Voyce In Words and Workes the Mercies of the Lord With gratefull Hearts Gods onelie louelie Choice His workes of wonder trulie to record O that our Tongues our Hearts Hands Liues and All In Gratitude could be reciprocall 141. That so the Lord might still more pleasure take Daylie to Loade vs vvith his Gifts of Grace To Crowne vs with new Comforts and to make Our Nation th' only Station and prime Place Wherein to shew the Sun-shine of his Loue Whereon to shewre his Blessings from aboue 142. To make our Land the Land-marke and example Of Mercy Plenty Peace and Victorie Vnder our Feet our Foes to tread and trample VVhich at his Sion haue an euill Eye Out of their Heads to make the Eye to fall That longs and lookes to see his Israells fall 143. Meane while Let Vs and all the World accord Let Heauen and Earth and Sea vvith vs combinâ— Let all our Fellow-Creatures helpe afford Let Windes and Waters with vs all conioyne To sing and sound to preach and to proclaime The Lords victorious euer-glorious Name 144. Let Kings Peeres Prophets People sing his praise Let Old and Young Let high and Low Rich Poore Let Fishes Fowles and Beasts his bounty blaze Let Wells and Woods let Hills and Dales adore The sacred Name of God our Lord supernall For All his Mercies Temp'rall and eternall 145. Let Men Let Saints and Angels blesse the Lord And Him for euer praise and Magnifie Let All that is in Heauen and Earth record The Name and Fame and matchlesse Memorie Of our eternall-ternall heauenly Lord Let England and All English-Hearted then VVith Mee blesse God and say Amen Amen FINIS Gloria in excelsis Trin-Vni Deo Diuers of DAVIDS Psalmes According to the French Forme and Metre Psalme the 1. 1. HAppie thrice happie is that holy Saint Which doth Himselfe with no bad Course acquaint Nor in the wayes of wicked-workers walketh Nor Sits i th' Seate of Him that proudly talketh But in Gods Lawes Gods Holy Word most bright His Soule doth choicely chiefely take delight Prizing This Pearle aboue all Earthly Treasure And Herein Night and Day planting his Pleasure 2. Hee surely Hee iustlie compar'd may be Vnto a faire a fruitfull spreading Tree Planted by Springs of Grace Fruite timelie bringing Euer in All-Things blest in Goodnesse springing But for the rotten Roote and tainted Stemme Of wicked Workers 'T is not So with Them For when with worldly Hopes Themselues they flatter The Winde of Gods Wrath Them like Chaffe shall scatter 3. The Wicked therefore oh most wretched case Shall ne're be able to approach the Face Of God in Iudgement and iust indignation Nor Sinners come into Saints Congregation For God doth like allow-of much respect The Wayes and Workes of All his Saints Elect But Hee the Paths of Peruerse-Men reiecteth Perish they shall For He them All neglecteth Psalme 2. 1. VVHy did the godlesse gracelesse Heathen Crew So rage and raue with furious Indignation Why did the faithlesse Pharisaicke Jew Striue to make thriue his vaineimagination Why did Earths Pâ—inces Potentates with Might So bend and band Themselues with wrath appointed So troupe together arm'd with deadly spight Against the Lord and Christ his deare Annoynted 2. Let vs say They ah fond and foolish choice With our strong Hands their Bands and shackling Fetters In pieces breake And disobey their voice And shake their Yoke from Vs and our Abettours But God whose habitation is on High On his caelestiall Throne sits sees derideth Them and their Counsailes And then angrilie To Them Hee 'l speake when 's Wrath on them resideth 3. Then to their shame and sorrow thus Hee 'l say J yea euen J haue on My sacred Syon Set and Set fast my King to rule for Aye On this blest Mount All which doe Him relie-on Novv I will shew Gods Counsaile and Decree Which Hee to Mee in Mercy hath expressed Thou art my Son I haue begotten Thee This Day and in my Kingdome interessed 4. Aske of Mee then and I 'le on Thee bestow All Pagan-People with their Pompe and Treasure All Crownes and Scepters of the Earth below To stoope and stand at thy Command and Pleasure Thou them shalt manage master curbe and crush As with an Iâ—on-Mace with Princely-Power As Potters Vessels Those thy Vassalls hush Thy Might shall make most meeke or soone deuoure 5. Be wise therefore ye Potent Princes All Yee Iudges graue be prudent prouident In awfull reuerence at Gods Foot-stoole fall Serue Him with humble-Ioy most diligent With kindly Kisses signes of Homage true Salute the Sonne Least his iust indignation Being soone enflam'd yee meete Death as your Due Blest then are They in Christ that seeke saluation Psalme the 3. 