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soul_n	death_n	sin_n	sting_n	4,673	5	12.3740	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16534	A spirituall hymne or The sacrifice of a sinner to be offred vpon the altar of a humbled heart, to Christ our Redeemer. Inverted in English sapphicks, from the Latine, of the reverend, religious, and learned divine, Mr Robert Boyd of Trocborege. By Sr William Mure yo: of Rowallane knight. By whom is also annexed a poeme, entituled Doomes-day. Containing, hells horrour, and heavens happinesse.; Roberti Boddii a Trochoregia Hecatombe christiana. English	Boyd, Robert, 1578-1627.; Mure, William, Sir, 1594-1657.	1628 (1628)	STC 3445; ESTC S116400	16,452	60

THE SACRIFICE OF A SINNER TO CHRIST OVR REDEEMER 1. CHRIST of thy Saints the Head the King Whose bounties vn-exhausted spring Doth to thy meanest members bring Eternall streames of grace Giue mee sweet Saviour Thee to sing In holy hymnes with heart condigne Which eating age nor envyes sting Shall in no time deface 2 Thou Lord with glorious beams all bright ●lazing around thy Throne of light Outreaching farre my feeble sight heere in deaths shade exylde ●ns clouds dispell guilts loade make light Which doth surcharge my fainting spright ●hat J may spreade thy praise thy might with heart pure vndefyl'de 3 With worship chast in soule sincere Thou shouldst bee celebrate in feare Hence yee vncleane that darre appeare with hands with hearts prophaine O let a Seraphim draw neare A slamming Coale whose hand doth beare My lips my heart from Heauens high sphear● to purge from double staine 4 Then shall these documents divine By which thy crosses ●ruits doe shyne To happie Life conducting Thyne my Thoughts by day by night With meditation deepe confyne At morne midday my weake engyne While Heavens clear Torch his course decli● shall in thy praise delight 5 Sonne with thy Syre in yeares in mig● In all co-equall mans dimme sight Transcending like thy paterne bright An Other and the Same True God of God myld Maid-borne wi● Blest Ladder reaching earth aright Co-apting things of greatest hight with lowe Lights glorious beame 6 Safetie of Soules sight of the blinde Haven where the shipwrakt shelter finde End of all toyles Ease of the minde press'd downe with sinfull loade Reward of works due in no kinde To conflict past the Palme assignde Soules cure with sins sore sicknesse pynde the banisht mans aboade 7 Blest bow bepaynting azure aire Thy pledge who did the World repaire Arke rendring Thine secure from care of o●erflowing floods Their Crowne that fight their pryze most rare That run earths peace heauens joy hells feare A saving Rocke to thine a snare to such as sinne secludes 8 Israels glory Gentiles light Summe of the fathers wisht-for sight Of Paradise the deare delight Eternall Tree of life On source which watering day and night In foure cleare streames divided right Preserues from yeares from dayes despight but arte or gardners knife 9 The Lawes the Prophets scope who she● Thy face when Thou the vaile withdrew Of Types of Shads the body true Lambe Altar Priest at ones Lambe kild before the Worlds first view Altar which sinne inherent slew Priest who in man did grace renew mounting alone heauens Thrones 10 J sing my Mediators praise Whose hand o're all the scepter swayes Who Angels fall did stint yet stayes man falne did raise againe Who filde the breach by wondrous wayes Of Heauens proud Apostats hells preyes Earthlings adornde with Angells rayes ' mong'st the immortall traine 11 But say sweet Iesu what procurde Thee in a servants shape immurde To pittie man in sinne obdurde Gods rebell to beefriend To pleade for him who thee abjurde Suffring thy Godhead lurke obscurde Last on the Tree O Tears indurde an ignominious end 12 Else perisht had the World for aye No other Meanes Gods wrath could lay None else could working deaths decay Mans Image fi●st infuse None else Laws paine severe could pay Heauens wal's to scale no other way To vernish fresh graues rotten prey Means Thou alone couldst vse 13 ●ithout Thee Lord supremely blest Whom highest honour doth invest For Man with paines extremly prest by spoyles of conquer'd Hell ●eavens glorious courts had neere encrest ●or should our fleshes loade to rest ●boue the Spheares