The Garden of Zion, Part 14
THE GARDEN OF ZION. The Song of Songs.
A Prayer.
O Great Jovah, who art the Prince of m…
Renew thy grace for to encheere my pen
To praiſe thy name, good matter now endite
Make me thy Scribe this love Song for … write
A Song of Songs, Let not thy vertue fal…
To ſtirre me up to be thy Nightingale,
That now and then in my most buſie dayes,
With ſtreins unwonted in ſweet ſugred layes
I may expreſse ſome of that ſacred Love,
That thee to take the Church for ſpouſe did move,
To wooe her with ſuch wordes of heavenly art,
That would even melt the hardest marble heart.
While I this love Song put in Poeſie,
Make thou my heart to fall in love with thee:
Let us not once with badry ſongs defile
Our lips, like theſe who to their vomite vile
Do dayly turne; O make us now afreſh,
To hate the garment ſpotted with the fleſh▪
That I this Song of Songs may ſweetly ſing,
Make me to ſip of thy immortall ſpring,
That Chriſt, who did both hell and death deſtroy,
May ſtill the Antheme be of all my joy.
THE SONG OF SONGS, Which is Solomons.
CHAP. I. The Church ſpeaketh to Christ.
LET him me with the Kiſſes kiſſe
of his mouth moſt divine,
For thy great love moſt certainlie
far better is then wine.
3 Becauſe of thy good ointments ſmell,
as ointment moſt ſweetly
Thy name is powred foorth, therefore
the Virgins do love thee.
4 O draw me with the cords of love,
we after thee will run;
The King he hath brought me unto
the chambers of his Inne.
We will be glade and als rejoice
in thee, and alſo we,
Thee will remember more then wine,
the upright all love thee.
5 Though I be black I comely am,
O Daughters of Salem,
As tents of Kedar, and as the
curtaines of Solomon.
6 Look not on me becauſe that I
moſt blackiſh ſeeme to be,
Becauſe the Sun hath with his beames
long looked upon me.
My Mothers children angry were
with me, they keeper made
Me of their vineyards, but I not
did keep mine owne vineyard.
7 O thou whom my ſoul dearly loves,
I pray thee tell me ſoone
Where thou doſt feed, and where thou mak'ſt
thy flock to reſt at noone.
For why ſhould I be any way
as one that turnes aſide,
By flocks of thy companions all
where ever they abide?
CHRIST.
8 O faireſt One, if thou not know,
foorth by the footſteps go
Of thy flock, feed thy kids beſide
the ſheepheards tents alſo.
9 I have compared thee my Love
unto a companie
Of horſes in Pharos charets,
which ſtrong and luſtie be.
10 Thy cheekes are comely all with rowes
of jewels manifold,
Thy neck richly adorned is
with fineſt chaines of gold.
11 I and my Father will thee make
of fine gold borders good,
We alſo thee richly adorne
will with the ſilver ſtude.
The Church.
12 While the King who in Majeſtie
moſt highly doth excell
At table ſits, my ſpiknard then
ſends foorth thereof the ſmell.
13 My welbeloved is of myrrhe
a bundle unto me;
All the night long betwixt my breaſts
with pleaſure lie ſhall he,
14 My deare beloved is alwayes
moſt excellent to me,
As cluſters of Champhire are in
vineyards of Engedi.
CHRIST.
15 Behold thou art moſt faire my Love,
even with moſt rare beauties:
Thou art I ſay exceeding faire,
and haſt pure chaſt Doves eyes.
The Church.
16 Behold thou my beloved deare,
art faire and ſtill haſt beene,
Yea, pleaſant above others all,
our bed is alſo greene.
17 The glorious beames of all our houſe
are of the Cedar trees,
And of the pure and poliſh'd firre
are made our galleries.
Chap. 2.
CHRIST.
I Am the moſt ſweet ſmelling Roſe,
that growes on Sharon field,
And als the rareſt Lillie which
the fatteſt valleyes yeeld.
2 As among pricking thornes and briers
appeares the lillie rare,
So is among the daughters all,
my love perfectly faire.
The Church.
3 As th' Apple tree, among the trees
of the wood thick and throng,
So likewiſe my beloved is
the ſonnes of men among.
4 Under his ſhadow I ſat downe
with great delight in haſt,
And his fruit which moſt pleaſant is
was ſweet unto my taſte.
4 He brought me to the banket houſe,
his ſprit ſo did me move,
His banner that was over me,
was altogether love.
5 O ſtay me me now, with flagons and
with apples that are ſweet
Me comfort, for I ſurely am
of love exceeding ſick.
6 His left hand in a loving way,
is faſt under my head,
And his right hand embraceth me
moſt lovingly indeed.
7 By Roes and Hindes, O Salems maids,
I charge you that ye ceaſe,
Either to ſtirre or yet awake
my love untill he pleaſe.
8 Behold my dear beloveds voice,
he comes moſt ſpeedilie,
Upon the mountaines leaping and
skipping on hills moſt hie,
9 Hee's like a Roe or a young Hart,
he ſtands behind our wall,
He looketh foorth and ſhewes himſelf
ev'n through the latteſſe all.
10 My Welbeloved ſaid to me,
riſe up without delay,
My love and als my faire one now
make haſt and come away.
11 For lo paſt is the winter all
with its moſt ſtormy blaſt.
The raine alſo which ſpoiles the wayes
is over gone, and paſt.
12 The flowres on earth do now appeare,
the birds do ſweetly ſing,
The Turtle in our land is heard,
as in a pleaſant ſpring.
13 The fig-tree her green figs puts foorth
Vines tender grapes alway.
Moſt ſweetly ſmell, Ariſe my love
my faire One come away
14 O my deare Dove, that art now hide
in the clifts of the rock,
Even in the ſecret places of
the ſtaires where thou doſt lurke.
Let me now ſee thy countenance,
and let me thy voice heare,
For ſweete is thy voice, and alſo
thy countenance is cleare.
15 Take us the foxes, yea take als
foxes that little be,
That ſpoile the vines, for tender grapes
our vines have as yee ſee.
16 My Welbeloved ſure is mine,
and I am his indeed,
Among the lillies ſmelling ſweet
he pleaſantly doth feed.
17 Untill day break and ſhadowes paſſe,
turne my belov'd and be
Thou like a Roe, or a young Hart
on Bethers mountaines hie.
Chap. 3.
BY night on my bed carfully
I ſought with all my minde
Him whom my ſoul loves; I ſought him
but I him could not finde.
2 I will now riſe and go about
in ſtreets of the city,
And in the broad wayes will him ſeeke
whom my ſoul loves dearly.
I ſought him very carefully
and that with all my minde,
But though I ſought him night and day,
yet could I not him finde.
3 The watchmen that ſtill go about
the city, then found me,
To whom I ſaid, Have ye him found
whom my ſoule loves dearly?
4 It but a little was that I
from them did paſſe away,
But I him whom my ſoul doth love
did finde without delay;
I held him, and would not him let
go till, I quickly had
Him to the houſe, and chambers brought
of her that me conceiv'd.
5 I charge you Salems daughters by
Roes and Hinds, that you ceaſe
Either to ſtir or yet awake
my Love untill he pleaſe.
6 Who's this that like pillars of ſmoke,
comes out of wilderneſſe
Perfum'd with frankincenſe and myrrhe,
and merchants powders als?
7 Behold his bed which far above
doth Solomons excell,
About it of moſt valiant men
are threeſcore of Iſra'l.
