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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53475	Poems on most of the festivals of the church composed by the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery.	Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679.	1681 (1681)	Wing O495; ESTC R22207	38,091	90

stately Church Erect On the Day of St. Io●n the Apostle HAil Great Apostle who so happy prov'd As to be call'd th' Apostle IESUS Lov'd A Name which does to thee more Glory bring Then wer 't Thou stil'd the Vniversall King Who well can think Linus and Cletus were Who next to Blessed Peter fill'd Romes C●air The onely Heads Christ to His Church did give While ●hou who on ●is Bosome Dw●llst didst Live Thou on whose Head while Thousands did Admire The Spirit did sitt in Cloven Tongues of Fire Thou whom that Spirit did Inspire to write The Loftiest Gospell which it did Indite Thou whose blest Tongue by God himself was Chose That Book to Dictate which His Word did Close Thou to whom Christ while yeilding vp the Ghost Gave Gifts the Like of which none Else could boast Hee left His Blessed Mother to Thy Care And by Adoption made Thee His Joint Heir None could whilst Thou on Earth mad'st Thy abod● Bee above ●hee who Brother wer 't to God Yet this great Truth must Contradicted bee Or it must Ruine Romes Supremacy Whose Sons alas with too much guilt maintain Onely Their Bishops o're Christs Church can Raigne God might to Thee so Long a Life Dispence That such Vsurping might have noe Pretence Tho Tyrants Thee to Patmos did Condemn Yet there Thou saw'st the New Ierusalem God shew'd Thee thence lest too Long Life might Cloy Those Glories which through Faith thou shouldst Enjoy Let none Admire since Christ Lov'd Thee so well That Hee so Long left Thee on Earth to Dwell For since to serve Him here Hee did Decree To do His will on Earth was Heav'n to Thee Thus Angells tho from God They take their Flight Yet finde in Their Obedience Their Delight Thou onely of Thy Blest Society Christ did permit a Naturall Death to Dye Mans Fury did the Rest to Death Decree But Age it self to God presented Thee Which proves All Those as sure to beav'n shall Climbe Who Dye in Christ as those who Dy For Him Many might else from His Blest Doctrine Fly I● all who taught it had been Doom'd to Dy. Which sinfull Fear that All men might Decline God who Their Lives did shorten Lengthen'd Thine On the Day of St. Matthias THE APOSTLE VVHen Cursed Iudas the sad Breach had made By having both His Lord and Soul Betray'd Peter by Scripture Lets th' Apostles See They were Impowr'd to fill the Vacancie Which to effect They Invocated Heaven And Lots did Cast the Spirit not been given Our Saint and Ius●us were the Blessed Pair Of which One should by Lot fill Iudas Chair Hail Glorious Saint who to the Honour got Of the Apostleship by Sacred Lot Thy Blessed self wer't both the first and Last Whom God that way in that High Office Plac'd And what the Lot Declar'd the Holy Ghost Confirm'd on the great Day of Pentecost For then the Spirit vnto Thee was given As God bestow'd it on the Blest Eleven Tho Iustus ●ist of that Supream Degree For which Hee then stood Candidate with Thee Yet to the Second Christ did Him admitt Since For the First th' Apostles Judg'd Him Fitt Hee knew their Prayr's th'vnerring Lot did guide And it was God did the great Doubt decide To which Hee did Submitt without Appeal And what it gave a Miracle did Seale By which the Churches Priesthood God made known Shall be continued by Election That Sacred Office which so Long did shine In Levi's Tribe and in High Aarons Line Now was by Gods Decree to yeild the Place To the more Glorious Ministry of Grace None therefore to th' Apostolate e're gott Of Levi's house either By Choice or Lott Christ Calling none to it of Aarons Line Declar'd Hee did that Priesthoods End Designe After Our Saint was with the Spirit Blest His Soul Allow'd his Body little Rest Through many Regions Hee the Gospell spread And Those reviv'd who in their Sins were Dead Authors in Various Narratives abound Where t was that Hee with Martyrdome was Crown'd In Ancient Martyrologies wee Read The Jews first Ston'd Him then Cutt off his Head But if Greek Offices may bee beleev'd Hee on a Cross his Martyrdome Receiv'd Hellen the mother of Great Constantine In whom Exalted Piety did Shine The Relicks of Our Saint did so Esteem That she remov'd them from Ierusalem