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A66465	Poetical piety, or, Poetry made pious by rendering into its method observations arising from various divine subjects, useful for these prophane and enormous times : to which is added, a brief alphabetical expositor, explaining the most intricate words made use of in this book, to the conception of a mean reader, and may serve as a remembrancer to the imperfect memory / by William Williams ...	Williams, William, of Cardigan.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2785; ESTC R8078	64,141	220

the Head Heart and Soul of a man to the Contemplation of Heavenly things and if so doubtless God is much Glorified by it It activates a mans memory by representing unto the mind Objects and Subjects meet for Meditation it causes much Seriousness and Evacuates the mind of Vanity and as a watchful Sentinel protects the Heart from the Stratagems of Satans Temptations These benefits in some measure I have experienced by it through the blessing of God and mayest thou in their perusal experience the same likewise so recommending it and thee to the Protection and Benediction of God in hopes these my first Fruits may not prove fruitless I shall take my leave and subscribe my self truely thine in love and service if thou art a sincere Christian whilst W. Williams The Contents of the ensuing Poems SUbject I. page 1. Of God and his Eternal Being Subj II. page 7. Of the Incomprehensible Eternity Subj III. page 15. Of Time and Death with the Certainty and Vncertainty of them both Subj IV. page 29. A Prospect of the Glorious Creation and the Creator understood by the Creatures Subj V. page 38. The model of the marvellous Creation to wit the Heaven and the Earth and all the Hosts of them with their accomplishments inthe space of six dayes Subj VI. page 54. A Reflection on the wonderful Creation with the Formation of Adam and Eve their Happiness in the state of Innocency as also the Institution of Marriage Subj VII page 60. Of the Temptation and fall of man Subj VIII page 68. On the fall of Lucifer and the Apostate Angels Page 75. An Appendix to the fall of Angels Subj IX page 77. A brief Narration of the second Adam intimated by the Womans seed in Gen. 3. v. 15. as in repairing the loss of the first Adam c. Subj X. page 95. The right Description of a true Christian and those Quallifications pertinent to this Believer in his state of Grace and Christianity Subj XI page 100. A discovery of the faithful and devout Christians Quality and Conversation Subj XII page 106. Supremacy and Subordination considered both as to the Legality of Soveraignty and the loyalty of Subjection from the impartiality of our Saviours Expression to the Jews concerning the Tribute Money in Mat. 22.21 Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are Gods Subj XIII page 111. Tribute and Custome are commanded by God to be rendred the Ministers of Christ because their due as well as their lawfull Magistrates observ'd from Rom. 3. v. 6 7. For this cause pay you Tribute also for they are Gods Ministers attending continually upon this very thing Render therefore to all their dues Tribute to whom Tribute is due Custom to whom Custom Fear to whom Fear Honour to whom Honour Sub. XIV page 114. Gods love to mankind and the Terms of Salvation considered from Joh. 3.16 God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Subj XV. page 117. A Meditation on Isa 55. v. 6. Seek the Lord while he may be found and call upon him while he is near Subj XVI page 121. A Contemplation on Job 20. v. 5. The Triumphing of the wicked is short the Joy of a Hypocrite is but for a moment Subj XVII page 123. A reflection on Eccles 7 v. 4. The heart of the wise man is in the house of Mourning but the heart of Fools is in the house of Mirth Subj XVIII page 125. A reflection on Psal 49. v. 20. Man that is born in Honour and understandeth not is like the Beasts that perish Subj XIX page 128. An Observation on Prov. 22. v. 22 23. Rob not the poor because he is poor neither oppress the afflicted in the Gates for the Lord will plead their Cause and will spoil the Soul of them that have spoiled him Subj XX. page 131. An Extraction from Isa 5. v. 11. Wo be to them that rise up Early in the Morning to follow Strong Drink that continue till night until Wine enflame them Subj XXI page 134. An Observation from Mat. 5. v. 33. Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shall perform unto the Lord thine Oaths Subj XXII page 138. On Luk. 12. v. 47 48 And that Servant which knew his Lords will and prepared not himself neither did according to his Will shall be beat with many Stripes But he that knew not and did things worthy of Stripes shall be beaten with few Stripes Subj XXIII page 141. A Contemplation on Mat. 6. v. 24. