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Scriptural poems being several portions of Scripture digested into English verse / by John Bunyan.
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
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him and Cry'd Sampson the Philistines are at Hand And in the Chamber there were Men lay hid And from his Arms he brake them like a Thread Then said she Thou hast mock'd me hitherto And told me Lyes Now tell we what to do To bind thee He reply'd Thou with the Web Must interweave the Seven Locks of my Head Then she his Locks did fasten with the Pin And said the Philistines are coming in Shift Sampson for thy self then he awoke And Pin and Web and all away he took Then said she How canst thou pretend to love me When thus thy Doing towards me disprove thee For now behold thou hast deceiv'd me thrice And hast not told me where thy great Strength lies At length his Soul being vext exceedingly By reason of her Importunity He told the Secrets of his Heart and said Never yet Razor on my Head was laid For I have been to God a Nazarite Even from the Day that first I saw the Light Wherefore like other Men if I am shaven I shall be weak and of my Strength bereaven And when she saw that he had told her all The Secrets of his Heart she sent to call The Lords of the Philistines Come said she This once for now he hath made known to me The very Truth Then they came up together And brought the Money in their Hands to give her Then down to sleep upon her Knees she laid him And call'd a Man who of his Locks betray'd him And to afflict him she began and then His Strength became like that of other Men Then said she Sampson thy Philistine Foes Are just at hand And he from sleep arose And as at other times went forth to shake him Not knowing that the Lord did now forsake him But the Philistines seized him and brought Him down to Gaza having first put out His Eyes and did with brazen Fetters bind And made him in the Prison-House to grind Howbeit the Hair upon his Head began After he had been shaved to grow again Then the Philistine Lords together met And a Thanksgiving day apart they set For to rejojce and unto Dagon pay Their highest Service For our God say they Did this And when the People did behold Poor Captive Sampson they their God extoll'd And said our God Hath given into our hand Him that destroy'd us and laid waste our Land And in their heighth of Mirth they sent to call Sampson to come and make sport for them all And from the Prison-House they brought him and Between the Pillars they set him to stand And there he made them Sport Then to the Lad That led him by the Hand thus Sampson said Let me now feel the Pillars that sustain The House that I my self thereon may lean Now in the Home there was a mighty Throng Of Men and Women gather'd and among Them all the Lords of the Philistines were Besides upon the Roof there did appear About Three thousand Men and Women who Beheld while Sampson made them sport below And Sampson calling on the Lord did say O Lord my God remember me I pray This once give Strength that I aveng'd may be Of those Philistines who have blinded me And with his Right-hand and his Left he held Two middle Pillars which the House upheld And said Let me with the Philistines die And then he bow'd himself most mightily And down the House fell on the Lords and all The People that were in 't So that the fall Thereof slew at his Dying many more Than he had slain in all his Life before Then did his Brethren and his Kinsfolks come And took him up and brought him with them home And laid him in his Father's Sepulchre When he had judged Israel twenty Year CHRIST'S Sermon on the Mount Matth. Chap. V. AND Jesus seeing the Multitudes ascended Up to a Mount where sitting and attended By his Disciples he began to Preach And on this manner following did them teach Blessed are all such as are poor in Spirit For they the Heav'nly Kingdom do inherit Blessed are they that Mourn For in the stead Thereof shall Comfort be administred Blessed are they whose Meekness doth excel For on the Earth their Portion is to dwell Blessed are they who after Righteousness Hunger and Thrist For they shall it possess Blessed are they for they shall Mercy find Who to do mercifully are enclin'd Blessed are all such as are pure in Heart For God his Presence shall to them impart Blessed are they that do make Peace For why They shall be call'd the Sons of the Most High Blessed are they which suffer for the sake Of Righteousness For they of Heav'n partake Blessed are ye when Men shall falsly speak All kind of Ill against you for my sake And shall revile and persecute you sore Rejoyce and be exceeding glad therefore For your Reward in Heav'n will be great For thus of Old they did the Prophets treat Ye are the Salt o' th' Earth but wherewith must The Salt be season'd when the savour's lost It is from thenceforth good for nothing but To be cast out and trodd'n under foot Ye are the Light o' th' World A City set Upon an Hill cannot be hid Nor yet Do Men a Candle with a Bushel cover But set it where it lights the whole House over So shine your Light your Good Work 's seen there Men may your Heavenly Father Glorifie Think not that to destroy the Law I came Or Prophets no but to fulfil the same For till the Heav'n and Earth shall pass away One jot or tittle from the Law I say Shall never pass till all shall be complete Whoso therefore presumes to violate One of these least Commands and teacheth so Shall in God's Kingdom be accounted low But he that doth and teacheth them likewise Shall in God's Kingdom have great Dignities For I declare unto you that unless You shall exceed the Scribes and Pharisees In Righteousness You shall on no condition Into the Heavenly Kingdom gain admission Ye've heard 't was said of Old Thou shalt not kill And he incurs the Judgment who shall spill His Brothers Blood But I to you declare That he that 's wroth without a cause shall bear The Judgment Likewise of the Council he That sayeth Racha shall in danger be But whosoe'er shall say thou Fool the same Shall be in danger of Eternal Flame When therefore to the Altar thou dost bring Thy Gift and there remembrest any thing Thy Brother hath against thee Leave it there Before the Altar and come thou not near Till thou hast first made Reconciliation Then may'st thou come and offer thine Oblation Make an Agreement with thine Adversary Whilst thou art in the way and do not tarry Lest he at any time deliver thee Unto the Judge and by the Judge thou be Unto the Officer forthwith resign'd And to Imprisonment thou be confin'd I do affirm thou shalt not be enlarg'd Till thou the utmost Farthing hast discharg'd Ye've heard that they of
