Mris. COOK'S MEDITATIONS, Being an humble thanksgiving to her HEAVENLY FATHER, For granting her a new life, having concluded herself dead, and her grave made in the bottom of the Sea, in that great storm. Jan. the 5th. 1649. Composed by herself at her unexpected safe Arrival at CORCKE. CORK, Printed, And reprinted at London by C. S. and are to be sold by Thomas Brewster and Gregory Mould, at the three Bibles at the West-end of Paul's, M ris. COOK'S MEDITATIONS, BEING An humble thanksgiving to her Heavenly Father, for granting her a new life, having concluded herself dead, and her grave made in the bottom of the Sea. HAving solemnly promised to the most high God in the grea● storm, that if his Majesty would be pleased to prolong my days, and deliver me from so great a danger, I would study to praise and glorify his Name all the days of my life, and call upon others that were in the storm so to do, if I shall neglect so to do these broken Meditations may be an evidence against me; written suddenly after my coming to Cork, Psal. 118.17. verse. I shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord: 66. Psal. 16. Come and hear all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul, 19 verse, I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue Psal. 56.12. thy vows are upon me oh God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast made a path in the great waters for thy redeemed to pass through, and hast brought thy ransomed ones safe to land, therefore bless the Lord oh my soul, and forget not such mercies, who hast forgiven all mine iniquities and saved my life from so great a danger! oh that I could spend this new life wholly in thy service, and that I might live to the praise and glory of his grace wherein he hath made me accepted in his beloved, Eph. 2.6. v. Landing in Kinsale, I said, am I alive or dead? Doth not the ground mov● under me? I have been dying all this storm, and I cannot tell whether I am yet alive; I finding my body much out of frame, and my heart fainting, having been ten days at sea without eating, but the next day the Lord made me more sensible of my new life: and when I came to dive into the mighty depth of the love of God, in granting me deliverance from so great a danger, my heart was so brimful with the apprehension of his tender mercies, that I could not contain myself, but must needs burst forth in tears, for fear I should not live suitable to so great a mercy, and I said to my friends, that I would gladly be with my Saviour, if it pleased him to take me: for the mercy I received was so great, that I should never be able to walk answerably in holiness to the Lord and my care is, that I might not be found a fruitless figtree in the garden of my God, when Christ said, I am come into my garden my sister, my spouse, it was but to gather fruit; but when he expected fruit and found none, he was displeased. I know it is a great mercy to bless God for mercies, and they which have a heart to bless God for mercies, aught to have a tongue to praise him for the same, and a pen to record them we being too prone to let them slip out of our memories, which if I shall do, I desire my hand may be brought to testify against me, my heart and tongue shall not only praise him, but with my pen also will I stir up myself, and entreat all others that were in the same storm partakers with me of the same deliverance, to magnify the Lord for ever. Oh ye courageous Seamen that said, you were at your wit's end, and knew not what would become of you, praise ye the Lord; O ye that came into the great to die with us, bless his name for ever. O ye that said you would give all you had to be landed even in your enemy's Quarters, that you might fight for your lives, praise him that is Lord of the Sea, that now we see the faces of our friends in peace, and can joyfully meet together to keep days of thanksgiving to the Lord. Jesus Christ took special notice of the Lepers, Luke 17.15, 16. verses: but one of them when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks, but Jesus said, were there not ten cleansed, but where are the nine? It is all Christ requires of a Saint to be praised for deliverances; as he saith, Psal. 50.15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, I will deliver thee, but thou shalt glorify me. But no soul can glorify and praise God, but those whose hearts He hath wound up, and tuned to such a spiritual note, because they are birds which fly high upon the wing of faith, and may have place to sit and sing near the altar of God: and those that are thus admitted into the holy of holyes to sing Hallelujab's to the Name of the most high God, and to the Lamb, are the spirits of just men made perfect already in heaven and those who are kept through the power of God by faith, 1 Pet. 1.5. while they are in the world until they come