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A31568	A sacred poem wherein the birth, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascension of the most holy Jesus are delineated ... : also eighteen of David's psalms, with the Book of Lamentations paraphras'd, together with poems on several occasions / by James Chamberlaine.	Chamberlaine, James, Sir, d. 1699.	1680 (1680)	Wing C1817; ESTC R34419	74,873	219

terribly affraid The Publication of Christ's Birth Fear not said he most joyful News I bring To you and all the World this day a King And a Redeemer's born the Christ is He To Bethle'm haste and your Salvation see Yet that you may not when you come mistake And for the Lord of Life another take Within a Stable you shall find him lye With none but Joseph and his Mother by Then with the Angel of the Lord there stood An Host of heav'nly Spirits praising God Singing this following Hymn By those above Angels Archangels to the God of Love Be glory given for this Infants Birth And to the good a lasting peace on Earth Up from the Earth unto Heav'ns radiant Throne This blessed Quire was no sooner gone But that the trembling Shepheards by consent To see what they were told to Bethle'm went Thither they came there the Child they saw Lye in the Stable on a heap of Straw With Joseph and his Wife abroad they spread What they had seen and what the Angel said And all who heard them with amazement were Seiz'd at the Story which they did declare But Mary ponder'd these things o're and o're And grew in Faith and knowledg more more Back to their Flocks the joyful Shepheards went And all the time of their returning spent In glorifying of th' Almighty's Name For all those things which he reveal'd to them The Circumcision On the eighth day after the Child was born The pious Joseph early in the Morn With his Redeemer to th' Assembly came Who Circumcised was and by the Name Of Jesus call'd as Gabriel order gave Unto the Virgin e're she did conceive And when her forty days accomplisht were According to the Law they did repair With the Messiah to Jerusalem His Presentation in the Temple Where to the Priest they both presented him For by the Law the First-born Male among The Jews unto Jehovah did belong E're since that fatal night wherein he smote Aegypts First-born and thence his Isr'el brought Two Turtle Doves she for her self did bring Although a poor yet legal Offering Unto the Lord from out the bleating Flock A Lamb she could not purchase with her Stock Within the Town of Solyma liv'd one Who just and pious was call'd Simeon Full of the Holy Ghost attending there When Isr'els Consolation would appear To him the Spirit did reveal that he Should e're he dy'd the promis'd Blessing see He by divine impulse to th' Temple came Just as the Father and his pious Dame Arriv'd with the blest Off-spring of her Womb To do for him what the strict Law did doom Where in his presence they a tender made Of their First-born and his cheap ransome paid Then in his feeble Arms old Simeon took The heav'nly Babe and thus divinely spoke Nunc Dimittis Lord let me now into the silent Grave In peace depart since with mine Eyes I have Beheld the Christ which thou hast long foretold Whom now thy People in this place behold A Light to those who do in Darkness dwell And the great Glory of thine Israel Joseph and Mary much surprized were At those mysterious Truths the rev'rend Seer Concerning Jesus in that place declar'd Such as before their Ears had never heard Simeons Prophecy Then Simeon blest them and to Mary said Behold this Child of thine thou lovely Maid Is for the ruine of the Ungodly sent And the redemption of the Penitent And for a Sign in Isr'el he shall stand ' Gainst whom the wicked of the World shall band That all the thoughts of men which are conceal'd Both of the good and bad may be reveal'd And thou the Mother of this blessed Son When thou behold'st their barb'rous cruelty Shalt find thy Soul with sorrow over-run Some great affliction it shall bring to thee Anna's Prophecy Into the Temple at this instant came Of Asers Tribe a Widdow who by name Was Hannah call'd who in her younger life But seven years had liv'd a married Wife Eighty and four years old this woman was A strict observer of the Jewish Laws Who duly did the Temple-Prayers frequent And every Week two days in Fasting spent She likewise thank'd the Lord and spoke of him To all who dwelt within