ENGLANDS Hallelu-jah OR GREAT BRITTAINES Gratefull Retribution for Gods Gratious Benediction In our many and most famous Deliuerances since the Halcyon-Dayes of euer-blessed Queene ELIZABETH to these present Times Together with diuers of Dauids Psalmes according to the French Metre and Measures By I V Psalme 103.1.2 Blesse the Lord ô my Soule and all that is within me blesse his holy Name Blesse the Lord ô my Soule and forget not All his Benefits Non est dignus dandis Qui non est gratus pro datis ¶ Printed at London by The Purfoot for Henry Seile and are to be sold at the Tygers Head in S. Paules Church-yard 1631. TO THE RIGHT WORshipfull his most worthy and highly honoured Friends Sir Hugh Hamersley Knight and Mr. Alderman Parkburst Two of the principall Gouernours of Christs-Hospitall I V wisheth the Kingdome of Grace heere and the Kingdome of Glory hereafter THis Poeme Right Wor being intended as a promoueing Spurre and incitemenâ— to that most excellent and amiable duty of Gratitude of which sweetly sayeth St. Augustine Quid melius animo geramus aut ore promamus an t calamo pingamus quam Graetias Hoc nil breuius dici nil suauius andiri nec fructuosius ab bominibus agi potest What sayes Hee can wee better beare in our minde or vtter with our tongue or set-forth with our pen than Thanksgiuing a man can speake nothing more succinct heare nothing more sweet nor doe any thing more aduantageous than This of Thankefulnesse I therefore most worthy Sirs knowing my Selfe deeply indebted to your Worships for many former Fauours and continued Courtesies towards me was duly incited yea stimulated to apprehend this fit and faire oportunity to intimate my long obliged Gratitude by an humble Dedication of this small Symboll of my sincere Thankfulnesse to your good Worships Which had not the malignity of the Times prohibited was intended for the yeere of your as pious as prudent honourable Maioralty of this Citty whose Gates at this day doe blesse you as Ierusalems did good Nehemiah Nehem the 13.22 for your then honourable and godly care of the Lords sacred Sabboth Accept worthy Sirs I humbly pray you This poore Presentation of my obliged seruice now for though it comes lately yet it comes loyally and from his heart who in all due and true obseruance desires most respectiuely to Rest. Your good Worships euer to bee commanded Iohn Vicars To the Christian Reader SVch good Reader are the Crimes Of these graceles gratelesse Times Such mans grosse Ingratitude For Gods mercies multitude So forgetfull of his Kindnesse So possest with carnall Blindnesse That we need King Phillips-Boy Eu'ry morning to employ At the Doore of each mans Heart To performe th' Aduisers part Long and loud and oft to cry Man Remember God on high I considering This great Need And how few thereto proceed Haue for want of One more fit Bouldly vndertaken It Euen a Monitour to be To the Soule of Thee and Mee Dayly duly to repeate Past and Present Mercies great Counting it the Queene of Labours To re-count Gods boundlesse Fauours Wherein if Thou giue consent I enioy my Hearts content I obtaine what I desire Hauing kindled This blest Fire Which thus kindled ô I pray It may neuer dye decay But burne-forth with Zeales bright Flame To the Praise of Gods great Name This This onely seekes and prayes Hee that truly rests alwayes Thine in the Lord Iesus Iohn Vicars TO HIS SINGVLAR good Cousen M R. JOHN VICARS The most Praise-worthie Authour OF Englands Hallelu-jah THese Lines and Layes once twice againe o're-read Refresht my Soule and rauisht haue my Heart So great Content and Comfort in Mee bred I could not choose but to your-seâ—fe impart They haue Mee chang'd for once made mee Poet Your Muse Nought-els that I do know could doe it I 'll Say in Prose what you doe Sing in Verse Most Christianly The Lord is to be praised And in a home-spunne Speach I 'll still reherse What you most sweetly soundly heere haue phrased In this Angellike Song a part I Loue And though I say 't but Here I 'll Sing 't Aboue Thomas Vicars B D Englands Hallelu-jah 1. MY thankefull heart and hand doe vndertake To write indite some holy heauenly Song Some sacred Song of Loue and Land to make Which may to Englands Lord alone belong O that my Pen were prompt as that sweet writers That sacred sugred Kingly Praise-Inditers 2. O euerliuing euerlouing Lord Father of Mercies Fountaine of all Grace Whose noble Name and Fame Heauen Earth record Glorious in Heauen in Earth in euery Place Who art farre fairer in thy beauteous praise Than is the Sun in all his brightest rayes 3. Thou art most glorious in the Worlds Creation Wherein are various Workes of wonder showne But much more glorious in Mans Restauration Wherein was Mercies-Miracle well knowne Thy workes ô Lord indeed are wondrous great But yet thy Mercies must haue supreme seate 4. The Heauens declare thy handy workes ô Lord The Earth is full of Creatures admirable The Sea a Sea of Wonders doth affoord Full fraught with Fishes huge innumerable But yet thy Loue to Man amongst them all I iustly most admire and euer shall 5. Man out of Dust base