its selfe addrest ' mid'st heauens blest hosts to dwell 14 ●ence sprang Mans ease exyling toyle ●s hopelesse groanes which so did boyle ●y breast that Thou pourd'st in the Oyle of Mercie in his wounds ●is Plaints procur'd thy soules turmoyle ●at Thou his l●t di●st●ake to foyle ●ne Death and Hell O Glorious spoyle ●hich reasons ray confounds 15 Our guilts soule shame sname did deface Empurp●ring thy vnstained face Thy clouds thy care our light our peace our Victorie thy liftes Thy hels in heauen procurde vs place Our honour grew by thy disgrace O Wisedome if not found by grace Mans wit involves in mists 16 O sauing Knowledge which of right The deepest Polititans sight O'resyles drownde in eternall night Jn clowdes of self-conceate O contrares which by nature fight Thus reconcil'de mix'd by thy might Things weightie ballancing with light O change O wonders great 17 Thy dumpes our doo●efull hearts did c●● Our teare-blind sights thy teares did cle● Thy deepe afflictions calmde our feare Thy bands vs fred from paine Thy wants our wealth procur'de we ● Roabs by thy rags grieves thou didst ● Our greifes our languishings en-deare thy blood did ours restraine 18 That crimson sweat these drops which drownd Thy blessed face with rayes ours crownde Sins leprous spots which soules confound from Parents seede they purgde Thou shak'd by deaths approaching wound 'gainst death mad'st vs secure be found Thou of our innocence the ground for vs with guilt was vrgde 19 And when thou seemde some space to bee Depriv'de from heauen of all supplie Yet banisht Man still deare to Thee Thou neuer didst forsake Mans state was still before thine Eye Till entring Hell Thou sett him free O Crosse once curst now happie Tree Source whence all good wee take 20 When Thou thy selfe triumphde o're sho's Nailde to the Crosse exposde to blo's Chargde by thy proud insulting foes with infamie with shame Torne naked pale a mappe of woes Whilst floods of wrath thou vndergoes Thy syde trans-fixde from which forth flo'es a double gushing streame 21 Thy soule commending to thy Syre While twixt two Theeues Thou didst expire Loe then enlarging thine Jmpire Thy foes Thou Captiues led Triumphing on the Tree hells ire Deaths sting Earths Kings that did conspire Bound hand and foote thy wraths hote fyre their shame before Thee bred 22 Thou ledst great Victor foylde in fight Those bands in darknesse that delight Roots of mans ruine foes to right Sin bound Thou didst detaine To Heauens high courtes a glorious sight Gods Rebells vanquishde by thy might Condemnde in chains of horride night for euer to remaine 23 Loe heere deaths double-poynted sting Laws hand writ there traverst deaths spring Trode vnderfoote in triumph bring Thou didst nail'd to thy crosse Thee swallowing vp death conqu'ring King Death to it selfe the graue did bring On rav'ning Wol●e preyde ravishde thing Victorious by losse 24 By death insulting held as dead Deaths death Thou was and deaths remeed O Thou who dost Gods secreets spread Author revealer wise Heauens pure delight the womans seede Who treading downe the Serpents head To wretched Man didst pittie plead Way leading to the Skyes 25 Oh what had beene our fearefull fate Deare soules Redeemer

lines thy might may shyne From drosse of sinne my spr'ite refine raise from the earth my thought 3 But why thus pants thou in my breast Affrighted soule deprivde of rest What sudden feares thy joyes molest what jarres disturbe thy peace Why tremblest thou with terrours prest To heare that fearefull doome exprest By that great Judge who euer blest is just as full of grace 4 Heere pause a space My Soule acquent Thy selfe this judgement to prevent No moment of our time is spent which thither doth not lead The dangers seene which doe torment Thy troubled minde with discontent gainst them let fervent sutes bee sent Jmmunitie to plead 5 Haste haste my Soule shake off delay Which too much of thy time makes prey Lay vp provision for that Day there boldlie to arriue Where Reprobats accurst for aye Shall wish in vaine their lifes decay That earth would to their soules make way● them swallowing vp aliue 6 Oh! what encounter sad shall bee Twixt soules from darknesse chaines set free And bodies mates in miserie calde foorth to bee combynd Not for reciprocall