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Poems on most of the festivals of the church composed by the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery.
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Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679.
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1681
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Wing O495; ESTC R22207
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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 Raiâe Man vp to Heav'n Those who the Church would to One Tongue Contract Against this Fruitâull Miracle must Act And while They Run in such a Guâlây 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 Gloriouâ 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 Nevâr did such a Prophet Shine on Earth He his Redeemer knew before his Birth His Ioyfull Lâaping in his Mothers Womâe 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 Adorâe 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 Nevâr did man to such High Gâory Rise This wonârâus Priest did his own God Baptise In stead of shineing Vestments He did weare A Leathârn Girâle and a Râbe of Haire Yât His Biâst Ministry most Firmly Stood Its Greaââes did appear in Doeing Good ãâã and some Wild âony was His Fare Carthusians Meales to His Excâssâs were This spareing Dâet and That humble Dress Does practâcally Sentenâe Our Excess Yet the great Orâers of the Pen and Sword Did ãâã to Hâar and Reverenc'd His Word No Charactârs by man Erâctâd shine With âo much Awe in Hearts as the Divine Râason payes more to Pâety Alone Then to the Guarâs and Glittrings of a Throne VVâat yet of his first State Man in him beares Minds him More 's due to wâat he Likes then Fâars But All His merit did not Guard his Life ârom the Râvenge of an Incestuous VVife VVho can think Crimes which Lust will not Comitt VVhen t is to Râap the Guilty Fruits of it Nature Religion and All Sacred Tyes Some will while the Hot Frânzy Lasts Dispise Heâod 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 Dâughter by her Mother gain'd So well the King with Danceing Iâtertain'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 âtter'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' Incesââous did Expell How wild is Pow'r which made a Monarch Prone To slight Gods Word to Gratisy his Own Faâsly 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 ãâã And a True Mourning at the Fan'rall make Yet to the Lookers on it did Appear The Mourâers Happy'er then the Dancers were O who can Read this Story with Dry Eââs Or will not aâter it this World Despise When such a Hâad is as a Tribuâe paid To a Lâud Oath past to a Danceing Maid Let vs since Lofây Stations Crimes Inspire Early from all their Cheating Charmes Retire Whân on Death Beds we Languishing shall Lye And know Eternall Joies or Paines are nigh Thân wââ shall Grieve tho it may be too Laâe How slightly wee our precious Time did Rate Many âave Mourn'd Their Lives They ill have spânt But none of well Employing them Repânt 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
Rome saies it was in Asia the Less Nicephorus averrs it was in Greece And that by His Vile Murtherers Decree Hee suffer'd Death upon an Olive Tree That Rage which in their Hearts his worth had bred Turnd vndesign'dly Just to Crown his Head For since the Learn'd to Learning doe allow A wrâath to Crown it of an Olive Bow Our Saint whose knowledge reach'd the Last Degree Was Crown'd not with an Olive Wreath but Tree But Piety did to His Body give As Little Rest when Dead as when Aliue Kingdomes and Ciâties did a while Contest In which of them his precious Dust shâust Rest. All yeild at Last to Coâstaâtines strong Claâme Who built a âemple to the Apostles Name Which though a Pile of so much Art and Cost That of the Like the whole World could not boast Yet since t was made to those great Saints a Tombe Whose Blood and writings taught all Christendome The Famous Structure more Renown'd does prove For what 's there Bury'd then for all above On the Day of St. Simon the APOSTLE HAil Sacred Cananite whose God-like Pains For Thee the Title of the Zâlât Gains More âustly Due if wee the Truth Respect From Labouring for Thy God then from Thy Sect VVhat Creature e're so many Lands did Run Vnless his Fellow-Traveller the Sun Egypts and Affricks heat and Barren Sand Could not His Zeal or Frighten or Withâtand The Libian Lyons Barr'd not vp his VVay Nor the VVild People Savager then They. Hee did Fulâââl what was in Scripture Read On Lyons and on Adders Hee did Tread Against Their Venome Antidotes he had The Words of Faith that Bâlme of Gilead These wreâched People who with heat were vext Much in This VVorld but much more in the next Hee by his Pâous Life and