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truth_n	church_n	error_n	pillar_n	1,714	5	9.9916	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15992	The Song of Songs, which was Salomons metaphrased in English heroiks by way of dialogue. With certayne of the brides ornaments, viz. poeticall essayes vpon a diuine subiect. Whereunto is added a funerall elegie, consecrate to the memorie of that euer honoured Lord, Iohn, late Bishop of London. By R.A.	Aylett, Robert, 1583-1655?	1621 (1621)	STC 2774; ESTC S104589	110,486	224

not doe 14 But as a naturall body doth consist Of quarters foure to make a man complete And if but one of all those foure be mist The other three lose all their life and heate Eu'n so it is with Truth whereof I treate If of these foure substantiall parts want one The other three are vainenesse or deceat For Truth of Iudgement Heart Speech Action Make but one Truth without dissimulation 15 But Truth of Iudgement ground is and foundation Of all the rest For be our Hearts sincere Our words and deeds without dissimulation If Errour in our Iudgements doth appeare With Paul we may eu'n persecute the deare And holy Seruants of the Sonne of Truth And thinke we doe to God good seruice here Fie then on Fooles that misse-spend their youth They neuer seeke to know or learne the way of Truth 16 But be our Iudgements eu'n as right and sound As Christs Disciples by their Master taught Yet if within vs Iudas hearts be found On vs the greater iudgement shall be wrought Who knowes his Masters will and doth it nought Oh what doth he by this his knowledge gayne But eu'n the sting of his owne conscience brought To desperation and infernall payne And to put out this sting puts on an hempen chayne 17 What shall we say of those that doe professe Truth of Religion and a Heart sincere Yet in their dealings nothing lesse expresse But for their gayne deceaue lie and forsweare Surely these men a double heart doe beare For were the Heart which is a liuely Spring Whence flow our words and deeds oh were that cleare Then all the streames from thence forth issuing Would be pure like the fountain from whence they do spring 18 But things we best of all by causes know God is the Cause of each good gift and grace But here more mediate Causes I may show Whereby he in the Truth doth guide our pace By 's Word we Truth of Iudgement doe embrace Which is to wandring Soules a guide and light His Spirit vpon our Hearts doth Truth enchase Then Truth of Iudgement makes vs speake aright And Truth of Heart makes all our actions true and right 19 Thus as Effects true Speech and Actions flow From Truth of Iudgement and the Truth of Heart As all Mankind from Eue and Adam grow But if the subtill Serpent can peruert Our Hearts or Iudgements as he did diuert Our two first Parents then as all their seede Defiled is with their corrupted part So from our Heart and Iudgement will proceede Corrupted words and actions which such fountaynes breede 20 Therefore to set our Iudgement true and right We to the ground and pillar ought to come Of Truth which is the Church of God so hight Because the treasures of all Truth there won Of all Gods Oracles which there haue rome From which all Truth of Iudgement we deriue The Church a carefull Keeper doth become There 's Truth that able is to saue aliue And away Errour Darknesse Superstition driue 21 O blessed Truth that holy Church preserues From Satans malice and the Moth of time O glorious Church whose soundnesse pure reserues Truth of Religion which doth make thee shine In Righteousnesse Faith Hope and Loue Diuine More then Pompe Wealth Vniuersalitie For Truth doth decke Christs Spouse more trim and fine Then Time Consent Succession Vnitie Now foild with Superstition and Idolatrie 22 With these false Ornaments the Church of Rome Like painted Harlot shuns the open Light Nor will vnto the Ground and Pillar come Of Truth to trie if shee bee wrong or right Therefore poore Laiks neuer must haue sight Of holy Writ to frame their Iudgement by Traditions and false Miracles them light And on the Churches word they must relie Thus Ignorance the Mother is of Poperie 23 But as sound Truth abhorres such Ignorance Eu'n so presumptuous curiositie Shee doth decline nor euer doth aduance Her purest thoughts to things that be too high Her subiect is no higher Mysterie Than Spirit of Truth is pleased to reueale Into Gods secret Counsell for to prie Is like the Thiefe that fire from Heau'n did steale To whom eu'n Heathen iudgements endlesse torments seale 24 So vniuersall is Truths glorious Fame That all things that the Heau'n and Earth contaynes Delight to be adorned by her Name Yea God himselfe Truths title not disdaynes Loe He Lord God of Truth for ay remaynes The Word of Truth the Spirit of Truth likewise Wayes iudgements works cōmandements Truth retaynes In this Saints Angels with God sympathize But Satan and his broode delight in contraries 25 Thus as shee is adorn'd by Titles high So with her Glorie shee doth all adorne Nothing vnto perfection commeth nigh Except by them the badge of Truth be borne And though some Worldlings doe her Liuerie scorne As things against their pleasure ease and gayne For that plaine dealing is