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A15647	The hymnes and songs of the Church diuided into two parts. The first part comprehends the canonicall hymnes, and such parcels of Holy Scripture as may properly be sung, with some other ancient songs and creeds. The second part consists of spirituall songs, appropriated to the seuerall times and occasions obserueable in the Church of England. Translated and composed, by G.W.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Songs of the Old Testament.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Cantica sacra.; Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625.	1623 (1623)	STC 25910A; ESTC S120233	90,046	236

I Should to thy holy Temple lift mine eye 3 Eu'n to my Soule the waters clos'd me had O're-swallow'd by the Deepes I fast was pent About my head the weeds a wreath had made Unto the Mountaines bottomes downe I went And so that forth againe I could not get The Earth an euerlasting Barre had set 4 Then thou oh LORD my GOD then thou wert he That from corruption didst my Life defend For when my Soule was like to faint in me Thou thither didst into my thought descend And LORD my prayer thence to thee I sent Which vpward to thy holy Temple went 5 Those who beleeue in vaine and foolish lyes Despisers of their owne good safety be But I will offer vp the Sacrifice Of singing praises with my voyce to thee And I will that performe which vow'd I haue For vnto thee belongs it LORD to saue The Prayer of Habakuk Habak 3. IN this Petitiona●y and Propheticall Hymne the Deliuerer of mankind is first prayed for Secondly the glorious Maiesty of his comming is described by excellent Allegories and by Allusions to former deliuerances vouchsafed to the Iewes Thirdly here is foretold the ouerthrowe of Antichrist who shall be destroyed by the Brightnes of our Sauiours comming Fourthly here is set forth the state of the latter times Fiftly he expresseth the ioy confidence and safety of the Elect of God euen amid those terrors that shall awayt vpon their R●deemers cōming This Song is to be sung hystorically in commemoration of the Churches deliuerance by the first comming of Iesus Christ. And prophetically to comfort vs concerning that perfect Deliuery as●ured at his second comming For though the Prophet had some respect to the Iewes temporall deliuerance that hee might comfort the Church in those Times Yet the Holy-Ghost had principall regard to the spirituall deliuerance of his spirituall Kingdome the holy Catholicke-Church And to her her enemies doe the Names of the Churches enemies here mentioned very properly agree Nay Cushan signifying darke blacke or cloudy And Midian which is interpreted Condemnation or Iudgement better suite vnto the Nature of those spirituall Aduersaries whom they p●efigured then to those People who were literally so called For none are so fitly tearmed People of Darknesse or of Condemnation as the members of Antichrist and the spirituall Babilon Song 31. LORD thy answere I did heare And I grew therewith afear'd When the Times at fullest are Let thy Worke be then declar'd When the Time LORD full doth grow Then in Anger Mercy show 2 God Almightie he came downe Downe he came from Theman-ward And the matchlesse Holy-one From Mount Paran forth appear'd Heau'n ore-spreading with his Rayes And Earth filling with his praise 3 Sunne-like was his glorious Light From his Side there did appeare Beaming Rayes that shined bright And his Pow'r he shrowded there Plagues before his face he sent At his Feete hot Coales there went 4 Where he stood he measure tooke Of the Earth and view●d it well Nations vanisht at his looke Auncient Hils to powder fell Mountaines old cast lower were For his waies eternall are 5 Cushan Tents I saw diseas'd And the Midian Curtaines quake Haue the Flouds Lord thee displeas'd Did the Flouds thee angry make Was it else the Sea that hath Thus prouoked thee to wrath 6 For thou rod'st thy Horses there And thy sauing-Charrets through Thou didst make thy ●ow appeare And thou didst performe thy Uowe Yea thine Oath and Promise past To the Tribes fulfilled hast 7 Through the Earth thou riftes didst make And the Riuers there did flow Mountaines seeing thee did shake And away the Flouds did goe From the Deepe a voyce was heard And his hands on high he rear'd 8 Both the Sunne and Moone made stay And remoou'd not in their Spheares By thine Arrowes light went they By thy brightly shining Speares Thou in wrath the Land didst crush And in rage the Nations thresh 9 For thy Peoples safe releefe With thy Christ for ayd wentst thou Thou hast also pierc't the Chiefe Of the sinfull Houshold through And displayd them till made bare From the Foot to Necke they were 10 Thou with Iauelines of their owne Didst their Armies Leader strike For against me they came downe To deuoure me wherle-winde like And they ioy in nothing more Then vnseene to spoile the Poore 11 Through the Sea thou madst a way And didst ride thy Horses there Where great heapes of water lay I the newes thereof did heare And the voyce my bowels shooke Yea my lips a qui●'ring tooke 12 Rottennesse my bones possest Trembling feare possessed me