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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

vs not curious be to know But when thou bid●st vs to beleeue Let vs obey Let Reason goe Faith's obiects true and surer bee Then those that Reasons eyes doe see 3 Yet as by looking on the Sunne Though to his substance we are blinde And by the course we see him runne Some Notions we of him may finde So what thy Brightnesse doth conceale Thy word and workes in part reueale 4 Most glorious Essence we confesse In Thee whom by our faith we view Three Persons neither moe nor lesse Whose workings them distinctly shew And sure we are those persons Three Make but one GOD and thou art Hee 5 The Sunne a Motion hath we know Which Motion doth beget vs Light The Heat proceedeth from those two And each doth proper acts delight The Motion drawes out Time a line The Heate doth warme the Light doth shine 6 Yet though this Motion Light and Hea●e Distinctly by themselues we take Each in the other hath his seat And but one Sunne we see they make For what●o●ere the One will doe He workes it with the other two 7 So in the God-head there is knit A wondrous threefold True-loue-knot And perfect Vnion fastens it Though flesh and blood perceaue it not And what each Person doth alone By all the Trinity is done 8 Their Worke they ioyntly doe pursue Though they their Offices diuide And each one by himselfe hath due His proper Attributes beside But one in Substance they are still In Vertue one and one in Will 9 Eternall all the Persons be And yet ●ternall there●s but One So likewise Infinite all three Yet Infinite but One alone And neither Person aught doth misse That of the God-heads essence is 10 In Vnity and Trinity Thus oh Creator we adore Thy euer-praised Deity And thee confesse for euermore One Father one begotten Sonne One Holy-Ghost in God-head one Sunday in generall SVnday is our naturall appellation the Sabbath the Hebrew terme and the Lords day the Christian Name whereby we entitle Gods Seauenth day and if wilfull affectation be auoyded either Name is allowable It is a portion of Time sanctified by God immediately after the Worlds creation and by the diuine Law dedicated to be perpetually obserued to the honour of our Creator And though some things accidentally pertinent to the obseruation thereof haue bee●e changed yet that which is essentiall thereunto is for euer immutable Our Sauiour hath by his Resurrection hallowed for vs that which we now obse●ue instead of the Iewish Sabbath which being the day whereon he rested in the Graue the obseruation thereof and of all other Iewish Ceremonies was buried with him because they were to continue but till the accomplishment of those things whereof they were Types This is that day wherein our Redeemer began as it were his Eternall rest after hee had finished the worke of our Reparation and conquered death the last that was to be destroyed This Day we ought therefore to sanctifie according to Gods first institution Not Iewishly that is by a strict or meere outward abstaining from the seruile workes of the body onely according to the letter But Christianly to wit in spirit and truth both inwardly and outwardly so recreating our bodies and soules that wee may with a sanctified pleasure and as much as may be without wearinesse spend that day to the glory of God according to his commād the Churches direction euen to the vse of bodily labours exercises whensoeuer without respect to sensuall or couetous ends a rectified conscience shall perswade vs that the honor of God the charity we owe to our Neighbours or an vnfained necessity requires them to be done Song 60. Sing this as the 44. Song SIx dayes oh LORD the world to make And set all Creatures in aray Was all the lea●ure thou would'st take And then did●st rest the seauenth day That day thou there●ore hallowed hast And ri●htly by a law diuine Which till the end of time shall last The seauenth part of Time is thine 2 Then teach vs willingly to giue The tribute of our dayes to Thee By whom we new bo●h moue and liue And haue attain●d to what we be For of that Rest which by thy Word Thou hast beene pleased to enioyne The profit all is ours oh L●R● And but the praise alone is thine 3 Oh therefore let vs not consent To rob thee of thy Sabbath day Nor rest with carnall Rest content But sanctifie it all w● may Yea grant that we from sinnefull strife And all those workes thou do'st detest May keepe a