to be made one with the Father, and the Son, when this mortality shall be swallowed up of life, and we crowned with an incorruptible crown of glory, and come to be made perfectly glorious through Christ, and perfectly holy, then shall we be fit to come into the presence of our God and, behold his glory, and admire him who is the King of Saints, and then shall we worship and sing everlasting praise to the Lord God Almighty, who is great and marvellous in all his works, and just and true in all his ways. Thus to praise God is the work of Angels, which they do, and shall do to all eternity, who are glorious creatures without sin, which are set apart only for the work of praising God. Oh the disproportion betwixt Men and Angels! And yet God requires and looks for praise from men as well as from Angels. But Lord, who is sufficient for these things? who is worthy to undertake the work of Angels? whose spirits are thus ascended up on high to make an Evangelicall harmony in the ears of so holy a God? whose hearts are fitted and tuned to sing everlasting praises and Hallelujahs to the mighty Lord God of mercies to our souls, redeeming mercies justifying mercies, temporal deliverances? God requires praise of every one that he works deliverance for, whether spiritual or temporal. He that eateth after ten days fasting let him give thanks, ye that have escaped the rocks remember the Lord. Ye whom God hath kept from sinking and perishing in the deep waters praise him: Ye which are living monuments of his late mercy, and have been preserved by the immediate wonderful hand of God, praise him. Ye for whose sakes he rebuked the Sea, and made the proud waves calm, and hath set your feet upon dry ground, declare that God is a present help in time of trouble, Psal. 46.1. verse. and tell his goodness to the sons of men. The Lord would not have his people to forget his mercies, but he puts them in mind of deliverances. How often doth he tell us in Scripture, that he is our God, and that he brought us out of the Land of Egypt, and that with his holy Arm he hath wrought salvation for his chosen. Ingratitude is a very great sin, because it is a breach of the Commandments of God; you shall glorify me, saith he, when I deliver you, and I will be praised by them that dwell upon the earth. The Lord Commands, and requires his people to be thankful for mercies, and he takes it very unkindly when they will not so much as return thanks. 50. Ps. 8. The Lord cares not for burnt-offering and sacrifices nor cattles upon a thousand hills, nor for all the fowls of the mountains nor the beasts of the fields, but, saith he gather my Saints together unto me, 5. v. those that have made a Covenant with me. And what doth God require of his Saints, when they so assemble together to remember such mercies, but praise and thanksgiving, and specially to pay their vows unto the most high verse 14? Yet many of God's people are very backward in duty of thanksgiving, and that we see by the Lords oft putting them in mind to pay their vows, and to perform their Covenant which they make with him in the day of their affliction. The Lord knows very well when his people most frequent him, as he saith Hosea 5.15. verse. In their affliction they will seek me early, but in the day of their prosperity they forget their maker, Hosea 8.14. So that the Lord complains, that he knows not what to do with these people. He finds such ebbings and flow in their unconstant affections, that he compares them to the clouds Hosea 6.4. Oh Efraim what shall I do unto thee? oh Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your righteousness is as the morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. I am confident that there is not one that was in this storm of trial, as I may so call it, o● a storm wherein we might sound our hearts & have the bottom of the inward vitals discovered to ourselves, especially such as feared the Lord, and have had former acquaintance with him, by way of communion through his Son, but did solemnly enter into a Covenant with God, and made vows unto the most high, in the great storm, that if he should come and ransom them now when they were almost sinking from the power of the grave, which to all apprehensions was prepared in the seas, and redeem them from the jaws of death, which then presented itself most dreadful, and save their lives when they saw no way to escape death. That they would give up themselves wholly unto the Lord all the days of their lives, and study how to live answerable to so great a mercy, and that they will live as refined one's whom God hath plucked out of the fire, and out of the water, and if they knew any way more pure or holy than other wherein they might glorify God & advance his praise, they would do it, and that they would not value the world, nor men of the world, but that they