perfume that ever proceeded out of the earth was joyn'd with the odoriferous scent of righteousnesse from heaven Blessed Ioseph knew thy perfect body needed no imbalming That pure Balsam that came from heaven at the beginning kept thy precious body from corruption On the crosse was all that that was to be suffered in the body finished God would not suffer his holy one to see corruption truth made hast and sprung the third day from the earth and righteousness shewed her selfe from heaven in thee met mercy and truth righteousnesse and peace there kissed each other Now are they in thee conjoyn'd never againe to be separated 'T is not for ignorant man seeing thou hast not reveal'd it to examine what thou didd'st with thy precious soul when thy body was in the grave My Lord I will not search into those secrets kept in thine owne Cabinet Thou hast reveal'd enough to confirme my faith and to make me happy Thou hast told me That righteousnesse looked downe from heaven I will not expect thy coming from any other place The Acknowledgement MY Omnipotent God faine would I say something to thee but I am afraid But shall my womanish fear make thee loose thy glory My God it must not Thy glory must so dazle mine eyes that I must not regard the censure of the world And if thou O all-seeing eye seest ought of my selfe in what I write or say restraine my hand from writing and my tongue from speaking but if thy glory be the intention of my heart let not my hand and tongue be asham'd to confesse that I cannot but see those infinite blessings that thou hast bestowed on me which thou hast not as yet bestowed on all My Lord I were a fool if I did not see them I were a beast if I did not acknowledge them but thou hast taught me to know the onely true God and Iesus Christ whom thou hast sent into the world to take away my sins this wisdome given me by thee inlightens mine eyes to see thy blessings and that I must not be like a beast which receives many favours from thee without acknowledgment Then with infinite thankes I doe acknowledge to thy glory thou hast inriched me with a multitude of thy blessings And that I may know that whatsoever is in me tending to good is from thee there are times that I cannot see any thing that hath any appearance of good in me for when by thy mercies I lay me down in peace to take my rest being happy in the consideration of thy infinite mercies and full of thy goodnes yet in my fleep I finde my thoughts busied in nothing but a multitude of confused follies and vaine imaginations which plainly represent to me my naturall condition that by nature I cannot think a good thought but thou remembring thy mercies in the morning againe restorest to me thy gifts and graces in which I was happy the night before So that thou makest me to lye downe in peace and to rise with joy when I see that thou dost each day renue to me thy heavenly gifts for thou art to me as thou art to all that fear thee the light of my eyes the joy of my heart and a Crowne of glory to my head My Lord shall not these blessings of thine be acknowledged by me to thy praise and glory for fear the world should say I were proud of them Most people glory in something or other and thou hast said Let them that glory glory in the Lord. My God! thou hast heard my prayer that I leanrt of thy fervant that thou wouldst give me a glorying heart and now thou makest me with him to rejoyce in the God of my Salvation My Lord experience hath taught me to know that if I delight in earthly things thou wilt take them from me for thou wilt not have thy children delight in any thing more then in thy selfe But if we love thee thou wilt manifest thy selfe to us and wilt give us more full possession of thy desired selfe But my beloved Lord if after the expression of my excessive joy for being thine I shall through the frailty of mine owne nature and thy sufferance fall into any great transgression to make thee for a while to withdraw from me the pleasing and joyfull light of thy countenance My tender Father assure me that thou wilt againe restore me to the joy of thy salvation here in this world or thou wilt in thy mercy take me to a more full possession of thee in the felicity of thy chosen where I shall perpetually rejoyce with thy children But to make me carefull of my selfe let me remember thy warning Let him tha thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall The invincible Souldier MY Lord the Lord of Hosts I being in sweet security under thy banner cannot but acknowledge with thankes thy mercy to me for the meanes that brought me to this felieity Thou art mercifull to me in letting me be borne of Parents who were listed under thy command and to be brought up by her that did survive who knew thy service was perfect freedom She that was happy in being a Souldier of thine used her authority by love to bring her children under the obedience