8 Expert in war they all do hold
ſwords in their hands moſt bright,
Each man his ſword upon his thigh,
becauſe of fear by night.
9 King Solomon in his great pomp
himſelf did make a bed,
A charet which of Lebanon
was of the choiceſt wood.
10 Its pillars were of ſilver, and
its bottome was of gold,
The covering was of purple fine,
moſt rich for to be hold.
The midſt thereof moſt gloriouſly,
well paved was with love,
For the fair daughters of Salem
as it them did behove.
11 Go foorth with admiration great
ye daughters of Zion,
And with reſpect and reverence
behold King Solomon.
With crown wherewith his mother crown'd
in his eſpouſals day,
And in the day his heart was fill'd
with gladneſſe great and joy.
Chap. 4.
CHRIST.
BEhold my love thou art moſt faire,
moſt fair is all thy skin,
The pure and chaſt eyes of the Dove
thou haſt thy lockes within;
Thy haire thy outward ornament
doth ſhine and gliſter clear
Even like a flock of goats that from
mount Gilead do appeare.
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of ſheep,
that are even ſhorne perfite,
As when they from the waſhing come
they are both cleane and white:
Each one of them moſt fertile is
and bear twins in a throng,
Not one that is of all the flock
is barren them among.
3 Thy pleaſant lips are alwayes like
unto a ſcarlet threed,
And when thou ſpeak'ſt then all thy ſpeach
is comely ſtill indeed:
Thy temples als within thy lockes
do bluſh ſo modeſtly,
That of Pomegranates they a peece
moſt ſurely ſeeme to be.
4 Thy neck is like King Davids tower
built for an armory,
Wherein a thouſand bucklers hang,
and ſhields of men mightie.
5 Thy two breaſts full of dainty food
are like two Roes indeed
Young that are twi…nes, which well among
the pleaſant lillies feed.
6 Untill the day moſt clearly break
and ſhaddowes flee from hence,
I'll get me to the mounts of myrrhe,
and h…lls of frankincenſe.
7 My Church, my Love, thou art all faire,
and ſo thou ſeemes to me,
Thou art ſo waſhen and made cleane,
there is no ſpot in thee.
8 My ſpouſe with me from Lebanon,
from Lebanon with me
Come, looke from tops of Amana,
Shemir and Hermon hie;
Come from thy perſecutors all,
even from the Lions dennes,
And alſo from the Leopards
that haunt the high mountaines.
9 My ſiſter ſpouſe my heart thou haſt
raviſh'd; thou haſt my heart
With one of thine eyes raviſh'd, with
one chaine upon thy neck.
10 How faire's thy Love my Siſter Spouſe!
how better much then wine!
And the ſmell of thine ointments ſweet
then ſpices good and fine.
11 Thy lips my ſpouſe as th' hony comb
drop, hony milk alone
Under thy tongue, thy garments ſmell
moſt ſweet as Lebanon.
12 My ſiſter ſpouſe a Garden is,
which is incloſed well,
A ſpring ſhut up, a fountaine als
whereon is ſet a ſeale.
13 Thy pleaſant plants an orchard are
of Pomegranats moſt faire,
With pleaſant fruits the Champhire ſweete,
with ſpiknard that is rare.
14 Spiknard, Saffron, and Calamus,
and Cinamon, and tree
Of frankincens, Myrrhe, Aloes,
with ſpices cheefe that be,
15 A fountaine for to water well
the gardens all anone,
A well of living waters and
faire ſtreemes from Lebanon.
The Church.
19 O Norrh wind quickly now awake,
and come thou South about,
Upon my Garden blow that ſo
its ſpices may flow out.
Let my beloved come at laſt,
into his Garden ſweet,
That he there even moſt chearfully
his pleaſant fruites may eat.
Chap 5.
CHRIST.
I Am into my Garden come
my Spouſe and Siſter wiſe,
I gathr…d have my pleaſant Myrrhe,
with my delicious ſpice;
eaten have my hony comb,
and drunk milk, wine, gladly;
Now eat O friends, drink, O belov'd,
yea drink aboundantly.
The Church.
I ſleep ſecurely, but my heart
doth wake both night and day,
…t is the voice of my Belov'd
which knocking thus doth ſay,
My Siſter, Love, Dove, undefild,
now open to me right,
…or my head and locks filled are
with dew drops of the night.
I have put off my coat, how ſhall
I put it on a while,
waſhed alſo have my feet,
how ſhall I them defile?
My Welbelov'd put in his hand
by the hole of the door,
…nd for the love of him were then
my bowels moved ſore.
I roſe at laſt to open to
my Welbeloved one,
…nd then my hands moſt fragrantly,
did drop with myrrhe anone:
My fingers with ſweet ſmelling myrrhe
alſo did richly drop,
Which in aboundance fell upon
the handles of the lock.
6 To my Belov'd I op'ned then,
but my Belov'd anone
Withdrawen himſelf had far away,
and from the door was gone:
My ſoul fail'd when he ſpake, I him
ſought, but I not ſurely
Could finde him, when I call'd he gave
no anſwere unto me.
7 The watchmen that did go about
the city, there me found,
They ſmot me moſt deſpightfully,
and did me deeply wound:
Theſe who did keep the walls thereof
by night and als by day,
From me with great deſpight and rage
my vaile ſoone tooke away.
8 I charge you daughters of Salem
if my Belov'd yee finde,
That yee him tell, that of his love
I am ſore ſick in minde.
Strangers enquiring for CHRIST.
9 O faireſt among women, what
is thy Beloved more,
What is he more then others are
that thou doſt charge ſo ſore?
The Church.
10 Both white, and rudy, my Belov'd
is, as I underſtand,
He beautifull the cheefeſt is
even among ten thouſand;
11 His head is as the fineſt gold,
his lockes they buſhy are,
And alſo black even like a Rav'n
his youth-head to declare;
12 His eyes are as the eyes of Doves
that by the rivers ſit,
Well waſhed with the whiteſt milk
and alſo fitly ſet;
13 His cheekes are as the ſpices bed,
as ſweet flowres that excell,
His lips like Lillies droping ſweete
of pleaſant myrrhe do ſmell.
14 His hands as goldrings are ſet with
the Berill richly made,
His belly as bright yvory is
with Saphires overlaid.
15 His legs as Marble pillars are
on golden ſockets ſet,
His count'nance is as Lebanon,
as Cedars high and great.
16 Moſt ſweete his mouth is, yea he is
moſt lovely altogether,
This my Belov'd and this my friend
is, O thou Salems Daughter.
Chap. 6.
Strangers enquiring for CHRIST.
WHether is thy Beloved gone
of all women moſt faire?
Or whether is he turn'd that we
may ſeeke him, now declare?
The Church.
2 Into his garden my Belov'd
gone downe is, for to eat
In gardens faire, to the ſpice beds,
to gather lillies ſweet.
3 My Welbeloveds I am all
and my Belov'd moſt rare
Is alſo mine; he feedes among
the lillies white and faire.
CHRIST.
4 Moſt beautifull my Love thou art
as Tirzah, and comely
As Salem, and moſt dreadfull as
with banners an army.
5 From me thine eyes now turne away,
for they me overcome,
Thy haire is as a flock of goats
that from fair Gilead come.
6 Thy teeth are as a flock of ſheep
which go from waſhing throng;
Each one beares twins, and there is not
one barren them among.
7 Thy temples als within thy lockes
do bluſh ſo modeſtlie,
That of Pomgranates they a peece
moſt ſurely ſeeme to be.