dust at first created Yet after thy blest Image blestly made Man Lord of all thy Creatures ordinated Man by them all in Earth Aire Sea obay'd Yet Man by Pride and Hells malignity Deprau'd of Blisse Depriu'd of 's Royalty 6. To Man much blest in his pure Generation To Man most curs'd in his Degenerous-case To Man best blest in his Re-generation By Christ Mans sole Peace-maker Spring of Grace To Man I say and of all Men to Those Whom Hee by Faith to be his Flocke hath chose 7. And of all These to Vs his Little-flocke To Vs I say his English-Israelites To Vs ingrafted on old Israels stocke And to Our Land of Goshen whom the frights Of forreine Foes and home-bred Enemies By force and fraud haue oft sought to surprise 8. Thy Loue ô Lord I say to Our poore Nation Beside Spirituall-Graces largely giuen Thy Word and Sacraments Food of Saluation The best High-way for vs to walke to Heauen Thy many Temporall Protections great From all the dangers which fell Foes did threat 9. From all the Terrours of our Foes without vs From all the Horrours of our Foes within From all that rose against vs round about vs From Truth to Errour vs to worke and win This thy great Loue our great Deliuerance This would my gratefull Voyce and Verse aduance 10. That maugre all the might and spight of Spaine And Antichristian Balaam of Rome Thou hast and wilt thy Churches right maintaine And turne Romes Curses to hir owne dire doome Blessing whom he would Curse crossing the hate Of Spaines proud Amalecke that Scourge of State 11. And as hard hearted Pharaoh and his Traine In Aegypt by Gods fearefull
Sinne sincerelie wept God graciouslie the Sluice of Heauen did stop Immediatelie it ceast to raine one drop 115. When wee gan weepe the Heauens began to smile Whe wee were sad and sorrowfull for Sinne The Sunne began to laugh on vs the vvhile As if with vs it n'ere had angrie bin The Heauens grim cloudie Countenance grevv cleere And did our Hearts with happie Change re-cheere 116. From That day forward euen That very day Most extraordinarie cleare and faire It constantlie continued to display Without least intermission Sun-shine rare Till by Gods goodnesse and his fauour great It banisht Feare and made our Joy compleate 117. Vntill I say our Haruest happilie Not onelie in due season was possest But ô the Lords boundlesse Benignity Our Rarnes were All vvith great aboundance blest A Copious Croppe of euery kind of Graine Did vnto All men Euery where remaine 118. And is thy God ô England so propitious So prone so prest vvith mercies to embrace thee Vnto thee still so louinglie auspicious With so sweet Fauours graciouslie to grace thee How gratefully shouldst thou such Grace repay How should thy Heart thy thankes expresse alway 119. O how much care and Conscience should be shew'd So many marchlesse mercies faire to write In datelesse Rubrickes of pure Gratitude And there to keepe of them perpetuall sight And at so sweet a sight amaz'd to stand Admiring Gods great Loue vnto thy Land 120. And in this contemplating Admiration To praise the Lord and promise faithfullie To walke more worthie of so great Saluation To hate those Sins with zealous feruencie Which are the cursed Cause of all this Ill Which force perforce Gods anger 'gainst thee still 121. But oh ô woe I tremble to relate it O yet not yet doe All these Mercies moue thee And as for Iudgement Thou euen seemest to hate it Nothing availeth to reclaime reproue thee Thou neither wilt for Judgements or for Loue Forsake thy Sinnes or feare the Lord aboue 122. Well if his Rod may not reforme thy Riot Take heed and tremble for Hee hath an Axe Wherevvith he can thee quicklie quaile and quiet If thou in Sinne vvilt worse and worser vvaxe And if his Axe be laid to th' Roote ' o th' Tree O then without redemption vvoe is thee 123. Then He that vvith such Longanimitie Hath stood and knocked at thy hard-Hearts doore Will stay no longer but most angrilie As thou hast grieu'd his Spr'it Hee 'l grieue thee more Then thou shalt crie but Hee will giue no care Because when Hee did call Thou wouldst not heare 124. Then maist Thou feare least in his high displeasuâ— In stead of thy late dreaded Dearth of Bread He send a Famine fearefull out of measure Euen of his Word whereby the Soule is fed Without which Food the Soule will starue and die And be expos'd to vtmost Miserie 125. Oh then I say but ah good Lord forbid Our Candlestickes being from vs ta'ne away Our Soules caelestiall Light would quite be hid Our Feet at euery step would slip and stray Into the myre and Mudde of odious Errour And we made Subiects of all woe and Terrour 126. Then since we did our Fathers stripes deride Hee 'l giue vs ouer to his Seruants Rage A gap a gate He then will open wide To let in Foes whose furie to asswage Nought shall suffice till they Vs quite deuoure And Captiuate our Princes to their power 127. O England England call to mind these things Recant repent thy great Ingratitude Cease to incense Heauens glorious King of Kings Bâ—times returne before He thee exclude Oh yet t is time now then returne with speed Before his