of that Generall whom she serv'd and â—o make me love him in my child-hood whom her experience had taught to love and admire inforc'd me to read his Royall story wherein I might see his victorio us conquest who was neverfoil'd There did I see his enemies had all their forces from him wherewithall they resisted him His wisdome his power his valour stole into my heart a little desire to follow him But when I came to consider what a great Prince I should serve what impenetrable weapons and armour he had provided for me to defend my self what rewards he had promis'd to give to all that did overcome I began to contemn the thoughts of serving any but that victorious Prince of glory And seeing greaâ— God thou hast bid us take that impenetrable armour I will not willingly ever goe without it Then dear Prince bestow on me the Girdle of Truth and put on me the brest-plate of thy Righteousnes and let my feet be shod with the Gospel of peace and let me have the shield of Faith and set on my head the Helmet of Salvation and instruct me how to weild the Sword of the Spirit and when I am so arm'd I shall not fear the fiery darts of the assailing enemies Though they be principalities and powers and rulers of darknes in this world My Prince whom I serve is a Ruler of those Rulers and will assist me yea the stars shall aid us in their courses against our adversaries That bright morning star shall arise on our side to enlighten us and to dazle and afright our weak-sighted resisters with his exceeding brightness The sweet influence that flows from that over-ruling star shall make us to renew our strength each houre to maintaine the
not I have enough God is my lot I would hear God now praised bee For his great blessings giv'n to me You 'ave bils of thanks oft sent to you For earthly blessings and they 'r due Shall not then heavenly blessings be More priz'd then earth they shall by mee This Bill of thanks to you I send What though it be not rarely penn'd 'T is the intention of my heart That I in it to you impart It is not onely sent to thee But Preachers all praise God for me I with a Trumpet could proclaime Praises to the God of fame For teaching me to know his name All people for me doe the same Being in paine LOrd if my sin produce my paine Pray let me never sin againe For pain is grievous unto me And sin is hatefull unto thee Let me not do what troubleth thee And thou 'lt not send what grieve shall me But if my patience Lord thou tryest If I will bear what thou applyest To cure the malady of sin Cease not my pain but send't again For pain I rather would endure Then grieve thine eyes of light so pure That our most secret thoughts doe spie And wanton glances of the eye For which thou sendest punishments Or else corrects with sapience Being taken with a sudden pain on the Day appointed for God's publick Service LEt not this pain Lord deter me From publick offering praise to thee Though private prayers may pleasing bee From others and as well from me But publick blessings thou giv'st me And publick praise I 'de offer thee Thou teâ—st me if I will confess Thee before men thou'lt do no lesse For me before thine Angels bright And thy great Father in his light In private I may serve thee here But that to men doth not appeare I then in publick will serve thee Whiles here thou givest me liberty And not depend on charity To think I doe belong to thee The Antidote THis Antidote will cure your fear The God of heaven for you takes care They cannot fear that live above Their fear is cured by their love My Satisfaction I Am content with this earths fate Cause I am borne for higher state Sweet quiet here I wish no more I 'de have my glory kept in store Yet I have on those Robes of glory Of which I oft have read the story That pure refined souls doe wear Living in regions free from care For with the eye of faith I see My selfe sweet Prince as I 'me in thee And with thee I doe live above Because we live where we doe love But Oh my God! when shall it be that the dark Lanthorne of Faith shall be swallowed up in the bright mantle of sweet fruition Being called a Stoick NOt as a Stoick I 'me exempt from care But as a Christian I would all things beare Nor that I blinded am and nothing see No I see all but take all patiently Gods Prerogative LOrd shall I grudge at thy just will Or shall I question thy great skill And think the world thou dost not rule As thou art wont peace silly fool Without his rule it cannot stand All things are done at his command Doe not then grudge at what he doth Nor in thy heart have any ruth Gainst them who now do rule the Land They have no power but from his hand The earth is his and he plucks down Who him displease and gives the Crowne To others if they him obey They shall still rule if not then they Shall be destroyed with his frown And to their foes hee 'l give their Crown Then let me Lord my selfe submit