supplie As friends new joynde in amitie But neuer dying aye to die in quenchlesse flammes confynde 7 Deaths loathsome den detested Jayle Scout following sin with stretched sayle Which fleeting froaths which pleasures fraile On Rocke of shipwrack led Maske of mischiefe sins slender vaile Good Motions euer bent to quaile Which in the birth thou didst assaile Them burying as they bred 8 Wretch who to pamper dust didst doate Whom Hell attends with open throate Readie to retribute the lote to thy deservings due Oh! what hath violate deaths knot That still in graue thou didst not rot Masse overspred with sins foule spot raisde anguish to renue 9 Thus too too late the Soule shall rayle Re-entring this abhorred Iayle Which recombynd while both bevaile Lifes misgoverned raines Then Angels shall to Judgement haile There whence no party can appeale To heare deathes sentence countervaile Lyfes Ioyes with endlesse paines 10 O wretch who Judgement heere delayes Whom false securitie betrayes Who ne're thy Sins blacke summe surveyes which future anguish breedes Then shall the Auncient of dayes Who all mens works in ballance layes Examine all thy wordes thy wayes thy thoughts thy foule misdeedes 11 None shall this search ●euere eschew From bookes laide open to his view A summar processe shall ensew conforme to thy trespasse Thy sins all summond Thee which slew Approving thy damnation due When all the blest coelestiall crew shall on thee ver●ict passe 12 Thou who to lewdnesse now art prone What shame what smart lifs pleasures gone Shall on thee feaze when gazde vpon By ea●th by angrie heauen When naked comfortlesse alone Thou trembling stands before the Throne Under Gods wrath guilts loade dost grone feares with thy faults made eaven 13 When thy tormenting conscience torne Thou guiltie stands that Iudge beforne Whose Image did thy soule adorne who did infuse thy breath Who pittying thee to sin forlorne Left heauens was of an earthling borne Liu'de loth'd dyde with contempt and ●corne emptyed the Cup of wrath 14 Witnesse earth trembling at his paines Dayes beame which all in clouds detaines The silver Moone which pale remaines for horrour of the sight Witnesse his hands with bleeding veines Of this great All which holds the raines His side pierc't through to purge thy staines polluted sinfull wight 15 Where shall thou then safe shelter finde Soule than the sightlesse Mole more blinde When with those straits extreame confynd faint pale confusde thou stands By doome which cannot bee declinde Adjudgde for euer to bee pinde Where day nere dawnde Sunne neuer shinde mongst the infernall bands 16 Where teares no truce playnts find no plac● On either hand in desp'rate cace Behinde thee who thy pathes did trace attend thy woefull lote Before thee flamms Earths frame deface Aboue an angrie Judges face Below Thee gaping to embrace Hells sulphure-smoking throat 17 Thy feares shall bee with cryes encrest Of damned Soules with anguish prest With greife with horrour vnexprest of due deserved ire The fyre-brands of a conscious brest Shall of thy terrours not bee least While worms which on thy conscience feas● thy easlesse paine conspire 18 But when most like a thunder dart That separating doome Depart Pronounc'd shall pierce thy panting heart with a most fearefull knell Which shall thee from Gods presence part Exposde to torments that impart Nor end of time nor ease of smart while headlongs hurld in hell 19 Their shalt thou dive in depthes profound Still sinke but never meete a ground In waves still wrestling to bee drownd deluded still by death Crying where comfort none is found Pynde where no pittie rage doth bound Thy Cup with floods of vengeance crownde of the Almighties wrath 20 Bathde in a bottomlesse abisse Paine still encressing ne're remisse Where Scorpions sting where serpents hisse wormes neuer satiate gnaw Rackt thinking what thou was now is Deprivde for aye from hope of blisse For toyes eternall joy didst misse nor crub't by love nor aw 21 No Torment doth it selfe extend Heere all the members to offend Which vniversall griefe doth send doth every part entrinch There paines which reasons reach transcend On soule and body both descend No joynt nerve muscle without end but sev'rall plagues doe pinch 22 Lascivious Eye with objects light