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A song of Sion written by a citizen thereof, whose outward habitation is in Virginia, and being sent over to some of his friends in England, the same is found fitting to be published, for to warn the seed of evil doers ... ; with an additional post-script by another hand.
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Grave, John.
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sin unrobe No they must die and also lie in bowels of the earth Their honour flee and nothing be and where is then their mirth Yea so it is vain man amiss in darkness wanders so Till God's fierce storm awakes their worm then are they fill'd with wo. Thus men unwise so lives so dies and thus their time they spend Yet must again rise unto pain that never shall have end The Saints also a time do know of gladness and of joy Though proud vain men consult agen thinking them to destroy Yet shall they sing unto their King in pleasant mellody When those that would Christ reign not should shall howl in misery Therefore no less they do confess in anguish and sore grief They are undone for in God's Son they had no true belief But hated such that loved much for to instruct them well Therefore at last are justly cast into the flames of hell Great joyes begin sweetly to spring the righteous have their part Sadness must flee and gladness be to the upright in heart Man's rage shall pass and he as grass shall fade and not be found His wrath shall be his misery great wo will him surround And Christ alone shall on his Throne most gloriously appear The Saints rejoyce in heart and voice they see this day is near And some may say it 's now bright day and Christ's now clearly seen And in his train glorious to raign more than long since hath been And in thousands now glorious stands condemning what is ill Yea it is so and yet we know the Lord of glory will Make all to bend which do offend his royal Seed elect No greatness shall defend their fall he will them not respect Nor strength nor might of those which fight and scoffe at purity But down they go exceeding low and sad will be their cry O see how vain such do remain their hope a spiders bed Their rotten wall will sudden fall and then their hope is fled Their deeds will not then be forgot their sins will all appear How they did slight Christ's saving Light will pierce their soules with fear O now lament and pure repent whil'st it is call'd to day Lest your morrow meets that sorrow that must endure alway God's love is found grace doth abound to them Christ's Light believe But great terror woe and horror to those God's spirit grieve Mark well each one let this alone of all things else above Most minded be and in dread see how you regard God's Love Now I return to you who highly prize God's glorious Truth for Christ hath made you wise Whose Light you know and gladly walk therein And for God's Truth you sufferers have bin Divine influence doth me purely move To give you all a joyful Kiss of Love Where ere you be in Countries far or near It joys my heart your saving health to hear Of all Nations Kindreds People and Tongues Where Christ's beloved ones at all belongs This loving greeting to you all I send That faithful follows Christ unto the end Pure Lambs of Christ that do in pureness dwell Pearls of highest esteem that do excel Celestial Lights of the most noble birth Whose mournful nights ends in eternal mirth Christ's pretious ones whom he so dearly loves Hath heard your grones you are his spouse his doves Therefore arise your royal robe put on Christ makes you wise on Thrones to sit upon Therefore you shall so judge in righteousness That Nations all shall to Christ's Light confess How brightest beams of Light transparent show And pleasant streams of love most sweetly flow Returning praise to Christ from whence they spring To him alwayes high Alleluja's sing My Friends to me you are exceeding dear That loves Christ's Light and God most high do fear His power know and where your strength doth lie You hear his voyce and he hath heard your cry His answer know and in his promise trust Your day of Tryals end in Triumph must Christ's faithful ones though scorners rage and frown God makes you heirs of an eternal Câ—own Glory to God whose goodess doth encrease Praise him ever who gives to us his peace Not else I feel that now to say I have But that I am your fellow-friend John Grave Virginia The beginning of the third Month 1662. An Additional-POST-SCRIPT 1. COme powerful God O come thou Holy One Possess thy Kingdom and enjoy thy Throne How long O righteous God O glorious King Shall Babel in her glory sit and sing And Tower and Vaunt her self upon the Wing 2. Sits not thy Sion weeping in the dust While the proud Gentiles Lord oppress the just Thou seest the Tears of thy afflicted Seed Thou hear'st the Groans of Sion in her Need Is she not cloathed in her mourning Weed 3. Does not thy pierceing Eye pure God behold How Babel's builders brave it and are bold Does not proud Babel all her forces bend ' Gainst every one that is thy Sions friend When shall the Harlot come unto her end 4. Ah how does mischief in her bosom boyle How doth her Merchants hunt for prey and spoile Ah have they not already Lord begun To spoil thy People in the face o' th' Sun And glory in 't as if they had well done 5. Do they not Snares and wicked Lawes invent Fine Premunire yea and Banishment Is this the worst Lord that the Woolf intends To thy meek harmless helpless ones thy friends Save Lord or else his wrath in Murther ends 6. Save Lord thy Remnant let thy powerful Arm Preserve thy suffering Seed that means no harm Lord spare the People open thou their eyes Who onely to do evil yet are wise O that thy Seed in such pure God might rise 7. Then should our enemies know Lord we are thine The harmless Branches of thy lovely Vine Did they our innocency Lord behold Would they count that for Copper which is Gold Would they thus worry the sheep of the Fold 8. Clear thou the eye-sight Lord of such as be Through want of knowledge enemies to thee Limit the proud insulting restless waves The desperately wicked that thus braves And Vaunts aganist thee Thy poor servant craves 9. Support thy Sion let her holy Faith Sound a defiance to the Dragons wrath Fill Sion with a holy zeal let it be known The tender suffering babes Lord be thy owne Be thou their Armour Then thy will be done 10. Fill thou the hearts of thine pure God with love With patience meekness wisdom from above Let not the weakest ah Lord be beguil'd Through Satans wiles let not his faith be foil'd Make all thine valiant Lord for thee yet mild 11. And as for me thou know'st I am a worm Lord let me feel thy presence in the storm My wants my weakness Lord to thee is known Supply what 's wanting am not I thy own Ah help me that I may not loose the Crown 12. I see the Furnace must be hotter yet Lord so be it Preserve the Mettal burn but up the Dross And then what loss Thy Gold refin'd there 's comfort in the Cross Polish thy Jewels Lord unto thy praise So thou but shine upon me with thy rayes What is 't if Lord for thee I end my dayes 25th 6. Moneth 1662. M. M. Printed for Robert Wilson 1662.
