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A15647	The hymnes and songs of the Church diuided into two parts. The first part comprehends the canonicall hymnes, and such parcels of Holy Scripture as may properly be sung, with some other ancient songs and creeds. The second part consists of spirituall songs, appropriated to the seuerall times and occasions obserueable in the Church of England. Translated and composed, by G.W.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Songs of the Old Testament.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Cantica sacra.; Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625.	1623 (1623)	STC 25910A; ESTC S120233	90,046	236

diuers other Mysteries are renued by the obseruation of this Day And by taking occasion to reade publikely the Storie of Iudas his Apostacie men are that day put in minde to consider what Iudgements hang ouer th●ir heads who shall abuse the diuine callings c. Song 67. WHen one among the Twelue there was That did thy Grace abuse Thou left●st him LORD and in his place did'st iust Matthias chuse So if a Traytour doe remaine Within thy Church to day To grant him true repentance daigne Or cast him out we pray 2 Though horned like the Lambe he show Or Sheepe-like clad he be Let vs his Dragon language know And Wooluish nature see Yea cause the Lo● to fall on those The charge of thine to take That shall their Actions well dispose And conscience of them make 3 Let vs moreouer minde his fall Whose roome Matthias got So to beleeue and feare withall That we forsake thee not For Titles be they ne're so high Or great or sacred Place Can no mans Person sanctifie Without thy speciall grace Saint Markes Day SAint Marke being one of the foure blessed Euangelists by whose pen the Gospell of Iesus Christ was recorded this day is purposely appointed to praise God for those glad tydings he brought and that wee might honour him also with such a Christian Memoriall as becommeth the Ambassadour of so great a King as our Redeemer Which ciuill honour due to the Saints of God it is hoped none will deny them nor conceiue such Institutions superstitious or to haue beene purposed to an Idolatrous end Song 68. Sing this as the 44. Song FOr those blest Pen-men of thy Word Who haue thy holy Gospel writ We praise and honour Thee oh LORD And our beleefe we build on it Those happy Tydings which it brings With ioyfull hearts we doe embrace And prize aboue all oth●r things That precious Token of thy grace 2 To purchase what we hope thereby Our vtmost wealth we will bestow Yea we our pleasures will denie And let our liues and honours goe And whomsoe're it commeth from No other Gospel we will heare No though an Angel downe should come From heau'n we would not giue him eare 3 Our Resolutions LORD ar● such But in performance ●eake are we And the Deceauers craft is much Our Second therefore thou must be So we assuredly shall know When any Doctrines we receaue If they agreeing be or no To those which we professed haue S. Philip and Iacob THis Day is celebrated to the honour of God and the Christian memoriall of the two blessed Apostles Philip and Iacob At which time the Church taketh occasion to offer to our remembrance such Mysteries as Christ deliuered vnto them that wee might the oftner consider them receiue fu●ther instruction concerning them and praise God both for such his fauours and for those instruments of his glory Song 69. Sing this as the 3. Song TO thy Apostles thou hast taught What they oh Christ should do And those things which belieue they ought Of thee they learned to And that which thou to them hast showne Hath beene disposed thus They vnto others made it knowne And those haue tolde it vs. 2 With them we doe confesse and say What shall not be denide Thou art the Truth the Life the Way And we in thee will bide By thee the Father we haue knowne Whom thou descendedst from And vnto him by thee alone We haue our hope to come 3 For thou to Philip didst impart Which our beleefe shall be That thou within the Father art And that he is in Thee And saydst what euer in thy Name We should with faith require Thou wouldst giue eare vnto the same And grant vs our desire 4 Of thee oh LORD we therefore craue Which thou wilt daigne we know The good Beleefe which now we haue We neuer may forgoe And that thy sacred Truth which we Thy Word haue learned from From Age to Age deriu'd may be Untill thy Kingdome come S. Barnabas day THis Day is solemnized in commemoration of Saint Barnabas a faithfull Disciple of Iesus