And at new Rome much Time and Treasure spent In giving them a Second Monument From thence as Old Church Histories have said His bones to other Cityes were Convay'd And even to our Times Triers and Rome Contest in which of Them they have their Tombe Since of His Dust so much Esteem is had Much Greater to his Doctrine should bee pai'd On the Day of St Mark THE EVANGELIST HAil Great Evangelist whose Sacred Pen Inspir'd by God has taught His wayes to Men Before Hee did Receive His saveing Call Into what sad Back-slideing did Hee Fall Great Epiphanius has expresly showne Tha● of the Guilty number he was One Who when they Literally vnderstood They were to Eat Christs Flesh and Drink His B●ood Th' Amaze●ng Doctrine They di● so Abhorr That They withdrew and walk'd with Him no more Yet the like words mistaken are b●come And made an Article of Faith by Rome Averroes pray'd H●aring such Doctrine prest His Soul with the Philosophers might Rest. Heathens have no beleif so wild and Odd As both to Worship and to Eat their God But Peter did to Mark the Truth Dispence And shew'd the words had a Spirituall Sence His Faith thus Fix'd He ne're again did Fall But was to Peter what Luke was to Paul And after Hee His Convert was become Hee did Attend Him when He went to Rome The Earliest Writers diff●r where and when The World did ow the Gospell to his Pen. Which Peter did Review and then Decreed It should bee in Divine Assemblies R●ad Papias and Eusebius Declare 'T was writt at Rome and at His C●nverts Pray'r But the Ve●etians will not this Ad●itt They say It was at Aq●ilej● writt And that the Greek Originall's with Them VV●ich They of A●l t●eir ●reasures m●●t E●teem Blest Peter who at Rome was in Restraint Egypt to Free Thither employ'd our Saint True Gospell Charity in this VVee see ●hile him they b●●d ●ee does sett others Free Free from worse Chaines then Tyrants make vs bear 〈…〉 are than Nero's heavyer Nile to her People ne're such blessi●gs brought As They enjoy'd by the Blest Faith he taught Fair Alexandria was the Happy place Which with His Doctrine Hee did oftn●st Grace By which m●re Fam'd by much it did become Then for its b●ing Alexanders Tombe Or for those Pyrami●s to which were given More heighth then to that Tower which threa●end Heav'n Or to those mountaines which by Gyants paines Were Raisd to Scale the Skies from Phlegra 's P●aines Yet Hee his Mitre did not there Confi●e

Christ carry'd to Heav'n and then Does with the Spirit of God Enlighten Men The Cloven Tongues Foreshow the Joyfull News That Gentiles must be taught as well as Iews And Tongues like as of Fire did Intimate The Cleansing Pow'r should on the Gospell waite The Gazing Multitude with Ioy Admire How Tongues on Heads should Tongues in Mouths Inspire Thus taught by God in Tongues They Criticks grew Of which the Pow'r before They nothing knew Now Ev'ry Nation which the Feast had brought Heard in their Variant Speech the Gospell taught Variety of Tongues in Elder Time Stop'd that proud Tow'r man aim'd to Heav'n should Climbe But now Variety of Tongues is giv'n As the sure means to Rai●e Man vp to Heav'n Those who the Church would to One Tongue Contract Against this Fruit●ull Miracle must Act And while They Run in such a Gu●l●y way Destroy one Blessed end of this great Day How Faulty against God must Those Appear Who Darken what This Miracle made Clear And with Their Pride or Interest to Comply Would make Religion a Monopoly Yet some to mock the Miracle Designe And Drunk with Rage Ascribe it to New Wine With which when men are fill'd Experience shows It tyes mens Tongues but New Ones ne're Bestows Blest Ioels Prophecy on them did Fall Yet Inspiration Drunkeness They call No wonder when in Sin They flew so High God gave them over to Beleeve a Lye But they by whom the Miracle was Priz'd Receiv ' the Sacred Faith and were Baptiz'd When the Blest Spirit mov'd the Tongue which Taught Three thousand Soules to life one Sermon brought Above all things Gods word should be Esteem'd It made the World and then the World Redeem'd Yet the Best work does on the Gospell waite 'T is more the World to Save then to Create On the Day of St. Iohn The BAPTIST HAil Thou Bright Phospher to that Gloriou● Day Which from the World Sins Darkness Chas'd away Hail Sacred Voice which from Above was Sent To warn Man to Beleeve and to Repent Nev●r did such a Prophet Shine on Earth He his Redeemer knew before his Birth His Ioyfull