To what thy wisdom seeth fit Sith no authority can be But what appointed is by thee My Mansion ELiza for doe you not care She lives in heaven free from earths feare Her ' bidings in those regions be Her converse with the Deity Mans unkindnesse my Benefit LOrd what a courtesie doth man to me When he 's unkind he drives me straight to thee Where I my deer sweet Prince do ever finde Carefull for me contenting pleasing kinde Then let them be as liketh them to me ' I le not complain sith I can come to thee Who art my joy my love my crown my peace In whom my joys abound and still increase My Second Part. I Did withdraw me from the stage Of this vain world in my best age Thinking for heaven thou hadst bedrest So I retired for my rest But thou a Prophet hadst me made Unto my selfe when I had said Another part I here must play Before I went from hence away A wife thou choo'st out for my part Which I misliked in my heart And thought wedded to none to bee Great Prince of Heaven and earth but thee But thou that hadst ordain'd that part Foundst ' out a means to turne my heart Because my Lord thou 'lt have me see We happy in that life may be But then on thee we must depend For thou alone that blisse canst send For should our Husbands love fixt be Upon some others not on thee Heavens Prince will never thee forsake But still his darling will thee make And should hee of thee carelesse bee Heavens Prince he will more carefull bee He from the earth wil raise thy heart That thou content maist act that part The Resurrection WHy should I be afraid to dye Or let my body in earth lye In that sase bed I 'me laid to sleep When others in their closets weep It is to me a quiet night And next day brings the wished light That makes for me eternall day My body there feels no decay And when I waken I shall finde All things well pleasing to my minde Youth beauty spirit now present Themselves for that days Ornament With Robes more bright then are the beams That from her pleasing Sun here streams Decay they say they never will For they were made with exact skill To adorne the bodies that ascend And on the Deity attend Now shall I see my Princely peer That I on earth did hold so deer And with him still converse shall I Who would not now let their soul fly Seing there 's no fear of decay Fools that think death a dismall day Fearfull Vncertainty OH you that know not when you dye Whither your Souls to heaven shall fly Or wander in the dismall shade No wonder though you be afraid Would you not wear black hellish weeds Avoid then wicked sinfull deeds Do actions that are just and right If you would live in heavenly light Do you think peace you can enjoy That others with your deeds annoy No! what you unto others doe Assure your selves shall fall on you And if good councell now you slight Look in Hells mouth and be affright Avoid betimes that hellish fume Which all your pleasures will consume To Generall Cromwell THe Sword of God doth ever well I' th hand of vertue O Cromwel But why doe I complain of thee ' Cause thou' rt the rod that scourgeth mee But if a good
I have not offered up my â—elfe so exactly to thee as I should for me thought â—e besought me from thee to offer up my self a living sacrifice wholly and acceptably to thee My Lord I have heretofore long since given my selfe to thee by piece meals but I fear reserving something from thee and if offering my selfe wholly to thee be but a reasoâ—oble serving of thee sure when I reserved any thing from thee that service was contemptible But gracious Father pardon all that heretofore I have done amisse in thy service for now I doe give up my selfe wholly to thee But how shall I dare to say my self I dare not appeare by my selfe in thy presence yet with and in my self I may Thou hast taught me out of thy royall story to know that thou hast given me that Princely Son of thine I cannot chuse but accept so rich a present then seeing he is mine and I am his I am confident to present my selfe to thee with and in him My Lord thou canst not but take the care 〈◊〉 me now I have given my selfe wholly to thee the gracious Father let me live without fear of falling froâ— thee for if I fall from thee wilt not thou loose paâ—â— of thy glory My Lord I know it stands not witâ— thine honour to let that perish which is committed iâ— to thy hands then sith I have commited my self wholy to thee let me with confidence sit downe and resâ— and â—â—ar no evill For from all ill I shall be free Sure nothing can be ill to me Vpon Adams fall MY Dear God! did thy Majesty make Adam wise before he fell then any man or hast thou sincâ— his fall given man the gift of Faith or had he no neeâ— of Faith or did Adam not beleeve thee the maker 〈◊〉 all things so much as we beleeve each other 〈◊〉 Adam did not beleeve thee when thou toldst him thâ— the day he should eat of that tree he should dye thâ— death We thinke men