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Scriptural poems being several portions of Scripture digested into English verse / by John Bunyan.
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.
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dead Which with good Works is not accompany'd Was not our Father Abraham justify'd By Works and by the same his Faith was try'd When he his Isaac to the Altar brought Se'st thou how with his Works his Faith then wrought And with his Works he perfected his Faith And so the Scripture was fulfill'd which saith Abraham believed God and 't was imputed For Righteousness and he Gods Friend reputed Thus may you see that by Works ev'ry one Is justify'd and not by Faith alone Thus was the Haâ—lot Râ—hab justify'd By Works when she the Messengers did hide And by another way their feet did guide For as the body 's dead without the Spirit So Faith without Works never can inherit CHAP. III. AFfect not Brethren Superiority As knowing that we shall receive thereby The greater Condemnation in the end For we in many things do all offend Who doth not with his Tongue offend he can Guide his whole Body he 's a perfect Man Behold in Horses mouths we Bridles out To rule and turn their Bodies quite about Behold likewise the Ships which tho' they be Of mighty bulk and thro' the raging Sea Are driv'n by the strength of Winds yet they By a small Helm the Pilot's Will obey Ev'n so the Tongue of Man which tho' it be But a small Member in an high degree It boasts of things Behold we may remark How great a matter 's kindl'd by a spark The Tongue 's a fire a world of ill which plac'd Among the Members often hath disgrac'd All the whole Body firing the whole frame Of Nature and is kindl'd by Hell flame All kinds of Beasts and Birds that can be nam'd Serpents and Fishes are and have been tam'd By Mankind but the Tongue can no Man tame A stubborn Evil full of deadly bane We therewith God the Father bless and we Therewith curse Men made like the Deity Blessing and Cursing from the same Mouth flow These things my Brethren ought not to be so Is any Fountain of so strange a nature At once to send forth sweet and bitter water Can Olives Brethren on a Fig-tree grow Or Figs on Vines No more can water flow From the same Fountain sweet and bitter too He that 's endu'd with wisdom and discretion Amongst you let that Man by the profession Of Meekness wisely give a demonstration Of all his Works from a good Conversation But if your Hearts are full of bitterness And strife boast not nor do the Truth profess This Wisdom is not from above descending But Earthly sensual and to evil tending For where there 's strife and envying there 's confusion And ev'ry evil work in the conclusion But the true Wisdom that is from above Is in the first place pure then full of love Then gentle and intreated easily Next merciful without partiality Full of good fruits without hypocrisie And what is more the fruits of Righteousness Is sown in Peace of them that do make Peace CHAP. IV. FRom whence come Wars and Fights come they not hence Ev'n from th' inordinate concupiscence That in your Members prompts to variance You lust and have not kill and desire to have But ne'ertheless obtain not what you crave With War and fighting ye contend yet have not The things which you desire because you crave not Ye crave but don't receive the reasons just Ye crave amiss to spend it on your Lust. You that live in Adult'ry know not ye The friendship of the World is enmity With God He is God's Enemy therefore That doth the Friendship of the World adore Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vaiâ— The Spirit that lusts to hate doth in you reign But he bestows more Grace wherefore he says God scorns the Proud but doth the Humble raise Unto the Lord therefore submissive be Resist the Devil and he 'll from you flee Draw high to God and he 'll to you draw nigh Make clean your Hands you Sinners purifie Your Hearts you double-minded weep and mourn And be afflicted let your laughter turn To sorrow and your joy to sadness stoop Before the Lord and he will lift you up My Brethren speak not evil of each other He that doth judge and speak ill of his Brother Doth judge and speak ill of the Law therefore If thou dost judge the Law thou art no more A doer of the same but dost assume The Judgment-Seat and art thy self become A Judge thereof There is but one Law-giver That 's able to destroy and to deliver Who then art thou that dost condemn thy Neighbour Go to now you that say To such a place To morrow will we go and for the space Of one whole Year or so will there remain And buy and sell and get great store of Gain Whereas ye know not what a day may do For what 's the Life of Man Ev'n like unto A Vapour which tho' for a while it may Appear it quickly vanisheth away So that ye ought to say If God permit Us life and Health we will accomplish it But now ye glory in your confidence Such glorying is of evil consequence He therefore that doth know and doth not act The thing that 's good doth guilt thereby contract CHAP. XLVI GO to now O ye rich Men howl and cry Because of your approaching misery Your Riches are corrupted and the Moths Have enter'd and have eaten up your Cloaths Your Gold and Silver 's canker'd and the rust Thereof shall be an Evidence that 's just Against you and like fire your flesh devour Against the last days ye have heap'd up store The hire of them that reaped down your Field The which by you is wrongfully witheld Cries and the Voice thereof hath reach'd the Ears Ev'n of the God of Sabbath and he hears Your Lives in pleasure ye on Earth have led And as in days of slaughter nourish'd Your wanton Hearts and have condemn'd and slain The Just and he doth not resist again Be patient therefore Brethren ev'n unto The coming of the Lord behold ev'n so The Husbandman expecteth patiently The precious increase of the Earth to see With patience waiting till he doth obtain The show'rs of early and of later Rain So be ye patient fixing stedfastly Your Hearts for th' coming of the Lord draws nigh Grieve not each other Brethren lest ye bear The condemnation lo the Judge stands near The Prophets Brethren who all heretofore In the Name of the Lord their witness bore Take for Examples in their Sufferings And Patience they that endure such things Ye know are counted blest Have ye not read Of Job how patiently he suffered Have ye not seen in him what 〈◊〉 God's end How he doth pity and great love extend My Brethren but above all things forbear By Heav'n or Earth or otherwise to swear But let your Yea be Yea your Nay be Nay Lest ye become reproveable I say Let him sing Psalms that 's merry he that 's griev'd Let him by Prayer seek to be reliev'd If any of