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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66465	Poetical piety, or, Poetry made pious by rendering into its method observations arising from various divine subjects, useful for these prophane and enormous times : to which is added, a brief alphabetical expositor, explaining the most intricate words made use of in this book, to the conception of a mean reader, and may serve as a remembrancer to the imperfect memory / by William Williams ...	Williams, William, of Cardigan.	1677 (1677)	Wing W2785; ESTC R8078	64,141	220

stark naked to himself does seem Yet cloath'd with Righteousness in Gods esteem One of his worth and merit never brags But strips himself of his unrighteo us rags He makes himself as naked as was Job For Christ to cloath him with his righteous robe And thus you see the Christian man is one That would be righteous either all or none Although to this he has a willing heart He 's never righteous here but in part He on the one hand will himself deny Thereby his God the more to glorifie And on the other hand he will confess That Christ is all in all his righteousness One thinks him rich enough whilst he can plead His Saviours merits and that Christ was dead 1 The Christian his behaviour towards God The Christian man foresees it him be fit When God commands he should to God submiti Let God rebuke him then will he not faint Nor yet of his correction make complaint When vile temptations seek to do him wrong He sheilds himself with faith and so is strong He ever dreads he shall himself disgrace Thus to the Devil never will give place He Souldier like keep-Guard does watch pray In these is exercis'd both night and day Through Christ his merits still he recommends To God his Soul and God his Soul defends He alwayes trembles at the Almighties Rod Which makes him more religious towards God All his deportment does derive from grace Whose love and meekness mercy will embrace His duty towards God discern I can But what 's this Christians duty towards man 1 His deportment towards man His carriage towards man is just and true For he will render to all men their due He hates contention and the cause of strife Loves Peace and Friendship as he loves his life Of quietness he does so much approve He would have all things to be done in love He bears in mind no bitterness nor gall To none but pure affection towards all He is not willing Gods commands to break Therefore will use forbearance with the weak He honours others does himself debase Gives them the better keeps the worser place Of others sins by no means will partake But warily these and their guilt forsake And thus his carriage towards men you see In all respects is from offences free Yet some would know since that it may be known What 's his decorum to himself alone 1 His descency towards himself Truth to declare he does in very deed At all times to himself take care and heed Is alwayes sober and does duly watch That no temptations unawares him catch Since Christianiz'd he holds it fit that he His sins of Youth and Youthful lusts should flee Christ is his Captain Devils him despite With whom Faiths battel he 's ingag'd to fight Though Devils aim his strength and force to blast He questions not to overcome at last He 's found in Armour fears no stab nor scar During the manage of his holy War He knows this is well doing is not tir'd In hopes his warfare will be soon expir'd His youthfull Time he now seeks to redeem Which he found lost in his and Gods esteem With wickedness resolves he to contend Till God shall bring his life unto an end Which times he knows shall gain so great renown God will himself reward him with a Crown 2 His carriage towards the World His carriage to himself we saw would see What yet might to the world his carriage be Within the world he Circumspectly walks With whom herein converse's wisely talks He views the world which is by him forgot And seems to use it as if us'd it not Himself he fashions not nor will he frame Like to the world because he shun's the same Nor with the cares thereof will he like some That are unwise be likewise overcome Nor lay up treasure on the Earth where rust And moth corrupt mens riches unto dust Content he 's with the tallent God him gave For to maintain his life this side the grave He meddles with no business but his own For he would not a meddling Fool be known During his life in this world all his care Is how for life Eternal to prepare To God to Man himself the world thus I In brief have writ the Christians History Which may all ever practice till they die SUBJECT XI A Discovery of the Faithful and devout Christians Quality and Conversation A Christian by belief those things obtains Promis'd in Time and after Time remains DEad was this man that 's now alive His death from Adam did derive In Adams sin he lay as dead Till Christ awak'd his drowsy head No sooner did this man awake But presently he does forsake His bed of sin wherein he lay And to the Temple goes to pray 1 The Christian resembles the Publican The gesture of the Christian man Is like that of the Publican Who thinks himself to be so base Not worthy there of the worst place He villisies himself that he The chief of sinners thinks to be And seriously will it confess Christ is alone his Righteousness He 's meek in