Jerusalem Now when the Parents had the Law fulfill'd Both unto Bethlem with the blessed Child Return'd again where for a while they were Till in a Dream th' Almighty did appear To Joseph with a strict command that he Should take the Child and into Aegypt flee There they remain'd until the Tyrant's death And afterwards return'd to Nazareth In Spirit strong and Stature Jesus grew Whom God with mighty Wisdome did indue When twelve years old the blessed Jesus was His Parents who devoutly kept the Laws Of the great God the time now drawing near To celebrate the annual Passover Took this same hopeful Child along with them To keep this great Feast at Jerusalem And when the days of it accomplisht were Joseph and Mary homewards did repair With their Acquaintance and Relations who In Naz'reth did dwell or near thereto Christ's stay at Jerusalem and conferring with the Doctors Onwards they travell'd but ne're mist their Son Who in Jerus'lem staid to them unknown Until they had a whole days Journey gone Then ' mongst their Kindred and their Friends they went Inquiring for him but no news they learnt With thoughtful care for their neglect of him They back return'd unto Jerusalem After a three days search their Child they found Within the Temple Porch encompass'd round With the most noted Rabbies of the Jews Asking such things which did the Scribes amuse So that they all with wonder seised were At his wise answers and discourses there When ' midst the learned of the Jewish Land His Mother and her Husband saw him stand Th' amazed Virgin to her Son did go Jesus said she thou did'st unkindly do To raise such fears within thy Fathers mind And mine as thou did'st by thy stay behind But he reply'd the fittest place for me Is where I am know ye not I must be About my Fathers business But they could Not this mysterious Speech of his unfold However back to Nazareth he came With his ore-joyed Parents at that same Laborious Calling eighteen years he wrought Which Joseph did profess and him had taught And to their just Commands was never known To shew himself a disrespectful Son His Baptism Up to the Age of thirty years being grown He forthwith went to be Baptiz'd by John Who at the River Jordan was that time Baptizing sev'ral that did come to him But John this Office at the first did wave Until the Ever-blest such Reasons gave To have it done that in the Peoples sight He there conferr'd on him that needful Rite When lo th' Eternal Spirit from above Hov'ring descended on him as a Dove And from the Clouds at that same time was heard A thundring Voice which these same words declar'd This is my well-beloved Son in whom I

that thou shalt conceive She who is barren call'd Elizabeth Is now with Child To Zach'ry I brought down The joyful Message of a wisht-for Son Six Months with Child she 's gone with God there 's nought How strange soe're but he can bring 't about The Conception it self Behold said she the Handmaid of the Lord Be it to me according to thy Word For ever Lord thy Glorious Name be prais'd Who from a low and abject State hast rais'd And in renown exalted me above The rest of Women by this mark of Love Mary's saluting Elizabeth No sooner Gabriel had his Message done But back he flew to Heaven's Glorious Throne Up from her bended Knees the Virgin rose And straightway went to Zacharia's house Within Judeas hilly Country where She found her Cousin and saluted her The welcome Greeting did no sooner sound Within her Ears but she the Infant found To leap within her Womb and straight her Breast With a Prophetick Spirit was possest And thus she spake Elizabeth's Exclamation Blessed art thou most lovely Maid above The rest of Women in th' Almighty's Love Blessed for ever Blessed is that Son Of the Great God within thy Virgin Zone O what a joy is it for me to see The Mother of my Lord to visit me For loe mine ears no sooner heard thy Voice But in my Womb the Infant did rejoyce Blessed art thou because thou didst believe The Angels Message it shall never grieve Thee that thy Faith was so much wrought upon For e're nine Months thou shalt bring forth this Son Then Mary said Magnificat My Soul doth praise the Lord for evermore And Spirit joyes in God my Saviour For he regarded hath the low estate Of his poor Servant and hath made her great So great that Generations henceforth shall Respect my name and highly-Blessed call For he that mighty is great things hath done