8 Though threeſcore of fair Queens there be,
and Concubines fourſcore,
And virgins als them to attend,
yea without number more.
9 My Doue my undefiled is
but one, She the moſt rare,
Her mothers onelyonly One, and cheef
choice of her that her bare.
The daughters of the land her ſaw
and bleſſd her heartily;
Yea, the Queenes and the Concubines
they praiſed her highly.
10 Who is ſhe that as morne lookes foorth,
faire as the Moone and clear
Even as the Sun, and Armies as
that dreadfull banners bear.
11 To the Nutgarden I went down,
the valley fruits right good
To ſee, to ſee als if the Vine
and Pomegranates did bud.
12 Or ev'r I was aware, my ſoul
with love to thee all preſt,
Like Charets of Aminadab,
made me to make great haſt.
13 Returne, returne, O Shulamite,
returne, returne to me,
That we with great gladneſſe of heart,
may looke now upon thee.
What will yee in the Shulamite
with great contentment ſee?
Even ſuch a ſight as if it were
two Armies companie.
Chap. 7.
O Princes daughter how pleaſant
with ſhooes thy feet now are,
The joints of thy thighs jewels ſeeme
wrought by ſome workman rare.
2 Thy navell like round goblets is
which want not liquor ſweet,
Thy belly as with lillies ſet,
is like a heap of wheat.
3 Thy two breaſts the two Teſtaments,
which all thy children feed,
Moſt pleaſant are like two young Roes,
which comely are indeed.
4 Thy ſtately neck is as a tower
of whiteſt yvorie,
Like fiſhpooles in Heſhbon thine eyes,
that by Bathrabbim be.
Thy noſe is comely as the tower
of Libanus moſt rare,
Which toward Damaſcus doth looke
in ſtately forme and faire.
5 Thine head on thee is Carmell like,
als of thine head the hair
Is purple like, the King is held
in galleries moſt rare.
6 How fair and beautifull my Church,
how pleaſant to my ſight
Art thou to me alwayes, O Love
for pleaſure and delight!
7 This thy moſt goodly ſtature is
like unto a Palme tree,
And thy breaſts like two cluſters of
Grapes that well filled be.
8 I ſaid, I unto the Palme tree
to go up will be bold,
I will of the fair boughs thereof
with all my force take hold.
Now alſo ſhall thy breaſts all be
as cluſters of the vine,
And of thy noſe the pleaſant ſmell
like apples good and fine.
9 And like beſt wine thy mouths roofe is
for my belov'd ſweetly,
That goes down cauſing ſleepers lips
to ſpeak moſt graciouſly.
The Church.
10 I ſurely my beloveds am
whom I love tenderlie,
And his deſire though not deſerv'd,
is alwayes towards me.
11 Come my beloved Saviour now,
let us together go
Foorth to the fields; in villages
let us now lodge alſo.
12 Let us get up with diligence
to the vineyard early,
Let us now ſee if that the vine
doth flouriſh pleaſantly.
Whether the tender grapes appear,
and the Pomegranates bud,
There will I ſurely give my loves
to thee both fair and good.
13 The mandrakes ſmell, and at our gates
all pleaſant fruits now be,
Both new and old, which I laid up,
O my belov'd for thee.
Chap. 8.
The believing Jewes.
O That thou my bleſt Saviour now
wert as my brother neer,
…hat ſucked hath the breaſts of her
who is my mother dear!
When I ſhould finde thee heere without,
I would with gladneſſe thee
…oſt loving Kiſſe, even ſo that I
ſhould not deſpiſed be.
I would thee lead with all my heart,
and foorth I would bring thee,
Into my loving mothers houſe,
thereto inſtructed be.
I gladly would thee cauſe to drink
of my well ſpiced wine,
And of the fair Pomegranates juice,
which pleaſant is and fine.
3 Under my head in lovely wayes
his left hand laid ſhould be,
And his right hand moſt tenderly,
likewiſe embrace ſhould me.
4 O daughters of Jeruſalem,
I charge you that ye ceaſe;
To ſtir up or awake my Love,
and that untill he pleaſe.
CHRIST.
Who is this from the wilderneſſe,
that comes up by and by,
And thus on her Beloved doth
ev'n leaning ſtill rely?
It is my Church I thee did raiſe
up from the Apple tree,
Thy mother there thee did bring foorth,
ſhe brought foorth that bare thee.
The beleeving Jewes
Me as a ſeale ſet on thy heart,
and on thine arme ſet me,
…or love as death, and as the grave
moſt ſtrong is jealouſie.
…ven burning coales of hoteſt fire
are the coales of the ſame,
Which kindled have a vehement
and a moſt piercing flame.
True love can not be quench'd at all,
by waters flowing downe,
…or yet can floods of troubles great
by any force it drowne.
…f any largely of his houſe
would give the ſubſtance all
…t utterly contemned ſhould
be both by great and ſmall.
We have a little ſiſter which
no breaſts hath leſſe or more,
What ſhall we do even in the day
ſhe ſhall be ſpoken for?
CHRIST.
If ſhe continue firme and faſt,
like to a mighty wall,
A ſilver Palace build on her
we altogether ſhall:
And if ſhe be even as a door
to give eare to my words,
We will moſt ſafely her incloſe
with fineſt Cedar boards.
The beleeving Jewes.
10 I am a wall, my breaſts alſo
like towers are on the ground,
Then was I in his eyes as one
that had his favour found.
CHRIST.
11 At Baal-Hamon a vineyard
king Solomon had ſet,
The vineyard unto keepers he
for profite then had let:
Each one of theſe his ſervants for
the ſweet fruit of the vine,
A thouſand pieces was to bring
of ſilver good and fine.
12 My vineyards fruits are all for me,
but thou O Solomon
Muſt have a thouſand, and the reſt
the farmers live upon.
13 Thou that in Gardens dwelleſt faire
and liveſt in Gods feare,
…ompanions hearken to thy voice,
cauſe me it als to heare.
The Church.
…ake haſte my Welbelov'd, and be
thou like unto a Roe,
… to young Harts, that on the mounts
of ſpices quickly go.
THE SONG OF MOSES AT THE RED SEA:
After GOD had drowned Pharao and his whole hoaſt. EXOD. 15. verſ. 1.
Will now ſing unto the LORD,
for he hath gloriouſly
Triumph'd, he horſe and rider als
hath throwen into the Sea.
The LORD he is my ſtrength and ſong,
and my ſalvation ſure,
An habitation I for him
moſt gladly will prepare.
My fathers GOD, he ſtill hath been
and that in every part;
I him therefore will now exalt,
and that with all my heart.
3 The Lord who hath a mighty arme
is as a man of war,
The Lord moſt ſurely is his name,
well known both neer and far.
4 He Pharos charets and his hoaſt
hath caſt into the Sea,
In the red Sea, even drowned all
his choſen Captaines be.
5 With frothy deepths GOD cov'red them,
this work he did alone,
Into the bottome they did ſink,
even as a heavy ſtone.
6 Thy right hand is become, O LORD,
moſt glorious in great power,
Thine arme and thy right hand, thy foes,
have daſht even all to powder.
7 Thou haſt thy foes all overthrown
in great excellencie,
Thy wrath thou ſent'ſt foorth, which conſum'…
them as the ſtubble dry.
8 And with the blaſt of thy noſtrils
the waters gath'red there,
…he floods ſtood upright as an heap,
the deepths congealed were.