Spirit and is Poor Therefore will pray hard by the door T' approach the Altar fears affront Till he does pennance at the Font. There falling down upon his knee O Lord be merciful to me A sinner prayes 't is not deny'd And by this prayer is Justifi'd Now since his Maker made him just In his Redeemer put 's his trust To whom he bears an upright heart Till death his Soul and body part He 's now alive and dead to sin When the dull world lies dead therein But he while living lives to God And fears his wrath to shun his rod. 1 He will not bring forth Fruit to himself He 'l not be found that fruitless Elf Like many one lives to himself By him shall Christ be glorifi'd To him will live for whom he dy'd 2 He hath content in every state In every state to be content He learn'd all dangers to prevent The Christian can for truth relate He has content in every state 3 He has nothing yet possesses all things He nothing has yet does possess All things because Christs Righteousness And should he not possess the same He all things else would nothing name He seems to sorrow and to joy Enjoys both comfort and annoy He 's like a Ship by waves that 's tost Somtimes all his Intents are crost He 's oft cast down like one forgot And yet we find him Perish not Sometimes to fall God gives him scope To rise again by Faith and Hope Likewise he seems for to decay Yet is renew'd that very day So that no man on Earth can know The Christian's state by outward show He 's poor but rich can many make That of his Councel will partake Whose Treasure 's there where is his bliss In Heaven's Kingdom not in this One that 's in darkness to our sight But in this darkness find's

of fire Somtimes for horrid deeds we recompence Our selves by doing wilful violence Somtimes Gods Judgments for mans sins are found Like Pharohs Hoast it 'h Oacen men to drownd Some wicked men the Lord comits in Ire With Nadab and Abihü to the fire Others there are whom Death doth thus deprive Like Sechems men are Swallow'd up alive Others again like Sisera were brought To death by Starrs which in their courses fought And some we read another way are Dead By Houses overwhelming on their head Which Sampson and Job's children did devour With those Eighteen interr'd by Shiloams Tower Some with wild Beasts there are in pieces torn As were those scoffing boyes in Bethel born And some are found like Achan ston'd to Death That 's presently bereft of mortal Breath Again we find that Justice often times Hangs men like Haman for malignant crimes And there are men by their acquaintance slain As Abner or as Abel was by Cain For Abel as he walked in the Field Through Cain's assault his life to death did yeild To shew the uncertainty of Death the more It slew old Eli sitting at his door To Eglons Summer Parlor death retird And Eglons life by strange surprise requir'd Betwixt the Temple and the Altar Death Met Zachary there him depriv'd of Breath Senacharib of life likewise was Rob'd By Death in Nisrah's house though 't was his God Again 't is said whils't sleeping Isboseth In his Bed-Chamber was surpriz'd by Death Death the Philistines smote in their resort To the Theatre there themselves to sport And stately Herod he within a Trice After Deaths Summons was destroy'd by Lice An Archer from his Bow did let to flie An Arrow which Josiah's caus'd to die A Prophet of the Lord we find again Was by a Lyons Teeth both torn and slain The falling of a Stone did break the head Of stout Abimeleck and made him dead And cruel Jezabel as strangely dy'd Entomb'd by Dogs for her accursed pride Zimri and Cozby for their wicked Fact Were slain by Phineas in the very Act Two Captains with their fifties bore Gods Ire And were consum'd by his Caelestiall Fire Curst Ananias and Saphira dy'd Because against the Holy Ghost they Ly'd Thus Judas who betray'd his Lord that Elf Withdrew from Christ went forth hang'd himself To Period these examples who from hence * It is hard for a man to foresee what-manner of death is ordain'd for him Is' t can derive the proper inference Of his own death fith these mutations are So incident to men in them to share Thus may the question be resolved then Those that fear God shall die like Godly men That is a timely death in mans full Age Or when some sickness does mans death presage There is a certain Time for man that 's born Like Harvest season for the Shock of Corn And ther 's a death untimely that doth lop Mans life like to the Ears of Corn men crop And there 's a Lingering death which seems to be A Prison to the Soul till it gets free So there 's a sudden death which gives a blow Without its warning and this death is wo There is a tranquil death to die in peace As not perceiving of the souls Release And there 's a death attended with distress As raving raging and unquietness What man is he that can the knowledge have Which of these deaths shall bring him to his grave Thousands of deaths there are that men befall And yet no man can tell which of them all Belongs to him these Issues do depend On God alone the lives of Men to end Thus all transactions acted from the prime Of mans Creation periods death and time As touching man both time death might wel In some opinions thus run Paralell Yet Death and Time from Paralells have ran In a Parenthesis to limit man Time past behind him Time to come before Where