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon Subj XXIV page 144. A Pause upon Prov. 12. v. 2. When Pride cometh then cometh shame but with the lowly is Wisdom A Table of the observable Instances in these Poems hinted by the Marginal Notes SOadmirable is God that no one can display what he is should he require so many days to study him as Simonides did page 3. * God Created some things in the space of time which shall in duration exceed some other things though from all Eternity p. 18. * Some things there are that have neither beginning nor end as God himself p. 19. * Death varies oft and is full of uncertainties p. 20. It is hard for a man to foresee what manner of Death is ordained for him p. 22. The wisdom of God created man an Epitome of the great World and made man the great Ruler of it p. 28. * God may be understood by every Creature Ibid * God is the efficient cause of all causes p. 29. Nature is a second cause p. 30. * If the Stars govern men God governs the Stars p. 34. * The opinion of the Atheist the confutation thereof Ibid * Reason allows the creation of Angels to be on the first day p. 39. * It may be supposed that Hell was Created on the first day p. 40. * Man was made the Image of God p. 50. * Adam gave names to all Creatures according to their kind p. 58. * The Serpent tempts Eve p. 60. * Eves reply to the Serpents temptation Ibid † The Serpents reply to Eve p. 61. * The woman possest with the Serpents temptation Ibid † Eve beholds the forbidden Tree through Avarice takes of its Fruit eats thereof her self gives Adam of the same and both sin alike Ibid * The Devil told truth p. 52. * Adam and Eve hide themselves from Gods presence Ibid † God calls upon Adam p. 53. † Adams excuse Ibid * None knew but God whick was worst Adam Eve or the Serpent p. 64. * The woman must conceive in sorrow p. 65. † Adam must eat bread in the sweat of his face till he returns to the ground p. 66. On Luciser and his confederate Angels p. 96. The Angels ambition p. 71. * The names ascribed to the Devil and the distinction of Devils Ibid. None called Angels in Hell but those

the light 'T is he of whom the Scripture saith He lives by Bread but more by Faith One will converse on Earth in love While 's Conversation is above His Treasure 's there where is his heart We have him hear but in part 1 His life is hid with Christ in God His life is hid with Christ in God Who when chastis'd will kiss the Rod The Christian life I thus descry To be a hidden mistery He is but weak yet has the might To do all things in others sight For Christ upholds him by his hand And gives the Christian Strength to stand But what he doth through Christ his strength Shall to Gods glory tend at length For he would not enjoy the same Unless to glorifie Gods name He knows that God alone did give Unto him life thereby to live And if to live to live aright He of a truth find's Gods delight The Christian man to none does wrong Yet meets somtimes an envious tongue The noise of which does him annoy Least God should justly it destroy 1 No weapon form'd against him shall prosper He knows no weapon prosper shall ' Gainst him that 's form'd nor cause his thrall His life with Christ in God is hid To malice can defyance bid Yet would with mercy be involv'd Therefore desires to be dissolv'd That he a Mansion might obtain For aye in Heaven to remain Where now I am resolv'd to leave Him whom the world could not deceive An Heir of glory he was born And therefore held the world in scorn Though he at first was born in sin And for a time lay dead therein His Second or new birth to grace Gave him true glory to embrace No doubt he now this happiness In Heaven's Kingdom does possess Which may all Christian men partake With him for Christ our Saviours sake SUBJECT XII Supremacy and subordination considered both as to the legality of Soveraignty and the loyalty of Subjection from the impartiality of our Saviours expression to the Jews concerning the Tribute Money in Mat. 22.21 Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesars and unto God the things that are Gods Kings in their Kingdoms God do represent They 're Potentates next God Omnipatent WHo to the Crown of glory will be true Must give God's Crown Caesars Crown their due Our Saviour Christ inform'd us there are things Pertain to God and appertain to Kings As fear and honour both which do relate To God himself and to the Kings Estate Kings Gods Vice-gerents are he them inthron'd Because as his their power should be own'd 'T was God alone these powers did ordain Whose cause as lawful Subjects should maintain Since God ordain'd the King thus to controul Be Subject then to him let every soul Who dare dispute this Power do but plod How to resist the ordinance of God Who thus resolve the Scriptures say shall gain Damnation a just Pension for their pain The thoughts hereof methinks should much suppress Sedition and Rebellions wickedness All Subjects of their errors should convince To fear their God and reverence their Prince Factious Rebellion of a truth has bin Found in effect to be a witchcraft sin A sin in Royal crimson deeply dy'd An evil of that nature 't is deny'd None save the same makes man a Regicide Curst his intent that wickedly will Arm Himself to do the Lords Anointed harm Kings are ordain'd these factious men to aw By Regal justice and the Kingdoms Law I say their Regal power in a word Is not in vain to bear the Kingdoms Sword Which to the evil vengeance should afford As for the Sword 't is clearly understood To terrifie the bad and not the good Since thus design'd then is it not a shame To see the Subjects quarrel at the same As heretofore did Englands regal Foes Who King from Kingdom Crown and Head depose 1 Monarchy metamorphosed to Democracy That unexpected Englands Monarchy Was Metamorphos'd to Democracy And Govern'd by usurping