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 AT LOS ANGELES
 
 ORIGINAL 
 
 POEMS 
 
 I N 
 
 ENGLISH and LATIN, 
 
 With an APPENDIX. 
 
 CO NTAINING 
 
 A Differtation, &c. and fome Remarks on the 
 Epiftle to the Colojftans. 
 
 B Y 
 
 JOSEPH BEAUMONT, D.D. 
 
 Formerly Mafter of Peter-Houfe^ 
 
 AND 
 
 King's Profeflbr of Divinity, 
 
 IN THE 
 UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 To which is prefixed 
 
 An Account of his Life and Writings. 
 
 Renafcentur quce jam cecidere. 
 
 CAMBRIDGEy 
 
 Printed by J. BENTHAM, Printer to the Univcrfity; 
 Sold by W. Thurlbocrn, Bookfcllcr in Camhridge ; and C. Bat h v R I T, 
 
 in Fleet-Street, London. 
 
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 An ACCOUNT of the 
 
 LIFE and WRITINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 AUTHOR. 
 
 TH E great Author, whofe poetical amufe- 
 ments are here offered to the publick, 
 derived his defcent from the ancient family of 
 BEAUMONT in LeiceJlerJJjire : His father 
 Mr. yohf/ Beau morn defcended from a younger 
 branch of that houfe, fettled at Hadleigh^ at that 
 time a wealthy trading Corporation in the County 
 of Suffolk^ where he employed the moderate for- 
 tune allotted to him as a younger brother, in the 
 Woollen Manufa£lure. He was fc vera! times clccSl- 
 ed into the chief Magiftracy of that Town, which 
 chara£l:er he fupported with a proper and becom- 
 ing dignity j and having lived in good credit and 
 
 a reputation 
 
 08
 
 ii An Account of the 
 
 reputation upon an eafy fortune, though greatly 
 impaired by his adherence to the Royal Caufe, he 
 died in the 69''' year of his age, May the 1 2"', 
 1653. From fome MSS. now in the Editor's hands, 
 he appears to have been a fenfible, judicious, and 
 religious man, and competently learned for the 
 ftation he filled in the world. 
 
 Our Author, his eldeft fon, was born March 
 the I3'\ 1 61 5. He dilcovered even in his earlieft 
 years fuch a iurprifing readinefs of wit, and fo 
 ftrong an inclination to letters, that his father, 
 who was himfelf a lover of learning, quickly de- 
 termined to give this, the favourite of his hopes, 
 an education fuitable to his promifing genius. 
 Weflminjler School was warmly recommended to 
 the good man by his friends, as not doubting that 
 his fon would there foon improve his natural ta- 
 lents with all that politenefs and elegancy which 
 was then, and ftill is peculiar to that place : But 
 he, confidering that the moft valuable education 
 is that which lays a foundation for virtue and 
 good morals, and tin£lures the mind with a ftrong 
 
 fenfe
 
 Life and Jf^ritirigs of the Author. iii 
 
 fenfe of the oblio-ation to all focial and rclio;lous 
 duties, could be prevailed upon by none of the 
 molt flattering inducements to place him at fo 
 great a diftance from his own prudent care and 
 immediate infpedtion. He confidered that giddy 
 youth is pliable and foft to the impreiTions of vi- 
 cious examples, and therefore fixed him to the 
 place of his own refidence to receive the rudiments 
 of language, where there was then a Grammar 
 School of fome character. 
 
 Here our Author fpent his youth under the 
 eye of his watchful parent, and made fo furprifing 
 a progrefs in Clafllcal Learning, that he foon be- 
 came familiar with the mofl: valuable Authors of 
 Antiquity j whofe writings he read with fo much 
 tafle, and digefted with fo much judgment, that, 
 with the affiftance of a very happy memory, he 
 could ever after readily draw out their mofl: beau- 
 tiful fcntiments for the ufe and refinement of his 
 own. From his firft acquaintance with Terence 
 he was remarkably dcfirous of imitating the ele- 
 gant turn and fprightlinefs of that Author's ftilc ; 
 
 a 2. and
 
 iv An Accoufit of the 
 
 and to that purpofe he was always obferved to 
 carry a fmall edition of him in his pocket to the 
 end of his life : How he fucceeded in his wifh, his 
 publick difputations and determinations while 
 he filled the Profeffor's Chair, bear a clear and 
 ample teftimony. 
 
 Thus provided with all the endowments that 
 his own diligence and a fchool could give him, he 
 was removed in his fixteenth year to Peter-Houfe 
 in Cambridge y where by a clofe application to 
 every branch of Univerfity learning, he foon made 
 an extraordinary proficiency, and by his open be- 
 haviour and unafFedled manners brought himfelf 
 into the affedtion of the members of that fociety, 
 and the efteem of all who knew him j which made 
 his converfation eagerly courted by all who had a 
 fmcere regard for learning and virtue. 
 
 Thus refpe^led, beloved, and carefTed, our 
 young ftudent fpent his four firft years in the Uni- 
 verfity, where he never loft fight of the ends for 
 which he was placed there, the acquirement of 
 knowledge, and the improvement of virtue ; he 
 
 ftriaiy
 
 Ljfc and Writi?}gs of the Author, v 
 
 ftriftly obferved the Statutes of the Univerfity, 
 and thofe of his own College \ he conftantly at- 
 tended at the Chapel hours of Devotion, with 
 meek and unafFe£l:ed Piety ; and his Exercifes of 
 every kind were performed with fo much accu- 
 racy and judgment, that they were then heard 
 with the greateft pleafure, and remembered many 
 years after with the higheft applaufe. 
 
 Dr. Cojitjs (afterwards Bifhop of Durham) was 
 then Mafter of the College j who, being ever at- 
 tentive to the lives and characters of the ftudents, 
 and a moft minute obferver of every circumftance 
 of their behaviour, quickly diftinguifhcd the fu- 
 perior merit of JSTr. Eeaurnont^ and with the uni- 
 verfal confent and approbation of the whole fo- 
 ciety, elected him into the firft Fellowlhip that 
 was vacant, after he was capable of it by being 
 admitted Batchelor of Arts. 
 
 In this happy ftation of life, unembarrafTcd 
 with the cares and pro\ifions of the bufy A\'orld, 
 and exaiSlly fitted to gratify the longings of an 
 adlive^ contemplati\'e mind, our Author found 
 
 him-
 
 vi An Account of the 
 
 hlmfelf at liberty to purfue the plan of ftudies 
 which he before had formed to himfelf, of making 
 himfelf acquainted with the Scriptures in their na- 
 tive tongue; and from thence, of examining the 
 ftate of Chriftianity from its fountain, through 
 the fucceflive ages of the church down to his own. 
 This was a large field, and opened to him an al- 
 moft boundlefs profpe^i, which would have ftart- 
 led a lefs inquifitive mind. But no difficulties were 
 great enough to abate his vigorous labours, in the 
 fearch of truth, and the moil concerning of all 
 truths. Religion. 
 
 He had already with unwearied and unequaled 
 application exhaufted all the fountains of Greek 
 and Roman learning; he had digefted the annals 
 of both thofe polite nations with amazing accu^ 
 racy; he had read their moft celebrated orators 
 with great care and judgment, and could upon all 
 occafions exert that happy propriety, ftrength of 
 reafoning, and graceful and fublime figures which 
 are obferved to be peculiar to thofe juftly admi- 
 red writers; he had ftudied every fpecies of poetry 
 
 with
 
 Life and Jrri tings of the Author. vii 
 
 with the fined tafte and delicacy, and entered in- 
 to the true fpirit of them all, from the tender and 
 plaintive elegance of elegy, to the lofty majefty 
 of the epic and tragic poem : and to all this, he 
 had made himfelf familiar with every branch of 
 Philofophy then in vogue. 
 
 Thus furnifhed with all the afliftances that hu- 
 man learning could afford, he fet himfelf to the 
 ftudy of divine knowledge with indefatigable affi- 
 duity : he had obferved with concern the various 
 and fometimes difagreeing fenfes in the feveral 
 tranflations of the Bible, which could by no other 
 method be reconciled than by a recourfe to the 
 original Hebrew; he therefore in his 21^ year 
 made himfelf acquainted with the facred \\Titers 
 in their own expreffive and manly language; and 
 notwithftanding the difficulties and difcourage- 
 ments which ufually attend fuch an undertaking, 
 elpecially at that time of life, he examined every 
 verfion with great diligence and a fcrupulous ex- 
 a^lnefs, and wrote in the margin of an Kngliflo 
 Bible, (hort, but critically juil Remarks, which 
 
 have
 
 viii An Account of the 
 
 have been feen and read by the editor with the 
 moft fenfible pleafure. 
 
 Having thus opened the way to the genuine 
 fenfe and true meaning of the infpired books, he 
 proceeded, in purfuance of the defign which he 
 at firft laid, to the ftudy of the primitive ecclefi- 
 aftical writers; from all which he made fuch 
 large and ufeful abftrafts, and in fuch a tafte 
 and method, that in them the reader may dif- 
 cover the folid learning, and beautiful elegance 
 of ftile, which ftione forth in the works of Bafil^ 
 with the clear unconftrained eloquence which 
 adorned the writings of Chryfoflom. But as he 
 always confidered knowledge which has no influ- 
 ence upon the lives and manners of men, as a 
 dead and ufelefs treafure, he afterwards recol- 
 lected the illuftrious examples of thofe Chriftian 
 Heroes who had fuffered in the caufe of religion 
 and virtue, and digefted a (hort account of the 
 moft material and interefting circumftances of 
 their lives into the form of a Calendar ; that not 
 a fingle day might pafs without its proper guide 
 
 and
 
 Life and JP^ritings of the Author, ix 
 
 and remembrancer. As an introduftion to this, 
 he wrote an elecrant diflertation in defence of the 
 miracles recorded to have been wrought fmce the 
 Apoftlcs days j in which, it muft be confefled, he 
 lays himfelf open to the charge of more credulity 
 than will be admitted into the fyftems of modern 
 opiniators : however the reader will find an abftracl 
 of it in the Appendix N^. i . 
 
 We have hitherto feen our Author in his ftudy 
 bufily employed in forming his own mind to the 
 duties of a good man, and a fincere Chriilian : in 
 his 24''' year he was called out by the Mafter of 
 his College, and appointed guardian and direftor 
 of the manners and learnino; of the ftudents of that 
 fociety. He chearfijlly undertook the important 
 charge, and executed it with the utmoft vigilance, 
 anxiety, and tendernefs for his pupils. He wifely 
 and honeftly confidered the force and permanency 
 of early impreffions^ and that no rank or ftation 
 of life which providence fhould afterwards allien 
 to them, could be filled with propriety, without 
 fobriety, honefhy, benevolence, and an aw ful fenfe 
 
 b of
 
 X An Account of the 
 
 of the Supreme Being : he therefore made it his 
 firft and principal care to form the morals of his 
 pupils, and direfted them in the way to the pra- 
 ctice of every virtue, not fo much by friendly and 
 moving admonitions, in which he excelled mofb 
 men, as by his own more perfuafive and infmua- 
 ting example, in which he furely excelled all. As 
 he was himfelf affiduous and fervent in paying 
 public homage to the Deity, in the College Cha- 
 pel, he had always a ftrift eye upon their beha- 
 viour in thofe facred offices, and whatever marks 
 of negligence or indevotion he obferved in any 
 of them, were fure to be followed by the ftrongeft 
 expreflions of his difpleafure and indignation : he 
 looked upon the want of reverence and gratitude 
 to the author of our life, as a teftimony of a bafe 
 and bad heart j and thought it impoffible, that he, 
 who could knowingly fail in thefe duties to that 
 beneficent Being, could ever be a ufeful member 
 of fociety, or a good man j and therefore upon 
 that occafion he ever exerted a becoming feverityj 
 for upon all others, no man ever difcovered more 
 fweetnefs and affability of temper. His
 
 Life a fid ll^rttings of the Author. xi 
 
 His lefturcs (to which he never allowed the 
 lead interruption, but in the fummer vacation) 
 were folid, clear, and inftru£l:ive : and though he 
 found himfelf tyed down by the praftice of the 
 fchools to the drudgery of dragging his pupils 
 through the tedious and heavy fyftems oiSuarez^ 
 ScotuSy AverroeSj and the reft of the fubtle Phi- 
 lofophers of that date 5 yet by his pertinent re- 
 flecSlions, he had the fingular art of difentangling 
 their minds from the perplexities of that metaphy- 
 fical jargon, and of leading them to the fubftan- 
 tial knowledge of the duties of religion, huma- 
 nity, and the love of their country : it would be 
 doing great injuftice to his memory, to omit a 
 circumftance which he ufed to efteem amongft 
 the happlcft of his life, and which is here inferr- 
 ed upon undoubted authority j that in the days of 
 Anarchy which were then coming on, not one of 
 the many young gentlemen of the beft families 
 who were under his management, refufed to ex- 
 ert himfelf chearRilly in fupport of the Royal 
 Caufe, and in defence of the cftabliflicd Confti- 
 tution, at the hazard of his life and fortune. 
 
 b z The
 
 xii An Account of the 
 
 The next light Mr. Beaumont appeared in, was 
 of a more publick nature, being nominated to the 
 office of Vice-Pro61:or or Moderator in the Uni- 
 verfity : for that year he confidered himfelf in 
 fome meafure as intruded with the infpecSlion of 
 the morals and behaviour of all the younger mem- 
 bers of that body ; and as he was himfelf a moft 
 tenacious obferver of difcipline, and looked upon 
 it as of the higheft importance to the welfare and 
 reputation of that eftablifhed feat of literature, 
 he determined himfelf to enforce an univerfal ob- 
 fervation of the Statutes, as far as his delegated 
 power extended, and to reprimand every breach 
 of them with marks of juft and manly indignation, 
 at their publick difputations he prefided with at- 
 tention, candor, and impartiality, allowing the ut- 
 moft freedom of debate ; to which he fet no other 
 bounds, but thofe of decency and good manners : 
 it was probably the general praftice of that time, 
 but it certainly was his, to clofe the philofophical 
 debate cf the day with a determination upon each 
 queftion. As it may afford fome amufement to 
 
 the
 
 Life and Jl^ritijigs of the Author. xiii 
 
 the Reader to fee the method and matter of dif- 
 putation in the beginning of the lafl century, he 
 will find his curiofity gratified in the Appendix 
 
 When the fpirit of civil diflention was gone 
 abroad, and the ftorm was gathering, which after- 
 wards fell with fo much weight upon the people 
 o{ England^ and with redoubled rage upon the 
 Clergy of the Eftablifhed Church \ our Author, 
 who was a firm friend to juft prerogative, and 
 heartily attached to the caufe of his unfortunate 
 and much abufed Prince, fet himfelf to defcribe 
 hiflorically the calamitous ftate of the Romati 
 Empire under the two fons of Tbeodofius : here he 
 painted, in the mod ftriking colours, thofe fcenes 
 of horror and mifery, which that period, big with 
 all the mifchiefs which falfe counfellors and am- 
 bitious minifters could produce, abundantly fur- 
 nifties j and, as it feems to have been his principal 
 intention to difplay the fatal end of faftious in- 
 tentions, and the triumphs of a lawful Prince over 
 his rebellious fubje6b,he concludes that collcclion 
 
 ia
 
 xiv An Account of the 
 
 in thefe words j " The fatal difafters of all thefe 
 " rebellious men, and the final fuccefs of Hono- 
 '* rius^ proclaim aloud to the whole world, what 
 *' they may expedl, who having fold their con- 
 " fciences to ambition, rely only upon human 
 " policy and mortal ftrength; and what thofe 
 " ihall receive, who faithfully defending Chrift's 
 " truth and church, fix their truft in piety and 
 *' catholick religion : as alfo what iflue infallibly 
 *' follows upon difloyaltyj and what proteftion 
 *' fecures lawful authority." This was finiihed ia 
 1 641, and contains 401 pages in 4^^ 
 
 But alas! his intended parallel did not hold 
 good j for the royal prerogative which had been 
 at firft indeed ftrained too high, being afterwards 
 too much let down, the conftitution, for want of 
 its proper barrier on that fide, could not fupport 
 itfelf, and what followed is too well known to need 
 any farther defcription. 
 
 When the civil war was aftually broke out, he 
 had recourfe in that fcene of national diftrefs, to 
 religious ftudies, as the beft entertainment and 
 
 fureft
 
 Life and If^ritings of the Author. xv 
 
 furefl: confolation to a dejcdled mind. In this em- 
 ployment he fpent the fummer of the year 1643, 
 (which was the laft he was allowed to fpend in the 
 Univerfity, till the Rcftoration) writing daily me- 
 ditations upon the Attributes of GOD ; in which, 
 by tracing the methods of providence through the 
 vifible fyftem of the univerfe, its difpenfations 
 recorded in the facred Books, and human nature 
 in general, he vindicates the ways of God to man. 
 To this work, containing 205 pages in 4% he 
 prefixed a kind of introductory Prayer, which as 
 a reprefentation of the humble and unaffetSled 
 piety of its great and good Author, is here offer- 
 ed to the Reader. 
 
 En-
 
 xvi An Account of the 
 
 " Encouraged by thine infinite goodnefs, O Al- 
 ^ mighty God, I prefume to proftrate myfelf be- 
 ' fore thy footftool, and beg pardon for my fms : 
 ' per crucem et paffionem tuam^ domine jfefu^ mi-. 
 ^ ferere mei^ et falvam fac animam meam fpe- 
 ' rantem in te. Amen, 
 
 " The motion, which I truft thy Holy Spirit 
 ' hath breathed into my foul, I embrace with all 
 ' thankfulnefs and humility : thy will be done in 
 ' my unworthy heart : or if I be too vile for fb 
 ' high and honourable an exercife ^ divert me in- 
 ' to any other path, where my ways may be accep- 
 ' table unto thee, for thou art my God. O dread- 
 ' ful and powerful Deity, give thy poor creature 
 ' leave and afliftance, to facrifice his daily medi- 
 ' tations unto thee ; which by the fame permif- 
 ' fion and help he defires to employ about thee : 
 
 " I . Thy glory and majefty, 
 "2. Thy power and magnificence, 
 " 3. Thy wifdom and providence, 
 " 4. Thy juftice and wrath, 
 
 " S- Thy
 
 Life and JVrithigs of the Author, xvii 
 
 " 5. Thy goodnefs and mercy, 
 " 6. Thy patience and humility, 
 *' 7. Thy truth and purity. 
 
 " All infinite like thyfelf 
 
 *' Are the objedls to which my thoughts afpire; 
 
 *' And which may vindicate my future weeks 
 
 " From carnal and fecular vanities, 
 
 ^' To the honour of thy great and precious Name. 
 
 " Miferere met Domine. Amen" 
 
 A fatal turn was given to the King's affairs, by 
 the Scot's army c ming into Eng/am/ in the year 
 1 644, and declaring for the Parliament at IFeJI- 
 ?nin/Icr, by which they gained a manifefl: fuperio- 
 rity : they rightly judged that to fccurc, at leaft, 
 one of the feats of learning to their intereft, would 
 add weight and credit to their party, and that 
 this could be effected by no other method than 
 the application of their fupcrior force ; it was 
 therefore one of the firft ufcs they made of their 
 new-gotten power, to fend orders to the Earl of 
 Manchcflcr^ to \\hom they had given the com- 
 
 c mand
 
 xvili An Account of the 
 
 mand of the afl'ociated Counties, to garble and 
 model the Univerfity of Cambridge j where Mr. 
 Beaumonf^ avowed afFe(9:ion to the king's caufe 
 expofed him amongft the firft, to the keeneft 
 edee of their refentment. 
 
 We are now to attend him at his native Town 
 of Hadkighy to which, being eje£l:ed from his fel- 
 lowfhip, he retired, and where he formed a little 
 fociety of gallant fpirits^ men of abufed merits 
 which chiefly confifted of fome of his former pu- 
 pils, and the fons of his great friend and patron 
 Bifhop Wren. The time when he took deacons 
 orders does not appear from any of the memoran- 
 dums in the family, but it feems very probable that 
 it was previous to his expulfion from the Univer- 
 fity ; for though, in his retirement, he ufed all the 
 methods which prudence could fuggeft to avoid 
 danger, he conftantly performed the daily fervices 
 of the liturgy in his father s houfe, and preached 
 to his little flock every funday. 
 
 As we are now arrived at the poetical period 
 of our Author's Life, it may be expefted, and 
 
 the
 
 Life and JVriting^ of the Author. xix 
 
 the prefent publication requires, that fomcthing 
 be (iiid concerning his poetical writings: the oc- 
 cafion of his falHng into this way of employing 
 his Studies, the reader may beft learn from his 
 own words in the preface to his Pfyche : " The 
 " turbulence of thefe times having depri\'ed mc 
 " of my wonted accommodations of ftudy, I de- 
 " liberated, for the avoiding of mere idlenefs, 
 " what task I might fafelyeft prefume upon with- 
 " out the fociety of books j and concluded upon 
 " compofmg this Poem". Which, after having 
 laid before his readers the plan and machinery of 
 the work, he thus concludes: " My defire is, 
 " that this book may prompt better wits to be- 
 " lieve, that a divine theme is as capable and 
 " happy a fubjecl of poetical ornament, as any 
 " Pa2;an or Human device whatfoever. Which if 
 " I can obtain, and (into the bargain) charm my 
 " reader into any degree of devotion, I Ihall be 
 " bold to hope that I ha\'e partly reached my 
 " propofed mark, and not continued merely 
 " idle." 
 
 c 2 The
 
 XX An Account of the 
 
 The allegorical Poem, before which this (lands 
 as a preface, is at prefent little regarded, and 
 therefore little known and feldom read : it confift- 
 ed, in its firft edition, of twenty long cantos, and 
 was begun in April 1647, finifhed before the 
 13^'' dl March following, and publifhed early in 
 1648. 
 