Sabbath all our life And enter thy Eternall rest S. Andrewes day THe holy Church celebrateth this day to glorifie God for that fauour which hee vouchs●fed vnto her by the calling and ministry of blessed Andrew his Apostle and that by the remembrance of his readinesse to follo● and preach Christ both the honourable and Christian memorial due to an Apostle might be preserued and we stirred vp al●o to the imitation of his forwardnesse in our seuerall callings aduancing Gods honour and Gospell In which generall sence euery the meanest Christian hath a kinde of Apostleship to build vp not only in himselfe but in others also the Temple of the liuing God and to encrease and establish the kingdome of Christ. Song 61. Sing this as the 44. Song AS blessed Andrew on a day By fishing did his liuing earne Christ cam● and called him away That he to fish for men might learne And no delay thereat he made Nor questions fram'd of his intent But quite forsaking all he had Along with him that calld he went 2 Oh that we could so ready be To follow Christ when he doth call And that we could forsake as he Those N●ts that we are snar'd withall Or would this Fisherman of men Who set by all he had so light By his obedience shewed then And his example winne vs might 3 But Precepts and Examples faile Till thou thy grace LORD adde thereto Oh grant it and we shall preuaile In whatso'ere thou bidd'st vs do Yea we sha●l then that blisse conceiue Which in thy seruice we may finde And for thy sake be glad to leaue Our Nets and all we haue behinde S. Thomas day THis Day was set apart by the Church that it might be sanctified to the praise of God for his holy Apostle S. Thomas by whose preaching the Christian generation was multiplyed and that we might strengthen the beliefe we haue of our Sauiours vndeniable Resurrection by taking an yearely occasion to refresh our memories with that part of the Euangelicall sto●ie which mentioneth both this Apostles doubting and the confirmation of his faith by a sensible demonstration Song 62. Sing this as the 9. Song WHen Christ was risen from the dead And Thomas of the same was told He would not credit it he sed Though he himselfe should him● behold Till he his wounded hands had eyde And th●ust his fingers in his side 2 Which triall he did vndertake And

so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine The Name of GOD thou neuer shalt abuse By Swearing or repeating it in vaine For him that doth his Name prophanely vse The LORD will as a guiltie-one arraigne Haue mercy LORD and so our hearts encline That we may kee●e this blessed Law of thine To keepe the Sabbath holy beare in minde Sixe dayes thine owne affaires apply thou to The Seau'nth is GODS owne day for rest assign'd And thou no kinde of worke therein shalt doe Thou nor thy Childe thy Seruants nor th● Beast Nor he that Guest-wise with thee doth abide For after sixe dayes labour GOD did rest And therefore he that day hath sanctifi'de Haue mercy LORD and so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine See that vnto thy Parents thou doe giue Such honour as the Childe by dutie owes That thou a long and blessed life maist liue Within the Land the LORD thy GOD bestowes Haue mercy LORD and so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine Thou shalt be wary that thou no man slay Thou shalt from all Adultery be cleare Thou shalt not Steale anothers good away Nor witnesse-false against thy Neighbour beare Haue mercie LORD and so our hearts encline That we may keepe this blessed Law of thine With what is thine remaining well apaid Thou shalt not couer what thy Neighbours is His House nor Wife his Seruant Man nor Maid His Oxe nor Asse nor any thing of his Thy mercy Lord thy mercy let vs haue And in our hearts these Lawes of thine engraue The Lords Prayer Mat. 6.7 THe Lords Prayer hath beene aunciently and vsually sung also and to that purpose was heretofore both translated and paraphras'd in verse which way of expression howsoeuer some weake Iudgements haue condemned it doth no whit disparage or mis-beseeme a Prayer For Dauid made many prayers in verse● And indeede measured words were first deuised and vsed to expresse the praises of God and petitions made to him Yea those are the ancient and proper subiects of Poesie as appeares throughout the Sacred writ in the first humane Antiquities Verse the●fore dishonors not diuine Subiects but those men doe prophane and dishonour Verse who abuse