Th enemy ſaid, I will purſue,
them will I overtake,
will divide the ſpoile my luſt
upon them will I wreak.
In my wrath moſt fierce will draw
my ſword them to annoy,
…y mightie hand with fearfull plagues,
ſhall ſurely them deſtroy.
11 Thou didſt blow with thy boiſtrous wind,
the ſea them covr'd indeed,
…hey in the mighty waters all
ſank downe as heavy lead.
12 Who's like thee LORD among the gods?
who's glorious like to thee
… holineſſe, and fearefull praiſe,
and wonders done by thee?
13 Thou in thy fierce wrath ſtretchedſt out
thy right hand with great ſtrength,
…he earth opning her mouth did then
all ſwallow up at length.
Thou in thy mercy haſt led foorth
thy people bought by thee,
Thou in thy ſtrength them to thy houſe
haſt guided lovingly.
14 The people all ſhall heare of this,
and they ſhall be afraid;
The indwellers of Paleſtine
with grief ſhall be diſmaide.
15 The Duks of Edom all amaz'd,
with Moab tremble ſhall,
The indwellers of Canaan
ſhall melt away and fall.
16 By thy great Army feare and dread
ſhall heavy on them fall,
They as a ſtone ſtill ſhall be till
thy people paſſe ov'r all;
O LORD, till that thy people all
paſſe ov'r with courage fine,
Which thou by thine Almighty hand
haſt purcha'd to be thine,
17 Thou ſtrong, ſhalt bring them in, and them
plant in thy holy place,
Ev'n in thy pleaſant Sanctuary
eſtabliſh'd by thy grace.
18 The LORD ſhall reigne for evermore
moſt like a mighty King,
19 For he on Pharo and his houſe
the lofty waves did bring.
But the children of Iſrael all
who did the LORDS command,
They in the mids of all the ſea
went ſafely on dry land.
Miriams Song at the red Sea.
THen Miriam the Propheteſſe,
the ſiſter of A'ron,
Did daunce with women thankfully,
and Timbrels plaid upon.
And Miriam thus anſwer'd them …,
praiſe GOD for now hath he
…riumph'd; He horſe and rider als
hath throwne into the Sea.
The Song of Moſes, a little before his death. DEUT. 32. verſ.
1. THE PREFACE.
O Pleaſant heavens that are above,
with diligence give ear
And I will ſpeak, O earth below
the wordes of my mouth hear.
2 My doctrine ſhall drop as the raine,
my ſpeach as dew ſhall paſſe,
As ſmall raine on the tender herb
and ſhowres upon the graſſe.
3 Becauſe I ſurely publiſh will
the bleſt name of the LORD,
Yee greatneſſe to our GOD therefore,
aſcribe with one accord.
The firſt Part.
4 He is the rock, his work's perfite
his wayes all judgement be,
A God of Truth, and without ſin
moſt juſt and right is He.
5 They have corrupt themſelves, their ſpot
is not the ſpot alwayes
Of his children, they are perverſe
a race of crooked wayes.
6 Unwiſe people do ye requite
the Lord thus? Is not He
Thy Father, buyer? Hath he not
made and eſtabliſh'd thee?
7 Remember ye the dayes of old,
yeeres paſt conſider well;
Thy Father aske, he will thee ſhew,
thy Elders will thee tell.
8 When the moſt High to nations did
th' inheritance divide,
When he the ſons of Adam all
did ſeparate beſide,
He by his wiſdome ſet the bounds
of all the people then,
According to the number of
his Iſraels children.
9 For the Lord, for his portion hath
his people without blot,
Jacob is his inheritance
appointed as by lot.
10 He found them in a deſert land
and waſt wilderneſſe; He
Him led, inſtructed, and him keept,
as th'apple of his eye.
11 As th'Eagle ſtirreth up her neſt,
fluttreth her young upon,
Her wings doth ſpread, and taketh them
to carry them thereon.
12 So the good Lord did him alone
lead in all wayes ſafely,
And no ſtrange god there was with him
in all that company.
13 He made them ride on Canaan high,
that he th'increaſe might eat,
He made him oile and hony ſuck,
from flintie rocks moſt ſweet.
14 Butter of Kine and milk of Sheep,
he gave to every man,
With fat of Lambs, and alſo Rams,
of the breed of Baſhan.
He gave them Goats with the fat of
Kidneyes of wheat right good,
And of the ſweet Grapes thou didſt drink
the pure wine red like blood.
The ſecond Part.
15 But Jeſhurun who ſhould have beene
moſt righteous, then did kick,
Thou waxed art exceeding fat,
thou art growne very thick.
Thou cov'red art with fatneſſe; then
his maker he forſooke,
And of his ſure ſalvations rock
no care at all he took.
16 With ſtrange gods they provoked him
unto great jealouſie,
With great abominations they
him angry made to be.
17 They ſacrificed unto devils,
to gods whom they not knew,
Whom your fathers did never feare,
ev'n gods that were but new.
18 Thou art unmindfull of the Rock
which thee once did beget,
And the Lord God that formed thee,
thou didſt alwayes forget.
The third part.
19 And when the LORD ſaw it, he did
abhorre them all anone,
Becauſe of the provoking great
of Daughter and of Son.
20 He ſaid, I will from them my face
hide, and I will now ſee
Their end; they are a froward race
in whom no faith can be.
21 With that which is not GOD they have
me mov'd to jealouſie,
…o anger they have me provok'd
with their great vanitie:
them alſo to jealouſie,
with ſuch as are no flock
Will move; to anger them with fools
I ſurely will provoke.
22 For in my wrath fire kindled is,
ſuch as no tongue can tell,
It ſhall not ceaſe alwayes to burne
ev'n to the loweſt hell;
It ſhall conſume the earth all with
her increaſe, mans deſire,
And the foundations of the mount
ſhall ſurely ſet on fire.
23 Upon them of miſcheef a heap
I certainly will ſend,
I alſo upon them in wrath,
mine arrowes now will ſpend.
24 They ſhall conſumed be and burnt
with paine of hunger great,
And ſuddenly ſhall be devour'd
with a moſt burning heat:
And with bitter deſtruction, I
will alſo on them thruſt
The teeth of beaſts, with poiſon als
of ſerpents of the duſt.
25 The ſword without terrour within
deſtroy ſhall, and not ſpare
The young man, Virgin, Sucklings als,
with the man of gray haire.
26 I ſaid I into corners would
them quickly ſcatter, then
I would make their rememberance
to ceaſe from among men;
27 Were it not that I the great wrath
fear'd of the enemie,
Leſt their vaine adverſaries ſhould
behave themſelves ſtrangly.
And leſt that they puft up with pride,
ſhould ſay theſe words anone,
Our hand now high is, and the LORD
this work all hath not done.
28 For they all a vaine Nation are
of wholeſome counſell void,
No underſtanding good at all
in them doth ſtill abide.
29 O that they were wiſe, ſo that they
this clearly underſtood,
That they would now their latter end
conſider for their good.
30 How ſhould but one a thouſand chaſe,
and two als put to flight
Ten thouſand, if their Rock had not
them ſold and ſhut up right?
31 For their rock in no way is as
our rock that mighty is,
We none but ev'n our enemies ſeek,
for to be Judge of this.
32 Of Sodom and Gomorrahs field
their vine I truely call,
Their cluſters great moſt bitter are.
their grapes are grapes of gall.
33 Their wine is Dragons poiſon, which
from theſe grapes doth diſtill,
And is the cruell venime of
vile Aſpes that men do kill.
