's overcome you see Who would serve him a conquer'd one Obey me 't is no sin Cast off his Name 't is horrid shame To own one dead your King What Revel-rout in Hell throughout When they thought all was won And Christ laid low see how they crow In hopes that all 's their own Now Lucifer ascends his Chair And mounts his gloomy Throne The hellish Guard flock round their Lord And vaunt he 's King alone Now the black King began to sing Altho in Flames array'd And thus began the hellish Song When to his Peers he said Dominions Thrones Powers unknown I claim all as my Right Mr. Wesley I 've gain'd the Field Jesus did yield And he is conquer'd quite I do not fear him call'd the Heir Immortal some him thought But now he 's dead he 's gone and fled And ne'r to life be brought The Devils in pomp and great triumph Appear now Christ is dead The Oracle's Head come fill with speed The World may be misled The Hebrew Child no Sword can weild He 'l conquer you no more Let 's march from Hell in Heaven we 'l tell Of our all-conqu'ring Power And conquer there as well as here Who can before us stand Now God is dead I will be Head In Heaven Sea and Land While Satan spake with lofty state In came the Glorious One With all the Marks victorious Acts Of a triumphing King While Beelzebub with his black Club Did vaunt yea scoff and boast Came starting in the powerful King And Guards from God of Hosts This glorious Guard surround the Lord Like warlike Angels stand To smite to Hell great Belial And all against him band Who is this here doth domineer And boast of Victory Over God's Son the holy One Who lives altho did die I have the Keys of Hell and Death Who am the First and Last All Potentates and powerful States To me shall yield or taste Unmixed Wrath as my Word saith Which they can never bear Nor dwell in ever-burning Lakes Or the devouring Fire O how confus'd and how amaz'd The Devils all do stand Satan flies down his Iron Throne To flee from Jesus Hand The Devils fled from Christ their Head And from his terrible Wrath But Christ pursues his scoffing Foes Through their black horrid Path. The Devils knew that Christ the true Had broke their Gates and Walls And conquer'd Death and all the Earth So into Hell he falls And now the Word of God's made good The Serpent's Head is bruis'd Christ he hath trod upon his Head Which makes him thus confus'd Then Satan spake with horrid hate What tho I conquer'd am Be just if sent and don 't torment Your Foes before the time And now in Chains he them confines Unto the Judgment-Day All Powers must bow before his Brow Who doth the Scepter sway Christ he Death's Bands broke with his Hands And in triumphing manner He did arise tho Enemies Stood round with Guard and Banner Yea that strong Guard upon the Lord Did tremble like dead Men The Earth did quake their Hearts did shake To see him rise again And at the Grave an Angel brave That shined as the Sun Did roll away the Stone that Day The Lord did rise upon And that day's Morn good Women mourn About the Sepulchre Jesus you seek pray do not weep The Angel said Don't fear Rather rejoice lift up your Voice Christ from the Grave is gone In Galilee you may him see The Living he 's among The Lord did shew himself most true After he did arise The Signs were all infallible He was in no disguise And for to put all out of doubt No Spirit did appear Come touch said he and handle me My Flesh and Bones most pure After he rose and vanquish'd Foes An Apparition's made To Magdalen in a Garden By Jesus Christ the Lord. The Gard'ner then she thought upon Till that Christ Mary said O Rabboni she did reply My King my Lord my Head Mary touch not thy Lord as yet Till I to God ascend Then me embrace by Faith which Grace Will all the Saints commend But poor Thomas his Faith 's amiss He won't believe 't is he Unless the print where the Nails went Into his Body he see A just Reproof of s Unbelief The Lord gave when he said Most bless'd is him who hath not seen And yet believ'd his God The Scripture saith if we ha'n't Faith In the rising again Of Christ our Head we all are dead And damned every one Then Preaching's vain and Faith 's no Gain If Christ be in the Grave God's Justice Good not satisfied So Pardon none can have The Church did meet and God did seek Upon the Week's first Day Where Christ among them often came To cheer them in his Way And gave Commands into the Hands Of his Apostles dear How they should act in every part Till he again appear E're Christ ascends he gave Commands That at Jerusalem At Wisdom's Gate they may expect The Spirit promis'd them Now Christ ascends before his Friends From Earth to Heaven high From whence he 'l come e're it be long To fetch his Bride away Christ clears the Air and Hemisphere Where damned Spirits dwell He clears the Path for Saints on Earth To Joy Celestial Disperse you Orbs you glittering Clouds At distance roll away His glorious Guard the Way prepar'd On Christ's Ascension-Day The Angels high above the Sky Spake unto them below What happy King is this you bring In triumph he doth go Who is this King this glorious One And what may be his Name The Lord of Hosts he 's known by most His Vict'ry gives him Fame Lift up ye Gates ye Doors of State And entertain your King Come stand wide ope in Heaven's Court Ye Gates everlasting He comes who hath conquer'd the Grave And drags the King of Pride Fastned unto his Chariot new In which the Lord doth ride Triumphantly to Bliss on high His Chariot moved fast To Heaven's Gate where many wait And thousands cry Haste haste This Prince of State when Heaven's Gate He had arriv'd unto O what a Shout is given out By Angels as his due And with his Crown went in sat down Close by his Father's Side And will prepare a Palace there To entertain his Bride He 's now gone home to wear his Crown For all his Work is done God's satisfy'd En'mies subdu'd And now ascends his Throne Now Christ is gone the Spirit doth come On the Rebellious The Sinner's Head is captive led And Gifts are given us On Pentecost the Spirit did rest In cloven Tongues upon The Messengers of Jesus Christ Because he was gone home He doth inspire baptize with Fire Prophets Apostles too He 'l Pastors give the Church may live A holy Life and true Poor Fishermen go conquering on The World in Jesus Name The Blind do see the Dead rais'd be To Christ's eternal Fame If Christ did shew his Godhead true When in a swadling Clout Mr. Milton Controll'd
forlorn A Saviour God and Man The heavenly Host do join their Force And give Encomiums high To God above who in much Love Hath sent his Son to die Glory to God the highest Good Who sends Peace to the Earth Man hath that Bliss the Devils miss An Object for his Faith Those damned Ones none them bemoans Who lie in deep despair Of any Good from that just God They all revolted are From hence in rage they all engage To envy God and Man Glory to God from Man all Good They 'l hinder what they can Adam the First Paradise lost Where once he sweetly sang But was regain'd by Man's good Friend Christ the triumphant King He Satan fought and gain'd the Fort Yea won the Field and Day The Woman's Seed did break the Head Of Man's grand Enemy Satan in spite he rallies up His broken Troops dispers'd A Council calls of black Peers all That Man may be distrest With our grand Shield we 'l gain the Field The second Adam took Come lose no Ground come be profound That Man from God may look 'T is our Intent to circumvent Both Head and Body too If we can part Christ and Man's Heart That 's all we aim to do But he forgot what was Job's Lot And how he fail'd therein Yet is so mad to set on God Who made him of Nothing CHAP. X. The ARGUMENT Some Country Shepherds are giving an Account to the Nation of the Jews what an Angel had informed them and of their Journey to Bethlehem where they found Joseph and Mary with the Babe the Infant-God lying in a Manger TO Bethlehem those Shepherds come The Wonderful to see Isa 9.6 And found the Lamb the holy One Design'd for Calvary They told the Jews the Angels News Immanuel was come Now Admiration fills the Nation For this most glorious One. They found the Babe the Infant-God But in a low Degree His God-like Face was full of Grace To Man in Misery CHAP. XI The ARGUMENT A Man of God gives the Church Information of the Circumcision and presentation of Christ with his Mother Mary 's Purification in the Temple Also how a good old Man named Simeon and a gracious Matron called Anna believed that Child to be him of whom the Prophets spake should descend from Abraham and David 's Loins when probably many great Persons who walked in the Temple looked upon this Infant-God only as the Son of a poor Carpenter AFTER eight Days they Circumcise Christ which presag'd much Good That came to pass upon the Cross Where he shed all his Blood The purest Maid Mother of God Above all Women blest Was presented and purified In God's Temple of Rest Then Simeon old being foretold Of this great Potentate With a sweet look of Faith him took And blest the Lord of State And at his Breast Jesus did rest Here 's Love in highest Passion He dies in peace and goes to rest On sight of God's Salvation Tho rich and great the Temple