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A03472	The holie historie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christs natiuitie, life, actes, miracles, doctrine, death, passion, resurrection and ascension gathered into English meeter, and published to withdraw vaine wits from all vnsauerie and wicked rimes and fables, to some loue and liking of spirituall songs and holy scriptures. By Robert Holland maister of Arts, and minister of the Church of Prendergast.	Holland, Robert, 1557-ca. 1622.	1594 (1594)	STC 13595; ESTC S118820	155,202	360

with Samaria disagree And water askest thou of me Then Iesus said oh woman see If thou the gift of God didst know And who it is that asketh thee Thou woldest not then seeme so slow To aske of him for he can giue Water of life if thou beleeue The woman said the well is deepe And thou hast nought to draw withall Where doest thou then thy water keepe Or doest of me for water call This well our father Iacob gaue Whose name in reu'rence here we haue Art thou greater then Iacob was He dranke of it and so did then His children in this very place His cattell and his houshold men But Iesus said who so doth drinke Of this will thirst thou so must thinke The water I giue who drinke will Thirsteth no more while he doth liue It shall in him be springing still To euerlasting life this giue That I thirst not oh sir said she Nor to draw here more driuen be Then Iesus said thy husband call And come againe with him to me Husband I haue now none at all To Iesus then thus answered she Thou hast well said thou hast had fiue This is not thine that is aliue Thou art a Prophet I do see Our fathers worshipt in this mount But now Ierusalem say ye To worship in men most account The houre is come now shines the light Yet here nor there ye worship right Ye worship that ye do not know We worship that we know and see Saluation is I say to you Come of the Iewes and now said he In truth and spirite men haue need The father to adore in deed God is a spirite and they must In spirite and in truth withall Worship him that in him trust And on his name for mercy call Messiah comes said she againe And he will teach vs all things plaine He said to her lo I am hee And his Disciples came with that When Christ so talke with her they see They all did maruaile much thereat They of their meate did offer make But he as then no meat would take His meat was to accomplish then His fathers will and worke to end The haruest is among all men Most ripe where to God did you send The reaper wages shall receiue And sower ioy thereof perceiue Herein the prouerbe true is found That one doth sow another reape You reape where other tild the ground Their labours all on you I heape The woman all this while was gone And left Christ there though not alone She went into the Citie then Come see said she one that told me All I haue done and straight the men Went out our Sauiour Christ to see Whom when they saw they did beleeue For wordes that she to them did giue When the Samaritanes were come They prayed him to tarie there And he abode as saith some Two dayes with them and they with feare When they had heard and seene also His wordes and workes beleeued tho Then said they to the woman we Do now beleeue not for thy sake But for the wordes and workes we see For Christ the Sauiour we him take So two dayes after thence he went To Galilie for so he ment Christ passing from Samaria to Galilie turned aside to Nazareth where he preached on the Sabboth day c. When from Samaria he was gone To Nazareth he tooke his way Christ knew what best was to be done No time he would at all delay About his fathers worke he went In which his time he wholy spent Then to their Sinagogue to preach Vpon the Sabboth day he came Esayas booke they did him reach That he might reade vpon the same Whereout he taught them what he was What he should teach and bring to passe Christ reproueth the ingratitude of his countreymen affirming that a Prophet is esteemed least in his owne countrey His doctrine so astonied some That they did wonder at his words Whence doth say they this wisedome come Or who to him these works affoords Is not that Iosephes sonne we pray The Carpenter we heard this day His mother Marie we do call His brethren be they not with vs As men amazed were they all To heare him so that text discusse Saue in his countrey then said he A Prophet sure shall honor'd be Wherefore he said to them againe When famine plagued Israell And they for three yeares wanted rayne And moneths six as stories tell Eliah then was sent to none Saue in Sarepta vnto one Oh Israëll thy leprosie Was great in Eliseus time Yet none could find a remedie But Naaman was cur'de by him When they heard this it grieu'd them sore And they deuisde his death therefore So rising they out thrust him all And lead him on that verie hill Where they might geue him such a fall As might haue pleasde their wicked will He freely yet from them did go Escaping for all they could do Christ went from Nazareth to Cana in Galilie where he restored the rulers sonne to health the noble man and all his houshold beleeued To Cana Christ from Naz'reth came The Galileans him receiu'd And ioyfully they did the same His Godhead there was well perceiu'd Of water wine he made before Now one to life he did restore A ruler that thereby