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A sacred memorie of the miracles wrought by our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ. Written by Samuel Rowlands
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Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?
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Cana where by miracle diuine He made of perfect water purest wine Went to the Lord and earnest sute begon That he would please to come and heale his sonne At Capernaum where he then did lye In all mens iudgement at the point to dye Iesus replyed except that Signes you see And wonders wrought you haue not faith in me The Ruler answered siâ— affoord thine ayde Ere deathes hard hand vpon my child be layde My dearest sonne is breathing out his last Oh come and helpe before his life be past Then Iesus to his heart did comfort giue Doe thou depart thy dying sonne doth liue Because thou hast a faithfull constant mind At thy returne in health thou shalt him find As with great ioy he from our Sauiour went Some of his seruants came incontinent And met their master cheerefull on the way With voyces full of comfort thus did say Thy son whose sicknesse caus'd vs all complaine Is wonderfull restor'd to health againe He liues and all his former griefe is past Which lay most wofull breathing out his last Then he demaunded at what time and howre He was deliuer'd from Deaths fatall power And they replyed yesterday at seuen The feauer left him prais'd be God of heau'n Then knew the father t' was the time direct That Iesus of his mercies free respect Said vnto him thy dying son doth siue That instant he restoring life did giue And hereupon he and his houshould all Beleeu'd and faithfull did on Iesus call At Poole Bethesda where attending lay Of blind and lame and withr'ed that each day Expected cure when heau'nly Cherubin Did touch the waters then to get them in And wash away all griefes they did sustaine A man that eight and thirty yeare in paine Endeuour'd helpe amongst the Lazars there Yet wofull wretch not any whit the neare For still when he entended to haue good By entring that same sanctified floud Alwayes by others he was thrust aside Where euery man did for himselfe prouide And got before him so that he put by In most perplexed state distrest did lye Christ comming there and knowing well how long He had sustained this preuenting wrong Sayd to the sicke wilt thou haue helpe at all Oh sir quoth he I know not how I shall I haue no friend that will so much befriend me As an assisting hand at need to lend me When waters moue by holy Angels touch To get me in there 's none will do so much But when I seeke with all my best endeuour Some one or other doth preuent me euer Stepping before me thus am I kept backe To doe me good all helpe of friends I lacke Then Christ whose word to heale him did suffice Said but vnto him take thy bed arise Depart away who cheerefully arose Tooke vp his burden and from thence he goes This gracious worke vpon the Sabboth done The Iewes would quarrell for it with Gods sonne His sinnefull creatures which he made of clay Would question him who made both night and day Not thinking how his word fram'd all that 's wrought And how that word can bring that all to nought A man borne blind vpon the way did lye Asking for almes as Iesus passed by And the Disciples to their Master said Lord tell vs why this punishment is layde On that blind creature what hath he misdone Is it for Fathers trespasse or for sonne Iesus reply'd the cause he wanteth sight Depriued of the day adorning light Is not for any wicked works of sinne That Parents or himselfe haue liued in But that the mighty power of God might be Made manifestly knowne in such as he I am to worke the works of him that sent me While it is day before darke night preuent me As long as I within the world abide I am the light that vnto glory guide When thus the Lord had spoke spittle and clay He mixt together and the same did lay Vpon the eyes of him that was borne blind Whose hope resolued with a faithfull mind That Christ had power to giue those eyes true sight Which neuer yet had seene what thing was light Then Iesus sayd vnto the blind-man goe And wash thy selfe within the Poole Siloe Which by interpretation is call'd sent He with more ioy then can be vttered went And did according hauing sight as cleare As euer did to glorious light appeare Whereat great wonder present was in all Which saw what to the begger did befall Borne blind they knew of none to be denide And most miraculous now perfect