wrath to This extent proceed 128. Returne Returne I say Breake off thy Sinne Why wilt thou perish English Israell Oh now to sue for Sauing Grace begin To cease from Ill and trulie to doe well And which is most and best obedient be To All thy God in Ought commandeth thee 129. And what ô England vvhat doth God require What speciall Thing doth Hee from Thee expect O He hath tould and taught thee his desire What Sacrifice his Soule doth most affect Iustly to deale and Mercie to embrace Humbly to walke before his sacred Face 130. Iustice I say to Loue and doe what 's Right To doe to All vvhat thou 'd'st haue done to thee To haue a pious and a pitteous Sprite Wrongs to forgiue as thou'dst forgiuen be To walke before the Lord vvith Constancie And a pure Heart in true Humilitie 131. To pay those Vowes vvhich Thou to God didst make In bitternesse and sorrow of thy Heart That thou wouldst Sin yea All thy Sinnes forsake Yea from Sinnes Least Appearance to depart Sinnes nauseous Vomite to euaporate And n'ere with Dogges It re-ingurgitate 132. To search thy Heart to search and seeke and finde That traiterous Achan Sin-bane of thy Soule To pay and punish it in Jts due kinde The pride thereof to pull-dovvne and controule Thy selfe for Sin to iudge condemne arraigne So God thy Iudge from iudgement vvill abstaine 133. That so thou turning from thy Paths peruerse Thy God from thee may turne his Plagues away And his vindicatiue Verdict reuerse His heau'd-vp Hands from striking stroakes may stay That thou returning to his Courts of Grace He may returne to thee with Loues embrace 134. That as thou yerst in Sin didst take delight So now thy Loue may on the Lord be set That so thou mai'st be gracious in his sight Thy Sauiour hauing satisfi'd Thy Debt And by his Merits made Redintegration Twixt God and Thee for thy poore Soules saluation 135. Hee hath not dealt with euery Nation thus Nor haue the Heathen knowledge of his Law He hath not lou'd them as he loueth Vs Nor wrought or sought so many vvaies to draw Them from their Lusts vnto his Loâ—e and Lure As vnto Vs Vs to protect secure 136. For vvhich euen These All these blest Arguments These good these great these gracious signes of Loue For these All these vnpatternd Presidents Of boundles Bounty Mercie from aboue A holy Life an vpright Conuersation And thankefull Heart is best retaliation 137. These are the Twins that wins his Loue and fauour These onely make a Compleate Sacrifice This Franckincense and Myrrh hath sweetest sauour These make most aimable in Gods Eyes The Person and the Abel-like And into God new force of fauour strike 138. This Muâ—icke in Gods Eare doth sound most sweet This Picture pleaseth most his sacred sight This sauourie Meate is for Gods Palate meet This fragrant Poâ—ie doth his smell delight This siluer-tuned-string to strike and touch God most affects besides These ther 's none such 139. O then that Wee had Hearts as full of Praise As God hath Hands full fraught with blessings store O that our Hearts and Hands would ioyne alwaies Gods Goodnes Greatnesse duelie to a dore Like Jonathan and Dauid faithfullie Two indiuiduall Friends in Loyaltie 140. To publish and proclaime in Verse and
Plagues oft smarted But still his Goodnesse Goshen did sustaine And to his people Light and Loue imparted Propping protecting These with sweet aspection Cropping Correcting Those with foule infection 12. Euen so proud-hearted Antichrist of Rome And â—is Crowne-thirsting Paramour of Spaine Heauens iust displeasure hath with heauy doome Oft foyled spoyled with their impious Traine Our English-Goshen being still protected Such was his Goodnesse So hee vs affected 13. Witnesse ô euer witnesse may those dayes Those Malcyon-Dayes of sweet Eliza's Raigne Eliza worthy Englands endlesse praise That Friend to Faith That Scourge to Rome Spaine All present past and future Ages Glorie Worthy prime Place and Grace in datelesse Storie 14. By whom the Lord so many wonders wrought To whom the Lord so great deliuerance gaue For whom in their owne Snares hir Foes he caught In whom his Church poore Church he oft did saue By wondrous glorious world-admir'd protection Such was to Hir and Hirs Heauens firme affection 15. Witnesse I say the Treasons ofte contriued By Westmerland Northumberland and Poole Stukely and fâ—lse Mendoza yet none thriued For Heauen did see and smile and Them befoole That impious person Parsons Irish Sanders Campian Romes Champion All full fraught with slaunder 16. Creitons Torne-Papers Allines impudence Englefields Plott and Rosses enterprise Parries pernicious practis'd Jnsolence Sauages sauage plotted Villanies Babingtons barbarous Treason Percies Spleene And Iewish Lopez All to kill That Queene 17. Throgmorton Stafford Stanly and Tyrone Implacable Conspiratours were All Like Sampsons Foxes tyde by th' Tailes in One All ranne like Fire-brands fierce to worke the fall Of that rare Queene Christs Church to ruinate As Reuerend Carleton sweetly doth relate 18. Some sought and wrought with Poisons Pistolls fierce With Daggers Daggs and such like Instruments Hir harmelesse