A character of a true Christian written by Abiezar Copp. Coppe, Abiezer, 1619-1672. 1680 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A34467 Wing C6086 ESTC R33398 13292087 ocm 13292087 98849 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A34467) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 98849) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1547:41 or 21241:35) A character of a true Christian written by Abiezar Copp. Coppe, Abiezer, 1619-1672. 1 broadside. Printed by T.D., sold by La. Curtiss, London : 1680. "The tune is The fair nimphs." Without music. Reproductions of originals in the Harvard University Library and the British Library. Identified as Wing number C6086 at position 1547:41; cancelled in Wing (CD-ROM). Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Ballads, English. 2008-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Character of a true Christian . Written by Abiezar Copp . The Tune is , The Fair Nimphs . Love. A Christian true doth love his Father that 's above , His Brother that 's below . his Friends , and eak his Foe , The Rich , the Poor , the great , the small , the Strong , the Weak , he loveth all . Self-denyal . He still denyes himself , not greedily gripes for Pelf , Doth neither pole nor pill , his Chests or Barns to fill , His Neighbours Good , not Goods , doth seek , he 's honest , harmless , loving , meek . Humility . Not puft in mind is he : all those of low degree , Do never taste his Scorn , the Base ; the Vile ; Forlorn : He 's bounteous ; courteous ; loving and kind ; to all he bears a gentle mind . Stability . He still at home doth keep , and his own door doth sweep ; Doth not debase his mind , in seeking Faults to find : He picks no hole in Neighbours Coat ; nor strives in 's Ey to finde a Mote ; Forbearance . His Lamb-like spirit doth bear , he doth not fight nor tear ; Nor flounce , nor fling , nor fume ; but Meekness doth perfume His Soul ; when he is injured ; Captivity is captive led . Mercy . His burning Bowels yern , from thence his Eye doth learn ; To ' still some oyl of Right into the wretched Weight . His hand is fired by his heart , his Substance to the poor to impart . Charity . His Charity is not small , it doth extend to all ; The bad and eke the good : not like the formal Mode , Who none but their own Sect endure , this is from the Fountain pure . Wisdom . He wisely walks to all , and to prevent a Fall , He looks before he leaps : a narrow Watch he keeps , When to speak , he well doth see , and when silent he 's to be . Peace . His Principle is Peace , in him all Wars do cease , The sword and Gown may stand , both distant from his Land , He is endear'd to great and small , he lives in Love and Peace with all . Obedience . He marcheth in the Van , to each Decree of man , For God's sake he subjects , to all he yields respects , The Prince of Peace doth Peace impart , he hates all Plots with all his heart . Freedom . The Son hath made him Free from Aegypts Slavery , From daily Brick and Task , he needs no religious Mask , Through Christ he all things doth and can , he 's wholy the Lords free man. Patience . He bravely bears the Cross , and sits down by the loss , When Sabeans on him fall , and Caldees take his all . Not these nor those , but God in Heav'n , he saith , Hath taken as well as giv'n . Content . Soul-killing Discontent , whereby pure life is spent , And marrow melts away , with him it cannot stay : His Soul in Patience doth possess , for , Evil and Good the Lord doth bless . Resignation . For wholly he 's resign'd unto the Unconfin'd , God's pleasure is his Law , of that he stands in aw . When Self is swept away and gone , he sayes and lives , God's Will be done . London , Printed by T. D. sold by La. Curtiss . 1680.