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A43769	The canticles, or Song of Solomon paraphrased and explained by divers others texts of Scriptures, very useful / by ... Mr. Arthur Hildersham ... ; as also the same, together with the two songs of Moses, and the song of Deborah, collected into meeter.	Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632.	1672 (1672)	Wing H1975; ESTC R21009	43,006	164

grown thick fat and cover'd ore With fat puft up and blown Then his great Maker he forsook And greatly disesteem'd The Rock which his Salvation wrought The God that him redeem'd Ver. 16. With strange Gods they provoked him And execrable Rites Than which his jealousie and wrath There 's nothing more excites Ver. 17. They to plain Devils not to God Profanely sacrific'd To Gods they never knew before Which they themselves devis'd To new God's that came newly up That were no God's before Such as your Fathers feared not Nor offered to adore Ver. 18. But of the Rock that thee begat Thou art unmindful grown Forgetting God who formed thee As if he 'd ne'r been known Ver. 19. This seen the Lord abhorred them His jealousie did smoak Because his Sons and Daughters too Did him no less provoke Ver. 20. I 'le hide my face said he from them And I their end will see For they 're a very forward race Children that faithless be Ver. 21. Since they with that which is not God Mov'd me to jealousie And unto anger me provok't With every vanity Them with a people next to none To jealousie I 'le move And will some foolish Nation raise Who shall their patience prove Ver. 22. For in mine anger flames of fire Which are unquenchable Are kindled and shall fiercely burn Unto the lowest Hell Which shall consume and wast the earth With her increased store And fire the foundations down On which the Mountains shore Ver. 23. On them will I great mischiefs heap And all mine Arrows spend Ver. 24. Devouring Famine which shall burn And burning heat I 'le send On them shall sore destruction come The teeth of savage beasts Shall waste them Serpents of the dust Whose poyson soon infests Ver. 25. The Sword without Terrors within Shall stroy none shall be spar'd Young men nor Virgins Sucking Babes Nor him that is gray-hair'd Ver. 26. I said I 'de scatter them abroad And into corners chase And cause that their remembrance here With men should have no place Ver. 27. Were it not that I fear'd the wrath Of the insulting Foe Lest their proud Adversaries then Themselves should strongly show And lest triumphing they should say Our hand is raised high It 's not the Lord hath done all this But our own gallantry Ver. 28. For they 're a Nation most unwise Of Councel wholly voyd Nor do they understand at all How they themselves should guide Ver. 29. O that at length they would be wise That they this understood And that they would their latter end Consider for their good Ver. 30. How should one man a thousand chase And two ten thousand foyle Except the Lord their rock had sold And shut them up for spoyl Ver. 31. For their Rock is not as our Rock Our Enemies can tell If they themselves were left to judg Or make the parallel Ver. 32. For their Vine is of Sodoms Vine And of Gomorrah's Feild Their Grapes are very Grapes of gall And bitter clusters yeild Ver. 33. As strong and deadly is their Wine As Dragons Poyson is Nor can the Venom of the Asp More cruel be than this Ver. 34. Is not this thing amongst the rest Layd up in store with me And up amongst my treasures seal'd Till there occasion be Ver. 35. Veng'ance and Recompence belong To me and none beside In due and most convenient time Their wandring feet shall slide For loe the day draws on a pace Which their destruction brings The troubles that shall come on them Approach with open wings Ver. 36. For God shall judg his peoples cause A righteous God is he And shall repent himself for them That his own Servants be Especially when he perceives That all their power is gone And that ther 's none shut up or lest But they themselves alone Ver. 37. And he shall say where are their Gods What is become of those Their Rock in whom they did their trust And confidence repose Ver. 38. Which of your Sacrifices eat The fat and pleasant things And drank the wine they did present In their drink offerings Let them arise with all their help And help you all they can And in your great extremities Be your protection Ver. 39. See now that I even I am he With me there is no God I kill and I do make alive In all the earth abroad I wound and I make whole again And none can me withstand Nor is there any that can save Or take out of my hand Ver. 40. For to the Heavens where I dwell I lift mine hand on high And do most solemnly profess I live eternally Ver. 41. If I my bright and glittering sword Shall once begin to whet On judgment if my hand take hold And there-upon be set I 'le render Veng'ance on them all That are mine Enemies And them reward to their desert That hate and me despise Ver. 42. I 'le make mine Arrows drunk with blood My Sword shall flesh devour Because of blood and Captives made From the first day and hour Ver. 43. Ye wiser Nations then rejoyce And with his people sing For hee 'l revenge his peoples blood And wrongful suffering His adversaries hee 'l requite And veng'ance on them send But to his land and people there His mercy will extend The Song of Deborah Iudges 5. Ver. 2. PRaise ye the Lord let it be said Who veng'ance to our foes repaid When you his people not affraid Of life so brave a tender made Ver. 3. Ye Princes ye your ear afford And ye who bear the Regal sword Whil'st I in sacred hymns record The praise of Israels God the Lord Ver. 4. When he from Scir his Army led Through Edoms fields his Ensigns spred Th' Earth shook the Heavens dropt for dread The Clouds did tears in plenty shed Ver. 5. The Mountains which before did swell Before thy face a melting fell Nor Sina could his force repel Who is the God of Israel Ver. 6. In Shamgars time and Iael's days Shamgar I mean of Anaths race None durst frequent the common ways Fear did the Traveller amaze The high-ways then unsafe men crept Through Woods or into by-ways stept Or went by night when others slept Their Foes them in such thraldom kept Ver. 7. The Land uncultivated lay In Isr'el men became a prey Till I arose I Deborah Till I their Matron bore the sway Ver. 8. When to themselves new Gods they chose Then were their walls beseig'd with foes Though Isr'el forty thousand rose Was sheild or spear among all those Ver. 9. Ye Rulers O how well I take When your poor Country lay at stake Your zeal and valour for their sake Of Gods renown due mention make Ver. 10. Spake ye that on white Asses ride Now judging those that you defi'd And they that have the high-ways tride Now walking safe on every side Ver. 11. Ye to your Fountains now restor'd Where you the Archers noyse deplor'd There with united joyes record The righteous judgments of

