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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37178	A discourse upon Gondibert an heroick poem / written by Sr. William D'Avenant ; with an answer to it, by Mr. Hobbs.; Gondibert. Preface	D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668.; Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Answer of Mr. Hobbs to Sr. William D'Avenant's preface before Gondibert.; Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.; Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.	1650 (1650)	Wing D322; ESTC R8934	45,679	154

names by removing the Ethnicks to make way for the Sa●nts These are the effects of their labours who are provok'd to become Authours meerly out of Conscience and Conscience we may again averre to be often so unskilfull and timorous that it seldome gives a wise and steddy account of God but grows jealous of him as of an Adversary and is after melancholy visions like a fearful Scout after he hath ill survey'd the Enemy who then makes incong●uous long and terrible Tales Having confess'd that the desire of Fame made me a Writer I must declare why in my riper age I chose to gain it more especially by an Heroicall Poem and the Heroick being by most allow'd to be the most beautifull of Poems I shall not need to decide the quarrels of Poets about the Degrees of Excellence in Poesie but 't is not amisse ere I avow the usefulnesse of the science in generall which was the cause of my undertaking to remember the value it had from the greatest and most worthy spirits in all Ages For I will not abstain though it may give me the reputation but of common reading to mention that Pisistratus though a Tyrant liv'd with the Praise and dy'd with the Blessing of all Greece for gathering the scatter'd limbs of Homer's Works into a Body and that Great Alexander by publickly conversing with it attain'd the universall opinion of wit the fame of such inward forces conducing as much to his Conquests as his Armies abroad That the Athenian prisoners were thought worthy of life and liberty for singing the Tragedies of Euripides That Thebes was sav'd from destruction by the Victors reverence to the memory of Pindar That the elder Scipio who govern'd all the Civil world lay continually in the bosome of E●nius That the great Numanti● and Laelius no lesse renown'd were openly proud when the Romans believ'd they assisted Terence in his Comedies That Augustus to whom the mysteries of universall Empire were more familiar then domestick Dominion to Modern Kings made Virgil the partner of his joyes and would have divided his businesse with Horace and that Lucan was the fear and envy of Nero If we approach nearer our own times we may add the triumphall Entry which the Papacy gave to Petrarch and how much Tasso is still the glory and delight of Italy But as in this hasty Muster of Poet● and listing their confederates I shall by omitting many deprive them of that pay which is due from Fame so I may now by the opinion of some Divines whom notwithstanding I will reverence in all their distinct habits and fashions of the mind ●e held partiall and too bold by adding to the first number though I range them upon holy ground and aside Moses David and Solomon for their Songs Psalmes and Anthemes the second being the acknowledg'd Favourite of God whom he had gain'd by excellent Praises in sacred Poesie And I fear since Poesie is the clearest light by which they find the soul who seek it that Poets have in their fluent kindnesse diverted from the right use and spent too much of that spirituall talent in the honour of mortall Princes for divine Praise when in the high perfection as in Poets and onely in them is so much the uttermost and whole of Religious worship that all other parts of Devotion serve but to make it up Gondibert lib. 2. Canto 6. 89. Praise is Devotion fit for mighty Minds The diff'ring World's agreeing Sacrifice Where Heaven divided Faiths united finds But Pray'r in various discord upward flies 90. For Pray'r the Ocean is where diversly Men steer their course each to a sev'rall Coast Where all our Int'rests so discordant be That half beg winds by which the rest are lost 91. By Penitence when We our selves for sake 'T is but in wise designe on pileous Heaven In Praise We nobly give what God may take And are without a Beggars blus● forgiven 92. It s utmost force like Powder 's is unknown And though weak Kings excesse of Praise may fear Yet when 't is here like Powder dang'rous grown Heaven's Vault receives what would The Palace tear After this contemplation how acceptable the voyce of Poesie hath been to God we may by descending from Heaven to Earth consider how usefull it is to Men and among Men Divines are the chief because ordain'd to temper the rage of humane power by spirituall menaces as by sudden and strange threatnings madnesse is frighted into reason and they are ●ent hither as Liegers from God to conserve in stedfast motion the slippery joynts of Government and to perswade an amity in divided Nations therefore to Divines I first addresse my self and presume to ask them why ever since their Dominion was first allow'd at the great change of Religions though ours more then any inculcates obedience as an easie Medicine to coole the impatient and raging World into a quiet rest mankind hath been more unruly then before it being visible that Empire decreas'd with the encrease of Christianity and that one weak Prince did antiently su●fice to govern many strong Nations but now one little Province is too hard for their own wise King and a small Republick hath seventy years maintein'd thei● revolt to the disquiet of many Monarchs Or if Divines reply we cannot expect the good effects of their o●fice because their spirituall Dominion is not allow'd as absolute then it may be ask'd them more severely why 't is not allow'd for whereever there hath been great degrees of power which hath been often and long in the Church it discovers though worldly vicissitude be objected as an excuse that the Mannagers of such power since they endeavour'd not to enlarge it believ'd the increase unrighteous or were in acting or contriving that endeavour either negligent or weak For Power like the hasty Vine climbs up apace to the Supporter but if not skilfully attended and dr●ss'd instead of spreading and bearing fruit grows high and naked and then like empty title being soon uselesse to others becomes neglected and unable to support it self But if Divines have fail'd in governing Princes that is of being intirely believ'd by them yet they might obliquely have rul'd them in ruling the People by whom of late Princes have been govern'd and they might probably rule the People because the Heads of the Church where ever Christianity is preach'd are Te●ra●chs of Time of which they command the fourth Division for to no lesse the Sabbaths and Dayes of Saints amount and during those dayes of spirituall triumph Pulpits are Thrones and the people oblig'd to open their Ears and let in the ordinances and commands of Preachers who likewise are not without some little Regency throughout the rest of the Year for then they may converse with the Laity from whom they have commonly such respect and respect soon opens the door to perswasion as shew's their Congregations not deaf in those holy seasons when Speaking predominates But notwithstanding these advantages the Pulpit hath