did dwell At Capernaum had a sonne Sore sicke when he of Christ heard tell And what he eu'ry where had donne He came to Christ and him did pray To go with him without delay His sonne was ready now to dye Therefore he made the greater hast Your vnbeliefe assuredly Doth make you many wordes to wast But go thy way thy sonne doth liue He went and did Christs word beleeue And as he iourneyd by the way He heard his sonne recouered And by accompt that houre and day That Iesus health had promised So he and his beleeued all Christ when he will can thus men call Christ hearing of Iohns imprisonmēt went to Capernaū after he called sundry of his Apostles preached the Gospell in Galilie and healed the diseased When Iohn was then imprisoned Or much about that tyme I say Christ went and he inhabited Capernaum and there did stay The sea of Zabulon was nye And Nepthalim assuredly Esayas Prophecid before That there the Gentiles should haue light Whose darknesse still increased more Vntill of Christ they had a sight Who doth vnto all that beleeue Eternall life most freely giue Christ passing throughout Galilie As he did walke by the sea side Apostles called verely Of such men as did there abide Poore fisher men without respect By whom he would his works effect With whom about from place to place Throughout all Galilie he went Heaping on his all gifts of grace And teaching them with like intent He made those foolish weaklings rise For to confound the worldly wise And as he past continually He euery where did dayly teach Their Synagogues to openly He went the Gospell for to preach Amend

lifted vp his eyes On his Disciples saying this Ye poore are blessed euen thrise For yours Gods kingdome surely is Ye that now hunger blessed are You shall be sure of better fare And ye that weepe yet blessed are For ye shall likewise laugh againe When men hate you take ye no care And when they do procure your paine Nor yet when they you separate Reuiling at your base estate If for the sonne of mans sake they Your names put out as euill men Reioyce ye greatly God obay And be in heart glad of it then Behold in heau'n reward haue ye The Prophets were as now ye be But woe to them that rich are here And do repose thereon their trust The day will come it shall appeare They dearly bought vile earth and dust In heau'n true treasure may be found Each thing corrupts that growes in ground Woe be to you that now are full For yee shall hunger after this If you were not exceeding dull For meate ye would not morgage blisse Woe be to you that now laugh so For you shall waile and weepe for wo. Woe be to you whom men do praise And speake well of deseruing ill When yee haue spent out all your dayes You shall bewray what was your will False Prophets were by like deuise Among your elders had in price But vnto you which heare I say Your enemies see that yee loue To them that hate you if ye may Shew how my doctrine doth you moue To do them good and blesse withall And pray for them that wish your fall To him that smiteth thee also Vpon one cheeke the other giue Who so thy cloake would take thee fro Giue him thy coate and do not grieue To purchase so a quiet life And stirre thou no debate or strife Giue eu'ry man that asketh thee And he that takes thy goods away By force or fraude how so it be Aske thou them not againe I say But vnto other men so do As thou wouldst be of them done to If that ye loue do good or lend To them that do requite the same Each sinner so doth for his friend You should do more then such for shame Be mercifull to such as need For so your father is indeed Christ healed the Centurions seruant being absent the Centurions faith After that Christ had finished His Sermon as you heard before From thence he likewise hastened For he desired more and more The worke he had in hand to end Which for our good did wholly tend As Capernaum he came to A Captaine there a Gentile borne Made for his seruant much adoe That seemed then a man forlorne He su'd by meanes his health to haue Christ with a word his life did saue The Captaines great humility And faith our Sauiour did commend In Israëll then certainly Like praise to none he did extend Of these said Christ shall many come To heau'n and haue the childrens roome Christ raised from death the widowes sonne at Naijm The next day after Christ did raise The widows sonne to life againe And all the people gaue God praise That present then did there remaine All they did spread abroad his fame That either saw or heard the same Iohn Baptists message to Christ by two of his disciples Iohn Baptist was in prison cast Herodias had obtaind the same And his disciples came in hast And told him there of Iesus fame Yet he in prison as before Would winne to Christ disciples more For when his workes to him were told That his disciples might beleeue In Iesus Christ Iohn said behold A message vnto you I giue Iohn knew him well assuredly As he oft times did testifie But that his might also perceiue That Christ the true Messiah was Of whom they should all grace receiue In whom they might all truth embrace Go ye and say Iohn sent to thee To aske if thou be euen he They went and both to Iesus came And said to him our maister sent To know if thou be sure the same Or else another that is meant Men knew as then that Christ should come How when or where that knew