would live like those whose hearts God hath melted down and overcome with loving kindness and mercies, preservations and deliverances: a heart that God hath melted down with a sensibleness of his spiritual and temporal deliverances will be saying, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Lo I come to do thy will oh God; I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die for the name of Jesus. Therefore let me speak a word to them to whom God hath given new I ves, and it may be hath added some years to these renewed lives, give me leave to put you in mind to remember your vows all the days of your lives, and live by faith and not by sense; Job would not reject the counsel of his servant and therefore I shall present some Scriptures to your considerations. Jonah 1.16. we may observe there, that when men are in storms and distresses; then they make vows unto God, as you may see in the 16. verse: then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows. David said in Psal. 61.8. verse. I will praise the Name of the Lord forever, that I may daily perform my vows. Psal. 116.17. verse: I will offer unto the Lord the sacrifice of thanksgiving. I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people. When thou vowest unto the Lord, defer not to pay it, Eccles. 5.4. v. Job 22.27. verse. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto the Lord, and he shall hear thee and thou shalt pay thy vows. Numb. 30.2. verse. If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word, but he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. Deut. 23.21. When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it, for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and it would be sin in thee. God hath granted me the thing I prayed for, although he did not evidence to my heart then, that it should be granted, but he calmed and contented my heart, by giving me a quiet rest of spirit to submit to my Father's good will & pleasure; that living or dying it should go well with me, and that I was not my own but bought with a price 1 Cor. 6.20. and therefore must glorify God, both in my body and soul which are his. The Lord comes to the quick, and puts me to the trial, that I might know what temper I was made of, and what was in my own heart, whether I had improved my talon, and what stock of grace I had gained to support at such a time of need, and if I had a spirit that durst encounter with death, let him appear never so terrible, and in this trying condition the Lord kept me under water, as I may say, and expostulated the case with me, and put questions to my soul, and pleaded with me about life and death. I mean only this temporal death, for I bless God I know that my Redeemer lives, all the time of the storm the Lord did sweetly smile upon my soul, and I found a strong sensibleness of his love and favourable presence in supporting my faith to believe, and in giving me assurance of my eternal salvation, through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour. But concerning the being delivered from the power of the waves, the rage of the sea, and the danger of the rocks, the Lord hide it from me, and I could not believe that I should be preserved, neither could I tell whether God would put a period to my life, the Lord revealed it not to me concerning living and dying: but he fitted me for both, in believing that I was his, and I bless his Name, the Lord kept me all the time of the storm in a submissive, humble, believing and quiet frame of spirit, and he spoke to my heart by way of questioning with me, that suppose the Lord should spare my life now, and at another time should call for it: would I be contented to suffer for him by way of being a witness to his truth, and the faith of Jesus Christ, if he should call me to it? unto which I found my spirit willingly to submit, and I resolved with all my heart and soul to repay this dying life to my ever living God, whensoever he calls for it, and howsoever he will have me to come to him at sea or land. And I will not fear the King of terrors, as Job calls death, let him bring me to my Father's house which way he will, whether through the fire or through the water, I hope I shall be willing to suffer any death that might bring glory to him that hath suffered death to bring me to life, believing that Christ would not bring me into any condition but that he would be with me therein, and then I know that I can do any thing through him which strengtheneth me. 4. Phil. 13. v. For I bless the Lord, I never once repined all the time, but I patiently lay expecting every hour when I should be dissolved and be with Christ in his glorious and triumphant Kingdom, and after the Lord had searched my heart, and had wrought in me a willingness to submit to him, and had showed me what a solemn action it was to die, and had made me sensible that there was a cloud of grief, but faith would pierce through that, and see life in the midst of death, and that in finishing my course, and in resigning my spirit to God that gave it, I should find my frail nature sinking, but the Divine Nature supporting, and that there is a little agony to be gone through about the time dissolution when the soul will be heavy unto death, notwithstanding a submission to its Fathers will. Matth. 