I that troublous day might rest For when his approches be Onward to the People made His strong Troups will them inuade 13 Bloomelesse shall the Fig-tree bee And the Vine no fruit shall yeeld Fade shall then the Oliue tree Meat shall none be in the Field Neither in the Fold or S●all Flocke or Heard continue shall 14 Yet the LORD my ioy shall be And in him I will delight In my GOD that saueth me GOD the LORD my only might Who my feete so guides that I Hinde-like pace my Places-high THE HYMNES OF THE New-Testament THese fiue that next follow are the Hymnes of the New-Testament Betweene which and the Songs of the Old Testament there is great difference For the Songs of the Old Testament were either thank●sgiuings for temporall benefits typifying and signifying future Benefits touching our Redemption Or else Hymnes prophetically foreshewing those Mysteries which were to be accomplished at the comming of Christ. But these Euangelicall Songs were composed not for temporall but for spirituall things promised and figured by those temporall Benefits mentioned in the Old Testament and perfectly fulfilled in the New Therefore these Euangelicall Hymnes are more excellent then such as are meerely Propheticall In regard the Possession is to be preferred before the Hope and the End before the Meanes of obtaining it Magnificat Luk. 1.46 THE blessed Virgin Mary being saluted by the Angel Gabriel hauing by the holy-holy-Ghost conceiued our Redeemer Iesus Christ in her wombe was made fruitfull also in her Soule by the ouershaddowing of that Holy Spirit and thereupon brought sorth this Euangelicall and Propheticall Hymne Wherein three things are principally obserueable First she praiseth God for his particular mercies and fauour towards her Secondly she glorifies God for the generall benefit of our Redemption Thirdly she Magnifies God for the particular grace vouchsafed vnto the seed of Israel according to what was promised to Abraham This is the first Euangelicall Song And was indited by the holy Ghost not only to bee the Blessed Virgines Thanksgiuing but to be sung by the whole Catholike Church whom she typically personated to praise God for our Redemption and Exaltation And therefore it is worthily inserted into the Liturgie that it may be perpetually and reuerently sung Song 32. Sing this as the 3. Song THat magnifi'de the LORD may be My Soule now vndertakes And in the God that

a house prepare My Fathers GOD whose prayse I will declare 2 Well kno●es the LORD to war what doth pertaine The LORD-Almighty is his glorious Name ●e Pharaohs Charrets and his armed Traine Amid the Sea or'ewhelming ouercame Those of his Army that were most renoun'd ●e hath together in the Red-sea drown'd The Deepes a couering ouer them were throwne And to the bottome sunke they like a stone 3 LORD by thy powre thy Right hand famous growes Thy Right hand LORD thy Foe destroyed hath Thy Glory thy Opposers ouerthrowes And stubble-like consumes them in thy wrath A blast but from thy nostrils forth did goe And vp together did the waters flow Yea rowled vp on heapes the liquid Flood Amid the Sea as if congealed stood 4 I will pursue them their Pursuer cri'd I will or'etake them and the spoile enioy My lust vpon them shal be satisfi'd With sword vnsheath'd my hand shall them destroy Then from thy breath a gale of winde was sent The billowes of the Sea quite or'e them went And they the mighty waters suncke into Eu'n as a weighty peece of Lead will do 5 LORD who like thee among the GODS is there In holinesse so glorious who may be Whose prayses so exceeding dreadfull are In doing wonders who can equall thee Thy glorious Right hand thou on high didst reare And in the earth they quickly swallow'd were But thou in mercy on-ward hast conua●d Thy People whose redemption thou hast paid 6 Them by thy strength thou hast bin pleas●d to beare Unto a holy Dwelling place of thine The Nations at report thereof shall feare And grieue shall they that dwell in Palestine On Edoms Princes shall amazement fall The mighty men of Moab tremble shall And such as in the land of Cana'n dwell Shall pine away of this when they heare tell 7 They shal be ceazed with a dreadfull feare Sto●e-quiet thy Right hand shall make them be Till passed ouer LORD thy People are Till those passe ouer that were bought by thee For thou shalt make thē to thy Hill repaire And plant them there oh LORD where thou art heire Eu'n there where thou thy Dwelling hast prepar'd That Holy place which thine owne hands haue rear'd 8 The LORD shall euer and for euer raigne His Soueraignty shall neuer haue an end For when as Pharoh did into the Maine With Charrets and with horsemen downe descend The LORD did backe againe the Sea recall And with those waters ouerwhelm'd them all But through the very inmost of the same The seed of Israel safe and dry-shod came The second Song of Moses Deut. 23. THis Song was giuen by God himselfe to be taught the Iewes that it might remaine as a witnesse against them when they should forget his benefits For it appeares the diuine wisedome knew that when the Law would be lost or forgotten a Song might be remembred to posteritie In this Hymne Heauen