Heart iniuriously to pierce Some by Rebellions aym'd at foule Intents All aym'd amisse and All did misse the White And Law and Vengeance payd them All their right 19. But if you 'l see Sisera's Pride at height Against that English Deborah most sweet And how the Lords strong Arme did for Hir fight Behold it in his Eighty-Eights great Fleet His great Armado shipps most huge and tall Which Hee Inuincible did fondly call 20. This Fleete did floate vpon our English Seas With This he had euen swallowed vp in hope Our Albions Iland Nothing Lesâ—e could please The hungry Appetites of Spaine and Pope And This fierce Force and factious Parts within Promis'd assuâ—'d they should the Conquest win 21. Thus Phillip hauing with insulting Pride On euery part beset vs with his power Gaping but fondly gaping euery tyde Our Liues and Lands like Quicke-sands to deuoure Euen then the Wooden-walles of Jericho The breath and blast of Gods wrath downe did blow 22. Then did the Lord arise a Lord of Hoasts And all our Foes disperse and dissipate Then did he drench and drowne their Spanish boasts And to vs did their Captaines captiuate The raging waues their ships did sinke and batter And all their formidable Forces scatter 23. Then was our Englands Deborah most deare By Gods all-potent power all-patent Grace Made most triumphant ouer foes and feare Heauen did from Hir proud Sisera quite chace The starres in order windes waues seem'd to fight To vindicate hir Innocence and Right 24. Thus for that time th' insatiate thirst of Spaine Was quenched to his cost and high disgrace Most of his mighty shippes spoil'd sunke and ta'ne Those that escap't crept home in shamefull case But spight of Home-bred Traitors forreine Foes Eliza liu'd and dy'd a fragrant Rose 25. This was the Lord Let thankefull hearts declare it For t is exceeding wondrous in our Eares That yeere of Eighty-Eight ô neuer spare it To blaze the praise of That yeere all thy yeeres Let English Isre'll sing and say all wayes Not vnto vs but to the Lord be prayse 26. But what had Romes inueterate spight and spleene An End with sweet Elizaes blessed End Oh no King Iames succeeding that faire Queene Against Him they their Plotts againe did bend The Cause continuing workes the same Effect And Spayne and Rome their Dagon must erect 27. Then for th' aduancement of their Cath'like-Cause Romes apish Popish Priests are firebrands first VVatson and Clarke encourage with applause A Romish-proiect Treason most accurst But if you 'll see a Mapp of All in One Looke on their Pouder-Plot oh There t is showne 28. A Plott of Treason hatched first in Hell I meane the Hell of Romish Heâ—rts most base Bred and brought forth by Men like furies fell Incarnate Diuels onely Men in face Nourisht and cherisht by Romes Man of Sinne By Whom all Treasons End or else Begin 29. A Treason 't was transcending all compare Though True yet Strange to all Posterity Such as whose fulnesse foulenesse to declare Would seeme t' exceed the bounds of Verity Yea no true story from Earths first Creation Could ere relate so curs'd a Coniuration 30. A Priest was Prouost in this foule designe Hellish incarnate Garnet this was He He prompts prouokes The Earth to vndermine And with Gun-Pouder then It stuft must be Wherwith King Queene Prince Prophets Peeres All Should with One Blow haue had One fatall fall 31. The mixture of Nocents with Innocents Would nought availe All should haue drunke One Cup High Low Rich Poore None were impediments With Pouder All at Once had bin Blowne vp Hearts worse then Neroes voide of mercy quite Whole Kingdomes Heades at One stroake off to smite 32. But our supernall Isre'ls Shepheard good Who neuer sleepes nor slumbers o're his flocke Close by vs by his Prouidence then stood He sate and saw and smil'd and them did mocke Turning the Counsell of Achitophell Into mad Folley Folly fecht from Hell 33. And in the Snare which they for vs had made Perillus-like Themselues were iustly snared Our Soules did by Gods goodnesse safe euade Whilst They amongst themselues their mischiefe shared Haman and all his Popish impious Fellowes Were hanged All vpon their owne high Gallowes 34. Oh here were Worke for endlesse Meditation To make the thankefull Heart breake forth in Praise With fire of zeale and holy exultation To liue to loue â—nd laud the Lord alwayes His endlesse boundlesse Goodnesse to proclaime And cause our Childrens Children doe the same 35. But yet ô English heart goe one with me And taste and see that God was yet more gracious His neuer-emptied Hands still forward free To fill thy Soule with blessings specious spacious To leaue Blacke-Fryers fatall fearefull doome A Type of Justice on the Rabble of Rome 36. Whose circumstances yet considered right May iustly moue vs to admire the Lord In all his workes of wonder grace and might And matter of much thankefulnesse afford To see Romes forward Pride and Impudence By Gods owne Hand receiue due recompence 37. Nouembers 5t. with Vs Their Pouder-Plott Nouembers 5t.