Which earst did entertaine thy sight Weepe there exylde in endlesse night lockt vp in horride shads Nyce Eare whose Organ earst did spight All sounds whence flowde no fals delight There horrour ever and affright thy curious sense vpbraids 23 Smell earst with rare pe●fumes acquent Still interchangde to please thy sent For incense sulphure there doth vent smoake for thy odoures sweet Taste vnto which to breed content Robt were the Earth Sea Firmament Mongst soules which penurie torment There famine Thee doth meete 24 Vile wormeling Thou whose tender pride The weakest Sunshine scarce couldst byde There plungde in this impetuous tyde must feele the force of fire Where damned soules on every syde Howling and roaring still abyde Which finde no shelter them to hyde from this eternall ire 25 There the Ambitious who in skies Did late on wax-joynde winges arise Of base contempt is made the pryse the Proudling pestred downe There Dives who did earst despise Of famisht soules the piercing cries Shall one cold drop of water pryse aboue a Monarches crowne 26 Loe there the vile licentious Goate Whom lawlesse lust did ●arst besotte Enchainde in the embracements hotte of furious raging flames There to the drunkards parched throate Justice doth scrotching drought allote In floods of fire which judgde to floate still vaine refreshment claimes 27 On Covetous on cruell wight Shall equall weight of vengeance light With byting vsurie with spight the poore ones who did presse So to the remnant that did fight 'gainst heauens decrees their conscience light Gods wrath shall bee proportionde right by measure more or lesse 28 Soule which vnpittied ever playnes Heere

suffring for thy sins soule staynes Flammes lashing whips rackes fyrie chaynes tormenting outward sense Of all most terrible remaines Losse of Gods face while thou sustains O hell of hell O paine of paines still to bee banisht thence 29 But when thou hast as many yeares Those tortures felt as shyne in sphears Lights fixt and straying eyes haue teares or waves the azure Plaine No nearer are their end those feares Ever beginning which thou beares No change abates no date outweares thy euer pinching paine 30 O dying life O living death O stinging fyre blowne by Gods breath O boyling lake no ground which hath destroying nought it burnes O overflowing flood of wrath Which damned soules are drencht beneath O pit profound O woefull path whence Entrer ne're returnes 31 Sweet Reconciler Prince of peace Who pittying Mans most wretched cace Didst hellish agonies embrace in soule in bodie shame Let mee in those extreames finde grace Illightned by thy glorious face Rankt mongst thy Saints the elect race whose wayes thou didst proclaime 32 O! let me safe protection plead Unto my soule which full of dread Hanges ouer Hell by lifes fraile threed conservde but by thy might That when heauens whence it did proceed Its separation have decreed With Noahs Doue Thou mayst it lead there whence it first tooke flight 33 Oh how it longes on winges to rise Secure from sins contagious dyes Endenizde citizen of skies with Thee for aye to rest Oh how it doth the Jayle despise In fleshes fetters it wh●ch tyes And lets it to enjoy the pryse with which thy Saints are blest 34 For Thee I thirst O living spring Pure source of life who guides faiths wing By flight to reach the hyest thing to compasse things most hard When shalt Thou mee from danger bring To Port of peace my God my King Blest giver and the gifted thing rewarder and reward 35 When shall J from exile set free My native home my country see When one immortall Pineons flie that holy Citie reach Whose streetes pure gold gold buildings bee Walls stones most precious beautifie Ports solide Pearles Guests neuer die whose peace no paines empeach 36 Eternall spring shrill Winter gone This Climate constant makes alone Nor flamming heate nor frozen Zone distemper heere doe breed From Lambes sweet breath on glories throne Enstalde are balmie odours throwne Time hath no turnes heere change is none no seasons doe succeed 37 Pale envy emulation spight Nor death nor danger heere affright Heere hopes nor feares nor false delight in sublunarie toyes No Lampe dartes foorth alternat light The Lambes sweet face here shines ay bright Which of the Saints doth blesse