For me beyond imagination His Mercy is from Age to Age on them Who serve him blessed be his Glorious Name He with his Pow'rful Arm hath to the great And proud Designers given a Defeat He from their Seats the Mighty hath put down And rais'd the humble Soul unto a Crown He hath the needy with good things supply'd But to the proud his Mercies hath deny'd He in remembrance of his promise made To Abra'm and his Seed hath now made glad And holpen Isr'el for within my Womb There lies inclos'd the promis'd Seed to come S. John's Birth Well nigh three Months within her Cousins House Remain'd the lovely new betrothed Spouse Of Joseph till she plainly did perceive Her Womb contain'd him who the World should save Then she took leave and forthwith to her home Poor and despised Nazareth did come Some few days after of a lovely Boy Eliz'beth was deliver'd to the joy Of all her Neighbours her Relations were Glad when they heard how God a Son and Heir Had given to her and had Mercy shown Making her pregnant who was barren known On the Eighth Day they all together came To Circumcise and give the Child a Name The bloody Act perform'd they voted all Him by the name of Zachary to call But when the Mother heard how they her Son Had Zachary nam'd she gave the name of John They told her none of her Relations were Call'd by that Name as ever they could hear Unto the Father they made signs to know How he would have him call'd 't should be so He made them signs to have a Book which brought Within it John unto their wonder wrote Which having done his Tongue immediately From its restraint was set at liberty And in most thankful manner the first thing Was the Almighty's praise which he did sing When they heard this who round about did dwell A reverential fear upon them fell Believing all this Child in time would prove Some mighty man whom Heaven so did love Who in the Womb and ever since hath been By God so favour'd as was never seen Old Zacharias who was musing on What Gabriel said of his and Mary's Son A sacred flame arose within his Breast And thus divinely sung the inspir'd Priest Benedictus Blest be the God of Isra'l and esteem'd Who hath his People visited and Redeem'd And rais'd within his servant Davids house A mighty King and Saviour unto us As by his holy Prophets mouths he spake Which have been since he the vast World did make That we should be delivered from all those Who are our secret or our open Foes To keep his mercy which he promised To our Fore-fathers and their num'rous Seed The Oath he swore to Abraham on this wife That he would free us from our Enemies That we securely may devote our days To do his Will and sing his worthy praise And thou my Child of the most High I know Shalt be a mighty Prophet thou shalt go Before the Christ t' instruct the World how they May him imbrace and all his Laws obey To teach them how when they have evil done Through him they may obtain Remission All through the mercy of our God whereby Christ hath to us descended from on high To give them Light who do in Blindness sit Within the Vale of Death and guide our Feet Into the path of peace which pleasant way Will lead us all to joys which ne're decay Thus sung the aged Priest unto his joy In Spirit strong and stature grew the Boy John's Education Within the Mountains of Judea he Severely past his tender Infancy There he abode until the day wherein His Ministerial Function did begin Now in the forty fourth year of his Raign The great Augustus Caesar did ordain And strictly charge that all in every Town Within the Roman Empire should set down Their Names Fortunes in those Cities where Their Ancestors were born of whom they were When this first Taxing was by Caesar made Cyrenius for his Province Syria had To their respective Cities each one went To be enroll'd in Caesar's Government From Galilee out of Naz'reth Joseph came With Mary big with Child to Bethlehem Because they both of David's Princely Race Descended were who born was in that place It came to pass they were no sooner there But Mary found the happy time drew near Wherein she must her first born Son bring forth The Word by whom God made both Heav'n and Earth The Birth of Christ Within the Inn no room she could obtain Although she sought it o're and o're again Into the Stable she was forc'd to go Then on the ground her Knees did humbly bow And in the midst of glorious thoughts the Son Of the Most High brought forth without a groan In Swadling-Cloaths she wrapp'd her First-born Child And on the Straw she laid him in the Field Were Shepheards who by nightly turns did look Unto their innocent and wealthy Flock When lo an Angel from the glittering Throne Of the Almighty came and round them shone The daz'ling brightness of his presence made The watchful Shepheards