his face Yet He preuented Thee with his good Grace 89. 'T was not thy Fasts faint Fasts that he respected 'T was not thy hollow halfe Humiliation To be a day or two in Soule deiected Or rather seeming so for oftentation In Sack-Cloth sadly downe thy selfe to spread Or like a Bull-rush to hang-downe thy Head 90. Was This the Fast which God of Thee would haue Was This the humble-contrite Heart he asked Was This the true Repentance God did craue Oh no yet vnder Onely-This was masked Thy seeming sorrow weake Humiliation Yea in the midst of This much Prouocation 91. So that the Lord This iust complaint might make Of Vs and our best Acts iniquity Oh England what should I doe for thy sake Oh London what could I doe more for thee Thy Goodnesse being but like Cloudes i' th day Or Mornings-dew which passeth soone away 92. Oh 't was the Lords meere Mercy plenteous That Wee all wee were not consumed quite Because his sweet Compassions faile not Vs But are renew'd eued euery Morne and Night For when we call or Crie he heares vs straite Yea Hee on our Repentance oft doth waite 93. Oh Lord though our peruerse Iniquities Our great Transgressions 'gainst vs testifie Though our Back-slidings foule deformities Are growne vnto strange multiplicity Yet for thy Names-sake thou hast mercie showne In time of trouble We thy Truth haue knowne 94. Thou that acceptedst Ahabs faind Submission Thou that eâ—en pittiedst Hypocrites false Feares Hast kindly taken our but meane Contrition And botled-vp our few vnworthy Teares Thou Israels-Keeper stedfast Hope most kinde To doe vs good hast had vs still in minde 95. If what Benhadads Seruants said was true That Israells Kings were kind and gracious Kings Hovv much more sure canst Thou both say and shevv That from Heauens-King All Grace and Goodnesse springs Our Isr'ells King That Hee 's most kinde and sweet When Sinners Him vvith true Repentance meet 96. VVitnesse and euer vvitnesse may That loue Thâ—t wondrous Loue of His to Thee late knovvne That most admired Mercie from aboue To London latelie louelie seene and shovvne To thee ô London in thy wofull state VVhen Death and Dearth sought Thee to ruinate 97. VVhen sodainlie beyond all expectation The Lord in Loue did looke vpon thy woe And to his Glory and thy Admiration Th'ore flowing Flood-Gates of his Grace let-goe VVhereby full Streames of mercie issued out And soone refresht thy Citie round about 98. VVhereby I say thy weekelie Thousands were Brought dovvne to Hundreds Hundreds brought to Ten Thy Ten to One thy One to None thy Feare To safe Security vvas turn'd and Then For Mourning thou hadst Mirth for sorrow Joy For Sicknesse Health svveet Solace for Annoy 99. Thy Streets vvere then re-peopled and replenisht And Girles and Boyes vvithin thy Walls re-sporting Thy teares dry'd-vp thy feares vvere from thee banisht Thy late fled-Sonnes and Daughters home resorting To their long-hoped Homes flocking amaine Thy Houses yea Gods Houses fild againe 100. Then thy sad Fasts into glad Feasts vvere turned Thy City fraught vvith Hir Inhabitants Then Joy possest the Hearts of those that mourned Plenty supply'd the place of vvoefull wants This vvas the Lord and t vvas most admirable This vvas our God vvhose Mercies are most stable 101. Nay yet a little stay and stand amazed In admiration of more Mercy yet VVherein the Lord is yet more to be praised For yet another wondrous Benefit VVherein vve may most visiblie perceiue God leaues not giuing till to aske wee leaue 102. But first oh and t is worst consider vvell Hovv vvell thou England didst requite thy God VVhose Grace vvhose Goodnesse thus did flovv excell So soone so sweetlie laying by his Rod Didst thou requite Him as he merited VVast thou made better humbler-spirited 103. Nay didst thou not Back-sliding England rather Rebelliouslie backe to thy Vomite hasten Didst thou not seeme to re-collect and gather More strength thy selfe to Sinne more firme to fasten And like the Snake late fâ—stred at the fire Hast festred All and re-incens'd Gods Ire 104. And since thy Heart grew so obdurate hard That Pharao-like nought but the Rod could tame thee That thy late pricking Plague thou dst not regard That neither Words nor Wounds would yet â—e-clameâ—t That nothing could thy hard heart mollifie But thou grewst worse and worse rebelliouslie 105. Since thou thy selfe thy Sinnes wouldst not bewaile And weâ— thy Heart and vveepe thy part in teares But would'st by Sinne thy Selfe thy Soule assaile And blocke it vp with blacke affrighting Feares Such Feares therefore forthwith vpon thee came As able vvere a stoutest Heart to tame 106. A Feare I say of Famines scarefull Fangs Of piercing Death by pining Dearth made hast With macerating fierce and pinching pangs Our Sins fat fullnesse foulenesse to lay waste Their Prouinder from pampered Colts to take More tame and tractable them thâ—s to make 107. God to this End did send vpon the Earth Such sad incessant Shewers vnseasonable Whose rainey Influence did menace Dearth And for our Sins vnkind vnreasonable Did poure vpon our Corne-fields most faire Fierce frequent Floods their beautie to impaire 108. Wherewith they waxing to the Haruesâ— vvhite