 That fo large a work w^as undertaken and com- 
 pleated in fo ftiort a time, may create fome fur- 
 prife in a reader unacquainted with the vigorous 
 imagination, and fertile flow of fancy, which fb 
 remarkably diftinguilhed our Author from the 
 common clafs of Writers : however this may at 
 leaft ferve as a plea for fome good-natured indul- 
 gence to the incorre^tneifes and negligencies which 
 frequently occur in it : if he would have abated 
 fcmewhat of his Vivida vis Animiy and fufFered 
 his poetical fire to cool a little, the Criticks would 
 have had lefs room to exercife their fnarling ta- 
 lents, and v/e ihould have found his difpofition 
 more exa61:, his fentiments jufter, and his num- 
 bers more poliihed than they now appear. 
 
 His
 
 Life and Tf^ri tings of the Author. xxi 
 
 His fubjc^l: is Religion, the nobleft certainly, 
 as well as the moft ufeful that can employ the 
 thoughts of Man, and that which will be found 
 to have given birth to poetry itfelf, if we trace it 
 back to its original fource. Big with the idea of 
 the Divine Goodnefs in the redemption of man- 
 kind, which was both his joy and his glory j and 
 infpired with the fame rapturous zeal, which 
 once infpired Mofes^ Deborah and David^ he re- 
 prefents a Soul led by divine Grace, and her guar- 
 dian Angel, through the difficult affaults and 
 temptations of the world, to a holy and happy 
 life. 
 
 In the conduct and management of the poem, 
 he not only exhaufts all the treafures of learning 
 and hifhory in the facred Books j but to fupply 
 his characters, and fill up his extenfive plan, he 
 takes in the whole compafs of nature, and all the 
 inward paflions and affections of mankiud : his 
 diftinctions of the fe\eral virtues and vices, with 
 the degrees and confequences of them, are made 
 with the trucft exactnefs, and according to the 
 
 com-
 
 xxii An Account of the 
 
 comprehenfive knowledge he had of human na- 
 ture ; his fimilies and allufions are generally juft 
 and oppofitej his compound epithets (which 
 after Homer he greatly affected) clear and de- 
 fcriptive, and his ftile and expreffions ftrong and 
 mafterly for the times in which he wrote. 
 
 That this, now difregarded, poem had once its 
 run of efteem and reputation, is evident, not only 
 from the large price which the proprietor of the 
 fecond edition readily paid for the corrected and 
 enlarged copy of it to his executory but from the 
 ufe, which fome of the fucceeding fineft Authors 
 might be manifeftly proved to have made of it : 
 this recalls to memory a remark which the laft 
 and beft Poet of Great Britain made upon it in a 
 private converfation ; who being afked his fenti- 
 ments of Pfyche^ faid, " there are in it a great 
 ^' many flowers well worth gatherings and a man 
 " who has the art of flealing wifely will find his 
 
 ^' account in reading itT 
 
 The Englijlo verfes, which make up the fol- 
 lowing collection, are felected from two large ma- 
 
 nu-
 
 Life and JVritings of the Author. xxiii 
 
 nufcript Books fairly tranfcribed by the Author's 
 own hand : they have the fame general tendency, 
 which was eminently the aim of his whole Life, 
 to recommend a fmcere love of virtue, and to ex- 
 prefs that awe of the fupreme Being, which ever 
 filled his grateful and humble heart. The latter 
 of thefe Books is intltled Cathemerina^ and the 
 verfes in it feem to have been defiorned as mornincr 
 preparatory exercifes for the duties of the enfuing 
 day. It may not be improper to obferve, as a tefti- 
 mony of his conftant and unwearied application, 
 that this method, which was begun May the 1 7^» 
 1652, was purfued without one day's interrup- 
 tion to September the 3^^ of the fame year, v/hen 
 a fevere ague put an end to it, and, as far as ap- 
 pears from any of his remains, to all his conver- 
 fation with the JVIufes in his own language. 
 
 But as it is not here intended to fet forth our 
 Author and his Writings in a profeffed and pom- 
 pous Panegyrlck, but only to give the Reader a 
 juft opinion of them ; it muft not be denied, tliat 
 he fometimcs gave a greater loofe to the fpced and 
 
 re-
 
 xxiv An Account of the 
 
 redundancy of his fancy, than his better judgment, 
 if it had been always confulted, would have al- 
 lowed. We fometimes meet with a vicious copi- 
 oufnefs of ftyle, at others, with an afFedlation of 
 florid, gay and tedious defcriptions j nor did he 
 always ufe the language of nature, but while he 
 he gave too much into a figurative di£l:ion, high 
 flights, and fliining thoughts, he too often foared 
 out of fight, and was lofh in obfcure and perplex- 
 ed expreflions. 
 
 But, not to anticipate the pleafure of cenfuring, 
 the full pofleffion of which is left to be enjoyed 
 by malevolent Cavillers 5 to the good-natured and 
 candid Readers it may be pleaded in abatement, 
 that poetical excurfions were not Mr. Beaumont^ 
 ftudies, but his amufements , not the ferious bu- 
 finefs of his life, but reliefs from that ennui and 
 irkfomnefs of being, which in that long divorce 
 from Books, could not but opprefs his aftive and 
 vigorous mind. 
 
 In the Latin poems, (which feem to have been 
 the growth of the fame period w ith the Englijh^) 
 
 he
 
 Life and Jf^ri tings of the Author. xxv 
 
 he furprifingly refembles the tafte and mannc* of 
 the antientsj and in making his numbers, as his 
 fubjedl required, pleafant or fonorous, and his 
 words echo to the fence, he difcovers a dehcately 
 fine and diftinguifhing ear. If in his ftile, he fome- 
 times finks below the purity of the Augujlan age, 
 it is to be remembered, that he had been long 
 converfant with the ecclefiaftical writers, and the 
 later hiftorians ; and therefore it is lefs to be won- 
 dered at, if in fome few inftances, he fell imper- 
 ceptibly into fome expreflions which will not bear 
 the teft of that primitive flandard : and from the 
 fame confidcration, it is prefumed, the Reader 
 will moderate his cenfure, if he now and then 
 meets with the harfh lanoruacre of TertuUiafu 
 where he expe61:cd the happy elegancy of Horace 
 or Ovich^ efpecially fincc the offence is not fo great, 
 nor repeated fo often, as to forfeit every claim of 
 indulgence from the niceft claflical judgment. 
 
 But, (as has been already obfcrved) our Au- 
 thor did not look upon poetry as the ferious bu- 
 fincfs of his life j for \\\\\\Sk. he was thus amufing 
 
 d his
 
 xxvi An Account of the 
 
 his leifure hours with the Mufes^ he wrote a full 
 and clear commentary upon the Book of Eccle- 
 fiaftes^ and large critical notes upon the Penta- 
 teuch, In the then melancholly fituation of pub- 
 lick affairs, the profpedl of feeing an end put to 
 the calamities of the nation, or to the diftreffes 
 peculiar to his brethren of the eftabliihed Church, 
 was, at leaft, very diftant : it was this confidera- 
 tion which direfted him to a clofe application to 
 Solomons Rccleftafles^ and to the choice of that 
 Book, upon which he made his fir ft effay as a 
 commentator. 
 
 It would be an infult upon the Reader's under- 
 ftanding, to explain the reafons, or affert the pro- 
 priety and feafonablenefs of that choice ; but it 
 may be affirmed, with the ftrifteft regard to truth 
 and juftice, that no man ever made a better ufe 
 of the infpired Prince's inftru£tions, than Mr. 
 Beaumont I for his whole behaviour during that 
 gloom of diftrefs, which hung over him, was a 
 fort of comment upon them j by which it appear- 
 ed, that he was guided by the beft-grounded con- 
 
 vi61:ion
 
 Life and TVritings of the Author, xxvii 
 
 viftion that the events of all things are to be left 
 to the Supreme Difpofer of all ; and that he had 
 brought his mind to that reflgnation, and happy 
 compofure, which meaner and lefs enlightened 
 Souls are incapable of knowing. 
 
 In order to bring; all his Writings before the 
 Reftoration in view together, fome pailages of his 
 Life, in the interval between his expulfion from 
 the Univerfity, and that time when the nation 
 returned to its true and antient eftablifhment, have 
 been defignedly omitted. 
 
 The fociety of Peter-Houfe^ being indebted to 
 one of the Bifliop's of Ely for its original foun- 
 dation and endowment, is not only fubjcdl to the 
 \ ifitation of that See, by the tenour of its Statutes j 
 but out of two, nominated by the majority of the 
 fociety, the Maftcr is chofen, and even e\'er)' Fel- 
 low, after his elecSlion, muft be accepted and con- 
 firmed by that Prelate. By this method of fillincr 
 up the vacant fcllowfhips, the Bifliop cannot but 
 be acquainted with the character and abilities of 
 e\ ery candidate j and by this our Author fo cf- 
 
 d 2 fee-
 
 xxviii An Account of the 
 
 fe6l:ually recommended himfelf, by his extenfive 
 learning, and candid behaviour, to Dr. JV^ren then 
 Bilhop of that diocefc, that he ever after held the 
 firft place in his efteem and friendlhip. 
 
 It has been the juft complaint of men of merit 
 in all ages, that perfons in high ftations, are al- 
 ways ready to accept their endeavours to pleafe 
 them, and to return them with indifference, or at 
 beft with empty and unmeaning profeffions j but 
 Mr. Beaumont happily fixed his dependance upon 
 a Patron, who had judgement enough to diftin- 
 guilh, and fincerity enough to reward thofe who 
 truly deferved his favour. For fo early as the year 
 1 643, he was collated by that prelate to the recSlo- 
 ry of KeUjhall in Hertfordjhire'j to Elm with the 
 Chapel of Emneth in the year 1 646, and to the 
 feventh canonry and Prebend in the Cathedral 
 Church o^ Ely in 1647. But it mufl be remem- 
 bered, that in thofe turbulent times to a man of 
 his affection and zeal to the depreffed caufe of 
 royalty, thefe were no more than nominal prefer- 
 ments j and they were confidered as fuch by his 
 
 friend-
 
 Life and JJ^ritings of the yluthor, xxix 
 
 friendly Patron, who invited him about the time 
 laft mentioned into his own family, where he re- 
 tained him as his domeftick Chaplain till the year 
 1650. 
 
 He continued in this relation to the Bifhop, and 
 in the full pofleflion of his efteem and confidence 
 about three years j when his Lordlhip, as the 
 moft convincing telHmony of his benevolence and 
 affecSlionate regard for him, made a propofal to 
 him, which at once filled him with inexprellible 
 delight and aftonifhment. 
 
 The Bifhop had married the widow of Mr. 
 Brorjcnriggy an eminent Merchant at Ipfvcich in 
 Suffolk, who left an only daughter, and to her the 
 inheritance of a confiderable eftate with the ma- 
 nour of Tat i rig J} on in the fame County. His Lord- 
 lhip, as a faithful guardian to the young Lady, 
 had not only inftru(£led her in the feveral modes 
 of fpeaking and acling which are founded in na- 
 ture, and which form that grace and decency of 
 behaviour, which will ever call for, and juftly de- 
 mand refpedl:^ but he had tindbured her mind 
 
 with
 
 XXX An Account of the 
 
 with a ftrong fenfe of moral and religious duties, 
 and an early approbation of thofe who were pof- 
 fefled of them in a diftinguilhed degree. Mx. Beau- 
 mont by his conftant refidence in the family, and 
 daily converfation with the Lady, was not infen- 
 fible of her agreeable qualities, nor of the good 
 opinion fhe had of his, but, as he enjoyed only 
 the name of preferments in the Church, and could 
 promife himfelf no great (hare of his fathers im- 
 paired fortunes, he had never flattered himfelf 
 with the moft diftant hope of fuch a wife, with fo 
 fair an eftate: it may be eafily conceived then 
 how greatly and agreeably he was furprifed, when 
 ihe was propofed to him, by the perfon, who next 
 to herfelf, had the beft right to difpofe of her. 
 They were married by the Bifhop in his own 
 Chapel at £^-Houfe in the year 1650, and he 
 foon ^fter retired with her to Tatingflon Place, 
 where they enjoyed the mutual pleafures of a fo- 
 cial life, and he fpent the fucceeding ten years 
 till the Reftoration, in fuch an application to the 
 duties of his profeffion as the then condition of 
 
 the
 
 Life atjcl U^ri tings of the Author, xxxi 
 
 the times would allow of, and in the conllant 
 exercife of every virtue becoming a good man and 
 a fmcere Chriftian. 
 
 Soon after the King's happy return, he not only 
 took the legal and quiet pofleffion of the benefi- 
 ces to which he had been fome years before pre- 
 fented, but was admitted into the firft lift of his 
 Majefty's Chaplains. As he was now drawn from 
 his books and retirement at Tatingfton to an at- 
 tendance upon a gay and polite court, he took 
 the honourable and eafy method, which is in every 
 man's own power, by probity, good nature and a 
 moft candid Soul, to recommend himfelf to the 
 efteem of the greateft, as well as the moft inge- 
 nious men of that age. It is allowed by the bit- 
 tereft enemies to the memory of CHARLES the 
 fecond, that he was a Prince of a fuperiour geni- 
 us, delicate tafte and very capable of diftinguifti- 
 ing mankind ; and therefore it ought to be confi- 
 dered as a ftrong proof of our Author's extraor- 
 dinary merit, that he was thought worthy of his 
 Majefty's particular notice, and frequently admit- 
 ted
 
 xxxii An Account of the 
 
 ted to a private converfation with him. But, whe- 
 ther it is to be imputed to the deteftable politicks, 
 which after his Grandfather HENRY the Great of 
 France^ were too ealily and fuccefsfully infinua- 
 ted into that Prince, of negleftina his friends and 
 careffing his enemies; or to his own difinterefted- 
 nefs and lingular modefty in declining follicita- 
 tions, he never received any other advantage from 
 tlie Royal Favour, than a mandamus to the Uni- 
 verfity to create him Doftor in Divinity in the 
 fame year 1660. 
 
 Early the next year, his faft friend the Bifhop, 
 who had always the higheft delight in our Au- 
 thor's learned and ingenuous converfation, and the 
 tendereft regards for Mrs. Beaumont^ intimated to 
 him, that it would gi\'e him no fmall degree of 
 pleafure, if he would make Ely the place of his 
 refidence : the confideration of gratifying a perfon 
 to whom he was obliged by all the bands of gra- 
 titude and fiiendfliip, had fo much weight with 
 him, that he immediately took the refolution of 
 removing his family to the houfe annexed to his 
 
 pre-
 
 Life and JJ^ritings of the Author, xxxiii 
 
 Prebend in th'dt place. But though this refolution 
 promifed a general happinefs to them all, it pro- 
 ved fatal to one of them: for Ah*s. Bcatimotit^ be- 
 ing of a tender, delicate and lively conftitution, 
 was not able to fupport the load of vapours, with 
 which the damp and foggy air of the fens abounds ; 
 but coughs, different refpirations, and other f)'mp- 
 toms of diftempered lungs difcovered a beginning 
 confumption the firft winter after they fixed their 
 fettlement there. The following April the Mafter- 
 fhip of y^ftis Colleo;e in Cambridge became \a- 
 cant by the refignation of Dr. Pcarfo;/^ and our 
 Author was, upon the firfl: notice of it, appointed 
 his fucceflbr by the Bilhop. This change of fitu- 
 ation was the more defirable to him, as it replaced 
 him in the feat of learnino[ from which he had 
 been forcibly dri\en eighteen years before; as it 
 was at a convenient diffcance for his paying fre- 
 quent vifits to his Right Reverend Patron; and 
 above all as he entertained fome hopes, that tlic 
 purer air of it might ha\e lomc effe6l towards the 
 reftorinor his wife to better health: but for this it 
 
 e NN'as
 
 xxxiv An Account of the 
 
 was too late, her diftemper was now paft all re- 
 medies, fhe could not even bear the fatigue of 
 removing, and died at Ely May 31ft, 1662. 
 
 It would be impertinent to make any reflexions 
 upon what the Readers imagination cannot but 
 fufficiently reprefent to him, the fenfe of grief, 
 the fevere pangs and regrettings of heart which he 
 felt at the lofs of a woman of a moft excellent 
 character, who had raifed him to a handfome com- 
 petency of fortune, had been his fupport under 
 diftrefles, and who had never had the leaft relifh 
 of the pleafures and entertainments of the world, 
 but as he was a (barer with her in them. Howe- 
 ver this lofs, great in itfelf, and made much greater, 
 as the nurture of fix very young children was de- 
 volved to his fole care and management, he pi- 
 oufly confidered as the will and work of Provi- 
 dence; as a neceflity to which the whole race of 
 mankind muft fubmit; and that they give the beft 
 proof of their virtue and fortitude, v/ho behave 
 with moft patience and refignation under the feve- 
 rcft decrees of heaven. 
 
 Mrs.
 
 Life and Writings of the Author, xxxv 
 
 Airs. Beaumont lies burycd behind the altar in 
 the Cathedral Church at Ely-, under a decent mo- 
 nument; upon which he ordered the following 
 Ihort, but fignificant infcription to be engraved. 
 
 Quod mori potuit 
 
 Leftiffima^, Defideratiflimaeque 
 
 Conjugis 
 
 Elizabeth^e Bellomontana: 
 
 Sub Hoc Marmore condidit 
 
 Moestiflimus Maritus 
 
 J.B. 
 
 Hujus Ecclefix Canonicus 
 
 Maii 31. An. Dom. 
 
 1662. 
 
 After her obfequles were performed, and a pro- 
 per interval of retirement for the indulgence of 
 reafonable and real mourning, he removed with 
 his little family to Cambridge -. here he found, 
 to his inexprellible concern, the fad marks of tlic 
 late outrages and profanations ftill remaining, in 
 his College Chapel. His good heart, which al- 
 
 c 2 wa)s
 
 xxxvi An Account of the 
 
 ways felt in itfelf the ftrongeft imprefTions of ve- 
 neration towards the Supreme Being, was moft 
 fenfibly touched at the unfeemly appearance, and 
 dilapidated ftate of the place appointed for his 
 worlhio: he therefore made it his firft care after 
 he came to the government of that College, to 
 repair and reftore it to its former beauty j and this 
 he liberally executed at his own proper and pri- 
 vate expence, without fuffering it to be an extra- 
 ordinary burthen to the other members of the fo- 
 ciety. 
 
 The deceafe of Dr. Hale mafter of Peter- 
 Houfe in the year 1663, gave the Bilhop an op- 
 portunity of replanting our Author in that foil, 
 which of all others he moft affe^led and defired ; 
 in advancingr him to this ftation, his Patron orave 
 not a lefs convincing teftimony of his judgment 
 in diftinguilhing true merit, than of his regards 
 to perfonal friendlhip ; for all the time he conti- 
 nued at the head of that fociety, his only endea- 
 vour was to recommend and preferve order in 
 every thing which related to it, and to fet before 
 
 them.
 
 Life and JFritings of the Author, xxxvii 
 
 them, by his own modeft, frugal, and ftudious 
 life, a pattern of all human and focial virtues : 
 and this defign he furely anfv^'C^ed above any man 
 who had ever been raifed to that ftation; his 
 whole life being employed in promoting the con- 
 ftant and reafonable worlhip of the Deit)-, the 
 due and falutary obfervance of the flatutes, and 
 the real welfare of every fingle member of the 
 fociety. As he looked upon \'ice, profanenefs and 
 ignorance to be the certain fources of contempt 
 and difcftccm to any, but moft of all, to a religi- 
 ous and learned community, he ufed all the means 
 in his power to difcourage them, without the Icaft 
 refpedl to the quality of the perfons in whom they 
 were found : on the other hand, as his judgment 
 was quick in difcerning virtue and diligence, un- 
 der whatc\ crdifadvantage of birth or fortune they 
 lay concealed, he om^itted no opportunities of fet- 
 ting them in their deferved light, and of reward- 
 ing the pollcirors of them with his countenance 
 and favour. Perfons of learning, good fcnfc and 
 piety languifhing in cbfcurity, nnd under themany 
 
 di-
 
 xxx\'ili An Account of the 
 
 dlftrcflcs which want and cold negle6l too gene- 
 rally produce, were ever difagreeable obje6^s to 
 his benevolent heart, and therefore under the de- 
 nomination of his Sizar, he always entertained one, 
 and fometimes more, in his own family, where, 
 from their admiflion to the College till they com- 
 menced Batchelors of arts, they were not only li- 
 berally fupplied with the decent neceflaries of life ; 
 but had at all times free accefs to his library, and 
 very often to his more ufeful and improving con- 
 verfation. 
 
 The fame year he was inftituted to the reftory 
 of Teverfljam near Cambridge-^ and in the follow- 
 ing to that of Barley in Hertfordjhire ; where he 
 alternately refided in the vacation months every 
 fummer, feeding the indigent, inftrudling the ig- 
 norant, and faithfully difcharging all the offices 
 of the paftoral charge. 
 
