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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

so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine The Name of GOD thou neuer shalt abuse By Swearing or repeating it in vaine For him that doth his Name prophanely vse The LORD will as a guiltie-one arraigne Haue mercy LORD and so our hearts encline That we may kee●e this blessed Law of thine To keepe the Sabbath holy beare in minde Sixe dayes thine owne affaires apply thou to The Seau'nth is GODS owne day for rest assign'd And thou no kinde of worke therein shalt doe Thou nor thy Childe thy Seruants nor th● Beast Nor he that Guest-wise with thee doth abide For after sixe dayes labour GOD did rest And therefore he that day hath sanctifi'de Haue mercy LORD and so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine See that vnto thy Parents thou doe giue Such honour as the Childe by dutie owes That thou a long and blessed life maist liue Within the Land the LORD thy GOD bestowes Haue mercy LORD and so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine Thou shalt be wary that thou no man slay Thou shalt from all Adultery be cleare Thou shalt not Steale anothers good away Nor witnesse-false against thy Neighbour beare Haue mercie LORD and so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine With what is thine remaining well apaid Thou shalt not couer what thy Neighbours is His House nor Wife his Seruant Man nor Maid His Oxe nor Asse nor any thing of his Thy mercy Lord thy mercy let vs haue And in our hearts these Lawes of thine engraue The Lords Prayer Mat. 6.7 THe Lords Prayer hath beene aunciently and vsually sung also and to that purpose was heretofore both translated and paraphras'd in verse which way of expression howsoeuer some weake Iudgements haue condemned it doth no whit disparage or mis-beseeme a Prayer For Dauid made many prayers in verse● And indeede measured words were first deuised and vsed to expresse the praises of God and petitions made to him Yea those are the ancient and proper subiects of Poesie as appeares throughout the Sacred writ in the first humane Antiquities Verse the●fore dishonors not diuine Subiects but those men doe prophane and dishonour Verse who abuse it on vaine and meere prophane expressions The scope and vse of this prayer is so frequently treated of that I thinke I shall not need to insist thereon in this place Song 38. Sing this as the 3. Song OUr Father which in heauen art We sanctifie thy Name Thy Kingdome come Thy will be done In heau'n and earth the same Giue vs this day our Daily bread And vs Forgiue thou so As we on them that vs offend Forgiuenesse doe bestow Into Temptation lead vs not But vs from euill free For thine the Kingdome powre and praise Is and shall euer be The Apostles Creede THe effect and vse of this Creed is so generally taught that this Preface need not be enlarged And as touching the singing and versifying of it that which is said in the Preface to the Lords Prayer may serue for both Song 39. IN God the Father I beleeue Who made all Creatures by his word And true beleefe I likewise haue In Iesus Christ his Sonne our LORD Who by the Holy Ghost conceiu'd Was of the Uirgine Mary borne Who meekely Pilat's wrongs recei'ud And crucified was with scorne 2 Who Di'de and in the Graue hath laine Who did the lowest Pit descend Who on the third day rose againe And vp to Heauen did ascend Who at his Fathers right-hand there Now throaned sits and thence shall come To take his seat of Iudgement here And giue both quicke and dead their doome 3 I in the Holy Ghost beleeue The holy Church-Catholike too And that the Saints Communion haue Undoubtedly beleeue I doe I well assured am likewise A pardon for my s●nnes to gaine And that my Flesh from death shall rise And euerlasting life obtaine A Funerall Song THe first Stanza of this Song is taken out of S. Iohn● Gospell Cap. 11. Ver. 25.26 The second Stanza Iob 19.25 26 27. The third Stanza 1 Tim. 6.7 and Iob 1.21 The last Stanza Reu. 14.13 And in the order of Buriall appointed by the Church of England it is appointed to be sung or read as the Minister pleaseth That therefore it may be the more conueniently vsed either way according to the Churches appointment it is here turned into Lyricke Verse It was ordained to comfort the Liuing by putting them in minde of the Resurrection and of the happinesse of those who dye in the faith of