26.38, 39 v. After the Lord had given me a taste of death, he gave me life, conditionaly that I should be willing to die and suffer death for him at another time if he called me to it, whereupon I solemnly promised & covenanted with God, and mad my vows unto the most high, in the hearing of my dearest friend on earth & others: That if the Lord would deliver me out of this terrible storm and bring me safe to land again and renew my days, I would give up myself and my new life wholly to the Lord & that I would walk more closely with him in holy Communion then ever I had done formerly & that I would no more live to myself, nor to the world but wholly to the Lord & that I would study to live more Gospellike, declaring and holding forth to the world: that the Lord had overporw+'rd my soul by his free grace & overcome my heart with loving kindness & many & extraordinary deliverances which call for extraordinary praises; & if it pleased God to make me partaker of such a singular mercy, I would not only record it in my heart all the days of my life, but in all places render thanks unto the Lord while I have any being; and tell all the world, that I have my life from Christ, and therefore must spend it for him. And the Lord did suddenly accomplish the thing which I had so earnestly prayed for, when the sea had done threatening it was merciful ere I was ware of it, as if God would surprise me with deliverance, and I could scarce believe that I was come to a harbour when I was told so, the news was so unexpected and sudden to me, that I was like those men that had prayed long for the return of the captivity of Babylon, and it was the conclusion of many prayers, and when they saw that the Lord did accomplish it on a sudden, and the thing was done in a trice, they were as men in a dream Psal. 126.1. verse. they could scarce believe it was so, so the Lord wrought deliverance for Peter suddenly, when he was fast asleep, and did not so much as think of it; and so the Lord delivered Joseph out of prison on a sudden, which shown he had heard his prayer; therefore blessed be his Name for ever. And this the Lord doth to overcome the heart and to draw out the affections unto himself, and that he might be admired of his Saints, that they finding him giving in Jweet and unexpected deliverances may return everlasting praises unto him, and glory in the God of their salvation. Psal. 40.10, 11. verses. that they may learn always to trust him for we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in our selus but in God which raiseth the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver, in whom we trust that he will yet deliver 2: Cor. 1.9.10. The Lord hath his path in the whirlwind and in the storm Nahum 2.3. verses. And the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind job 38.2. verse and said verse 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? hast thou entered into the springs of the Sea? or, hast thou walked in the search of the deeps? hath the gates of death been opened unto thee? or, hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? verse 7.2 King 3.11: And Eliah went up in a whirl wind into heaven, so that we may see when the Lord descends to the creature, Exod. 1918. or calls for it to ascend up to him, it is in some marvellous and extraordinary manner, as by storms and whirlwinds, fiery Chariots, and thick clouds, and he gives us the reason why he doth so in Exod 19: 9 that the people may believe for ever when he speaks to them. God hath several ways to speak, and after several manner he doth reveal himself to the sons of men under the Gospel as well as under the Law, although some will not believe although one should come from the dead to speak to them: when the morning stars sing together, and all the the sons of God shout for joy, or who shut up the Sea, with doors when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb and said, hitherto shall thy proud waves come and no further, and here shall they be stayed. Where the Lord Jesus is broken forth in spirit, where he is risen forth from the dead there is a glorious appearance of the presence of God which fills the soul with joy, when Mary came to Elizabeth, she said, what am I that the mother of my Lord should come unto me? as soon as the voice of thy salvation sounded in my ears the Babe leapt in my womb for joy, and she