but some Christs answer sent backe to Iohn by his disciples Go back said Christ to Iohn againe Shew him what yee do heare and see The blinde and halt are rid of paine The leapers and the deafe go free The dead are raised vp this day The poore the gospell beare away And therewithall to them he gaue A gentle admonition His humblenesse that they might haue In reu'rent estimation Blessed said Christ shall that man be That taketh no offence by me Christs testimonie of Iohn Baptist When they were gone then Christ began To speake vnto the company What went yee out to see a man Infected with inconstancie Iohn you in wildernesse did finde Not as a reede shakt with the winde What went ye then out for to see A man cloathed in soft raiment Such men in kings courts vse to be Iohn is with meaner weed content Iohns raiment showes him to be plaine He flattred not he could not faine But what went yee out then to see A prophet I say to you more Of whom is written this is he My messenger shall go before This is Elias whom they say Should come for to prepare the way No greater among men did rise Then Iohn the Baptist verely Not any that you can deuice Yet this I say assuredly The least in heau'n goes him before And doth enioy Gods graces more Gods kingdome suffreth violence Since Iohns time to this very day The Gentiles with all diligence Without the law new cald obay The lawe and Prophets haue their end For he is come whom yee attend He that hath eares to heare may heare Marke what I say therefore amend Sith that Elyas did appeare The law and Prophets made an end Yet you remaine both deafe and blind That may your true Messiah find Christ reprooueth his auditorie This generation it is Like children that their fellowes call And say we piped haue iwis And yet yee daunced not at all So you deferre from day to day For to repent for all we say Hard was the life that Iohn did lead For meate and drinke he tooke no care He had a deuill men supposed The sonne of man they do compare With gluttons and with drunkards when He eateth meat as other men Christ vpbraideth the vnthankefull citties wherein he had taught and done so many miracles and yet they repented not Then Christ began for to vpbraid The citties that so oft had seene His workes and yet for all delaid For to repent as they had beene Cleane void of sinne or had no will To learne the good and leaue the ill Chorazin wo be vnto thee And to Bethsayda woe likewise The great works that were done by me In you yee greatly did despise If they in Tyrus had bene done It had repented long agone If Tyre and Sidon had I say

amisse Go ye that are thereto addrest I will not yet go the feast These things he said abiding still In Galilie behind the rest Till he his time might there fulfill Yet after he came to the feast Though secretly which made the Iewes To muse they heard of him no newes Some cald ' him good some other bad And said he doth but men deceiue When halfe the feast was done yet glad Were some our Sauiour to receiue Christ taught the Iewes did maruaile how He should vntaught the Scriptures know My doctrine is his that sent me If any man will do his will Gods word he shall know it to be And that I must the same fulfill Vnrighteousnesse in him was none He sought Gods glorie not his owne Did Moses geue to you a law And none of you doth keepe the same And yet as men that stood in awe For breach therefore ye do me blame Yea more then that ye would me kill That onely do my fathers will Thou hast the deu'll said they againe Who goeth about to kill thee here One worke I did I tell you plaine You maruell at on may with feare You Circumcise them Sabboth day I made one whole ye would me slay Iudge not as outwardly you see But righteous iudgement iudge withall Is not this man said some eu'n he Whose death they haue decreed all Do not the rulers see plainly That he now speaketh openly This man from whence he is know we Whence Christ shall come we cannot tell Whence I am come ye know said he Him that sent me ye know not well But I know him and he sent me I am of him so are not ye They sought to take him but did lay No hands on him his houre as then Was not come to make him away Some said beleeuing of those men When Christ comes shall his works be mo Or greater then we see him do The Pharisies and high Priests sent Their officers Christ for to take A litle while now be content Said Christ my iourney hence I make To him that sent me will I go You leeking shall find me no mo Now whither will he said the Iewes That we shall not find him againe If to the Grecians that were newes This thing they would haue learned faine Ye shall seeke me but shall not find Nor come to me in deed or mind Now in the last day of the feast Christ stood and cryde to them and said If any thirst lo I am prest To giue him drinke be not affrayd In him that doth beleeue in me A well of life shall springing be This of the spirit they should receiue That would beleeue in him he spake Although the Iewes did not perceiue Nor great account of Iesus make When Christ was glorified then The holy Ghost was giuen men So many when they heard this said This is the Prophet certainly Some other not so much affrayd Said he was Christ apparantly Of other minds againe were some From Galilie Christ should not come Saith not the Scripture of the seed Of Dauid Christ shall