 The next year he was drawn into a paper con- 
 troverfy with that learned Vifionaire Dr. Henry 
 More : The Doctor had advanced fome docSlrines 
 in his Myftery of Godlinefs^ which feemed to our 
 
 Author
 
 Life and JVritings of the Author, xxxix 
 
 Author not only fubverfive of our excellent con- 
 ftitution both in Church and State, but alfo pro- 
 ducSlixe of many evils to the Chriftian Religion, 
 He therefore made fuch remarks upon them as 
 he thought neceilary, and privately communica- 
 ted them to the Doctor, by means of a common 
 friend : by whom alfo he in the gentle fpirit of 
 Chrillianity admoniihed him to fatisfy the Uni- 
 verfity (where his book was conceived to have 
 done mofl: mifchief ) by retracting fuch of his 
 Opinions as were mofb dangerous and heretical. 
 But the Do6lor thought fit to draw thefe private 
 Objections on to the public ftage, ^^■hich he en- 
 deavoured to clear and anfwer by a long and 
 laboured Apology. This appeal to the public 
 laid Dr. Beaumont under the necellity of publilh- 
 ing the ObjeClions, and making Obfervations up- 
 on the Apology : which he did with fo much mo- 
 defty, learning, wit, and judgment, that he re- 
 ceived the thanks of the Univerfity, and a tcfti- 
 mony of the good opinion, which that Body had 
 of the performance, was added to the ufual ////- 
 primatur. Being
 
 xl An Account of the 
 
 Beln^ now in the higheft efteem and reputa- 
 tion for his deep knowledge both in Theological 
 and Polite Literature, he was in the year 1670 
 called, without any application from himfelf, or 
 competition from any other, by the united voice 
 and invitation of the Statutable Elediors to fill the 
 Divinity Chair. In this no lefs important and 
 ufeful, than confpicuous ftation in the Univeriity, 
 he fpent the remaining part of his life, and ap- 
 plied himfelf to the conftant difcharge of the duties 
 of it with the utmofh punctuality and diligence. 
 In that age of licentioufnefs, when, under the 
 fair appearance of aflerting a freedom of thought 
 and a pri\ ate judgment, to which all men have a 
 natural right, every pretender to wit or reafon 
 took to himfelf the indecent and difingenuous li- 
 berty of ridiculing the myfteries, and cavilling at 
 the principles of our holy Religion j and to fup- 
 port what were called pleas for human reafon, of 
 endeavouring to overthrow and reject the duties 
 which arc enjoined, and the expectances which 
 are held forth by Revelation ; when Jefuits, and 
 
 other
 
 Life and TFri tings of the Author. xli 
 
 other emlilaries and agents of Romc^ were, under 
 the connivance of one Brother, and not onh* the 
 protection, but under the open encouragement of 
 the other, furnifhed with opportunities of per- 
 plexing mens minds with wonderful art, and pro- 
 pagating the errors and pernicious doctrines of 
 that Church with too manifeft fuccefs j when men, 
 who had contracted a pee\ ilh prejudice and unrea- 
 fonable bitternefs againft the eftablifhcd Church, 
 both aorainft the form of its Go\'ernment, its Ar- 
 tides, and Liturgy, were bufily fowing the feeds 
 of faction and diflention, and infecting peoples 
 minds with the tenets of Calvin^ and the abfur- 
 dities of Puritanifm ; while the nation was thus 
 miferably rent in parties and factions by the op- 
 pofite efforts either of thofe who had none, or of 
 thofe \^ ho made a lliew of reforming Religion, 
 the Unixerfity of Cambridge had the happinefs to 
 be aenerally untainted with the fpreiding poifon j 
 which fecurity, under God, was in a great mea- 
 fure owino; to the indefatigable endeavours, the 
 profound learning, and the perfuafivc reafons of 
 the Kin2:"s Di\'inity Profeffor. 
 
 f The
 
 xlii j^n Account of the 
 
 The plan, which in difcharge of this impor- 
 tant trull he marked out to himfelf of reading 
 public Lectures in Divinity twice a week in every 
 Term, Vv-as, (if not entirely new and peculiar to 
 himfelf) carried on and executed with unufual 
 and unexampled affiduity 5 for during the whole 
 term of twenty nine years, in which he fo worthi- 
 ly filled that Chair, he was very feldom known 
 to allow himfelf in any omiffions of this part of 
 it, except when compelled by indifpofition of 
 health j from which caufe, by the bleffing of God, 
 and a temperate life, no man ever had fewer in- 
 terruptions. 
 
 The difficult paflages in fome of ^t. Pauls 
 Epiftles, and the ill ufe to which they were drawn 
 by the enemies of the eftabliflied Church and 
 true Religion, had always been a matter of great 
 concern to him 5 and therefore he thought that 
 he could not do a more important fervice to both, 
 than by a clear and copious explanation of them 
 in the courfe of his Lectures. To this purpofe in 
 a pure, unaffected, claffical ilile, he went through 
 the two Epiftles to the Romans and the ColoJJians, 
 
 As
 
 JLife and IVr'ititigs of the Author. xliii 
 
 As the end of his Lc£l:ures was to promote 
 true Religion, not to amufe fruitlefs curiofity, or 
 to make a vain fliew of unedifying learning, he 
 made it his firft care to fettle the true reading 
 fenfe, and propriety of every verfe according to 
 the moft accurate Canons of Criticifm j and that 
 he might anfwer this neceflary end with more 
 certainty, and to better cfFedl:, he not only colla- 
 ted every manufcript Copy of them, but he nice- 
 ly examined every ancient and modern v^erfion, 
 and compared them with our own, from which he 
 fometimes, but with great caution and modefty 
 dilTentcd ; then he confulted and confidered the 
 judgments of the Commentators in all ages and 
 languages, from Chryfoflom and his follower l^hco- 
 phylacl^ down to Grotius and other modern Ex- 
 pofitors of the Sacred Writings. When he had 
 fully cleared the meaning of each paflage, he pro- 
 pofed and explained the dodlrincs of ChriflianitN' 
 which fairly and naturally rcfulted from It; fet- 
 tlng them in a proper light to Inform the under- 
 ftandings, and dlrc61: the morals of his audience. 
 
 f 2 And
 
 xllv An Accou7it of the 
 
 And then in the laft place, he defended with great 
 force and energy the do£l:rines, as they are receiv- 
 ed and aflented to by the eftabliftied Church, in 
 oppofition to Papifts, Socinians, and every other 
 fad^ion and herefy in Religion, whofe objeftions 
 he confidered with candor, and anfvA^ered with con- 
 vincing clearnefs, and irrefiftible reafon. 
 
 Some parts of thefe Lectures being left by him 
 In diforder, may account for his earneft defire that 
 his Executor would not fuffer them to appear in 
 prints but the large fums which fome Gentlemen 
 in the firft rank of learning have thought well 
 worth their care to expend in procuring tranfcrib- 
 ed Copies of them, fufficiently declare, that true 
 Religion is deprived of great jewels in the con- 
 cealment of them, and that they are not publifh- 
 ed to the world. The Reader will find fhort ex- 
 tra61:s from them in the Appendix, N^ 4, 5, 6, 
 
 Length of time (for it is now near fifty years 
 fince the Univerfity loft this eminent ProfefTor) 
 has almoft fwallowed up the remembrance of the 
 
 great
 
 Life and JVritings of the Author, xlv 
 
 great eclat which his behaviour in the Chair at 
 the Public Divinity Exercifes then raifed in the 
 world : but the few perfons now living, who were 
 prefent at fome of thofe difputations, fpeak of 
 the force and penetration of his reafoning, the re- 
 fiftlcfs flow of his graceful and emphatical elocu- 
 tion, and the authority of his determinations, with 
 the v^'armeft fenfe of felf-complacency and admi- 
 ration ; and look upon it as a comfort and advan- 
 tage to their advanced years, that they were mem- 
 bers of that learned body when Dr. Beaumont fil- 
 led the Chair. 
 
 Nor was this fenfe of admiration confined to 
 that place, or felt only in the breads of his coun- 
 trymen 5 for his chara6ler and reputation were fo 
 much fpread, and fo well known abroad, that 
 learned foreigners, when they intended a vifit to 
 that Uni\crfity, always chofe to make it at a tim's, 
 when they might both improve and entertain their 
 minds, at thofe exercifes, where the Profeflbr, 
 with the mod copious learnino;, the fulleft and 
 clearcft knowledge of every branch of Polemical 
 
 Divi-
 
 xlvi An Account of the 
 
 Divinity, and with that wonderful acutenefs in 
 anfvvering objections, which was peculiar to him, 
 prefided. 
 
 It was his conftant method, upon thefe occa- 
 fions, to fend an invitation to all ftrangers of rank 
 and character to his own College j where they 
 were received by him with that flow of courtefy 
 and unconftrained chearfulnefs of converfation, 
 that they ever after retained the memory of it in 
 their minds j and the teftimony which they then 
 had of his extraordinary merit, raifed in them 
 fuch a degrree of efteem and veneration towards 
 him, as produced an uninterrupted intercourfe of 
 friendly correfpondence to the end of his or their 
 lives. 
 
 In the year 1689, when the Compreheniion 
 was promoted under the fair appearance of unit- 
 ing the whole kingdom in one form of God's wor- 
 (hip and public devotions, he was nominated among 
 the Commlffioners appointed for that purpofe: 
 but he never took his place at that board; for, 
 by his long experience and knowledge of the views 
 
 and
 
 Life and T^ri tings of the At4thor, xlvii 
 
 and principles of thofc who were enemies to Con- 
 formity, he was very fenfiblc how little probabi- 
 lity there was of their rcfting fatisfied with the 
 alterations in the Liturgy, which were then pro- 
 pofedj and that, if they had been confentcd to, 
 they were ready to frame other exceptions to it, 
 which, he believed, they would have infifted up- 
 on with equal confidence and obftinacy. 
 
 He continued to dilcharge the feveral duties of 
 his office with no lefs application and fpirit, even 
 when advanced to his 84''' year, than he had done 
 in the ftrength and vigour of his age ; nor could 
 the moft earnefl admonitions of his friends, nor 
 the paffionate intreaties of his only furviving, and 
 defervedly dear Son diflbade him from undergo- 
 ing fuch fatigues, as nature, at that fcafon of life, 
 could not well bear : with this too inflexible reo^ard 
 to his duty, and too little to the warnings of what 
 he confidered as a flight indifpofition, he perfift- 
 cd in a refolution to preach in his turn before the 
 Univerfity on the 5"' of November 1699, and ex- 
 erted himfclf upon the occafion with remarkable 
 
 energy
 
 kIv ill An Account of the 
 
 energy and alacrity : but when the fervice of the 
 day was concluded, he perceived himfelf fo chil- 
 led and feeble, that he bore the removal to his 
 own houfe with the utmoft difficulty. A high Fe- 
 ver came on the fame evening, and a few days 
 after the Gout in his Stomachy which after he 
 had endured the moft tormenting pains with that 
 compofure of mind, and refignation of himfelf to 
 the difpofal of the Supreme Being, which was 
 agreeable to, and might be expefted from a re- 
 view of a well-fpent life, put an end to his mortal 
 ftate the 23^^ day of the fame month. 
 
 Thus after a life full of as much virtue and re- 
 putation, as ever fell to the (hare of one man, died 
 the great and excellent Profeflbr BEAUMONT^ 
 regretted by all good men, and the whole Uni- 
 verfityj but moft of all by the members of that 
 Society, over which he had fo long, and fo wor- 
 thily prefided ; who loft in him the guide of their 
 lives, the director of their ftudies, the witnefs and 
 
 encourager of their virtues. 
 
 He
 
 Ijfe and Jl^ritings of the Author. xlix 
 
 He was religious without bigotry, devout with- 
 out fupcrftition, learned without pedantry, judi- 
 cious without cenforioufnefs, eloquent without 
 vanity, charitable without oftentation, generous 
 without profufion, friendly without diflimulation, 
 courteous without flattery, prudent without cun. 
 ning, and humble without meannefs. In fhort, 
 whoever (hall hereafter deferve the reputation of 
 having: filled with credit the feveral ftations, which 
 he fo eminently adorned, will ha\'e reafon to be- 
 lieve full juftice done to his charadler, if for learn- 
 ing, piety, judgment, humanity, and good breed- 
 ing, it may be thought worthy to be compared 
 with that of Dr. BEAUMONT, 
 
 y.G. 
 
 g
 
 THE 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 jpEafo?iahle Mela?icholy. — _ Page i 
 
 Death. — ^ 
 
 Cant'tc. chap. 2. ver. 10, 1 1, 1 2, 1 3. 6 
 
 S. Luke 1 . 3 1 . Thou JJjalt call his Name JESU S. 7 
 
 Home. . 3 
 
 JViJJjes. 1 1 
 
 S. Joan, ad Port. L,ati?i. 1 4. 
 
 *S'*S\ Innocents Day. ibid. 
 
 New-Tear s Day. i ^ 
 
 Epiphany Oblation. — — 16 
 
 Afcenfion ibid. 
 
 JVhit-Sunday. 1 -, 
 
 On thefa}ne, x 8 
 
 On thefa?ne. lo 
 
 Whitenefs^ or Chajlity. ibiJ. 
 
 A MorniJig Hymn. 20 
 
 A)i Evening Hymn. 2 r 
 
 A Friend. 2 2 
 
 Friends. 2 6 
 
 Ho?iour. 27 
 
 Lo'-je's Eye. 2S 
 
 g 2 The
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 The Oath. Page 30 
 
 Thi World. '■ 3 I 
 
 The yourjiey. 3 3 
 
 Wi?iter-Spring^ May 18. ibid. 
 
 Eloque7ice. 35 
 
 Scripture tranjlated. ■ 36 
 
 Lifes Uncertainty. 3,9 
 
 S. Peter s Cock. 4 1 
 
 The Majier, S. Matth. 11. 29. 43 
 
 Jhe LeJ[o7ty ibid. 45 
 
 Ariger. 46 
 
 The Times. ' 48 
 
 The rich Scorner^ S.Luke i6. 21. 49 
 
 Home, 50 
 
 Idlenefs. — — 52 
 
 Hope 54 
 
 Contc?it, Philip. 4. i r . 5 6 
 
 A Dialogue^ S. Luke 16. 24. 59 
 
 A Dialogue^ S. John 11. 21. 6 1 
 
 Eajier Dialogue-, S. John 20. 13. 64 
 
 Magi ad Chrijltim. '■ 69 
 
 In Chrijli PaJfione7n.) Threnodia\ 
 
 Sufpirium L Matth. 27. 2. 71 
 
 Sujpiriu?n IL ver, 1 1. 73 
 
 Stifpiriu?n III. — — 75 
 
 Stifpiritim IV. ver. 33. ■ ■ — 78 
 
 Ad
 
 j' 82 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 yfd Chrijli Scpulchrtwi. Page 8 
 
 Ad venerabilem SS. Rucharijiice jjijiitutionem.^ Plauftis^ 
 
 Hymnicus. 
 
 Ad Suam Animam. 83 
 
 Recumbens Dormitum. 86 
 
 Ad D.M. Skippon. ibid. 
 
 Ad C. B. in illiid Juum cum voto : Ad Magna pergo^ 
 
 Sydcra Ccelitum. J 
 
 Ad 'T. S. qui ruri agcnteniy incufavit languentis af?ioris. 9 1 
 
 Ad C. B. pojl Cupidini vak diSiuni, ■ 92 
 
 Ad eunduniy refpo?iforie. 94 
 
 y4d r. S. 97 
 
 Ad D. G. excufatorie pojl longu?n Silent ium. 9 8 
 
 Ad Reverendum D. G. cxcufatoria quod Carmen fune-'\ 
 
 bre promiJfu9n non obtideri?n. ' • ' ■ j " ^ 
 
 Dies yudiciiy Luc. 21. 27. ■ 100 
 
 Fortitudo Ed. S tan lei i Angli ad Zutfaniam. loi 
 
 Ad increbefcentem fama?n de Hifpanicd in Angliani) 
 
 cxpeditione. ■ . — j 
 
 DE
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Page 
 7^ E Legc?idis SanBoriun Hijloriis Dijfertaiio. N** i . 107 
 
 N°. 2. Difficultas i?ttelligendi partwj prove7iit a 
 
 re^ partim ah intelleSiu. 
 
 For7na eji prhicipiujn individuatiojiis» 
 
 Vijio jit per recepiio?jem fpecierum, 118 
 
 N°. 3. A?2geli cognofciint Jingularia : 
 
 Ig?iorato motu tollitiir cognitio itaturce : 
 
 IntelleSius eft nobilior voluntate, 1 20 
 
 N". 4. ColofI cap. I. ver. 2^, — — 122 
 
 N°. 5. Coloff. cap. 2. ver. 13. 1 24. 
 
 N°. 6. Coloff cap. 2. ver. 21. 125 
 
 N°. 7. Coloff cap. 3, ver. 5. 129 
 
 N^ 8. Coloff cap. 3. ver. 16. 132 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 Page 13. line 20. for intentions^ read contentions. 
 
 15. line 20. for wavloxjalof, read -nrxilox^ocrof. 
 22. line 3. for oppo/ite, read nppcfite. 
 33. line 7. for different, read difficult. 
 38. line 20. for vifionaire^ read vifwnnaire. 
 48. line 6. for which after., read which., after. 
 82. line I. for Eucharifiae, re^d Eucharijli^. 
 
 POEMS
 
 POEMS 
 
 On feveral Occafions. 
 
 - - ■ - 
 
 Reafonabk MelamhoUy. 
 
 I. 
 
 TELL me no more of Sweets and Joys; 
 Mifcall not things; 
 Nor flatter poor unworthy Toys 
 As they were Kings. 
 'Tis not a pretty Name 
 That can transform the frame 
 Of Bitternefs, and cheat a fober taftc. 
 'Tis not a Smile 
 That can beguile 
 Good Eyes, and on falfe Joys true Colours caft. 
 
 II. 
 
 The World has ftore of things, which fhe 
 
 Does Paftimes call. 
 Which, tho' they fweet and tempting be, 
 Yet have their Gall. 
 Alas! tho' Time be now 
 Grown old, he's not fo flow 
 
 A That
 
 2 POEMS. 
 
 That we fliould lend him wings ; do what we can> 
 
 He makes no ftay : 
 
 Miftaken Play 
 Pafleth not Time away, but filly Man. 
 
 m. 
 
 Defiance, fair impoflur'd Names 
 
 Of beauteous Cheats, 
 Well- favoured Lies, and handibme Frames 
 Of poifon'd Sweets, 
 Your Bait full fine does fhew; 
 But the falfe Hook below 
 Is bearded with Vexation ; who defires 
 Sweetly to be 
 Deflroyed, he 
 jMay burn in your dear Aromatick Fires. 
 
 IV, 
 It mufl be fo. — Could rotten Earth 
 
 Spring with found Joys, 
 Fair Heav n, and all it's facred MirtK 
 Would feem but Toys. 
 Immortal Pleafures may 
 A Soul's brave thirft allay ; 
 And thofc alone, thofe that are kindled by 
 The flaming grace 
 Of that bright Face 
 Which gilds the beauteous Sweets, that fmile on high. 
 
 Come
 
 POEMS. 3 
 
 V. 
 Come hither Grief; one draught of thee 
 
 Will tafle more fweet 
 Than all falfc Joy's Hypocrify, 
 Wiiich here doth greet 
 Deluded Souls; one Tear 
 Flows with more Honey far 
 Than all Hyblean Hives ; one pious Sigh 
 Breaths fweeter Air, 
 Than all the fair 
 Arabia^ and can fooner reach the Sky. 
 
 DEJTH, 
 I. 
 
 LOOK not fo fierce; thy hands are ty'd, 1 know. 
 And mufi: be, till my Mafter lets them go. 
 Come let us pari awhile, and fee 
 What makes the World to fly from thee : 
 Perhaps there's fome miftakc, and they 
 Shou'd rather run to be diy Prey. 
 Frown not in vain; I long to feel thy Sword, 
 But thou and I muft flay, till Heaven gives the word. 
 
 II. 
 What Fury's hand rak'd up the monflrous deep 
 Of Shame and Horror, thence to fetch an heap 
 
 A 2 Of
 
 4 POEMS. 
 
 Of fhapelefs Shapes, which join'd in one 
 
 Make up thy Conftitution ? 
 
 Was Night thy Mother, or was Hell ? 
 
 Both which in thy black Looks do dwell : 
 Or Sin than both more horrid ? Surely none 
 But fuch an hideous She could bear fo foul a Son. 
 
 III. 
 No fooner born but ftraight thou learn'dft thy Trade, 
 And 'twas Deftrudion ; All the World was made 
 
 Thine eafy Prize ; nor didft thou fpare 
 
 To take thy gluttonous fill : But where 
 
 Is all beftow'd ? Thy craving Look 
 
 Is fad and thin, as Famine's Book ; 
 All Flefh becomes thy Food, yet naked be 
 Thine ugly Bones ; there's nought but Hunger grows in thee. 
 
 IV. 
 Great was thine Empire, and thy Conquefts great : 
 
 The proudeft Kings bow'd at thy prouder feet. 
 
 With bold Corruption thou didft tread 
 
 On Glory's ftouteft, faireft Head. 
 
 Thou bad'ft thy fhamelefs Worms go feed 
 
 In Princes bofoms, and with fpeed 
 
 Gnaw out the marks of Men, that none might know 
 
 What diff'rence Human Duft, from common Earth cou'd 
 
 [fliew. 
 
 But
 
 POEMS. 
 
 V. 
 But now all that was Death ia thee is dead ; 
 This was thy Sting, and this hes buried 
 
 In one ftrong Grave; and there muft He 
 
 'Till all the reft of thee doth die. 
 
 Look not fo grim and fierce; we know 
 
 Y'are not our Lord, but Servant now. 
 Or rather, y are our Friend ; do what you can 
 You muft be courteous now, ev'n in deftroying Man. 
 
 VI. 
 Sweet Death, fo let me call thee now, thy Hand 
 Alone can bring our fhipwreck'd Souls to Land. 
 
 Thou with this ftormy Life compar'd 
 
 More calm, more fweet, more lovely art. 
 
 The Graves thou ope'ft are but the Gates 
 
 Of bleft and everlafting Fates, 
 Thro' w hich our dying Life doth pafs, to be 
 Born in a furer Birth of Immortality. 
 