walk'd When Christ was Circumcis'd To be a King none did know him But Ann and Simeon wise None did him greet who was so great But on him meanly look'd Some poor Off-spring far from a King A Carpenter's Relique But holy Ann when she came in And saw the Babe of Grace She did proclaim to every one He came of David's Race O Israel you looked well In your Jerusalem This pretty Babe in your Arms laid Works your Redemption 'T is Shilo sure who will allure All Men by his free Grace This is the Root from David shot He hath a God-like Face The Sage and Wise then heard the Noise A Jewish King was born They brought sweet Scent from Orient Gold Frankincense and Balm Herod the Great now full of Heat The blest Messiah's Foe He calls the Scribes of several Tribes This Monarch down to throw The Wise and Sage he them did charge If they did find the King To signify it by and by That he might worship him But his vile Mind had then design'd A Fact most Tragical O Hypocrite God will thee smite Thou Son of Belial But those wise Men they worship him And Herod's Laws despise For by a Dream and Star they came Unto the only Wise In Bethlehem the Babes all then From two Years old and up Were Martyred all that Christ might fall This was a bitter Cup. Now Lamentation fills the Nation For this inhumame Act All Parents cry and like to die Because their Babes are not The Governour began to fear That Cesar's Time was short And Mary's Son would shortly reign Their Government subvert CHAP. XII The ARGUMENT A Church is dispatcht from the Celestial Canaan to inform Joseph and Mary in a Dream of their going to Egypt to avoid the Malice of Herod who sought the Death of the young Child and upon Herod 's Death signifies God would have them return again to their own Land NOW on a Time an Angel came Who Mary and Joseph tell Their Feet must stand on Egypt Land Until that Herod fell Who quickly dies so th' Angel flies With all celerity To Egypt Land and gives Command That Joseph go his way â—or they are dead all gone and fled Which sought the young Child's Life â—nd by a Dream informed them From the true God of Light CHAP. XIII The ARGUMENT A Messenger of the King of Kings gives Information how this young King of Nazareth disputed with and confuted the Doctors of the Law at 12 Years old Of his entring upon his Prophetical Office He sends John Baptist as his Harbinger authorizeth him to Baptize and about thirty Years of Age was baptized by him himself to fulâ—â—â— all Righteousness the Ordinance confirmed by the whole Trinity Father Son and Holy Ghost WHEN Mary's Son twelve Years had run The Doctors of the Law He did dispute and them confute And made them stand in awe And now in fine sweet Jesus time Of working doth commence A Harbinger for to prepare His way he sendeth thence His Mission is for to baptize John Baptist 't is I mean He them immerst who Sins confest And true Repentance gain For to fulfil the Royal Will Christ came to Prophet John To be baptiz'd in any wise When thirty Years had run Then John him took to Jordan Brook And there did him immerse He did him dip because most meet To fulfil Righteousness This was not done to wash off Sin Because Messiah's pure To Man he 's sent a Precedent Let it all Men allure The glorious Trine did all combine To witness to this thing The Father Son and Spirit as one Did honour his Baptism CHAP. XIV The ARGUMENT One of Christ's Learned Disciples informs the Church that after Jesus was baptized he is led into the Wilderness where the Devil appeared unto him probably like some Antient Man in poor Habit. The Messiah discovered he knew him tho under a disguise to be the Head of the Apostate Angels Christ not answering his End in making Bread of Stones is
hurried by Satan out of the Wilderness through the Air who sets him upon a Pinacle of the Temple in Jerusalem and from thence carries him to a very high Mountain where he tempts his Lord to worship him THE Spirit of Bliss i' th' Wilderness And Desert Christ doth lead Among wild Beasts where are no Feasts Full forty Days no Bread To God's Son dear there did appear In this vast Wilderness A gray old Man with Clothing mean As if some Lamb did miss To Christ he spake Sir What sad Fate Hath brought you to this Place All that come here do die for Fear Or Want in a short space I speak the more upon this score Thou seem'st to be the Man That Man most wise who was baptiz'd By new baptizing John And that good Man baptizing John Call'd thee the Son of God Which if thou be come let me see And make of Stones some Bread Then spake the King unto the Swain Do'st think