ey'd Yet question'd him and fell to great debate And wickedly from Christ did derogate Denying him his owne eternall might More blind in soule then was the man of sight Lazarus raysed from death The Souldiers at Christes betraying cast to the ground Malcus eare cut off by Peter healed The temples veile rent stones diuide graues open the dead arise Iohn 11. Iohn 18. Luk. 22. Mathew 27. Two holy sisters had theyr brother lying In Bethany euen at the point of dying One blessed Magdalen that with her teares Did wash Christs feet dri'd them with her haires The other gratious Martha these sent thus To Iesus for their brother Lazarus Oh Lord behold he whom thou louest deere Is grieuous sicke affoorde thy presence here His danger will admit of no delayes Yet Iesus tarried where he was two dayes Then said to his Disciples our kind friend Lazarus sleepes but wake him I entend Lord they reply'd if he but sleepe we know He shall doe well there will no danger grow But then he plainely spake his breath is fled And soule departed Lazarus is dead And I am glad for your sakes in this case That I was absent with you from the place Because you may belieue now you and I Will goe and visite him at Bethany When they came thither there they notice haue That he had lyen foure dayes within his graue And many of the Iewes whom loue did lead Were comforting the sisters of the dead Martha saw Iesus and alow'd she cride Had'st thou been here my brother had not dyed Yet this I know assured truth to be What thou dost aske of God hee le giue it thee Then Iesus sayd arise againe he shall I know it Lord quoth she and so must all At that great day of Resurrection when All shall arise both good and wicked men I resurrection am and Life doe giue He that beleeues in me though dead shall liue And he that liueth and belieues in me Shall neuer dye Beleeu'st thou this quoth he Yea Lord she said thou art Gods sonne I know Should come into this world and grace bestow Then Mary came fell downe and grieuous wept Saying deare Lord our brother we had kept Hadst thou been heere his life preseru'd had bin And these woe teares we had not bathed in Then Iesus groned in the Spirit and said Show me the place where is the body layd They said come Lord behold and therewithall From his most holy blessed eyes
A SACRED MEMORIE OF THE MIRACLES wrought by our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Written by Samuel Rowlands IOHN 10 If you beleeue not Mee beleeue the works that I doe LONDON Imprinted by Bernard Alsop and are to be sold at his house by Saint Annes Church neere Aldersgate 1618. TO ALL SORCERERS ENCHAVNTERS CHARmers Nigromancers Coniurers Magitians Southsayers Witches Fortune-tellers And all the rest of the Deuils Iuglers Whatsoeuer and Wheresoeuer MOnsters of men whose soules damnation claymes Appeare come forth and answere to your names Like Pharao's blacke Enchaunters all assemble And like vnto his drowned hoast all tremble What are the wonders that you vndertake But lying signes amazed fooles to make The meere illusions false and fained showes Which Sathans power vpon his sonnes bestowes A miracle most truely to define Is a rare worke wrought by sole power diuine Apparantly against th' instinct we finde Of any course in Natures cause or kinde And in it selfe a true worke it must be Most sensible and visible to see Not on Illusion to deceyue the eye Such as the Deuill still deludeth by Neither is it celerity of hand No Iuglers trickes with miracle will stand Actiuity containing what they doe And meere deceit the onely helpe thereto The miracles of God no such things need But are most reall true in power and deed Those wonders which the Lord himselfe hath done And miracles of Iesus Christ his Sonne All by the Prophets and Apostles wrought Doe vtterly confound and bring to nought The counterfeites of Sathan and his route Which they euen like Gods apes doe goe about And therefore when strange things to sence appeare To know the power and bee resolued cleere Whether it doe proceede from that great might Which onely worketh miracles aright Examine if in actions true esteeme It be a worke or onely so do seeme A worke that rarely is admirde of all Which for distinction sake I rare doe call Because of Gods great works some vsuall bee Which all of vs doe ordinary see As is the preseruation of mankind This euery one continually doth finde By Gods eternall counsell and decreeing In him we liue and moue and haue our being But since it is effected day and houre By his great prouident protecting power No Miracle this properly is