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A15647	The hymnes and songs of the Church diuided into two parts. The first part comprehends the canonicall hymnes, and such parcels of Holy Scripture as may properly be sung, with some other ancient songs and creeds. The second part consists of spirituall songs, appropriated to the seuerall times and occasions obserueable in the Church of England. Translated and composed, by G.W.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Songs of the Old Testament.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Cantica sacra.; Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625.	1623 (1623)	STC 25910A; ESTC S120233	90,046	236

And feed thy tender Kidlings there 7 My Loue thou art of greater force Then Pharaoh's troupes of Cha●ret-hor●e Thy cheekes and necke made louely be With rowes of stone and many a chaine And we gold-borders will ordaine Beset with siluer studs for thee The second Canticle THis Song seemeth to set forth the mysterie of Christ his Incarnation whereby the Churches first Petition mentioned in the former Canticle is accomplished And herein these particulars appeare to be mystically expressed His Birth and repose betweene the two Testaments with his sweet and sanctifying operations Secondly the Churches acknowledgment of her Redeemers beauty innocency and delightfulnesse with how pleasant and incorruptible an habitation is prepared for those Louers and what excellent priuiledges she hath by his fauour Thirdly Christ and his Church doe as two Louers interchangeably preferre one another before all others by way of comparison Fourthly the Spouses spirituall loue-sicke passions are expressed And lastly shee hauing declared how shee is enclosed in his embraces there is warning giuen that their sweet vnion be not disturbed This Canticle may be properly sung vpon the Feast of Christs Nati●ity or at any other time wee hauing first prepared our selues by a fruitfull meditating the particular mysteries of the Song Song 10. Sing this as the ninth Song WHile that the King was at repast My Spikenard his perfumings cast And twixt my breasts repos'd my Deare My Loue who is as sweet to me As Myrrh● or Camphire bund●es be Which at Engaddi Uineyards are 2 Loe thou art faire loe thou my Loue Art faire and eyed like the Doue Thou faire and pleasant art my Deare And loe our Bed with flowers is strow'd Our House is beam●d with Cedar-wood And of the Firre our Rafters are 3 I am the Rose that Sharon yeelds The Rose and Lilly of the fields And flower of all the Dales below My Loue among the Daughters showes As when a sweet and beauteous Rose Amid her bush of thornes doth grow 4 Among the Sonnes such is my Deare As doth an Apple-tree appeare Within a shrubby Forrest plac't I sate me downn beneath his shade Whereto a great desire I had And sweet his fruit was to my tast 5 Me to his banquet-house he bare Eu'n where his wine-prouisions are And there his Loue my banner was With Flagons me from fainting stay With Apples comfort me I pray For I am sicke of Loue alas 6 My head with his left hand he stayd His right-hand ouer me he layd And by the Harts and Roes said he You Daughters of Ierusalem Stirre not for you I charge by them Nor wake my Loue till pleas'd she be The third Canticle BY contemplating this Canticle we may be mystically informed of Christs calling his Church in the Apostles and of her estate in the beginning of Christianity when he went from place to place as a Hynde ouer the Mountaines to further the worke of our Redemption wooing his Disciples and in them his Church to follow him by shewing his Diuinity a little and a little as it were through the Grate and from behinde the Wall of his Humanity Moreouer the spring-like season of the Gospell after the cloudy and winter-like time vnder the Law is here set forth And then the Church hauing petitioned that the Curtaines of the Ceremoniall Law might be so drawne away as that she may both heare and see her Beloued in his vnuailed perfections she requesteth also that the sly enimies of his Vineyard may be destroyed She reioyceth likewise in their mutuall loues and prayeth him that whilst the day of Grace lasteth she may on all occasions enioy his speedy Consolations Lastly the Church confesseth how blindly she sought Christ during the Night of the Law how diligently and through what afflictions she searched after him how at length she found him where also with what affections she entertayned him And so concludes as in the former Canticle It ought therefore to be sung with Reuerence and consideration of the Mysteries therein contained Song XI Sing this as the fift Song I Heare my Loue and him I see Come leaping by the Mountaines there Loe o're the Hillockes trippeth He And Roe or Stag-like doth appeare L●e from behind the wall he pries Now at the window-grate is he Now speakes my Deare and saies arise My Loue my Faire and come with me 2 Loe Winter's past and com●e the Spring The Raine is gone the Weather cleare The season wooes the Birds to sing And on the Earth the flowers appeare The Turtle croweth in our Field Young Figs the Figge-tree downe doth weigh The blossom'd Uines a sauour yeeld Rise Loue my