A Character of a true Christian.  Written by Abiezar Copp. 
The Tune is, The Fair Nymphs.  

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-denial.  
He still denies 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 puffed 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 Neighbour's Coat;  
nor strives in's Ey to find a Mote;   

Forbearance.  
His Lamblike 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 oil 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 endeared 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 Egypt's Slavery,  
From daily Brick and Task,  
he needs no religious Mask,  
Through Christ he all things doth and can,  
he's wholly 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 Heaven,  
he saith, Hath taken as well as given.   

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 resigned  
unto the Unconfined,  
God's pleasure is his Law,  
of that he stands in awe.  
When Self is swept away and gone,  
he says and lives, God's Will be done.    

London, Printed by T. D. sold by La. Curtiss. 1680.