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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688 -- Poetry. 2003-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-08 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2003-08 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A VOTIVE TABLE , CONSECRATED To the Church's DELIVERERS , THE PRESENT King and Queen . By EDM. ARWAKER , A. M. LONDON , Printed for W. Canning in the Temple-Cloysters , 1689. A VOTIVE TABLE , Consecrated to the Present KING and QUEEN . I. AS when the welcom Dove brought to the Ark , Wherein the World's Abridgement did embarque , The grateful Token of the Deluge ceas'd , The Water 's and Heaven's Wrath appeas'd ; A mighty Joy the favour'd Eight possess'd , Great as the Danger lately past , And as the Bliss they had in View at last : So when , Great Sir , Your Blest Arrival here Dispell'd our almost Ship-wrack'd Church's Fear , With equal Signs of Preservation near , She did the kind Indulgence celebrate , With Just Applauses vast as That , And suited to the Alteration of her State. II. But now she sees the Happy Hour , That places You on Albion's Throne , With the Fair Partner of Your Heart and Power , Whose brighter Virtue far out-vyes the Crown . Secure she casts her Wandring Eye Back on the Frighful Rocks and Boisterou● Waves , On ev'ry hand prese●●ing Death and Graves ▪ And thick black Te●●ests gather'd in the Sky , Threat'ning sad Ruin ●●gh : When she revolves , in her scarce settled Mind , The Fate to which she saw her Sons expos'd , Th'assaulting Rage with which they were inclos'd , And does Deliv'rance unexpected find ; Now past her Dangers and her Fears , Plac'd on a lofty Ararat , Above the Reach of Fate , To You , her mighty Rescuers , She does this Votive Table humbly consecrate . III. The first Design a * Mytr'd Hero shews The third Supporter of her Hopes and Cares , Whose Virtue , equal to his High Descent , Makes him her Noble Ornament ; But Virtue still to Envy does expose , Whoever in its Lofty Paths dares tread , And this Reward he amply shares , This brings down Tempests on his Sacred Head ▪ On him the Rising Storm first vents its Rage , Which he , Undaunted ▪ does engage ; In vain are Threat'nings added to Commands , Ev'n those he slights , as well as these withstands ; Assur'd it wou'd the easier less'ning be To Suffer , than Pronounce a Wrong Decree . IV. A whole ‖ Community next Scene presents , Made a lamented Sacrifice To Spleen and Avarice , Insatiate Furies whom no Victim e're contents ! The Stations , theirs by Merit , and Just Choice , They are compell'd to quit , Because they wou'd not to their Helm admit One as unworthy of their Voice , As by their Rules unfit : And , least they in another Soil shou'd thrive , Since in their own they are deny'd to live ; To them all Succor is forbid , No Hospitable place must open be , Scarce ev'n the Arms of Charity ; And those who caus'd their wretched Fate , Maligning the Compassion due to that , Th' unhappy Plea of Poverty deny'd . Their Time and Labour they had spent in vain , In vain to Heav'n devoted all their days , Excluded from Subsistence other ways , It 's vow'd Attendants in their Woes , ( Such was the Malice of their Foes ) The Altar might not shelter , or maintain . V. Sev'n Rev'rend Prelates make the next sad Shew , Wise as that Number famous heretofore , Whose Sacred Names we must , like Theirs , adore ; Of such Integrity , that each alone Might for the sinful World's black Crimes attone , And save it from a Second Overthrow : Yet not their Merit , nor their Piety Cou'd be their own Defence ; Nor Guard , alas , that there was need ! Their Innocence . A new , extravagant Decree , Fram'd by the Enemies of True Religion , By Tolerating all , to Settle none , Unless ( what were as bad ) their Own ; A Slight , t'inslave with Shews of Liberty , Must by these Angels be declar'd : This Trick the Loyolites prepar'd , That from their Mouths the Flocks might learn to stray , Whose business 't is to keep them in the Way . But these good Shepherds , Brave and Iust , Scorn'd to Desert , or to Betray their Trust ▪ Nor