come to thee And out of Bethlehem in deed Where Dauid was thou shalt him see Each lik't his owne opinion ●f Christ which bred dissention Some would he should then taken be Yet no man layd on him a hand The rulers all did so agree And so their officers command Of whom they askt the reason why Christ was not taken by and by The seruants said assuredly Man neuer yet like this man spake The rulers answerd bitterly Ye are deceiu'd and much mistake What trust do wisemen to him giue Though the vnlearned him beleeue Then Nicodemus said our law Doth iudge no man before it heare What he hath done of him in awe Art thou said they what doest thou feare Search well and looke from Galilie Comes not one Prophet verely Then eu'ry man went to his home And to the mount of Oliues he That night did go it seemes to some He went to pray yet other be Of mind he went to take his rest In Bethanie where he thought best A woman taken in adulterie brought to Christ we deliuered by him from her accusers And early in the morning came Into the temple Christ againe Yea all the people saw the same Christ sate him downe and taught them plaine But marke the craft and subtiltie Of Scribe and froward Pharisie Though they had by temptation Assaild him oft and had the fall A new deuise they hammer on To tempt our Sauiour Christ withall A woman in adulterie Was found the act did verifie They brought her vnto him and said Moses commandeth in the law No time therein should be delayd To stone such as liue not in awe But master what doest thou suppose That God would haue vs do with those Then Iesus stouped to the ground And with his finger wrote thereon The Scribes still asking him were found Some answer to their question He that sinnes not let him not stay Cast the first stone at her he may They hearing this no longer muse They go out eu'ry one away Their conscience did them so accuse To punish her they would not stay And Iesus was there left alone With her and she condemn'd by none Sith no man hath condemned thee Go hence said Christ and sinne no more Misliking her adulterie Which sure he would haue punisht sore But that repentance by her face He saw in her had got his grace Christ is the true light of the world Of this world sure I am the light For him to walke that followeth me Yea cleare shall be the darkest night The light of life that man shall see Thou of thy selfe doest record beare It is not true we therefore feare Then Iesus said though I do so My record yet is true in deed For whence I came and where I go I know to learne I haue no need This thing from you so hidden is Because ye iudge each thing amisse I iudge no man yet if I do My iudgement ye the truth shall find For I alone do nothing so I still am of my fathers mind The father is alwayes with me Two witnesses allowed be Where is thy father then say they Ye know him not nor will know me You all the sonne do disobey And yet the father faine would see He that doth seeke the sonne to know To him I do the father show Iesus spake in the treasurie As he within the Temple taught These sayings all most constantlie And yet no man Christ Iesus caught His houre vncome no man there could For all their spight on him take hold Then Iesus said I go my way Ye shall seeke me yet dye in sinne You cannot come to me I say Your wickedednesse so wraps you in Will he said they himselfe go kill That he saith so what is his will Ye from beneath I from aboue Ye of this world I am not thence Your sinnes said Christ I cannot

feare he arm'd them gratiously Let not your hearts now troubled be Ye trust in God do so in me And dwelling places many are Within my fathers house I say For you I go place to prepare That be there where I am ye may Yet I will come to you againe And you receiue without disdaine Now ye know whither that I go And likewise ye do know the way Then Thomas sayd Lord no not so We know it not nor know it may Except thou shew it how should we Know well the way to go with thee Then Iesus sayd I am the way I am the truth and life also Come to the father no man may Except that he by me do go Full well my father knoweth he That perfectly hath knowen me Philip sayd Lord it will suffise If thou let vs thy father see Then Iesus answer'd in this wise O Philip he that hath seene me Hath seene my father verily Beleeue the same vnfainedly Beleeu'st thou not that sure I am In the father and he in me The wordes I speake from him they came The works I do all them doth he I am in him so do it take At least beleeue for the worke sake In deed in deed to you I say Who firmely doth beleeue in me The works I do do them he may And greater works then these shall he That man shall sure be blessed so For I vnto my father go What ye aske in my name Ile do That in the same my father may Be glorifi'd I hither to Haue euer taught you so to pray Withall I say if ye loue me See my preceptes obserued be Christ sayd the father I will pray And he another comforter Shall giue to you that the same may Abide and be with you euer Gods spirit sure on you shall be A teacher of all truth is he I will not leaue you comfortlesse But I will come to you againe And then to you I will expresse How in the father I remaine The world shall not these things perceiue Because it will not me receiue Then Iudas sayd vnto him Lord Not Iudas that the traitour was Why doest thou