Christ and to honour God for the benefit vouchsafed to the Church by his Ministry For he was a good man full of the Holy Ghost and of faith as S. Luke testifieth Acts 11.24 He was also by the Holy Ghosts immediate appointment together with Paul separated for the Ministry of the Gospell and confirmed in the Apostleship by the laying on of hands Acts 13.2 Song 70. Sing this as the 44. Song THy gifts and graces manifold To many men thou LORD hast lent Both now and in the dayes of olde To teach them faith and to repent Thy Prophets thou didst first ordaine And they as Legats did appeare Then cam'st thy selfe and in thy Traine Apostles for attendants were 2 For Leg●ir when thou went●st away The Holy-Ghost thou didst appoint And here Successions till this day Remaine of those he did annoynt Yea thou hast likewise so ordain●d That to make good what those haue taught An Army-Royall was maintain'd Of Martyrs who thy Battailes fought 3 For those and Him for whom we thus Are met to praise thy Name to day We giue thee thankes as they for vs That should come after them did pray And by this duty we declare Our Faith assures that they and we In Times diuided though we are Haue one Communion still with Thee S. Iohn Baptist. IOhn called the Baptist was he as Christ himselfe testifieth who was promised to be sent before him to prepare his way Luke 7.27 and by his Preaching and Baptisme the People were accordingly prepared to receiue him that was to follow He w●s the true expected Elias and slaine by Herod for reprouing the Incest which the said Herod committed in taking his Brothers wife That we might praise God therefore for this Fore-runner of our Sauiour and by his example remember to prouide for his entertainement the Church hath set apart this Day Song 71. Sing this as the 9. Song BEcause the world might not pretend It knew not of thy Comming-day Thou didst oh Christ before thee send A Cryer to prepare thy way Thy Kingdome was the Blisse he brought Repentance was the Way he taught 2 And that his Voice might not alone Informe vs what we should belieue His Life declar'd what must be done If Thee we purpose to receiue His Li●e our patterne therefore make That we the Course he tooke may take 3 Let vs not gad to Pleasures Court With fruitlesse Toyes to feed the mind Nor to that Wildernesse resort Where Reeds are shaken with the wind But treade the Path he trod before That both a Prophet was and more 4 Clad in repentant Cloath of Haire Let vs oh Christ to seeke out Thee To those forsaken Walkes repaire Which of so few frequented be And true Repentance so intend That we our courses may amend 5 Let vs hereafter feed vpon The Hony of thy Word diuine Let vs the Worlds entisement shun Her Drugs and her

Christ his frailty did permit By his distrusting sure to make Such others as might doubt of it So we had right and he no wrong For by his weaknesse both are strong 3 Oh blessed GOD how wise thou art And how confoundest thou thy Foes Who their temptations dost conuart To worke those ends which they oppose When Sathan seekes our faith to shake The firmer he the same doth make 4 Thus whatso'ere he tempts vs to His disaduantage let it be Yea make those very sinnes we do The meanes to bring vs nearer thee Yet let vs not to ill consent Though colour'd with a good intent S. Stephens day STephen was one of the seauen Deacons mentioned Acts 6. and the first Martyr of Iesus Christ whose Truth hauing powerfully maintained by dispute he constantly sealed it with his blood The Church therefore hath appointed this Anniuersarie in remembrance thereof that so God might perpetually be glorified for the same and the story of his Martyrdome the oftne● mentioned to the encouragement and direction of other men in their Trials Song 63. Sing this as the 4 Song LORD with what zeale did thy first Martyr breath Thy blessed Truth to such as him withstood With what stout mind embraced he his death A holy witnesse sealing with his bloud The praise is thine that him so strong did'st make And blest is he that dyed for thy sake 2 Unquenched loue in him appear'd to be When for his murth'rous Foes he did entreat A piercing eye made bright by faith had he For he beheld thee in thy Glory set And so vnmou'd his pa●ience he did keepe He di●de as if he had but faine as●eepe 3 Our luke-warme harts with his hot Zeale enflame So Constant and so Louing let vs be So let vs liuing glorifie thy Name So let vs dying ●i●e our eyes on Thee And ●hen the ●leepe of Death shall vs o●retake With him to life eternall vs