1. O Lord what Numbers rise Of armed-Enemies With Wrath and rage incited How many furious Foes Me compasse and enclose Against Mee All Vnited How many say and sweare My Soule to fright and feare That God is from me parted And that I am now left Of hope of helpe bereft And shall be soone subuertâ—d 2. But They themselues deceiue My God will me ne're leaue But be my strong Defender My Sword and shield of might My Glory and Delight Thou Lord my Life dost tender Therefore with Heart and Voice I made the Lord my Choice And call'd vpon Him solely And Hee in wonted Loue Did heare me from aboue Out of his Mountaine holy 3. I thus most safely kept Lay-downe and sweetly slept And rose much recreated For God my gracious Guarde Did 'bout me watch and ward And me in safety staâ—ed Though then Ten-Thousand Foes Should me surround oppose With might and mischiefe armed I would not be affraid Nor any whit dismaide For I could not be harmed 4. Rise-vp therefore ô Lord Thy gracious helpe afford For Thou my Foes hast foiled And broke the Teeth and Cheeke Of wicked men that seeke My Life to haue quite spoiled Thee onely Lord therefore My Soule doth prest adore And praise for my Saluation Thou dost thy Folke defend And all good Graces send To thy blest Congregation Psalme the 4. 1. O Lord my God my Rights defender O heare my call attentiuely Thou of my Liberty art lender And in disgrace my case didst tender Haue mercy then and heare my crie O Sons of mortall men why muse you To turne my Glory into shame Why fondly vaine deuises choose you Why forged fained Lying vse-you And so your-selues deface defame 2. Know this and be thereof assured That God aboue in Loue doth choose The man to Piety inured By his good Grace to be secured And will not his Request refuse To sin therefore oh shame oh shake-you To search your Hearts most seriouslie Into your Clossets close betake you In Bed to God petition make-you With silence and Sincerity 3. Then giue to God a blest Oblation A Sacrifice of Righteousnesse A â—erfect-Hearts Humiliation And free from anxious Dubitation Trust in the Lord in All distresse Most men for Wealth make inquiâ—itioâ— And
said VVe should All die 2. Not long agoe They had deuoured vs All And swallowed quicke For ought that Wee could deeme Such was their Rage As We might well esteeme And as proud Floods With mighty force doe fall So their mad-Rage Our Liues had brought to Thrall 3. Our King and Queâ—ne The Prince and Princely-Race Their Counsell graue And chiefe Nobility The Iudges wise â—nd prime Tribe of Leui â—Vith all the prudent â—tates-men of the Land Bâ— Pouder fierce Had perished out of hand 4. Thâ— raging streames Oâ— Rome with roaring noise Had with great Woe Ore-whelm'd vs in the Deepe 〈◊〉 blessed Lord Thou didst vs safely Keepe â—rom bloodie Teeth And Their deuouring Jawes VVhich as a Prey Had griped vs in their Clawes 5. 〈◊〉 as a Bird Out of the Fowlers Grin Escapes away Right so it far'd with Vs Broke were their Nets And Wee haue scaped Thus God that made Heauen And Earth was our Helpe His mercy saued vs then From these wicked Men. 6. O let vs therefore VVith all thanks and praise Sing ioyfully To Christ our heauenly King VVhose Wisedome high This fact to light did bring Grant then ô Lord We doe thee humbly pray â—e may accord 〈…〉 thy Name alway Amen 〈…〉 shall see Gladness Theodorus Beza In Hispanorum Classem Diuinitus Ab Anglis prostigatam Anno Domini 1588. STrauerat innumeris Hispanus Classibus Aequor Regnis iuncturus Sceptra Britanna Suis Tanti huius rogitas Quae motus Causa Superbos Impulit Ambitio vexic Aâ—aritia Quam benè Te Ambitio mersit Vanissima Ventus Et tumidos tumida Vos superastis Aquae Quam bene Raptores Orbis totius Iberos mersit inexhaustiiusta Vorago Maris At Tu cui Venti cui totum militat Aequor Regina ô Mundi totius Vna Decus Sic regnare Deo perge Ambitiâ—ne remota Prodiga sic opibus perge iuuare Pios Vt Te Angli longùm longùm Anglis Ipsa fruaris Quam dilecta Bonis Tam metuenda Malis Thus Englished by I. V. PHillips huge Fleete did Floate vpon the Maine Lab'ring to linke faire Englands Crowne to Spaine Do'st aske what Motiues mou'd Him to This Ill T was His Ambitious Auaritious Will VVell was His Puffe of Pride by Windes ore-blowne His swelling Will by swelling waues ore-flowne VVell was His Hope of Earthes whole Monarchie Ingulf'd in Seas immense profundity But thou ô Queene Worlds-Wonder sole Delight For Whom the Heauens Earth Seas Windes Waues doe â—ight Still Rule still Raigne from foule Ambition free Gratefull to God Helpefull to Good-men be That England Thee Thou England Long mai'st nourish Foes to Confound Friends graciously to Cherish De Strage Classis Hispanicae Anno. 1588. Incerto Authore VNdè Haecatra Maris Facies Tantae vndè Procellae Et pro caeruleo Spuma colore tumens Hispanum vasto Nune gurgite mergitur Agmen Quot vix submersos aequoris Vnda capit Sie Tharao commissa petens sacra Agmina Mosi Factus Erythraei Piscibus Esca Maris Hostis vterque Dei Sanctorum et Gentis vterque Curribus Hic multis Nauibus Ille potens Exitio Currus Nauesque feruntur eodem Sanguinis vt satiet purior Vnda Sitim Et regredi vt posset Quoniam est Aggressor vterque Neutri commoti Numinis Ira dedit Sic reliquas Auidus Mundi sibi subdere Gentes Subijcit Anglorum Colla superba Iugo Quique alios spreuit Vulgi fit Fabula Vt