not as well accord To graunt vnto the world this grace To shew thy selfe to them also As vnto vs thou mean'st to do He that my precepts will obay And keepeth them he loueth me He that doth keepe my word I ●ay Lou'd of my father he shall be What I say therefore marke it well For we will come with him and dwell The comforter the holy Ghost The father will send in my name He will see that no word be lost That out of my mouth euer came Let not your heart be mou'd to feare Peace with you I leaue eu'ry where That I do go and come againe Might giue you cause with heart and voyce To laud the father God certaine And so much more in heart reioyce In that I tell you this before You may beleeue me euermore I will not many things to you Speake after this as I haue donne The Prince of this world commeth now Yet he in me hath nothing wonne But this I do that men may see I loue the father he loues me The Parable of the Vine I am the true and perfect vine My father is an husband man Fach braunch that is not truly mine He cuts away that cut it can And each one that beares fruit in me He makes more fruitfull for to be Through the word I haue spoken now Ye are assuredly made cleane Abide in me and I in you If to beare fruit ye euer meane As branches cut of fruitlesse be So you except you bide in me I am the vine ye branches are He that abideth still in me And I in him he need not care Much fruit in him shall euer be Giue eare and listen hereunto Ye can without me nothing do He that abideth not in me Is cut off as a with'red bough And to the fire cast then is he Where he is punisht sore inough In me abide aske what ye will And your request I will fulfill My father he is glorified In that ye beare much fruit in me And we are both much honored If ye together louing be This ought you greatly thereto moue That I as he lou'd me you loue Sure greater loue can no man beare Then this when one doth for his friend Bestow his life to him so deare Which I do onely to this end To keepe safe mine from all annoy That they in me might still haue ioy Ye are my friends if ye 〈◊〉 serue What I do both command and show The hireling doth his master serue His secrets yet he doth not know All that I of my father heard The same to you I haue declar'd Ye haue not chosen me before I first chose you I tell you plaine To bring forth fruit still more and more And that your fruit it might remaine That what so ye aske in my name My father may giue you the same Loue one another I command The world doth hate you well ye know The cause ye likewise vnderstand Is that I haue so chosen you If they haue persecuted me So persecuted shall you be If they haue kept my word before They will keepe yours hereafter so All those things they and rather more For my name sake to you will do Against me and mine they are bent Not knowing from whom I am sent If I had not come then in deed They should haue had no sinne at all But now haue they no cloake at need To hide their sinne that is not small My father hates who hateth me And they hate both for all they see But it is that the word might be Fulfilled written in their law Without a cause they hated me Of my word they stand not in awe The comforter shall testifie Of me with you assuredly Another Sermon of the Crosse the Disciples comforted with promise of the holy Ghost the comming of Christ againe his Ascention to aske in his name peace in Christ and affliction in the world to such as follow him These things I haue vnto you sayd That ye might not offended be Nor that ye should be much affrayd When from their Sinagogues that ye Be thrust out for they shall you kill And yet thinke that they do Gods will These things they will vnto you do Because that they haue not known me Nor yet the father hitherto These things I say to you that ye May thinke on it for euermore That I haue told you this before I tell it now because I go Hence vnto him that did send me And none of you though grieued so Doth aske of me what ayleth thee Or whither goest thou a way And yet ye sorow all ye may Yet surely this to you say I It is expedient I go For if I go not hence truly The comforter he comes not so As I haue sayd thinke this in heart I will send him when I depart When

Nazareth to be King of the Iewes confessed he And though the high Priests did repine That Pilate then should write him so This sentence sayd he it is mine It shall remaine will ye or no. In Hebrue Greeke and Latin he Did cause the same so writ to be All this while by his crosse did stand His mother and her sister to Marie Cleopas was at hand And Marie Magdalene also Though griefe did pierce them to the heart They would not yet from Christ depart Then Iesus to his mother sayd And the Disciple standing by Though they were both then all dismayd To see Christ vsd so cruelly Thy mother see said he to th'one And to the other see thy sonne And this Disciple was the same That Christ did so entirely loue Though Iohn doth here conceale his name Yet dutie did so deeply moue His heart that he obediently Christs hests performed faithfully The wicked Iewes that passed by Reuil'd at Christ and wagd the head The high Priest Scribe and Pharisie Continued so till Christ was dead They mocking him from most to least Till he was dead did neuer rest Thou that the Temple doest destroy And build it in three dayes againe Now saue thy