 Ca»/if>
 
 POEM S. 
 
 Cantic, chap. a. ver. lo. ii. 12. 13. 
 
 I. 
 
 RI S E up my Love, my Faireft one 
 Make no delay ; 
 Now Winter's iitmoft blaft hath blown 
 Himfelf away. 
 
 II. 
 
 The cloudy Curtain's drawn afide 
 
 To free the Light; 
 No drop is left, pure Heav'n to hide 
 
 From thy full fight. 
 III. 
 The chearly Earth doth, as fhe may, 
 
 Refledl Heav'n's Face, 
 With flow'ry Conftellations gay 
 
 In every place. 
 IV. 
 Our Birds ilt tuning their foft throats 
 
 The Angels Quire 
 To echo back : The Turtles Notes 
 
 With them confpire. 
 
 V. 
 
 The teeming Fig-tree's new-born Brood 
 Abroad appear : 
 
 The
 
 POEMS. 7 
 
 Vines and young Grapes breath out a good 
 
 And wliolefome Air. 
 VI. 
 All Sweets invite us to lay down 
 
 Our dull delay ; 
 Rife up my Love, my Faireft one 
 
 And come away. 
 
 I'hoti fljalt call his Name JE S US, S. Luke i . 3 1 . 
 
 I. 
 
 IS it an Incenfe Cloud that breaks, 
 Or is it Balm the Angel fpeaks } 
 CHORUS. 
 Ne'er did Arabia?! Beds enrich the Sky 
 
 With fuch rich breath, nor Eaftern field 
 So pure and balmy Odours yield ; 
 Nor Paradife Perfumes afcend fo high. 
 
 II. 
 From his fair Lips does Balfam flow. 
 Or is it Manna that they ftrew ? 
 
 CHORUS. 
 Such fragrant Balfam ne'er drop'd on the Earth, 
 The kindcft Heaven ne er fliower'd down 
 So noble Manna on its own 
 Dear Flock, when Wonders were its ufwal birth. 
 
 What
 
 6 POEMS. 
 
 III. 
 
 What is it then, O who can tell ? 
 
 Speak Thou thyfelf, fweet Gabriel I 
 
 CHORUS. 
 'Tis Heav'n I fpeak, from whence I hither came, 
 
 To fhew how all it's Sweets do lie 
 
 Couch'd in one rich Epitome 
 pf which great Treafure JESUS is the Name. 
 
 HOME. 
 
 WHAT is Houfe and what is Home, 
 Where with Freedom thou haft room, 
 And may 'ft to all Tyrants fay, 
 This you cannot take away ? 
 'Tis no thing with Doors and Walls, 
 Which at every Earthquake falls ; 
 No fair Towers, whofe Princely fafliion 
 Is but Plunder's invitation ; 
 No ftout Marble Strudlure, where 
 Walls Eternity do dare ; 
 No Brafs Gates, no Bars of Steel, 
 Tho' Time's Teeth they fcorn to feel: 
 Brafs is not fo bold as Pride, 
 
 If on Power's Wings it ride ; 
 
 Marble's
 
 POEMS. 9 
 
 Marble's not fo hard as Spite 
 
 Arm'd with lawlefs Strength and Might. 
 
 Right and juft PofTefTion, be 
 
 Potent Names, when Laws fland free: 
 
 But if once that Rampart fall, 
 
 Stoutefl: Thieves inherit all ; 
 
 To be rich and weak's a fure 
 
 And fufficient Forfeiture. 
 
 Seek no more abroad, fay I, 
 Houfe and Home, but turn thine Eye 
 Inward, and obfervc thy Breaft; 
 There alone dwells folid Reft. 
 That's a clofe immured Tower 
 Which can mock all hoftile Power. 
 To thyfelf a Tenant be. 
 And inhabit fafc and free. 
 Say not that this Houfe is fmall, 
 Girt up in a narrow Wall : 
 In a cleanly fobcr Mind 
 Heav'n itfelf full Room doth find. 
 Th' Infinite C r f. a tor can 
 Dwell in it; and may not Man? 
 Here content make thy abode 
 With thyfelf and with thy God. 
 Here in this fweet privacy 
 May'ft thou with thyfelf agree, 
 
 B And
 
 lo POEM S. 
 
 And keep Houfe in peace, tho' all 
 Th' Univerfe's Fabrick fall. 
 No Difafter can diflrefs thee, 
 Nor no Fury difpoflcfs thee : 
 Let all War and Plunder come, 
 Still may'ft thou dwell fafe at Home. 
 
 Home is every where to thee. 
 Who can'ft thine own Dwelling be ; 
 Yea, tho' ruthlefs Death affail thee, 
 Still thy Lodging will not fail thee : 
 Still thy Soul's thine own ; and flic 
 To an Houfe remov'd fhall be, 
 An eternal Houfe above, 
 Wall'd, and roof d, and pav'd with Love. 
 There fhall thefe Mud-walls of thine 
 Gallantly repair'd out-fhine 
 Mortal Stars; — No Stars fliall be 
 In that Heav'n but fuch as Thee. 
 
 TFISHES,
 
 POEMS. ji 
 
 IRISHES. 
 
 Now I have mind and leifurc 
 To trip a chearly meafurc, 
 Dcfirc, come freely hither, 
 And tell me plainly whether 
 Thy Wifhes come not thronging, 
 And make thee big with longing. 
 
 Doft hanker after Pleafures, 
 The Belly's lazy Treafures, 
 Which there will rot before thee, 
 And with Corruption fl:ore thee. 
 Providing quicker breeding 
 For Worms and fatter fecdino; ? 
 And hovvfoe'er it plcales 
 Cheats thee into Difeafes. 
 
 Do Gold and Silver woo thee ? 
 Abundance will undo thee. 
 The Metal's fad ; be wary 
 How much thou flriv'ft to carry. 
 Enough is vafter Treafure, 
 Than Wealth that knows no meafure. 
 Which Dropfy-like may kill thee. 
 And fplit, but never fill thee. 
 
 B2 To
 
 la 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 To Honour's gaudy Splendor, 
 Could'ft thou thyfelf furrender, 
 And court the glitt'ring graces 
 Of high commanding Places ? 
 Where flatt'ring Eyes' Devotions 
 Will wait on all thy Motions, 
 And foulefl: Vices garnifli 
 With Virtues forced Varnifh ; 
 Where Envy's DifafFediions 
 Will blaft thy faireft Adions, 
 And in ten thoufand Places 
 Will undermine thy Paces, 
 Painting in thy confufion 
 A falling Star's conclufion. 
 
 Do Wedlock's Looks invite thee- 
 In chafte Sweets to delight thee ? 
 But what if thou doft marry 
 Millions of Cares, and carry 
 Thy fmgle Freedom's Treafure 
 Into a Chain for Pleafure, 
 Of which fole Death can eafe thee; 
 A Friend which fcarce will pleafe thee ? 
 
 What, does thy Study lure thee 
 
 Within it to immure thee ? 
 
 Alas vain projed, Plunder 
 
 Has broke that Plot in funder : 
 
 Cam-
 
 POEMS. I 
 
 Cambridge^ tliy genuine Mother, 
 Is forc'd to be no other 
 But Step- dame, and rcjcd tlicc, 
 Tho' once fhe did elc6t thee. 
 'Tis well, God does not fafhion 
 By Man's, his Reprobation. 
 
 Would'ft if thou coukrft come by it. 
 Thy Living hold in quiet, 
 And by its Profits, treafure 
 Up Fuel lor thy Plea fu re ? 
 Fondling, how thou miflakefl: 
 Thy Happinefs, and make ft 
 Thy Gain, thy Lofs ! Th' haft gained 
 Not to be fpcnt and pained 
 With myftick Cares : Moft miglity 
 Pleroes who knew the weighty 
 Burthen of Souls, have fifter 
 Fled from the Name of Paftor, 
 Than unfledgd Brats now haftcn 
 Upon this cliarge to iaftcn. 
 
 m 
 
 St,
 
 14 POEMS. 
 
 S. JO HA N, ad Port. Latin, 
 
 I. 
 
 FOOLISH Tyrant ! fpare thy Coft, 
 All thine Oil and Labour's loft. 
 This is a Seraph all on fire ; 
 Oil will but feed his Flames up higher. 
 If thou would'ft kill him, let him live : 
 Death his beft Life to him will give. 
 
 11. 
 
 Foolifh Tyrant, 
 Who thus anoint'ft thine Enemy 
 Too ftrong before for Hell and Thee, 
 And doft for ftreams of Torments, fhed 
 Soft Oil of Gladnefs on his Head. 
 
 SS, IN NO CENTS Day, 
 
 I. 
 
 GO, Rofeal Buds of Martyrdom, 
 In Paradife go take your room ; 
 Where you may flourish, and not fear 
 That Herod\ Sword can crop you there. 
 
 Your
 
 POEMS. 15 
 
 ir. 
 
 Vour little Lord that 'Icapes to-day 
 
 All yours in richer Blood will pay : 
 
 Firft let him grow, and fill his Veins 
 
 Whofe Blood muft wafh the whole World's Stains. 
 
 F 
 
 NElV^TEAR's Day, 
 I. 
 
 ^Eign'd J arms ^ now forget thy Name, 
 And both thy Faces hide for fhame. 
 The nobler Face of Heaven and Earth 
 Are join'd in this Great Infant's Birth, 
 Who in his double Nature now is come 
 To ope the Year at Bethlehem^ not at RQ7ne. 
 
 II. 
 Sweet Earneft of an happy Year, 
 Which on thy Front all Heav'n doft wear. 
 Shine out Fair Day, that we may fee 
 That fairer Sun whicli fmiles in Thee. 
 Shine out, that Heaven and Earth may have the Grace 
 To read the Name tliat's printed on tliy Face, 
 
 EPL
 
 r6 
 
 POEM S. 
 
 EPIPHANT OBLATION. 
 
 I. 
 
 OUR Gold, rich King of Poverty, 
 Our Incenfe, Infant Deity, 
 Our Myrrh for thy Humanity, 
 And our poor feh^es we bring to Thee. 
 In us our Rajl is hither come, 
 To meet thine Eyes its fairer Home. 
 
 II. 
 
 O let this Gold wait on thy Crown : 
 
 This Incenfe let thine Altar own ; 
 
 And this Myrrh on thy Tomb be thrown; 
 
 And our Eaft be thine Eyes fweet Dawn. 
 So fhall our other Eafi and we 
 Adore no Sun, but only Thee. 
 
 ASCENSION. 
 
 I. 
 
 LIFT up your Heads, great Gates, and ling, 
 Now Glory comes, and Glory's King ; 
 Now by your high all-golden way 
 The fairer Heav'n comes home to-day. 
 
 Hark!
 
 P O E M S. 
 II. 
 
 Hark f now the Gates arc ope, and hear 
 The Tune of each triumphant Sphere, 
 Wiiere ev'ry Angel as he fings 
 Keeps Time with his applauding Wings, 
 And makes Heav'n's loftieft Roof rebound 
 The Echos of the noble Sound. 
 
 I/ 
 
 iTHir-suNDjr. 
 
 I. 
 
 FOUNTAIN of Sweets! Eternal Dove I 
 Which Icav'ft thy glorious Perch above, 
 And hov'ring down, vouchfafeft thus 
 To make thy Nefl below with Us. 
 
 II. 
 Soft as thy fofteft Feathers, may 
 We find thy Love to us to-day ; 
 And in the Shelter of thy Wing 
 Obtain thy Leave and Grace to Sing. 
 
 On
 
 i8 POEMS. 
 
 On the fame. 
 
 I. 
 
 THY Heav'nly Kingdom here below 
 Now like itfelf, dear Lord, doth fliew. 
 And needs no Metaphor to tell 
 How lofty things beneath can dwell ; 
 Now thy Celeftial Flames are hither fent 
 To light the Stars of Earth's new Firmament. 
 
 II. 
 
 How bright they fhine ! Brave Stars-, whofe Light 
 Spreads Day upon the face of Night ! 
 And gilds the farthefl: Shades, which \yQ 
 Hid from the upper Heaven's great Eye. 
 Coafts to the glaring Sun unknown fhall fay. 
 Welcome fweet Beams of bright Religious Day, 
 
 III. 
 Thefe Heav'ns thy Glory fhall declare, 
 
 And with thy Praifes fill the Air. 
 
 The Tongues of this great Day fhall fend 
 
 Thy Name unto the World's vaft End. 
 
 Where-e'er it lifts this Spirit fhall blow, and find 
 
 Its Chariot on the Wings of ev'ry Wind. 
 
 On
 
 POEMS. 19 
 
 On the fame, 
 
 TUNE wc our Heart-firings high, 
 And to the Heav'niv Dove, 
 As we are able, fly 
 On vocal Wings of Love: 
 To Him our TJianks and Praifes pay 
 In all the Tongues he gave To-Day. 
 
 IVhitcnefsy or Chajlity, 
 
 TELL me, where doth Whitenefs grow ? 
 Not on Beds of Scythian Snow ; 
 Nor on Alabaftcr Hills ; 
 Nor in Canaan s milky Rills ; 
 Nor the dainty living Land 
 Of a young Queen's Breaft or Hand ; 
 Nor on Cygnets lovely Necks; 
 Nor in Lap of Virgin Wax ; 
 Nor upon the foft and fleck 
 Pillows of the Lilly's Check ; 
 Nor the precious fmiHng Heirs 
 Of the Morning's pearly Tears ; 
 
 c 2 Xor
 
 20 POEMS. 
 
 Nor the Silver-fLaming Grace 
 Of the Moon's unclouded Face: 
 
 No J all thefe Candours 
 Are but the handfome Slanders 
 Cafl on the Name of genuine Whitenefs, which 
 Doth Thee alone, fair Chaftity, enrich. 
 
 A Morning Hymn. 
 
 What's this Mom's bright Eye to Me, 
 If I fee not thine and Thee, 
 Fairer J ESUi in whofe Face 
 All my Heaven is fpread ! Alas,. 
 Still I grovel in dead Night, 
 Whilft I want thy living Light; 
 Dreaming with wide open Eyes 
 Fond fantaftick Vanities. 
 
 Shine, my only Day-Star, fhine : 
 So mine Eyes fhall wake by thine ;. 
 So the Dreams I grope in now 
 To clear Vilions all fhall grow ; 
 So my Day fhall meafur'd be 
 By thy Grace's Clarity j 
 
 So
 
 POEM S. 21 
 
 So fhall I difcern the Path 
 Thy fwcct Law prcfcribcd hath j 
 For thy ways cannot be fhown 
 By any Light but by thine own. 
 
 An Evening Hymn, 
 
 NEVER yet could carelefs Sleep 
 On Love's watchful Eyelid creep ; 
 Never yet could gloomy Night 
 Damp his Eye's immortal Light : 
 Love is his own Day, and fees 
 Whatfoe'er himfelf doth plcafe: 
 Love his piercing Look can dart 
 Thro' the Shades of my dark Heart, 
 And read plainer far than I 
 All the Spots which there do lye. 
 
 Pardon then what thou doft fee, 
 Mighty Love, in wretched Me : 
 Let the fwcet Wrath of thy Ray 
 Chide my finful Night to Day ; 
 To the bleffcd Day of Grace 
 Whofe dear Eaji fmiles in thy Face. 
 So no Powers of Darkncfs fhall 
 In this Night my Soul appall; 
 
 So
 
 POEMS. 
 
 So fhall I the founder fleep, 
 'Caufe my Heart awake I keep, 
 Meekly waiting upon Thee, 
 Whilft Thou deign'ft to watch for Me. 
 
 A FRIEND. 
 I. 
 
 DEAR Name, and dearer thing! to Thee 
 How dull and coarfe all Jewels be ! 
 Tho' I to them can Love maintain, 
 Yet they cannot love me again ; 
 Cold Stones are fparkling gay, 
 But Thou of Fire of Life doft make thy Ray. 
 
 IL 
 
 O could our greedy World but read 
 The Value of a Friend indeed ; 
 No Indies fhould be raked more. 
 No Deens unbowell'd of their Store : 
 All Voyages fhould be 
 Made to no other Port but Amity ; 
 
 III. 
 
 The only Port where we can find 
 
 Safe Harbour from the furious Wind 
 
 Of
 
 POEMS. 23 
 
 of treacherous Fortune; fhe who ranges 
 About the World with Storms of Changes, 
 And with her fudden Shocks 
 DaHies Profperity upon Sorrow's Rocks. 
 
 IV. 
 Why doft thou go much way about 
 Vain Man ! to find fome Treafure out ? 
 'Tis not at City, nor at Court, 
 At neighbour or at foreign Port, 
 Where thou can'ft furely find 
 Thy Hopes, tho' firm and flrong, crown'd to thy mind. 
 
 V. 
 
 O take the neareft Way : go trade 
 To gain a Friend, and thou haft made 
 A better Market far than they 
 Who make Returns of gHttcring Clay, 
 Which ever was and muft 
 Be fubjeft unto Envy, Thieves, and Ruft. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Haft thou a Friend ! O hold him faft 
 As thine own Soul ; and know thou haft 
 A Prize, which as moft Kings defire. 
 Few are fo bleft as to acquire. 
 Grcatnefs may Flatterers gain, 
 But Friends fcorn to be drawn by fuch a Chain. 
 
 Haft
 
 24 POEMS. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Hafl: thou a Friend ! what'ere thou haft, 
 Thou haft compleatly double : caft 
 Up thy Account no more for One, 
 Thy fcant Identity is gone : 
 Thou art thy Friend, and He 
 By mutual Faith tranfanimates with Thee. 
 
 VIII. 
 That Life He leads in Thee, to Him 
 More precious than his own doth feem ; 
 His own he freely will refign, 
 So he may ftill be fure of Thine ; 
 Death only makes him live, 
 When he, by dying, Life to Thee doth give. 
 
 IX. 
 Joys lofe to Him their Name and Tafte 
 But when with Him thy Share Thou haft ; 
 Whenever thou receiv'ft a Wound, 
 He feels as deep the Strokes rebound. 
 And claimeth as his right 
 The Moiety of thy difafterous plight. 
 
 X. 
 Tho' all the World upon Thee frown, 
 He counts Thee ftill no lefs his own : 
 
 'Tis
 
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 'Tis not thy Fortune, tho' as Iiigh 
 As is a Crown's brave Majcfly j 
 But 'tis thyfclf alone 
 W'liich knits Him to Thcc in Love's Union. 
 
 XL 
 Of Virtue's genuine Faithfulnefs 
 True Love's pure Cement temper'd is ; 
 A Cement that difdains to feel 
 Time's Teeth, which triumph o\er Steel, 
 Or fufter any Harm 
 From angry Fortune's moft outrageous Storm. 
 
 XII. 
 Parental Kindnefs cold may grow, 
 And filial Duty ceafe to glow ; 
 Ev'n matrimonial Fervour may 
 Be chill and faint and dye away : 
 But Friendfhip's res'lutc Heat 
 In Loyalty's eternal Pulfe doth beat, 
 
 XIII. 
 Tell all things elfe by thy flight Eye, 
 
 Thou fcorn'fl: their glofing Treachery j 
 
 But, next to thy De\otions, fpcnd 
 
 Thy holicfl: Powers upon tliy Friend. 
 
 None but thy God, and He 
 
 Infeparably Hnkcd are to Thee. 
 
 D FRIENDS.
 
 a6 POEMS. 
 
 FRIENDS. 
 
 I. 
 
 THY Friends! nay, fpare the Plural there j 
 Such things as Friends are Singular : 
 Thou of thy Phoenixes as well 
 
 May'ft tell 
 Thy tale, and be believ'd as foon, 
 That thou haft many of what fcarce is one. 
 
 II. 
 
 Shines thy Sun fair ? that glaring Light 
 To fhew a Friend is too too bright : 
 The Day with gloomy Shades opprefs'd 
 
 Will beft 
 Difcover him, whofe Worth by none 
 But its own gen'rous Rays is feen alone. 
 
 III. 
 Alas ! thy fawning Courtiers be 
 Friends of thy Fortune, not of Thee : 
 Let Her but frown, and they will do 
 
 So too. 
 Be wary then, and juft as far 
 Rely on them, as thou can*ft truft to Her. 
 
 But
 
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 IV. 
 But haft thou met a faithful Heart ? 
 In fplte of Fortune bleft thou art. 
 Write others down Acquaintance, yet 
 
 Admit 
 Sole Him into thy Friends' dear Roll ; 
 Them in thine Arms embrace, Him in. thy Soul. 
 
 H O NO UR. 
 I. 
 
 AMBITIOUS Sir, take heed, 
 For thou on Glafs doft tread : 
 No Glafs more beautiful and clear 
 Than all the Paths of Honour are ; 
 No Glafs more fiippery can be, 
 Or brittle, than deceitful She. 
 
 II. 
 
 •Ambitious Sir, take heed! 
 
 Thou trufteft to a Reed : 
 No Reeds more tofs'd, and fcorned by 
 All Winds, than Honour's Bravery; 
 No Reed will wound more deeply thee 
 Who Ican'fl: on it, than treacherous She. 
 
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 2.8 POEMS. 
 
 III. 
 
 Ambitious Sir, take heed ! 
 
 Thou rid'ft a dang'rous Steed: 
 No Steed his Crcft doth more advance, 
 Or proudlier than Honour prance ; 
 No Steed did e'er fo fatally 
 Stumble, as moft uncertain She. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Ambitious Sir, take heed I 
 
 Thou doft on Poifon feed : 
 No Poifon in a goodlier Cup 
 Than that of Flonour ferved up ; 
 No Poifon e'er made Drinker be 
 More fvvollen than doth baneful She. 
 