Preaching brings To Rest vnder the sââdow of Gods Wings Those were the Seeds of Faith he there did Sââ VVhich to great Heigth in Future times did grow After He had Asia and Affrick taught Into VVest Europe He the Gospell brought At last into Oâr Brittain He did Come The Guilty Scene of his Blest Martyrdome Hee like the Sun vp in the East did gett âhin'd o're the South then in the West did Sâtt His Holy Life his Doctrine so maintain'd That Many People Hee to Iesus Gain'd But others who Themselves to Sin had Sold Did to Destroy him open Counsells hold And as the Greek Menologies Agree Those Monsters Crucify'd him on a Tree With Joy Hee saw his Blood for Iesus spilt His Faith was on the Rock of Ages âuilt There in an Vnknown Grave his Body Lies Vntill a Glorious Body it shall Rise âight not His Blood which our Forefathers spilt Have helpt to Fill the Measure of that Guilt VVhich often drown'd Our Islands in a Flood Of Royall Noble and Plebejan Blood So that No spott of Earth hath e're been more No nor so much moistned with Human Gore And even in our Faâall Dayes we Saw Great Brittain made a True Acheldama O May wee from all Sinning so Refrain As God may never make it One again VVhen our Repentance shall his Wrath Atone The Inward Peace will bring the Outward One On the Day of St. Iude THE APOSTLE HAil Blessed Juâas whose Devotion 's Flame Hath made Atonement for that guilty Nâme The Cursed Iudas who to gaiâe was Ty'd Sold Him for whom the Blessed Judas Dy'd His Question to Our Saviour does Detect He also did His Temporall Raign expect Which Error all his Bretâren did Admitt Till the Blest Spirit Led them out of it To worldly Glories men Aspire at most Vntill enlighten'd by the Holy Ghost But for a nobler Empire then They Sârive More Solid Farr then All this World can give T was Long before the Câurches did admit His Blest Epistle into Sacred Writt During that guilty time wâat was become Oâ the Infallibility of Rome Eâocâs Apocalâps the Church of Old Next to wâat was Canoââcaâl did holdâ Oâr Saint His Prophâsie did therefore Cite Which Since no Pen that was inspir'd did Write Was the Câeif Râason Divers could Afford Why Tâey did doubt t was not the Sacred word Yet some Epistles written by Blest Paul Were still admitted as Canonicall Tho Hee to Reach the Eâds which he did Press Aratâs quotes and Epimeâides Who though not guided by the Heavenly Light Yet They the truth in severall things did write Of Romes Vnerringness ill Proof She makes By First Suspecting what at Last she takes If by the Help of Study and of Time She to know what 's Caâonicall does Climbe Others to such Infallibility May have at lest as good a Right as Shee Either that Title she should not Admitt Or Shee should give vs better Proofs of it Th' Inspiration which our Saiâts Epistle beares Highly Instructive to Mankind appears Servaât to Christ and Brother to Blest Iââes Tâe wâighty Titles are which Hee Esteem's Tho âee might âustly by Gods Sacred word Have stâl'd himself THE BROTHER OF THE LORD Yet that vast Title Our great Saint Declines By which His Humbleness the Brighter Shines Many Great Nations of his Teaching boast But Perâia seems indebted to it most Their Magi who in High âsteem were held Finding their Wisdome unto Goâs did yeild Which should have Led them into Sâveiâg wayes Did only their Revenge and Envy Raisâ Which did not Let them Rest vntill that They His Life did take who taught to Life the Way His Converts when the News They vnderstood Their Sârâames of Tears mixt with his Streams of Blood But thaâ Bâest Mârtyrdome Hee did abide ãâã them in the Faith for which He Dy'd On the Martyrdome of his Sacred Maiesây KING CHARLES THE FIRST OF BLESSED MEMORY THat Sacred Head three Kingdoms did Adore For what it was more then for what it woâe That Heaâ by âorth mâre then by Biâth the Bâst Which Dayây prov'd Oâaâles were not Ceaâ Is not Condemn'd as t is bâleiv'd by Some ãâã is with Glory Crown'd by Martyrdome And tho his Rebels Power thus to Dispence His Fate make Some to question Providence My Faith by it is Rais'd and not Deprest Since the worst they could doe did prove the Best For that Black Voâe which then Pâonounc'd his Doome Serv'd to Conâeigâ him to a Nâbler Crown Of whose Dâration none can doubtfull be Since t will ouâ-live his Murth'reââ Infamy Glory like time Progâession does reqâire VVhen iâ Advances not it does Expire And his had Reach'd to such an Height befoâe Nothing but such a Death coââd Raise it more And though Some dare alledge 't was but a Few ãâã or his ãâã or ãâ¦ã Yet that it self does all excuse defeat To Let so few Commit a Sin so Great All are too Guilty they are who did Siâ To shed his Blood and Those Permitted it VVith a Sublimer joy he mounted on The Scaffold then he did Ascend the Throne For Heav'n had