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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66784	Three private meditations which being, for the most part, of publick concernment, are therefore published, by their author / George Wither.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1665 (1665)	Wing W3197; ESTC R12458	20,586	50

Three Private MEDITATIONS Which being for the most Part of Publick Concernment are therefore Published by their Author GEO. WITHER The First is a Private Thanksgiving consisting of three Hymns whereby GOD is magnified for his Mercy vouchsafed in the late Ingagement between the English and the Dutch in June 1665. Composed after Celebrating the Publick Thanksgiving commanded by the King The Second is a Sacrifice of Praise and Prayer by him offered to Almighty GOD for his providential respect to Him his Wife and Children during his Imprisonment in the disgraceful Goal of Newgate when left destitute of all ordinary means of subsistance by being deprived both of his Estate and Liberty The Third Intituled NIL ULTRA is a Soliloquium wherein this Author expresses the improbability of an effectual proceeding further to prevent the Sins Plagues increasing by ought which he can offer to consideration Imprinted in the Year 1665. A Private THANK-OBLATION Consisting of Three Hymns whereby Almighty GOD is magnified for his Mercy vouchsafed in the late Ingagement between the English and the Dutch in June 1665. after Celebration of the Publick Thanksgiving commanded by the King The first Hymn is a Preparation of the heart to the duty intended NOw what to GOD's praise belongs I will sing in holy Songs Who shall from his heav'nly Quire With such straines my heart inspire That though distant I and they Therein joyn together may For his influenced Grace Is not bard by Time or Place 2. Let his Raies of Light Divine In me and upon me shine Let his holy spirit shake Drousie flesh till it shall wake Touch my Lips unlose my Tongue That his Praises may be sung For till rouz'd up from on high Dark and dull and dumb am I. 3. Humane words cannot impart What GOD speaketh to my heart Nor my faultring tongue declare All his Operations there Yet I am compell'd sometimes In plain Verse and broken Rimes Thus to stammer out such things As to me the spirit brings 4. To extol what GOD hath done Here I mus●ng am alone And do praise him in my heart For what none can claim a part But what to his praise belongs Ile now sing in Vocal songs And will so his praise declare That no man shall therein share The Second Hymn being an imperfect Narrative and confession to Gods glory of what he hath done for us in the late Ingagement how little we have merited the mercies vouchsafed and how merciful GOD hath been to both Nations LORD in a publick meeting I this day Have joyn'd a Sacrifice of Thanks to pay And being warmed at the common fire By what external notions could inspire To perfect that which is begun And ought in duty to be done I now withdraw into my heart To speak to thee who therein art And learn how I may to thy praise So sanctifie my words and wayes That henceforth they may more conduce unto Thy glory then they heretofore could do Oh! let my Meditations be Made acceptable unto thee 2. For Victory confer'd we prais'd thy Name We hear our foes have likewise done the same And doubtless whosoever lost or won To thee are praises due for what is done Yea no less praise for what is lost Then that for which we triumph most The one our pride may elevate The other humble us for that Which was mis-acted or mis-spoke For Thou who heed of both hast took So graciously oh Lord hast shar'd betwixt Both Nations sweet with bitter intermixt That no man this day duly keeps Save he who therein sings and weeps 3. For all Transactions which concern in gross Our publick or our private gain or loss And which unto our knowledge fame doth bring Well-weighd gives cause no less to weep then sing The good successes we have had Abate some fears to make us glad The hopes which those events do give Of what we willingly believe So high our expectations rear As if he we were above all fear But when we hear the many Lamentations For loss of Limbs Lives and belov'd Relations To sadness all our Ioy it turns And he who much rejoyced mourns 4. A final Conquest is not yet obtain'd That rarely with one Victory is gain'd For they who loose at first at last may win By mending faults with which they did begin And they who did at first prevail Find oftentimes their hopes to fail Because to trustless things they trust Or else employ to feed their Lust That which thy Majesty intends Should strengthen them to better ends When therefore most Victorious we appear Let us rejoyce but with a trembling fear Lest when the rowling wheel shall turn We who rejoice find cause to mourn 5. Thou art but little pleas'd if ought at all To see us triumph when our foes do fall Especially when they though ours they be Are thy known enemies no more then we To be our GOD we thee profess They to our knowledge do no less We say our trust is in thy Name They may as truly say the same Their sins are many we are sure Or may be that ours are not fewer We have not yet our hopes at full enjoy'd Nor are their expectations quite destroy'd To praise thee therefore we and they Are equally oblig'd this day 6. We say the Dutch to us ingrateful be Our Conscience tells us we are so to thee They with our Nation cruelly have dealt Our inhumanity thy Saints have felt Their Avarice makes them oppress Ill husbandry and idleness Have made our wayes as grievous prove To those who seek for peace in love And we and they pursue the course Most likely to make bad things worse Then Lord which off us justly can expect That our Contests should have a good effect Or that the one should have a place Above the other in thy Grace 7. Had it so pleased thee thou at first Shock Both Earthen Pitchers mightst have justly broke But they as if they had been made of leather Are onely bruiz'd by being knockt together Which in meer love to us and them Thou didst vouchsafe to give us time With more advisement to take heed What by Contention will succeed Lest both before their quarrels end Be broke like pots which none can mend Lord were there but that mercy and no more In that which we pretend to praise thee for It merits from this and that Nation An everlasting Thank-oblation 8. For in this mercy unto both extended Are very many mercies comprehended So complicated one within another And to thy Judgments linked so together That if we could be brought to learn How they both Nations do concern To what each Judgment doth direct What every mercy might effect What we should seek what we should shun And what ought timely to be done The wisest men among us could not tell Whether those things which us have pleased well Or that which grieves us most shall best Thy loving kindness manifest 9. The Trophies which most men delight to raise As