death arrests him to pay natures score But not to leave till render'd Time its due Great benefits to men herein ensue If that but seriously we recollect What God for mans salvation did effect The accomplishment of every thing was done By Gods Incarnate word or Christ his Son The best production of the space of Time Was mans Redemption from each mortal crime By our Emanuel which cherisheth A christians heart and gives him life in death So that he 's willing to dismiss Times Span Since life Eternall purchas'd is for Man As much as in us lyes let 's all apply Our hearts in time to gain Eternity I mean this present space although that some Will say if time is past there 's Time to come But when the time to come likewise is past Through carelesness great proves the loss at last If we regard our Time but Righteously Our sure reward will be Eternity Neglect we Time Eternity we gain In everlasting torments to remain Improve we Time and doubtless we shall find Joyes to Eternity remain behind Thus of a Truth Eternity rewards Him that esteems it or it disregards Sith thus it is I am resolv'd therefore Betimes in Time the grace of God t'implore That after Time I may my soul supply With life and joy in blest Eternity Of which through mercy may all men partake When Time 's no Time for Mans Messiah sake SUBJECT IV. A prospect of the Great Creation And the Creator understood by the Creatures All living Creatures most apparently A God that is Omnipotent descry O What contrivance I behold When seriously I gaze On Gods Creation wrought of old Such as my mind amaze II. Methinks Gods wisdom did fore-run His might when as I see Above and eke beneath the Sun Such wondrous works to be III. The Lord did by his prudence frame And by his word has wrought All things to Glorifie his name And fram'd the same of nought IV. All things that are once nothing were Which nothing every thing At Gods command was made to bear What he to pass should bring V. Then how might mortal men admire The wisdom of the Lord Who at his pleasure and desire Made all things by his word VI. The Earth which is through wisdom was Made uniform in frame Of that Rude Lump confus'd when as It from the Chaos came VII So was the world although so wide Of nothing made to be So great a Bulk 't is not deny'd By God and none but he VIII * The Wisdom of God Created man an Epitom of the great World and made man the great Ruler of it Which Macrocosm was since comprizd Or modeliz'd to man This Microcosm Epitomiz'd It s Metropolitan IX Lo here 's prudence most profound Discretion to behold And understanding to a bound By wisdom manifold X. These are Gods works and they do seem Most wond'rous in the sight Of Prudent man and his esteem That ponder's them aright XI * God may be understood by every Creature God may be seen in every thing All Creatures comprehend Some sign of

And thus 't is better than receive to give Unto the Poor although we poorly live Of Fatherless and Widows God takes care To do these violence let men beware Likewise the stranger not born in our land Should be maintain'd sayes love and Gods command There is a way for men to pay respect To these poor objects yet not to neglect The due regards which to our selves belong For else these objects or our selves we wrong Perhaps by giving more than what we can Or less than ought unto the needy man The surest way is first to mind our store Then ope our Gate and give unto the Poor He that is merciless and not inclin'd To others shall from God no mercy find But he that 's merciful by him has found Mercy from God compassion to abound Such gives the Poor with joy and will impart Of his increase to those with all his heart But he dishonours God who will not lend To him his coyn nor be the poor mans Friend He gains that gives unto the needy man That gives him not shall lose do what he can SUBJECT XX. An extraction from Esay 5. vers 11. Wo be to them that rise up early in the Morning to follow strong drink that continue till night untill Wine enflame them When men o're-charge themselves with drink or Wine They are transform'd so bruitish as the swine THere are that take delight to Bib but know To drink Wine there does pertain a wo And 't is to such that in the Morning rise To render Bacchus early sacrifice Continuing till Wine do them enflame To pay their Homage unto Bacchus name Thus persevering from the morning light Until the same is veil'd with sable night Desirous still of more in more delight There is a kind of Magick found in Wine It seems to mock to laugh to smile and whine And thus likewise strong drink is said to rage As challenging who would with it ingage * Drunkenness bereav'd men of their senses Which some attempt these hereby deceiv'd Are of five senses all at once bereav'd For those then that will in the morning rise To follow these till night they are unwise Th' Appostle twice this caution does repeat With him that is a Drunkard not to eat And Solomon in his Proverbiall Book Says such companions should be quite forsook ' Cause God their conversation cannot brook Such are the qualities of Drink and Wine They will transform Men to the shape of Swine The Drunkard swallow's Glasses fill'd to th' brim With Wine and yet the Wine does swallow him God disregards him Angels do him shun Men they deride him as he 's vice's Son Virtue declines