wou'd that amiable Truth expose , Or suffer others to forsake , Which , amidst Flames , their Predecessors chose , And vouch'd Her Beauty's Triumph at a Stake , For this the Chearful Suff'rers were convey'd To a Confinement for the Guilty made , And there ( why is their Virtue made their Fault ? ) Practis'd the Doctrin they had often Taught . VI. The Shepherds Smitten thus , the Sheep next stray , Expos'd to ev'ry Beast a helpless Prey ; Now rav'ning Wolves break , or o'releap the Fold , And some , alas ! the Pastral Crosier hold ; Now with False Doctrins all the Paths abound , Spread by Infected Sheep to Taint the Sound ; 'Gainst which * Eusebia's Pious Sons alone Did Sov'reign Antidotes prepare , While the once boasted Champions against Rome , Secure in Silence lurk'd at home , And of the Church took little care , But Sacrific'd Her Safety to their own . Well might our Sacred Mother now The Royal Psalmist's Old Complaint renew , For ev'n the Abjects at her rail ▪ And in the o'reflowings of his Wine and Zeal , A loose ‖ Apostate Bard makes Songs upon her too , And in strange Shapes by his False Libel drest , Like her old Martyrs , baits her as a Beast . VII . Amidst these Storms what Refuge cou'd she find , How stem the Tide ? or how endure the Wind ? She saw no Isle , no shelt'ring Harbor near To shun her Danger , or allay her Fear ; When in this wide , tempestuous Ocean tost , And ready now to be for ever lost , You , Glorious Stars ! Her Relief appear ; From whose kind Influence she does presage , Long Halcyon Days , another Golden Age. The noisy Winds now cease to roar , And gentle Breezes waft her to the Shore ; She finds the Floods that threatned her abate , And a still Calm compleats her Happy State. VIII . From what strange Cause did this Effect proceed ? 'T is wond'rous strange indeed That the great Work was almost done , E're the Design was known . The mighty Work , Great Lord of Lab'ring Thought , Was in your Mind's Recesses closely wrought , And finish'd there , e're to our Knowledge brought . So when the wisest Prince on Iudah's Throne , The * Second Wonder of that Nation rear'd , No Ax , or Hammer's Sound , was by the People heard ; But all was privately prepar'd , Till the vast Fabrick , on a sudden rais'd , Surpriz'd the Wond'ring Crowd , the Great Designer Prais'd . IX . Now , like the Patriarch rescu'd from the Flood , Abounding in a grateful Sense Of the inestimable Good , And the Almighty Donor's great Beneficence , We may to him accepted Altars raise , And from pure Hearts pay Hecatombs of Praise . Now we may plant the Fruitful Vine , And while we rest beneath its Shade , Refresh our selves with the delicious Wine , And dread no Wrong our Properties t' invade : Nor let the Sullen blame our Mirth , Nor th' Envious at our Joys repine , Our Joys are Extasies Divine , And from Above derive their Lofty Birth . No airy Methods of applause , No Exultations in so great a Cause , Lessen the strict Regard due to its Gravity , Since by Example Royal led , We thus a King 's and Prophet's Footsteps tread , Who laid his awful Grandeur by , And thought he well a Joy exprest To see the Ark of God approach its place of Rest , While he in nimble Measures danc'd before the Sacred Guest . X. Now safe from future as from present Fear , We need not a new Babel rear , To brave a Second Floud's aspiring Rage ; Heav'n for our future Safety does engage , By placing You , Great Queen , its Glorious Iris , here . You , the fair Ensign of our lasting Peace , Like that of Heaven's Eternal Truce with Man , Make all our apprehensions cease : Let breaking Cloud vent all the Rage they can , We know , alas ! they spend in vain Their unsuccessful Rain ; And though the mounting Billows rise To furnish them with new Supplies , Till Waters from below meet those above , What they wou'd ruine , they must still improve : But n'ere shall Triumph o're our Land again , While You , Bright Pledge of Heav'n , adorn our Happy Skies . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A25981-e80 * Bishop of London . ‖ Magdalene College . * Church of England . ‖ Hind and Panther● * Solomon's Temple .