I know thee not Thou art that Head didst thousands lead When first thou didst revolt Then the arch Fiend who cannot mend Confest he was that Spirit Under sad Fate unfortunate Eternal Wrath t' inherit Then on a trice he hurries Christ Out of the Wilderness All through the Air God's Hemisphere To put him in distress Mr. Milton A Pinacle of the Temple He sate his Judg upon The Temple in Jerusalem And said Come cast thee down Thou shalt not fall the Angels all Procession forth will make From Heaven high the Air and Sky Death to anticipate Thus Beelzebub Prince of the Club King of the damned Crew Does tempt God's Son to worship him As if it were his due Proud Lucifer he did allure His God to worship him These Kingdoms fine shall all be thine Bow now before my Throne This was his Scope and his great hope Man's Saviour to destroy For if the King he made to sin No Saviour could he be Satan be gone Apollyon Worship the Lord thy God And do not tempt him God hath sent To bruise thy subtil Head The Lord of Bliss was tempted thus That simpathize might he And succour those against their Foes Who are in misery Full forty Days he fasts in praise Of Power Infinite That from our Head we might have Bread Of Life of Strength of Might If he God's Son thus set upon To bow and worship him Then wonder not at Satan's Plot That tempts Man to the same He tempted Man for to liken His God to Creatures vile Made very fine in glorious Shine And thus did him defile A Creature cold they ' dorn with Gold Who pompous Worship love Religion gay tempts Men to pray To Devils as God above Full well they 'r known to Heathen Men By various Names they gave Moloc Chemos and Ashtaroth Adonis Thammus brave He sets his Seat by God's most great Satan's Altar by Jah's That Men may moan at his black Throne And then at them he laughs CHAP. XV. The ARGUMENT An Elder and Witness of Christ informs the Church of the Messiah entring upon his Prophetical Office but is opposed by Men of the same Spirit which opposed St. Paul such as Barjesus and Elimas the Sorcerer who irrationally asserted that he wrought Miracles by the Power of the Prince of Devils Lucifer but by his Divine Reply he put them all to silence CHRIST rich in Grace began to preach And Man illuminate In Napthalim and Zebulun Commands them to repent He makes new Hearts and Men translates From Darkness into Light So that his Fame and fragrant Name Were spread both Day and Night But Envy rose among the Jews Against the Prince of Light They flout and jeer they domineer Over his Sovereign Right And many said he friendship had With Beelzebub the Great And in much spite call'd Nazarite The Carpenter's Relique That Pow'r cast out the Legions stout They say 't is Satan's all And thus in spite they ' ppose the Light Of Spirit Word and Soul A Kingdom said our Lord and Head Divided cannot stand Can Satan cast out Satan judg Come answer my Demand From sinful Lust the Holy Ghost Against it now they sin Which to remit here is not meet Nor in the World to come If that Men sin against the Son And Father of all Light He may forgive but not who live The Spirit to despite Who understand the Lord's good Mind And yet in Malice call The Holy Ghost and Blood of Christ The most unjust of all These are the Men who greatly sin Against the last Relief They can't repent whose Hearts are bent To Envy and Mischief CHAP. XVI The ARGUMENT A Man of God enters with an Antient Record called the Gospel which gives a Relation of Christ's sudden departure from Earth to Heaven Also of his bloody Sweat in Gethsemain and of his drinking a horrible Cup of Death in Obedience to his Father and for the Good of Man Moreover how one of his own Family betrayed him into their hands who belonged to the black Prince of the damned Crew and came with Swords and Staves to apprehend Christ whom they bound with Cords and carry him to the Judg as some grand Malefactor THE time draws on Christ must be gone From Earth to Heaven high A Lamb 's prepar'd we might regard That it did typify Pure Shilo's Fate did intimate That Lamb for us must die Who had no Spot yet takes his Lot To bleed at Calvary The Paschal Lamb's Supper be'ng done He blessed Bread did break Lest we forget Love Infinite He gave Command to eat And after supt he took the Cup Which also signified Blood must be shed for there is need Man's Soul be purified And gave Command that Act should stand Until he come again For every Church to practise much To shew his Death and Pain Then after Supper he did utter A Sign of humble Love In washing Feet Come it 's most meet We follow him above They