him thus he is betray'd Unto the Devil there 's his wages paid Drunkeness the vice of vices needs must be When mother of all evil stil'd is she The matter of all mischief and the Well Whose spring of vices takes its rise from Hell The trouble of the senses and among The rest it is the tempest of the tongue A vice that much mens consciences do wrong What is it more I can of it descry Unless the Shipwrack of pure Chastity 'T is times consumption and from this to vary It is a madness which is voluntary Corruption of good manners such a thing Where from no goodness but all evil spring That much discomfort to the Soul do bring The Body and the Soul it does annoy Distempers one the other will destroy Consider then who will his strength afford To Wine that ever scorn'd to fear the Sword Who have as yet I wish they may at length Reserve for God and not for wine their strength Expell extravagance and so decline The superfluity of Drink and Wine These are the means to make mans life Divine SUBJECT XXI An observation from Math. 5. vers 33. Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oaths To swear and forswear is a vice so base No sin more sinful nor breeds more disgrace THree ways there are whereby a man forswear Himself may doubtless if he he does not fear First swearing that which proveth false and he Himself foreknows the same most false to be Though God his thoughts his words works do see And secondly when swearing what is true Mean while in thoughts of falsehood to ensue And thirdly swearing what proves but a lie The very time he holds its verity Which thing incurs the guilt of perjury 1 There are three ways whereby man may commit prejury Of these two former Oaths let men beware Abominable and absurd they are In conscience Court the third proves not a sin One's cogitation conceives truth therein Which is the reall reason render'd why Man may swear false and yet not swear false-ly Great is the danger then no doubt when man To swear and forswear doth the most he can In this he does defie God to the face Though more then half in Hell's condemn'd case To stile the swearer man almost is evil Because he 's worse in somethings than the Devil For instance at Gods frowns the Devil trembles The swearer does not thus he but dissembles Yet of the swearer for to speak the best He is a man the Devil has possest But least some chide me for my willful railings I mean not those who often have their failings Nor such as swear when lawfully requir'd But who presume to swear when not desir'd And this I term the wilful common swearer Forewarn'd by God and men yet is no fearer To take the name of God in vain by Oath And by a curse or as somtimes by both Is such as horrid sin not one can be Without repentance from its guilt set free Much more then when 't is lightly took in vain Void of a curse or Oath yet guilt remain Swear not at all sayes God to every one No not by Heaven for it is Gods Throne Nor by the Earth to swear do thou accord Because it is the footstool of the Lord May mens communication be therefore Yea and yea nay nay and no more Yea for truth to nullifie an Oath Nay for deniall there 's the scence of both It 's well God has forbidden man to swear Least that by custom man would not forbear Apt to mistake somtimes we are hereby And so incur the guilt of Perjury Which is a desperate Iniquity There 's none can safely swear but God ' cause he Is not deceiv'd which mortal man may be 'T is best not t' swear at all least by the same Men should attain facility of shame And to a custom from facility And from a custom into Perjury Who often swears somtimes forswears no doubt To shun the danger men should be devout Who gives the reins too much to 's own tongue May chance his name reputation wrong By speaking that which may create his shame And make him blush in silence for the same For Oaths and curses past may men repent 'T will make oaths guiltless may oaths

all these things shall be added unto you Gods Kingdoms and his righteousness these ought The very first things in mans life be sought First in each day of mans mortallity First in each business of each day and why 'T is Gods command that these should be the prime Of all mans enterprises during time On the word Amen and its signification Amen this word may mortall men admire Amen's a witness and Amen's desire Amen's a Truth that never will decay Amen concludes Petitions when we pray Amen procures Gods blessing or his Ban Amen shall Seal the wo or weal of man Happiness will be his Portion that truely fears and serves God O happy he that serves his God in truth Thrice happy he so serves him from youth Unhappy he that happens happiless For hapning short of this sure happiness On Servitude and Freedom Thrice happy he from Servitude that 's free'd Yet what is Freedom if not free indeed The freest Freedom's to be free with them By a new Birth of new Jerusalem The dayes of the mightiest Monarch on Earth are but the dayes of a mortall man hence I inferred an observation from the Temporality of the Popes Holiness The Pope his Period has the mightiest man Dame natures date Points him his mortall span And when his span's expir'd what is the Pope More than the meanest beyond natures scope The mightiest and the meanest thus you see Though not in Earth yet in Earths womb agree On the Righteousness of man in