and Earth being c●lled to witnesse the Pr●phet makes first a narration of the Iewes peruersnes and then deliuereth prophetically three principall things wherein diuers other particulars are considerable The first is a Praediction of the Iewes Idolatry with the punishments of it The second is their h●tred to Christ with their Abiection And the last is of the calling of the Gentiles We therefore that haue by f●ith and experience seene the successe of what is herein foretold ought to sing it often in remembrance of Gods Iustice and Mercy And seeing we are all apt enough to become as forgetfull of our Redeemers fauour as they we should by the repetition hereof seeke so to stirre vp our considerations that as Saint Paul counselleth we might the better meditate the goodnesse and seueritie of God c. For if he hath not spared the naturall branches Let vs take heed as the same Apostle aduiseth Rom. 11.24 Song 2. Sing this as the first Song TO what I speake an eare yee Heauens lend And heare thou Earth what words I vtter wil. Like drops of Raine my Speeches shall descend And as the Dew my Doctrine shall distill Like to the smaller Raine on tender flowres And as vpon the grasse the greater showres For I the LORDS great Name will publish now That so our GOD may praysed be of you 2 He is that Rocke whose workes perfection are For all his wayes with iudgement guided be A GOD of truth from all wrong-doing cleere A truely iust and righteous-one is he Though they themselues defil'd vnlike his sons And are a crooked race of froward-ones Oh mad and foolish Nation why dost thou Thy selfe vnto the LORD so thanklesse show 3 Thy Father and Redeemer is not he Hath he not made and now confirm'd thee fast Oh call to mind the dayes that older be And weigh the yeares of many ages past For if thou aske thy Father he will tell Thy Elders also can informe thee well How he the high'st did Adams sonnes diuide And shares for eu'ry Family prouide 4 And how the Nations Bounds he did prepare In number with the Sonnes of Israel For in his People had the LORD his share And Iacob for his part alotted fell Whom finding in a place possest of none A Desert va●● vntilled and vnknowne He taught them there he led them farre and nigh And kept them as the Apple of his eye 5 Eu'n as an Eagle to prouoke her young About her nest doth houer here and there Spread forth her wings to traine her birds along And sometime on her back● her yonglings beare Right so the LORD conducted them alone When for his aid Strange god with him was none Them on the High-lands of the earth he set Where they the plenties of the field might eat 6 For them he made the Rocke with Hony flow He drayned oyle from stones and them did feed With milke of Sh●epe with butter of the Cow With Goats fat Lambs Rams of Bashan breed The finest of the wheat he made their food And of the Grape they drunke the purest blood But herewithall vnthankfull Israel So fat became he kicked with his heel 7 Growne ●at and ●ith their grossenesse couerd or'e Their God their Maker they did soone forsake Their Rock of health regarded was no more But with Strange gods him iealous they did make To moue his wrath they hatefull things deuiz'd To Diuels in his stead they sacrifiz'd To Gods vnknowne that new inuented we●e And such as their Fore-fathers did not feare 8 They minded not the Rocke who them begate But quite forgot the God that ●orm'd them hath Which when the L●R● perceiu'd it made him ●ate His Sonnes Daughters mouing him to wrath To marke their end said he I le hide my face For they are faithlesse Sonnes of froward race My wrath with what is not a GOD they moue And my displeasure with their follies proue 9 And I by those that are no People yet Their ●rathfull ielousie will moue for this And by a foolish Nation make them fret For in my wrath

beneath the sword together fall Thou in thy day of wrath such hauock mad'st That in deuouring thou no pitty hadst 22 Thou round about hast call'd my feared Foes As if that summon'd to some feast they were Who in thy day of wrath did round enclose And shut me so that none escaped are Yea those that hate me them consumed haue To whom I nourishment and breeding gaue Lament 3. HEre the Prophet Ieremy hauing contemplated his owne afflictions with the destruction of Iudah and Ierusalem seemeth by that materiall Obiect to haue raised his apprehension higher and by the spirit of Prophecy both to foresee the particular suffrings of Ies●● Christ and to become sensible also of those great afflictions which the Church Militant his mysticall body should be exercised withall And in this most passionate Elegy either in his own person bewaileth it or else personates Iesus Christ the head of that Mysticall body taking vpon himselfe those punishments with that hea●y burthen of Gods wrath and that vnspeakable sorrow which mankinde had otherwise beene ouerwhelmed withall In briefe this Elegy containes an expression of Gods heauy Anger for our sinne the seuerity and bitternesse of his Iudgements the greatnesse of his mercies the hope and patience of the faithfull in all Afflictions The vnwillingnesse of God to punish The hearty repentance of his people