Old did testifie That Men should not commit Adultery But I pronounce him an Adulterer Who views a Woman to lust after her And if thy Right Eye shall offensive be Pluck thou it out and cast the same from thee For it is better lose one than that all Thy Members shou'd into Hell Torments fall And if thy Right Hand doth offend cut off it And cast it from thee for it will thee profit Much rather that one of thy Members fell Than that they should be all condemn'd to Hell It hath been said whoso away shall force His Wife shall give her a Bill of Divorce But whosoe'er shall put his Wife away Except for Fornication's sake I say Makes her Adult'ress and who Marries her So put away is an Adulterer Again Ye've heard Thou shalt not be forsworn Was ancient Doctrine but thou shalt perform Unto the Lord thine Oaths But I declare That you shall not at all presume to Swear Neither by Heaven for it is Gods Throne Nor by the Earth for his Foot stands thereon Neither Swear by Jerusalem for why It is the City of the King Most High Nor Swear thou by thine Head for thou canst make No Hair thereof to be or white or black But let Yea yea Nay nay in Speech suffice For what is more from Evil doth arise Ye've heard it hath been said Eye for an Eye And Tooth for Tooth But I do testifie That you shall not resist but let him smite Thy left Cheek also who assaults thy right And if that any by a Law Suit shall Demand thy Coat let them have Cloak and all And whosoe'er compelleth thee to go A Mile refuse not to go with him two Give him that asketh and from him that may Have need to borrow turn not thou away Ye've heard 't was said that thou shalt love thy Friend And hate thy Foe But let your love extend Unto your Enemies Thus I declare Bless them that Curse do good to them that bear Ill will and for your Persecutors pray And them that do reproach you that you may Be Children of your Father that 's in Heaven For he on good and bad alike hath given His Sun to rise and in like manner doth Send Rain upon the Just and Unjust both For what is your Reward if you love them That love you Do not Publicans the same And if your Brethren only you salute What more than they do ye They also do 't I will therefore that you be perfect ev'n As is your Father perfect that 's in Heav'n CHAP. VI. TAke heed you do not your Alms-deeds bestow Before Men purposely to make a show For then there will no recompence be given Unto you of your Father that 's in Heaven With sound of Trumpet do not thou therefore Proclaim what thou art giving to the Poor As is the manner of the Hypocrites To do i' th' Synagogues and in the Streets That Men may give them Praises Verily They have their Recompence I testifie But when thou dost Alms let thy left hand know Not what thy right hand is about to do That giving secretly thy Father may Who sees in secret openly repay And when thou Pray'st be not as Hypocrites For they love in the corners of the Streets And in the Synagogues to stand and Pray There to be seen They 've their Reward I say But thou when thou dost make thy Pray'r go thee Into thy Closet shut thy Door unto thee And there in secret to thy Father cry Who se'ing thee shall reward thee openly But when ye Pray use not vain Repetitions As Heathens do for they think their Petitions Prevail when they the same do multiply Be ye not like to them therefore for why Your Father knows what things you need before You ask him on this wise pray ye therefore ' Our Father which art in Heav'n thy Name alone ' Be hallowed Thy glorious Kingdom come Thy Will be done on Earth as 't is in Heav'n Give us this day our daily Bread And ev'n As we remit our Debtors grant Remission To us And lead us not into Temptation ' But from all Evil do thou us deliver ' For th' Kingdom Pow'r and Glory 's thine for ever Amen For if you do forgive Men that offend Your Heavenly Father will to you extend Forgiveness but if not nor will he spare At any time when you Offenders are Moreover when you Fast beware lest you Look sad as Hypocrites are wont to do For they disguise their Faces that they may Appear to Fast They 've their reward I say But thou when thou dost Fast anoint thine Head And wash thy Face that undiscovered Thy Fasting may be unto Men but rather That thou be seen in secret of thy Father And then thy Father who in secrecy Beholds thee shall reward thee openly Lay not up Treasure for your selves in store Upon the Earth where Moth and Rust devour And where by Thieves you may be quite bereaven But lay up Treasure for your Selves in Heav'n Where neither Moth nor Rust nor Thieves can enter For where 's your Treasure there your Hearts will center The Eye 's the light o' th' Body which if right Then thy whole Body will be full of Light But if thine Eye be evil then there will A total Darkness thy whole Body fill If therefore all the Light that is in thee Be Darkness How great must that Darkness be No Man can serve Two Masters either he Will hate one and love t'other or will be Faithful to one and t'other will forego Ye cannot serve both God and Mammon too Take no thought therefore for your Life I say What you shall eat or drink or how you may Your Bodies cloath Is not the life much more Than meat is not the Body far before The cloaths thereof behold the fowls o' th' air Nor sow nor reap nor take they any care How they provision into barns may gather Yet they are nourish'd by your Heavenly Father Are ye not worth much more Which of you can By taking thought add to his height one span And why for raiment are ye taking thought See how the Lilies grow they labour not Nor do they spin yet Solomon I say In all his Pomp had no such gay Array If in the Field God so doth cloath the Grass Which is to Day and doth to Morrow pass Into the Oven shall he not therefore O ye of little Faith cloath you much more Take no thought therefore saying What shall we eat Or drink or where shall we our Raiment get For thus the Heathen People use to do For that you need them doth your Father know But seek God's Kingdom and his Righteousness First and then all these things you shall possess Be not then exercis'd with Care and Sorrow In making Preparation for the Morrow The Morrow shall things for it self prepare Sufficient to the Day is each Day 's Care CHAP. VII JUdge not that you may not be judg'd for even As you pass Judgment