awake S. Iohn the Euangelist THis Day is celebrated by the Church to praise God for his blessed Euangelist and beloued Disciple Saint Iohn who hath beene an admirable instrument of his glorie and the Churches instruction For the Mystery of the sacred Trinity and the Diuinity of Christ is by him most plainely exprest in his writings among many other great Mysteries and excellent Doctrines concerning our Redemption for which wee are bound particularly to honour God and worthily stirred vp therevnto by this annuall Commemoration Song 64. Sing this as the 44. Song TEach vs by his example LORD For whom we honour thee to Day And grant his witnesse of thy Word Thy Church enlighten euer may And as belou'd oh Christ he was And therefore leaned on thy breast So let vs also in thy grace And on thy sacred bosome rest 2 Into vs breath that Life diuine Whose Testimony he intends About vs cause thy Light to shine That which no Da●knesse comprehends And let that euer-blessed Word Which all things did create of nought Anew create vs now oh LORD Whose ruine sinne hath almost wrought 3 Thy holy Faith we doe professe Us to thy Fellowship receaue Our Sinnes ●e hartily confesse Thy Pardon therefore let vs haue And as to vs thy Seruant giues Occasion thus to honour Thee So also let our words and liues As lights and guides to others be Innocents Day KIng Herod vnderstanding th●t a king of the Iewes was borne in Bethlem-Iuda fearing that by him he might be dispossessed he murthered all the yong infants of that Circuit in hope among them to haue slaine Iesus Christ But he was ●ent into Egypt by Gods speciall ap●ointment and so the Ty●ants fury prooued vaine In hono●r therefore of the Almighties prouidence the Church celebrateth this Day To put vs in minde also how vainely the Diuell and his members rage against Gods decree and that the cruell slaughter of those poore Infants may neuer be forgotten Which in a large sense may be called a Marty●dome As in the generality of the cause being for Christ in the passion of the body though not in the intention of the minde And so in proper sence doth S. Stephen hold still the place of the first Captaine of that Band. Song 65. Sing this as the 44. Song 1 THat rage whereof the Psalme doth say Why are the G●ntiles growne so mad Appeard in part vpon that day When Herod slaine the Infants had Yet as it saith they stormd in vaine Though many Innocents they slew For Christ they purposd to haue slaine Who all their Counsels ouerthrew 2 Thus still vouchsafe thou to res●raine All Tyrants LORD pursuing Thee Thus let our vast desires be slaine That thou maist liuing in vs be So whilst we shall enioy our breath We of thy loue our Songs will frame And with those Innocents our death Shall also glorifie thy Name 3 In Type those Many di●de for One That One for many moe was slaine And what they felt in Act alone He did in will and Act sustaine LORD grant that what thou hast decreed In Will and Act we may fulfill And though we reach not to the Deede From vs oh GOD accept the Will The conuersion of S. Paul SAint Paul as appeares Acts 9. hauing beene a great persecutor of the Christian faith before his conuersion was extraordinarily called to embrace the same profession euen as he proceeded in a Iourney purposely vndertaken to suppresse the Truth And so of a Woolfe became afterward a Pastor the most laborious Preacher of Iesus Christ Which mercy of GOD that we may still remember it to the praise of his name and our owne comfort the Church hath appointed an yearely Commemoration thereof Song 66. Sing this as the 44. Song A Blest Conue●sion and a strange Was that when Saul a Paul became And LORD for making such a change We praise and glorifie thy Name For whilst he went from place to place To persecute thy Truth and Thee And running to perdition was By powerfull grace cal'd backe was hee 2 When from thy Truth we goe astray Or wrong it through our blinded zeale Oh come and stop vs in the way And then thy Will to vs reu●ale That Brightnesse shew vs from aboue Which proues the sensuall eye-sight blinde And from our eyes those Scales remoue That hinder vs thy way to finde 3 And as thy blessed seruant Paul When he a Conuert once became Exceeded thy Apostle● all In painefull preaching of thy Name So grant that those who haue in Sinne Exceeded others heretofore The start of them in Faith may winne Loue serue and honour thee the more S. Matthias MAtthias was the Disciple which was chosen in the roo●e of Iudas Iscariot And his anniuersary is commanded to be obserued that it might giue vs continuall occasion to praise God for his Iustice and Fauor For his Iustice shewed in discoue●ing and not sparing Iudas the traytou● abusing his Apostleship For his Fauour declared in elec●ing Matthias a faithfull Pastor of the Church Moreouer the remembrance of