 L O FE's Eye, 
 I. 
 
 BOLD Proverb ! do not thus blafpheme : 
 What, is Love blind ? why, G O D is Love,. 
 And can'ft thou Blindnefs charge on Him 
 
 Who is all Eye ? Do but remove 
 Falfc Prejudice, and thou fhalt find 
 'Tis Paffion, and not Love is blind. 
 
 Love's
 
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 Love's of fo quick a fight, tliat He 
 
 Aforchand witli his Objcd is, 
 And into dark Futurity 
 
 M^itli prcefciential Rays doth prefs. 
 How flrangc were Heav'n's fam'd Blifs, which lies 
 In Vilion, had Hcav'n's King no Eyes } 
 
 III. 
 Haft thou not heard how He fct ope 
 
 Thoie Eyelids into broad day iight, 
 Whicli Nature's Seal had dammed up 
 With a deep-lay 'd annealed Night ? 
 And how can He in Bhndnefs live 
 Who, fpite of Nature, Eyes can give ? 
 
 IV. 
 And wonder not tliat by a Clay, 
 
 (The likelieft thing to clofc them up] 
 He them unlocked ; this was the way 
 His own Divinity to ope : 
 A way which none but He could take, 
 Who Man at firft of Clay did make. 
 
 V. 
 But if by Love thy meaning were 
 
 Vain Cupidj I confent with thee ; 
 Blindncfs herfclf would never dare 
 
 To count herfclf more blind tiian He : 
 
 And
 
 30 POEMS. 
 
 And juftly He doth want his Sight, 
 Who joys in none but Deeds of Night. 
 
 The Oath, 
 I. 
 
 YES, As I live, I'll do't.— Nay ftay 
 My Friend, if that be all, I may 
 Not reft on this Security ; 
 Your fwearing by 
 Your htfe-^ doth but my Faith deter, 
 For you but by a Vapour fwear. 
 
 II. 
 Your Life ! what Leafe makes Life your own ? 
 May not your flitting Breath be blown 
 Away by every moment's Blaft ? 
 Future, and paji. 
 Quite out of thy pofieflion are, 
 And prefent\ gone as foon as here. 
 
 III. 
 What mean'ft thou then by As I Live P 
 Death can thy Confidence deceive, 
 And make thee dye a perjur'd Man 
 Precifely when 
 Thou'rt fwearing by thy Life : Take heed, 
 That Oath thy Effence doth exceed : 
 
 An
 
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 IV. 
 
 An Oath, wliich only doth become 
 The mighty Mouth of G O D, from whom 
 Life Icarn'd to live. — Ah, mortal Wight, 
 I fooner might 
 Yield on thy Credit to rely, 
 If thou but fweareft, As I Dye ! 
 
 77je Tf^orld: 
 
 I. 
 
 NAY, now I'm fure my Judgment's found. 
 Since ripe Experience is its ground. 
 Why, I myfelf have felt and feen 
 
 Thy tedious Vanity, 
 Fond fhamelefs World, and can'ft thou ween 
 I will for Thee ev'n Common Senfe deny ? 
 
 IL 
 
 Thou wear'ffc a beauteous Skin, I grant ; 
 And do the deadly Serpents want 
 Thofe dangerous Hypocrifics ? 
 
 Or is the Poifon's Soul 
 Lefs its curs'd felf, becaufe it lies 
 In the brave Ambufli of a Golden Bowl ? 
 
 Whe«
 
 32 POEMS. 
 
 III. 
 
 when Jfrael\ and Wifdom's King 
 Did ftoutly to the toiichftone bring 
 Thy faireft Pieces, did not they 
 
 Prove bafe and Counterfeits ? 
 Whofe Stamp tho' neat, and Colour gay, 
 Their purcfl: Ore was but refined Cheats. 
 
 IV. 
 And, Oh that I had been content 
 To reft on his Experiment ! 
 
 But fince I at the Coft "have been 
 
 By Thee deceiv'd to be, 
 'Tis not another World could win 
 My Heart to dote or truft on empty Thee. 
 
 V. 
 Go, fawn on tliofe, whole frothy Mind 
 Can Solace in a Bubble find. 
 And Jimo in a Cloud embrace ; 
 Who by the lying Paint 
 Which fmiles upon their Idol's Face, 
 Doubt not to count the Beauties of their Saint. 
 
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 ^hc yourucy, 
 
 MY Parents dear to fee to-day 
 My Duty fummons me away; 
 Yet muft my Heart firft wait on Thee, 
 Great Father, both of them and me. 
 So guide my Journey, that I may 
 Remember ftill Thou art my Way. 
 Thou art my Way, and if of Thee I mifs, 
 My plained Path will prove a Precipice. 
 
 IFinter-Spring^ May 1 8. 
 I. 
 
 OHow the World's amazement now doth flare 
 Upon this Contradi(5lion of the Year! 
 Whilft frowning January % Froft 
 Doth fmiling Maids Beauties blafl: ; 
 Whilft Winter his chart Bounds forgets, 
 And on the Virgin Spring a Rape commits. 
 
 II. 
 Poor ravifli'd Spring ! how cv'ry Leaf confefTc- 
 The Violence done to her goodly Trcflcs I 
 Her woeful Head how fadly fhe 
 Hangs down in cv'ry Flow'r ! No Tree, 
 
 E No
 
 34 POEMS. 
 
 No Field, no Garden, where fhe went, 
 But doth her piteous Injury lament. 
 
 III. 
 
 Mark well, my Heart, too plainly painted here 
 The Emblem of thyfelf in this fad Year : 
 
 The Rays of Righteoufnefs's Sun 
 
 By gracious Nearnefs had begun 
 
 With Vernal Beauties thee to grace, 
 And Heav'n's fweet Dew had wafh'd and chear'd thy Face: 
 
 IV. 
 But blafted now by Indevotion's Cold, 
 Thy youthful Spring turns withered and old ; 
 
 The Beds where thy fair Flowr's did grow 
 
 Alas ! are but their Death-beds now : 
 
 Nipp'd in their Bud thy Firft-Fruits are, 
 And thou can'fl: only fay. Such Sweets grew here ! 
 
 V. 
 And has fome fudden Anger fnatch'd away 
 Thy courteous Sun ? O no j thyfelf didft ftray 
 
 From thine own Blifs: He, conftant He 
 
 Defires not retrograde to be : 
 
 It is not this, but th' other Sun 
 Who of himfcif doth back to Winter run. 
 
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 POEMS. 35 
 
 E^loquence, 
 
 I. 
 
 O fpeak or write 
 
 Things which dare meet the fearching Light, 
 Sohd Difcourfcs pois'd with fit 
 Judgment, and trimm'd with handfbme Wit j 
 Sweet Numbers, which can Plcafure's Soul diftilJ, 
 And tliro' the willing Heart their Conquefts thrill ^ 
 
 II. 
 
 Words tuned by 
 The heavenly Sphere's liigh Melody, 
 Which with Devotion's Mufick. ring, 
 And the Creator's Glory fing. 
 
 Words which with charming ravifhment furprizc, 
 
 And all the Hearers' Souls imparadife j 
 
 III. 
 Is brave, I grant: 
 And yet no certain argument 
 But he who thus doth fpeak or write 
 May be a Brat of fwarthy Night ; 
 Nor mil ft we tliink to calculate the Men 
 By the folc Horofcopc of Tongue or Pen. 
 
 E 2 The
 
 -6 POEMS. 
 
 IV. 
 The Fland which paints 
 The Glories of fin-conquering Saints, 
 And makes the Deaths of Martyrs' able 
 To breath frefli Life on a dead Table, 
 Upon a wicked Arm too often grows : 
 'Tis them, and not himfelf the Painter draws. 
 
 V. 
 That Man for me 
 Not in whofe Words, but Deeds I fee 
 Zeal's gallant Flames. I dare not found 
 Subftantial Worth upon a Sound : 
 His only is the folid Excellence 
 Of Rhetorick, whofe Life's his Eloquence. 
 
 Scripture tranflated, 
 
 I. 
 
 ^F Babes in Chrijl is this your care, 
 To let them dang'rous Weapons wear ? 
 What you efteem the fafely-handled Word, 
 Is fharper than a two-edg'd Sword : 
 Muft Children's fond Temerity 
 With two-edg'd Tools intrufled be ? 
 
 O' 
 
 Yes,
 
 POEMS. 37 
 
 II. 
 
 Yes, Sophiftcr, with this they may: 
 Altho' themfeh'es with it they flay, 
 Their Sacrifice gives Heav'n tlie beft content, 
 When they a broken Heart prefent : 
 And only by this Sword they can 
 Cut off their old condemned Man. 
 
 III. 
 The fturdy Heretick it is, 
 And not the tender Babe, whom this 
 Weapon doth arm for Mifchief : that wild Wight 
 Under Hell's Dragon loves to fight : 
 But Heaven's moft gentle Lamb of all 
 Meek harmlefs Babes is General. 
 
 IV. 
 
 And He doth by his own fweet might 
 Teach them to weild this Sword aright. 
 To God thou need'fl: not lend thy Caution thus, 
 For fear his Gift prove dangerous : 
 Thou may'ft thy Preachers, but 'tis odd 
 Methinks, for Man to filence God. 
 
 V. 
 Yet if he will in Latin teach. 
 He fliall thy Licenfc have to preach, 
 
 And 
 
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 38 POEMS. 
 
 And Sermons he ad Clerum when he pleafe 
 May freely make. But have not thefe 
 Lay fimple Souls more need, good Sir, 
 Than your learn'd Scholars, Him to hear ? 
 
 VI. 
 Come, come ; 'twas ne'er Saint Peters mind 
 The Spirit's Sword fhould be confin'd, 
 
 And under his Keys locked up : 'tis you 
 Who in your Latin Scabbard now 
 Keep it fo clofe, I more than fear 
 That Ruft, at leaft, it gathers there. 
 
 vn. 
 
 Then draw it out, for fhame, and let 
 Careful Tranflations furbifh it : 
 The oft'ner thus you draw it, you will fee 
 It brighter, and more genuine be. 
 Draw, draw ; if not for Laymen, yet 
 For your own Priefts it may be fit. 
 
 Life's
 
 POEMS. 39 
 
 Lifes Uncertainty, 
 
 WHAT airft thouj to complain of what 
 Thy Heart beHeveth not ? 
 Why cry'ft tliou out on Life's Uncertainty, 
 And yet prepareft not to dye ? 
 Either thy Mock-Repinings fpare, 
 Or elfe be true to thine own Fear. 
 
 II. 
 
 Yet let me tell thee, had ft thou wife 
 And right-difccrning Eyes, 
 Thou might'ft an advantageous Courtefy 
 In Life's Uncertainty efpy, 
 And ground to tliank thy Lord, that he 
 Let it not out by Leafe to thee. 
 
 III. 
 This was the way Love did contri\'C 
 To make thee truly live 
 Before thou dy'ft, and after thou art dead : 
 The only way thy Heart to lead 
 On in devout religious Care, 
 And holy profitable Fear. 
 
 Thy
 
 40 P O E M S. 
 
 Thy brittle Life's Inconftvincy 
 Alarms thee conftantly 
 To ftand upon thy never- fleeping guard, 
 
 And Night and Day keep watch and ward ; 
 By which ftridl DifcipHne may'ft thou 
 In thy Lord's fervice perfed grow. 
 
 V. 
 So wilt thou fuffer no fly Sin 
 Thy Hold to undermine ; 
 So fhalt thou (ift by wife Examination 
 
 The bottom of each fair Temptation : 
 For Spies Temptations are, and fent 
 To murder thee in compliment. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Wert thou for any term fecure 
 That this Life fhould endure, 
 Alas, how eas'ly would'ft thou yield to fet 
 Up all thy Reft and Joys in it I 
 And never ftrive that Life to gain, 
 Which (hall for evermore remain. 
 
 VII. 
 But now be brave, and throw difdain 
 On what thou find'ft fo vain. 
 
 Is
 
 POEMS. 41 
 
 Is not thy Soul eternal ? and can flie 
 On this fhort Vapour doating be ? 
 A Vapour, which each minute may 
 Break, tofs, and mock, and puff away I 
 
 S. PETER'S Cock, 
 I. 
 
 WITH what indiff 'rence read I how 
 The Cock did by his fignal Crow 
 Alarm Saint Peters Heart ! 
 No Echo in my Breaft I felt, 
 Into the thought of my own Guilt 
 To make my Confcicnce ftart. 
 
 II. 
 
 But ah ! fweet Lord of Lenity, 
 
 Have not ungrateful faithlcfs I 
 
 Deny'd Thee more than thrice ? 
 And has the Cock not warned me 
 To think of both myfelf and Thee 
 
 By crowing more than twice. 
 
 III. 
 
 Should all my Life be brought to trial, 
 It would appear but a Denial 
 
 F Of
 
 42 POEMS. 
 
 Of what I owe to Thee : 
 Yet no fuch terrible Temptation 
 As Peters was, e'er made invafion 
 
 Upon my Loyalty. 
 
 IV. 
 Alas ! the Cock, who by his Crow- 
 Doth terror upon Lions throw, 
 
 Hath never frighted me : 
 I bolder am than they, for I 
 Tho' but a Worm, have dared thy 
 
 Almighty Majefty. 
 
 V. 
 Sweet Jefu^ it muft be the Art 
 Of Love, which feizeth this my Heart 
 
 With penitent pious Fear : 
 Soft Strokes will fteal themfelves into 
 The Flint of that hard Soul, which no 
 
 Fierce Violence can tear. 
 
 VL 
 O turn to me thy gracious Eye, 
 And with its dear Artillery 
 
 Shoot, fhoot my Bofom thro' ; 
 My Heart, tho' deaf unto the ftroke 
 Of Sound, may learn to hear a Look, 
 
 And broken. Weeper grow. 
 
 Thy
 
 POEMS. 43 
 
 VII. 
 
 Thy blcfled Look knows how to fpcak 
 Louder than any Voice, and fhakc 
 
 The fturdieft Heart afunder : 
 For in the radiant Trcafury, 
 Great Lord, of thy Soul-conquering Eye, 
 
 Both Lightning dwells and Thunder. 
 
 T/)e Majler, S. Matth. 1 1. 29. 
 I. 
 
 WOULD thy Ambition paint thy Story 
 With Learning's never-fading Glory ? 
 Thy aim is brave and high, 
 If thou thy Mafter warily 
 Doft choofe ; for fuch a choice, to thee 
 Will half the way to Learning be. 
 
 II. 
 
 Looks thy Election now about 
 To find fome Man or other out, 
 
 Whom Wifdom's Fame doth crown ? 
 Take heed : for Error's plainly grown 
 So epidemical, that flic 
 Becomes an human Property. 
 
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 44 POEMS. 
 
 III. 
 
 Look higher then ; thine Eye advance 
 Above that Cloud of Ignorance 
 
 Which blinds this World below : 
 Hark how the heav'nly Mafter now 
 His Scholars woo's; — Come all, f^iys he, 
 Who would be learn'd, and Lear?i of Me. 
 
 IV. 
 Who would not learn of Him ? and yet 
 How few Difciples does He get 1 
 
 All Oracles are dumb 
 But His ; and yet how flow we come 
 To only Him ! how fondly we 
 Fain would, yet would not learned be ! 
 
 V. 
 
 For Knowledge flill doth tempt us all, 
 Nor fell we by our fatal Fall 
 
 From that Ambition, which 
 For the forbidden Fruit did itch : 
 But now true Knowledge on no Tree 
 Can grow, but that which once bare Thee. 
 
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 POEMS. 45 
 
 "The Lejfori. Ibid. 
 
 I. 
 
 WHAT Leflbn reads Heav'n's Mafler now? 
 Is't not too high for Worms below ? 
 Can moft immeafurable He 
 Shroud in our fcant capacity ? 
 Does not the very plaineft Alphabet 
 Of Heav'nly Wifdom pofc our quickeft Wit ? 
 
 II. 
 
 Know then, that tho' He Sovereign be 
 
 In Wifdom's glorious Monarchy ; 
 
 He's fo in Mercy's too, and can 
 
 Stoop to the lowefl: Form of Man. 
 He who himfelf unto the Crofs did bow, 
 Will not difdain to teach true Wifdom now. 
 
 III. 
 
 Witnefs his eafy Leflbn, which 
 
 Tho' Heav'nly, doth no higher reach 
 
 Than Lowlinefs : and who is he 
 
 Who here can want Capacity ? 
 Defcent's Earth's' natural Motion, and how 
 Can it be hard for Sons of Clay to bow ? 
 
 Conic
 
 46 POEMS. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Come learn of Me, for meek am I 
 And lowly^ cryeth the Moft High. 
 Ne'er didft thou in Lyceu^n^ ne'er 
 In the grave Porch this Leffon hear ; 
 The lofty Academy ne'er could reach 
 So high as this moft lowly LcfTon's pitch. 
 
 V. 
 O ftudy then with all thy Art 
 This Leflbn how to get by Heart : 
 • By Heart, by Heart it muft be got, 
 And not upon thy outfide float. 
 Meeknefs is then right built, when thou canft find 
 Her Ground- work in the bottom of thy Mind. 
 
 Anger. 
 
 I. 
 
 MY Friend, run quickly to thy Glafs, 
 And read thy Cure in thine own Face. 
 Why fbould the Scorpion be 
 The readieft Remedy 
 For his own Poifon, and not thou ? 
 Apply, apply j 'twill do, I know. 
 
 See
 
 POEMS. 47 
 
 II. 
 
 See what black Clouds thy Brow deform 
 With grim Threats of th' approaching Storm ! 
 
 Lo ! how thy pallid Cheek 
 
 And trembling Lips do feek 
 To make thee underftand, how thou 
 Art polling to felf-torture now ! 
 
 III. 
 Look how thy working troubled Eye 
 In its own Fire doth ftrangely fry 1 
 
 What Frowns plow up the grace 
 
 Of thy difturbed Face, 
 Preventing Time, and making thee 
 In one hour old and wrinkled be I 
 
 IV. 
 On mine rely not, but receive 
 The Warning that thyfelf do'ft give : 
 
 Did'ft ever view a Sight 
 
 Fuller of ugly Fright ? 
 Be calmer then, in mercy to 
 Thy tortur'd felf, tho' not thy Foe. 
 
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 48 POEMS. 
 
 I'he Times, 
 I. 
 
 WHY flander we the Times ? 
 "V^'hat Crimes 
 Have Days and Years, that we 
 Thus charge on them Iniquity ? 
 If we would rightly fcan, 
 'Tis not the Times are bad, but Man. 
 
 II. 
 
 Conftant Obedience they 
 Do pay 
 
 To their great Maker ; and 
 Do we do fo ? Nay, never ftand 
 
 To ftudy Shifts ; 'tis plain 
 'Tis our Blot which the Times doth flain. 
 
 III. 
 If thy Delire it be 
 To fee 
 
 The Times prove good, be thou 
 But fuch thyfelf, and furely know 
 
 That all thy Days to thee 
 Shall, fpite of Mifchief, happy be. 
 
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 POEMS. 49 
 
 The Rich Scorner, S. Luke i6. 21. 
 
 I. 
 
 WHAT? fhall thy Dogs more courteous 
 Be, than thyfelf, to Lazarus P 
 Shall their Tongues court his Sores, and thine mean while 
 
 His Mifery revile ? 
 Strange Metamorphofis I which thus doth make 
 The Mafter ftrive to bark, the Dogs to fpeak. 
 
 11. 
 Take heed : the Play may foon be done : 
 For in Life's Comedy not one 
 Of all the Ads but well may be the laft. 
 
 O do but then forecaft 
 What thy high Part will prove, when thou fhalt be 
 Quite Icvel'd by the juft Cataflrophe. 
 
 III. 
 May not thine Exit follow'd be 
 With belli fh HifHngs ? May not he 
 His Plaudit find clap'd by fair Angels' Wings ? 
 
 Come, come, great Sir, thcfe things 
 Are not vain Fancy's Froth ; Life, tho' it be 
 A Play, will prove a real Hiftory. 
 
 G i/^/AY.
 
 s^ 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 Home, 
 
 H 
 
 I. 
 
 O M E's Home, altho' it reached be • 
 Thro' Wet and Dirt and Night j tho' heartily 
 I welcom'd was, yet fomething ftill, 
 Methinks, was wanting to fulfil 
 Content's odd Appetite : no cheer, 
 Say I, fo good as that which meets me here, 
 
 II. 
 
 Here, here at Home : Not that my Board 
 I find with quainter, richer Dainties ftor'd ; 
 
 No, my high Welcome all in this 
 
 Cheap fimple Word prefented is, 
 
 My Home ; a Word fo dearly fweet. 
 That all Variety in it I meet. 
 
 III. 
 
 When I'm abroad, my Joys are {o^ 
 
 And therefore they to me feem Strangers too .• 
 
 I may falute them lovingly. 
 
 But mufi: not too familiar be ; 
 
 Some ceremonious Points there are 
 Which me from Pleafure's carelefs Freedom bar. 
 
 There
 
 POEMS. 51 
 
 IV. 
 
 There muft my Mirth's Tunes taken be 
 Not by mine own, but by my Convive's Key : 
 
 My Words and Smiles muft temporize, 
 
 And I myfelf a Sacrifice 
 
 Muft on that Humour's Altar yield. 
 Which there the Company fhall pleafe to build. 
 
 V. 
 
 If there on every Difh I taft, 
 'Tis not myfelf, but fome Difeafe I feaft ; 
 
 My Friend fufpe^ls if 1 forbear, 
 
 That I negled him and his Cheer : 
 
 Nor is it eafy to prevent 
 Or mine own Mifchief, or his Difcontent. 
 
 VI. 
 