And almost riâ—e and readie for the Sickle Were all so drencht nigh drown'd a pitteous sight With Heauen-shed-Teares which did in streames downetâ— That our glad Hope of Haruest iustlie left vs Sad Feare of Famine thereof quite bereft vs. 109. A dreaded Deluge on vs therefore growing And vve with doubtfull Danger all-suâ—rounded Huge Shewers of Raine from th' angrie Heauens flowing And all our Graine vvith Raine like to be drownded Then not till then our heart the Rods smart felt Our Rockey-hearts then into teares gan melt 110. Then like stiffe-necked Israell we did stoope Then our distresse forc'd vs to crie and call Then sighes and sorrowes made vs drop and droope Then vvere vve humbled and did humblie fall Before Gods Foot-stoole at his Mercy-seate And vveepe and vvaile for our offences great 111. Yea then I say our King religiouslie Publisht proclaim'd a Fast throughout the Land Then All were ordered in Humilitie With broken-hearts before the Lord to stand Mercie to craue and Reconciliation On true Repentance and due Reformation 112. And see oh see and neuer cease t' admire Gods infinite ineffable compassion Readier to giue than we are to desire Yea euen vpon appearance shape and fashion Of Penitence Humility and Feare See see how soone He lends and bends his eare 113. No sooner did our Griefe his Grace entreate No sooner did we prostrate promise make Sin to forsake but Hee in mercie great His Wrath forsooke his Kindnesse did re-take And on bare-promise oh t was bare indeed He did no farther in his vvrath proceed 114. For why Behold t is worth an Ecce trulie That very-day on which that Fast vvas kept Whereon the Kingdome vvas assembled dulie Wherein they All for
still he trauailes with Iniquity For guiltles blood he waites in priuie places The Poore to spoile into his Toile Hee chaces 5. And like a Lyon lurking in his Den He secretly and slily spreads his nets To catch and crush poore silly simple men Whom he by craft and couzenage to him gets And with his smoothing soothing on them sets Thus multitudes of Poore-men he betrayeth Aâ—d pittilesse on them he proudly preyeth 6. And then He fondly falsely sayes in heart Tush God regards not what we doe or say He hath forgotten or is gone a part Hee neither sees nor knowes our worke or way Arise therefore ô Lord make no delay Lift vp thy hand let Ill men be distressed Guarde and regard the Poore by them oppressed 7. O why should bold blasphemous Imps most vile Falselie affirme that thou regardest not Yet Thou dost sit and see and at them smile And pai'st their Vice with Vengeance their iust Lot But friendlesse Orphans thou hast not forgot And since they solely wholy Thee rely-on Thou'â—t be their Helper from thy sacred Syon 8. Pernicious and malicious men conuince Their Armes and Harmes their fraud and force destroy For Thou art our eternall Lord and Prince Let not the Heathen thy sweet Land enioy Lord beare the Poore and cleare them from annoy Yea thou dost heare and helpe at need dost render And right the wrong of Poore and Orphans tender Psalme the 15. 1. O Lord of Loue what Man shall rest Within thy Tabernacle Or who ô Lord shall be so blest Of Syon-Hill to be possest For 's happy Habitacle 2. The Man whose gracious Guide thou art In Paths of sure Sincerity Whose wordes and workes whose Hand and Heart In equall ballance beare a part Whose Tongue speakes all pure Verity 3. Who takes no pleasure or delight In false Calumniations Who in Himselfe doth not backbite And suffers none his friend to smite By forged Defamations 4. Who doth condemne contemne despise The proud profane malicious But in his heart doth praise and prize The Godly Gracious Graue and Wise And is to These propitious 5. Who Payes though to his preiudice Things promis'd or protested Who hates Vfurious-Auarice Who loues all Vertue loathes all Vice Shall be in Heauen inuested Psalme the 23. 1. Isr'ells great Shepheard is my Shepheard kinde In him therefore All needfull things I finde Corporall Comforts aliment externall Spirituall Dainties Manna Food supernall In Fields Hee foulds Mee full of tender Grasse Where siluer-streames doe smoothlie sweetly passe 2. And when my Soule with sorrow seemes deprest The Lord re-cheeres It with sweet Peace and Rest And me with Rules of Righteousnesse instructeth And me in Goodensse graciously conducteth So that in Deaths dire Dale I walke secure Thy Rod thy Staffe supporting Mee most sure 3. And maugre all the malice of my foes My Cuppe with All choice Blessings ouerflowes My Table is with Dainties well appointed My Head with Oyle of Gladnesse is annointed And all my daies Gods Grace shall me defend And in his holy-House my Life I 'le spend Psalme the 51. 