A SONG OF SION Written by a Citizen thereof whose outward Habitation is in Virginia and being sent over to some of his Friends in England the same is found fitting to be Published for to warn the Seed of Evil-doers The Seed is sown from which rare fruits do spring The Plant is grown that heavenly virtues bring The dead now lives that 's risen from the graves That praises gives to him that sinners saves The morning of that day is dawned clear Wherein men may walk in Celestial Sphere Nations partake of Gospel Tidings sound Sins to forsake and in Christ to be found And happy 's he that 's liv'd to see this day And blessed be the living God alway By the Publisher With an Additional POST-SCRIPT from another Hand Printed in the Year 1662. A SONG of SION A general Warning for all men to see That now the World may fully warned be And given unto you as a lovely Song That in your mindes you may retain it long And a Witness against those let it rise That desperately Christ's Light do despise Tremble ye proud ones let your fury halt That so rebel and yet your selves exalt Now mark this well O thou America Europe also Asia and Africa BE silent now all People young and old Give ear all Nations let your eyes behold How Christ's pure Light most glorious doth appear O all mankind submit to him in fear And let your Priests for shame deceive no more For Christ doth sure destroy great Babel's Whore Which proudly doth on many Waters sit And to Christ's glorious Light will not submit But strictly will make Laws against the just And rob the harmeless to fulfil their lust Was ever Pharaoh's eye more wilful blind And think you not God's wrath as sure to find Would you prescribe how men shall serve the Lord And you your selves God's Laws never regard O wretched men would you your selves enthrone And seek to rule where Christ should rule alone Who truly will reward equal and right According as each loves or hates his Light Dare you revenge your selves upon a man That fears the Lord and not bow to you can Or for reproving you of any ill Will you your cruelty on them fulfil And for meeting together in Christ's Name Dare you make havock of them for the same Let fury cease for God's just wrath proceeds And gives to man according to his deeds Doth Corn so plentifully now abound That upright men may not work in their ground And no place else can you to them aford But prison-holes because they fear the Lord. Think you the Lord not angry is for this Or do you think that ye his stroak shall miss O consider and be astonished That you so wretchedly are hardened Let this be writ for the succeeding age To see their folly and abhor their rage That they may know the dreadful works of God And say at last these justly felt his rod. Blessed are they that in their hearts have room For Christ to raign before his anger come For dreadful time of wrath is sure at hand O faithless ones when will you understand Now let this be imprinted in your mind In time repent whilst you a time yet find Fear the Lord God cease from iniquity And love Christs Light else in your sins you die The everlasting Gospel Saints declare O all mankind to hear it now prepare All People hear both far and near of Tongues and Nations all That do belong to Princes strong of Kingdoms great or small O mind all you these words most true proceeding from above Whose just command must ever stand who dares against it move The pure Fanner gives his banner to them that fears his Name For to display in this his day and spread Truths royal fame And glorious moves his harmless doves for to declare these things O mankind all mark well your call now hear most pure tidings Fear God most high him magnifie and dread his iron rod For Nations must do what is just and serve the living God All in each land now understand obey Christ's saving Light That in you is and shews you this to walk most true and right And to beware nothing to dare with any to accord That proudly seek to turn the meek from serving of the Lord. And now behold all young and old and see your thoughts most vain Let wicked man do what he can Christ over all shall reign Therefore awake your sins forsake obey Christ's pure command All high and low him mind to know And this now understand How you in sin wilful have been greatly opposing those Which did discharge their trust at large though for it they had blowes And proud vain men do yet agen their fury greatly showe Against Christs Light with cruel spight though for it they have woe Darkness therefore such love far more than Christ's pure shining Light And Truth such hate though high they prate they stumble in the night And will not see the misery they plunge themselves into Nor yet will heed how they make speed into Tophet to go Yet some may say shew us the way this madness to forsake For certainly they go awry that do with such partake Also indeed they do exceed religions all unsound Saints words to use and yet abuse those in the Light are found To such true heart I must impart glad tydings to thee sure If thou indeed desires to feed on bread of Life most pure If thou wilt hear O then give ear also receive true sight Let nothing be so dear to thee as Christ's most glorious Light Turn thine eye in and there begin to see its brightness shine There hear the voice which may rejoyce thy soul in mirth Divine Pure Doctrine there is alway near if thou in Truth abide To walk therein and cease from sin and not from Christ to slide O who can guess or ought express how great peace such do find Whose hearts alway on Christ do stay and do him ever mind And that do love him far above man's tongue can well declare Surely they will obey him still though for 't they hated are But all the proud may houl full loud and thus lift up their cry We fools alass our dayes did pass in pride and vanity But now we find we were stark blind and did reject the Light Which now will sting everlasting sad thoughts doth now affright So remaining sad complaining may yet thus farther speak Horror and wo oppresseth so my heart as it would break Can any thing now easement bring my sins so numerous Is this my gain sorrow and pain and ends mine honour thus Can house or land or gold in hand avail my soul perplext Or can pleasures or yet treasures release my spirit vext Can Physick rare or Princely fare or musicks highest strain Or Monarchs great though in their seat such seem a while to raign Or Prince or Peer of Kingdoms here on the terrestrial Globe Add a relief unto my grief or soul of