it on vaine and meere prophane expressions The scope and vse of this prayer is so frequently treated of that I thinke I shall not need to insist thereon in this place Song 38. Sing this as the 3. Song OUr Father which in heauen art We sanctifie thy Name Thy Kingdome come Thy will be done In heau'n and earth the same Giue vs this day our Daily bread And vs Forgiue thou so As we on them that vs offend Forgiuenesse doe bestow Into Temptation lead vs not But vs from euill free For thine the Kingdome powre and praise Is and shall euer be The Apostles Creede THe effect and vse of this Creed is so generally taught that this Preface need not be enlarged And as touching the singing and versifying of it that which is said in the Preface to the Lords Prayer may serue for both Song 39. IN God the Father I beleeue Who made all Creatures by his word And true beleefe I likewise haue In Iesus Christ his Sonne our LORD Who by the Holy Ghost conceiu'd Was of the Uirgine Mary borne Who meekely Pilat's wrongs recei'ud And crucified was with scorne 2 Who Di'de and in the Graue hath laine Who did the lowest Pit descend Who on the third day rose againe And vp to Heauen did ascend Who at his Fathers right-hand there Now throaned sits and thence shall come To take his seat of Iudgement here And giue both quicke and dead their doome 3 I in the Holy Ghost beleeue The holy Church-Catholike too And that the Saints Communion haue Undoubtedly beleeue I doe I well assured am likewise A pardon for my s●nnes to gaine And that my Flesh from death shall rise And euerlasting life obtaine A Funerall Song THe first Stanza of this Song is taken out of S. Iohn● Gospell Cap. 11. Ver. 25.26 The second Stanza Iob 19.25 26 27. The third Stanza 1 Tim. 6.7 and Iob 1.21 The last Stanza Reu. 14.13 And in the order of Buriall appointed by the Church of England it is appointed to be sung or read as the Minister pleaseth That therefore it may be the more conueniently vsed either way according to the Churches appointment it is here turned into Lyricke Verse It was ordained to comfort the Liuing by putting them in minde of the Resurrection and of the happinesse of those who dye in the faith of Christ Iesus Song 40. Sing this as the 9. Song I Am the Life the LORD thus saith The Resurrection is through me And whoso'ere in me hath faith Shall liue yea though now dead he be● And he for euer shall not dye That liuing doth on me relye 2 That my Redeemer liues I ween And that at last I rais'd shall be From earth and couer'd with my skinne In this my flesh my GOD shall see Yea with these eyes and these alone Eu'n I my GOD shall looke vpon 3 Into the world we naked come And naked backe againe we goe The LORD our wealth receiue we from And he doth take it from vs too The LORD both wils and workes the same And blessed therefore be his Name 4 From Heau'n there came a voyce to me And this it wil'd me to record The Dead from henceforth blessed be The Dead that dyeth in the LORD The Spirit thus doth likewise say For from their Workes at rest are they The Song of the three Children THis Song hath been anciently vsed in the Liturgie of the Church as profitable to the stirring vp of D●uotion and for the praise of God For it earnestly calleth vpon all creatures to set forth the glory of their Creator euen Angels Spirits and reasonable Creatures with those also that are vnreasonable and vnsensible And this speaking to things without Life is not to ●ntimate that they are capable of such like exhortations but rather that vpon consideration of the obedience which Beasts and insensible Creatures continue towards God according to the law imposed at their Creation men might be prouoked to remember the honour and praise which they ought to ascribe vnto their Almighty Creator as well as all his other Creatures Song 41. Sing this as the 9. Song OH all you Creatures of the LORD You Angels of the God most high You Heau'ns with what you doe afford And Waters all aboue the skie Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 2 Of God you euerlasting Powres Sunne Moone and Starres so bright that show You soking Deawes you dropping Showres And all you Winds of God that blow Blesse ye the LORD him praise adore And magnifie him euermore 3 Thou Fire and what doth heat containe Cold Winter and thou Summer faire You blustering Stormes of Haile and Raine And thou the Frost-congealing Ayre Blesse ye