 But Home, fweet Home, releafeth mc 
 
 From anxious Joys, into the Liberty 
 
 Of unfollicitous Delight ; 
 
 Which howfoever mean and flight. 
 
 By being abfolutcly free 
 Enthrones mc in Contentment's Monarchy. 
 
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 5a POEMS. 
 
 o 
 
 Idknefs, 
 I. 
 
 Tedious Idlenefs, 
 How irkfome is 
 Thy foolifh Nothing! When all day 
 I ftruggled thro' the craggiedft way 
 Of knottieft Learning to get up 
 To the fair top 
 Of fonie clear Knowledge, I did never find 
 My Body half fo tir'd, fo damp'd my Mind, 
 
 II. 
 
 So tir'd and damp'd as now: 
 For monftrous thou 
 Thwart'ft ev'n mine Eilence, and doft choak 
 My fprightful Flame in drowfy Smoke. 
 Surely a Soul which dwells among 
 A quick and ftrong 
 Confort of Organs, ne'er was feated there 
 To lend to Sloth's dull Pipe her adive Ear, 
 
 III. >" 
 
 Were I to curfe my Foe, 
 I'd damn him to 
 No Hell but thee ; in whofe blind Grot 
 He, tho' in Health, might lie and rot, 
 
 And
 
 POEMS. 53 
 
 And prove Death's wretched Sacrifice 
 Before he dies ; 
 Whilft he himfelf doth to himfelf become 
 Both the dead Carcafe and the living Tomb. 
 
 IV. 
 May fome Work ever keep 
 My Eyes from Sleep 
 Whilft they are waking I tho' it be 
 But fome poor Song to throw at Thee, 
 Mifchievous Slotli. Alas ! I grutch 
 That I fo much 
 Of this my little Time expend, whilft I 
 All Night feal'd up in lazy Slumbers lye. 
 
 V. 
 The longeft Summer Day 
 Strait pofts away : 
 An honeftly employed Mind 
 Doth fhrivefd-up Dcccmbs?' find 
 In widc-fpread Jtme-, and thinks black Night 
 Crowds out fair Light 
 As foon when Sol thro' lofty Cancer rides. 
 As when down to the Fijhcs Depth he Aide?. 
 
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 54 
 
 POEM S. 
 
 Hope, 
 
 Y 
 
 I. 
 
 E T ftill bear up : No Bark did e'er 
 By ftooping to the Storm of Fear 
 'Scape that Tempeft's Wrath, which rent 
 Two into one Element ; 
 Whilft into one 
 Confufion 
 The groaning Air, and weeping Water run. 
 
 II. 
 Bear up ; and thofe proud Waves which dafh thee 
 Shall but only fairer wafli thee. 
 Bear up ; and thou at length fhalt find 
 All thefe Bluft'rings are but Wind. 
 Truft Hope, and be 
 Affur'd that fhe 
 Will find thee out an Haven 'midft the Sea. 
 
 III. 
 
 Sufpecfl not any ftony Shelf; 
 
 No Rock can fplit Thee, but Thyfelf. 
 Hope cafts her Anchor upward, where 
 No Storm durft ever domineer. 
 
 Her Hand kind fhe 
 
 Holds out to thee, 
 
 To bid thee welcome to Security. 
 
 O
 
 POEMS. 55 
 
 IV. 
 
 O then take her aboard, altho' 
 All other Wares thou out doft throw ; 
 Thy Bark will only lighter be 
 By Hope's chearly Company ; 
 The' ihe doth far 
 Outweigh whatever 
 To flop the Waves' wide Mouths thou threw'fl in there. 
 
 V. 
 Hope, tho' flow flie be, and late, 
 Yet outruns fwift Time and Fate ; 
 And aforehand loves to be 
 With moft remote Futurity. 
 
 Hope, tho' fhe dies, 
 Immortal is, 
 And in Fruition's Fruit doth fairer rife. 
 
 VI. 
 Hope is Comfort in Diftrcfs ; 
 Hope is in Misfortune Blifs : 
 Hope in Sorrow is Delight; 
 Hope is Day in darkefl Night. 
 Nor wonder at 
 This riddling Knot, 
 For Hope is ev'ry Tiling which flie is not. 
 
 Con-
 
 56 POEMS. 
 
 D 
 
 Content, Philip. 4.1 1. 
 I. 
 
 IVINE Content! 
 O could the World refent 
 How much of Blifs doth \y^ 
 
 Wrap'd up in thy 
 Delicious Name ; and at 
 How low a Rate 
 Thou might'ft be bought j no Trade would driven be 
 To purchafe any Wealth, but only Thee ! 
 
 II. 
 
 Thee, precious Thee, 
 Who can'ft make Poverty 
 As rich as th' Eaftern Shore, 
 
 Or Weftern Ore ; 
 And furnifti yob a Seat 
 
 More fair and fweet 
 Upon the Dunghill, than the glitt'ring Throne 
 Of Glory's Darling, pompous Solomon. 
 
 III. 
 And why may I 
 Not valiantly defy 
 The Face of any Storm 
 
 Mifchance can arm 
 
 Againfi:
 
 POEM S. 57 
 
 Againft my Bark ? Why may 
 I not obey 
 His Will, which, tho' a Flood of Gall it feems, 
 Will by Submiflion, turn to Honey Streams ? 
 
 IV. 
 What will it coft, 
 
 When I by Storms am tofs'd, 
 Not by repining to 
 
 Augment my Woe ? 
 Let all the Wind's worft Ire 
 Proudly confpire ; 
 Yet, if I durfl: but fay, / am content^ 
 Thofe Winds may whiftle, for their Fury's fpent. 
 
 V. 
 Content's the thing 
 Which makes the Slave a King, 
 Whilft in all Fortunes, ftill 
 
 He has his Will : 
 Nor do his Gives to him 
 More heavy feem 
 Becaufc of Brafs, than if they were of Gold ; 
 For, his own Slav'ry, he in Chains doth hold. 
 
 VI. 
 Content can laugh 
 At all Mishaps, and fcoft' 
 
 H Ev n
 
 ^8 POEMS. 
 
 Ev'n ScofEngs and Difgraces y. 
 
 Content outfaces 
 All Impudence, ev'n by 
 Meek Modefty : 
 And the Career of Oppolition breaks,. 
 Only becaufe fliq. no refiftance makes, 
 
 VII. 
 Content can be 
 Full, and good Company 
 In Solitude : Content^s 
 
 Chrijimas in Lent\ 
 In Wracks and LolTes, Gain % 
 1 Sun-fhine in Rain ; 
 
 A Crop of Sons and Daughters fpringing from.. 
 A fmgle Bed, or Barrennefs of Womb. 
 
 VIII. 
 Content, is Peace 
 Amidft War's Miferies: 
 Content is Reft, altho* 
 
 Sleep flies the Brow. 
 Content, in Plunder's Wealtii,. 
 In Sicknefs Health, 
 Fruition in Hope, Plenty in Dearth, 
 In Night Day, Life in Death, and Heav n on Earth. 
 
 O dear
 
 POEMS, 
 
 IX. 
 
 O dear Content, 
 Tliou only Firmament, 
 Where Stars can fixed fhine ; 
 
 May I in thine 
 Illuftrious Orb, above 
 
 All Motions move ! 
 So fhall my panting Heart, with refllefs Reft 
 Wherever I am whirl'd about, be bleft. 
 
 S9 
 
 A Dialogue, S. Luke 1 6. ver. 24. 
 
 DIVES. 
 
 OLet thy Pity, gracious Sire, 
 Drop down on my tormenting Fire ! 
 Tho' in profoundeft Death I fry, 
 Alas I I have not leave to dye. 
 Lo! how, with my Complaint, the Flame 
 Fortli from my fcorched Lips doth flream : 
 One Drop of Water will to me 
 An Ocean of Comfort be : 
 Send Lazarus then to me beneath, 
 To quench my Tongue and cool my Deatli. 
 
 II2 A BRA-
 
 POEM S; 
 
 ABRAHAM. >\ 25. 
 When Thou and He on Earth did dwell, 
 Thou had ft thy Heav'n, and He his Hell : 
 But changed both, you now do reign, 
 In Pleafure He, and thou in Pain. 
 
 y. 26. 
 Befides, between our Realm and yoiirs, 
 A mighty Gulph the way devours, 
 And frights all feet from vent'ring thro' 
 From you to us, and us to you. 
 
 DIVES. ^'.27,28. 
 Then kt him warn my Brethren, how 
 To 'fcape this Sink of Deaths below : 
 'Tis Lofs more than enough, that thus 
 Hell has gain'd One of Six of us. 
 
 ABRAHAM, y.29. 
 What other Preachers need they, who 
 May to the Law and Prophets go ? 
 
 DIVES. )f.3o. 
 If one from Death to Life repent, 
 'Twill make them alfo penitent : 
 A dead Tongue moves the quicklieft, and 
 No Pulpits can like Graves command. 
 
 ABRA-
 
 POEMS. 6i 
 
 ABRAHAM. /.31. 
 When Mofes and the Prophets can 
 Not roufe th' impenitent Heart of Man, 
 No Refurredion from the Dead 
 Will raife him from his finful Bed. 
 
 A Dialogue. S. John 1 1 . ver. 2 1 . 
 
 MARTHA. 
 
 DEATH had not ventur'd to draw near, 
 Hadfl Thou, Great Lord of Life, been here. 
 But in thine abfence bold he grew, 
 And us in our dear Brother flew. 
 
 JESUS, y.23 
 Thy Brother fell, when he was flain. 
 But to rebound to Life again. 
 
 MARTHA. /.24. 
 I know that he fliall raife his Head 
 Again, when Time is put to bed ; 
 When thy great Trump fhall fummon forth 
 The World, and wake up Duft from Earth. 
 
 JESUS. /.25. 
 Already Faith's clear Eye in me 
 May Life and Rcfurredion fee. 
 
 Who
 
 62 POEMS. 
 
 Who puts in me his faithful truft, 
 Shall live ev'ii in his bury'd Duft ; 
 Nor ever fhall Death's proudeft Darts 
 Feed on believing living Hearts. 
 
 Believ'ft thou this ? 
 MARTHA. /.27. 
 
 Sweet Lord, no more ; 
 My Faith doth Thee as God adore, 
 Who from thy Father's Bofom forth 
 Didft come to bring down Heav'n to Eartlic 
 
 MARY. /.32. 
 Dear Lord, who once vouchfarft to let 
 My Ointment dew tliy blefled Feet, 
 O give me leave, that I before 
 Thefe Altars now my Tears may pour: 
 That for thy Burial was ; but this 
 EiFufion for my Brother's is. 
 For he, becaufe Thou wert not here. 
 Is flown to Heav'n to feek Thee there. 
 JESUS. ^'.34, 
 
 Where is he laid ? 
 MARY. 
 
 Sweet Lord, O come. 
 See our Grief's Monument, his Tomb. 
 
 JE-SUS.
 
 POEM S. 63 
 
 JESUS. >'•. 39. 
 Remove the Stone. 
 
 MARTHA. 
 Corruption now 
 Has had four Days mature to grow : 
 Alas I what Comfort can we think 
 Such Graves' Mouths breathe, but deadly Stink?- 
 
 JESUS, y. 40. 
 Told I not thee, thy faithful Eye 
 God's glorious Power fhould defcry ? 
 Alas ! thy Faith (as thou fhalt fee) 
 More dead and rotten is than he. 
 <— Lazarus J come forth I 
 
 f. 44- 
 He comes, he comes I 
 O mighty Word, which can from Tombs 
 Fright Death and Fate ; and make him, who 
 Is ty'd and bound, have pow'r to go ! 
 
 EASTER
 
 64 POEMS. 
 
 EA S TE R Dialogue. S. Joh. 20.13. 
 
 ift ANGEL. 
 
 THOSE Fun'ral Tears why dofl: thou flied 
 On Life\ and RefurreBion\ Bed? 
 2d ANGEL. 
 Why muft thofe low'ring Clouds of Sadnefs 
 Deflow'r this Virgin Morn of Gladnefs ? 
 
 MAGDALENE. 
 What Morn of Gladnefs, now the Sua 
 of all my faireft Joys is gone; 
 He whom my Soul did hope to meet 
 Here in this Weft in which he fet ? 
 But Oh ! that more than deadly Spight, 
 Which rob'd him of his Life's fweet Light, 
 Lives here, you fee, in Death's own Cave, 
 And plunders him ev'n of his Grave. 
 Nor know I where our Foes have fet 
 His Body and my Soul with it. 
 
 JESUS. 
 Woman, to what Lofs do thine Eyes 
 Such full Drink-Off'rings facriiice ? 
 
 MAGDALENE. 
 Sweet Gardner, if thy Hand it were 
 Which did tranfplant him, tell me where 
 
 Thou
 
 POEMS. 65 
 
 Thou fet'fl: that precious Root on whom 
 Grow all my Hopes ; and I will from 
 That Soil remove him to a Bed 
 With Balm, and Myrrh, and Spices Ipread, 
 Where by mine Eyes' two Fountains he 
 For evermore fhall water'd be. 
 
 JESUS. 
 Mary. 
 
 AI A G D A L E N E. 
 O Mafter ! 
 
 ANGELS ift & 2d. 
 With what fweet 
 Fury fhe flies at his dear Feet, 
 To weep and kifs out, what ilie by 
 Her Tongue could never fignify ! 
 
 O no ! the Powers of fvveetefl: Tongues 
 
 Of String or Pipe-attended Songs, 
 
 Can raifc no pitch of Joy fo high 
 
 As Eaflers rifmg Majelly. 
 O glorious Rcfurredion which does rife 
 Above the Reach of lofticft Ecftacies !
 
 P O E M A T A 
 
 V A R I A- 
 
 A U C T O R E 
 
 JOSEPHO BEAUMONTy S.T.V.
 
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 P O E M A T A. 69 
 
 Magi ad Chrijium. 
 
 PRIMUS. 
 
 I. 
 
 Tu, fereni dcliciae Poll! 
 
 O Matre loncc Gnate vetuftior I 
 
 '£3 
 
 O arra Ccclorum, O Catena 
 Qii?e Superos Homincfqiie jungis ! 
 
 n. 
 
 In fe remigrent byfTina luminum 
 Plcnafque reddant pallia gemmulas. 
 ExcefTit hue Ganges, tuumque 
 Ipfe Oricns coliturus ortum. 
 
 III. 
 Nunc fume flavas pocula filias 
 Summi Metalli ; nunc cochlearia 
 Cefiantis hacredes mamilla?, 
 Et teneri famulos palati. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Dum colla fperant hs tua bradeae 
 Ludunt refradis lumina faltibus. 
 
 Sume has catenas, fume arnicas, 
 Non aliter tibi vincla vellem. 
 
 SECUNDUS.
 
 70 P O E M A T A. 
 
 SECUNDUS. 
 
 I. 
 
 Caeli propago ; figiiiferi faber ; 
 
 Lux prima Phcebi; maxime parvule; 
 Qui folus Atlas, quique folus 
 Omnipotens, tenerumque Numen, 
 
 II. 
 
 Permitte, (noftro pedore flat focus) 
 Permitte parvam thuris adoream ; 
 Fumumque per nares vagari, 
 Et tenebras limulare fuaves. 
 T E R T I U S. 
 I. 
 O Horte nuper confite, femina 
 Cujus dederunt fydera ; fydera 
 Jam vidla demiflb decore, , 
 Jam ftabuli radiis minora. 
 
 n. 
 
 Frontis venuftis jungito liliis 
 Myrrham; genarum confere florido 
 Myrrham rofeta Veftris odore 
 Myrrha cupit redolere vultus. 
 
 In
 
 p 
 
 P O E M A T A, 71 
 
 /// Chrijli PaJJioncw^ Thre^iodia, 
 
 SUSPIRIUM I. Mat. 27. 2. 
 
 'hOLTCd Tto YiyifJLOVl. 
 I. 
 
 |ORTARE parvum eft pondcra criniinum, 
 Ni detur ultra, crimine cum novo 
 Pondus catena ? has plus perite 
 Vota manus fociare norunt. 
 
 II. 
 
 Sic ofculantcT cur digitos procus 
 Ferratus ambit ? pulchrior annulus 
 
 Debetur illis, et refufo 
 
 Gemma fuo radiaret auro. 
 
 III. 
 En O ! fatelles ruminat horrido 
 In dente bilem, marmora complicans 
 Callofa vultus, ut minaci 
 Latius expatientur ira. 
 
 IV. 
 Caetus protervis a^thera fuftibus 
 Stuprant querentcm ; lufitat enfium 
 Fatale fulgur, dum catervae 
 Fulmina vocifcrantis, iftis 
 
 Coiidigna
 
 ^x P O E M A T A. 
 
 V. 
 
 Condigna faflis praemia perfonant, 
 Quailbqiie nairant flagitium polo. 
 
 Fxcc ! ecce porredli furoris 
 
 Dextra facrum violenta corpus 
 
 VI. 
 
 Contemptuofo promovet impetu, 
 Donec fatetur proxima Curias 
 
 Horrenda majeftas tribunal 
 
 Quo timide fedet aura judex. 
 VII. 
 Sic terrefad^ vulnera carbafo 
 Sufflatus Eurus denfat, et afierum 
 
 Faedus procellofo refolvit 
 
 Diffidio, minuitque mali 
 VIII. 
 Illa innocentem forte Superbiam. 
 Hujus furores difcipulus ftudet 
 
 Primo, Euroaufter murmuranter 
 
 Mox tumidis recitare buccis. 
 
 IX. 
 Accitus ifto cominus irruit 
 Fragore Caurus, nec minus impetu 
 Dives tremendo, vel ruina 
 
 Mitior ambitione fertur. 
 
 Inccrta
 
 P O E M A T A, 73 
 
 X. 
 
 Inccrta fati, certaque vcllitur 
 Hinc inde Navis ; fa^laquc frivolc 
 
 Vicina Caelo, proniorc 
 
 Prora petit Phlegetonta roftro. 
 
 XI. 
 
 lUamque tandem fpumea naufragi 
 Index doloris fufcipit, aurium 
 
 Indodla femper, vifcerumquc 
 
 Scylla, neccm minitante faxo. 
 
 SUSPIRIUM II. >\ii. 
 
 2 'J Xiycic. 
 
 I. 
 
 lie ftare ccrto eft corruere impetu : 
 Scandas tribunal, juftior arbiter, 
 Arramque fupremi protervos 
 Judicii doccas, J E S U. 
 
 II. 
 
 Hcu ! ncfcicnti crimlna (ni pati) 
 
 Obje6lat atro guttiire Concio, 
 
 Mcndax fed et verax arufpcx 
 Horribilis fubitique fati. 
 
 K Calliirat 
 
 S'
 
 P O E M A T A. 
 
 III. 
 
 Caftigat intus langiiidulc pio 
 
 Sefc Pilatus judicio, manu 
 
 Deludit ignarum flucntum 
 Sanguine protinus imbucnda. 
 
 IV. 
 
 O en I potentcs omnigcni mail, 
 Latronis ultra difcupiunt feci us. 
 
 En ftragis audacem Barabbani 
 Turba petit litibunda casdis, 
 
 V. 
 Illumque tandem non ducis indiga 
 Exemplar ux fanguineae capit, 
 
 Vincitque tarn do6lo furore, ut 
 Vivere jam mereat Barabbas. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Chrifti apparatum, nubila ut impudcns 
 De Sole ventus, difllpat impetu 
 
 Vulgus rapaci 3 puritatis 
 
 Sola fux toga copiofa 
 
 VII. 
 
 Manfit fidcli tegmine Numini, 
 Dum furda multo vcrbera militc 
 
 Nimbum coardlant pcrtinacem 
 In lacerum, tacitumquc corpus. 
 
 Heus
 
 P O E i\I A T A. 75 
 
 VIII. 
 Hcus O ; flagcllum jam fiui crimiiu 
 Et veftm lugct plandibus afpcris. 
 
 Fraiidatis ipfi vos futiiri 
 
 Pr:rpropera tcritatc liisus, 
 
 IX. 
 Qucm lalla cudat gloria purpur.u. 
 Heu ! vanus oro. Non patiens fuo: 
 
 Ripag tiimcTcit provocatus 
 
 In laticcs cruor ainpliorcs, 
 
 X. 
 
 Ut liberato corporis Iiortulos 
 
 Torrente mcrgat ; lympliula lymphulani 
 
 Suadcns vagari, dat dolori 
 
 Millc oculos, lachrymafquc millc. 
 
 S U S P I R I U M III. 
 
 V 
 
 I. 
 
 A H piirpiirantis dcdccoris dccus I 
 
 Ingloriofo tollitc gloriai 
 Fraudes fii{M:rbas, ncc modcflc 
 Improbus infidioHi rubro 
 
 K 2 
 
 Coinmcnta
 
 76 P O E M A T A. 
 
 ir. 
 
 Commenta pannus tegmine contegat. 
 
 Quid tu lacertis, heu ! male fortibus 
 Cogis corollam, quid fodales 
 Iinplicitas vegetantis ir^ 
 
 III. 
 
 Unire diro conjugio ftudes, 
 Certans tyrannos cudere fpineos? 
 Averte crudeles honores, 
 Non opus eft cumulare fpinas 
 
 IV. 
 Huic quern dolorum pedore turbido 
 Spineta vexant. Fertilium nemus 
 
 Non fie capillorum vigeret. 
 
 Atque polo caput implicandum 
 V. 
 Guttantis odit tegmina coccini j 
 Et criniofi fraude voluminis 
 
 Undare mallet, tutiufque 
 
 Aereis fluitare viris. 
 VI. 
 Cur fceptra dextrae tradere mimica 
 Teftes caduci fie juvat imperi ? 
 