found That with amazement doth mans sense confound For miracles haue in them operation To ouercome the mind with admiration As when our Sauiour Christ wrought miracle The holy blest Euangelists doe tell Th' effect thereof thus present did befall The people were with feare astonied all And said How can he that a Sinner is Performe the works of such a power as this Thereby insinuating there was none Could worke true miracles but God alone Vanish therefore like vapours of the night You that would robbe the Lord of power and might Confounded be all Hell-hounds howle and barke And fall as Dagon fell before the Arke Idolaters that vnto senselesse things Will giue the honour of the King of Kings You Coniurers with circle and triangle That boast you can the fiends of hell outwrangle And make them come obedient at your call Herein old Sathan doth deceyue you all For is he such a friend to come at becke Or can you ouer-rule him with a checke No you are much mistaken by this way He doth misguide and leade your soules astray You that depend on miracles and signes And will see wonders ere you be Diuines Know all the miracles that Iesus wrought Confirme that doctrine his Apostles taught And they which doe relie vpon the same Within the Booke of life shall find their name Sa Rowlands TO ALL TRVE FAITHFVLL CHRISTIANS Beleeuing and beloued Seruants of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ DEere Christian soule with humble mind and thought Admire the wonders that thy Sauiour wrought The most true miracles that haue beene done By Gods beloued deâ—re and onely Sonne When he for sinnefull man without intreat Descended from Gods owne right hand and seate The mansion of the blessed Cherubins To dye on earth for our accursed sins When no inducing merite thine or mine Could thus procure his mercy to incline But when free loue his life 's free ransome cost To saue the sinners that themselues had lost Then liuing lowly in contempt and scorne Despised of the world most poorely borne With painefull trauell preaching vp and downe On shore in ship in mountaine field and towne Confirming that he taught to be diuine By many a wonderfull admired signe Euen such as the beholders did confesse The very hand of God and no power lesse Effected for so wonderfull they were That all spectators stood amaz'd with feare They saw his works to be so strangely rare So Admirable and so past compare Those that borne blind did neuer see worlds light To haue perfection giuen them of sight Dead Lazarus that lay foure dayes in graue Calde forth from thence his life againe to haue The dumbe to speake the cripples sound to goe The figge-tree cursde to dye and neuer grow The winds and seas when they outragious swell At his rebuke turne calme as any well The diuels driuen out of men to Swine The water turned into purest wine The Souldiers in the false betraying howre All strucken to the ground by Iesus power The dropsie healed and the Leapers cured His presence by the Diuells not endured His walking on vnfirme and liquid water His giuing life vnto the Rulers daughter His healing Malcus eare most perfect sound When Peters sword had lopt off to the ground And many more as those fowre holy men Which did the life of our Redeemer pen Haue registred of wonders Iewes did see Which Iesus onely wrought that we might bee Faithfull and true beleeuers in his name And in our liues expresse and show the same These Myracles for Christians may suffice Not any thing of truth in actuall deed And therefore as the Scripture warnings giue Those men that will not in obedience liue Vnto the truth but doe the same despise They shall by strong deceyuings follow lyes False Christs shall come and shall such wonders show That many will beleeue them to be so Not hauing knowledge to discerne aright Gods power true working from the wicked sprite But Christian soule most constantly abide Let not the Deuill draw thy heart aside For that which Christ and his Apostles taught And all the miracles which they haue wrought For to confirme what they had preach'd before Is all sufficient and we need no more And he thou mindfull what S. Paul doth say Within thy soules best treasurie it lay If I saith he strange doctrine should defend Nay should an angell from the heau'n descend And preach another Gospell then the first Receyue it not but hold him for accurst Remember God of his free loues intent Hath left an euerlasting testament Vnto vs all in Christ our Sauiours bloud In this alone consisteth all our good All Prophesies had hereunto relation All miracles to this gaue