alta Qui viuens perijt mortuus ima petat Quinetiam ardenti medijs occurrit in Vndis Non minus ardescens et ferus Ille DRACO Iste quidem Paetriae succensus amore tuendae Ille Anglas sitiens totus Auarus Opes Sic Flammae Vltrices Flammas supera'â—tis auaras Et Deus est Flammis est quoque Victor Aquis Thus Englished by I V. VVHat meanes the Maines Foule-face strange stormy-state And foamy Floods whose Hew was Blew of Late The Reason's ready Phillips Fleet of Spaine Is drown'd i'â—â— ' Deepe whose like ne're sunke i' th Maine Thus Pharao following Moses Holy-Band Was swallowed-vp i' th Sea by Heauens Command Both were both GODS and his deere-Saints Foes vow'd His Chariots Pharao Ships made Phillip proud But Shippes and Chariots in the Gulfe were drown'd Their Thirst of Blood the Flood did quench confound And since Those bould Assailants malice great Had Heauen incens'd Neither made safe Retreate For Spaine that would imperiously rule All Was forced vnder Englands yoke to fall And This proud Scorner was to All a Scorne His high-built Hopes i th' Deepe were left forlorne For dauntlesse Drake with martiall-fire enflam'd Affronts the Fire of Spaines Rage timely tam'd Hee full of zeale his Countries Foes to foile Spaine spurr'd with Heate of Hate our State to spoile But Flames of iust Reuenge Prides Flames ore-came Thus GOD was GOD both of the Floods and Flame FINIS Omnis Trin-Vni Deo soli sit Gloria * Deâ—repetita placebunt * Reuel cap 19. verse 1. Gods Meâ—cies 1. To Man 2. To the elect in generall 3. To vs of England in particular Balaam of Rome Amalecke of Spainâ— Queenâ—â—lizabeth Bishop of Chiâ—â—ester in his ThaÌ„kfull RemeÌ„brance Troupes of Traitors Romes Rhetoricke Spaines Armado 1588. Mr. Wardes Difflo Dissipo King Iames. Watson and Clarke The Papists Pouder-Plott 1605 No. 5. Garnet the Jesuite Nocents Innocents Blacke-Fryers Memorable Notes No Pouder No Plott 1623. Romish Foxes came out of their Holes Prince Charles in Spaine * As one most wittily did Anagra matize on the Name of Gondamore Gods Goodnesse and Wisedome ouer-matched Machiuil of Spain Sauls Michol Spains Infanta Venatio Catholica Psalme 13â— Prince Charles returned out of Spaine The Prince in Spaine Ioseph in Egypt Spaine and Rome Potiphaâ—s Wife A triple true Thaâ—â—esgiuing Englands Ingratitude Simile Another Amos 2.13 â—eremie 15.6 The lasâ— great Plague Londons lamentable Estate Bishop Hall in his Sermon of Thankesgiuing Hosea 6.4 Lamentaâ—â— 22.23 1 Kings 20.31 The wonder full anasedaine ceasing of the Plague Zâ—cha 8.5 Zacha. 8.15 England stil vngraâ—full Famine feared Mighty â—nâ—essant Shewers of â—aiâ— â— A general Publike Fast. August 2. 1626. Mr Burton in his Popes Bul-baiting A sweet strange change The 5 Senses
ENGLANDS Hallelu-jah OR GREAT BRITTAINES Gratefull Retribution for Gods Gratious Benediction In our many and most famous Deliuerances since the Halcyon-Dayes of euer-blessed Queene ELIZABETH to these present Times Together with diuers of Dauids Psalmes according to the French Metre and Measures By I V Psalme 103.1.2 Blesse the Lord ô my Soule and all that is within me blesse his holy Name Blesse the Lord ô my Soule and forget not All his Benefits Non est dignus dandis Qui non est gratus pro datis ¶ Printed at London by The Purfoot for Henry Seile and are to be sold at the Tygers Head in S. Paules Church-yard 1631. TO THE RIGHT WORshipfull his most worthy and highly honoured Friends Sir Hugh Hamersley Knight and Mr. Alderman Parkburst Two of the principall Gouernours of Christs-Hospitall I V wisheth the Kingdome of Grace heere and the Kingdome of Glory hereafter THis Poeme Right Wor being intended as a promoueing Spurre and incitemenâ— to that most excellent and amiable duty of Gratitude of which sweetly sayeth St. Augustine Quid melius animo geramus aut ore promamus an t calamo pingamus quam Graetias Hoc nil breuius dici nil suauius andiri nec fructuosius ab bominibus agi potest What sayes Hee can wee better beare in our minde or vtter with our tongue or set-forth with our pen than Thanksgiuing a man can speake nothing more succinct heare nothing more sweet nor doe any thing more aduantageous than This of Thankefulnesse I therefore most worthy Sirs knowing my Selfe deeply indebted to your Worships for many former Fauours and continued Courtesies towards me was duly incited yea stimulated to apprehend this fit and faire oportunity to intimate my long obliged Gratitude by an humble Dedication of this small Symboll of my sincere Thankfulnesse to your good Worships Which had not the malignity of the Times prohibited was intended for the yeere of your as pious as prudent honourable Maioralty of this Citty whose Gates at this day doe blesse you as Ierusalems did good Nehemiah Nehem the 13.22 for your then honourable and godly care of the Lords sacred Sabboth Accept worthy Sirs I humbly pray you This poore Presentation of my obliged seruice now for though it comes lately yet it comes