to traduce His Glorious Name thinking thereby that they Might from him draw the peoples hearts away But on himself they did not dare to set Conscious that he would by the Contest get Therefore to bring their Hellish Plot to pass The rend'ring Jesus worthy of disgrace They knew no better and no surer way Than this to take it cannot be say they That this same Fellow should be David's Son As ye suppose who is of low Birth known The Son of David as ye all do know Shall be a mighty Prince shall great things do Here in a Glorious Manner shall Command And over us bear Rule from whose strong hand We must expect deliverance from those Who are our potent and our deadly Foes Whereas this Fellow is so mean a thing So far from being such a Glorious King That he deserves not to be thought on more Being a Wretch so despicably poor Besides his Deeds most inconsistant are With the high Birth of David's Son and Heir For he with such a Train goes up and down As is of no repute as 't is well known Teaching such Doctrines which no Mortal Ear Before his coming did the like e're hear Curing Diseases in their Natures such As the most Sov'raign'st Drugs could never ●ouch And casting Devils out of the possest By that Infernal Prince who sways the rest Thus they asperst his ever-Blessed Nam● And by this means thought to Eclipse his Fame But what he did or to his Charge was laid His Friends as yet no Intimation had Till at the length unto their Ears was brought Both what he did and by what means he wrought And being then so generally known And talk'd of they so credulous were grown As to believe it true and so instead Of clearing his good Name they thought him mad And out they went with a resolved mind Him as one Frantick with strong Chains to bind But Jesus who as they suppos'd was mad Far other thoughts than his Relations had Of what the Pharisees did go about And had of him in secret given out He knew they had in a most high degree Injur'd his Father and notoriously Himself had slander'd telling it about The Pow'r by which he cast the Devils out Was to the Prince of the Insernal Club To be ascrib'd The mighty Be'lzebub Whereas the Pow'r by which he this did do Did solely and of right belong unto His Father who in Justice ought to have That Honour which to Be'lzebub they gave Calling therefore the Pharisees to him Who to his Charge had laid so foul a Crime And intimating to them that he knew Their thoughts and how behind his Back as true They had reported that he went about By Beelzebub casting Devils out He plainly told them that it could not well Be thought that he should those damn'd Fiends expell In such a manner as they said he did Since Reason needs must such vain thoughts forbid Because it could not in the least consist With Hell's Imperial Monarch's Interest Herein to help him for suppose he should Lend his Infernal Aid to him it would Among his Subjects a division make And the Foundation of his Empire shake Laying the Pillars of his burning Throne In Fatal Ruine and Destruction Herein his Kingdom being like unto Our Earthly Princes Kingdoms which we know Cannot subsist unless upheld they be By Concord and among themselves agree Again those Men who do the Titles bear Of my Apostles and your Children are Do cast out Devils in my Name and yet From you they meet with no reproof for it If they such VVonders do and in my Name And by my Power and receive no blame VVhy then do ye so basely go about To censure me for casting Devils out Since in God's Name and for his Glory too And your Relief and Comfort this I do VVere ye but with ingenious Souls possest Not Slaves to Envy or Self-Interest You would not thus defame me as you do But would ascribe my Miracles unto The pow'r of God and by thus doing show You own his Kingdom is now come to you That this the time of the Messias is VVhos 's Mission God hath testify'd with these Amazing wonders which hee 'd ne're have done Had I not been his true but feigned Son Besides I do not as ye fancy stand In need of Hells black Monarch's helping hand To cast out Devils