34 Is not this wickedneſſe laid up
in a great ſtore with me,
And up among my treaſures als
ev'n ſealed ſecretlie?
The fourth Part.
35 To me belongeth vengeance, and
recompence for their crime,
Their foot ſhall ſlide aſſuredly
in due appointed time;
For their day of calamitie
is ſurely neere at hand,
And the things that ſhall come on them
Make haſt, and ſhall not ſtand.
36 For the Lord ſhall his people judge,
and for his folks repent.
When their great power hee ſees all gone
and altogether ſpent.
37 And he in his great wrath ſhall ſay,
where are there gods of might,
Their rock in whom they truſted much?
they come not now in ſight.
38 Which ate fatlings, and wine offrings,
in drink did not reject
et them riſe up, and with their ſtrength
you help, and als protect.
39 See now that I am he ev'n I
no god there is with me;
kill, I alſo make alive,
I wound, I heal ſafely.
here be not one among the gods
by ſea, or yet by land.
hat by his ſtrength deliver can
out of my mightie hand.
40 For I my hand unto the Heaven,
do now lift up and heave
… ſigne of a great oath, and ſay,
for ever as I live.
41 If I my gliſtring ſword whet, and
judge in ſeveritie,
vengeance ſurely will reward
to my foes that hate me.
42 I will mine arrowes in my wrath
(which is now kindled ſore)
ake drunk with blood) and my ſword ſhall
their filthie fleſh devore.)
And that with the blood of the ſlaine,
and men that captives be,
From the beginning of revenge
upon the enemie.
34 Rejoice ye nations with his folk,
for he who doth not change,
Will the blood of his ſervants dear
moſt ſpeedily avenge.
And to his adverſaries will
a vengeance render full,
And to his people and his land
will be moſt mercifull.
THE SONG OF DEBORAH, AND BARAK:
After the Victorie againſt th armie of Jabin King of Canaan who reigned in Hazor, whoſe Captaine was Siſera, whoſe head was cut off by Jahel, the wife of Heber. JUDGES 5. verſ. 2.
PRaiſe ye the LORD for th'avenging
of his own Iſrael ſo,
When as the people willingly
did to the battell go.
Hear Kings and Princes, I, even I
will ſing unto the Lord;
nto the Lord God of Iſra'l,
I praiſes will afford.
Lord when thou wentſt from Seir, when thou
didſt march from Edom land,
he Earth trembled, the Heavens did drop,
the clouds they did diſband.
The Mountaines melted from before
the Lord God Eternell,
…en that Sinai from God before,
the God of Iſrael.
In SHAMGARS dayes ſon of ANATH,
in the dayes of JAEL,
…e high wayes were unoccupi'd,
they went in bywayes all.
The indwellers of villages,
in Iſrael did ceaſe,
ntill that I DEBORAH roſe,
a mother to make peace.
They choſe new gods, then in their gates
was war; was there a ſhield
ſpear fourty thouſand among,
in city or in field?
8 My heart to Iſra'ls Governours
is, that with one accord,
Offred themſelves moſt willingly
to Battell, bleſſe the LORD.
9 Speake ye that ride on Aſſes white,
in Rulers chief aray,
And ye that ſit in judgement, and
that travell by the way.
10 And ye the pooreſt of the land,
whoſe trade was ſtill to draw
Waters from wells, Of Archers ye
did greatly ſtand in aw.
Yee from this feare delivered,
GODS great workes magnifie,
Who hath traffique and Iuſtice giv'n
in village and citie.
11 Awake, awake, awake, awake,
DEBORAH ſing anone,
Ariſe BARAK and lead Captive
thou of AHINOAN ſon.
12 Him that remaines he made to rule
ov'r the Nobilitie,
Ov'r people als; the LORD me gave
rule over the mighty.
13 Of EPHRAIM, gainſt AMALEK
there was a worthy root;
And after thee, ſtout BENjAMIN,
among thy people great
rom MACHIR of MANASSE came
governours goodly men,
o this ſervice came ZEBULON
ſcribes handling well the pen;
15 And the moſt mighty Princes of
ſtrong ISSACHAR that day
Were with DEBORAH in the field,
ev'n ISSACHAR I ſay.
here BARAK to the valley ſent
on foot, did ſoone depart;
or the diviſions of REUBEN
there were great thoughts of heart.
16 Why from the Sheepfolds wouldſt not thou
go for to act thy part?
or the diviſions of REUBEN
were ſearchings great of heart.
17 Beyond JORDAN GILEAD abode,
and why did DAN remaine
… ſhips? Aſher on the ſea ſhore
ſought in his breaches gaine.
18 ZEBULON, and NEPHTALI ſtout
were arm'd with Spear and Shield,
hey jeoparded their lives all in
high places of the field.
19 The Kings of CANA'N came and fought,
JABIN for to maintaine,
In TANAH to MEGIDDO neere,
but thereby did not gaine.
'Gainſt SISERA, the clouds and wind
did fight, from the Heav'ns hie,
The bright ſtarres in their courſes als
fought moſt couragiouſlie.
21 The river KISHON, ev'n KISHON
did ſweep them all away;
O thou my ſoul, thou haſt downe troad
great ſtrength without delay.
22 Then the ſtrong horſehoves broken were
ev'n with their ſtrongeſt bones.
By the meanes of the pranſings great
of the moſt mighty Ones.
23 Curſe yee MEROS the Angel ſaid,
yea curſe them bitterly,
Becauſe they did not help the Lord,
'gainſt theſe that were mighty.
24 JAEL the wife of HEBER ſhall
bleſt above women be,
Above women ſhe ſhall be bleſt,
in the tent moſt ſurely.
25 He asked water, and ſhe gave
him milk of ſweet reliſh,
She alſo wiſely butter brought
foorth in a lordly diſh.
26 She with a hammer and a naile
ſmote SISERA indeed;
When ſhe his Temples pierced had,
ſhe did ſmite off his head.
27 He bow'd and f…ll, and lay downe, he
at her feet bow'd and fell;
Where he bow'd there he fell downe dead
at the feet of JAHEL.
28 SISERAS mother looked out
at windowes, and did cry
hrough the latteſſe with joy of heart
to theſe thar paſſed by,
Why taries his Charet ſo long?
What hinder doth it let?
Why tarie thus the wheeles moſt ſwift
of his Princely Charet?
29 When her wiſe Ladies heard theſe wordes,
they did not long defer
…o give anſwer; yea, to her ſelf
ſhe return'd this anſwer.
30 Have they not well in Battell ſped,
have they not all alſo,
arted the prey to every man,
a damoſell or two?
To SISERA a wealthy prey,
who his foes ſtrong did foile;
A colour'd prey of needle work
for theſe that take the ſpoile.
31 So periſh let thy foes, O Lord,
but who with heart upright
Him love, let them be as the Sun,
when he goes foorth in might.
The Song of Hannah, whic… She ſang to GOD when Sh… had borne Samuel, after long barrenneſſe. 1 SAM. 2. verſ. 1.
MY heart rejoiceth in the LORD,
my horne exalt did he;
My mouth is greatly now inlarg'd,
for his goodneſſe to me.
2 There is none holy as the LORD,
there is none beſide thee,
There is no rock that is like God,
our God the Lord moſt hie.
3 Talk no more proudly as ye do,
ſpeak not with arrogance;
For all our deeds the Lord doth weigh
in his ſacred ballance:
The ſtrong bowes of the mighty men
are broken all at length,
…d they that ſtumbled, now are girt
with force and divine ſtrength.