a Iewell worne But he that weares it beggerie shall gayne Yet Truth her credit still doth with the best retayne 26 Yea Truth amongst the Writers of all times Hath beene in such great honour and account As without Truth yet neuer Prose or Rimes To any Praise or Honour vp did mount The holy Writ wherein Truth doth surmount Shee safely doth'gainst all her Foes defend How oft doth Dauids muse Gods Truth recount Whereby her glorie lasts to the Worlds end Ah my poore Muse see thou alwayes on Truth attend 27 There 's not one Vertue that with Loue doth dwell But honours Truth and seekes her company Begin eu'n at Humilities low Cell And mount to Mercy that doth sit on high All seeke the companie of Veritie Eu'n Loue must be without dissimulation And Righteousnesse without Hypocrisie Vnfaigned Faith true constant Expectation No Vertue without Truth comes neare Loues habitation 28 Faire glosing shewes without Dame Veritie Are but as falsely feigned Holinesse Which surely doubles the iniquitie And neuer leades the way to Happinesse My Muse is farre vnable to expresse The prayses all of Peeres that Truth attends Whom shee adornes with wondrous Noblenesse But Righteousnesse vpon her most depends And Mercy now and Truth haue met growne great friends 29 But surely Truth hath not so many Friends But shee doth find as many Enemies For Satan all his malice 'gainst her bends Supplanting Her by force or subtilties He father is of errours and of lyes And seekes herewith Truths glorie to distaine And therefore they maliciously deuise Interpretations false and glosses vaine Traditions mens inuentions 'gainst her to maintaine 30 As Purgatorie first they did deuise Purses for Pardon of mens sinnes to gleane So Limbo's they for Writers haue likewise Wherein to purge and make their Writings clean● Index expurgatorius I meane In which if any Writer disagree From their Traditions whereupon they leane They in this Limbo Patrum purg'd must bee Or falsely else condemned to burne for Heresie 31 Thus moderne Writs sacred Antiquitie The Fathers Schoole-men Doctors Histories They all of them in Purgatorie frie And

sore against the Truth doe tyrannize The ancient Fathers Truths antiquities That like Iohn Baptist beare to her record They doe behead or else them circumcise None scapes their Index but Gods holy Word And that must be translated with their Church t' accord 32 But Errour striueth not more to deface Our Truth of Iudgement than Iniquitie And proud prophanenesse seeketh to disgrace True Dealing Speech and Hearts sinceritie Them branding with foule Follies infamie As none could liue but those that can dissemble Reproching them for Truth and Puritie That seeke hereby their pure Head to resemble When eu'n in Gods pure sight the purest Angels tremble 33 Not that I goe about here to defend Those feigned pure Ones that most wickedly Much Truth and Puritie in words pretend But in their Actions deale dishonestly Nor those that like the boasting Pharisie Call to their brother farther off to stand Which soone discerne a Mote in Brothers eye But eu'n Beames in their owne not vnderstand These for some false pretended Spots leaue Church and Land 34 Such rau'ning Wolues oft in long clothing goe And therefore hard by outward shewes to find We best them by their fruits may learne and know 'T is dangerous to censure in this kind For those that haue a true pure Heart and Mind Make shew thereof as they that doe dissemble Therefore till all their Actions false I find To iudge them Hypocrites mine heart doth tremble Lest to the Wicked I the Righteous should resemble 35 For dealing true's like Touch-stone which doth trie The baser Mettall from the purest Gold Discernes a true Heart from Hypocrisie And fayned Puritie doth soone vnfold And as by Touch-stones touch is easily told What is pure Gold from what is gilt for show Although the Gilt's more glorious to behold So Truth of Heart by Truth of Words we know And by the Actions which from them doe daily flow 36 Truth 's like the Treasure wh●ch the Hu●bandman As he was digging in the Field did sound Which he keepes close and sells all that he can And with the Money goes and buyes the Ground Shee 's like the precious Pearle the Merchant found And then sold all this Gemme for to obtayne The wise Man heau'nly Counsell doth propound That wills vs vse all meanes her to obtayne And buy the Truth with losse of honour pleasure gayne 37 Truth is like Salt that seasons eu'ry thing And makes it sauoury to God and Man Preserues our Soules from Breath putrifying Of busie Flies that labour what they can To breede corruption in the inward Man Shee leauens all the whole Lumps preparation The Soule and Body Flower and the Bran Affection Reason Will Communication Heart Mind Opinion Iudgement Life and Conuersation 38 As precious Ointment powr'd on Aarons head Ran downe vpon his Beard and did not stay Till all the Skirts it of his clothing spread So sacred Truth her vigour doth display From head whereas our Iudgement makes her stay Vnto the Beard and Tongue where speech haue place Then to the Heart and Hands shee holds her way From whence our Actions all haue life and grace Thus to the Skirts of our long clothing Truth doth trace 39 Gods