loyally and from his heart who in all due and true obseruance desires most respectiuely to Rest. Your good Worships euer to bee commanded Iohn Vicars To the Christian Reader SVch good Reader are the Crimes Of these graceles gratelesse Times Such mans grosse Ingratitude For Gods mercies multitude So forgetfull of his Kindnesse So possest with carnall Blindnesse That we need King Phillips-Boy Eu'ry morning to employ At the Doore of each mans Heart To performe th' Aduisers part Long and loud and oft to cry Man Remember God on high I considering This great Need And how few thereto proceed Haue for want of One more fit Bouldly vndertaken It Euen a Monitour to be To the Soule of Thee and Mee Dayly duly to repeate Past and Present Mercies great Counting it the Queene of Labours To re-count Gods boundlesse Fauours Wherein if Thou giue consent I enioy my Hearts content I obtaine what I desire Hauing kindled This blest Fire Which thus kindled ô I pray It may neuer dye decay But burne-forth with Zeales bright Flame To the Praise of Gods great Name This This onely seekes and prayes Hee that truly rests alwayes Thine in the Lord Iesus Iohn Vicars TO HIS SINGVLAR good Cousen M R. JOHN VICARS The most Praise-worthie Authour OF Englands Hallelu-jah THese Lines and Layes once twice againe o're-read Refresht my Soule and rauisht haue my Heart So great Content and Comfort in Mee bred I could not choose but to your-seâ—fe impart They haue Mee chang'd for once made mee Poet Your Muse Nought-els that I do know could doe it I 'll Say in Prose what you doe Sing in Verse Most Christianly The Lord is to be praised And in a home-spunne Speach I 'll still reherse What you most sweetly soundly heere haue phrased In this Angellike Song a part I Loue And though I say 't but Here I 'll Sing 't Aboue Thomas Vicars B D Englands Hallelu-jah 1. MY thankefull heart and hand doe vndertake To write indite some holy heauenly Song Some sacred Song of Loue and Land to make Which may to Englands Lord alone belong O that my Pen were prompt as that sweet writers That sacred sugred Kingly Praise-Inditers 2. O euerliuing euerlouing Lord Father of Mercies Fountaine of all Grace Whose noble Name and Fame Heauen Earth record Glorious in Heauen in Earth in euery Place Who art farre fairer in thy beauteous praise Than is the Sun in all his brightest rayes 3. Thou art most glorious in the Worlds Creation Wherein are various Workes of wonder showne But much more glorious in Mans Restauration Wherein was Mercies-Miracle well knowne Thy workes ô Lord indeed are wondrous great But yet thy Mercies must haue supreme seate 4. The Heauens declare thy handy workes ô Lord The Earth is full of Creatures admirable The Sea a Sea of Wonders doth affoord Full fraught with Fishes huge innumerable But yet thy Loue to Man amongst them all I iustly most admire and euer shall 5. Man out of Dust base dust at first created Yet after thy blest Image blestly made Man Lord of all thy Creatures ordinated Man by them all in Earth Aire Sea obay'd Yet Man by Pride and Hells malignity Deprau'd of Blisse Depriu'd of 's Royalty 6. To Man much blest in his pure Generation To Man most curs'd in his Degenerous-case To Man best blest in his Re-generation By Christ Mans sole Peace-maker Spring of Grace To Man I say and of all Men to Those Whom Hee by Faith to be his Flocke hath chose 7. And of all These to Vs his Little-flocke To Vs I say his English-Israelites To Vs ingrafted on old Israels stocke And to Our Land of Goshen whom the frights Of forreine Foes and home-bred Enemies By force and fraud haue oft sought to surprise 8. Thy Loue ô Lord I say to Our poore Nation Beside Spirituall-Graces largely giuen Thy Word and Sacraments Food of Saluation The best High-way for vs to walke to Heauen Thy many Temporall Protections great From all the dangers which fell Foes did threat 9. From all the Terrours of our Foes without vs From all the Horrours of our Foes within From all that rose against vs round about vs From Truth to Errour vs to worke and win This thy great Loue our great Deliuerance This would my gratefull Voyce and Verse aduance 10. That maugre all the might and spight of Spaine And Antichristian Balaam of Rome Thou hast and wilt thy Churches right maintaine And turne Romes Curses to hir owne dire doome Blessing whom he would Curse crossing the hate Of Spaines proud Amalecke that Scourge of State 11. And as hard hearted Pharaoh and his Traine In Aegypt by Gods fearefull
