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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15992	The Song of Songs, which was Salomons metaphrased in English heroiks by way of dialogue. With certayne of the brides ornaments, viz. poeticall essayes vpon a diuine subiect. Whereunto is added a funerall elegie, consecrate to the memorie of that euer honoured Lord, Iohn, late Bishop of London. By R.A.	Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?	1621 (1621)	STC 2774; ESTC S104589	110,486	224

oft assay'd From her youth vp our Church vnto this day But neuer hath their subtiltie preuayl'd Church discipline to alter though I say Martin their spite and malice did bewray When he in scoffes and rayling spent his wit Not sauouring of the Spirit which should pray For Kings and those that at the Sterne doe sit And not ranke Martinisme in Rulers faces spit 49 These first as Theudas-like some great Man rose To whom great multitudes themselues combine And Iudas-like Church tribute did oppose But they are perisht And our fruitfull Vine Yet prospers still and yeelds abundant Wine Which proues it planted is by Gods owne Hand For were 't Mans policy not power Diuine Shee neuer could such furious Beasts withstand But long since had destroyed beene out of this Land 50 Was e're in Israel knowne or Iuda's coast So long peace and such plentie temporall Can any of the Nations like vs boast Deliuerances from bondage spirituall Our God who did vs out of bondage call Protects our Leaders by his power diuine 'Gainst Hell Pope Iesuites Sep'ratists and all And lest our Faith and Hope faile or decline Loe in Prince Charles new hope and all that Princely Line 51 But some may say What 's this to spirituall Hope These were deliuerances temporall But who knowes not by these Hell and the Pope Sought the destrnction of the Spirit and all Loe Faith and Hope now banisht from the stall Of Romes foule Beast for aide flyes to our Land Where Prince Priests People ioyne together all In the defence of Faith and Hope to stand And in their quarrell spend their liues their goods and land 52 Here both haue dwelt safe neare a hundred yeare Since they from Rome were banisht to this Land Where many Saints haue lost their bloods most deare Whilst constantly in their defence they stand And though for neare sixe yeares Romes cruell hand Did in this Land true Faith and Hope assaile Yet since Elizabeth did all command The Champions of true Faith did neuer faile But 'gainst close treason and force open did preuaile 53 And though we lately lost the likeliest Prince That euer liu'd Faith and Hope to defend Yet loe our Hope is more encreased since By Royall Charles whom God doth seeme to send Like Charlemaine his Church secure to shend 'Gainst Antichrist Hell Schisme and Saraceen And all from vs that would Hopes Anchre rend But here my Muse in order should begin To melt away in teares for losse of Anne our Queene 54 Most peerelesse Lady Nobles surest friend The Peoples safetie Clergies firme defence Who constantly did Faith and Hope defend 'Gainst subtile Schisme and Papists virulence Church Patronesse 'gainst the violence Of couetous Sacrilege and griping hands Who spoile Church-liuings vnder false pretence It 'gainst the thrift of true Deuotion stands That Churchmen should haue large possessions goods lands 55 But as when Death from Sonne and Father rent A carefull Mother and a faithfull Wife Isaac Rebecka brought to Sara's Tent To comfort both the Sonnes and Fathers life So we doe hope our Prince will take a Wife Into his Mothers Tent who shall begin Like her to comfort Sonne and Fathers life But soft my Muse this thread too long doth spin Now will I sing of Hope that ought to be within 56 These presidents of Gods Grace Faith Truth Loue Power Wisedome Prouidence and dealing kind With those that trust in him vs well may moue Vnto a stedfast Hope which if we find Within the secret Closet of our mind It is the earnest that to vs doth proue Here all things needfull shall be vs assign'd And we shall haue Hopes end eu'n Heau'n aboue Where Faith and Hope shall leaue vs in the armes of Loue 57 But Faith and Hope implicite generall Brings not to vs this blessed Habitation It must be inward liuely spirituall With true particular right application Of all Christs merits wrought for our saluation Else with vntemper'd morter stones we lay And build vpon vnsound and weake foundation Fie on the Clerkes that so abuse the Lay They vnderstand not what they hope beleeue or pray 58 Which thus would seale vp all in ignorance That they might seale their Pardons vnto all Thus they their state doe mightily aduance By binding or by loosing them that fall Mortall offences and sinnes veniall