wise when they avoid what told them will hurt them I finde Adam not so wise and if one tell us Mercury will cause our death 〈◊〉 that are called the depraved Sons of Adam will not eaâ— it if we be in our right senses though the purenesse 〈◊〉 the colour may tempt us and it be onely a mortaâ— man that tels us so who neither made it nor eveâ— try'd it Adam beleev'd not the O Lord who made that tree and gavest the nature to it O Adam whâ—â— made thee to eat of that tree hadst thou not this great world full of all pleasures to content thee a beautiâ—uâ— healthfull active body a minde indued with all excelent and pleasing knowledge No where couldst thoâ— cast thine eye but it had pleasing objects nothinâ— couldst thou tast but it was delicious no troubled mind no distracted thoughts to take thee one minute from these delights or cause thee to wish a change Oh what then was it But now I must check my selfe Great God pardon me I now sin with Adam whiles I am inquiring why Adam sinn'd he would know what he should not I what I cannot Thou hadst made him so wise as was sufficient for any mortall man and hadst given him such qualities of his Soul as were requisite to have made him for ever happy in that blessed condition Frail Adam I will no more examine whether thou hadst faith or no or whether thou didst thinke to have been happier by what was kept from thee then in possessing what was so plentifully given to thee Great God I will content my self to know thou hadst made him at first in a happy condition and us so in him and will be patient now I see my selfe in a worse because thou hast given me faith to beleeve I shall be in a better And as Adam made himselfe unhappy by expecting to be happier So I shall be more happy by beleeving I shall be gloriously perfect hereafter Security in Danger MY Lord When with that blessed servant of thine I send up to thee my petitions for security against those that rise up against us Let me receive his assurance that thou hearest me out of thy holy hill and let me say with him I will lay me downe and also sleep in peace for thou Lord onely makest me dwell in safety I will not be afraid of ten thousand of people that should beset me round about for seeing it hath pleas'd thee to let me be in a Kingdome of division though blessed be thy name who hath yet preserv'd me I am now in a place of peace yet for ought I know I might to morrow be incompassed with ten thousand enemies though not to me in particular yet to those among whom I am now in safety But if thou art pleas'd I shall be so inclos'd then let not me be afraid of them fhr thou canst preserve me either by destroying those that would harme me or by letting me finde favour in the sight of mine enemies or by their hands canst thou send me to thy blessed Tabernacle of security where I shall never need any more to send up prayers for deliverance but shall alwayes sing praises to thee for having so many wayes to deliver me And so all fear I now may bid adieu Goe enemies I 'me secur'd from you The Royall Priest-hood PEace Present now no more to me to take my spirit from the height of felicity that I am a creature of a weaker sex a woman For my God! If I must live after the example of thy blessed Apostle I must live by faith and faith makes things to come as present and thou hast said by thy servant that we shall be like thy blessed Son then thou wilt make all thy people as Kings and Priests Kings are men and men are Kings And Souls have no sex the hidden man of the heart makes us capable of being Kings for I have heard it is that within makes the man then are we by election capable of as great a dignity as any mortall man But thoughts of mortals now Adieu I will close the eyes of my Soul to mortality and will not open them but to eternity seeing that by thy grace and faith in thee thou hast made us partaker of thy divine nature by thy assistance I will live by faith I will no more now see my self as mortall but as an immortall King will I begin to live that hidden man never dies but when mine immortall King that plac'st me in this Kingdome of felicity with him shall see it fit time he will raise me on a triumphant Chariot compos'd of the wings of bright Angel to his immortall Kingdome of Glory where I shall reigne with him for all eternity and never more desire to change Aud as a Royall Priest must I be to thee ever offering up the sweet incense of my praises to thy divine Majesty for thy infinite mercies to me thy unworthy servant The secure Pavillion MY God Thy children need not now pray that those lips may be put to silence that speak grievous things against them they have long since had a freind and thou a servant that sent up his petitions to thee for that and as if he had been ravisht with a present answer from thee he cryes out O how great is thy goodnesse that thou hast laid up in store for them that fear thee before