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A coat of divers colours fit for Joseph. Or, Piety in variety. By Jos. W. gentleman.
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W., Jos., Gentleman.
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1656
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A COAT OF DIVERS COLOVRS FIT FOR JOSEPH OR PIETY in VARIETY By Jos W. Gentleman Psal 139. ver 23.24 Search me O God and know my heart try me and know my thoughts And see if there be any wicked way in me and leade me in the way everlasting Printed for J. W. 1656. To the READER VVHen in the Night I muster up my wits and doth attend an holy Meditation A godly pleasure it in me begits that far exceeds a common estimation But I must take the Motion strong or weake for in a Moment they will be to seeke Of late in Bed it came into my Mind how that I had Compos'd a little Book Which to declare in part I am combind to bide the censure I have undertook Let Momus mutter and Pan play on his Pipe my mounting Muze above finds most delight I David like doe thinke on Time that 's spent and communes with my heart Psal 4.4 finds it sad Because I cannot as I would Repent for no Man living hath or ever had Power to Repent or Grace to gain by Merit Mans work is weak I find it by my spirit It s God alone that Heavenly God of Power that Gilliads Balme doth give to his elect Drops in their hearts of saving grace a shower which in the way of blisse doth them direct To heaven of heavens where Saints Angels store with glory sings their songs for evermore Go now my Booke be not asham'd nor blush let all men reade thy weak unlearned lines And feare no Sects for either heart or crush thou hast a Guard that He or his Assignes Will make thee help when thou in need shall stand so I commend thee to his helping hand I. W. The Crowing of the Cocke VVHen Cocke doth Crow Luke 22.61 me thinks to me appears How Jesus look'd on Peter Peter shedding tears O blessed Saviour when thy pleasure is Look upon me and mend what is amisse Psal 119.132 And give me grace not onely Faith alone But Heart Words Thoughts and Prayers all in one May cry aloud in Christ my Strength and Rocke Psal 71.3 Mat. 7.8 Have mercy Lord and heare thy Servant knocke I thanke the Bird that touzed me from sleep To sighe for sin which caus'd St. Mark 14.92 Mat. 26.75 Peter weep So bitterly that it is thought by some His Cheeks was gutterd with the Teares that run God grant me grace with Peter to Repent And godly groanes cause godly teares be spent Christ is the Ladder by which I doe ascend Gen. 28.12 As well as Angels for I on Christ depend To Heaven where Christ my Cause doth pleat Rom. 8.26 And tells his Father that his bloody swear Upon the Crosse did pacifie his wrath And cleans'd my sins through true effectuall Faith Rom. 3.25 Christ is the Truth the Life and eke the VVay John 14.6 My Hope my Help my Comfort and my Stay Thus sixt on Christ in Christ my Faith I locke Made through his Merits one of the blessed Flocke All Honour 1 Ep. Iohn 5.7 Prayse and thanks I give to thee O holy blessed glorious Trinity This is my Faith The Authors faub. if you beleeve it true God of his mercy grant the same to you It is a Bulworke built with such a Hand That Hell nor Devill hath Power for to with-stand Then let us all the Lord of Lords give prayse For this firme Faith in these old doting dayes Reade and observe these Lynes aright They 'l make you Pray upon the Night The Soules Desire Tell me O thou whom my Soule loveth where thou feedest Cant. 1.7 where thou makest thy flocke to rest at noone There is foure sorts of Faith Required to finde whom the Soule loveth 1. TEll me my heart if thou dost love the Lord Psal 119.1 My heart to me this Answer did afford I love the Lord and wish my love more strong For to repulse my Enemies that throng To quench desire and draw me from my love To my great griefe they doe my patience prove But fervent Faith is fixt so in my breast I le spare no pains to take my Love at rest A strong faith In shady VVoods at Noone time of the Day Fast Sleeping with his Flocks there finde I may 2. Being thus perplext at length I chanc'd to heare A sweet soft voyce which calld Come draw neer commanding me to marke what he did say And gave me charge I should his words obey Fly Vice hate Sinne incline thine Eare to me Psal 116.1.2 An obedient faith And love the Lord because he loved thee With Heart and Soule I freely gave consent And Vowed to him to be obedient 3. My Love and I was thus with Joy united My former Follies I presently invited And could them plainly I had found a Love That mounts my joyes from Earth to Heaven above Col. 3.2 Bids them be gone and seek another Master I to my Heart had layd an Heavenly Playster Psal 119.2 That killed Sin and made my Conscience cleare To love my God and keep my Heart sincere A sincere faith 4. Thus did my Heart declare it selfe at length And could me truth it had but little strength But what in strength it found to be decaying It would make good by duitfull obeying And strive to live a life in godly feare VVith Heart upright and with a Soule sincere Strong obedient sincere in Prayer and Fasting I love the Lord he me for Everlasting