And a Propheticall imprecation concerning the enemies of the spirituall Ierusalem This may be sung to mooue and stirre vs vp with a feeling of our Redeemers passion To remember vs of our miserable condition through sinne To mooue vs to repentance and to comfort and instruct vs amidd our afflictions Song 26. Sing this as the 24. Song I Am the Man who scourged in thy wrath Haue in all sorrowes throughly tyred beene Into obscurity he ●ed me hath He brought me thither where no light is seene And so aduerse himselfe to me he showes That all the day his hand doth me oppose 2 My Flesh and Skinne with age He tyred out He bruiz'd my bones as they had broken bin He with a Wall enclosed me about With cares and labours he hath shut me in And me to such a place of darknesse led As those are in that befor euer dead 3 He shut me where I found no passage out And there my heauy Chaines vpon me laid Moreouer though I loudly cryed out He tooke no heed at all for what I prayd My Way with hewed stones he stopped hath And left me wandring in a winding Path. 4 He was to me like some way-lying Beare Or as a Lyon that doth lurke vnseene My course he hindring me in pieces teare Till I quite ruin'd and layd waste had beene His Bowe he bended and that being bent I was the marke at which his Arrow went 5 His Arrowes from his Quiuer forth he caught And through my very R●ines he made them passe Eu'n mine owne people set me then at naught And all the day their sporting song I was From him my fill of bitternesse I had And me with Worm-wood likewise drunke he mad● 6 With stones my teeth he all to peeces brake He Dust and Ashes ouer me hath strowne All rest he from my weary soule did take As if contentment I had neuer none And then I cryed Oh! I am vndone All my dependance on the Lord is gone 7 Oh minde thou my afflictions and my care My miseries my worm-wood and my gall For they still fresh in my remembrance are And downe in me my humbled soule doth fall I this forget not And when this I minde Some helpe againe I doe begin to finde 8 It is thy mercy Lord that we now be For had thy pitty fail'd not one had liu'd The Faithfulnesse is great that is in Thee And eu'ry morning it is new reuiu'd And Lord such claime my soule vnto thee lay●● That shee will euer trust in thee she sayes 9 For thou art kinde to those that waite thy will And to their soules that after thee attend Good therefore is it that in quiet still We hope that safety which thou Lord wilt send And happy he that timely doth enure His youthfull necke the burthen to endure 10 He downe will sit alone and nothing say But since 't is cast vpon him beare it out Yea though his mouth vpon the dust they lay And while there may be hope will not mis-dou●● His Cheeke to him that smiteth offers He And is content though he reuiled be 11 For sure is he what euer doth befall The LORD will not forsake for euermore But that he hauing punisht pitty shall Because he many mercies hath in store For God in plaguing take no pleasure can Nor willingly afflicteth any man 12 The LORD delighteth not to trample downe Those men that here on earth enthralled are Or that a Righteous man should be o'rethrowne When he before the Highest doth appeare Nor is the LORD well-pleased in the sight When he beholds the Wrong subuert the Right 13 Let no man mutter then as if he thought Some things were done in spight of GODS decree For all things at his word to passe are brought That either for our good or euill be Why then liues man such murmurs to begin Oh! let him rather murmure at his Sinne. 14 Our owne lewd courses let vs search and trie We may to thee againe oh LORD conuart To GOD that dwelleth in the Heau'ns on high Let vs oh let vs lift both hand and heart For we haue sinned we rebellious were And therefore was it that thou didst not spare 15 For this with wrath o're-shaddow'd thou hast chas't And slaughter made of vs without remorse Thy selfe obscured with a clowd thou hast That so our Prayers might haue no recourse And loe among the Heathen-People we As out-casts and off-●cowrings reckon'd be 16 Our Aduersaries all and eu'ry where Themselues with open mouth against vs set On vs is fa●ne a terrour and a snare Where ruine hath with desolation met And for the Daughter of my Peoples cares Mine eyes doth cast forth Rivulets of teares 17 Mine eyes perpetually were ouerflowne And yet there is no ceasing of my Teares For if the LO●D in mercy looke not downe That from the Heau'ns he may behold my cares They will not stint But for my Peoples sake Mine eyes will weep vntil my heart doth break 18 As when a Bird is chased too and fro My foes pursued me when cause was none Into the Dungeon they my life did throw And there they rowled ouer me a stone The waters likewise ouer●low'd me quite And then me thought I perished out-right 19 Yet on thy Name oh LORD I cal'ed there Eu'n when in that low Dungeon I did lye Whence thou wert pleased my complaint to heare Not sleighting me when I did sighing cry That very day I called thou drew'st neere And said'st vnto me that I should not feare 20 Thou LORD my Soule maintainest in her right My Life by thee alone redeemed was Thou hast oh LORD obserued my