They that were full in plentie, have
hir'd out themſelves for bread,
…d they that were in hunger great
ſecurly ceaſd indeed,
e that was barren and contemn'd
hath borne ſev'n great and ſmall,
…d ſhe that many children hath
is waxed feeble all.
The LORD by his ſtrong arme doth kill,
and he doth alſo ſave;
… lifteth up, he bringeth downe
unto the ſtinking grave.
By his great power he doth make poore,
and alſo maketh rich,
… bringeth low, and raiſeth up
unto a certaine pitch.
He raiſeth up, out of the duſt
the poor from the dunghill,
He lifts the begger and him ſets
on Thrones with Princes ſtill;
For the ſtrong pillars of the earth
unto the Lord belong,
And he by his great power hath ſet
the world all them upon.
9 He of his ſaints will keep the feet,
the wicked in darkneſſe
Shall all be ſilent, none by ſtrength
prevaile ſhall more or leſſe.
10 Theſe fooles who do reject the Lord,
ſhall ſoone be broke to pieces;
With thunders ſhall he trouble them
though they be great as Princes.
The Lord ſhall judge the earth below,
and ſtrength give to his King,
The horne of his anointed, he
ſhall high exalt ſo reigne.
The Song of David, which he ſang to give thanks, after that Nathan had promiſed him benefites and bleſſings, but chiefly the Meſſiah to come of his ſeede. 2 SAM. 7. verſ. 18.
O LORD my God, now who am I
that thou on me haſt thought,
What is my houſe that thou in love,
me hitherto haſt brought?
This was but ſmall Lord in thy ſight;
thou of thy ſervants houſe
…aſt ſpoke for a great while to come,
as thou art righteous:
his truely Lord, a mercy great
I clearly now do ſee,
fter the maner of a man,
this ſeemes no way to be.
And what can David more to thee,
for this thy goodneſſe ſay?
or thou Lord God, who art moſt hie,
thy ſervant know'ſt alway.
4 For thy wordes ſake thou haſt now done
according to thy heart
Theſe things, to make thy ſervants all
thee know in every part.
5 Thou Lord art great, like thee is none,
no God is thee beſide,
According to all things that we
have heard on ev'ry ſide.
7 What Nation one in all the earth,
is like thy people dear,
Even like Iſra'l whom God redeem'd,
that he might them acquire,
To get a name and do great things
for thy moſt holy land,
Before thy people which from Kings
redeem'd are by thy hand?
8 For to thy ſelf thou haſt confirm'd
Iſra'l to thee for ay
A people; and thou art become
their Lord and God alway.
9 What of thy ſervant and his houſe,
thou haſt Lord ſpoken now,
As thou haſt ſaid, it by thy grace
eſtabliſh and allow.
10 And let thy name be magnified
for ever and for ay;
T…e Lord of Hoſts is Iſral's God,
let all the people ſay,
nd let the houſe of thy ſervant
David, for evermore
e by thy mercy and thy might
eſtabliſh'd thee before.
11 For thou Lord God, the Lord of hoſtes,
the God of Iſrael,
nto thy ſervant haſt reveal'd,
thy mercies that excell.
will thee build an houſe thou ſaidſt,
therefore I have this day,
…und ev'n this prayer thus in my heart,
unto thee for to pray.
12 And now, O Lord, that God thou art,
and thy wordes be moſt true,
nd thou this goodneſſe promiſde haſt,
unto thy ſervants now.
Therefore be pleaſed for to bleſſe
thy ſervants houſe alway,
hat it may ſo continue ſtill,
before thee faſt for ay.
or thou O Lord, in mercy great
haſt ſpoken it to me,
ow let the houſe of thy ſervant
for ever bleſſed be.
The Song of Iſaiah, Conce… ning the vineyard, wherein Gods people is reproved for their barrenneſſe in good workes, notwithſtanding of all the paines were taken by the Prophets. ISA. 5. verſ. 1.
TO my belov'd, I my belov'ds
ſong will now ſing with skill,
My welbelov'd a vineyard hath
in a moſt fruitfull hill.
2 He it did fence, and gathred out
its ſtones at every houre,
He planted it with choiſeſt vine,
and in it built a Towre.
He als made a vine preſſe therein,
and look'd it ſhould bring foorth
Good grapes, but foorth alwayes it brought
wilde grapes of nothing worth.
3 O ye indwellers of Salem,
and Judahs men alway,
Betwixt my vineyard and me now
judge juſtly I you pray.
4 What could I unto my vineyard,
do more then I have done?
While I for good grapes looked ſtill,
it brought wilde grapes alone.
And now go to I will you tell,
what to my vineyard I
Will do, I will the hedge thereof
away take by and by.
Then ſhall it all be eaten up,
I will break down its wall,
…nd it by wilde beaſts of the field,
ſhall down be troden all.
I alſo now will lay it waſt,
it ſhall not pruned be
…or digged; but men briars, and thornes,
anone come up ſhall ſee.
… alſo by my divine might,
the clouds all will command,
That they ſhall neither day nor night
raine down upon the land.
… For of the Lord the vineyard is
the houſe of Iſrael,
And Judahs men his pleaſant plant,
which others ſhould excell.
And he for judgement looked well,
but O then by and by
Oppreſſion, als for righteouſneſſe,
but O behold a cry.
A Song of thanks, for the mercies of GOD. ISA. 12. verſ. 1.
I Will thee praiſe, O Lord, though tho…
with me moſt angry waſt,
Thine anger is now turn'd away,
thou me comforted haſt.
2 Behold and well conſider; God
is my ſalvation ſure,
I will ſtill truſt, and not afraid
now will be leſſe or more.
For the great Lord, Jehovah is
m… ſtrength and als my ſong,
He my ſalvation is become,
to him it doth belong.
3 Therefore out of ſalvations welles,
yee ſhall your ſelfe imploy,
Fine water in aboundance great
to draw al wayes with joy.
4 Then ſhall ye ſay praiſe ye the Lord,
and call upon his name,
His workes among the pople ſhew,
and high exalt his fame,
Unto the Lord ſing thankfully
for he hath things of worth
Done by his mighty hand, this well
is know'n in all the earth.
Cry out and ſhout with a loud voice,
yee that indwellers be
Of Zion, Iſra'ls holy one
is great in midſt of thee.
A Song, inciting to confidence in God. ISA. 26. verſ. 1.
WEE have a city all made ſtrong,
the Lord ſalvation will
Appoint for to be mighty walles
and bulwarkes ever ſtill,
The glorious gates now open that
the Nation void of ſin,
Which conſtantly the truth doth keep,
may freely enter in.
Thou wilt him well preſerve and keep
in perfect peace to be,
Whoſe mind is ſtill upon thee ſtay'd,
becauſe he truſtes in thee.
4 For ever in the Lord truſt yee,
for yee ſhall feele at length,
That in the Lord Jehovah is
an everlaſting ſtrength.
5 For he brings downe dwellers on high;
the lofty city low
He layes, it to the ground he brings
even to the duſt below.
9 The foot ſhall baſely tread it downe
even the foot of the poore.
And the ſteps of the needy als
ſhall ev'n the like procure.
7 The juſts way all is uprightneſſe,
thou upright in thy wayes,
Of the juſt in the ballance thou
doſt weigh the path alwayes.