 Heu! ipfe ftridentis procellae 
 
 Stat Dominus patiens arundo. 
 
 En!
 
 P O E M A T A. 77 
 
 VII. 
 
 En! mentienti poplitc milituni- 
 Curvatur aftus, folJicitus dare 
 
 Submifliones arrogantes, 
 
 Atque humiles fimulare faftus. 
 
 VIII. 
 Salve tremendum filia criminis 
 Ifcariotae fubdola perftrepit. 
 
 Magnifque veftitum rotatur 
 
 Nominibus titulare virus. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Mox ora fputum triftia faetidum 
 Non hanc mcrentis Canitiem tegit: 
 
 Sputum falivae fufcitantis 
 
 Immemor c tenebris ocellos. 
 
 X. 
 Nunc pervicacem degener induit 
 Sceptrum bacillum, verberibus genas 
 
 Chrifti frequentantem filentes 
 
 Plurima dum parit om vultus 
 
 XI. 
 
 Et vulnerantur vulnera. Malleo 
 
 Vidoriofo fie domat artifex 
 
 Non obftinatam fubjugari 
 Egregii faciem metalli. 
 
 En
 
 ^8 P O E M A T A. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Ell pompa tandem progreditur ; fua 
 Vivo feretro non modo funera 
 
 Portat, fed et Chriftus dolendo 
 Officio parilem meretur 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Ligni laborem. Currito, Mufula, 
 (Gutt^ fequaci prodere tramitem 
 
 Norunt cruente) fed memento 
 Cum tragico fimul ire ple£lro. 
 
 SUSPIRIUM IV. /-.33. 
 
 ''Eh^ovlig Hg tottov MyofjS^iJov roA/o0ct iScdzav dvl^ tSTi^v o^(^ 
 
 /mJ XoT^g fJLifJuffjimv, 
 
 I. 
 
 N O, lilentis municipes Stygis I 
 
 Ut Terra veftram Tifiphonen novi 
 
 Excufat invento furoris 
 
 Difficilem fuperantis Orcum ? 
 IL 
 Affixus hasret certior ut ruat, 
 Tardoque leto crebrior occidat. 
 
 Plantas inexpertas cruoris, 
 
 Atque manus cruor ofculatur. 
 
 E 
 
 En!
 
 P O E M A T A. 79 
 
 III. 
 
 En ! en, aceti confcia fpongia 
 Fellifquc fratris ftulta fupcrfluos 
 
 Propinat angorcs labcliis 
 
 Felle alio nimium lavatis. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Tandem Intricati flumina fanguinis 
 Scrutatur enfis cufpide fplcndida, 
 
 Heu ! quam potenter curiofus 
 
 In latcris penetrare cellas ! 
 V. 
 Phaebus pudicis fe tenebris tegit, 
 Atque immerenti lumina feculo 
 
 Infenfus aufert, et relidla 
 
 Attonito fmit aftra mundo. 
 VI. 
 Nodurnus omni climate flat dies ; 
 Sub Sole fummo ferpere maximas 
 
 Miratur umbras, inquieta 
 
 Terra die latitante falli. 
 VII. 
 Expergefado marmora puh'eri 
 Jam pienitentcs difcutiunt fores ; 
 
 Vermifque reddit mutuatas 
 
 Fa^nore cum \ cgcto placentas. 
 
 Pofll 
 
 imi-
 
 8o P O E M A T A. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Poftliminares non trepide choros 
 
 Jam corda tentant ; et cineres fua 
 Jam fponte in asvi audaciora 
 Bis validi cicurantur ofla. 
 IX. 
 
 Sanguis relidi jam laticis memor 
 
 Audet reverti. Durities foil 
 
 In carneam byflum labafcit, 
 Inque viros reiipifcit ultro 
 
 X. 
 
 Commota telius. Decrepitus fibi 
 Velum fenedlam proditor advocat, 
 Rumpique contentus, fatetur 
 Commoriens retegenda fanfti 
 
 XI. 
 
 _ Secreta Templi (forfan et obviam 
 Tedti ruinam) dum facilis Dei 
 
 Fledi, ofcitantem in viftimarum 
 Fatum aliud manifeftat aram. 
 
 Ad
 
 P O E IVl A T A. Si 
 
 Ad Chrifli Sepulchrum. 
 
 FI N G E Tu, faltem lachrymante vultu 
 Praeficas Marmor, (cadit lUe dignus 
 Saxa quern plangant) liquidis cadaver 
 
 Imbue gemmis. 
 
 II. 
 
 O lapis, tandem pretiofc, ledum 
 Difce mentiri ; triduana mortis 
 Bruma pulvinar roget et profundi 
 
 Gaudia fomni. 
 
 III. 
 Tertio en ! tandem juga ditat auro 
 Sol, et detexit tacito fepulchro, 
 Saxeo longum manet haud I E S U S 
 
 Incola fulco. 
 
 IV. 
 Surge tu, Saxum, domitantis audi 
 Mallei jufiiim, pete chafma Templi, 
 Sic novis notum poteris lacertis 
 
 Cingerc Chriftum. 
 
 M
 
 82 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Ad venerabilem SS, Kucharifta inftitutionem 
 Plaufus Hymnkus, 
 
 A 
 
 I. 
 
 BITE, vilis quos reprimit Tepor, 
 Senfuque Caelum judice penfitat. 
 
 Abite, quos vanus benignum 
 Fervor agit cohibere Numen. 
 
 II. 
 
 Jam faeta magno femine Charitas 
 Immenfa geftit promere gaudia, 
 Alajorque feftinat renafci 
 Degeneri Paradifus Orbi. 
 
 III. 
 Refolvit omnem fortis Amor Deum, 
 Totumque miras dividit in dapes : 
 Docetque Sacratis liquentem 
 In pateris fluitare J E S U M. 
 
 IV. 
 Non Angelorum nobilior cibus 
 Menfas coronat ; non generofius 
 Ridet Nepenthes, crediturque 
 Cherubicas animare Caenas. 
 
 Venite
 
 P O E M A T A. 83 
 
 V. 
 Venitc Myfta,* , fiqua monet (itis 
 /Etcrnitatis : jam liquidam licet 
 Haurire Vitam, jam Supremae 
 Mente pia accubuifle Menfx. 
 VI. 
 Non invidemus Caelitibus fuum 
 Numen revcrti : fufficis integer 
 Utrique Mundo, Teque Terra 
 Servat adhuc tua, Magne J E S U. 
 
 Ad fuam Ammam. 
 I. 
 
 REGINA vitas maxima, parvula, 
 Quae fola fenfus et regis et fugis, 
 Conftare quam delcdat ofle, 
 Et liquidis trepidarc vcnisi 
 
 II. 
 
 Ne te catenis Plutus in aureis 
 
 Ducat. Metallo non animam cupit 
 Natura j fic nee fulva terra, 
 CrcditO; par queat efle rubrae. 
 
 L 2 En!
 
 84 P O E M A T A. 
 
 III. 
 
 En I omne pallor confcius occupat 
 
 Languoris aurum. Mittito, mittito, 
 En! fponte nativas remigrans 
 Terruit in Phlegetontis oras. 
 IV. 
 
 Pulchra fuperbos temne fuperbia. 
 
 Non unde lapfus celfior, expete. 
 His aftra fublimi negantur 
 Vertice qui cupiunt ferire. 
 
 V. 
 
 Fallax honoris bradea lufitat 
 Furtim, viciffim, fulgura furripit, 
 Accerfet et fronti nigellam 
 Ebria vel levitate larvam. 
 VI. 
 Sublime vitrum tu fuge, lubrico 
 Calcare paflu ; tu loca fulmini 
 Vicina, permittas ruinas 
 Enceladi minitantis aftra. 
 VII. 
 Ne tu venuftum capta puellulae 
 Sugas venenum ; nee fine flammul» 
 Dulces dolores, nee fagittam 
 Te tacito violare fulco. 
 
 Ah!
 
 P O E M A T A. 85 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Ah ! non rofctum faemineis genis 
 Natura pinxit, fed muliebria 
 Peccata veraci colore 
 Infinuat rubicunda teftis. 
 
 IX. 
 Nix quse vagatur tramite ladeo 
 Difperfa terfas per manuum vias, 
 
 Non fuadet ignes, fed pudicam 
 Cafla docet tolerare brumam. 
 
 X. 
 Nodi capillis qui faciles meant 
 Non corda quaerunt ; fed bene perfidi 
 Nunc colla produnt, nunc procantis 
 Blanda fugant Aquilonis arma. 
 
 XI. 
 Sis tu pudico corporis unici 
 Contenta tedo ; te tua brachia 
 
 Cingant, et ofc'lum dent vicifTim 
 Labia fibi, rapiantque dando. 
 
 Recum-
 
 S6 P O E M ATA. 
 
 Recumbens Dormitum. 
 I. 
 
 NUNC, O, fopori vos qiioque cedite 
 Curae diurnas, nee vigiles meum 
 Turbate fbmnum ; quiiijacetej 
 Namque graves fatis efTe novi. 
 
 ii. 
 
 Et tu quietis, mens mea, pulfibus 
 Mulceto pedlusj dum calidum gelu 
 
 Deludit artus, dumque plumbum 
 Pondere me levat innocenti. 
 
 III. 
 Sic, O, fecundam fentio veiperam 
 Tardis ocellis ; fimbria fimbriam 
 Prendit fororem, et lenta pafTu 
 Invalido femiv^erba languent. 
 
 I 
 
 Ad D.M, SKIP PON. 
 I. 
 
 Charta, ne fis tramitis anxia, 
 Spiflis politur femita gratiis, 
 
 Mufaeque divino protervas 
 
 Tripudio domuere cautes. 
 
 Illuc
 
 P O E M A T A, 87 
 
 II. 
 
 IJluc videbis tendere glorice 
 
 Juftce curulcm, qua fedet impudens 
 
 Rifura inarmor, temper umque 
 
 Caniticm, fluidofque dentes, 
 III. 
 Et non fuperbis proxima Numini 
 Sparfura lauris Fama fedilia. 
 
 Adverfus occurret fugati 
 
 Grex vitii, et pudibunda curtans 
 
 IV. 
 
 Mortale vulgus nomina. Prodigo 
 Laxata rifu, et congenito levis 
 
 Moria plumbo, terreoque 
 
 Aufugit hinc glaciata plauftro. 
 V. 
 Hinc ambulantes pafiibus ebriis 
 Montes videbis ; credito, Pelios 
 
 Et Taurus Iiumanam figuram 
 
 Jam rcferunt fmiulante faflu. 
 VI. 
 Hinc ifte crebris divitiis inops 
 Fulvi faccrdos Nu minis, et iimul 
 
 Lidor recedit, gloriofas 
 
 Sollicitus retinere fordes. 
 
 I charta,
 
 SS P O E M A T A. 
 
 VII. 
 1 chart a, dextram, quserito candidam 
 Skipponianam, nam calami finat 
 
 Fortafle naevos ; lieus, magiftri 
 Grata etiam memorato pedus. 
 
 ^d C. B. in illudfuum cum Voto : 
 Ad magna per go Sydera Calitum, 
 
 I. 
 
 SIC vota cudas, fic rutilantia 
 Prasoccupari Sydera geftiunt, 
 Scintillulanti dum feruntur 
 Tripudio, latebrlfque ciirtis 
 
 II. 
 
 Mallent prehendi. More puellulae 
 Quje fraude primum vitat amaflum 
 
 Ut capta vincat, confcioque 
 
 Strata fiet, fed amata ledlo. 
 
 III. 
 
 Imufne ! colles ut minuunt fuos 
 Pinus! ut omni fordida Libano 
 
 Arbufta ferpunt, et fuperbae 
 
 Decubuit genus omne Cedri ! 
 
 Amifit
 
 P O E M A T A. 89 
 
 IV. 
 Amiiit altam Cambria montium 
 Diftindionem ; Pendulus in tuo 
 
 Macrefcit arvo, nee modeftac 
 
 Defpicit inferiora vallis 
 V. 
 Et faftuofo pafcua vertice 
 Obfcurat : Ipfus Gogmagog impudens 
 
 Sacras facelli Henriciani 
 
 Definit exuperare criftas. 
 
 VI. 
 Vix JEtnSL llammis confpicltur fuis, 
 
 Soloque reftat nomine Caucafus ; 
 
 Neutramque Parnaffus levare 
 
 Jam meminit fuper arva frontem. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Nafcuntur omni Cyclades in Globo, 
 Nee magna durant regna ; per sequora 
 
 Paffim fupergreffus refufa 
 
 Navigat irrequietus Orbis. 
 VIII. 
 Jam, jam liquefcit, jamque fuum nihil 
 Ultro fatetur Terra ; fupernato 
 
 Utres Deorum, fpongiafque 
 
 iEthcrias, liquidumquc caelum, 
 
 M Nunc
 
 90 
 
 P O E M A T A. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Nunc abftinentis janua flammul^E 
 Puro remigrat cardine ; panditur 
 
 Immixtus ardor, congenerque 
 
 Syderibus generofus ignis. 
 
 X. 
 
 Saltern hoc probati fimus, ut Athens 
 
 Juftum metallum. Eheu ! urimur, urimur, 
 O Tu Supernorum Monarcha 
 Salvifica approperato dextra. 
 
 XI. 
 
 lo! prehenfo cornua frigidae 
 Tucunda Phsebes. Splendida, fplendida 
 Quaecunque cerno ; nee metallum 
 Jam niteat, neque margarita. 
 
 XII. 
 
 En ! ipfa caeli bruta micantibus 
 Veflita ftellis ; cedite beftias, 
 
 Humanus advento. Quid hoc eft r 
 
 Deficit, hei mihi, pes. 
 
 Ad
 
 P O E M A T A. 91 
 
 Ad T. S, qui ruri agent em ^ Incufavit languentis 
 
 amoris. 
 
 I. 
 
 VO S O maritis quas datis iilmeis 
 Complexa vites gaudia rufticae, 
 Narrate quam veftris amores 
 Sjepc meos recolens notavi. 
 
 II. 
 
 Tu, Brette, pratis qui recreas fitim, 
 
 Tortifque furtim laberis atriis 
 
 Qui fallis Hadleiam fluentis 
 Quae fugiunt remanentque femper, 
 
 III. 
 Die 1 propinquis quot tua murmura 
 Vici querelis, dura latices lego 
 
 Dextris amicis conjugates, 
 
 Hafque manus vacuas amici, 
 IV, 
 Die, ut reprendi creber adulteram 
 Lymphani lutofo quae recubat toro ; 
 
 Dixique czelefti nitore 
 
 Stanbrigii radiare pedus. 
 
 M 2 Die
 
 92 P O E M A T A. 
 
 V. 
 
 Die fylva, noftrjc confcia femitae 
 (Quid quid fufurris flamina circinas ?] 
 O die aperte, die facrata 
 Quot corylos docui fateri 
 
 VI. 
 
 Cultro magiftro nomina Stanbrigi. 
 
 Hens ! certa vocis, fera licet comes 
 Echo, fupremum tu ftudebas 
 Die, quoties fimulare Thomam. 
 
 Ad C, B. poft Cupidini vale di&um^ 
 
 VICINO de fole tuas rediere Carinae, 
 Et vi^ in mid climate flamma perit» 
 Quam meminifle juvat grato confedla labore 
 
 Taedia, et incert^e gaudia dura morae I 
 Pons tibi, quern toties tranfifti node minutus, 
 
 Anguftum et dubium dixit Amoris iter : 
 Per mare pedloreus Paridem fic tranftulit ignis» 
 
 Ut per torrentem te tua flamma trahit ; 
 Confcia te quoties taciturn poftica recepit ; 
 
 Erudit in fraudes oftia dodus amor. 
 Scintillam ferae quoties texere favillse 
 Qua folet in radios taeda redire fuos ! 
 
 Taeda
 
 P O E M A T A. 93 
 
 Taeda facum monitrix, et luminis arra cupiti. 
 
 Fallitur augiirio quam bene tasda fuo ! 
 Te quoties pafla eft femitenfi incuria veli 
 
 Ad tacitas oculis approperare dapes ! 
 Turn quoque tu duplices umbras, nodlefque fateris, 
 
 Dum neutro fulgent zethera fole tua. 
 Nam tua fpes dixit. Sed fpes bene nefcia veri, 
 
 Fzemineo caslo quam cecidifle, juvat ! 
 Tu tamen hoc plaudis, tuto quod lumine fixus 
 
 Jam radii vacuas intueare genas. 
 Omnia membra fuis ad caelos laudibus efFers. 
 
 Quae tamen haud velles arripienda polo. 
 Elogium oblongum, repetitum effundisj at illam 
 
 Ad laudes nolles evigilare fuas. 
 Haec frons quae Niobes planillima marmora vincit. 
 
 Illud et Hefperidum germina flava nemus. 
 Sic Veneris micuere comas, fic Daphnidis ora j 
 
 Laurum, at non laurum commeruere fuam. 
 Pervaga fic potuit Stygio Proferpina Regi, 
 
 Sic potuit Danae plus placuifle Jovi. 
 Nee fatis hoc. Pergis: Quam funt haec cerea labra, 
 
 Digna quibus prefli furgat imago Dei ! 
 His obfignatum quoties conaris amorem ! 
 
 Heu dubius, fragilis, ccreus omnis amor. 
 Ah quoties placuit non conftans forma genarum ? 
 
 Attamen his mchus picla tabella rubet : 
 
 Mox
 
 P4 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Mox credis bifori confurgere lilla nafo. 
 
 Tutius at tellus lilia vera dabit. 
 Miraris mollis fiidantia marmora colli. 
 
 Marmore fed molli crede rubeffe dolum. 
 Tunc humeros pariter laudas, Divumque labores, 
 
 Sic Pelopein gemino monte fatetur ebur. 
 His fubter colles pendentes ubera tollunt; 
 
 Filiolifque patent menfa torufque tuis. 
 Ubera contingis, fed protinus ubera cedunt. 
 
 O ii tarn facile cor mihi cedat, ais. 
 Falleris ah ! fugiimt non cernis ut ubera tadtum ? 
 
 Non cernis. Quivis quam male caecus amorl 
 Castera non audes, ne fomno mota refcifcat. 
 
 At forfan quicquid jam facis ilia videt. 
 Ah fuge fubtedte ; fie fomnia fbmnia cernas, 
 
 Et dormitantem dicere pofTe : Mane. 
 
 Ad eundum^ refponforie, 
 
 DESIPUISSE juvat; fi fic mihi przemia reddas; 
 Sim ftolidus, ftolido dum tua Mufa favet ; 
 Mufa relucenti quae fic variatur honore, 
 
 Ut credam Mufas, et fine fraudc, Deas. 
 Ad titulum fpedans gemebundo murmure frendis ; 
 At murmur, fuerit dum titulare, placet. 
 
 Front!
 
 P O E M A T A. 95 
 
 Fronti nulla fides ; at Aim dc fronte Pocta, 
 
 Perfidis njEViim fie mcruiile dolct; 
 Si meriiifle tamen ; quid peccat ganula Mufa ? 
 
 Innocua non fum fimplicitate reus. 
 Frontis erat, cerebrum quia nullum Mufa fatetur? 
 
 Sed ccrebro fedes proxima fi-ontis adcfi:. 
 Vicle Cupidoj vale; num fie te dicere vellcm ? 
 
 Ahj mallem dicas, Elizabetha vale. 
 Sim vates, modo fie dederis praedicerc certum : 
 
 Te folum nofcet Turba novena procum. 
 Forte nee ille tuus Dcus eft pucr, illc Cupido ; 
 
 Prima puellorum fit nifi eaufa puer. 
 Quid mihi cum barba, mento quid ct ilia virili ? 
 
 Non illam mento geftat Apollo fuo : 
 Quam levis hse gravitas, levibus quag erinibus orta eft ? 
 
 Sunt magis ex illo nomine bruta viri. 
 Quid virgulta genis, aut quid vepreta labellis ? 
 
 Arbuftum nollem, fit mihi vultus ager. 
 Quid tua fie fetis ftant verruncantia labra ? 
 
 Num nafi fcopas larga cloaca vocat r 
 Ora, tuae, caveas, ne pronus in ofcula Divas 
 
 Detcrgas fetis proditor ipfe rofas. 
 Languentcm flammam tibi Cynthia fiifcitat ? eheu, 
 
 Quam male non meminit fi-igoris ilia fiii ! 
 At nc fiiblidant, in me eonvcrtito flammas. 
 
 Conveniat melius mafcula flamma viris. 
 
 Mentiris ;
 
 96 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Mentiris; fic fallit amor. Quin, fubdole, pergas ; 
 
 Namque amor ut mendax fit tuus ille velim. 
 Oro, tuam conftanter ames, fed fallere. Tutus 
 
 Sic tandem, et fixus te redamare queas. 
 Dum me perledlas citius jurabis amare? 
 
 Plumbeus haud telum verfus amoris habet. 
 Quid Satyrum narras ? Hanc vel mordere recufem. 
 
 (Audi ultra] morfli ne male Isefa fiet. 
 Mitte tamen Satyri, vel tu tibi fufcipe Nomen. 
 
 Tu Satyrus Nymphae plus videare tuae. 
 Membra quidem kudo, fed fic laudabit Equifb 
 
 iEgrum quern tedle vendere vellet equum. 
 Tu potius laudes, expertaque commoda cantes. 
 
 Maxima laus ufu dicitur orfa rei. 
 Quid maneas, cedas ? poterit num tanta Cupido ? 
 
 Sic eft ; fic Numen, qui putat, ille facit. 
 At bivio torqueris amans ? mihi porrige dextram, 
 
 Ducam ego ; fed tendas ne fine corde manum. 
 Ah maneas, video duplicis mendacia cordis. 
 