in prouiding for disposing of her temporall affaires Moreouer continuall loue to her Husband liberality to the poore gouernment of her tongue and heedfulnesse to those courses her houshold takes Her reward is this Her Husband is confident in her she shall haue comfort of her labours her posterity shall blesse her her Husband shall praise her aboue other women she shall be honoured in life and haue ioy at her death It is indeed an excellent Marriage-Song fit to be vsed at the solemnizing of those Rites For it ministreth instruction becomming that occasion Yea perhaps the Musicke of it would stirre vp good affections also where vnpleasing discords are now heard if it were often sung in priuate Families Song VIII Sing this as the sixt Song WHo findes a Woman good and wise A gemme more worth then Pearls hath got Her Husbands heart on her relies To liue by spoyle he needeth not His comfort all his life is she No wrong she willingly will doe For Wooll and Flax her searches be And cheerefull hands she puts thereto 2 The Merchant-ship resembling right Her food she from a farre doth fet E're day she wakes that giue she might Her maids their taske her houshold meat A field she viewes and that she buyes Her hand doth plant a vineyard there Her loynes with courage vp she tyes Her Armes with vigor strengthned are 3 If in her worke she profit feele By night her Candle goes not out She puts her finger to the wheele Her hand the spindle twirles about To such as poore and needy are Her hand yea both hands reacheth she The Winter none of hers doth feare For double cloath d her houshold be 4 She Mantles maketh wrought by hand And silke and purple clothing gets Among the Rulers of the Land Knowne in the Gate her Husband sits For sale fine Linnen weaueth she And ●irdles to th● Marchant se●ds Renowne and strength her clothings be And ioy her later time attends 5 She speakes discreetly when she talkes The law of Grace her tongue hath learn●d She heeds the way her houshold walkes And feedeth not on bread vn-eatn●d Her Children ris● and blest her call Her Husband thus applaudeth her Oh! thou hast farre surpast them all Though many Daughters thriuing are 6 Deceitfull Fauour quickly weares And Beauty suddenly decayes But if the LORD she truly fear●s That Woman well deserueth praise The fruit her handy worke obtaines Without repining grant her that And yeeld her what her labour gaines To doe her honour in the Gate THE SONG OF SONGS The Preface SVch is the mercy of God that hee taketh aduantage euen of our naturall affections to beget in our soules an apprehension of his loue and of the mysteries which tend to our true happinesse so fitting his diuine expressions to the seuerall inclinations of men that meanes might be prouided to winne some of all For otherwhile hee doth it by comparing the same to the glories of a temporall Kingdome to winne such as are most desirous of honours Sometime hee illustrates it by Treasures Gold and pretious Stones c. the better to allure such as are tempted with things of that nature And diuers other wayes also as appeares throughout the Booke of God But in this Song of Salomon wherein is mystically expressed the mutuall aff●ction betwixt Christ and his Church with the chiefe passages therof throughout all Ages from Abel to the last Iudgement at which time their blessed marriage shall be fully consūmated he doth most mouing●y impart vnto vs the rau●shing contentments of the diuine-Loue by comparing it to that delight which is conceaued in the strongest the commonest the most pleasing the most naturall and the most commendable of our Affections And doubtles it powerfully preuaileth to the enflaming of their spirituall Loue who seeke rightly to vnderstand and apply the mysteries expressions herein contained Let no man therefore presume to sing or repeat in a carnall sense what is here spiritually intended vpon paine of Gods heauie indignation Nor let the wisedome of flesh and bloud vainely neglect Gods fauour in offring this for the comfort of such as will rightly apply the same because some Atheists and Sensuall men shall perhaps turne this grace of God into wa●to●nesse to their owne condemnation The first Canticle IN this Canticle is first expressed that longing which the whole Catholicke Church had for the embraces of her Redeemer from the time of Abel till his first comming with her acknowledgement of his rauishing Excellencies her desire to be drawne after him and her confession of that ioyful happinesse which will