this Island with the Sea walled it with naturall Bulwarkes built Towers in it planted his truth here weeded dressed and replenished it like a Garden and in a word euery way done the part of a good Husbandman thereon Howsoeuer therefore the first occasion of this Dayes great solemnity seeme but meane as the beginnings of many noble inuentions were yet I conceaue that Institution to haue beene ordained to weighty and Christian purposes Euen to oblige the Peeres of this Kingdome by the new and strict bands of an honourable Order to imitate their Patrons care ouer his Vineyard to remember them that they are the Band-Royall to whom the Guard thereof is committed to stirre vp in them vertuous emulations and to shew them how to make vse of their temporall dignities to the glorie of God For beside many other re●●●end Officers there belongs a Prelate also to these Sole●nities And me thinkes we should not imagine that the Founder of it being a Christian Prince assisted by a wise and religious Counsel would haue so prophaned the most excellent dignity of the Church as to make it waite on Ceremonies ordained for ostentation or some other vaine ends More discreetly they deale who apprehend the contrary and are not in danger of this sentence Euill to him that euill thinketh Song 81. Sing this as the 3. Song ALl praise and glorie that we may Ascribe we LORD to Thee From whom the triumphs of this Day And all our glories be For of it ●elfe nor East nor West Doth Honour ebbe or flowe But as to Thee it seemeth best Preferments to bestowe 2 Thou art oh Christ that valiant Knight Whose Order we professe And that Saint George who oft doth fight For England in distresse The Dragon thou o'rethrew'st is He That would thy Church deuoure And that faire Lady ●ORD is she Thou sauest from his power 3 Thou like a Husbandman prepar'd Our Fields yea sowne them hast And Knight-like with a warlike guard From spoile enclos'd them fast Oh daigne that those who in a Band More strict then heretofore Are for this Vineyard bound to stand May watch it now the more 4 Yea grant since they elected are New Orders to put on And sacred Hirogliphickes weare Of thy great Conquest wonne That those when they forget may tell Why those of them are worne And inwardly informe as well As outwardly adorne 5 That so their Christian-Knighthood may No Pagan●Order seeme Nor they their Meetings passe away As things of vaine esteeme And that we may our triumphs all To thy renowne apply Who art that Saint on whom we call When we Saint George doe cry For publike Deliuerances GOd hath vouchsafed vnto this Kingdome many publike deliuerances which ought neuer to be forgotten but rather should be celebrated by Vs as the daies Purim by the Israelites Hester 9.26 Especially that of the fift of Nouember for the celebration whereof there is a Statute enacted And it is hoped we shall neuer neglect or be ashamed to praise God for that Deliuery according to prouision made to that purpose For that the like occasions therefore this Hymne is composed Song 82. Sing this as the 9. Song WIth Isr'el we may truely say If on our side GOD had not beene Our Foes had made of vs their pray And we this Light had neuer seene The Pit was digg'd the snare was ●aid And we with ease had beene betrai'd 2 But they that hate vs vndertooke A Plot they could not bring to passe For he that all doth ouerlooke Preuented what intended was We found the Pit scap'd the Gin And saw their Makers caught therein 3 The meanes of helpe was not our owne But from the LORD alone it came A fauour vndeserued showne And therefore let vs praise his Name Oh praise his Name for it was He That broke the Net and set vs free 4 Unto his honour let vs sing And Stories of his Mercy tell With praises let our Temples ring And on our Lips thankesgiuing dwell Yea let vs not his loue forget While Sunne or Moone doth rise or set 5 Let vs redeeme againe the Times Let vs begin to liue anew And not reuiue those hainous crimes That dangers past so neere vs drew Lest he that did his hand reuoke Returne it with a double stroke 6 A true Repentance takes delight To minde GODS Fauours heretofore So when his mercies men recite It makes a true Repentance more And where those vertues doe encrease They