Differ not in their nature but their pay As sinnes abound their Markets rise and fall So wide to Heau'n they open now the way That loe the richest men with most ease enter may 59 The rellish and true taste of Faith and Hope They turne to ignorance and superstition Gods written Word that wont to be their scope Must now giue place to humane vaine Tradition Their inward Hope is honour wealth ambition And how they may all earthly Kingdomes sway Emp'rours and Kings to them must yeeld submission Else they their Subiects licence them to slay Thus Peters keyes like swords cut all out of their way 60 How doe these foule flagitious crying sinnes Transport my Muse from holy Meditation Which erst in Hope aboue the Seraphins Tooke sweet delight in heau'nly Contemplation Hath shee too long staid in this deuaition Loe now shee doth to Hope returne againe To heau'nly Hope and glorious expectation Which firme and stedfast euer shall remayne Till her in Loues high Court her Sauiour entertayne 61 See here how graciously our God doth deale With his in sending them such enemies Else would Worlds vaine entising pleasures steale Away our hearts to all impieties Such trialls doe the Vertues exercise Of all that set on God their confidence The greater ills that wicked men deuise The faster we doe cleaue to our defence So Hope becomes most firme by such experience 62 And therefore I might better here complayne Of too much Ease Peace and Securitie Luke-warmenesse hollow Dealing these doe trayne More soules to Hell than Popes hostilitie Loe Satan not by force but subtiltie Made our first Parents guiltie of transgression Whom Priests and Iesuites follow cunningly In plotting by auricular Confession Against States Treason and against poore Saints oppression● 63 O let me wish here more than I can hope All Enuie Malice Au'rice laid aside We would make Heau'n the Obiect of our Hope And Faith and Truth may euer be our Guide Thus from Gods Statutes we shall neuer slide Thus We Pope Sep'ratist shall meete in one Whom Truth doth ioyne no Power can diuide Oh! why should Flesh of Flesh and Bone of Bone Differ where God and Christ Faith Baptisme Hope is one 64 Would our owne willing be but to confesse Their errour and returne vnto the right Aband'ning wilfull peeuish singlenesse And censuring things whereof they haue no light Oh would they striue with all their force and might To hold Spirits Vnitie in bond of Peace And not thus with indifferent things to fight Touch taste not handle not which doe encrease Schismes and Diuisions which are Enemies to Peace 65 So long and hot hath beene this

of Weights and Measures but one s●ze And Standard which true right to all doth part And Weight and Measure iustly doth comprise Eu'n so in this Worlds Market men deuise One Law to mete out eu'ry Man his due And by that Law the Iudges ought assise All their Decrees and Iudgements iust and trew And not in stead of Lawes to ●roach Opinions new 46 But as in Man we soule and body find So Lawes consist of Letter and true Sense And as the body place giues to the mind So the Lawes Letter with Obedience To the true Sense and Soule of Law consents Who Letter of the Law seeke to maintayne And leaue her mind and meanings excellence Are like them that their bodies good to gayne Both Soule and Body hazard to eternall payne 47 Some Painters Iustice without eyes describe That shee might know no Man in doing right Some without hands that shee may take no Bribe Some without pockets that may gifts inuite For gifts of wisest men doe blind the sight And words eu'n of the Righteous doe peruert Making them wrest the Law and take delight In base rewards which doe corrupt the Heart Which being once amisse doth all the rest diuert 48 But vaine it is to thinke by likelinesse Of earthly things to type out things Diuine Since none her heau'nly Nature can expresse But who the God-head can aright define O let the Sunne of Righteousnesse then shine Vpon my blinded heart with his bright rayes Which may direct my Muse aright to line And leuell out this heau'nly Ladies wayes That searching I may learne and follow Right all wayes 49 No earthly subiect now my Muse contaynes Behold of Righteousnesse Diuine I sing That Righteous Iudge that searcheth Heart and Reynes Most gracious God and yet most righteous King Who on his owne deare righteous Sonne did bring The bitter cup of wrath and indignation Due to Mankind for their dire trespassing Thus satisfying Iustice by his Passion And shewing wondrous Loue in working Mans saluation 50 This Righteousnesse in vs may be defin'd A sanctifying holy Qualitie By Gods owne Spirit vpon our Hearts consign'd To shew to Gods Law true conformitie And square our words and actions all