8 Yea in thy judgements way, O Lord,
we waited have for thee,
Our ſoules deſires unto thy name
and thy remembrance be.
9 I with my ſoul have conſtantly
deſir'd thee in the night;
Yea with my ſprite I early will
thee ſeek with all my might.
…or when thy judgements in the earth
us teach for to diſcerne,
…hen all the worlds inhabitants
Gods righteouſneſſe will learne.
10 Let favour great be ſhewed ſtill
unto the wicked man,
…et for all that he righteouſneſſe
will neither learne or can;
…v'n in the land of uprightneſſe
unjuſtly will he deale,
…nd of the Lord the Majeſtie
behold no way he will,
11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up,
they all refuſe to ſee,
…ut they ſhall ſee againſt their will
though they do cloſe their eye.
…ecauſe thy people they envye,
aſham'd they ſhall be ſore,
…ea the fire of thine enemies all
ſhall quickly them devore.
12 Lord thou wilt ordaine peace for us,
this ſtill is in our thought;
…or thou in us haſt all our workes
ev'n by thy finger wrought.
13 O Lord beſides thee other lords
have rul'd us to our ſhame,
But by thee onelyonly will we all
make mention of thy name.
14 Hence foorth theſe wicked ſhall not live
who are now dead and ſlaine,
They at laſt all deceaſed are,
they ſhall not live againe.
Therefore thou viſited haſt them,
and them deſtroy'd alway,
And als haſt made their memorie
to periſh quite away.
15 The Nation well thou haſt increaſde,
thy glory ſhineth forth;
Thou hadſt remov'd it far unto
the ends of all the earth.
16 Lord when they were in trouble, they
did viſite thee anone,
They powr'd out prayers when thy rod
was heavy them upon.
17 Moſt like a woman at childe birth,
who in her pangs doth cry,
So have we Lord been in thy ſight
diſtreſſed by and by.
18 We great with child have been in paine,
and have brought forth the winde,
To help out friends or foes defeat,
no ſtrength at all we finde.
19 Thy dead men ſhall moſt ſurely leave,
together well they all
…ith my dead body even revive,
and als ariſe they ſhall.
…e that in duſt dwell now awake,
for thy dew is indeed
…s dew of herbs, and als the earth
ſhall caſt out all the dead.
20 My people come, now enter thou,
while as the time is fit,
…nto thy chambers, and with ſpeede
the doores about thee ſhute.
…here for a little moment hide
thy ſelf far from the blaſt,
…nt…ll the indig…ation great
be ſafely over paſt.
21 For lo, the Lord out of his place
doth come moſt ſpeedily,
…o puniſh all the men on earth,
for their iniquitie.
The earth ſhall als diſcloſe the blood,
that in it did remaine,
And ſhall no more the meanes afford,
to cover cloſe her ſlaine.
The Song of Hezekiah, afte… GOD had healed him of his ſickneſſe, and promiſed unto him fifeteene yeeres of life. ISA. 38. verſ. 10.
IN cutting off of my ſhort dayes,
I ſaid, I ſhall now go
Unto the grave; I am depriv'd
of my few yeeres alſo,
2 I ſaid that in the livings land
the Lord I ſhall not ſee,
I ſhall no more ſee man with theſe
that heere indwellers be,
3 Mine age is parted and remov'd
by troubles and great ſtrife
Like ſheepheards tents; I veaver like
have ev'n cut off my life.
With ſickneſſe he will cut me off
what ever I pretend,
From day ev'n unto night wilt thou
of me ſoone make an end.
4 I rekned till morning that as
a Lion ſo will he
Break all my bones; from day to night
thou'l make an end of me.
Like a poore Cran in great diſtreſſe,
or a troubled ſwallow,
…o did I chatter; I did mourne
as doth the ſimple Doue.
My eyes do fail with looking up,
and very dimmed be,
O Lord, I am oppreſſed ſore,
now undertake for me.
6 What ſhall I ſay? he ſpoken hath,
and als hath done no leſſe,
… ſhall go ſoftly all my yeers
in my ſouls bitterneſſe.
7 In all theſe things is of my ſprite
the life; they that believe
Do live by them; Recover me,
and ſo make me to live.
8 Behold for a deſired peace
I had great bitterneſſe,
But thou in love haſt ſav'd me from
the pit of rotteneſſe;
For thou who of afflicted men
doſt ever notice take,
In thy great mercy all my ſins,
haſt caſt behind thy back.
9 The grave can not thee praiſe, and death
can not thee magnifie,
They that go to the pit can not,
in hope reſt well on thee.
10 The living, yea the living ſhall
thee praiſe as I this day;
The fathers to their children als,
ſhall teach thy truth alway.
11 The LORD was ready me to ſave,
therefore we with accord,
To the ſtring'd inſtruments will ſing,
in the houſe of the LORD.
The Song of Jonah, Containing a Prayer and Thanks for his deliv…rance out of the belly of the Whale, wherein hee had beene three dayes, and three nights. JONAH 2. verſ. 1.
I Cry'd to God and he me heard,
out of hells belly I
Did cry aloud, and thou my voice
even heardeſt by and by.
2 For thou hadſt caſt me in the deep,
in the midſt of the Sea,
…e flouds me compaſſd, and thy waves
did all paſſe over me.
Then ſaid I, I out of thy ſight
am caſt with great diſdaine,
…t to thy holy Temple I
will ſurely look againe.
Ev'n to the ſoul the waters did
me compaſſe with all ſpeed,
…e deepth me cloſde about, the weeds
were wrapt about my head.
To the bottomes of mountaines ſteep
I went down ſpeedily,
… earth for ever with her barres,
did alwayes compaſſe me;
haſt thou from corruptions pit,
by mercies me upon,
…ord, my God and Saviour dear,
my life brought up anone.
The Lord, I did remember when
my ſoul thus within me
faint; into thy Temple came
my prayer ev'n unto thee.
…hey that do lying vanities
obſerve in any way,
Their owne mercy moſt fooliſhly
they do forſake alway.
8 But I to thee with thankfull voice,
will ſacrifice afford,
What I have vow'd, I minde to pay;
ſalvation's of the Lord.
The Song and Prayer of H… bakkuk, wherein he declaret… his trembling at GODS Majeſtie, and alſo the confidence of his faith, while the Caldeans afflicted GODS people. HABBAK. 3. verſ. 2.
O Lord God full of Majeſty,
I thy ſervant have heard
Thy ſpeach in wordes of gravity,
and I was ſore afraid.
2 In midſt of yeers revive, O Lord,
thy work and ever ſtill
Make known; als in thy burning wrath
remember mercy well.
3 From TEMAN and from PARAN mount
came God the Holy one,
His glory cov'rd the heavens, his praiſe
was all the earth upon.
His brightneſſe was as light, he had
Hornes coming from his hand,
…here was the hiding of his great power
which none did underſtand.
Before him went the peſtilence,
and hoat coales at his feet;
He ſtood and meaſur'd all the earth,
as it did ſeeme moſt meet.
…e did behold and alſo drove
aſunder nations all,
…nd th' everlaſting mountaines were
ſcattred both great and ſmall:
…he hills perpetuall in their place
did humbly ſtoup and bow,
His wayes are everlaſting all,
as we do clearly know.
Of Cuſhan in affliction great
I ſaw tents great and ſmall,
…he Curtaines of the Midian land,
did alſo tremble all.
Was the Lord God diſpleaſed much
againſt the Rivers clear?
…as thine anger incenſed thus,
'gainſt Rivers far or neer?