Everlasting faith The Lepers Complaint LOrd looke upon my Leprosie Mat. 8.2.3 The lepers petitiou not on the outward blaine But on the inward Malladie that filleth every Vaine It runs and spreads it selfe abroad in every joynt and Linam I feele it is a filthy Loade this Leprosie of sinn My fad complaints as sharpe as thornes my earnest long desire For cutting out these painfull Cornes and throw them in the Fire My crying sins my sins of shame my sins that neer was seen Thou canst Mark 1.40 by calling of thy Name if that thou wilt make Cleane In thy Compassion pitty me I kneele I begge I crave None can me help but onely thee thou knowest what I would have Be faithfull then and courage take be not as thou hast been Ver. 21 Doe all thy former sinnes forsake I will then be thou Cleane A Zealous desire O God my God give Grace and Might with Prayers sincere to Pray to thee That I may see that glorious Light that shines in all Eternity This my Desire I humbly crave my God fast in my Heart to knit That it my silly Soule may save from the vast deep infarnall Pit No Condemnation then I feare Rom. 8.1 all fleshly Lusts I hate and fly Thy VVord makes mine Election cleare that I shall live Eternally A lively Faith within my breast thy holy Spirit doth inspire And bids me set my Heart at rest the God of gods grant my desire A
life Lord heare my Prayer take fleshly lusts away 1 Ep. Pet. 1.2 and give my Eyes no power to lust at all But on such things as lawfully I may use for to make the pride of lise to fall Quit of all these take heart be of good cheare Run forth thy Race Psal 37.1 be patient doe not feare Christs Love to Man THe true Elect Heb. 12.2 by true effectuall Faith beleeves that Christ by death hath them redeem'd A Prophet Priest and King all three he hath perform'd in Office so deare he us esteem'd That nothing should be wanting for our good His Fathers wrath he hath appeas'd with blood Dare mortall man be bold as to desire but that the God of gods hath it reveal'd His working spirits makes mortalls to admire that our Salvation should not be conceal'd For wretched man had neer thought to have sought it Had not Gods love and Christ with blood have bought it This blessed Jesus the Author of our Faith with Heavenly joy did guide the way before And finish all for so the Scripture saith that on the Crosse with shame he clear'd our score For he doth fit upon a glorious Sear 1 Ep. Pet. 3.22 One Gods right hand for our poor Soules to pleat An Article of our Faith He suffered under Pontius Pilate MOurne mortall man in dolour of thy heart with sorrows sad and sighes lament thy sin Christ Heaven forsakes Isay 53.4 He suffered to beare a hellish smart and took our base infirmities of him And for a time he made the Earth his stage To free us mortalls from his Fathers rage Tiberius then in Rome did beare the sway and had the Jewes obedient to his power Under Pontius Pilate Sent Pontinus Pilate his Debuty away whose strict commands made all the Jewes to lowre Yet for to please his Conscience did Condemne unjustly judging led by wicked men Ioh. 19.16 The Lord of Life he did condemne to dye 1 Cor. 2.8 by providence he judged unto Death That no Death else but that could testifie VVas crucâ—fied the Lambe of God deprived of his breath All former Types and Prophesies of him He did fulfill and clear'd the Just of sin For to make good his Death he buried was Dead and burâ—ed Ioh. 19.41 within a Tombe where never none was layd To make it safe a Guard on it did passe a jealious feare did make the Jewes afraid That his Disciples his body should convay Mat. 27.64 And on the Night should steale his Corps away But by his Power for he himselfe was Power Ioh. 10.18 The grave is sometimes takâ—n for Hell Mat. 28.6 Act. 2.24 Psâ— 16.10 Hâ—â—eâ—cended into hell not locally Hos 13.14 he from the Grave did powerfully arise Mans Enemy grim Death he made to lowre triumphingly the Grave he did despise For none but Christ he had the power alone Free from Corruption was this holy one Then it is said to Hell he did descend by Hellish paines he must worke mans salvation Not locally for then I should offend among the damned doom'd unto damnation As man being there be never could returne But evermore in fiery torments burne Where shall we finde that Christ perform'd his Passion not with the Damned Christ in his passion neither in the Grave But Praying in the Garden as it was his fashion paine prickt his heart sweat blood and there to have The paines of Hell Gods wrath within a Cup VVhich could not passe before he drunke it up This was not all much more then this must be mockt Indured the shame despised the crosse All is finished Mat. 27.46 Psal 22.7 Rev. 5.1 Gen. 49.9 Rev. 5.5 and arraign'd condemn'd his Life to lose Most shamefully be nayl'd unto a Tree and Crucified upon a wooden Crosse There finisht all that he did undertake When he did cry My God doth me forsake This crying Lambe he undertook Seaven Seales to open and the book Of Judahs Tribe this was the Lyon That brought all joy and peace to Syon This holy Lambe Ioh. 19 16. our soules to gaine Was by the Jewes and Pilate slaine Gods onely deare beloved Son Sinne Devill and Death did overcome Look on him Lord yet bleeding