arise from his fauours Secondly the particular Church of the Gentiles is brought in intreating an vndespised vn●on with the Synagogue of the Iewes both confessing and excusing her blemishes Thirdly the whole Catholike-Church is againe introduced as desiring to be fed and guided by her beloued Shepheard Fourthly her Petition is most graciously answered and she directed to follow the steps of the holy Patriarkes and Prophets Finally Christ setteth forth the power and rich graces of his Spouse with what other ornaments hee will prepare for her This Canticle w● may sing to the stirring vp of our spirituall Loue hauing first seriously meditated th●se things to wit That desire we ought to haue in our soules to be ioyned to Christ the excellencie of his perfections the backwardnesse of our humane Nature to entertaine his loue the deformity and dammage we sustaine till wee be receiued into the communion of Saints the readinesse of Christ to receiue and direct vs the pleasure he will take in our loue and the prouision he will make for the further beautifying of our soules Song 9. COme kisse me with those lips of thine For better are thy Loues then wine And as the powred Oyntments be Such is the sauour of thy Name And for the sweetnesse of the same The Virgins are in loue with thee 2 Begin but thou to draw me on And th●n we after Thee will run Oh King thy Chambers bring me to So we in thee delight shall finde And more then ●ine thy Loue will minde And loue thee as the Righteous doe 3 And Daughters of Ierusalem I pray you doe not me contemne Because that blacke I now appeare For I as louely am I know As Kedar Tents appeare in show Or Solomon his Curtaines are 4 Though blacke I am regard it not It is but Sunne-burne I haue got Whereof my Mothers Sonnes were cause Their Uineyard keeper me they made Through enuy which to me they had So mine owne Uine neglected was 5 Thou whom my soule doth best affect U●●o thy pastures me direct Where thou at Noone art stretcht along For why should I be stragling spide Like her that loues to turne aside Thy fellow●shepheards flockes among 6 Oh fairest of all Woman kinde If him thou know not where to finde Goe where the paths of Cattell are Their tract of foot-steps stray not from Till to the Shepheard Tents thou come

hearts there should be an annuall Commemoration thereof That wee might in charitable Feasts and Christian glee expresse the ioy of our hearts to the glory of God to the comfort of our brethren to the encrease of charity one towards another and to the confirmation of a true ioy in our selues Song 56. Sing this as the 44. Song THis is the Day the LORD hath made And therein ioyfull we will be For from the blacke infernall shade In triumph backe return'de is He The snares of Satan and of Death He hath victoriously vndone And fast in chaines he bound them hath His triumph to attend vpon 2 The Graue which all men did detest And held a dungeon full of feare Is now become a Bed of rest And no such terrors find we there For Iesus Christ hath tooke away The horror of that loathed Pit Eu'n euer since that glorious day In which himselfe came out of it 3 His Mockings and his bitter smarts He to our praise and ease doth turne And all things to our ioy conuarts Which he with heauy heart hath borne His broken flesh is now our food His blood he shed is euer since That drinke which doth our soules most good And that which shall our foulnesse clense 4 Those wo●nds so deepe and torne so wide As in a Rocke our shelters are And that they pierced through his side Is made a Doue-hole for his Deare Yea now we know as was foretolde His flesh did no corruption le● And that Hell wanted strength to hold So strong and one so blest as He. 5 Oh let vs praise his Name therefore Who thus the vpperhand hath woune For we had else for euermore Beene lost and vtterly vndon Whereas this Fauour dot● allow That we with boldnesse thus may sing Oh Hell where is thy conquest now And thou oh Death where is thy sting Ascension day AFter Iesus Christ was risen from the dead and had many times shewed himselfe vnto his Disciples he was lifted from among them and they beheld him ●scending vp into heauen till a cloud tooke him out of their sight In memory of which Ascension and to praise God for so exalting the humane Nature to his owne glory and our adu●ntage the Church worthily celebrated this Day and hath commended the obseruation thereof to her Children Song 57. Sing this as the 