Tiranny Which Government we found not long remain Till God restor'd our Kingdom 's King again He who exil'd was from his regal Throne Return'd to the enjoyment of his own Thus God himself did all his foes withstand Brought home in Peace the regend of our Land The Kingdom subject made to his command No doubt but Gods deliverance in this thing Should caution men for to obey the King 1 Obedience deniable to the usurpers of Authority And unto those obedience to deny That are Usurpers of Authority God thrones the King when Rebels take him down Confusion wracks the Kingdom with the Crown Peace is disturb scarce one shall stand in aw But Plead their will and conscience is their Law Too true our late experience this hath found When Treachery and Treason did abound Till furious rage and cruel worth accurst Did without mercy murther Charles the First God grant our Charles the Second long to Reign In peace the true Religion to maintain Make those his friends that were before his foes Whose wilfulness his Power did oppose And if Gods pleasure may he rectifie Our Nonconformists with conformity That Union and Communion may be found Unto the glory of our God redound Till all with glory shall of God be Crown'd Preserve this Kingdom bless the Church and State Increase our Love and nullifie our hate Vouchsafe that all who shall succeed the place Of Charles the Second may his Faith embrace The Faith great Charles maintains may more defend Until the world and Generations End SUBJECT XIII Tribute and Custom are commanded by God to be rendred the Ministers of Christ because their due as well as their Lawfull Magistrates observed from Rom. 13. vers 6.7 For this case pay your Tribute also for they are Gods Ministers attending continually upon this very thing Render therefore to all their dues Tribute to whom Tribute is due Custom to whom Custom Fear to whom Fear Honour to whom Honour God doth allow a Tribute to this end Those to maintain his Altar that attend GOd this commands therefore must be his will What he commands all should seek to fulfill Who his commands neglect no doubt do ill The reason why it is because that he Made these commands and them observ'd to be In brief you see the question thus reply'd Where Tribute's due it must not be deny'd And God thereby is also glorifi'd 1 Ministers ought to be paid their Tribute To Ministers God would have all be true In paying Custom where the Custom 's due Fear to whom fear and honour to the same Where honour's due this gain 's an honest name And shelters man from spite contempt shame And from all scandalls will a man release Make him belov'd and then shall live in peace Of Tenths and Tithes the Preacher must partake Gods laws allow it and for conscience-sake Then those that scruple payment needs must err Felloniously they rob the Minister Not him consider as Gods Messenger Dishonour God that

The Frontispiece SPare Hours spare Minutes Leisure did incline My Head to study Poetry Divine Who spare some time to read what I did write They both my Pains and Studies best requite But Candid Readers where You see me halt In these my first Fruits pardon my default This I acknowledge that I had a will To Versify although I wanted Skill Which contradicts a Proverb ' cause I find Verse smoothly made hard to my willing mind On the License of this Book April the Twelfth its License will appear The Sixteen Hundred Seventy Seventh Year And on the Thirteenth day if that you look 'T was Entred in the Stationers Hall-Book An Advertisement AN Author of my Name hath lately writ A Sacred Book in Verse and some thought it To be my Study and their reason why Because mine Poems were and Piety But to content the World I dare it tell This Author's Writings mine may much excell Moreover thus I differ from that Man He 's Cornwal born and I am Cardigan And likewise in our Age we disagree I am near Thirty he near Sixty three POETICAL PIETY OR Poetry made Pious By rendring into its Method Obesrvations arising from various Divine Subjects useful for these Prophane and Enormous Times To which is added A Brief Alphabetical Expositor Explaining the most Intricate Words made use of in this Book to the Conception of a mean Reader And may serve as a Remembrancer to the Imperfect Memory By WILLIAM WILLIAMS a respecter of Piety and Pious Poetry Psal 30 4. Sing unto the Lord O ye Saints of his and give thanks at the Remembrance of his holiness Psal 104 33. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise to my God while I have my Being Vouchsafe whose Aspect on this Title look To bar your Censure till you read the Book London Printed for W. Williams at the White Swan in Black-Fryers near the Kings Printing-house 1677. To the Honourable but my most Honoured most Obliging and most Beloved Friend Sir THOMAS PRYSE of Go-gerthan in the County of Cardigan Baronet W. WILLIAMS wisheth all Temporal Blessings here and hereafter Eternal Blessedness Honoured Sir GReat and many are the Obligations since Providence so order'd it that moved me to request your Patronage of these Poems as I might thus variously instance First in that Nature so far befriended my Birth as to be a Native both of your Neighbourhood and County Likewise upon that acquaintance and if I may so far presume I might stile if the intintate acquaintance that I had with your Honour