the Sons of men that would dishonour thy servants And now he hath brought us so pleasing a message from thee that it is no wonder if we with disregard slight those unsavory words which we hear And now look here all you who shall any way slight or annoy his children by your odd speeches they are plac'st above your reach for God will hide them in the secret of his presence from the pride of men he will keep them secretly in his Pavilion from the strife of tongues you may shoot but your aime must be above your head if you think to hit them and when you have shot your arrows cannot reach them but they may light where you would not have them on your own heads A Question MY God! What businesse on earth is worth detaining a Soul from Heaven that is prepar'd with desire to come from earth to live in heaven with thee Palmer Why told you me God hath something here remarkable for mee to doe before I leave the earth else could I have laid downe my head each night with expectation of a mornings rise in heaven now I doe lay it downe onely with a contenting joy that I am his and that when his will is done with me or by me here I shall then goe to possesse tha Heaven which onely can content the desire of my immortall Soul Had you not told me so I might have hop'd that excessive joy for the glory which I shall possesse might have rais'd me to that blisse to which I doe aspire My God my Soul breaths after thee and cannot be satisfied till she comes to a full possession of thee Lord what on earth can there be done by mee Worth keeping here my longing Soul from thee Wings my Doves you have now obtain'd To flee to that Invincible Rock Where you may hide you safe In those Clifts of Security From your Malignant Enemies Who may flee after you And think to graspe you And so to hurt you But they cannot But you may without any gaul tell them You are plac'd beyond their envies reach And with that blest Apostle may say 'T is a small matter for me to be judg'd By you or of mans judgement The Lord is Judge of all He judgeth me and I Am safe under His powerfull Wings
ELIZA'S BABES OR THE Virgins-Offering BEING Divine Poems and Meditations Written by a LADY who onely desires to advance the glory of GOD and not her own LONDON Printed by M. S. for Laurence Blaiklock and are to be sold at his Shop neer the Middle-Temple Gate 1652. TO MY SISTERS LOoke on these Babes as none of mine For they were but brought forth by me But look on them as they are Divine Proceeding from Divinity To the READER WHen first the motion came into my minde that these Babes of mine should be sent into the world I would faine have supprest that motion for divers reasons which may be imagined by them that shall read them But especially by those that knew my disposition But rising one day from my Devotions it was suggested to my consideration that those desires were not given me to be kept in private to my self but for the good of others And if any unlike a Christian shall say I wrote them for mine owne glory I like a Christian will tell them I therefore sent them abroad for such a strict union is there betwixt my deare God and mee that his glory is mine and mine is his and I will tell them too I am not asham'd of their birth for before I knew it the Prince of eternall glory had affianced mee to himselfe and that is my glory And now to all such shall I direct my speech whose brave spirits may carry them to high desires Place not your affections in your Youth beneath your selves but if you would be happy on earth and enjoy these outward blessings with free and lawfull contentment bestow your first affections on my Almighty Prince I would have you all love him and him to love you all I being his must doe as he will have mee and methinks hee directs me to tell you that you shall never bee happy on Earth nor glorious in Heaven if you doe not love him above all earthly things More I must tell you that if you will dedicate to his service and present into his hands your wealth witt spirit youth beauty he will give you wealth if lesse more usefull your witt more pure your spirit more high and transcendent and your youth and beauty which time will steale from you or some malignant disease with paine rend from you them he will lay up awhile for you and returne them againe for eternity with great advantage And that you need not doubt of the certainety of what is told you they that tell it you have found part of it true and shall the rest I cannot be content to be happy alone I wish you all blessed too nor can I smother up those great and infinite blessings that I have received from him with private thankes That Great Prince of Heaven and Earth proclaimed by Angels that he was come into the world to shew his good will and love to mee was here content to dye a publique death for me to save me from a Hell of misery in which I lay and should have layen had not he the