L●aping in his Mothers Wom●e When His Lords Mother vnto His did Come Made it to both That he did Know appear The Vnborn SAVIOUR of the World was there Phylosophy cannot the VVayes Vnfold How Babes Vnborn did Correspondence hold None can the Hidden Cause of it Dispence But onely the SUPREAM INTELLIGENCE No VVonder since our Saint Transcended All That Christ should Him more then a Prophet Call Judge with what Knowledge God did him Ador●e VVho knew Wisdom it self ere He was borne Reading of Him VVonder our Soules should Seise His History is fill'd with Miracles Hee did a Sonne to Barrenness become His body was his Tongue within the Wombe In His strange Birth The Eies of Faith might See The Barren Gentile VVorld should Fruitfull bee So many did for His Baptising strive That Enons River scarce could Waters give Nev●r did man to such High G●ory Rise This won●r●us Priest did his own God Baptise In stead of shineing Vestments He did weare A Leath●rn Gir●le and a R●be of Haire Y●t His Bi●st Ministry most Firmly Stood Its Grea●●es did appear in Doeing Good 〈◊〉 and some Wild ●ony was His Fare Carthusians Meales to His Exc●ss●s were This spareing D●et and That humble Dress Does pract●cally Senten●e Our Excess Yet the great Or●ers of the Pen and Sword Did 〈◊〉 to H●ar and Reverenc'd His Word No Charact●rs by man Er●ct●d shine With ●o much Awe in Hearts as the Divine R●ason payes more to P●ety Alone Then to the Guar●s and Glittrings of a Throne VV●at yet of his first State Man in him beares Minds him More 's due to w●at he Likes then F●ars But All His merit did not Guard his Life ●rom the R●venge of an Incestuous VVife VVho can think Crimes which Lust will not Comitt VVhen t is to R●ap the Guilty Fruits of it Nature Religion and All Sacred Tyes Some will while the Hot Fr●nzy Lasts Dispise He●od Sirnam'd Antipas had been Led Inflam'd by Lust his Brothers Wife to wed Our Sacred Baptist whom no Pow'r could awe Declar'd His Marriage was against the Law Th' Incestuous Queen who thought Less bright shee Shone In a Chast Bed then in a Vicious Throne Fearing the Sentence past by such a Saint Might make the Kings Soul Firm and Passion Faint Resolv'd to Act what oft the Fierce had Try'd Great Crimes by Greater must be Justify'd The time She Destin'd for this Guilty Thing Was on the Birth Day of Her Lustfull King For then to Honor it there did Resort All that were Great or Gay about the Court. When Meats Excess Join'd with the Fumes of wine Clouded that Reason Temp'rance does Refine Herodias D●ughter by her Mother gain'd So well the King with Danceing I●tertain'd That when His Justice to His Passion bow'd He Solemnly in the Assembly vow'd What e're She ask'd of Him should be Her Own Tho t were to half the Value of His Crown The Cruel Maid then ask'd the Baptists Head No sighs She ●tter'd and no Tears she Shed Pleas'd that Her Mothers Fury She Obey'd A sinfull Joy Her wanton Looks Display'd Herod to grant the Black Request was Loath Yet for the sake of His great Guests and Oath The Bloody Present instantly was Brought Ne're with such Worth and Guilt was Charger Fraught Yet All their Mirth the Gastly sight did Break For tho the Tongue did not the Head did speak And Cry'd to Heav'n where the great Judge does dwell Who from Their Thrones th' Inces●●ous did Expell How wild is Pow'r which made a Monarch Prone To slight Gods Word to Gratisy his Own Fa●sly He thought to a Rash Oath he ow'd More then to Justice Nay more then to God His Griev'd Disciples hearing the Sad News Did Their own Sins for their great Loss accuse Then from the Prison They the Body 〈◊〉 And a True Mourning at the Fan'rall make Yet to the Lookers on it did Appear The Mour●ers Happy'er then the Dancers were O who can Read this Story with Dry E●●s Or will not a●ter it this World Despise When such a H●ad is as a Tribu●e paid To a L●ud Oath past to a Danceing Maid Let vs since Lof●y Stations Crimes Inspire Early from all their Cheating Charmes Retire Wh●n on Death Beds we Languishing shall Lye And know Eternall Joies or Paines are nigh Th●n w●● shall Grieve tho it may be too La●e How slightly wee our precious Time did Rate Many ●ave Mourn'd Their Lives They ill have sp●nt But none of well Employing them Rep●nt On the Day of St. Stephen the Christian Proto-Martyr HAil Thou Blest Leader of the Noblest Band Which ever Mortall did or shall Comand The Worlds great Generalls their Follow'rs Pay In Rusting metall or in Fadeing