sweetly sing a blessed Hymn Before he went to die With Heart and Tongue they sweetly sung The Praise of God most high The Lord goes out to Olive Mount And Gethsemain also Saith he my Soul is sorrowful My Griefs no Man doth know My People wait I 'll invocate My Father Lord of all If I this Cup of Death must sup Or pass this Draught of Gall. But Lord thy Will not mine fulfil I came no less to do My bloody Sweat and Sorrow great Gives Peace to Greek and Jew When he came back all were asleep What can't you watch one Hour Then said the Lord with one accord Watch pray with all your Power Yea every one no Temptat'on For you may be too high The Flesh is weak Satan's a Cheat Your Trial 's very nigh Then ushers in the most Obscene Upon the Lord of Bliss Judas that Cheat betrays in heat His Master with a Kiss With Staves and Sword they take the Lord As if a Barrabas A Guard most strong they set upon The Innocent alas Jesus did call Whom seek you
to heal Another Man a Syrenian At that time coming by Must bear the Cross most ponderous On which Christ was to die What Wit of Man can now define His Sorrow Grief and Shame Who can dilate and explicate His Misery and Pain At the same time the female Kind Compassion to him shew To see him thrust by Men unjust A base and fordid Crew Jerusalem the Lord said then Weep not for me from hence Peccavi cry your Sins are high Your Pride and Ignorance Condole be sad you were so mad As for to imprecate Innocent Blood upon your Head Will make you desolate He Calv'ry saw and Golgotha The Crosses situation Then Solltude he understood But for a sinful Nation Now being come Christ standeth bound Until the Cross be fixt With a strong Guard about the Lord A bitter Cup they mixt Now all the Crew Roman and Jew This blessed One do strip Unmantle bare and pluck'd the Hair From off his tender Lip He 's naked stript as well as whipt And all his Body bare That ours may be cover'd most free With Righteousness most fair Now all in haste they nail him fast And hang between two Thieves The Scripture's Will for to fulfil So Man from Hell he saves The Nails were great in Hands and Feet That fixt him to the Tree O who can tell what Christ did feel And there sustain'd for thee His Hands and Feet they penetrate And out the Blood did gush For they did tear him with a Spear And crown'd with thorny Bush That Christ was King the Inscription In Hebrew Latin Greek Did signify to all stood by For Pilate thought it meet Over his Head this Paper stood That all might read the same He was the King of Jewish Men Tho they did him defame Before he dies he opes the Eyes Of a most wretched Sinner Who own'd him King believ'd in him As the God-Man Redeemer Remember Lord to me be good When in thy Kingdom-State By my free Grace to Paradise This day I 'll thee translate They him exhaust and now do boast Our Grief he bore it all The weight of Sin was laid on him To save a precious Soul When he would ease his tortured Feet By hanging on his Hands They must be in prodigious pain This Reason understands And when he eas'd his tortur'd Hands By resting on his Feet His Body's weight where e're it met Must make the Patient sick God's holy Son tho God and Man Of Sorrow must be full On him did lie much Misery God's Wrath did fill his Soul The Lord at last cries out I thirst The Prophets to fulfil A Vin'gar spunge they gave his Lungs So he had not his Will Water was scant he must it want We might have plenitude Of living Streams come from his Reins O Love not understood Could Mary then of Magdalen Have had her own desire Her Tears should quench her Saviour's Thirst Whose Heart was on a fire A Flame of Love to him above To all Men did appear Where she did weep and wash his Feet And wip'd them with her Hair Now at this time the Souldiers game For Jesus seamless Coat For to fulfil the sacred Will That Will to consummate The direful Curse was ponderous The Malediction high Which made him cry Ely Ely Lama sabachthany I am content for to be empt Of all my Sacred Blood So I my Flock inoculate By Faith into their Head The Guilt of Man I 'll fasten on This cursed Cross and Tree Justice Divine shall have a Fine To set the Guilty free I 'll bury all their Guilt and Thrall Both in the Grave and deep Yea all the high Iniquity Of my free chosen Sheep Then some obscene said to the King Physician save thy self If that thou be God's Son most free Recover now thy Health The Mother stood nigh by the Wood I mean the wooden Cross On which did hang her precious Son Till all his Blood was lost What Tears of Blood could she have shed His Sorrow to prevent To