Prince of Peace and the fairest and chiefest among the sons of men shed his most precious and royal blood for mee and before he dyed he left word that I should not feare for it was his great and glorious Fathers will to bestow on us a Kingdome And was so great a Prince not ashamed to avow so great affection and love to mee and shall I be ashamed to returne him publique thankes for such infinite and publique favours No I will not but with all my minde heart and soule I blesse and praise my Almighty God for so great benefits bestowed on me his unworthy servant Methinks it is not enough for my self onely to doe it but I must send out my Babes to doe it with mee and for me And if any shall say others may be as thankefull as shee though they talk not so much of it Let them know that if they did rightly apprehend the infinite mercies of God to them they could not be silent And if they doe not thinke the mercies of God worth publique thankes I doe and therefore I will not be ashamed to be that one in ten that returned to acknowledge himselfe a cleansed Leaper And now my Babes some may say to you unlesse you had been more curiously drest or more finely shap'd your Mother might have kept you in obscurity Tell â—hem I sent you to their more learned and refined wits to forme you to a more curious shape and tyre you in a more inticing dress But this I will say for you You want none of your limbs and your cloaths are of rich materials I dare not say I am loth to let you goe Go you must to praise him that gave you me And more I le say for you which few Mothers can you were obtained by vertue borne with ease and pleasure and will live to my content and felicity And so Adieu But stay Something you may truly say for your own imperfections and your Mothers excuse That some of you were borne when herself was but a child but My joy my blisse my happy Story In Heaven is writ and that 's my Glory Psalme 56. Vers 10. I Glory in the word of God To praise it I accord With joy I will declare abroad The goodness of the Lord. All you that goodness doe disdaine Goe read not here And if you doe I tell you plaine I doe not care For why above your reach my soule is plac'st And your odd words shall not my minde distaste And when you read these lines mistake not a Divine affection for a Poeticall fancy for I affect not to express my fancy but I would have my fancy express my affection The Invocation Come Sacred Muse to mee this day And ever here make you a stay Within the closet of my brest For I with thee doe finde great rest My sweet Companion here thou art Dear Lord Let it not from me part From thee this gift I did receive To thee the same I doe bequeath Aspire aspire my minde aspire From earthly things unto the higher Set not thy minde on base desires But thinke upon the heavenly Quires Of Angels sweet that singing be And still the face of God doe see Admiring much his wisedome great And glorious sweetnesse of his seat Then hie my Soule to that sweet place Where glory is with mirth and grace The Request Come sweet Spirit expell my feare Assure me that thou hast a care Of me and of my giddy youth Assure me of it still for Truth That thy Spirit shall me direct And that thy power shall me protect Then shall my spirit be at rest And with sweet thoughts my soule be blest When that I know thou lovest me And that my youth shall guided be By that Spirit that doth dispose All for the happinesse of those The which be servants unto thee Blest be thy Name that so made mee The Answer HIs Spirit much thou dost desire
rare and sweet they sing My senses now are ravisht quite My Soule is fill'd with such delight That if I now my choice might have They should my body lay in grave And say That I did chuse to dye And let my body on earth lye Till it most glorious should bee Like to Those Angels that we see The holy Spirit there doth bide For in the Son they all reside No bodily presence doth appear But of that God that sufferd here These glories cannot limned bee By my frail pencell well I see Now let us down those banks like green Rich Velvet whereupon are seen Bright orient Pearl and Rubies fair Strow'd on the velvet here and there Bright Diamonds scattered there doe lye Look there springs up the violet by As if a pride that sweet flower took Her face in that bright Gem to look The pure white Violet doth delight To hang upon that Ruby bright The sweet Carnation Pink that growes By that rich Pearl howe fine it show's Now let us on these sweet bancks rest Methinks we are divinely blest Look by those christall stremas there grows The Lilly fair and lovely Rose How in the waters they doe show Bright er then they do where they grow A Lustre fine those waters give Unto those plants that by them live Come let us now goe walk and see Like whom we shall hereafter be See there Elias doth appear Like to the Angels that are here I did forget we shall in