for let Reason sway You must me free from this unlawful way For I am stronger than he is and so Into his closest dwelling-place can go Bind him and spoil his goods when ever I Shall think it fit his sturdy force to try His pow'r I know compar'd to mine 's so small That let him use his utmost force it shall Not hinder me from turning of him out Of them he hath into 's possession got Once more ye most ungrateful Wretches I Declare unto you that I work not by That Stygian Prince for he 's my mortal Foe And truly merits to be reck'ned so For who 's not for me must against me be He being therefore so implacably Mine enemy and no way to be brought And reconcil'd to me it can't be thought Worthy of credit that he ever should Help me to cast the Damned from their hold So that what ever Miracles I do Must needs be own'd the work of God by you And by his power wrought who thinks not this Thinks both of God and of my works amiss Wherefore the causeless malice which you bear To me your Friend let me no more of 't hear And don 't against your Consciences defame My famous deeds and my immortal Name For seeing they were by the Spirit wrought Of the Eternal one to go about To slander and oppose them is a Crime So horrid and so odious unto him That if 'till death with an obdurate heart It meet there can be no forgivness for 't And ye most justly merit to receive This rigid doom since sland'rously ye have Imputed these my Miracles unto Man's restless Foe and have affirmed too I work them by his Spirit whereas I Do by his Spirit work who 's thron'd on High For by so doing if we must the Tree Judge by the fruit it bears then surely ye Imply that the eternal-Holy-Ghost A Spirit is of the Infernal Host Which is the highest blasphemy I know Can be immagin'd to affirm him so Shall I ye whited Sepulchers declare That ye a wretched sort of people are And an infectious brood of Vipers truly less I cannot must not say of you than this For what you are your Language doth relate Men of unhallow'd hearts and reprobate Your words which issue from them as the stream Doth from the Fountain verifie this same And as your words which the true Tables are To show your hearts all that 's treasur'd there Are highly sinful so by you they ought To be esteem'd as such and think them not Too light or worthless as ye seem to do To be accounted for one day by you For

The joyful Mary came and did declare How she had seen the Lord and likewise what He did command but they believ'd her not When in the Ev'ning of that day they were Assembled with the Doors close shut for fear Of the malicious Jews in Jesus came They knew not how an●●●hers sa●uted them Peace be unto you when he had so said They trembling stood most terribly affraid Concluding that it could not Jesus be But a delusion which they t●ere did see Yet when he show'd his Hands and wounded Side Those Marks which he receiv'd when Crucify'd The Souls rejoyc'd and all with one accord Acknowledg'd him to be their Sov'raign Lord. He therefore to confirm their Faith begun T' expound the Scriptures which had long foreshown His cruel Death and Resurrection And by his Spirit made them plainly see The full import of ev'ry Prophecy And now farewell said he yet 'fore I go The same Commission I do give to you Which I receiv'd to plant a Church I came Do ye succeed me and compleat the same Be of good comfort to assist you here I 'le send you down the blessed Comforter But here attend ye till he doth come down Then did he go and breath on ev'ry one And by so doing did his Followers fit For that unerring guide the Holy Sp'rit Which at the Feast of Pentecost came down And sate like flaming-Fire on ev'ry one He gave the Keys of Heav'ns glorious Gate Into their Hands to Excommunicate The stubborn Sinner to absolve or bind They Power had as they just cause did find But Thomas called Dydimus the Twin Who was not with them when the Lord came in Now being come they up and told him how Jesus had with them been but even now But he declar'd unless his Eyes did see And Hands did touch his Wounds he 'd faithless be When his Disciples that day sev'nights were Met at their usual Place to joyn in Pray'r The Lord of Life the second time did come They knew not how into the close-shut Room Thomas said he since you will not believe Your Fellow-Servants that I am alive Except your Hands do touch and Eyes do see Those cruel Marks bestow'd on me Behold my