Truth compares her to a Belt or Zone Which Souldiers vse for strength and ornament Whose golden Studs most gloriously shone And ioyne the Armour in faire complement● Loe whilst this Girdle is about vs pent Christians whole Armour hangs on fast and sure But if this Girdle from our Loynes be rent Off falls our Armes and Satan or Worlds lure Then wounds vs desperately or makes vs sleepe secure 40 Diuinest 〈◊〉 thou didst shadow well In Legend of true Loue and Chastitie By girdle faire of fairest Florimell This sacred Belt of Truth and Veritie Which none on looser Ladies loynes could tie Yet their faire Limbs that had li●'d true and chaste It did adorne most rich and gloriously And was most fitting for their slender waste But they Vngirt vnblest were that had beene vnchaste 41 For as the girdle doth inclose around Mans body where our soules high powers doe dwell Wherein as good or euill doe abound Eu'n all our actions flow thence ill or well So Truth about our soules keepes Centinell And eu'ry act we doe shee doth make knowne To that iust Iudge from whom we can conceale Not eu'n the secret thoughts that in vs growne For nought so close or secret is to Truth vnknowne 42 Thus Touch-stone Treasure Pearle Salt Leauen Zone Doe all fall short with faire Truth to compare For Truth in all 's compar'd to God alone And none but God her glorie can declare Who for Truths sake his owne Sonne did not spare But offerd him false man to reconcile That Truth and Mercy might meete and prepare Strict Iustice on poore wretched Man to smile Whom Satan with false lyes and errour did beguile 43 What doth the Word of Truth to vs commend More than this inward Truth and Singlenesse Abram for this is styl'd by God a Friend And Iob 〈◊〉 of Truth and Perfectnesse If I should here the Readers patience presse With all examples therein to be found Surely my Verses should be numberlesse Wherefore a few I for the Truth propound That you like men of Ber●a may the Scripture found 44 Where you shall fi●d of Truth examples store Eu'n Christ himselfe for Truth was crucifide Baptist beheaded Paul endured more For Truth than the Apostles all beside When Peter had the Lord of Truth denide He went out and did weepe more bitterly Than when his Master to him signifide By girding him what death he ought to die Whereby he should the Truth of God much glorifie 45 And this hath made the Martyrs of all Ages Till death their Truth of Iudgement to maintayne Sealing with blood the Truth of sacred pages And whilst they here endur'd most cruell payne They ioyfull were in hope of glorious gayne Yea many haue embraced losse and shame In singlenesse of heart Truth to maintayne But what though here they doe endure some blame The true in heart shall gayne an euerlasting name 46 Dauid a man call'd after Gods owne heart For inward Truth and Singlenesse within No beautie eloquence or outward part Can so commend a man For Truth doth winne The loue of God and Man But that foule sinne Of lying Lips and a deceitfull Heart Is an abomination vnto him In eu'ry triall Truth maintaynes her part But all dissemblers Adam-like aside doe start 47 Loe many Daughters haue done vertuously But glorious Truth doth farre surmount them all Yet if I onely sing of Veritie And labour not to practise it at all But from my Loynes her Girdle loosen shall It had beene better I had neuer knowne The way of Truth than afterwards to fall And leaue the Light that vnto me was showne Choking those seeds of Grace the Spirit of Truth had sowne 48 But ah the Deuill and his Instruments Continually doe seeke our Truth to spoile And by feare force and Worlds

can beate them from their Anchre-hold 31 Faith as the Sunne and Hope is as the Moone In Heau'n both glorious Lamps this World to light So in mans soule Faith Hope like two lights shone Their little world towards blisse to guide aright As Moone doth borrow from Sunnes glorious light So Hope from Faith And as when Sunne to shine On Moone forbeares shee 's scarce discern'd by sight So when Hope wants Faiths glorious light Diuine Shee wanes like Moone and all her beautie doth dec'line 32 Hope signifies a constant expectation Of some good thing to come from such a one Of whose Loue Pow're and Truth a firme perswasion We haue that all we wait for shall be done Loe first Hope onely is of things to come It is no Hope to hope for things we see Next in her selfe Hope confidence hath none Last all our hope and refuge is to flee Vnto Gods grace pow're wisdome Truth which certaine bee 33 Here in examples may my Muse transcend For whatsoeuer things are writ of old Are for our learning and instruction pend That we through Patience comfort may behold In Scriptures And haue Hope for to lay hold On all Gods Promises and Dealing kind By him shew'd to our forefathers of old And those which to our owne times are assign'd Last of all those which we within our selues doe find 34 These three may breede in vs experience Experience Hope Hope maketh not asham'd Loe first th'examples all haue reference To Hope which I in Faiths discourse haue nam'd Kings Prophets Iudges Martyrs all enflam'd With Loue in Hope and Faith most firme doe stand Without the one the other may be blam'd Both able are Hels