Faire and come away 3 My Doue that art obscured where The Rockes darke staires doe thee infold Thy voice thy sweet voice let me heare And Thee that louely sight behold Those Foxes cubs the Uines that marre Goe take vs whilst the Grapes be young My Loues am I and mine●s my Deare Who feeds the ●illy flowers among 4 While breake of Day when shades depart Returne my Well-beloued One Eu'n as a Roe or lusty Hart That doth on Bether Mountaines runne For him that to my soule is deare Within my bed by night I sought I sought but him I found not there Thus therefore with my selfe I thought 5 I le rise and round the Citty wend Through Lanes and open waies I 'le goe That I my soules-delight may finde So there I sought and mist him too The Citty-watch me lighted on Them askt I for my soules-delight And somewhat past them being gone My soules-beloued found I straight 6 Whom there in my embrace I caught And him forsooke I not till he Into my Mothers house I brought Her Chamber who conceiued me You Daughters of Ie●usalem Surre not by field-bred Harts and Roes For you I doe adiute by them Nor wake my Loue till she dispose The fourth Canticle HEre the Royall Prophet first singeth Christ his going forth to preach the Gospel metaphorically expressing it and as it were by way of ●dmira●●o● at the excellent manner thereof Next he mentioneth his Couch or resting place meaning either the Church or else that Bed of his Humanitie which the Holy Fathers and Pastors of the Church as her valiant Champions defended by the Sword of Gods Word against Infidels Heretickes and all the Powers and Terrours of the Kingdome of Darkenesse Then he mystically describeth that Palace Throne or abiding place of Christ together with the Glorie of it as well in regard of the precious matter of each seuerall part as in respect of the forme and ●eautie of the whole Fabri●ke And lastly he exhort●th 〈◊〉 the Faithfull vnder the name of the Daughters of Syon to contemplate seriously the excellent Glorie of Christ when by his Incarnation the Deitie was espoused to the Humanitie In singing this we are to meditate in what securitie and glorious contentment we shall enioy the embraces of our Redeemer seeing his Bed and place for entertainement of the Daughters of Ierusalem

yeeld The hilly-field Though Kings did them oppose 12 With them the Cananitish Kings At Tana'ch fought that day Close by Megiddo's water-springs Yet bore no Prize away For loe the Starres Fought in their Spheares Gainst Sisera fought they And some by force The water-course Of Kishon swept away 13 Eu'n Kishon Riuer which was long A famous Torrent knowne Oh thou my soule oh thou the strong Hast brauely trodden downe Their Horse whose pace So lofty was Their hoofes with prancing wound Those of the Strong That kickt and flung And fiercely beat the ground 14 A heauy curse on Meroz lay Curst be her dwellers all The Angell of the LORD doth say That Citie curse you shall And therefore this Accursing is They came not to the fight To helpe the LORD To helpe the LORD Against the Men of Might 15 But blest be Iael Heber's spouse The Kenite blest be she More then all women are of those That vse in Tents to be To him did she Giue milke when he Did water onely wish And butter set For him to eat Upon a lordly dish 16 She in her left hand tooke a naile And rais'd vp in the Right A workemans hammer wherewithall She Sisera did smite His head she tooke When she had strooke His pierced Temples through He fell withall And in the fall He at her feet did bow 17 He at her feet did bow his head Fell downe and life forlooke Meane whil● his longing Mother did From out her window looke Thus c●ying at The Lattice grate Why stayes his Chariot so From hasting home Oh! wherefore come His Chariot wheeles so slow 18 As thus she spake her Ladies wise To her an answere gaue Yea to herselfe her selfe replies Sure sped saith she they haue And all this while They part the spoyle A Damsell one or twaie Each homeward beares And Sisera shares A party-colour'd Pray 19 Of needle-worke both sides of it In diuers colours are Eu'n such as doth his necke befit That vseth Spoyles to weare So LORD still so Thy foes or'e throwe But who in thee delight Oh! le● them be Sunne-like when he Ascendeth in his might The Song of Hannah 1. Sam. 2.1 HAnnah the wife of Elkanah being bar●en and therefore vpbraided ●nd vexed by Pe●innah her hu●bands other wife prayed vnto the Lord for a Sonne And hauing obtained him glorified God in this Song for deliuering her from the contempt of her aduer●ary By Hannah which signifieth Grace or Gratious was the Church of Christ ●epresented And by Peninnah signifying despised or forsaken was figured the Iewish Synagogue This Song therefore is to be vnderstood as a mysticall Prophesie of that Abiection of the Iewes and calling of the Gentiles which was fulfilled vpon the birth of Iesus Christ our true Samuel at whose conception the blessed Virgine Mary in her Magnificat acknowledged the verifying of many particulars foretold in this Song euen almost in the same words In memoriall therefore of these Mysteries we ought to sing this Hymne to comfort vs also against the pride and arrogancie of those who by reason of their