1. OH Euerliuing Euerlouing Lord Compassionate Mee wicked Wretch of Wretches And in thy Mercies boundles endlesse Riches Remit remoue my Sin thy Loue afford Oh wash and rench and drench and clense my Soule From this my crying Crime my fact most bloody Which in Sins slime and puddle myrie muddy My Soule with soyle hath made both full and foule 2. Deserued shame and sorrow me compell To make patheticall complaint confession And to recount recant my grosse transgression Which in my presence present still doth dwell Against Thee Lord against Thee most of might I surely â—orely solely haue offended If Thou therefore 'gainst Me All-Plagues had'st bended Yet had thy Doome bin duty truly right 3. In Sin alas I was both Borne and Bred From Parents paps the milke of sin I sucked And from their Loines the seeds of sin haue plucked And still on Weeds of Wickednesse haue fed But Thou ô Lord of Truth and Right Dost like and loue plaine Truth in pure affectirn And in me hast infus'd for my direction Internall Wisedome my best Light Delight 4. With Mercyes-Hysop purge and purifie My Sin-full Sin-foule Heart most blackly blotted Wash me â—h wash me all with sinne bespotted So sâ—all I passe white Snow in Purity So shall I re-enioy a ioyfull Voice My Maladie to Melodie be turned My broken Bones which haue with Groanes euen burned For Tones of Moane in Tunes of Mirth reioyce 5. Oh no more chide but hide thy frowning Face From This my hainous hideous horrid Errour One-smile re-cheeres One-frowne renewes my Terrour My sinne from Thee ' my shame from Mee then chace In me create oh re-create I prays A pure a perfect Heart an vpright Spirit From me transplant what-ere thy Wrath may merit And in me plant whatf'euer please thee may 6. Oh doe not as an Abiect Me reiect Nor Mee from thy Presenceâ—euer â—euer Thy Grace-inspiring Spirit from me Neuer O Lord remoue which should mee safe protect Restore repaire in mee such sacred Joy As may assure my Soule of sure Saluation In mee let thy free-Sp'rit finde Habitation Mee to instruct Sin in me to destroy 7. Thus I my-selfe hauing thy waies well knowne Shall Others well instruct conduct therein Sinners to Thee Conform'd reform'd from Sin Thy perfect Path-way shall by me be showne Oh quit oh quite remit my bloodie Crime O God my Soules best Guide my Guardian blessed My Hope my Helpe when I am most distressed So shall I sing thy Praise in sacred Rhyme 8. Vnlocke my Lips ô Lord my Tongue vntie Thou keep'st the Key which opes and shuts at pleasure So shall my Voice in most melodious measure â—hy peereles Praise make knowne and magnifie For Thou hast no desire and lesse delight 〈◊〉 burnt Oblations outward Sacrifices In Hecatombes of n'ere so precious-prices Though These all-These to Thee I offer might 9. But Thou dost tender a most tender-Heart A broken-Spirit full of true Contrition A Soule that sues and shewes Its due submission With This This offering Thou best pleased art To Syon therefore Lord propitious be Jerusalems weake walls re-edifie Not for their Merit but thy Mercies free So we with Hearts most free most thankefully Shall our Oblations to thine Altar bring Peace-offerings due to Salems peacefull King Psalme the 52. 1. OF wicked Workes thy Heart intendeth Why vaunt'st thou Tyrant vile Since Gods loue lasteth neuer endeth Thy Tongue with mischiefes file Like Razor sharpe doth deadly wound Fraud in thy Facts is found 2. Thy Minde all mischiefe meditateth Thou wilt not walke vpright Thy Tongue vntruth still machinateth In Lyes is thy Delight With Wiles and Guiles ô double Tongue Thou ready art to wrong 3. Therefore shall God supplant displace-thee Out of his Holy-Land Finally fearefully deface thee Not suffer thee to stand The Righteous shall see thy decay And feare and scorne and say 4. This Man his Goods as Gods adored And on
his owne strength stay'd Gods helpe and Ayde he ne're implored See now his folly paide But I who trusted God my King Shall like an Oliue spring 5. For euer therefore I will praise thee My Heart my Verse my Voice For These thy wondrous Workes shall raise thee In Thee now to reioice Yea in thy Saints most sacred fight For This is my delight Psalme the 53. 1. THe faithlesse Foole in Heart his God denies Their Facts are sull of foule Abhomination Ill is the end of all their Consultation None of them will good Actions exercise All are vnwise 2. On Man below God look'd from Heauens high Throne To see if Any wiselie Him affected But All were nought All had the Lord neglected Goodnesse was gone Good men alas were None Oh no not One 3. The wicked Workers of Iniquity Know not that They like Caniballs detested As Bread My Peoples Flesh haue eate digested Not minding Me And when no-cause was nigh Feare made them flie 4. The Lord hath broke thy bold Bestiegers bones And them destroied which neuer God rely-on But thy Saluation out of sacred Syon Giue to thine Ir'ell mitigate their moanes Their Sighs and Groanes When God in Goodnesse and his owne free-Choice His People-Captiu'd Captaines makes victorious And with firme freedome makes them glad glorious Then Jacobs Heart and Isre'ls shall reioice With cheerfull Voice Psalme the 55. 