see those Hands heal'd many Wounds So pierced torn and rent His glorious Head ran purple Blood His Feet and Side the same But his Free Grace that him debas'd Is his immortal Fame Those bloody Eyes they can't suffice Those Sluces are too small His Sorrow to give vent unto Hence from his Pores Blood falls He saw a Scrowl a dismal one Of Sins present and past And Sins to come he must atone For all from first to last Mr. Norris His Love most sweet and bloody Sweat Did wipe off all the Score Some moments Pain makes him to reign Eternal Ages sure And as he hung before the Sun His Virgin-Mother saw His Gore-blood Eyes and heard his Cries To God Abba Abba Into thy Hand my Spirit ascend My Work is finnished All Debts are paid Books cancelled Justice is satisfied Now Christ is dead they brake no Leg The Scripture may fulfil Yet by their Hate hangs dislocate Unjoint from Head to Heel Upon the same great Darkness came All o're the Hemisphere The Rocks did rent the Graves were empt Thus Wonders did appear The Temple-Vail was rent in twain Then soon they understood He was God's Son tho also Man From thence infer was God The Heathens all that Day condole And eloquently said Surely the God of Nature's dead Or final End hath made O this great World to Dust he 'l hurl For hanging on the Cross The Quintessence of all Goodness O Act preposterous CHAP. XIX The ARGUMENT A Friend of the Messiah 's signifies what happened after the Lord's Death A Counsellor at Law begs his Body and inters it with sweet Spices The great Council gives order for a strict Watch a Seal and Stone to be set on the Sepulchre Now Beelzebub triumphs to see Christ dead and in some hopes conquered for ever But the third Day he arose from the Grave to the Confusion of all the Devils And after forty Days upon the Earth ascends to Heaven from Mount Olivet in the view of his Apostles but first gave them his Benediction and on the Day of Pentecost sent down the Holy Ghost and from the Power of this Spirit his Disciples go on in the World conquering by preaching Jesus of Nazareth to be the Son of God OF Pilate Head Joseph did beg The Body of the Just And did inter the Lord with Myrrh As saith the Holy Ghost As Man at first did prove unjust In Eden Paradise The blessed King in a Garden Acquits the Man on wise The Watch was strong they sat upon The Grave where Christ did lie For to prevent the Lord's Intent Of rising the third Day The Sepulchre they made most sure With Watch a Stone and Seal For to prevent the Lord's Intent But they in all do fail When Christ was dead then Beelzebub Did triumph and thus speak I conquer'd have unto the Grave God's Christ of mighty State 'T is I am King and triumphing Who will my Subjects be And Christ deny whom I defy He
thy Soul did cheat The Woman vain she lays the blame Upon the Serpent's Guile Who to her said Like unto God You shall be in a while From sinful Lust Judgment doth haste On Man and Woman too 'T is they must die that lov'd a Lie Above a God most true The Ground once blest with Thorns is curst The Woman bears in sorrow And Man must sweat if Bread he 'll eat The Serpent trails the Furrow Thus happy Man he is undone Himself he can't restore O Man's sad Fate the Devil's State He 's in for evermore Unless some State that 's uncreate More pity shew to Man Than Angels have whom God won't save That from their Maker ran CHAP. VI. The ARGUMENT Jehovah seeing his Creature Man undone in the New World begins to be concerned how he may be restored and not for ever lost as the revolted Angels He makes a Proposition to the heavenly Hosts to this End but all stood mute until the Son of God broke silence with the offer of himself to be Man's Redeemer Vpon which the heavenly Host gave a Shout with Hallelujah's SHALL Man be lost by Devil's Lust And ne'r recover'd more Shall Devils boast of their Conquest And triumph in their Power Come heavenly Host can none suggest Where such Love can be found You Spirits all who 'l be mortal That Justice may not wound The Man to Death I made of Earth But may for ever live who 'l pity take on his sad State For Man himself will give Now all stood mute and silent to 't A Pause in Heaven's made Till one did break the Silence great And there it was replied By God's own Son What! is there none That will Compassion show I looked when some Seraphim Would pity Man below I God's dear Son will Man become A Man of Sorrow's Death This glorious Throne I 'll leave anon And descend to the Earth For to restore this Man so poor Unto a better State And make him wise a Paradise He shan't lose as of late Then Heaven