malice to withstand For if one faints the other lends her helping hand 35 This generall briefe narration shall serue For all Hope 's noble famous acts of old Now if you will be pleased to obserue Whilst I th'examples of our times vnfold And those which our forefathers haue vs told God neuer hath so de●lt with any Nation In giuing temporall blessings manifold In our deliuerances ' boue expectation Lastly in yeelding vs such meanes for our saluation 36 He sets vs in a blessed Land where flow Hony and Milke and all good things abound The Plough-man reapes the Crop which he doth sow Here Peace and Plentie eu'ry where are found Here dreadfull trump of warre doth neuer sound No leading here into captiuitie Here no complayning in our streets is found Here 's health of body with prosperitie And all these lasted haue beyond mans memorie 37 I hope here is for vs sufficient ground To trust in God for all things temporall How many plots hath Hell and Rome out found Vs to betray to bondage spirituall Yet God hath vs deliuer'd out of all Besides that secret cruell trayt'rous broode Priests that themselues Catholique Champions call Shee hath prouok'd to make her quarrell good Great Kings to open warre and shedding innocent blood 38 Witnesse th'Armada huge of Eightie eight Which b●eathed nought but cruell desolation And was inuincible in Mans conceit Whom nought could satisfie but th'extirpation Of Protestants and all the English Nation Home-treason forraine warre vs to betray To Popish cursed hellish machination Nought could this Phara●hs crueltie allay Till Death Hell and Destruction swept them all away 39 This quail'd the spite of Egypt but of Rome Though pow'r grow weake her spite growes yet more strong When force and open warre doe vaine become Shee seekes by treason to maintayne her wrong Loe Iesuites and Seminaries throng In Court Church Citie and in euery Place To sow seedes of Sedition vs among To bring Prince Counsell Prelate in disgrace To credit Superstition and the Truth out-face 40 How many were their plots of cursed Treason Deuis'd against our late dread Soueraigne Queene Impatient to expect the time and season When shee should hence goe and no more be seene That time they look'd to wreake their spitefull teene On opposites of Popes Supremacy Oh! this a bloody day had surely beene Had not the Lord vs succour'd from on high And whence we hop'd for least did vs most helpe supply 41 Loe whilst shee liu'd shee seem'd a weake defence A Woman to defend so great a Nation From secret treasons open violence Fill'd all the World with ioy and admiration But when by her most happy commutation Shee leaues this Earth Behold that prouidence Which made this weake Sexe strong for our saluation Brings in a stronger and more sure defence With Gladnesse Plentie Peace without all violence 42 Oh! that my Muse were able here to flie The high pitch of my Soueraignes commendation Who Solomon-like in all his Royaltie Brought Peace and Plentie to this happy Nation At whose most blessed glad Inauguration No Shimei barkes nor Sheba lifts his hand But all him meete with ioyfull salutation God saue King IAMES sole Monarch of our Land And set thy seate as fast as our late Queenes did stand 43 This was a gracious worke of Prouidence A thing vnparallel'd before not seene But can this stop the Dragons virulence No it encreaseth more his spite and teene For the same cause he hated our late Queene He doth Faith's great Defender now infest But against Loue Faith Hope is all his spleene And all that will not fall downe to the Beast With those that Antichristian supremacy detest 44 Many a cursed plot and cruell treason Hath beene attempted 'gainst our gracious King Before and since the happy time and season God him in peace to rule this Land did bring But neuer yet was hammer'd such a thing By Pope Turke Iesuite or in Hell below As was the powder plots fierce lightening Which in one instant all should ouerthrow King Counsell Nobles Citie Commons Priests vp blow 45 Oh barbarous wretches cruell instruments Of Death and Ruine to their natiue Nation What heart of steele or flint that not relents To apprehend the dreadfull desolation Besides of men of that faire habitation Those seates of Iustice Houses for deuotion Great Brittaines glorie Strangers admiration Shame is reward Gods wrath the bitter potion Of all that had their heads in this most hellish motion 46 But leaue them to their punishment and shame Behold a worke no older than the yeare Wherein Gods Loue to vs blest be his Name No lesse than in the former doth appeare I meane our Soueraignes sicknesse who was neere To the last act of all mortalitie But when all physicke fayl'd God did him cheere His health restoring with prosperitie And adding length of dayes to him that look'd to die 47 Nor onely doth this Antichristian Bore Seeke to roote vp the Vine of Gods right Hand But there be Foxes little Foxes store Which 'gainst her bloming Grapes in ambush stand Those that against Church gouernement doe band Churches illit'rate Vermine who disclose Their enuie to the Prelates of our Land When against their Succession they oppose Tithes Prayers Order Titles Ceremonies Clothes 48 These humorous Nouellists haue