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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32308	Divine passions piously and pathetically expressed in three severall bookes / written and composed for private consolation ... by Edward Calver.	Calver, Edward, fl. 1649.	1643 (1643)	Wing C313; ESTC R28545	68,451	138

DIVINE PASSIONS Piously and Pathetically expressed in three severall BOOKES Viz. I. Being a Dialogue between Dives and Lazarus with the Authors Epigrams upon that Parable II. A Dialogue between the Prodigall Son and the Pitifull Father with Epigrams on that Parable also III. Contains first an Argument against Atheisme Secondly an admiration of Gods mercy towards mankinde Thirdly the care and cure of a wounded Conscience VVritten and Composed for private Consolation and now thought not unfit to be published to all and presented to certaine worthy Persons of this Kingdome By Edward Calver Gent. LONDON Printed by T. H. for Richard Harper and are to be sold at his shop in Smithfield 1643. In landem Authoris On his DIVINE PASSIONS CHrists Parables were alwaies full of worth Which here in part thy pen hath wel set forth Dives and Lazarus well doe tipifie We should not scorne our brothers poverty Confuting Atheists thou Gods mercy praysest The wounded conscience thou both cur'st raisest Thou shew'st a fathers passion for a son That needs would from him prodigally run And in thy pleasant Epigrams we read We all to God are prodigalls indeed Thy Booke hath so much Passion that who heart Thy Stories must turne Prodigall of teares S. W. To the right Worshipfull Sir Dennor Strut Knight and Baronet to the right Worshipfull William Heveningham a worthy Member of the Honourable House of Commons to the Worshipfull Nicholas Bacon and Henry North Justices of the peace to the Worthy Thomas Baker Nathaniel Thurston and John Bayles Esquires and to Mr. John Mayhew c. Noble Knight and Worshipfull and generous Gentlemen I being bound to some of you in the bonds of affinity to all in affection but above all in duty I cannot but hold it my duty to proffer you the best of my endeavours and for want of any thing worthy I doe here persent you my good will I presume not upon your Patronage but only beg your acceptance considering that if these my endeavours be worth the accepting they shall need the lesse assistance But if any thing here brought forth be deformed it is sure most fit that he which begot it should father it The world peradventure may wonder that I draw so large a circle and then turn it to a cypher that I presume to stamp so many worthy Names in the front of this my unworthy worke and then speake nothing of the worth of your worthy persons in particular But let the world know that it is not for want of worth in your selves that I forbear the same for I doe ingenuously acknowledge I may justly draw your vertues into as large a Volume as any other who have beene most copious in that kinde But I for my part do hold it a labour little usefull to paint over that to make it passe for currant which doth shine most perfect in its owne colour Besides I am resolved your modest eares would be rather offended then fed with the sound of your own prayses though unfained But the chiefest aime of my desires herein is to doe you some service not flatter for assistance Therefore if upon perusall hereof if your more serious imployments will admit the same you shall reap any benefit or at least content I shall in this kind be sufficiently satisfied Only I desire that upon your judicious view hereof you would vouchsafe a favourable censure of which I am the more confident because I know you cannot expect any thing polished from a hand so uninstructed But not to be too full in a Preface to too empty a Sequell I implore your pardon and desire to be imploy'd your Servant in all humility Edward Calver To the Curteous and Capable READER REad Curteous Reader this is for thy sake Through want of knowledge thou canst not mistake And as thou canst not so my trust is built Through want of charity thou never wilt Dives VVHen I in nine moneths had through Virgo run That fruitfull signe and then appear'd a Sun Such fates might from my birth have been collected As if by noble Jupiter aspected So soon as born I had indowments faire Not only born but born my Fathers heire And eke with joy my fainting Mother smild Whose paines were turn'd so pleasure in her child Great preparation with the greatest mirth Was duly made to celebrate my birth Where I received honour with my name Grac'd by the greatest witnessing the same My parents joy with comfort joynd was such No cost was spar'd nor care was thought too much But all conduced readily to prove My earthly blisse decypherd from above Lazarus VVOe child of woe of all the world a scorn Nothing but woe appear'd when I was born Disast'rous Saturn did with Mars comply To make me wretched by nativitie Born onely born that Natures care allowd me But being born had scarce a rag to shrowd me My silly Parents sighing for reliefe One cryd for help the other wept for griefe Distressted Parents who all comfort wanted Must for my sake have now no biding granted Prodigious babe how could the world fore-see I should a burden to her greatnesse be A wretched Infant in my mothers womb But far more wretched in the world become So base yea so unworthy of a name The meanest blush to witnesse me the same The Authors Epigram MOst fatall starres if starres may fates decree Or partfull fate if fates may granted be One swims one sinckes one hath enough and more Another nothing begs from doore to doore The destinies on little Dives smile Poore Lazarus by them destin'd to exile Rich Matrons run when Dives comes to birth But cannot stir when Lazarus should come forth Dives attended in his cradle lying Poore infant Lazarus lies neglected crying Dives his Parents dear and only joy Lazarus his Parents object of annoy Dives hath dainties is in purple drest Lazarus with cold and hunger is opprest Alas poore Lazarus child of woe indeed Kind people take some pitty here is need Dives FOrth from my Nurse as weary of her charmes I view'd the world the world unclasp'd her armes And as another Mother or as kind Imbrac'd me sought to satisfie my mind She set before me all her various joyes As well jewels as her wanton toyes Set open all her Cabinets of price And shew'd me all the pleasures might intice She plaid me musick made me understand And gave me lovely Venus in my hand And when my tender spirits did decline She taught me to revive the same with wine Here I had heav'n or pleasures did excell These suted with my youthfull nature well The world allur'd my senses prov'd betray'd The world besieg'd my senses soon obey'd Lazarus VNtimely born and brought up as untaught With neither wit nor education fraught My friends full poore could little kindnesse shew me My kindred none or none at least would know me But griping hunger forc'd me to intreat The world some leave to labour for my meat For pity sake unto