Christ Iesus Song 40. Sing this as the 9. Song I Am the Life the LORD thus saith The Resurrection is through me And whoso'ere in me hath faith Shall liue yea though now dead he be● And he for euer shall not dye That liuing doth on me relye 2 That my Redeemer liues I ween And that at last I rais'd shall be From earth and couer'd with my skinne In this my flesh my GOD shall see Yea with these eyes and these alone Eu'n I my GOD shall looke vpon 3 Into the world we naked come And naked backe againe we goe The LORD our wealth receiue we from And he doth take it from vs too The LORD both wils and workes the same And blessed therefore be his Name 4 From Heau'n there came a voyce to me And this it wil'd me to record The Dead from henceforth blessed be The Dead that dyeth in the LORD The Spirit thus doth likewise say For from their Workes at rest are they The Song of the three Children THis Song hath been anciently vsed in the Liturgie of the Church as profitable to the stirring vp of D●uotion and for the praise of God For it earnestly calleth vpon all creatures to set forth the glory of their Creator euen Angels Spirits and reasonable Creatures with those also that are vnreasonable and vnsensible And this speaking to things without Life is not to ●ntimate that they are capable of such like exhortations but rather that vpon consideration of the obedience which Beasts and insensible Creatures continue towards God according to the law imposed at their Creation men might be prouoked to remember the honour and praise which they ought to ascribe vnto their Almighty Creator as well as all his other Creatures Song 41. Sing this as the 9. Song OH all you Creatures of the LORD You Angels of the God most high You Heau'ns with what you doe afford And Waters all aboue the skie Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 2 Of God you euerlasting Powres Sunne Moone and Starres so bright that show You soking Deawes you dropping Showres And all you Winds of God that blow Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 3 Thou Fire and what doth heat containe Cold Winter and thou Summer faire You blustering Stormes of Haile and Raine And thou the Frost-congealing Ayre Blesse ye

and is yet continued in England aboue other Countries a neighbourly and plenti●ull hospitality in inuiting an● without inuitation receiuing vnto our well furnisht Tables our Tennants Neighbours Friends and Strangers to the honour of our Nation and encrease of amity and free-hearted kindnesse among vs. But most of all to the refreshing of the bowels of the Poore being the most Christian vse of such F●stiuals Which charitable and good English ●ustome hath of late beene seasonably re-aduanced by his Maiesties gracious care in commanding our Nobility and Gentry to repai●e especially at such times to their Country Mansions Song 46. A Son the Night before this blessed Morne A troupe of Angels vnto Shepheards told Where in a Stable hee was poorely borne Whom nor the earth nor Heau'n of heau'ns can hold Through Bethlem rung this newes at their returne Yea Angels sung that GOD WITH VS was borne And they made mirth because we should not mourne CHORVS His loue therefore oh let vs all confesse and to the Sonnes of men his workes expresse 2 This fauour Christ vouchsafed for our sake To buy vs Throanes He in a Manger lay Our weaknesse tooke tha● we his strength might take And was disrob'd that he might vs aray Our flesh he wore Our sinne to weare away Our curse he bore That we escape it may And wep● for vs that we might sing for aye His loue therefore oh let vs all confesse And to the Sonnes of men his workes expresse Song 47. Another for Christmas day Sing this as the 46. Song A Song of ioy vnto the LORD we sing And publish forth the fauours he hath showne We sing his praise from whom all ioy doth spring And tell abroad the wonders he hath done For such were neuer since the world begun His loue therefore oh let vs all confes●e And to the sonnes of men his workes expresse 2 As on this Day the Sonne of God was borne The blessed Word was then incarnate made The LORD to be a seruant held no scorne The Godhead was with humane nature clad And flesh a throne aboue all Angels had His loue therefore c. 3 Our sinne and sorrows on himselfe ●e tooke On vs his blisse and goodnesse to bestow To visite Earth he Heau'n a while forsooke And to aduaunce vs high descended low But with the sinnefull Angels dealt not