selfe from all annoy Why dost thou so here suffer paine The sonne of God if that thou be Come from the crosse that we may see Then of the euill doers one Began to raile on him also If thou be Christ Gods onely sonne Command that we from hence may go Helpe now sayd he thy selfe and vs That here do hang tormented thus The other answered and sayd Doest thou not feare the liuing God Art not thou sinfull man dismayd That feelest iustly of his rod For we are punisht worthely But this man vndeseruedly Thus vnto Iesus then said he When thou doest to thy kingdome come I pray thee Lord remember me And graunt me there with thee a roome Then Iesus sayd to thee I say Thou shalt be there with me this day From the sixt houre the ninth vnto That day was darkned through the land The sunne gaue then no shine also The Iewes would not yet vnderstand No not though that the temple there Renting did put them all in feare About the ninth houre Iesus sayd Crying aloud as then likewise My God why hast thou thus delayd Or seem'st thy sonne so to despise He seekes sayd some that then stood by Elias helpe assuredly And other said now let vs see If that Elias will him saue Then Iesus sayd I thirst giue me To coole my thirst some drinke I craues And said all things are finished As God the Lord hath promised Mathew Marke as Iohn also Say that some there that then stood by With sponge and vineger did go That they had filled hastily And offred it vpon a reede But Christ drunke not of it indeede Then with a loud voyce Christ did crie Into thy hands I do commend My spirit now most hartily O father deare the same defend And so he bowing downe the head Gaue vp the ghost and straight was dead Then as is sayd the vaile did rent Of their great Temple into twaine From top to bottome it was splent Which neuer could enclose againe The earth did quake and stones did riue And graues did yeeld their dead aliue And many Saints did rise and go After his resurrection Into the citie to and fro And made their apparition To many of the godly there That of Gods wrath did stand in feare When the Centurion that stood by And they that were abiding there Saw what did happen certainly They fell into exceeding feare Surely this man was iust sayd he And needs the sonne of God must be The people that came to that sight And did behold what things were done Smiting their breasts returned right Confessing him to be Gods sonne Of his acquaintance some did stay But most were fled and gone away The women boldly there did stay And stood aloofe and looked on Though his Disciples fled away These did behold his passion For God would haue those weakelings there Witnesse of such things for to beare The Iewes because they did prepare That day against the Sabboth day As men that had exceeding care Lest they offended any way For that day was the chiefest feast Among the Iewes of all the rest Now that the bodies might not be Remaining on the crosse that day They all together thus agree To begge of Pilate that they may Breake all their legges and them downe take Lest it should them polluted make The Iewes they all did greatly feare In outward things for to offend Their Sabboth they obserued there Religiously they did pretend Yet spared not most wilfully To kill the guiltlesse cruelly And now when leaue they gotten had The souldiours did performe the deed Both they and these were verie glad That so they of their suite did speed Therefore they first the theeues did take And both their legs a sunder brake And when they vnto Iesus went And found him then already dead His legs they brake not as they ment But then a souldiour opened H●s side so sweet with cruell speare Which he in hand as then did beare And there-out straightway issued As bloud then water freshly both He that saw when it happened Doth witnesse it as verie troth And knoweth that he here doth giue The truth that you might it beleeue All these things were so done in deed That they the Scripture might fulfill For God before had so decreed And man could not resist his will Whom they thrust thorough they shall see His bones shall not one broken be Christ was taken downe from the Crosse enbalmed and buried by Ioseph of Arimathia and Nicodemus When euen-tide was now at hand That day of preparation A night then kept throughout the land With solemne obseruation Their Sabboth then must haue no let For it began when sunne was set Then Ioseph came that was so iust A noble counseller in deed Which did in God repose his trust And of his kingdome hop'd to speed To those he did not giue consent That Christ our Sauiour did torment His worldly wealth was not a let And banished he had all feare His master he could not forget That did for him such torments beare Whose body Ioseph then was glad To begge of Pylate which he had But Pilate maruell'd if he were Already dead and sent to call The Captaine witnesse for to beare That h●d bene present there at all And when he heard the truth then he To Iosephs will did soone agree Then Ioseph went to take away The body which he begged so He would therein make no delay But straight to take it downe would go The feast drew on Ioseph would haue Christ Iesus body layd in graue And Nicodemus likewise came Which a Disciple was also Though secretly for feare of blame This man with Ioseph then did go Of mirrhe and ●loës pure and rare An