Words in Season, Anagram – Errata
ANAGRAM. Abraham Cheare. Ah Arme a Breach.
TO Saints and Sinners, God this day doth call,
To hear, conſider, and to lay to heart,
What he hath done, is doing, and yet ſhall
Be done amongſt us, ere this Cup depart.
Bleſſed are they, whom Chaſt'ning he doth teach,
To hear and fear, when he makes ſuch a Breach.
O haſten Saints, how is the Sun now ſetting,
The Light which on you ſometimes brightly ſhone,
Away from you apace ſeems to be getting;
As if God's work amongſt you now were done.
By treble ſtroaks God heretofore did Preach,
To you, not hearing, comes this fearful Breach.
And is there not a Cauſe? Conſider, try;
What mean thoſe bleatings everywhere ſo riſe?
A worldly Spirit, Pride, Formality,
Bent to back-ſliding, as if 'twere your life.
Firſt-Love, firſt-Works, alas, you do not reach,
No wonder then the Lord makes ſuch a Breach.
Sayes to his chiefeſt Children, Come away,
Remove the Candle, and put out the Light:
Theſe People eat and drink, riſe up to play,
Are not the Children of the Day, but Night;
They hear indeed, but do not what I Teach,
Wherefore in fury, I will make a Breach.
Poor Church in Plymouth, whom methinks I ſpy,
As men aſtonied ſtand, and thus they ſpeak,
The Lord hath dealt with us moſt bitterly,
Dear Cheare's gone from us, O behold a Breach!
'Tis ſo indeed, a breach full ſore and wide,
That is upon the choiceſt Mercies made;
And each of you, are like now to be try'd,
Whether Religion be your chiefeſt Trade
That you are driving Heaven for to reach,
Or fixt on Earth, if ſo, a ſorer Breach
Will yet attend you, fully to diſcover
Upon what ground you ſtand, what ends you have
Before this over-flowing Scourge paſs over;
Look well about you, Cheare's gone to his Grave.
The Shepherd's ſmitten, he no more muſt Preach,
Watch, Warn, nor Water; Oh! this is a Breach.
Ah! Plymouth, thou thy Shepherds that haſt turn'd
Out of thy Gates, the men who ſought thy good;
Againſt them cruelly thy wrath hath burn'd,
Thou ſuckſt in poyſon, loatheſt wholſome food.
Hughs, Martin, Cheare, & all thy hand could reach,
Thou caſteſt out, wherefore behold a Breach.
And you poor Sinners, living in that place,
Where God ſet up, this burning ſhining Light,
And did diſplay the Glory of his Grace,
Thereby your Souls to Chriſt for to invite;
Your Day is gone, your Night its ſhadows reach,
Inſtead of Building, now behold a Breach.
A ſound of Goſpel-Grace, you may not hear
Again till God have made your Souls to ſay,
Bleſt are thoſe feet, on Mountains that appear,
Bringing glad tydings of the joyful day;
Who coming in the Name of Chriſt, ſhall Preach,
And thereby ſhall repair this woful Breach.
Poor outward, inward Priſoners, and Exiles,
Have loſt a worthy ſympathizing Friend;
So hath whole Sion, within many miles,
She hath not any, ſo able to extend.
Help every way: Compaſſions he did reach,
And laboured, till he died, in Sion's Breach.
The day before he di'd, when ſpeech ſeem'd failing
His Soul did travel, groan, and cry to God
Moſt bitterly, lamenting and bewayling;
Cauſes in Sion calling for the Rod:
The deep Ap…ſtaſies his Soul did reach,
And while h…v'd, made on him many a Breach.
But, Ah! the day is great 'mong Jacob's Seed,
Horſemen and Chariots ſwiftly flee away;
And none are rais'd to ſtand up in their ſtead,
When each choice piece, goes to its Houſe of Clay.
By whom ſhall Jacob riſe? Lord, thou us teach,
And ſend Supplies ſufficient to the Breach.
Which cannot be, but by thy holy Spirit,
Giv'n forth amongſt the Remnant that remain;
Who, till then, Places deſolate inherit,
As men to be made free among the ſlain:
Without this, who can Suffer, Do, or Preach,
Or ſtand this day in ſuch a widened Breach.
Look up then, Sion's Friends, from things below,
To Jeſus, who was dead, and is alive;
And hath in heart and hand for to beſtow,
All that we need, to make poor Sion thrive.
Though men of Might be gone, Hee's all to each,
Yea, more than all, to repair ſuch a Breach.
He ſhall not be diſcouraged, nor fail,
Till all in purpoſe, purchaſe, Promiſe true;
Be brought to paſs, alſo both head and tayl,
Of Beaſt and Whore, receive their final due.
And Kings and Kingdoms out their hands ſhall reach
Submiſſively to Him that heals the Breach.
ERRATA.
PAg. 8. line 24. for manifect, r. manifeſt. p. 20. l. 4. for or, r. of, p. 37. l. 18. for promiſes, r. prem…ſes. p. 59. l. 29. for ſalutations r. ſalvations, p. 73. l. 27. for …nd, r. as. p. 82. l. 31. for came, r. come. p. 93. l. 1. for promiſes, r. premiſes. p. 112. l. 26. for promiſes, r. propheſies. p. 114. l. 1. r. largeneſs. p. 120. l. 1. for affait, r. affaire. p. 125 l. 1. for do ingage, r. to. p. 203. l. 32 for Admo. r. Admi. p. 228. l. 13. f. you r. your, p. 245. l. 33. r. lifegiving. p. 279. l. 30. f. to, r. too.
There are alſo ſeveral miſ-pointings, which the Judicious Reader will of himſelf amend.