in the days of Infancy and Minority of my Age the renovation of which acquaintance in my Maturity or riper Years impos'd an Obligation upon me to Reverence and Regard your Honourable Person especially when I had Intelligence of your late approach to London and the Honour of your Courteous Visit at my Habitation before I had Information of your Abode besides these Obligations I have a regard to some others in a more peculiar manner namely those Virtuous Qualifications which manifested and still do manifest themselves in the whole course of your Sober Conversation to wit Meekness and Familiarity with these foremention'd motives More I might still nominate as touching your Candid Deportment towards my Parentage and that Affection and Amity my Father continually enjoy'd from the Bounty of your Noble Progeny all which were main Inducements provoking my Ambition to shelter my slender Conceptions under the Ornament of your Patronage and to further my attainment in this attempt I observed the Caution of the wise man in Pro. 27. v. 10. Thine own Friend and thy Fathers Friend forsake not or as I might fitly add forget not and to Reverence your Noble Name to whom I am a Debtor in respect of Service Affection and Gratitude I conjectur'd it expedient to be the Memorial of this Dedication by reason the first Fruits of my Intellectual Productions flowing from a Divine Instinct both in this and the ensuing method I must needs acknowledge it to be my great Encouragement and Satisfaction in that I am Honoured with so worthy a Patron as your Generous and Ingenious self whose Virtue Candor and Affability doubles your Honour while others exalted to a higher degree by Pride maculate their Promotion May your Honour as you are my Patron be pleased to peruse these ensuing Poems and may these Poems be worthy your perusal The best Apology J can make in mine or their defence is only this That there are variety of Inferences drawn from variety of Subjects comprehended in this little Volume some whereof may be smoother polished than others and thereby the more approveable In case that if any be found knotty and unevan I hope they may be the more dispensible if observ'd as deriving from a Novice in the Potent Science of Poetry I am dubious that your Discerning eye may find Imperfections in their Perusual But I had rather lisp and stammer forth the Praises of my God than be bruitishly silent yet must acknowledge the Theme deserved an abler Poet and I fear may in some places seem Maculated by my ruder Pen Wherefore I am Importunate in the Imploration of your Candor to Connive at my Misdemeanours in all respects and vouchsafe my Pardon from your Clemency for the presumption of this Address and those Expressions that stand in need either of Gravity or Gratitude in reference to your Parts and Person Thus Craving your Honour to accept of my Will for the Deed the which shall impose upon my self a further Obligation entituling me to remain acccording to the stile of this my sincere Subscription SIR Your Honours most Humbly Devoted and Submissive Servant to Command WILLIAM WILLIAMS An Encomium on the Honourable Sir Thomas Pryse Baronet TO speak your Fame your Merit and your Praise Befits a Lawreat Poet deck'd with Bayes Not such as I who never gain'd the Skill To Court the Muses on Parnassus Hill My Rustick and Domestick Genius yields No charming Rapture of Elizian Fields Allows me not the prospect of such things Nor yet to taste of Heliconian Springs Abjures all Fiction though the Poets due And prompts me these fair stories are not true Perswading my belief they cannot be Or it would tollerate my leave to see Then to request these things I shall omit And praise you as my Fancy thinks most fit Vouchsafe me Sir although my pen be slow To pay your Honour that respect I owe Your just Encomiums duly to Rehearse Unto a Volume soon would swell a Verse But time and tediousness for to omit I 'le speak in brief what I conjecture fit Who would compleat your Praise by due Applause Much to enlarge shall find there is a Cause But my slow Tongue finds tedious to begin That Noble Narrative what you have been Therefore I pardon crave from this to start And for the whole to manifest a part This is observ'd wherever you resort With Love and Meekness there your self Comport

gave it to maintain The Preacher as his Payment for his pain Them to defraud no doubt our God will Ire The labourer is worthy of his hire And God his due will at our hands require O let us not detain the Preachers mite Since Gods commands confirms the same his right But with his Tribute freely to impart To him as his not ours with all our heart For he takes pains and so 't is his desert So Honour to whom Honour every thing Commanded from the Beggar to the King As loving Subjects then God will us own Both to this Crown and that of Heavens throne And shall adopt us children of his own Implore we then his grace to live thereby While here on Earth in Love and Amity Endeavoring and daring to be true And to our power render all their due Pleasing our God and bearing right regard To his commands that will us sure reward SUBJECT XIV Gods love to mankind and the Terms of of Salvation consider'd from John 3.16 God so loved the World that he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life Man sin'd Hell gain'd and