said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit doth rejoice in God my Saviour, if there be such rejoicing betwixt the Babe and his Mother for hearing the voice of the Mother of her Lord, what infinite transcendent happiness, admirable delight and overcoming and ravishments of joy & abundance of rejoicing will there be when the Lord himself shall appear in his glorious presence to the soul arrayed with all his excellent and glorious apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength and power, having all his artillery of graces following him who is the bright and glittering Morning Star that shineth in such lustre and brightness, and is the perfection of Beauty that it dazels the beholders; and when the salutations of the Lord Himself are heard thus to a Soul, saying, my lips Oh my Spouse drop as the Honeycomb, speaking peace to the Soul, as when Christ appeared unto His Disciples and said, Peace be unto you, His Voice is sweet, and His Countenance is comely, and a Soul that Christ hath taken into Union with Himself, and saith, thou art comely through the comeliness that I have put upon thee, I have crowned thee in the day of thy Espousal; so that in the presence of Christ there is infinite cause of rejoicing, and the Salutations of Christ are but invitations to come above and live aloft in the highest Regions of light. Revel. 4.1, 2. And I heard a voice saying unto me, come up hither; and immediately I was in the Spirit. Christ takes a soul into Communion with Himself, and showeth it a glimpse of His glory that must be hereafter, whereupon the Soul concludes with the Disciples, when they saw Christ transfigured on the Mount, that it is good for them to be there, and Stephen being full of the Holy Ghost, said, I see the Heavens opened, and Jesus standing at the right Hand of God, and john saw wonders in Heaven above: a Soul which Christ hath taken up into his Presence Chamber, and pleads with it there, showing it the Thrones of God and the glory of His Father's Kingdom, will be transformed to the Image of God; when Moses had been talking with God upon the Mount the People could not behold his Face, this glory and spiritual joy is for the Children of the Bride-chamber, unto whom when Christ appears he makes them so amiable and lovely a Spouse that he admires the beauty and glory of his own Work saying, thou art all fair my love, thou hast no spot in thee, thou hast ravished my Heart, my Sister, my Spouse; thou hast ravished my Heart with one of thy Eyes, Cant. 6.5. Tume away thine Eyes from me for thou hast overcome me. Hence Christ is overcome with the beauty of a flourishing Soul and admires it, and the Spouse, hearing the voice of her beloved, echoes back again, admiration of her love that he was the chiefest of ten thousand, Cant. 5.10. He is white and ruddy, His Countenance is excellent, His Mouth is most sweet, he is altogether lovely, here the Spouse would, if it were possible outvie Christ by way of admiration: here is the displaying the colours of each other, as if they would see which could advance highest in exaltations, and needs must there be joy in such a Soul that is betrothed unto Christ, and made one with Him, very well may it break forth into a singing note; my Beloved spoke and said unto me; Rise up my love and fair one and come away. Cant. 2.10. For lo the Winter is past, the Rain is over and gone, the Flowers appear on the Earth, and the time of singing of Birds is come, now will I sing unto my well beloved a song of praises and thanksgiving. Psal. 47.6. Sing praise unto God, sing praise, sing praise unto our King, sing ye praises with understanding. Psal. 59.17. unto thee Oh my strength will I sing, for God is my defence and the God of my mercies. Hebr. 2.12. I will declare thy Name unto my Brethren in the midst of the Church, I will sing praise unto thee. 1 Chro. 16.8. Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His Name, make known his deeds amongst the people, sing unto him, sing Psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous Works, glory ye in his holy Name, let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Job. 29.13. Let the Widow's heart sing for joy when the blessings of him that was ready to perish came upon me saying, I will give her the valley of Anchor for a door of hope, and she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the Land of Egypt. That temporal deliverance, God records as remarkable for praise to be sung unto him, and puts it in the forefront of his ten holy Commandments; When David's soul lay under sin he heard nothing of joy and gladness, as we may see in his complant. Psal. 51.6. Verse; He cried, make me to hear of joy and gladness, Verse 8. Restore unto me the joy of thy Salvation, so that we may see the times of restoration, either out of a relapse from sin, or by deliverance from