Christ I am Unrighteous but my Righteousness In Estimation is of worth no less Than best deserving Honour and Reward If Righteously I Righteousness regard When as not right in raged Righteousness Then am I Righteous in a righter dress Of Death either in Sin to Sin or for Sin I have been dead but am a live again Yet needs must die or else in death remain For would I live and not desire to die My doom were death to all Eternity Both death and life I highly do esteem Though this to some a Paradox may seem Of mans Birth Death and Buriall as naturally and Spiritually considered Twice born twice dead twice buried would I be The living dying death of death to flee One birth one death one buriall common are In two of each I hope to have my share Twice born to live is man once born to die The life or death that dures Eternally On Genesis the 31. ver 5 And Jacob sware by the fear of his Father Isack viz The God of his Father Isaac I am a fraid because I dread to bear What 's Pertinent unto my cause of fear I fear my fear yet not as though not true But least I fear my fear less than fears due My fear requires my fear at fears command Who fears a right these fears shall understand On the words of David in Psalm the 47. vers 8 Awake up my glory namely his tongue Awake my glory hast to glorifie Thy glorious glory in sincerity That glories and is glorying in my fear If fruits of glory plentiously I bear And glorifying cannot be deny'd Because Gods glory mortals glorify'd Upon the expression of the Prophet Jeremiah Jer. 15.16 Thy words were sound and I did eat them and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoycing of my heart By me thy words were found who did them eat Internally the same oft to repeat And 't is my hope with these not to depart The Joy and the rejoycing of my heart To me they are since I the same retain Within my Bosom as my greatest gain THE CONCLUSION Thus far arriv'd my pious muse and I Delighting Scripture verse to versify 'T is pity then that I should not peruse And practice what 's the precepts of my muse For she design'd that all she writ might tend Unto Gods glory e're she made AN END A Brief Alphabeticall Expositour explaining the most difficult words made use of in this Book This Table 's Trivial in the Seholar's eye Yet serves the mean and that want's Memory A ABoade A dwelling place Abound To Increase Absolute Perfect Absurd Foolish Abstain To forbear Abiss A bottomless pit Actual What is done or committed Activate To make active or lively Admit To allow of Affect To love Affirm To prove a thing true Affabillity Kindness or curteousie Allay To over power a thing Allure To entice by love Alphabeticall Belonging to the 24 letters of the Alphabet Ambitious Desirous of a thing Amity Love or Friendship Ample Full or large Amplitude Largeness Angellick The likeness of or belonging to an Angel Annoy What offendeth one Anthems Divine verses Anticipate To take place before another thing Animate To enliven or encourage Applause To clap hands in ones praise Apology What man speaketh in his own behalf Apprehend To understand Appellation To give things their proper names Approach To draw near Approvable What may be liked of Arrogance Pride Argue To reason the case or hold an argument Ascribe To impute or apply a thing to him that deserves it Astrologick Belonging to Astrology or the study of Stars Assume When one thing takes to its self the nature of another Assaulted One that 's follow'd with hatr'd Attribute To ascribe or impute Attraction To draw unto Attest To witness a thing Attempt To aim at or adventure on some notable thing Author The first that invents or maketh any thing Augment To make greater Authentique What is well esteemed of Avarice Coveteousness Awe Fear or dread B Baccus A title given the God of wine Ban A curse Basis A foundation Bereave To deprive or leave one destitute of somthing Benediction A blessing Bibbe To drink often Bliss Blessedness Bounty Goodness Boundless Without bounds or closure Bottomless Without a bottom Brief Little or short Breviate A lesser thing made of a greater Brittish Belonging to Wales or Britain Brittanick The same as British Bruits Beasts or Cattel C Candour Courtesie Canonized One declar'd to be a Saint Capable Able Capacity Abillity Captious Fantastical or quareling at others words Cardiganian Belonging to the County of Cardigan Caution A watch-word to take heed of a thing Caelestial Belonging to Heaven Censorieus A person that finds faults when he cannot mend them Characters Names or descriptions Charm To delude or allure Chaos Confusion Chastised One corrected or afflicted Christianis'd One made a Christian Circumference A Circle or Compass Circumstance A space of time or an argument Clemency Mercy or gentleness Cleave To Close unto Cogitation A thought or thinking Comprehend To conceive in mind Comprehensive What may be received in the mind Complacent Delightful Compil'd What 's fram'd or set together Commiserate To take pity Communication A partaking in talking Competent Convenient Comprize To contain or comprehend Composing Framing of a thing Commentary'd Notes made on Scriptures to explain their meaning Condescention To be humble or meek Confer To reason together Confine To limit or put in bounds Confute To disprove one Converse To discourse Controul To bear rule or