thereby Loe thus we giue to euery one their due To God and Man for by Gods Law we trie And vnderstand what to them both is due So that conformitie thereto is Iustice true 51 To this most perfect Iustice can attayne None but our Head surnamed THAT IVST ON● Indeed God made Man righteous and againe In Heau'n we iust and perfect shall become But amongst Men so righteous there are none Yet reade we of a two-fold Vprightnesse One Legall which the Law to vs hath showne The other which the Gospell doth expresse Where Grace ac●epts our will by Faith for Righteousnesse 52 The Law requires perfect Obedience Eu'n in that Man that seekes to liue thereby The Gospell Faith and a good Conscience By Faith Christs Righteousnesse especially Imputed is which rightly we apply That of the Conscience doth the whole Man frame Willing in all things to liue honestly This of Gods Spirit a powerfull worke I name And none but the regenerate obtayne the same 53 For Righteousnesse that thus from Faith doth runne Let me referre you to that Meditation Which I of Faith haue formerly begunne Whereas Christs Merits ours by Imputation Stand before God for our Iustification And thus Christ is of the whole Law the end For what the Law exacts for our Saluation Christ hath fulfilled for vs as a Friend And by the Gospell to Beleeuers doth extend 54 The Righteousnesse of a good Conscience In two things doth consist especially First to abstayne from ill with diligence Next to doe good willing and constantly To doe good and auoid iniquitie Are two essentiall parts of Righteousnesse Except they both concurre they both doe die Loe thus old Za●hary and Elizabesse Were righteous before God and walkt with men blamelesse 55 We Righteousnesse of Faith from Christ receaue That of the Conscience is a worke of Grace The Righteousnesse of Faith will not there cleaue Where Righteousnesse of Conscience hath not place This right of Conscience rightly we embrace When true Repentance working change of mind Doth the old Man of sinne in vs deface With resolute purpose in a holy kind Henceforth to frame our liues as Gods Law hath assign'd 56 If thus the mind be truely altered And change of resolution throughly wrought Then the whole Man is fitly furnished To put Faiths Righteousnesse on as he ought Without true change of mind we soone are brought Like Dogge vnto his vomit to retire By sinne corrupted Nature's easily caught Againe like Sow to wallow in the mire High God doth first this inward Righteousnesse require 57 Thus by true Faith and a good Conscience With true Repentance we our selues doe presse And arme to proofe for sure and firme defence With brest-plate spirituall of Righteousnesse Which gards vs from all mortall sinfulnesse For as the brest-plate hides each vitall part So that no mortall wound can them oppresse Eu'n so this Righteousnesse defends the Heart And Conscience that no mortall sinne can thorough dart 58 Thus strongly arm'd we most assured stand Of our effectuall calling and saluation For as we God most righteous vnderstand So know we that the righteous Generation Are borne of him which brings true exultation Cladding our Names with happy memorie Makes much for true religious confirmation Doth it with Infidels much dignifie Who seeing our good workes our Maker glorifie 59 As are the windings of slie Errours trayne So are the ●y-paths of Iniquitie Yet in two Heads we may them all contayne To Neighbours wrong to God impietie Here I some ouer-iust Ones passe not by Such as must haue all Bowes by their owne bent Who by pretence of Christian libertie Allow nought but what their owne braines inuent Correctors curious of things indifferent 60 Two other Gulfes here I will onely sound One is of Pharisaicall Righteousnesse The other with false Libertines is found Who doe abuse Gods grace to wantonnesse The last Faith onely with their tongue professe But let their conscience wind at libertie The other make great boast of Vprightnesse And Merits trusting to be sau'd thereby Both put asunder those God doth together tie 61 Thus Hymeneus did and Alexander Who first did put away good Conscience And then in Schismes and Heresies did wander Till they made shipwracke of Faiths firme defence Thus some giu'n ouer to a reprobate sense Doe fall to senselesse base Idolatrie Putting in stocks and stones their confidence And in the mysterie of Iniquitie Who boasts himselfe to haue of Heau'n and Hell the Key 62 Not but Christ's immense Coate of Righteousnesse Sufficient is to cloath all that beleeue But we our Faith by good workes must expresse If of his Fulnesse we hope to receaue Yet let Presumption no Man so deceaue The rags of his inherent Righteousnesse With Christs in our Redemption for to weaue