are the certaine signes of Peace 7 But where encreasing Sinnes we see And to such dulnesse men are growne That sleighted those Protections bee Which GOD in former time hath showne It shall betoken to that ●and Some Desolation neere at hand 8 Our hearts oh neuer harden so Nor let thine Anger so returne But with desire thy will to do For our offences let vs mourne And mind to praise eu'n teares among Thy Mercies in a ioyfull Song For the Communion WEe haue a custome among vs that during the time of administring the blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper there is some Psalme or Hymne sung the better to keepe the thoughts of the Communicants from wandring after vaine obiects This Song therefore expressing a true thankfulnesse together with what ought to be our faith concerning that Mysterie in such manner as the vulgar capacity may be capable thereof is offered vp to their deuotion who shall please to receiue it Song 83. Sing this as the 3. Song THat fauour LORD which of thy grace We doe receiue to day Is greater then our merit was And more then praise we may For of all things that can be told That which least comfort hath Is more then e're deserue we could Except it were thy wrath 2 Yet we not onely haue obtain'd This worlds best gifts of thee But thou thy flesh hast also daign'd Our Food of Life to be For which since we no mends can make And thou requir'st no more The Cup of sauing health we take And praise thy Name therefore 3 Oh teach vs rightly to receiue What thou dost here bestow And learne vs truely to conceiue What we are bound to know That such as cannot wade the deepe Of thy vnfathom'd Word May by thy grace safe courses keepe Along the shallow Ford. 4 This Mysterie we must confesse Our reach doth farre exceede And some of our weake Faiths are lesse Then graines of Mustard-●eed Oh therefore LORD encrease it so We fruite may beare to Thee And that implicite faith may grow Explicite faith to be 5 With hands we see not as with Eyes Eyes thinke not as the Heart But each retaines what doth suffize To act his proper part And in the Bodie while it bides The meanest Member shares That blisse which to the best betides And as the same it fares 6 So if in vnion vnto thee United we remaine The Faith of those that stronger be The weaker shall sustaine Our Christian Loue shall that supply Which we in knowledge misse And

the Saints would iealous proue Of GO●S and of each others Loue. 5 But he whose wisedome hath contriu'd His Glory with their full Contents Hath from himselfe to them deriu'd This Fauour which that strife preuents One Body all his Saints ●e makes And for his Spouse this one he takes 6 So each one of them shall obtaine Full Loue from All returning to Full Loue to All of them againe As members of one Body doe None ●ealous but all striuing how Most Loue to others to allow 7 For as the Soule is All in All And All through euery Member to Loue in that Body Mysticall Is as the Soule and ●ils it so Uniting them to GOD as neare As to each other they are deare 8 Yea what they want to entertaine Such ouerflowing Loue as his He will supply and likewise daigne What for his full Delight they misse That he may all his Loue employ And they returne his fill of Ioy. 9 The seed of this Content was sowne When GOD the spatious world did frame And euer since the same hath growne To be an honour to his Name And when his Saints are sealed all This Mysterie vnseale he shall 10 Meanewhile as we in Landskip viewe Fields Riuers Cities Woods Seas And though but little they can shew Doe therewithall our fancies please Let Contemplation Maps contriue To shew vs where we shall arriue 11 And though our hearts too shallow bee That blest Communion to conceaue Of which we shall in Heau'n be free Let vs on Earth together cleaue For those who keepe in vnion here Shall know by faith what will be there 12 Where all those Angels we admir'd With euery Saint since time begun Whose sight and loue we haue desir'd Shall be with vs conioyn'd in One And We and They and They and We To GOD himselfe espoused be 13 Oh happie wedding where the Guests The Bride and Bridegroome shall be one Where Songs Emb●aces Triumphes Feasts And Ioyes of Loue are neuer done But thrice accurst are those that misse Their Garment when this Wedding is 14 Sweet Iesus seal'd and clad therefore For that great meeting let vs be Where People Tongues and kinreds more Then can be tolde attend on Thee To make those shoutes of Ioy and praise Which to thine honour they shall raise Rogation weeke