Wounds thy Fingers thrust into This Side of mine and be not faithless now My Lord and God! said Thomas now I know And am convin'd the very God art thou Had'st thou before believ'd what thou hast seen Thy Faith said Jesus had then nobler been Than now it is my blessing I do give To them who see me not and yet believe His Ascension Full forty days th' Eternal Son of God After he rose again on Earth abode Teaching his Followers what they ought to do To make the World his Fathers Will to know And now just ready to ascend his Throne To take possession of his purchas'd Crown He went unto Mount Olivet with them Sev'n Furlongs distant from Jerusalem Upon whose lofty Brow with Hands lift high Unto the sacred Throne of Majesty He blessed them which having done a bright And shining Cloud convey'd him from their sight Up to the glorious Seat of Bliss where He Triumphant sits to all Eternity To the Eternal Three above Father Son and Spirit of Love By all the glorious Host in Heav'n And Men on Earth be Glory giv'n On Christ's Sufferings LOrd what is Man that thou from Bliss Where Love in full perfection is Should'st send thy Son thine only One To be contemn'd and spit upon To be the abject and the scorn Of ev'ry Villain to be torn With cruel Rods to be revil'd And live as 't were a live exil'd And after all this ignomy To hang on the accursed Tree That the eternal God above Should chuse this way to show his love To such as we who do return Instead of gratitude our scorn That he his only Son should send To suffer an inglorious end And make the Innocent to be An Offering for Impiety It raises wonder but 't was so Jesus did all this undergo Not by compulsion 't was his choice He suffer'd that we might rejoyce All this he did for to regain Lost Souls from an eternal pain And Jesus shall not we express Our thanks to thee for happiness Had'st thou not dy'd we had remain'd As Satans Victims ever chain'd No act of ours could e're have wrought That Reconcilement thou hast bought With thy dear Blood thou Heav'ns Rage Did'st fully with thy Death asswage Such obligations Lord should move Our stony-hearts to melt with Love And in the strictest duty bind To thee the Souls of all Man-kind CANTATE DOMINO CANTICVM NOVUM Praise the Lord up on the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving EIGHTEEN OF David's PSALMS PARAPHRAS'D By the same Hand LONDON Printed by R. E. for R. Bentley and M. Magnes in Russel-Street in Covent-Garden 1680. Eighteen of Davids Psalms Paraphras'd PSALM 22. MY God my God! Why am I left Helpless in my distress bereft Of that protection I have had Why are my Foes with Conquest clad I call and weep both day and night To thee my God to thee for right But O my Crys and Tears are vain There 's no redress no ease of pain All this shall not discourage me Since I do know thou just wilt be And true to ev'ry promise Thou Hast bound thy Self to me by Vow And though Thou let'st mine Enemys Insult and deaf art to my Crys Yet Lord thou holy art and still Deserv'st the praise of Israel Our Fathers they rely'd on thee Thou Lord wast their security When dangers did their Souls surround To thee they call'd and freedom found But I my Foes most deadly scorn With patience hitherto have born The vulgar and ignobler sort Do make my misery their sport In an insulting way they cry Let his Salvation now draw nigh He trusted in the Lord that he Would help him in adversity Let him stretch out his arm and save If either strength or pow'r he have But Lord their scorn and cruelty Shall not dismay or trouble me Since I have always found thine arm Able to rescue me from harm Since from the Womb I came alone Thou hast been my Salvation And from my Mothers tender Breast My God my hope wert and my rest Now be not far from me but save Permit not the triumphing Grave Insa●●te as my cruel-Foes My Life untimely to enclose Redeem my Soul there 's none I know Except my God can help me now For I am close besieg'd and brought To that distress I can't get out Like as a rav'ning Lyon doth Roaring pursue with open mouth The helpless Creature that he may Affrighted fall and be his Prey So do my Foes threaten and rave To bring my Soul unto the Grave So week and feeble I am grown Wasted to nothing ev'ry bone Disjoynted from its place doth start Like Wax dissolv'd so is my Heart And as a Potsheard so my strength Is dryed up my Tongue at length Cleaves to my Jaws my earthly-Frame