light Be like his glorious body bright But hark Methinks I hear one say Thou must from Heaven to Earth away You must your children goe and teach How they this blessed place may reach T will be a pleasant sight to see Their faces like those Angels bee The which ere while we did behold In Robes more bright then is the gold The which on earth we think so fine When we in those base mettals shine But yet before you goe away Here me a little what I say If crosse you find things goe below On earth a while it must be so Let it not trouble your blest mind In Heaven you shall no crossness find If any aske you how I fare Then tell them sure I 'me free from care For I 'me in heaven you left me there The Vision WHy from celestiall bliss did you Draw me these meaner things to view Through those faire gates of pearl get I And that most pleasant wall past by Up that pure river strait I went That from the throne takes his ascent Then to the glorious throne I got Where I did see O God what not For whatsoever doth excell In thee doth in perfection dwell That glorious Lustre and bright ray Made me forget my mortallday Me thought that fine Orientall light Made me like it appear as bright From these sweet joyes why draw you me My self in meaner Robes to see For since I us'd to heaven to go All things on earth do sordid show The Heart TWo hearts in one breast can there not remain The one heart puts the other heart to pain My heart I will still keep take thou thine own My heart is happy when disturb'd by none Without a heart I know you cannot live Therefore your own I freely to you give Mine is in Heaven and will admit no change To leave my rest in heaven on earth to range I 'de have it written in my happy story None had my heart but heav'ns great prince of glory My youths affection to him I did send None can have any but what he will lend From mortall thraldome deare Prince keep thou me So though on earth I as in heaven shall bee The Bride SIth you me ask Why borne was I I 'le tell you t was to heaven to fly Not here to live a slavish life By being to the world a wife When I was born I was set free From mortals thraldom here to bee For that great Prince prepar'd a bride That for my love on earth here dy'd May not I then earths thraldom scorn Sith for heavens Prince I here was born If match't in heaven I weare a Crown But earthly thra'dome puls me downe On the day dedicated to the God of Heaven LOrd if this day belongs to thee No part of it pertains to mee Then sith this Day is wholly thine Let thoughts and actions be divine Let my soule be divinely clad And let me be like Angels glad With Angels food this day feed mee And let heav'ns Nectar my drink bee And to compleat my hearts desire Send downe a beam of heav'ns bright fire By it let me that pure path see That leads to glorious bliss and thee The Defiance COme now tumultuous flouds and show Your spite by tumults you shall know Eliza's plac'st above your reach Upon her soul you make no breach Unto the world you do let see You 'd have her loose but gain shall shee What you can get she doth not mind Her treasure lies not in your wind When my Brother was sick IF that my Brother thou wilt take from me Lord with thy will make me contented be But if it be thy blessed will my Lord To my request to bend and to accord And if no harm to him that it might bee In this request then gracious God hear me And grant that well and long he here may live And honor thee and glory to thee give And be an instrument here of thy praise And in thy service spend and end his daies But if in his young years my Lord thou please From paine and grief to take him unto ease And if thou fitter dost my Brother see With thee to raign in glory then to be Here subject to a world of slavish fears For in this mortall world we must have cares Onely in heaven we shall sweet freedom gain In heaven there is no fear no care nor pain Then to thy holy will my gracious Lord Make me thy servant ever to accord And if to Heaven thou wilt my Brother take I pray thee teach my soul for to forsake Vain earthly thoughts and flee from earth to thee So with my Brothers soul my soul shall bee My wishes are those beams may ravish thee That wrapt me now in sweet felicity The Guard YOu blessed Angels that still live And tendance on us mortals give From my most dear Lord you are sent To tend on me for the intent From harm and danger me to keep You are my guard while I do sleep I do not grudge for to confesse Nay my poor soul can say no lesse I am unworthy of that favour Granted to me from my Father That you on me should tendance give Yee which in glory still do live I have offended him each hour And done the ill lay in my power Then you that still obedient be Oh! why should you attend on me This is a mystery full deep You being righteous sinners keep My God I pray thee make me know Why those blest Angels should do so For should