Againſt the ſea was thy wrath ſo
that thou didſt fiercely ride,
Upon the horſes and charets
that ſafety might abide?
9 Thy bow all naked quite was made,
that men there might beleeve
Thou ſware unto the Tribes: thou didſt
the earth with waters cleave.
10 The hills thee ſaw and trembled all,
the water paſſed by,
The deep his voice did utter, and
lift up his hands on hie.
11 The Sun and Moon ſtood in their place,
even at thine arrowes clear,
They at the light went, and the ſhine
of thy moſt glittring ſpear.
12 Thou furious didſt march through the land
in indignation great,
Thou alſo didſt the heathen threſh,
even in thine anger hot.
13 For thy peoples ſalvation thou
went'ſt foorth without all fear,
Even for ſalvation of great worth,
with thine anointed dear.
Out of the wicked houſe didſt thou
with power great wound the head,
Diſcov'ring the foundation all
unto the neck with ſpeed.
14 Thou by thy hand Almighty of
his villages the head,
Even with his ſtaves did ſtrike anone,
with fierceneſſe great indeed:
They came out all as a whirlewind,
and that to ſcatter me,
Their joy was all as to devore,
the poor moſt ſecretly.
15 With thine horſes which were moſt ſtrong
thou didſt walk through the Sea,
Even through the heap of waters great,
as men did clearly ſee.
16 My belly trembled when I heard,
and at the voice anone
My lips quiv'red, and rotteneſſe
did enter in my bone.
I trembled in my ſelf that I
might reſt in dayes moſt ſad,
When he comes to the people, he
with troupes them will invade.
17 Though the figtree not bloſſome ſhall,
nor fruites in Vines ſhall be,
The labour of the Olive fat,
ſhall fade moſt certainly,
The fields ſhall not yeeld any meat,
the flock ſhall from the fold
Be cut off, and there ſhall no head
in ſtalles be young or old.
18 Yet will I in the mightie Lord
rejoice in every part,
In the Lord God my Saviour dear,
I joy will with my heart.
19 The Lord God is my ſtrength, and will
make my feet ſwift to be
Like Hindes feet, and will make me walk
upon my places hie.
The Song of Marie in the houſe of Zacharias, after Elizabeth had told her, that at her ſalutation the childe in her wombe had leaped for joy. LUKE 1. verſ. 46.
MY ſoul now all with gladneſſe fill'd
the LORD doth magnifie,
My ſprite rejoiced hath in God
a ſaviour ſtill for me.
2 For he regarded hath of his
handmaide th… eſtate ſo ſmall,
For loe all generations ſure,
ſhall hence me bleſſed call.
3 He ſtrong, hath done great things to me,
and holy is his name,
Who ſtill him feare, his mercy great
ſhall alwayes be on them.
4 He hath great ſtrength ſhew'd with his arme,
the proud he in all parts
Hath ſcattred, in the vaine conceits
of their moſt fooliſh hearts.
5 He hath put downe ev'n from their ſeats
theſe that moſt mighty be,
And alſo he exalted hath
theſe of a low degree.
6 The hungry well he filled hath
with good things evry way,
Theſe who are rich and wealthy he
hath empty ſent away.
7 In remembrance of his mercy
he holpen hath indeed
His ſervant Iſra'l, as he ſpake
t' Abraham and his ſeed.
The Song of Zacharias wher… his mouth was opened, after he had been nine moneths dumb for not believing the Angel Gabriel, who from God had promiſed him a Sonne. LUKE 1. verſ. 68.
LEt the LORD God of Iſrael
for ever bleſſed be,
For viſited his people all
and als redeem'd hath he.
2 And of ſalvation he for us
hath raiſd up gloriouſly
Ane horne in worthy Davids houſe
who ſerv'd him faithfully.
3 As he ſpake clearly by the mouth
of his dear Prophets all,
Which ſince the world began have beene
ev'n whether great or ſmall.
4 That we ſhould from our enemies all
be ſaved in each part,
And from the hand of all theſe men
that hate us with their heart▪
5 The mercy promiſd to performe
unto our fathers, and
…is holy Cov'nant made with us
to make alwayes to ſtand.
Th' oath which he to Abraham ſware
that he to us moſt deare
…ould grant that we ſafe from our foes
might ſerve him without feare.
Yea ſerve him in all holineſſe
and righteouſneſſe alwayes,
…ot for a little ſpace of time,
but ev'n for all our dayes.
And thou child of the higheſt ſhalt
be call'd the Prophet rare,
…or thou before the Lord ſhalt goe
his wayes for to prepare.
Thou knowledge of ſalvation ſhalt
unto his people give,
…y the remiſſion of their ſins
which he will all forgive.
…o Ev'n through the tender mercy of
our God moſt prone to grace,
…hereby the DAY-SPRING from on high
hath ſhew'n to us his face.
1 To give light unto them that ſit
in darkneſſe and deaths ſhade,
Into the way of holy peace,
our feet alwayes to guid.
The Song of Simeon: After he had long looked for the Conſolation of Iſrael, he at laſt moved by the Holy Spirit, went to the Temple, and there finding the babe Chriſt, he took him up in his armes, and bleſſed GOD, and ſaid, LUKE 2. verſ. 29.
NOw letſt thou in thy mercy great,
thine old ſervant O LORD,
At laſt by death in peace depart,
according to thy word.
2 For after many dayes at laſt
mine eyes though now worne dimme,
Thy conſolation ſure and faſt
have with great comfort ſeen.
3 Which thou O Lord moſt lovingly,
ev'n by thy ſaving grace,
Prepared haſt aboundantly
before all peoples face.
4 A precious light to lighten all
the Gentiles far, and neer,
…d als the glory of Iſra'l
that is thy people dear.
This Song of Simeon, is alwayes ſung in the French Church for concluſion, after they have received the Sacrament of the LORDS Supper. The uſe of all the Songs.
THE ſongs of Larks, Linots, and Nightingals
Compard to theſe, are but like naughty tales,
…hich in our ears deſerve to have no place;
…heſe divine ſongs ſad hearts do well ſolace,
…nd fill with joy: yea, and with capering foot
…ake ſouls to riſe, and dance where they did ſit
…ithin our breaſts, like John at Marys voice,
…hich made him leap, and chearfully rejoice.
To ſing ſuch ſongs let us our ſelves inure,
…ill that we dance above the starry floore,
…nd ſing to Christ the Hallelujahs ſweet,
…here Sunne and Moone are pav'ment for our feet,
Far from the words of a most vile infection,
Which ſlute the body, and als ſlave th'affection
Oh that we could from vain words heer forbear
Till of our life be ended the Career:
Fy on vile men, whoſe badry ſongs a blot,
Defile the air come from their filthy throat.
Fy on theſe who in vanities do ſwim,
Who dance and leap, and hold out any lim
With nimble fet-locks; but have not a word
Of holy ſongs to laud and praiſe the Lord:
Such want a heart Chriſts love for to remark▪
They can not ſing, or dance before the Ark.
But as for us, away with fleſhly love,
And beastly ſongs which Gods word doth reprove
Vaine idle words which in theſe latter dayes,
Are made the ſubject of mens ſweeteſt layes;
Let Chriſt the faireſt all the Saints among
Be ſtill the matter of our daily Song;
Let all our Ditties runne upon this ſtring,
Let hearts and Harps in him rejoice and ſing;
What is amiſſe, let us it hence remove,
That we may ſing of Chriſt our life and love.
FINIS.