danger of death are rejoicing times. The thoughts of God from everlasting, were thoughts of mercy, love and peace, and when he doth show mercies by wonderful deliverances, he doth act but in his own element, for he delights to show mercy unto the sons of Men; I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; Gods Will and Mercy is the fountain and spring of our eternal Salvation and of our temporal deliverances, I remember very well in the midst of the storm, that I fled for refuge to the anchor of Faith, and the Will of God, saying to my friend, that the Lord saith, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee, and I will not cast thee off, assuring myself, that it was the Will of God that I should receive the welcome of my Father pronounced by the Son. Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world. Notwithstanding all the comfort and encouragement that my dear Husband gave me, saying, that I had no cause to be troubled at all, in respect of any danger, and bade me sleep and be still, for all was as well as Heart could wish, and I should land safely, saying he was as sure of safety as if he was on shore, and said, he would not give a farthing to have his life secured him, nay, if the Ship broke in pieces yet we and he should be safe he knew, thereupon I asked him if he knew what he said, surely he was in a Dream, why would he be so confident of safety when the Captain and all the rest said, they knew not what would become of them, expecting every minute nothing but Death, and he replied, that he had Dreamt, that Jesus Christ told him so, and therefore he would believe it. I find that God had formerly revealed Himself to His servants by Visitions and Dreams: as in the 1 Kings 3.5. Verse: when the Lord so lovingly appeared to Solomon, and asked him what he should do for him, as if he would lay aside all his Will and desires, and condescend to Solomon's request. Ask what I should give thee, saith God, as if he would refer Himself to Solomon's demands, and say not as I will, but as thou wilt, which is the highest expression of love from the Lord to the Creature, as I have found in all the Book of God, and yet we see that it was in a Dream that the Lord thus revealed his infinite Love, so that we may here learn there is no time excluded from GOD'S manifesting Himself to His People, but that it is all one to Him to speak in a Dream by Night, as in a Cloud by Day, Verse 5. Yet I marvelled at His confidence, and could not believe it, as to assure myself of my life, but my fears were much above my hopes, I confess I had a submissive hope to have life, but no assurance at all of life, It was enough, as Jacob said, that my son Joseph is yet alive; it was enough for me that my Soul should ever live with the Lord, and upon this rock he brought me, and set my feet upon that rock that was higher than I, which only is my rock and my salvation, Psal. 62.2. Upon which rock the foundation of my eternal comfort was built, when the rain descended, and the floods came, and the wind blew and beat upon my soul, my heart fell not from my God, & when we were like to have been split in pieces upon the rocks in the Sea called the 3 Stags, I said I would cast my soul and body into the arms of my sweet Saviour, and if I perished I would perish there. And now seeing it hath pleased God to give us new lives, let us desire one thing more of our good God, which he would not deny, Psal. 27.4. and say with Elijah, 2 King. 2.9. I pray thee let a double portion of thy Spirit be upon me, as my life is doubled: So let it be our souls desire to have a double portion of the Spirit of God upon this new life, and withal an understanding heart, 1 King. 3.9. Then opened he their understandings, that they might understand the Scriptures, Luk, 24.45. And although Elijah said to Elisha, That he had asked a hard thing, yet God delights that we should ask of him hard things, for it is for a great God to give great things, as you shall see in 1 King. 3.10. And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked understanding, and he gave it him, and said, That he had given him also that which he had not asked for, which was a long life; but it was but conditionally that God said, Solomon should have it, 1 King. 3.14. And if thou wilt walk in my Ways, and keep my Commandments, as thy father David did, then will I lengthen thy days: and upon this condition the Lord gives Solomon a new life; Vers. 15. And Solomon awaked, and behold, it was a dream; yet notwithstanding the thing was accomplished, for in the 28. vers. the people admired him, and why? because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do Judgement; and they came from all parts of the earth which had heard of Solomon to hear him. And here do I conclude humbly, spreading before the Lord my earnest desires, that all we