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A Century of sacred disticks, or, Religion in verse
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A CENTURY OF SACRED DISTICKS OR RELIGION IN VERSE St. Gregory The bravest thing is a Religious Life OXFORD Printed by Leon. Lichfield Printer to the University for John Barksdale Bookseller in Cirencester 1685. To His Noble Friend TO prescribe to these Verses your fair Name Altho but one clean Sheet it were no shame Till Something of more Learning I shall have You shall be Nameless Yet Religion's brave One Century OF SACRED DISTICKS OR Religion in verse To the READER IN these plain Verses I have no other ends But to edify my Self and my good Friends I. Accounts HOW suddenly may I be call'd away 'T is good to make Accounts up every day II. Acceptance Lord Be Thou still the same Thou gracious art And wilt accept a broken contrite heart III. Grace I fear not when my Heart by God is view'd As by the Grace of Christ is is renew'd IV. Persecution To persecute is to hurt the Innocent To prosecute is of the Guilty meant V. Gravity Let Grave men take so much Autority As to correct the faults i' th' company VI. Oaths Vain Swearing if you hear to your self look You be not guilty Give it a rebuke VIII Lust Some think they are honest if they do not act Ill Thoughts and Eyes are guilty of the Fact VIII Company Fairly depart if there be two or one Quarrel-some Fellow Better be alone IX The Lye If it be said you lye you quarrel and fight If told you Swear of that you make but light X. Rules When you do think or read of some good Rule Bind it in Rhythm and put thy self to School XI Conspiracy Let Good men make a new Conspiracy To amend this Ages Immorality XII Again To conspire in good Actions is a Thing Will please our God and not displease our King XIII The Fight Single men boldly are gone out to fight ' Gainst Sin and Satan Let their Force unite XIV Fugitives Little 's the Hope of complete Victory When some of us turn to the Enemy XV. Subjects Why don't all Subjects their good King obey They are proud and wou'd be their own masters They. XVI Money You do love Money Yes t is true you say But 't is not to lay up but give and pay XVII Again You give too much No what I gave That in the better Sense I have XVIII Repayment What you do borrow take care to repay Not borrow agâ—in unless you keep your day XIX Night Awaking banish lust and think upon What good work on the next day must be done XX. Again Lying a Bed the Winter Nights so long Praise ye Gods loving kindness in a Song XXI Sacred Disticks Among your Disticks those are best of all Which contain Observations Scriptural XXII Gluttons Psal What 's said of bloudy men is true no doubt Of Gluttons Half their days they live not out XXIII Diet. A Diet simple spare not excessive Will keep thee in good health and long alive XXIV Hospitality I praise the good House-Keeper God will bless The Hospitable Shun Inordinateness XXV Abstinent The Abstinent will have the more to give With what they spare the needy they relieve XXVI Parson Not only give them that come to your door But send your Corn and Money to the poor XXVII Rich. The Rich have a Temptation to exceed In great Prosperity then take great heed XXVIII Sayings Arch-Bishop Sheldon's Do well and be merry Old Bishop Hacket's Serve God and be cheary XXIX Entertainment My Learned Friend instead of Second-Course Let us have some Religious Discourse XXX Old Age. Your Seventy years are past You are alive To bring forth more Fruit now at Seventy Five XXXI Forms With bare External Forms be not content Joyn unto them an Heart Obedient XXXII Life and Light Psal The Well-Spring of True Life Lord is in Thee And in thy Light thy Servant Light shall see XXXIV God Psal Thy Mercy reacheth to the Heavens so high Thy Judgments Lord in the great Deep do lye XXXV Preacher Let not a Preacher overmuch complain To win Souls is great pleasure is great gain XXXVII Earthly Could we in Earthly Seats for ever rest 'T were some pretence for feathering our Nest XXXVIII Morstua mors Christi c. Thy death Christ's Death the world's fraud pains of hell Glory of Heaven These five remember well XXXâ—X Sustine and Abstine Epict. Philosophy in short Hardships sustain Of Virtue From delights of Vice abstain XL. Fear Fear is a Virtue Be not thou fearless Of that dark Pit from whence is no regress XLI Servant I 'm sometimes angry with my Servant then Am pleas'd because he answers not agen XLII Philo of Moses Forty days Moses on the Mount did lye Fasting because he heard Heavens Melody XLIII Heaven The Labour of our whole life is much less Infinitely less than Heavens Happiness XLIV My God Psal Lord I 'm thy Servant Thou hast chosen me Thou art my God and I have chosen thee XLV Cassander New Liturgy this peaceable Divine Did out of David's Psalter once design XLVI Mansion Friends would you have a Mansion above Think oft and speak of Heav'n and live in Love XLVII Scripture Let simple ones read Scripture but decline The darker places till the Guide doth shine XLVIII Parish The Minister if learn'd and of good life Does well deserve his Parishes belief XLIX Friend I think you are my Friend I know you are If you will have of my poor Soul a care L. Humility Humility's a Jewel If you have ey'd Any of your good deeds beware of Pride LI. Hope Ah me That worldly care creates me fear Having a hope of better things so near LII Return Had I not been forsaken I 'd not find At Gods Return such comfort in my mind LIII Charity Give me a Rule to live well by Be never out of Charity LIV. Chastisement In thy Chastisements if severe thou art Lord Never punish me a hard Heart LV. Disconsolate For the disconsolate pity it will win If you remember This your Case has bin LVI Carnal They that themselves in fleshly pleasures roul Know not the sorrows of a Penitent Soul LVII God Christian when thou feelest his smart Rod Know that sweet pleasures also are from God LVIII Recompense Present Affliction is but a short pain Joys everlasting are the future gain LIX Guard The Godly have as other this reward They have by God's appointment th' Angels Guard LX. Grave Pray when you visit the deceased's Grave We a Resurrection to life may have LXI Company When I 'm in Company I gladly wou'd From them receive and do to them some good LXII Dayly Prayer To pray at Church alone don't you forbear Christ and his Angels will be with you there LXIV People Neighbours your Books to Church on Sundays bring Attend the Minister in every thing LXV Again The face of our Assemblies fair wou'd be Would people come to good Conformity LXVI Children God will now bless us Meek Melanchthon said When at a School he saw the