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A16794
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The soules harmony. Written by Nicholas Breton
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Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
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STC 3699; ESTC S104703
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ioy for euer WHat is the gold of all this world but drosse The ioy but sorrow and the pleasure payne The wealth but beggery the gayne but losse The wit but folly and the vertue vayne The power but weakenesse and but death the life The hope but feare and the assurance dout The trust deceit the concord but a strife VVhere one conceit doth put another out Time but an instant and the vse a toyle The knowledge blindnesse the care a madnesse The siluer lead the diamond but a foyle The rest but trouble and the mirth but sadnesse Thus since to heauen compar'd the earth is such What thing is man to loue the world so much OH would man thinke but on that world of ioy Which in the heauens the chosen shall receiue And then againe vpon this worlds annoy VVhere hellish baytes the wicked do deceiue Would he but looke vpon the Angels graces The Paradises of their heauenly pleasures And then vpon the deuils ougly faces VVith all their torments endles without measures VVould men thus make a differēce in their minds Twixt light and darkenesse and the day and night Then would sinne die that with illusion blinds The eye of nature from her blessed sight And man would loue the good hate the euill And honour God and tread vpon the deuill SOme heauenly Muse come helpe me sing In Glorie of my heauenly King And from some holy Angels wing Where Graces doe for feathers spring Oh bring my hand one blessed Pen To write beyond the reach of men Let all the subiect be of Grace Where Mercy set in Glories place Doth stand before that shining face That makes all other beauty base That Heauen and earth may see the wonder That puts all worths and wonders vnder Let Vertues onely set the grounds VVhere Grace but all of Glory sounds VVhile Mercie heales the spirits wounds VVhere faith the feare of death confounds That heauen and earth may ioy to heare The Musike of the Angels queere Oh tell the world no world can tell How that Ioy doth all ioyes excell VVhere blessed soules set free from hell In Mercy do with Glory dwell And with the Saint and Angels sing In glory of their heauenly King Sinke not a note beneath the sence Of Glories highest excellence And keepe vnto that onely Tence VVhere heauens haue all their honour thence That Seraphins may clap their wings To heare how Grace of Glory sings Oh let the Sunne in brightnes shine And neuer let the Moone decline And euery starre his light refine Before that blessed light diuine Of whome in whom from whom alone They haue their shining euery one Let all the Azure skie be cleare And not a mistie cloud come neere But all that brightest light appeare Where Angels make their merrie cheere And all the troope of heauens may see Where all the ioyes of heauen may be Let Phoebus in his brightnes stay And driue the darkesome nights away And Virgins Saints and Angels play While Martyres keepe high holy-day And all the hoast of heauen accord To sing in glory of the Lord. Let all the yeere be Summers spring And Nightingales all Birds that sing And all the fruites that grow or spring Be brought vnto this glorious King VVith all their colours and their sweetes Before his feete to strow the streetes Let hony-dewes perfume the ayre That all may be both sweet and fayre That may with Mercies leaue repayre Vnto the seate of Glories Chayre That euery thing may fitting fall Vnto the Glory of them all Let all the hearts the soules the mindes That wisdome vnto vertue bindes And breedes but of those blessed kindes That gracious loue in glory findes Agree together all in one To glorifie our God alone And when they all in turne are set And in their swettest musike met And highest skill the note hath fet Where grace may highest glory get My rauisht soule in mercy then May haue but leaue to sing Amen Gloria in excelsis Deo PRayse in the highest of the height of prayse Strayne vp thy heart vnto thy spirits note There 〈◊〉 the worth where all thy wonder stayes Write to the wits of all the world to quote Tell them oh tell them that thou canst not tell What grace and glory thy deare God deserueth Whose Excellence all excellence doth excell While him alone all excellency serueth Life loue trueth power grace pity bounty glory Health comfort wisdome vertue mercy peace These in the state of the celestiall story Doe sound the glory that shall neuer cease Whose holy prayses to more height arise Then earth or heauen or Angels can deuise Gloria in excelsis Deo O That my heart could hit vpon a strayne Would strike the musike of my soules desire Or that my soule could find that sacred vayne That sets the consort of the Angels Quiere Or that that Spirit of especiall grace That cannot stowpe beneath the state of heauen Within my soule would take his setled place With Angels Ens to make his glory euen Then should the name of my most gracious King And glorious God in higher tunes bee sounded Of heauenly prayse then earth hath power to sing Where heauen earth Angels are confounded And soules may sing while all heart-strings are broken His praise is more then can in praise be spoken Gloria in excelsis Deo WHen Iob had lost his children lands goods Patience did kill the poyson of his payne And when his sorrowes came as fast as floods Hope kept his heart till comfortes came agayne When Dauids life by Saul was often sought And worlds of crosses compast him about Yet was his spirit neuer ouer-wrought But in his woes hope still did helpe him out When the sore Cripple by the poole did lye Full many a yeere in misery and payne His heart on Christ no sooner set his eye But teares mou'd grace and he was well agayne No Iob nor Dauid Cripple more in griefe Christ giue me patience and my hope reliefe FINIS