Sea-partners may obtain with Elisha a double portion of the Spirit of God, and with Solomon understanding hearts, that we may understand the Scriptures, for which I shall humbly wait at the feet of my sweet Saviour for a more glorious manifestation of his presence, and for a more enlightening revelation by his blessed Spirit, discovering the hidden Mysteries of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ unto my soul, which is life eternal to know God and Jesus Christ his Son whom he hath sent. Come my fellow-sufferers, we that have had a trial of ten days tribulation in our Sea Voyage, seeing it hath pleased God to redouble our obligations in miraculous preservations, let us multiply our fervent prayers and praises, and redouble our thanksgiving unto the Lord of Glory, that seeing these dangerous storms, and tempests, and sickness, which we have had, were not unto death, but for the glory of God, and that the Son of God might be glorified thereby, John 11.4. Let us join with one consent to give him praise which is due unto his Name all the days of our pilgrimage, which are few and evil. Let us exceedingly rejoice in our God while we are hereupon earth, and cry Hosanna to the highest; Let us so run, as we may obtain a never fading Diadem of Glory amongst the Saints of that new Jerusalem which is above: Let us be faithful to the death, and we shall have a crown of life, Rev. 2.10. For our God will surely come, and his reward is with him, and he will give to every one according to his works: Therefore God that is rich in mercy to all that call upon him, and a present help in time of trouble, fill your Souls with graces of his most holy Spirit, and accept all our Praises, and help us to perform all our Vows, and grant all our Petitions, so prays, Your weak Remembrancer in all Christian Love and Duty, FRANCES COOK. A Psalm gathered out of the Psalms of David at any landing after the great storm at sea, in january 5. 1649. COme forth and barken dearest friends, all such as love the Lord, What he for my poor life hath done, to you I will record. For safety from the raging Seat, this mouth to him did cry; And thou my tongue make speed apace, to praise him by and by. To render thanks unto the Lord, how great a cause have I! My voice and prayer, and my complaint, that heard so willingly. Of his good will he hath called back my Soul from Hell to save; He did revive when help did lack, and kept me from the grave. I to the Lord will pay my vows, that I to him did make, That if he would deliver me, and not my Soul forsake: Then finally while breath did last, on his grace I would depend, And in the house of God always my life for ever spend. Therefore open to me the gates of truth and righteousness, That I may enter into them, the Lords praise to express. God is my glory, I will sing, with praise unto his Name, That all my vows I may fulfil, and daily pay the same. Thy Servant Lord, thy Servant lo, I do myself confess One of thy handmaids, thou didst hear my prayer in my distress. Who with the Lord is equal then, in these his works of wonder? That kept me from so many deaths, and broke the waves in sunder. I will before the living Lord, confess his kindness then: That shown his wonders in the storm, unto the sons of men. For with his Word the Lord did make the sturdy storms to cease: So that the great waves from their rage, he brought to rest and peace. Then was I glad when rest did come, which I so much did crave: And was by him to Haven brought, which I so fain would have. This was the mighty work of God, this was the Lords own fact, And it is marvellous to behold with eyes that noble act. I will perform with heart so free, to God my vows always: And I O Lord all times to thee will offer thanks and praise. My Soul from death thou didst defend, and kepst my heart upright; That I before thee may ascend, with such as live in Light. I will not hid within my breast, thy goodness as by stealth: But I'll declare, and will express, thy truth and saving health. I'll keep not close thy loving mind, that no one should it know; Thy love, which in the deeps I find, to all the Church I'll show. Yea, good to me that was at Sea, his Mercies did exceed; Lo all thy works do praise the Lord, and to thy honour spread. Thy Saints do bless thee, and they do thy Kingdom's glory show; And blaze thy praise, to cause the sons of men their power to know. God is the Lord, by whom alone Salvation cometh plain; He is my God, by whom I scaped all danger, death and pain. As God hath given power to me, so Lord make firm and sure The work that thou hast wrought on me, for ever to endure. Until the day of judgement comes, and I am called to rest, With all thy holy company of Saints and Angels blest. To praise the Lord Omnipotent, triumphantly each hour; To him be all dominion, and praise for evermore. FINIS.