multitudes shall scorne and vpbraid the true Church as mother only of a few poore and obscure children And we may vse it likewise to prayse God for that fruitfulnesse which he hath giuen to our Holy mother who hath lately had many children aduanced to be Kings and to sit on the most eminent thrones of Glory in the earth according to this Propheticall Song Song 4. NOw in the LORD my heart doth pleasure take My ho●ne is in the LORD aduanced high And to my Foes an answere I will make Because in his saluation ioy'd am I. Like him there is not any holy-One And other LORD beside him there is none 2 Nor like our God another God is there So proudly vaunt not then as heretofore But let your tongues from henceforth now forbeare All vaine presuming words for euermore For why the LORD is God who all things knows And doth each purpose to his end dispose 3 Now broken is their bow that once were stout And girt with vigor they that stumbled are The Full themselues for bread haue hired out Which now they need not do that hungry were The Barren-wombe doth seuen children owne And she that once had many weake is growne 4 The LORD doth slay and he reuiues the slaine He to the graue doth bring and backe he beares The LORD makes poore and rich he makes againe He throweth downe and vp on high he reares He from the dust and from the dunghill brings The Begger and the poore to sit with Kings 5 He reares them to inherit Glories throne For why the LORD' 's the Earth's vpholders are The world hath he erected therevpon He to the footing of his Saints hath care But dumb in darknesse Sinners shall remaine For in their strength shall men be strong in vain 6 The LORD will to destruction bring them all Eu'n eu'ry one that shall with him contend From out of heau'n he thunder on them shall And iudge the world vnto the farthest end With strength power his King he will supply And raise the Horne of his Anointed high The Lamentation of Dauid ouer Saul and Ionathan his sonne 2. Sam. 1 1● IN this fune●all Elegie Dauid bewaileth the Death of Saul and Ionathan from whence these obseruations may be collected First that the slaughter of a valiant Prince is an outward blemish and iust cause of sorrow in the State Secōdly that the insulting of an aduersary is not the least affliction Thirdly that the Mountaines of Gilboa are accursed to this day For by Gilb●● which is interpreted slippery or inconstant is mystically vnderstood that irresolution or despaire by which men fall into the power of their spirituall aduersary Fourthly we hence may learne to commemorate those things which ●re ●ra●e-worthy euen in our enemie Lastly it sheweth vs that wise and good men may tender o●e friend more affectionately then another and that it misbeseemes them not to bewaile their death This is to be ●ung historically for our instruction in the particulars afore mentioned And may be obserued as a patterne for our funerall Poemes Song 5. THy beauty Israel is gone slaine in the Places high is he The Mighty now are ouerthrowne Oh thus how commeth it to be Let not this newes their streets throughout In Gath or Askalon be told For feare Philistia's daughters flout Lest vaunt th'vncircumcized should 2 On you hereafter let no dewe You Mountaines of Gilboa fall Let there be neither showers on you Nor fields that breed an offring shall For there with shame away was throwne The Target of the strong alas The shield of Saul eu'n as of one That neu'r with oyle anoynted was 3 Nor from their blood that slaughter'd lay Nor from the fart of strong-men slaine Came Ionathan his bow away Nor drew forth Saul his sword in vaine In life time they were louely faire In death they vndiuided are More swift then Eagles of the

Both soil●d and parcht for want of meat In Sion Wiues defiled were Deflowred were the Virgins young Through Iudah's Cities euery where And Princes by their hands were hung 4 Her Elders disrespected stood Her Young-men they for ● rinding tooke Her Children fell beneath the wood And Ma●istrates the Gates forsooke Their Musicke young-men haue forborne Reioycing in their hearts is none To mourning doth our dauncing turne And from our head the Crowne is gone 5 Alas that euer we did sinne For therefore feeles our heart these cares For that our eyes haue dimmed beene And thus the Hill of Syon fares Such desolation there is seene That now the Foxes play thereon But thou for euer LORD hast beene And without ending is thy Chrone 6 Oh why are we forgotten thus So long time wherefore absent art Conuert thy selfe oh LORD to vs And we to thee shall soone conuart Renue oh LORD those Ages past In which thy fauour we haue seene For we extreamely are debas't And bitter hath thine anger beene The Prayer of Daniel Dan. 9.4 THe Prophet Daniel in this Prayer beseecheth God to be mercifull vnto his people in Captiuity And these foure things are principally considerable therein First an acknowledgement of Gods Power Iustice and Mercy with a confession that from the highest to the lowest they had broken his Commandements and were therfore iustly punished Secondly it is confessed that as their punishment is that which they deserued so it is also the same that was foretold should come vpon thē Thirdly he