Plagues oft smarted But still his Goodnesse Goshen did sustaine And to his people Light and Loue imparted Propping protecting These with sweet aspection Cropping Correcting Those with foule infection 12. Euen so proud-hearted Antichrist of Rome And â—is Crowne-thirsting Paramour of Spaine Heauens iust displeasure hath with heauy doome Oft foyled spoyled with their impious Traine Our English-Goshen being still protected Such was his Goodnesse So hee vs affected 13. Witnesse ô euer witnesse may those dayes Those Malcyon-Dayes of sweet Eliza's Raigne Eliza worthy Englands endlesse praise That Friend to Faith That Scourge to Rome Spaine All present past and future Ages Glorie Worthy prime Place and Grace in datelesse Storie 14. By whom the Lord so many wonders wrought To whom the Lord so great deliuerance gaue For whom in their owne Snares hir Foes he caught In whom his Church poore Church he oft did saue By wondrous glorious world-admir'd protection Such was to Hir and Hirs Heauens firme affection 15. Witnesse I say the Treasons ofte contriued By Westmerland Northumberland and Poole Stukely and fâ—lse Mendoza yet none thriued For Heauen did see and smile and Them befoole That impious person Parsons Irish Sanders Campian Romes Champion All full fraught with slaunder 16. Creitons Torne-Papers Allines impudence Englefields Plott and Rosses enterprise Parries pernicious practis'd Jnsolence Sauages sauage plotted Villanies Babingtons barbarous Treason Percies Spleene And Iewish Lopez All to kill That Queene 17. Throgmorton Stafford Stanly and Tyrone Implacable Conspiratours were All Like Sampsons Foxes tyde by th' Tailes in One All ranne like Fire-brands fierce to worke the fall Of that rare Queene Christs Church to ruinate As Reuerend Carleton sweetly doth relate 18. Some sought and wrought with Poisons Pistolls fierce With Daggers Daggs and such like Instruments Hir harmelesse Heart iniuriously to pierce Some by Rebellions aym'd at foule Intents All aym'd amisse and All did misse the White And Law and Vengeance payd them All their right 19. But if you 'l see Sisera's Pride at height Against that English Deborah most sweet And how the Lords strong Arme did for Hir fight Behold it in his Eighty-Eights great Fleet His great Armado shipps most huge and tall Which Hee Inuincible did fondly call 20. This Fleete did floate vpon our English Seas With This he had euen swallowed vp in hope Our Albions Iland Nothing Lesâ—e could please The hungry Appetites of Spaine and Pope And This fierce Force and factious Parts within Promis'd assuâ—'d they should the Conquest win 21. Thus Phillip hauing with insulting Pride On euery part beset vs with his power Gaping but fondly gaping euery tyde Our Liues and Lands like Quicke-sands to deuoure Euen then the Wooden-walles of Jericho The breath and blast of Gods wrath downe did blow 22. Then did the Lord arise a Lord of Hoasts And all our Foes disperse and dissipate Then did he drench and drowne their Spanish boasts And to vs did their Captaines captiuate The raging waues their ships did sinke and batter And all their formidable Forces scatter 23. Then was our Englands Deborah most deare By Gods all-potent power all-patent Grace Made most triumphant ouer foes and feare Heauen did from Hir proud Sisera quite chace The starres in order windes waues seem'd to fight To vindicate hir Innocence and Right 24. Thus for that time th' insatiate thirst of Spaine Was quenched to his cost and high disgrace Most of his mighty shippes spoil'd sunke and ta'ne Those that escap't crept home in shamefull case But spight of Home-bred Traitors forreine Foes Eliza liu'd and dy'd a fragrant Rose 25. This was the Lord Let thankefull hearts declare it For t is exceeding wondrous in our Eares That yeere of Eighty-Eight ô neuer spare it To blaze the praise of That yeere all thy yeeres Let English Isre'll sing and say all wayes Not vnto vs but to the Lord be prayse 26. But what had Romes inueterate spight and spleene An End with sweet Elizaes blessed End Oh no King Iames succeeding that faire Queene Against Him they their Plotts againe did bend The Cause continuing workes the same Effect And Spayne and Rome their Dagon must erect 27. Then for th' aduancement of their Cath'like-Cause Romes apish Popish Priests are firebrands first VVatson and Clarke encourage with applause A Romish-proiect Treason most accurst But if you 'll see a Mapp of All in One Looke on their Pouder-Plot oh There t is showne 28. A Plott of Treason hatched first in Hell I meane the Hell of Romish Heâ—rts most base Bred and brought forth by Men like furies fell Incarnate Diuels onely Men in face Nourisht and cherisht by Romes Man of Sinne By Whom all Treasons End or else Begin 29. A Treason 't was transcending all compare Though True yet Strange to all Posterity Such as whose fulnesse foulenesse to declare Would seeme t' exceed the bounds of Verity Yea no true story from Earths first Creation Could ere relate so curs'd a Coniuration 30. A Priest was Prouost in this foule designe Hellish incarnate Garnet this was He He prompts prouokes The Earth to vndermine And with Gun-Pouder then It stuft must be Wherwith King Queene Prince Prophets Peeres All Should with One Blow haue had One fatall fall 31. The mixture of Nocents with Innocents Would nought availe All should haue drunke One Cup High Low Rich Poore None were impediments With Pouder All at Once had bin Blowne vp Hearts worse