rang the Angels sang That splendid Host above Who saw such Grace in God's Son's Face And shewed Man such Love And God did see his own Decree From Love to Man he made Even from high Eternity Which runs not retrograde He gave his Son for sinful Man That in his stead might die And set his Face in our Law-Place Us to indempnify The Angels shape he doth not take Nor them redeem to live Yet let none speak thus God is weak Or Grace diminutive I thee do tell unsearchable Is his Beneficence Yet know also he 'l save but who His Sovereign Will presents CHAP. VII The ARGUMENT An Apostle extraordinary relates how that Jehovah had a Son who was to be born of a Virgin The great End and Scope of it was the Redemption of a lost World IF some would know how Man from Wo Is brought and set in Bliss A Wonder 's wrought come see God's Thought In this Analysis The Spirit above sell in much Love Upon a Virgin sweet To comprehend or understand This I do not predict But yet that King and holy Thing Which was in Mary's Womb Was God indeed of Abr'am's Seed True God and yet true Man Who understands how God and Man Should in one Person dwell One Person true yet Natures two But one Immanuel His Godhead Rays had dull'd our Eyes But vail'd with humane Flesh His Glory 's hid for there 's much need With Man he should converse And nothing less for Man's Trespass An angry God can please But Righteousness in humane Dress Can his great Wrath appease No Diadem or Hecatomb Such large Dimensions hath Of blessed Good Christ won by Blood For those that tread his Path. CHAP. VIII The ARGUMENT A Man of God with an antient Record signifieth the Time and Coming of the Messiah and the long Journey he makes to visit a sinful World And tho he sat as the Second Person with the Eternal Trine Council in the Court of Celestial Glory upon making and redeeming the World yet is graciously pleased to suffer hard Things for those who rebelled against his Royal Crown and Dignity THE time draws on the Lord must come And Daniel's Weeks shall end It 's then some will Messiah kill The Sanctuary rend And when the Tax from Cesar's Acts Begins for to commence Mary goes then to Bethlehem From Nazareth went thence And in a Stable it 's no Fable The Virgin did bring forth The greatest King ever did reign Or will be on the Earth This blessed King lies in an Inn No Princes Court hath he But in a Manger lies in danger Expos'd to misery O blessed Morn a King is born A Virgin-Maid the Mother But his Grandsire is God admire This Myst'ry altogether But pray from whence did come this Prince From Heaven's Council-Board Where he did sit in Council great Before the World was made Mr. Milton Counsels of Love in Heaven above With Father Son and Spirit Counsels of Peace how to release Man from his sad Demerit In this Compact Eternal Act It was concluded on That Man should be the Subject free Of God's Redemption In this Contract and noble Act The Price was fixt upon Justice demands no Gold or Lands But Godlike Blood for Man A Covenant of Suretiship Christ entered into That unto Death would give his Life And unto God his due So he might reign and be a King Over redeemed Man His Captain Head for him will bleed And in his room will stand In this Decree they did agree That what the Surety did God would impute from Grace's Root As if the Debtor paid This Infant God deserves thy Ode Come join the Angels Quire And from the Altar of thy Heart Ascend an hallowed Fire To him who left his Royal Court And chose a darksome House This Majesty lays Glory by For to espouse a Curse And tho this Man from David sprang He 's pure without within And tho is made of Abraham's Seed Hath no Orig'nal Sin Pow'r Infinite can separate Between the Virgin 's Sin And Virgin 's Seed for there is need Christ be a holy Thing The Virgin blest lays Christ to rest Then round the Courtly Stable Bright harness'd Angels guard the Lord While in a Cribbee Cradle CHAP. IX The ARGUMENT A Celestial Messenger called an Angel is dispatch'd from the Throne to inform the Shepherds in the Field of the Nativity of the Messiah The heavenly Host do unite in their singing Hallelujah's to the most High for sending his Son to redeem Man Satan sends a Summons to his Peers to enter into a deep Council how he may procure Man's second Revolt knowing if he can perswade Man to rebel against the second Adam there remains no more Sacrifice for his Sin THE Angels great much speed do make To Shepherds keeping Sheep And say Fear not a Saviour great Is born O do not weep Rejoice be glad come joy in God In David's City strong This Day is born for Man