THis is called Rogation week● being so tearmed by A●tiquity ● Rogando from the publike Supplications ●or then the L●tany which is full of humble Petitions and e●t●ea●ies was with solemne Procession vsually repeated becau●e there be about that se●son most occasions of pu●●ike Prayer in reg●rd Princes goe then forth to batt●ile the F●uites and hope of plenty are in the●r 〈◊〉 the Ay●e is most subiect to contagions Infections and there is most labouring and trauail●●g both by Land and Sea also from that time of the yeare for●a●d Which laud●ble custome though it be lately much decayed and in some Countries abused from the right end and mingled with superstitious Ce●emonies is in many places orderly retained according as the Church of England approueth it And wee yearely make vse also of those Processions to keepe knowledge of the t●ue Bounds of our seuerall Parishes for auoyding of strife And those Perambulations were yearely appointed likewise that viewing Gods yearely blessing vpon the ●rasse the Co●ne ●nd other fruites of the Earth we might be the more prouoked to praise him Song 80. Sing this as the 44. Song IT was thy pleasure LORD to say That whatsoeuer in thy Name We pray'd for as we ought to pray Thou would'st vouchsafe to grant the same Oh therefore we beseech thee now To these our Prayers which we make Thy gracious eare in fauour bowe And grant them for thy mercies sake 2 Let not the Seasons of this yeare As they their Courses doe obserue Engender those Contagions here Which our transgressions doe deserue Let not the Summer wormes impaire Those bloomings of the Earth we see Nor Blastin●s or distemper'd Ay●e Destroy those Fruites that hopefull be 3 Domesticke Brawles expell thou farre And be thou pleas●d our Coast to guard The dreadfull ●ounds of in-brought Warre Within our Confines be not heard Continue also here thy word And make vs thankefull we thee pray The Pestilence Dearth and the Sword Haue beene so long with-held away 4 And as we heedfully obserue The certaine limits of our Grounds And outward quiet to preserue About them walke our yearely Rounds So let vs also haue a care Our soules possessions LORD to know That no encroachments on vs there Be gained by our subtill ●oe 5 What pleasant Groues what goodly Fields How fruitfull ●ils and Dales haue we How sweet an Ayre our Climate yeelds How ●●oar●d with Flockes and Heards are we How Milke and Honey doth o reflowe How cleare and wholesome are our Springs How safe from rauenous Beasts we goe And oh how free from Poysnous things 6 For these and for our Grasse our Corne For all that springs from Blade or Bo●gh For all those blessings that adorne Or Wood or Field this Kingdome through For all of these thy praise we sing And humbly LORD entreat thee too That Fruite to thee we forth may bring As vnto Us thy Creatures doe 7 So in the sweet refreshing shade Of thy Protection sitting downe Those gracious Fauours we haue had Relate we will to thy renowne Yea other men when we are gone Shall for thy mercies honour Thee And famous make what thou hast done To such as after them shall be S. George his Day THis may be called the Court Holy-Day for with vs it is solemnized vpon command in the Court-royall of the Maiesty of Great Britaine onely or in the Families of those Knights of the Order who are constrained to b●e absent from the solemnity there held which is vsually on the day anciently dedicated to George the Martyr Neuerthelesse we beleeue not that it was he whom they anciently chose to be the Patron of the fore-named Order For the relation of him who deliuered the Lady frō the Dragon is onely a Christian Allegory inuented to set forth the better the Churches deliuerance Iesus Christ is the true S. George and our English ●utelary Saint Euen he that commeth armed vpon the White Horse Reu. 19.11 The Dragon hee ouerthrowes is the Beast mentioned in the s●me Chapter and called a little before the Dragon with seauen heads and ten hornes The Lady he deliuers is that woman whom the Dragon persecutes Reu. 12. And to the honour of him I conceiue the most honourable Order of S. George to be continued and this Day consecr●ted Nor is there any irreuerence in imposing this Name on our Redeemer for George signifieth a Husbandman which is a Name or Attribute that euen Christ applyed to his Father Iohn 15.2 My Father saith hee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the George or the Husbandman And indeed very properly may this Nation call GOD their George or Husbandman For hee hath as it were mo●ed