then Neroes voide of mercy quite Whole Kingdomes Heades at One stroake off to smite 32. But our supernall Isre'ls Shepheard good Who neuer sleepes nor slumbers o're his flocke Close by vs by his Prouidence then stood He sate and saw and smil'd and them did mocke Turning the Counsell of Achitophell Into mad Folley Folly fecht from Hell 33. And in the Snare which they for vs had made Perillus-like Themselues were iustly snared Our Soules did by Gods goodnesse safe euade Whilst They amongst themselues their mischiefe shared Haman and all his Popish impious Fellowes Were hanged All vpon their owne high Gallowes 34. Oh here were Worke for endlesse Meditation To make the thankefull Heart breake forth in Praise With fire of zeale and holy exultation To liue to loue â—nd laud the Lord alwayes His endlesse boundlesse Goodnesse to proclaime And cause our Childrens Children doe the same 35. But yet ô English heart goe one with me And taste and see that God was yet more gracious His neuer-emptied Hands still forward free To fill thy Soule with blessings specious spacious To leaue Blacke-Fryers fatall fearefull doome A Type of Justice on the Rabble of Rome 36. Whose circumstances yet considered right May iustly moue vs to admire the Lord In all his workes of wonder grace and might And matter of much thankefulnesse afford To see Romes forward Pride and Impudence By Gods owne Hand receiue due recompence 37. Nouembers 5t. with Vs Their Pouder-Plott Nouembers 5t.
with Them Their Fatall Fall In This or Plott or Pouder there was not In This and That GODS Finger seene to All This to disgrace That to destroy our Church But in Them Both Heauen left them in the Lurch 38. In That They sought our guiltlesse blood to spill But Wee escapt and They were paid with Blood In This Themselues were Authours of their ill Whiles They our Gods and Nations Lawes withstood Their woefull Ends I meddle not withall For Both did to their Mr. stand or fall 39. But leauing Them I say to God most iust And yet most gracious to true Penitents I yet a little farther leade thee must To see Gods Loue in yet more large extents That so thy Heart with Dauids may say well Truly the Lord is good to Israell 40. O whoso'ere had not long since but ey'd Of True Religion the strange tottering state How Hollow Hearts 'mongst vs swamme with the tyde How Popish Priests durst boldly to vs prate Out-beard out-braue vs yea and to our face Contest contend Christs Gospell to disgrace 41. Who ere I say did This then see did say Or at least Feare Religion was nigh dead That all hir Beauty almost buried lay Romish Recusants had got such a Head And quite all most to let Hopes Life-blood out See what it pleased the Lord to bring about 42. Our then Prince Charles our staffe of future ioy Now vnder God the Crowne of our Content Vnto our sodaine All-suppos'd annoy From Albion faire to blacke Iberia went Our Day was darkned with the Fogges of Spaine 〈◊〉 quite disheartned till it clear'd againe 43. Our Pearle of peerelesse price was lockt vp fast In a polluted Cabinet too-sure Ouer our Sunne a Spanish Cloud was cast Which did our English Light delight obscure Vnder pretext of a mis-matched Match Till Matchiuill of Rome and Spaine could hatch 44. Could hatch Isay their Egges of Policie To winde and binde to Theirs Our Church and State To weaue Their Webbe of Europes Monarchie Wherein They then seem'd workemen fortunate So cunningly They had contriu'd each thing That Hope and Hap seem'd Both to Crowne them King 45. Spaines Romane Dog that sly Fox-Populj With Craft lay closse his Egges to heat and hatch His M â— on Ambitions Horse did hie No lesse than our Great Britaines Crowne to catch But when This thought himselfe safe set i' th' Saddle His haste made waste Tothers Egges All prou'd addle 46. Our God good God Those Machiuillians great In their owne Counsels strangely did besot His loue to vs made them themselues to cheat What they had got they stupidly forgot What they so long did long for thirst affect Then put vpon them they did slight neglect 47. O heere I cannot but admire adore The wondrous Wisedome of the Lord alone Oh heere I may not easily passe-ore The Contemplation of Gods mercy showne To England happy England in This Act Of Mercy wherein Many are compact 48. For first Had Spaine like Saul his Micholl wedded To our deere Dauid We had wedded bin To many Woes of All-Wisemen then dreaded By false fain'd Friends meere Foes without within What might That Saul haue car'd t' haue spar'd a Daughter Whereby he thought t'hauâ— wrought good Dauids slaughter 49. Some Troian-Horse by Spaines Pelasgan Art With sacred shew our Kingdome might haue entred A Spanish Fleet at least t'vphold the part Of vrged Reformation had bin ventred A Fleet I say full fraught with arm'd protectioâ— To bring the Puritans to due subiection 50. Againe had Spaine ne're meant to make the Match As that 's most sure yet had they still protracted Protested vow'd