Heaven was his loss Christ to save men from Hell dy'd on the Cross GOds goodness did behold mans wretch'd case Since Adams fall in sin and void of grace This mov'd his mercy to commiserate Poor mans condition in so curst a state When welt'ring in his blood through sin he lay Gods bowels yearn'd that he consults a way For his salvation that so vile did seem In his pure eyes and how him to redeem From that so base a case in Gods esteem The means whereby he mans redemption wrought Was by his death mans life that dearly bought And that was God himself becoming man Who made Eternity to seem a span For God incarnate did himself behave As man excepting sin unto the grave Whose sinless nature never did deprave Christ was his name to death was crucifi'd Upon a cross and thus as man he dy'd To save believers that in him abide By vertue of whose death men life obtain Christ bore the loss and man enjoy'd the gain He suffer'd torments he endur'd the grief And sacrific'd himself for our relief Betwixt two malefactors as a thief The way the truth the life he since was found By those believers sin their souls did wound In him all these find mercy to abound We all things have in Christ and Christ is all And every thing to those on him that call For instance when our sins our Soul make sick Physitian-like does search us to the quick By lancing our corruptions so that we From sinful Ulcers are by him set free He pow'rs the Oil and Balm in every wound Of sin sick souls to cure and make them sound And now no more mans duty than belief In Christ repenting all his sins with grief And when this service is perform'd then he Shall to his Masters joy admitted be Will seem to God without a spot of sin As not defil'd by Adams Origin Christs blood and his repentant tears did flow To wash his Leprosie as white as Snow His crimson crimes no more their redness show SUBJECT XV. A Mediation on Esay the 55. vers 6. Seek the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near In seeking God by Prayer Invoke his Name And when he 's found O man extoll the same INquire my soul search earnestly and seek For him who is most mighty and most meek Use all the means thou canst till thou dost find Who is most mighty and most meek most kind Pursue thy search and doubtless thou shalt see who 's mighty most most meek most kind to thee And when thou shalt this truth experience 'T will quit thee of thy fear and diffidence By framing in thy heart a larger scope For faith to Act than was requir'd by hope Faith is that powerful grace whereby the soul Do's over all despondencies controul And does its self upon Christs merits roul But hope is oft assaulted by despair Somtimes dejections does poor hope impare Yet 't is renew'd again by fervent prayer Faith joyn'd to hope or hope in Faith to rest Are buckler's of such Armour-bearers brest These fortifie his courage so that he Will conquer more than conqueror shall be Whereas if he had neither of these twain Nor faith nor hope no conquest could he gain But Esau-like the Lord his God might seek With cares and fears and tears upon his cheek And yet in searching not find him at all Or finding of him in effectuall Because that love the best Grace of these three Within his Bosom is not found to be Where is true hope O there true Faith begins For love to cover multitude of sins This hope to no man does create a shame But rather renders credit to his name Then cease we not to seek God virtually Till sound through faith and hope and charty This is the day of grace wherein he ought For to be found and by his Servants sought Now is the accepted time when this is past No search for him no finding him at last Seek God my soul whilst thou canst not him see Least when he 's seen he 'l not be found of thee Seek him by hope and thou shalt find him near By Faith this day of grace though he appear Not to the eye of sense to see him clear All shall behold him at the Judgement day But those far off his Laws did disobey And others near to save their souls for aye If that we would not seek the Lord in vain We must seek him in Truth once and again Yea often-times or rather constantly Till with his presence he our souls supply Let us not seek an other thing to find Instead of God but God whom we design'd Nor any thing besides God wish in heart Nor yet for any thing from God depart And since that God is neer this day of grace Then let us seek the presence of his face With right regard to him and reverence Declining not this search dy deligence In Truth and Love then let us seek God ever Until we find him and when found let 's never Cleave unto what from him our souls may sever SUBJECT XVI A Contemplation on Job 20. vers 5. The triumphing of the wicked is short the joy of a Hypocrite is but for a moment An Hypocrite is not within devout All his Devotion 's visible without LO how he Tirumphs now puft up with pride Whose time is as uncertain as the Tide One day unto his dayes he cannot borrow To day he Triumphs tumbles down to morrow From goodness and from virtue he will vary Although he knows his time but momentary Thus then his Character to amplifie This is the Hyprocrites Hypocrisie 'T is said of Hyprocrites their Congregation Shall be destroy'd by certain desolation Good reason why the just is more in danger Of him although his neighbour than a stranger For