see It is his blood that saveth me I thanke my God Eph. 3.6 this Faith I hold Thy promise Lord doth make me bold A Heaven on Earth REading an Author that I will not name who saith the Elect beginneth Heaven on Earth And for my part I will beleeve the same for joyes are great that 's found in a new birth VVhen God grants grace to rule and guide the heart There is no feare true Faith will doe his part VVhat comfort more when Saints by Faith doe hold that God in glory fills the heavens with light No Summers heat to feare nor VVinters cold the Sonne of Sonnes is ever in their sight There joyes and dayes are endlesse in their length Seen of all Saints but not with equall strength God in his mercy will our workes regard but for our merits they are nothing worth Cold water in a Cup he will reward and Martyrs blood by Tyrants powred forth They both shall be content to their desire But for desert they nothing can require Strive then on Earth in Heaven to have a place effectuall Faith and Grace will guide the way Let hope thee help be sure in any case and love of God will force thee for to Pray Then Pray in Faith it will thy soule prepare The world to scorne in Heaven to have a share The Soules Complaint O Lord when I doe summon up my sins they mount to be in number numberlesse Psal 50.17 Isay 57.15 Psal 50.1 Then godly sorrow in my soule begins and cryes for mercy in my great distresse For mercy Lord for mercy I intreat Thy mercy farre exceeds my Sins though great Look on the wounds before thy face that bleeds it was my sins that made those mortall wounds Thy heavenly food my soule with comfort feeds thy blessed Promises in all my sences sounds Joh. 6.47 My sinnes are pardoned for I trust in him VVhose bleeding wounds doth wash away my sin And now my soule prepare thy selfe to take those sacred signes that Christ hath Instituted Receive by Faith they will thee joyfull make his righteousnesse be to thy selfe imputed That is the Robe that makes us Rich in Grace And shine like Saints before his glorious Face The Soules request toGod before the Communion TRy Heart Mat. 5.8 and Reignes without within Lord cleanse them cleane and make them pure Plucke up by Roots all sorts of sin thy blood Isay 53.5 Isay 43 4 O Lord my wounds must cure And being cured Lord by thee My soule shall live eternally As sure as I doe Eate the Bread My inward thoughts at the Communion Ioh. 6.51 and in my stomacke it disgeast By Faith upon Christs Flesh I feed a misticall and holy Feast And when I doe receive the Cup and Drinke the VVine my Heart doth say It is Christs blood by Faith drink 't up then I give thanks and thus I Pray Now then in me and I in thee Iâ—h â— 56 My Prayer after the Communion Joyn'd fast in Faith knit one in one Lord let us never parted be Till heaven take soule and earth the bone And both at Resurrection Rise Ioh 19.27 By Gods great power made one againe Then I shall see thee with these Eyes And ever prayse thy holy Name All Glory be to God above That fills my heart with joy and love A Friendly Admonition to the Quakers O Lord my God give grace to guide my Pen To write the truth of these vild wicked men VVhich doting drives into the Hunters snares To breathe out Curses when they should use Prayers Confound their Pillars or convert their Rockes Mis-leading Leaders cursed Nayler Fox False Zeale and Spirits makes them boast and cracke For Gilpin said they have both White and Blacke These men take pleasure on the Sabbath Day To trouble some almost as bad as they Those that dare Preach not Call'd by holy order Mat. 7.15 With Hands layd on approv'd by Heavens Recorder Doth runne themselves in danger of their Maker For to be punish'd equall with the Quaker These hold that they once call'd can sinne no more Though Thiefe or Robber Traytor or a Whore Against all truth and Conscience they aspire To guard damn'd Doctrine and make truth a lyar Ioh. 1.8 That crys we are damn'd in every Towne and Street This bids Repent I hold that Doctrine sweet But both are led with such a subtile guide That shoots the strait Mat. 7.13 and runs the way that 's wide Lord cleare their Eyes that they may see the evill And save their soules from running to the Devill They say the day of Judgement is at hand That I beleeve for I doe understand That Christ himselfe fore-told of such a Sect That should deceive but never his Elect. This Sect lay close six hundred fifty Yeare One thousand more yet never knowen here Audatious Rebels that wrongs our Heavenly King Assumes that Honour that is due to him You say you are the Life the Truth the Way What have you left to whom are we to Pray What doe you thinke we take you to be gods Presuming thus there is but little odds O wretched wretches know you are but men And dye you shall take heed of Judgement then Christ is the Life which life he freely gave His faithfull servants and Elect to save Christ is the Truth you dare it not deny He led the Way when he was plea'd to dye Was Buried Rose Assend then seen no more Be faithfull follow the way is made before Stand still and study and blush you are amisse And cry for mercy while there mercy is Love not that Spirit that maketh all this strife Confesse you are no way no truth no life FINIS