aduantage still to watch Which part they oft haue finely falsely acted With sly delayes t' haue wyer-drawne their wiles What might they not haue wrought on vs the whiles 51. Might they not thus at least haue bound our hands From least assistance to our Neighbour-Friends Till they had ouer-run the Netherlands And euery where obtained their proud Ends Whilst we alas stood looking at all This And in Them saw for Vs Rods laid in pisse 52. Oh then that royall King and Queene of Hearts Bohemiaes Princely Paire and pleasant Plants Had found Afflictions added to their smarts Had then bin drown'd in helpelesse woes and wants Had bin a prey fit for those hungry Iawes â—hich long had gap'd to gripe them in their Pawes 53. Then oh then had Religion restlessely And helpelessely yea hopelessely bin baited Then Edoms Sons had raisd a cruell Cry Like bloody Blood-Hounds vndefatigated ' Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground ' â—et no memoriall of it ere be found 54. But see oh see how our good God arose Like a most glorious Sun with gracious Rayes At whose vp-rise that monstrous Cloud of woes Was quite dispel'd disperst And to Heauens praise Those threatned stormes of Spaines Romes Raine thunder Were turn'd into a Calme to our great wonder 55. For why Gods Loue led yea pull'd-forth our Prince From Spaines foule Fogges So that our Sun most faire Hath clearely cheerely on vs euer since Shined and shut-out all our deepe despaire Sodainely sweetly to our admiration He came to vs to our Hearts exultation 56. He came came safely yea he solely came Solely I say free from all Spanish voake Yea which is most and best blest be Gods name He came vntainted of least smell of smoake Of Romish Spanish Coales of Heresie Gods Grace did guide guarde his Sincerity 57. Yea Hee with Ioseph seem'd to before-sent Into That Egypt by his God and King Those many growing Mischiefes to preuent Which through all Europe ranke began to sâ—ring To shield vs from a Famine not of Bread But of Gods Word which most men most did dread 58. For why Romes Sâ—uen Lanke-Headed hungry Beast Hungring for Blood yea Blood of Gods blest Saints Had his deuouring Rage so much encreast And our faire Peace brought to so hard constraints That all our former Full-felicity Was nigh deuourd throughout all Germany 59. But as I sayd What our false feares of strife Like Iosephs Brethren did misterme mistake And what Spaine Rome like Potiphars base Wife Wrought on good Joseph spoile of him to make That did the Lord conuert to our great good And well he went as then our Cases stood 60. Oh England England VVhat canst Thou repay VVhat Retribution hast Thou for thy God Thy God who Thus hath bin thy staffe and stay And freed Thee thus from Spanish Romish Rod From cruell Men which are Gods Sword indeed VVhose Mercies are but Mischiefes bloody Seed 61. O what canst thou to God thy God repay VVhich wondrously Life out of Death hath brought Light out of Darkenesse from blacke Night bright Day VVhich from such Bondage hath such Freedome wrought VVhich hath thy stooping drooping Heart reuiued And of their impious Ends thy Foes depriued 62. A thankefull Heart Gods mercies oft to minde A
Goods as Gods doe most embrace But as for Vs our prest Petition Is for a free and full fruition Of Gods blest Beames of heauenly Grace 4. For This This brings to Mee more Pleasure My Heart Herein takes more delight Than They can find in all their Treasure Their Oyle and Wine in wondrous measure Whereon they plod to please their sight I being therefore safe secured Will rest in peace and sweetly sleepe Because I know and am afsured Gods Goodnesse hath me round-immured And Hee Hee onely will me keeâ—e Psalme 5. 1. VNto my submisse Supplication attend Lord lend thy gracious Eare be pleas'd be prest my voice to heare Regard from Heauen thy Habitation My Meditation 2. O hearken to my poore Petition my sacred God my soueraigne King for onely vnto Thee I bring In humble hearty due submission My Soules Contrition 3. Lord timely let me be respected for timâ—ly I to thee will call betimes ô heare and helpe withall On thee I waite to be protected And safe directâ—â— 4. For Thou ô God all gods excellest in Goodnesse and in Faithfulnesse and louest not least Wickednesse With wicked Workers Thou n're dwellest But Such repellest 5. Fond Fooles Thou euermore reiectest they dare not stand in thy blest sight and all that doe in Sinne delight Thou vtterly ô Lord neglectest And dis-respectest 6. The smoothing Flatterer soothing Lyer that calls Good Euill Euill Good The Homicide that thirsts for Blood God will in fine confound with Fire In his fierce Ire 7. But I will in thy Congregation in thy blest Temple Thee adore and trusting on thy Mercies store Expresse my Hearts Gratification With due Prostâ—â—tion 8. Lord guarde and guide and safe protect-mee in wonted Loue from all my Foes their Stratagems and Plots disclose In thy plaine Paths ô Lord direct-mee And still affect-mee 9. For in Them lightnesse lewdnesse raigneth their Hearts are fraught with frâ—ud and guile their Throate a gaping Graue most vile Theit lying Tongue no Truth retaineth But falsely fâ—ineth 10. Lord therefore let them quite be quelled let all their Counsailes come to nought despise disperse their ill-workes wrought For they against thee haue rebelled And proudly swelled 11. But Let all those whose expectation is fixt on Thee in Thee reioice and let thy Loue lift vp their voice In triumph and true admiration Of thy Saluation 12. For Thou thy Saints and Sons defendest and with thy Grace as with a shield to Them dost saf'ty succour yeeld On them Thou all thy blessings sendest And kindly tendest Psalme the 6. 