3. Song TO GOD with heart and cheerefull voyce A Triumph-Song we sing And with true thankefull hearts reioyce In our Almighty King Yea to his glory we record Who were but dust and clay What honour he did vs afford On his Ascending day 2 The Humane Nature which of late Beneath the Angels was Now raised from that meaner state Aboue them hath a place And at mans feet all Creatures bowe Which through the whole world be For at GODS right-hand throaned now In glory sitteth He. 3 Our LORD and Brother who hath on Such flesh as this we weare Before vs vnto heauen is gone To get vs places there Captiuity was captiu●d then And he doth from aboue Send ghostly presents downe to men For tokens of his loue 4 Each Dore and euerlasting Gate To him hath lifted bin And in a glorious wise thereat Our King is entred in Whom if to follow we regard With ease we safely may For he hath all the meanes prepar'd And made an open way 5 Then follow follow on a pace And let vs not forgoe Our Captaine till we winne the place That hee hath scalde vnto And for his honour let our voyce A shoute so hearty make The Heau●ns may at our mirth reioyce And Earth and Hell may shake Pentecost or Whitsunday AFter our Sauiour was ascended the fiftieth day of his Resurrection and iust at the Iewes Feast of Pentecost the Holy Ghost our promised Comforter was sent downe vpon the Disciples assembled in Ierusalem appearing in a visible forme miraculously filling them with all manner of spirituall gifts and knowledge tending to the diuine worke they had in hand Whereby they being formerly weake and simple men were immediately enabled to resist all the powers of the kingdome of Darknesse and to lay those strong foundations vpon which the Catholike Church now standeth both to the Glory of GOD and our safety In remembrance therefore of that great miraculous mysterie this Day is solemnized Song 58. Sing this as the 3. Song EXceeding faithfull in thy word And iust in all thy wayes We doe acknowledge thee oh LORD And therefore giue thee praise For as thy promise thou didst passe Before thou went'st away Sent downe thy Holy-Spirit was At his appoynted day 2 While thy Disciples in thy Name Together did retire The Holy Ghost vpon them came In Clouen tongues of fire That in their calling they might bee Confirmed from aboue As thou wert when hee came on thee Descending like a Doue 3 Whereby those men that simple were And fearefull till that howre Had knowledge at an instant there And boldnesse arm'd with powre Receiuing gifts so manifold That since the world begun A wonder seldome hath beene told That could exceede this one 4 Now also blessed Spirit come Unto our Soules appeare And of thy Graces showre thou some On this Assembly here To vs thy Doue-like meekenesse ●●nd That humble wee may bee And on thy siluer wings ascend Our Sauiour Christ to see 5 Oh let thy Clouen tongues wee pray So rest on vs agen That both thy truth confesse we may And teach it other men Moreouer let thy heauenly ●ire Enflamed from aboue Burne vp in vs each vaine desire And warme our hearts with loue 6 Uouchsafe thou likewise to bestow On vs thy sacred Peace We stronger may in vnion grow And in debates decrease Which ●●ace though many yet contemne Reformed let them be That we may LORD haue part in them And they haue part in thee Trinitie Sunday AFter Arrius and other heret●●kes had bro●ched their damnable fancies whereby the faith of many concerning the mysterie of the blessed Trinity was s●aken diuers good men laboured in the rooting out of those p●stilent opinions And it was agreed vpon by the Church that some particular Sunday in the yeare should be dedicated to the memory of the holy Trinitie and called Trinitie-Sunday that the Name might giue the people ●ccasion to enquire after the Mysterie And moreouer that the Pastor of each seuerall Congregation might be yearely remembred to treat thereof as necessity required certaine portions of the holy Scripture proper to that end were appointed to be read publikely that Day In some Countries they obserued this Institution on the Sunday next before the Aduent and in other places the Sunday following Whitsunday as in the Church of England Song 59. Sing this as the 9. Song THose oh thrise holy Three in one Who ●e●ke thy Nature to explaine By rules to humane Reason knowne Shall finde their labour all in vaine And in a shell they may intend The Sea as well to comprehend 2 What therefore no man can conceaue Let