and pleasure in thee O thou that art not only beloved of me but even my Love I love nothing else but thee nor can ever be weary of loving thee as I am even in a vehement admiration thereof and can find no terms or comparisons sufficient to express it Ver. 7. This thy Stature is like to a Palme-Tree and thy Breasts to clusters of Grapes q. d. Thou art in thy whole body like to the Palme-Tree which besides the pleasant fruit it beareth cannot be kept from growing or flourishing by any waight or burden that is laid upon it no affliction or persecution can hinder thy growth but it will rather cause thee to flourish the more Psal. 92. 12 14. Thy Ministers and Teachers are for their comfort that their Doctrine worketh in the hearts of my people and for the plenty and abundance of fruit which they do yeild fitly compared unto clusters of Grapes Ver. 8. I said I will go up to the Palm-Tree I will take hold of the boughs thereof now also thy Breasts shall be as clusters of the Vine and the smell of thy nose like Apples q. d. I resolved with my self when I saw how thou dost flourish and how fruitful thou art to dress and prune thee that thou mayest be more fruitful and to gather and refresh my self with the pleasant fruits of holiness and righteousness which thou bringest forth yea I will also in joyning my self unto thee bless thee causing thy Teachers to abound yet more and more in the fruitfulness and comfort of their Doctrine and making such a sent and savour to come from thee as shall like the pleasant Apples refresh the spirits of my people that are ready to faint Ver. 9. And the roof of thy mouth like the best-Wine for my Beloved that goeth down sweetly causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak q. d. And the uttering and delivering of thy Doctrine by the Preaching of my Ministers shall be for the comfort and benefit of my beloved ones like unto the best and strongest wine not only for the sweetness and delight they shall take in it but for its force and opperation also for it shall waken and revive such as are even in a dead sleep of sin and cause them to shew and declare it by speaking the language of Canaan to the praise and glory of God Isa. 35. 6. Ver. 10. I am my Beloveds and his desire is towards me q. d. Is it so that notwithstanding all my weakness corruptions that thou esteemest of me Well then I do fully believe in my heart and profess with my mouth that I am my Beloveds dear Spouse his body flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone yea that I am not my own but wholly at his will and command to serve and obey him and his desire and his care and affection is wholly set upon me and bent for my good Ver. 11. Come my Beloved let us go forth into the field let us lodg in the Villages q. d. Let us O my dear Lord and Saviour go together with patience and diligence using our joynt-endeavours to do our spiritual Husbandry upon such of thine Elect as are abroad in the world and do not yet inhabit the City of our good nor are Members of his visible Church Ver. 12. Let us get up early to the Vineyards let us see if the Vine flourish whether the tender grape appear and the Pomegranets bud forth there will I give thee my Love q. d. Let us with speed and diligence comfort and visit all those Nations and people whom God in his Council and decree hath determined to call and make his Church in whom though they yet bear no fruit unto him he doth already by his grace work some aptness and readiness to receive and embrace the means of their Salvation and to bring forth the pleasant fruits of righteousness to God let us I say use the means with all diligence that they may be called and converted and with patience expect fruit from them There will I give thee my loves q. d. there and among the people whether this be meant of the calling of the Gentiles in the Apostles days or of the conversion of the Jews thou shalt more fully enjoy me and beget Children of me unto God then ever yet thou did'st Ver. 13. The Mandrakes give a smell at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits new and old which I have laid up for thee O my Beloved Let us the rather do this because the time is even come that those thine Elect which are yet without thy visible Church should be called and made fruitful unto God those among them that will not only bear fruit themselves but also provoke others to do the like do even as it were already begin to shew themselves yea the fruits of righteousness and holiness of all sorts which we take pleasure in are even at our gates ready for us to receive and refresh our selves withal which the Nations are apt to yield upon the Husbandry we shall do upon them and means we shall use for their Conversion yea the fruits of the Gospel which these Nations shall yeild are even the chiefest dainties which I have laid up and reserved for thee O my dear Lord and Saviour Chap. VIII Ver. 1. O That thou wert as my Brother that sucked the breasts of my Mother when I should find thee without I would kiss thee yet I would not be despised q. d. O that the day were come wherein thou by taking our nature upon thee shall become my Brother Heb. 2. 11 14. and make thy self under the same Law that we are subject to submitting thy self to all the Ordinances whereby my Mother the holy Catholick Church doth give suck and nourishment unto her children then would I more openly and familiarly converse with thee and testifie both my homage and love unto thee and yet and yet so clearly that thy glory shall be manifested to the world as all men shall count thee worthy of that duty I shall do unto thee and not despise me for it Ver. 2. I would lead thee and bring thee to my mothers house who would instruct me I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my Pomegranate q. d. Then would I when thou hast first revealed thy self unto me and vouchsafed me the honour that by my means thou shouldst first be made known to the Gentiles bring thee forth by publishing thy Gospel unto all Nations into the Assemblies and solemn Meetings of the universal Church whose daughter I am where I shall be more fully instructed in thy will then hitherto I have been then would I entertain thee with a royal feast of the manifold and divers graces of thy people wherein I know thou would take more delight then any man taketh in the wine that is most delicately spiced or in the most comfortable juice of the Pomgranate Ver. 3. His left hand should be