1. LOrd in thine Jndignation And iust exasperation Correct not mine offence And though I blame doe merit Yet let me not inherit My Sinnes iust Recompence 2. But in thy Mercy rather Entreat me as a Father And mildly with me deale For all my Bones doe quiuer My flesh for feare doth shiuer My soâ—es Lord therefore heale 3. My Soule is also troubled My sorrowes thereby doubled With inward Griefe and Paine But oh good God be speedy To helpe Mee poore and needy Oh doe not long refraine 4. In wonted Grace be pleased To see my sorrowes eased Returne and pitty take No merit in me count-I But for thy boundles Bounty And thy meere mercies sake 5. For why If Death once take-vs And vitall-Breath forsake-vs Thy fame we cannot blaze And in the Pitt infernall Who can extoll th' Externall And his due Glory praise 6. My Soule with inward anguish In sighs and sobs doth languish And ready is to faint And for sweete Rest and Sleeping My Bed euen swinnes with Weeping Salt-shewers in Singes complaint 7. Through my incessant crying My Heart is oft neere dying My sight growes dimme and old In high despight displeasure To see in such high measure My foes so bad so bold 8. But now away ye wicked Which at Gods Grace haue kicked Be packing euery one For God is pleas'd in Pitty To heare the dolefull Ditty Of my deepe sighs and moane 9. The Lord to my Petition Hath granted kinde admission And heard me from on high He did not onely heare me But graciously did cheare me And grant me full supply 10. Anâ— now my Foes are frighted Whâ—â—â— Mee so much despighted And causelesly did wrong â—â—ey sodainely are wounded And shamefully confounded By God my Guardian strong Psalme the 8. 1. Omnipotent Lord God most great most glorious Whose noble Name and Fame is most victorious Aboue the spacious specious Heauens high Yea all the World throughout thy praises flie 2. Yea euen by the mouthes of Babes most tender Thou hast made knowne thy might and glries splendour And by their mouthes hast stopt the mouthes of those Which were both Thine and Their reuengefull Foes 3. And when I see as oft I see admiring The Heau'ns most faire in all their rare attyring The splendent Sun the Moone and Stars most bright Those twinckling-Spangles ordered All aright 4. Lord â—â—â—nke I then as well I may amazed Oh what is Man whom thou so high hast raised Or what 's the silly Son of all man-kinde That thou art pleas'd to haue him so in minde 5. For Thou ô Lord our good our great Superiour To Angels haste him made not much Inferiour And hast him Crown'd with dignity and Grace And in thy armes of Loue dost him embrace 6. He is made Lord of all thy Workes of wonder Hee solely wholy is to keepe them vnder As their great-Master Earths-Monopolite To crouch and creepe at his most awfull sight 7. Oxen and Flockes of Sheepe on Mountaines straying And Beasts in woods and Wildernesses preying Birds Foules and Fishes which in th' Ocean play And All that there doe cut and keepe their way 8. Therefore ô Lord I must reiterate Thy glorious Name thy Fame perpetuatâ— And sing and say of how rare excellence Is thy due Praise through Earths circumference Psalme the 10. 1. VVHy standest thou ò Lord aloofefrom Thine Why art thou not more neere propitious Oh let thy louely Beauty on vs shine Now at this time a time so perillous Thy Presencathâ—â—râ—s thy Abseâ—ce troubles vs For wicked-Men in pride pursue the Lowly But let their Craft be their confusion wholely 2. Of his lewd Lusts he hath a high conceit And thinkes his owne Inuentions fine and faire The Couetous accounts Himselfe most great Hold himselfe blest and best a man most rare But Hee to leaue neglect the Lord doth dare His impious Pride his Heart so eleuateth God he forgets on God ne're meditateth 3. Because his wayes alwayes doe prosper well He therefore Thee and all thy Lawes neglects Because thy Will his Wit doth farre excell Therefore thy Hests hee hates and dis-affects Defies his foe which frendly Him corrects In Heart he sayes no change can ouerthrow-me My state no fate can fell no Feare o'reflow-me 4. His mouth with curses is both foulâ— and full His Tongue is tipt with fraud and flattery He is most prompt Goodmen with Guile to gull And in his Lips lyes mischiefe secretly And