yourbrother with you when you come Then I shall see if you are just and true And will restore your brother unto you So I the truth of you may understand You then said he shall traffick in our Land So now they fell a empting of their food And saw their money and amaz'd they stood Wondering at it and were sore dismaid Their father likewise he was sore afraid And thus he said b'ing troubl'd at their news You Rob me of my sons and me abuse Joseph is not and Simeon's gone I see And you 'l take Benjamin O wo is me Then Reuben to his Father thus did say Suffer the Lad to go with us I pray Take my two sons and cause them to be slain If I bring not the Lad to thee again But Jacob said my Son shall never go He nere shall part from me for ought I know O leave my Benjamin my life to save Bring not my Gray head Mourning to the grave CHAP VI. Being the xliii of Genesis The Argument Jacob for want of food complaine To Egypt sends his Sons again But is opprest and full of we For grief that Benjamin must go So they 〈◊〉 Present with them take And Joseph much of them doth make NOw in the Land the famine still was great The food they brought from Egypt's almost eat Then Jacob said our food now groweth scant Go buy agaâ—â— my Sons we may not want Judah made answer to his Father now And said the man most solemnly did vow Saying you â—ere shall in my presence come Except you bring your brother that 's at home Then let the Lad go with us now said he Or else we never more his face shall see But if thou wilt not then it is in vain And we must never think to go again Then Jacob said Why did you let him know You had a brother Why would you do so Because said they he every thing enquir'd That we were forc't to tell what he desir'd For thus he said Have you no other brother D' your Father live and one thing or an other We answer'd him as you may apprehend To all yet knew not what would be the end Could we know certainly or any other That he would say unto us bring your brother Then Judah he with this importune great Said Suffer him to go I thee intreat That we may go a little food to buy We may not perish here for want and dye I will be surety what canst thou desire That of my hands thou mayest him require And if I bring him not to thee I 'le never Attempt thy presence but be blam'd for ever Then lets not tarry knowing 't is in vain For by this time we might have come again Then said their father if he needs must go Hard is the case but if it must be so Then take a Present with you for the man The best fruits in your vessels now you can Mirrh Nuts and