beseecheth that God for his owne mercies sake and the sake of his Messias would neuertheles ●e merciful vnto them aswell in r●g●rd he had heretofore gotten glory by deliuering them as in respect they were his owne elected people and were already become a repro●ch vnto their Neighbours This may be sung whensoeuer any of those iudgements are powred out on the Common-wealth which the Prophets haue threatned for sinne or in our particular afflictions we hauing first applyed it by our Meditations Song 29. Sing this as the 22. Song LORD GOD Almighty great full of feare Who alwaies art from breach of promise free And neuer falling to haue mercy there Where they obserue thy lawes and honour Thee We haue transgressed and amisse haue done We disobedient and rebellious were For from thy Precepts we astray are gone And we departed from thy Iudgements are 2 We did thy Seruants Prophecies withstand Who to our Dukes our Kings and Fathers came When they to all the People of the Land Proclaimed forth their message in thy Name In thee oh LORD all righteousnesse appeares But publike shame to vs doth appertaine Eu'n as with them of Iudah now it fares And those that in Ierusalem remaine 3 Yea as to Isr'el now it doth befall Throughout those Lands in which they scatt'red be For that their great Transgression wherewithall They haue transgressed and offended Thee To Vs our Kings our Dukes and Fathers doth Disgrace pertaine oh LORD for angring Thee Yet mercy LORD our GOD and pardon both To Thee belong though we rebellious be 4 We did indeed peruersly disobey Thy voyce oh LORD our GOD would not heart To keepe those Lawes thou didst before vs lay By those thy Seruants who thy Prophets were Eu'n all that of the race of Isra'el be Against thy Law haue grieuously mis-done And that they might not listen vnto thee They backward from thy voyce oh LORD are gone 5 On them therefore that Curse Oath descended Which in the Law of Moses written was The Seruant of that God whom we offended And now his speeches he hath brought to passe On vs and on our Iudges he doth bring That Plague wherewith he threatned vs them For vnder Heau'n was neuer such a thing As now is faine vpon Ierusalem 6 As Moses written-Law doth beare record Now all this mischiefe vpon them is brought And yet we prayed not before the LORD That leauing Sin we might his Truth be taught For which respect the LORD in wait hath laid That he on vs inflict this Mischiefe might And sith his holy Word we disobeyd In all his doings he remaines vpright 7 But now oh LORD our GOD who from the Land Of cruell Aegypt brought thy People hast And by the power of thy Almighty hand Atchieu'd a Name which to this day doth last Though we haue sinned in committing ill Yet LORD by that pure Righteousnesse in thee From thy Ierusalem thy Holy-hill Oh! let thy wrathfull anger turned be 8 For through the guilt of our displeasing sinne And for our Fathers faults Ierusalem Thy chosen people hath despised bin And are the scorne of all that neighbour them Now therefore to thy Seruants pray'r incline Heare thou his suite oh GOD and let thy face Eu'n for the LORDS deare sake vouchsafe to shine Upon thy now forsaken Holy place 9 Thine eares encline thou oh my God and heare Lift vp thine eyes and vs oh looke vpon Us who forsaken with thy Citie are That Citie where thy Name is called on For we vpon our selues presume not thus Before thy presence our request to make For ought that righteous can be found in vs But for thy great and tender Mercies sake 10 LORD heare forgiue oh LORD weigh the same Oh LORD performe it and no more deferre For thine owne sake my GOD For by thy Name Thy Citie and thy People called are The Prayer of Ionah Ionah 2. IOnah flying from God and being preserued in a Fishes belly when he was cast into the Sea made this prayer to praise God for deliuering him in so great an extreamitie And the principall things remarkeable therein are these First the place where he prayed Secondly th● terrible danger that enclosed him Thirdly the despaire he was nigh falling into Fourthly Gods mercy with the Prophets timely application thereof the comfort it infused into him Fiftly the occasio●● drawing men into such perills Sixtly the vowe made vpon his deliuerance and the reason of that vowe This buriall of Ionas in the Fishes belly and his deliuerance from thence was a type of the buriall and Resurrection of our blessed Sauiour Matth. 12.4 This Prayer therefore we ought not only to sing hystorically to memorize this wondrous worke of God but to praise him also for the Resurrection of Christ and raising mankinde from that fearefull and bottomlesse gulfe of perdition wherein it lay swallowed vp without possibility of redeeming it selfe Song 30. Sing this as the 24 Song IN my distresse to thee I cri●de oh LORD And thou wert pleased my complaint to heare Out from the bowels of the Graue I roar'd And to my voyce thou didst incline thine care For I amid the raging Sea was cast And to the bottome there thou plung●d me hast 2 The Flouds did round about me Circles make Thy waues and Billowes ouer-flow'd me quite And then vnto my selfe alas I said I am for euermore depriu'd thy sight Yet once againe thou pleased art that