1. LOrd looke vpon my poore Petition Hide not thine Eyes at my Contrition But grant my Suite my Supplication Attend ô bend thine Eares to me My dolefull cries my sorrow see Oh see and send me thy Saluation 2. For why my furious foes take pleasure To vexe perplexe me without measure The wicked worke me vile-vexation With most malicious madnesse They Foule blots and spots vpon me lay With much despight much Molestation 3. My Soule with feare doth faint and tremble The paines and pangs of Death assemble And me ô me haue so surrounded That dreadfull direfull shiuerings make My heart each vitall Part to quake In woe I am wound-vp and wounded 4. Then thus I wisht wiâ—h sorrow stinged Oh that I were with Doue-wings winged Swiâ—tly â—o flie sweetly to ease mee Oh 〈◊〉 I would fly farre away Then would I in some Desert stay This in this case would somewhat ease mee 5. Then from these Stormes and Blasts loud-blowing Fast would I flie swiftlie be going Timelie to seeke some safe Protection Their Tongues ô Lord diuide forth-pull For I haue seene their Cities full Of Rage and Wrongs most foule Infection 6. VVith wickednesse like Walls t is closed Within without of Siâ—ne composed They Day and Night are 'bout it walking All Guilt and Guile are in their streets Deceit Debate There slilie greets There sinne and shame are stoutlie staulking 7. Had open-Enemies thus vs'd-me Or had my foe I know abus'd-mee I could their wrong haue shun'd or shielded But it was Thou my Bosome-friend VVhich friendship fauour didst ptetend Whose company much comforr yeelded 8. VVith whom in Publike priuate talking Abroad At-home I oft was walking And frequently Gods House frequented Since therefore craft and mischiefâ— dwels VVithin their Citties and their Cels Let them be with Hells-plagues tormented 9. But I with Hearts low consternation VVill call to God my Soules saluation For He will soone succour and saue me At Morning Euening and Noone-tyde When instantlie to God I cride He heard and what I crau'd He gaue me 10. Though Warres and Jarres me sore assailed Yet 'gainst me haue they not preuailed For Heauens Angellicke-Hoaste stood by me The Lord that raignes both first and last Shall Me lift-vp and Them Downe-cast His mercy he will nere denie-me 11. Because they see no change mischances Because their fate their state aduances Therefore they haue the Lord neglected On friends they lay iniurious Hands Of fâ—iendship they doe breake the Bands To be Peace-Breakers most affected 12. With smoothing soothing Honey-speeches With crâ—oching creeping slie beseeches Their Hearts of Gall like swords haue wounded But cast thy Care vpon the Lord For Hee sweet succour will afford The Iust shall neuer be confounded 13. Blood-thirsty-Homicides pernicious Deceitfull-Iuglers sliely vicious Thou Lord wilt bring to dire Perdition They shall not liue-out halfe their Dayes But thy sure Helpe my Hope shall raise And I will trust in thy Tuition Psalme the 56. 1. A Gracious Guardian Lord be thou to mee Least I by wicked men ingulfed be Who mee with Warre incessantlie molest My furious foes each houre Addressed are me dailie to deuoure Huge hostile-Heapes of foes most fearefull power Oh supreme Lord my strong defensiue Tower doe fight and me infest 2. When of my foes I was at first affraid To thee ô Lord alone I look't for Ayde And on thy mercy meerelie did depend And did reioice in thee For in thy Word as in a Glasse to mee Thy promise of protection I did see Therefore of flesh affraid I will not be For God will me defend 3. Mine owne aduise hath dailie ill-successe My foes also full fraught with wickednesse Set all their Thoughts a worke to worke me ill With ioint consent they ioine And secretly and slily they combine And priuatelie they prie to vndermine My wayes and workes that so they may infine My Soule ensnate and kill 4. They thinke but falsely-thinke they shall escape And though they swimme and swell in Sin they gape And fondlie dreame after Impunity But oh my God arise In wrath confound thy foes mine enemies Recount record my many miseries And bottle-vp the Teares of my sad Eyes In Records let them lie 5. When I the Lord my God doe inuocate My foes in flight from me doe properate This firme I find for God is on my side In God I ioyfull trust In him I ioy and in his promise iust Vpon his Word my Selfe I therefore thrust And say and shall I feare not Wormes and Dust For such is Mans best Pride 6. My Vowes therefore which I ô Lord haue made Shall duly truly vnto Thee be paide Praise will I render tender in thy sight Especially because Thou hast my Soule redeemed from Deaths Iawes And staide my straying feete from Errours clawes That so I might vpright walke in thy Lawes With such as liue in Light Psalme the 101. 1. OF Mercy and of Iudgement I am writing Thy most due Praise my Laies are now inditing For vnto thee ô Lord alone belongs Such Psalmes such Song 2. In prrfect wayes my feete shall walke precisely And I at home my workes will order wisely Vntill my Soule sincere aproach thy sight All-blest all-bright 3. By me bad workes shall not be imitated By me Back-sliders Actions euer hated These All of these my Heart shall quite disdaine refuse refraine 4. My vpright Soule shall neuer be acquainted With Wicked men whose workes with sin are tainted From me a Peeuish and a peruerse heart Shall packe shall part 5. Back-biters Tongues that with wickedly haue wounded Neighbours Good name by me