the sight who doe in him rejoyse 38 Heere simple beautie scorneth Arte Rose-cheeked youth old ages dart Joyes perpetuitie impart no warre disturbs this peace O this Gods Palace royall arte Preparde in these with all desart For all that vpright are in heart ere light did paynt heavens face 39 Thou by whose pow're the spheares are rol● Earths hanging Orbe who dost vphold Great Architect King vncontrold Lord of this Universe E●stalde heere on a Throne of gold Dost diamantine scepter hold Givest Lawes to earth hence dost behold how wights below converse 40 If heere such eye-enchaunting sights Amazing beauties choise delights This Mansion low of dying wights Earths brittle Orbe adorne What wonders then what glorious lights Must beautifie those reachlesse hights Thy blest aboade which dayes which nig● vicissitude doth scorne 41 If these such admiration breed What Thou who didst heauens Curtain sprea Earth stayde midst aire that it doth neede its weight nought to sustaine Who full of Majestie and dread Of intellectuall pow'rs dost plead Attendance on thy face which feede O ever blessed traine 42 Archangels Angels clothde with might Thrones Cherubs Seraphins of light Princes and Powers all shining bright Dominions vertues pure With beames that sparkle from the sight ●nflamde which flie no other flight But satiat rest rapt with delight which doth for aye endure 43 O sweet societie how blest They who these orders haue encreast From labour free in peace who rest surpassing humane sense Where blesse where glory doth invest Apostles Martyres and the rest Of holy Saints with tortures prest to death in Trueths defence 44 The Patriarchs Prophets Lights divine Cleare starres on earth bright suns here shine Heere all the elect hoast deathes line which yet haue ouerpast Incorp'rat to their Head incline One way Joyes common all combine This band no discord can vntwine loue doth eternall last 45 Of glorie 'mongst these bands elect Degrees there are but no defect Full vessells all none can expect more than the lest containes Mans heart no pleasure can project But greater doth from hence reflect One cause in all workes one effect of measure none complaines 49 O Joyes my drossie sprite which wing Upwards aboue the spheares to spring Times Father where thy praises ring which Saints which Angels raise Where all around Thee in a ring Heau'ns hoasts high Allelujahs sing O heavenly consort Blessed King blest people Thee who praise 47 No woefull earth-confined wight With Owlish eyes can view this light The weake horizon of Mans sight farre farre which doth outreach This vnexpressible delight Doth reasons dazelde eye benight What J cannot conceiue aright Lord let experience teach 48 Giue mee that in some measure small While fleshes bands my sprite enthrall ● may a farre a glance let fall at these contentments poynt These termlesse Joyes which one day shall In honny turne Saints bitter gall From guilt when flamms shall purge this Ball this Engine hudge disjoynt 49 When the Arch-angels voice shall raise The graues pale guests the World amaze Around all burning in a blaze suffring for mans offence What Joyes then sleeping Saints shall seaze How much this long-longde sight them please This sight deaths fetters which shall ease all passed cares compense 50 O what a happie houre how deare How glorious shall this day appeare To thee my Soule when fred from feare grimme death thou darst outface When thy redemption drawing neare Lifes toyles shall trophees to Thee reare Which cankring Tyme shall ne're outweare nor foes despight de●ace 51 Though tyrants haue by doome vnjust In furious flammes thy carcasse thrust Not d●igning It to earth to trust with honour of a graue No Atome of thy scattered dust But see this solemne Meeting must Purgde from corruption from rust of sinne did It depraue 52 Thy shape renewde more glorious made Than when it entred deathes darke shade Raisde by his viuifying aide Deaths powres who did controule With flesh adornde which ne're shall fade Nor rotte in earthes cold bosome laide But liue for aye the Mansion glade of a Triumphing soule 53 No beautie nature brought'to light Did ravish most amazed sight Which as farre short from day as night from This shall not bee found Which shall adorne each new-borne wigh● Co-partner of