so His loue therefore c. 4 A Mayd conceiu'd whom Man had neuer knowne The Fleece was moistned where no raine had been A Virgine she remaines that had a Sonne The Bush did flame that still remained greene And this befell when GOD with vs was seene His loue therefore c. 5 For sinfull men all this to passe was brought As long before the Prophets had forespoke So he that first our shame and ruine wrought Once bruz●d our heele but now his Head is broke And he hath made vs whole who gaue that stroke His loue therefore c. 6 The Lambe hath playd deuouring wolues among The Morning starre of Iacob doth appeare From Ies●●s roote our tree of life is sprung And all Gods words in him fulfilled are Yet we are slacke his prayles to declare His loue therefore c. Circumcision or Newyeares-Day THe Church solemnizeth this Day commonly called Newyeares-Day in memoriall of our Sauiours Circumcision that remembring how when he was but eight d●yes old he began to smart and shed his blood for vs we might praise him for the same that with due thankfulnesse considering how easie a Sacrament hee hath left vs in sleed of that bloody-one which the Law inioyned wee might be prouoked to bring forth the fruites of Regeneration Song 48. Sing this as the 44 Song THis Day thy flesh oh Christ did bleed Markt by the Circumcision-knife ●ecause the Law for mans misdeed Requir'd that earnest of thy life Those drops diuin'de that showre of bloud Which in thine Agonie began And that great showre foreshewd the floud Which from thy side the next day ran 2 Then through that milder Sacrament Succeeding this thy grace inspire Yea let thy smart make vs repent And circumcized hearts desire For he that either is baptiz'd Or circumciz'd in flesh alone Is but as an vncircumciz'd Or as an vnbaptized-one 3 The yeare anew we now begin And outward guifts receiu'd haue we Renue vs also LORD within And make vs new-yeares-gifts for thee Yea let vs with the passed yeare Our old affections cast away That we new-creatures may appeare And to redeeme the Time assay Twelfe-day or the Epiphanie TWelfeday otherwise called the Epiphany or the day of Manifestation is celebrated by the Church to the praise of God and in memoriall of that blessed and admirable discouery of our Sauiours birth which was vouchsafed vnto the Gentiles shortly after it came to passe For as the Shepheards of the Iewes were warned thereof and directed to the place by an Angell from Heauen So the Magi● of the Gentiles receiued the same particular notice of it by a Starre in the East that both Iewes and Gentiles might be left inexcusable if they came not to his worship This day is obserued also in commemoration of our Sauiours Baptisme and of his first miracle in Canaan by which he was likewise manifested to be the Sonne of God Song 49. Sing this as the 9. Song THat so thy blessed birth oh Christ Might through the world be spread about Thy Starre appeared in the East Whereby the Gentiles found thee out And offring thee Myrrhe Incense Gold Thy three-fold Office did vnfold 2 Sweet Iesus let that Starre of thine Thy Grace which guides to finde out thee Within our hearts for euer shine That thou of vs found out mayst be And thou shalt be our King therefore Our Priest and Prophet euermore 3 Teares that from true repentance drop Instead of Myrrhe present will wee For Incense we will offer vp Our Prayers and Praises vnto Thee And bring for ●old each pious-deed Which doth from sauing-faith proceed 4 And as those Wise-men neuer went To visite Herod any more So finding thee we will repent Our courses follow●d heretofore And that we homeward may retire The Way by Thee we will enquire The Purification of S. Marie the Virgin ACcording to the time appointed in the Law of Moses the blessed Virgin S. Marie reckoned the days of Purification which were to be obserued after the birth of a male Childe And then as the Law commanded presented both her Sonne and her appointed Offring in the Temple Partly therefore in commemoration of that her true obedience to the Law and partly to memorize that presentation of our Redeemer which was performed by his blessed Mother at her Purification this Anniuersary is worthily obserued Song 50. Sing this as the 9. Song NO doubt but she that had the grace Thee in her wombe oh Christ to beare And did all woman-kinde surpasse Was hallow'd by thy being there And where the fruite so holy was The Birth could no pollution cause 2 Yet in