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A14379	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	Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.	1631 (1631)	STC 24697; ESTC S111549	31,133	126

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 incitemen● 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-se●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

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 e●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 Th●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 f●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 ●e-clame●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 we● 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 th●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 Harues● vvhite And almost ri●e and readie for the Sickle Were all so drencht nigh drown'd a pitteous sight With Heauen-shed-Teares which did in streames downet● 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-su●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

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 displeasu● 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 B●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 Lo●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 Mu●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 Po●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

with Them Their Fatall Fall In This or Plott or Pouder there was not In This and That GODS Finger seene to All This to disgrace That to destroy our Church But in Them Both Heauen left them in the Lurch 38. In That They sought our guiltlesse blood to spill But Wee escapt and They were paid with Blood In This Themselues were Authours of their ill Whiles They our Gods and Nations Lawes withstood Their woefull Ends I meddle not withall For Both did to their Mr. stand or fall 39. But leauing Them I say to God most iust And yet most gracious to true Penitents I yet a little farther leade thee must To see Gods Loue in yet more large extents That so thy Heart with Dauids may say well Truly the Lord is good to Israell 40. O whoso'ere had not long since but ey'd Of True Religion the strange tottering state How Hollow Hearts 'mongst vs swamme with the tyde How Popish Priests durst boldly to vs prate Out-beard out-braue vs yea and to our face Contest contend Christs Gospell to disgrace 41. Who ere I say did This then see did say Or at least Feare Religion was nigh dead That all hir Beauty almost buried lay Romish Recusants had got such a Head And quite all most to let Hopes Life-blood out See what it pleased the Lord to bring about 42. Our then Prince Charles our staffe of future ioy Now vnder God the Crowne of our Content Vnto our sodaine All-suppos'd annoy From Albion faire to blacke Iberia went Our Day was darkned with the Fogges of Spaine 〈◊〉 quite disheartned till it clear'd againe 43. Our Pearle of peerelesse price was lockt vp fast In a polluted Cabinet too-sure Ouer our Sunne a Spanish Cloud was cast Which did our English Light delight obscure Vnder pretext of a mis-matched Match Till Matchiuill of Rome and Spaine could hatch 44. Could hatch Isay their Egges of Policie To winde and binde to Theirs Our Church and State To weaue Their Webbe of Europes Monarchie Wherein They then seem'd workemen fortunate So cunningly They had contriu'd each thing That Hope and Hap seem'd Both to Crowne them King 45. Spaines Romane Dog that sly Fox-Populj With Craft lay closse his Egges to heat and hatch His M ● on Ambitions Horse did hie No lesse than our Great Britaines Crowne to catch But when This thought himselfe safe set i' th' Saddle His haste made waste Tothers Egges All prou'd addle 46. Our God good God Those Machiuillians great In their owne Counsels strangely did besot His loue to vs made them themselues to cheat What they had got they stupidly forgot What they so long did long for thirst affect Then put vpon them they did slight neglect 47. O heere I cannot but admire adore The wondrous Wisedome of the Lord alone Oh heere I may not easily passe-ore The Contemplation of Gods mercy showne To England happy England in This Act Of Mercy wherein Many are compact 48. For first Had Spaine like Saul his Micholl wedded To our deere Dauid We had wedded bin To many Woes of All-Wisemen then dreaded By false fain'd Friends meere Foes without within What might That Saul haue car'd t' haue spar'd a Daughter Whereby he thought t'hau● wrought good Dauids slaughter 49. Some Troian-Horse by Spaines Pelasgan Art With sacred shew our Kingdome might haue entred A Spanish Fleet at least t'vphold the part Of vrged Reformation had bin ventred A Fleet I say full fraught with arm'd protectio● To bring the Puritans to due subiection 50. Againe had Spaine ne're meant to make the Match As that 's most sure yet had they still protracted Protested vow'd aduantage still to watch Which part they oft haue finely falsely acted With sly delayes t' haue wyer-drawne their wiles What might they not haue wrought on vs the whiles 51. Might they not thus at least haue bound our hands From least assistance to our Neighbour-Friends Till they had ouer-run the Netherlands And euery where obtained their proud Ends Whilst we alas stood looking at all This And in Them saw for Vs Rods laid in pisse 52. Oh then that royall King and Queene of Hearts Bohemiaes Princely Paire and pleasant Plants Had found Afflictions added to their smarts Had then bin drown'd in helpelesse woes and wants Had bin a prey fit for those hungry Iawes ●hich long had gap'd to gripe them in their Pawes 53. Then oh then had Religion restlessely And helpelessely yea hopelessely bin baited Then Edoms Sons had raisd a cruell Cry Like bloody Blood-Hounds vndefatigated ' Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground ' ●et no memoriall of it ere be found 54. But see oh see how our good God arose Like a most glorious Sun with gracious Rayes At whose vp-rise that monstrous Cloud of woes Was quite dispel'd disperst And to Heauens praise Those threatned stormes of Spaines Romes Raine thunder Were turn'd into a Calme to our great wonder 55. For why Gods Loue led yea pull'd-forth our Prince From Spaines foule Fogges So that our Sun most faire Hath clearely cheerely on vs euer since Shined and shut-out all our deepe despaire Sodainely sweetly to our admiration He came to vs to our Hearts exultation 56. He came came safely yea he solely came Solely I say free from all Spanish voake Yea which is most and best blest be Gods name He came vntainted of least smell of smoake Of Romish Spanish Coales of Heresie Gods Grace did guide guarde his Sincerity 57. Yea Hee with Ioseph seem'd to before-sent Into That Egypt by his God and King Those many growing Mischiefes to preuent Which through all Europe ranke began to s●ring To shield vs from a Famine not of Bread But of Gods Word which most men most did dread 58. For why Romes S●uen Lanke-Headed hungry Beast Hungring for Blood yea Blood of Gods blest Saints Had his deuouring Rage so much encreast And our faire Peace brought to so hard constraints That all our former Full-felicity Was nigh deuourd throughout all Germany 59. But as I sayd What our false feares of strife Like Iosephs Brethren did misterme mistake And what Spaine Rome like Potiphars base Wife Wrought on good Joseph spoile of him to make That did the Lord conuert to our great good And well he went as then our Cases stood 60. Oh England England VVhat canst Thou repay VVhat Retribution hast Thou for thy God Thy God who Thus hath bin thy staffe and stay And freed Thee thus from Spanish Romish Rod From cruell Men which are Gods Sword indeed VVhose Mercies are but Mischiefes bloody Seed 61. O what canst thou to God thy God repay VVhich wondrously Life out of Death hath brought Light out of Darkenesse from blacke Night bright Day VVhich from such Bondage hath such Freedome wrought VVhich hath thy stooping drooping Heart reuiued And of their impious Ends thy Foes depriued 62. A thankefull Heart Gods mercies oft to minde A