 De te fsminei dejice cordis onus. 
 Non mihi pandochium communi pedlore proftat. 
 
 Te pofTum, haud Venerem poflem adamare tuam. 
 
 Ad
 
 P O E M A T A. 97 
 
 Ad r. S, 
 
 ACCIPE; ncc fpercs tumidae magaalia vocis ; 
 Prodcat e parvo gutture magnus amor. 
 Accipe ; fi paeti procus es, mea pagina prasfto eft, 
 
 Hxc erit in flammas officiofa tuas. 
 Adjice, fi defint cinamomo pallia, chartam, 
 
 Dulcia fie faltem carmina noftra fient. 
 Me cantare fhipes ? priiis haud cecinifTc ftupendum. 
 
 Figitur in cantu dcfipientis opus. 
 Heu, male deliqui, mea non funt carmina cantus. 
 
 Mimitu nullum crcde latere melos. 
 At quid narro ? malum ! quam funt mea verbula muta! 
 
 Multa loquor, multo carmine, nulla loquor. 
 Garrio. Non fenfus mea quaerit nomina Lingua. 
 
 Fecit amor ftolidum ; fed tamen ille tui. 
 Verbula mitto tibi ; quam me quoque verbula vellem ! 
 
 (Mitte precor, flolidus fi malefana precor.) 
 Tu tamen haec ridenda putas ; fed et ipfe putavi ; 
 
 Unanimes quovis non dolet effe modo. 
 Ha:c forfan lacerare juvat ; fed mitte laborem ; 
 
 Tarn male compofitos vix lacerare queas. 
 At laceres, tutum maneat modo faedus amoris. 
 
 Ale laceres j lacerum fi modo pofcat Amor. 
 
 N AJ
 
 pS P O E M A T A, 
 
 y^d D. G. excufatorte poft longtim fdentium. 
 
 H^C mea quam timeo ne perledtare recufes! 
 Eft tamen ut timeam fi male farta legas. 
 Qui canit arma virum, qui delabcntia mundi 
 
 Secula, mellifluo carmine tornet opus. 
 Verba reum nobis, miferumque fatentia funto ; 
 
 Sum tuba longaevi criminis ipfa mei. 
 Ah quoties avida luftravi mente Camasnas, 
 
 Immemor in medio te recubaffe choro ! 
 Hiftoricis legi miracula do6la columnis, 
 
 Nefcius antitypum te tenuifle fuum. 
 Naturae vepres, et torta fophifmata vidi, 
 
 Nee dixi, dubiis Oedipus ipfe clues. 
 Non mihi fie Samus didlare filentia Vates, 
 
 Nee potuit gratis mens dominata fibris. 
 Ipfa manus trepidat, quod non trepidaverit ante. 
 
 Ille pudor fuerat ; jam quoque culpa, tremor. 
 Vix teftes potero maculas non fpargere chartae, 
 
 Ut fimilis mentis fordeat ilia meas. 
 Ah ! fparfi ignarus ; funt noftra hsc carmina fordes ; 
 
 Quam culpam culpa fie minuifi^ piget! 
 Ergo (precor) faedam chartam depone ; repurget 
 
 Hanc focus, atque manum lympha ferena tuam. 
 
 Ad
 
 P O E M A T A. 
 
 99 
 
 Ad Reverendum D. G. excufatorid quod Carmen 
 funebre prowijjum non obtulerim. 
 
 AC C I P E, non ifto deformem carmine cliartam 
 Quod petis : Ah ! maculas fert nova charta novas. 
 Flebile carmen erat quod crafTo e pedlore fudit 
 
 Mufa, nimis lachrymis heu fibi digna fuis. 
 O utinam explctis alieno in funere juftis, 
 
 Senfiflet proprii funeris ilia rogos ! 
 Jam mihi non foli fbrdet, jam nuda videtur 
 
 Ipfa {ibi, et turpis turpior efle velit. 
 Jam ftat plena fui, perfeclis fordibus, ungues- 
 
 Jam timet, et terret commaculata meos. 
 O precor, O veftri cedat reverentia jufli, 
 
 O liceat tuto non placuifle Tibi. 
 O liceat malefana cadant promifia ; pudori 
 
 Des veniam, quamvis perfidus ifte pudor. 
 O liceat puros fquallenti carmine ocellos, 
 
 O liceat dodlas non violare manus ! 
 Ipfe tibi parcas et nobis. Quaefo, fatentis 
 
 Ne cupias fcripto crimina tefte legi. 
 Sic meminiffe juvat tam digni funus Amici, 
 
 Ut nifi per nicvum non mcminific, juvct ? 
 Hunc melius revocare diem tibi pulpita pofiunt ; 
 
 Pulpita quae modulis intonuere tuis j 
 
 N 2 Plena
 
 100 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Plena Tui et Ca?4i, cum non caruiile Magiftro 
 Quanquam defundo vifa fuere fuo. 
 
 Obftupuit CiEtus tantcE ad niiracula llnguas, 
 Et nimis alatum tempus abire gemit. 
 
 Jam placet et funus ; tua jam ca^leftia taiito 
 Tarn charo pretio qua^rere mella juvat. 
 
 Dies yudicii. Luc. 21.27. 
 
 UT teltus, ficcis quando vox faucibus haeret, 
 Invocat expanfb clarius ore Jovem ; 
 Sic Te, nos pulvis, piilvis tuus, expeclamw ; 
 
 Hoccine fproh Superos!) Illico, Chrifte, tuiim eft? 
 Pholphore, perde diem, nam gaudia noftra morarisj 
 
 Si reddas iterum; Phofphore, perde diem. 
 Phffibe, tuos tonde radios, nee lumina differ 
 
 Noftra tuo. Ah ! longum te nova ftgna manent. 
 Noftra dies geftit majorem cernere Phzebiim ; 
 
 Sifte parum j totus fol ftbi mundus erit. 
 EfB6to nimium defedlu, Cynthia, kidis, 
 
 Et nimium tuto languinolenta volas. 
 O tibi cum placeat nodtu per prata vagari 
 
 Caelorum, aeternas tegmina nodlis habe ! 
 Ah ! aliis tandem maculis nigrefcere difcas, 
 
 Nee fluido illufas lumine tinge genas. 
 
 Vofque
 
 P O E M A T A. loi 
 
 Vofquc dill dubio trcpidaftis lumiiic, ftcllce : 
 
 O vos, O qua lido vera ruina ferct! 
 Si tua non moveant rigidum te fulniina, CiEluni, 
 
 At moveant noftrx, fulmina noftra, prcces. 
 lo fat eft. Latum lituus taratantara dixit : 
 
 Judicis emicuit nuntius ille fonus. 
 Ecce facit nubes currum, fupcrambulat alas 
 
 Ventorum, et miro Jupiter imbrc cadit. 
 
 Fortitudo Ed. Stankii Angli ad Zutfaniatn, 
 
 Zutfa7iice captcB decus unius Edva?'cli Slanleii virtuti debe- 
 tur. Is e?iim apprehenjam hojl'is^ a quo prcecipue repelle- 
 batur^ hajlatn tanta vi tenuity ut, ab ipfo hojlc arma fua 
 Jibi eripi re?iite?ite attraFius^ in propug?iaculum tranjilie- 
 r'lt : eoqiie tarn in/per at o afcenfu a?timos fuis pomfequenti- 
 bus fecit ^ ac tanttan terror em hojlihus i?ijecit^ ut proti?Jus 
 locum deferuerint. Thuan. Lib. 85. Cap. 5. 
 
 BUCCIS plus folitis tume, 
 Et narra dubiis, Fama, nepotibus 
 Audacis facinus viri 
 Icnotum dccori fterncre tramitem. 
 
 Toto Martc furentia 
 Stanleii docuit gloria pedtora 
 
 Arram Zutfani^ fua 
 Turrim magnifica prendcre dcxtera. 
 
 Mens
 
 102 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Mens infueta timoribus 
 Ferratae rabidiim fulgur Iberije, 
 
 Et nimbos jaculis graves 
 Ridet, non timidae doda fuperbiae. 
 
 Denfo pulvere pulchrior 
 Heros Elyfii vel decoris procus 
 
 Primi forte pericuH 
 Exultans, gladio millia fulgurat 
 
 Raptim fata cohortibus ; 
 Dum tergo pharetrae diflilientibus 
 
 Plaudunt verberibus virum. 
 Et plumis Zephyrus mixtus euntibus 
 
 Alas addit inutiles 
 Scuto, quod rutilae nomen adoreae 
 
 Prono provocat impetu. 
 At tandem pavidis proxima turribus 
 
 Virtus impatiens morse, 
 Et major lapidum robore, mjenia 
 
 Ponit vulneribus jocos, 
 Dum multo laceri lumine chafmatis 
 
 Fatum profpiciunt fuum. 
 Torquens interea longa pericula 
 
 Altffi cufpide lance^e 
 Hifpanus, varia ftrage notabilis 
 
 Angli fubmonuit latus. 
 At magnis gravidus mente curulibus, 
 
 Et
 
 P O E M A T A. io3 
 
 Et carjB rabide meinor 
 Laurus ; intrepida: carcerc dcxtcrae 
 
 Angiiftat jaculurn rcuin 
 Stanleiiis fpolii flmguinei rapax ; 
 
 Donee viribus hoftium 
 Hoftes comminuit; nam male flrenuo 
 
 Attradtus brachio, fuum 
 Captivus fpollum geftat, et undique 
 
 Totis meta periculis 
 Ad muros rapitur celfior in necem. 
 
 At mox horribili pavor 
 Hifpanis domuit corda tyrannide ; 
 
 Et muris equitans, velut 
 Spedlandus folio, rubra diplomata 
 
 Mortis diftribuit, vago 
 QujE fignat gladio, nee doluit capi, 
 
 Dum fie ferviat hoftibus 
 Stanleius, validae fraudis anhelitu 
 
 Qui turris dominus fimul 
 Et Famae meritis audiit impigris. 
 
 Aii
 
 104 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Ad increbefcentem famam de Hi f panic a in Angli- 
 
 am expeditione* 
 
 ADS IS follicito, Lyra, 
 Et magnos levibus pdle tremoribus. 
 
 Cadis non teneros avus 
 Enfes progenerans Bilbilicus Faber, 
 
 Vaginae male nefcios 
 Aut faltem ancipites efferat incolas. 
 
 Nigri femina fulminis 
 Haud longa dolii nofte latentia, 
 
 Iiitus concipiunt Styga, 
 Et quicquid Furije non ftolidae mali 
 
 Norunt ferre periculi. 
 Intrat flammigeras praeproperus minas 
 
 Ferri, et promptus in impudens 
 Miles flagitium, terribilis iibi 
 
 Vultus induit aereos. 
 Mox raptim patrio terga recolligens 
 
 Altum ftridula balteo 
 Appendit pharetram frudliferam necis ; 
 
 Et dextram cupidam afpici 
 Vibrat Bilbilico aut fulgure Norico. 
 
 Longe littora mugiunt 
 
 Dum Doris creperas ingeminat tubas ; 
 
 Atque
 
 P O E M A T A. ro5 
 
 Atque anccps numcri fui 
 Denfis milltibus cedit arenula. 
 
 Audin' lit fceleris vorax 
 Et major modico nauta celcufmate, 
 
 Nil pleni ciipidus Noti 
 Accerfit proprium gutturis ^^olum. 
 
 En ut veligerum nemus 
 Addifcit Thetidos per viridaria, 
 
 Et campis liquidis vehi. 
 Quaflat non veteris pondcris immcmor 
 
 Canos ipfe Tridentifer, 
 Et non vincibilis robora nominis 
 
 Horret Clafle loquacia ; 
 Et Ijjes haud teneras magnifies fugx. 
 
 Audivit Thamefis fiio 
 Non friiftra tremulo murmura littore, cc 
 
 Vultu fluclibus emincns, 
 Per laeti properat pafcua Cantii, 
 
 Secum fiJiolos trahens 
 III ulnis fluvios ; permit oftium 
 
 Rapto curriculo frcmens, 
 Et complcns qucriilis fluminibus Patris 
 
 Aulam ; dcprccor anchors 
 Morius Hefperis, dixit, et impudcns 
 
 Gades ne fatient fuam 
 Extreme nimium turbine carbafum 
 
 O Qucm
 
 io6 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Quern nofter Boreas rotat. 
 Audivit liquidus Rex querimonias, 
 
 Et rifu tumuit fenex ; 
 Arrifit Thamefis : clafTis abierat. 
 
 A P P E N-
 
 107 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 APPEND. N^i. 
 De Legend'is Sancforum Hijloriis Dijfertatio. 
 
 HUMANiE vitce meta, Dei gloria; ad metam via, Pie- 
 tas ; ad Pietatcm humilitas ; quo tramite quifquis con- 
 ftanter incedit, fliam quoque abfoluto itinere bcatitudinem 
 invcnit. Et ut tantum prcemium dignos athlctas coronet, dif- 
 iicilis et impcdita via gencrofum ardorem rcquirit, ct non 
 nifi cmcritos militcs tranfmittit. Inde fit ut prima^vis fidci 
 Candidatis majori pietatis audacia ad viam quafi apericndam 
 opus fucrit; nobis autem quibus illonim pafllis feniitam fig- 
 natam tritamque prasmonftrant, facilior perinde tranfitus fit, 
 ct expeditior. Nulla in Tyrannis injuftitia, nulla in Tortori- 
 bus immanitasj nulla in Diabolo five invidia five afiutia, no- 
 ftro faeculo crumpcre pofiunt, quas Majorcs nofiri (ejufdem 
 cum nobis conditionis, nifi quod hoc noftro excmplomm ir- 
 ritamento dcftituti) non fenfcrunt, tempfcrunt, fiipcravcRint. 
 Nos igitur Vincentium fucccfibrcs, longa confuetudine quafi 
 in quoddam vidlorice jus nati fiimus : ncc periculum eft glo- 
 riofo fine excidcndi, fi illorum vcftigiis fidclitcr inhxfcrimus. 
 
 o 2 Qiiod
 
 io8 APPENDIX. 
 
 Quod ut fcliciter fiat, monumenta Sandlorum, vitas IntelHgo 
 literis mandatiiSj revolvcnda et reverenter expendenda funt, 
 in quibiis taiiquam in fincero fpeculo, fidelem Pictatis figu- 
 ram reluccntem videas : nee enim ullos perfcdlionis niimeros 
 vel cogitando afiequaris, five moriim auftcritatem, five abfti- 
 nentia3 rigorem, five precum intenfionem, five charitatis ar- 
 dorem ; five in laboribus fiibeundis alacritatem, in fuperan- 
 dis conftantiam fpedles, quas aliqui ex illorum exercitu ad 
 amujGlm non implerunt ; et Nepotes proinde fuos ad parilem 
 animi magnitudinem provocarunt.. 
 
 Senfit ha^c non incautus Diabolus, et alta mente reponens, 
 nullos non nervos intendit, et firaudes confuit, ut vel deceptos 
 vel deterritos a legendis Sandtorum hiftoriis avocet : hinc il- 
 lecebras obtrudere, alias hiftorias partim profanas partim inu- 
 tiles fupponere, mentes ineptiis Sasculi occupatas tenere : unde 
 miferi Mortales dies et annos prodigunt, nee fentiunt fe cap- 
 tos vanitatis laqueis, dum molliter clauduntur: Ex altera 
 parte fcrupulos injicere, dubitationem de hiftoriarum fide in- 
 generare, et, quod acumen fiaudis eft, figmenta qujedam fin- 
 ceris narrationibus immifcere ; ut cum fingulis ledoribus non 
 fit in proclivi vera a falfis difcernere, impofturas fufpicio to- 
 tam hiftoriarum telam invadat, et negledui exponat. 
 
 Primis illis alio modo profpiciendum, quibus remedium 
 non difficulter excogites, dum illos folum vitiat otium. His 
 vero accuratius fuccurrendum eft, quia non fine ratione in- 
 fanire videntur. Grande, fatcor, malum eft, quod inimicus 
 
 Zizania
 
 APPENDIX. 109 
 
 Zizania inter triticuni fcmlvavit ; ncc tamcn icico probanda 
 illoriim tcmcritas, qui dum figmcntorum Zizania evellcrc fli- 
 tagiint, omnc triticum una eradicant: quanto fatiiis eft ve- 
 rum a falfo rite difccrnere, quam propter hujiis impudcntcm 
 vicinitatem, illud quoque relegarc ! Digniim opus, inquis, fed 
 ardiium narras : ncc diffitcor qiiidcm, modo difficultatern 
 dignitatc compenfari concefleris. 
 
 Palmaria de vitis San6lorum querela eft, quaeque ora om- 
 nium formidoloforum feu potius fufpicacium Chriftianorura 
 perfonat : congcfta in illis miracula Icgi, qua; fidem apud fa- 
 nos non inveniant : hn:c ineptis, nonnunquam ridiculis de 
 caufis patrari ; denique more quodam magico, ct nufquam in 
 facra pagina probato, puta interventu crucis, aqua?, olei, ve- 
 ftium, calccorum, oflium, capillorum, quarumlibet denique 
 reliquiarum confici ; talia invita, vel caica ratione, credere, 
 infaniaj argumentum efle, ct extreme fuperftitionis dcliriimi. 
 Hie vere Pan ille eft qui terrores excitat ornatque ; qucm non 
 multi operis erit cum fpedlris fuis contemnendum exponere, 
 fi prime de ipfis miraculis, poftea, de patrandi modo difle- 
 rens larvas fucofque dctraxero. At miracula, inquis, inftituta 
 crant in cunis Ecclefix, ut divino fulgore Hoftes percellerent, 
 et ad lidem cogercjit. Ideoque poftquam Religio radices ege- 
 rit et decurfu temporum adultas vires acquiliverit, officio fuo 
 funcfla videntur, nee dcinccps expedanda. Mirum eft, quam 
 avide hoc argumentum accipitur, quam obftinatc intorque- 
 tur ; prascipuc cum ncc talc fit, ut vires in Ic, ncc tantos ha- 
 
 beat
 
 no APPENDIX. 
 
 beat patronos, ut autoritatcm per illos teneat. Nemo, quod 
 fciam, inficias ibit miracula nafcenti ecclefiae convenientifH- 
 nm fuifle fubfidia : fed nullum idcirco ufum fequentibus fse- 
 culis habitura, gratis quidem did, nullo autem argumento 
 confirmari poteft. Hanc vero objedlionem imprimis mani- 
 fefte retorqueo : fiquidem ad hodiernum ufque diem multae 
 gentes, ad quarum aures falutare Nomen J E S U nunquam 
 pervenit, magnum Apoftolicis, fi qui iunt, Meflbribus fege- 
 tem prsebent. In quarum converfione non minus ufui erunt, 
 et funt, Miracula, quam SS. Petri et Pauli temporibus fue- 
 
 runt 
 
 Hsec forte cum penfitaveris non negabis ; id potius caufa- 
 ris, cui demum ufui miracula in Ecclefia pridem inftituta, 
 cujus filios non decet ifta a Deo teftimonia exigere, fed or- 
 dinariis auxiliis argumentifque contentos Matri fuae humili- 
 ter fe fubjicere. Nunquid ergo liquet ipfos Apoftolos nulla 
 edidifle miracula nifi ad convertendos infideles ; nunquam 
 aliquos e fratribus fanafle, nunquam divina virtute fidelibus 
 fubveniffe ? Quis tam vecors ut hoc adiirmet ! Sed ut differ- 
 tationem propius committam ; nonne adhuc Daemon corpo- 
 ra obfidet, nonne hasrefis, ne plura addam, animos inficit? 
 Et quis Deo manus vincit, ne miraculofa virtute expellatur 
 illi, ha^c convincatur? Monens olim Salvator quoddam Das- 
 moniorum genus non nifi jejunio et precibus ejici pofTe, et 
 hoc grandius effe miraculum innuit, et iftis etiam artibus 
 patrabile, quas noftrum faeculum vel callct, vel callere debet. 
 
 Si
 
 APPENDIX. Ill 
 
 Si vcro inter nos nova Hydra; Capita rcpullulant, qux virus 
 in Cxium jaculantur, et in divinam Chrifti naturam fcfc cri- 
 gunt, unde conftat, Ixfurn Ilium nolle ctiamnuni ca^leflcm 
 per Pugiles fuos virtu tern deftringere, et hoftem confuctis te- 
 lis profternere? quod ipfum cum multi teftes reapfc ladum 
 efll* adfeverant; frigidum eft et puerile, (ne dicam quocjue 
 invidum, et malignum) folam negationem obtendcre, ipfum- 
 que miraculorum fincm obfolevilTe pertinaciter clamarc. A 
 re non erit legalis Adminiftrationis hie mcminiffc : Dcuj, 
 dum Legem publice ferret, non folum Moyfem virum mira- 
 culis potcntem exhibuit ; fed Jofuam quoque eadem gratia 
 ornatum, Succeflbrem dedit ; et multis labentibus faeculis 
 Elijam caelo pariter potentcm ; et Elifliam tanti Domini non 
 imparem Difcipiilum Judasis concefTit. Moyfes, inquis, tanta 
 virtute indutus ad autoritatcm recenti legi conciliandam. 
 Efto. Quid ergo reliquis poftquam Lex invaluerat opus erat? 
 Expediebat Jofuam tali poteftate eminere ad fubigendos Ju- 
 daieze Ecelefias hoftes, impiafquc gentes fedibus fuis eradi- 
 candas. Cur igitur idem privilegium Eccleiiae ChriftiancC nc- 
 gas, quas Ethnicos hoftes habet, cofque non ex ipforum tcr- 
 ris, fed ex fuiipftus ditionibus pellendos? Qiio hne El'ijx tan- 
 ta vis commifla ? ad compefcendam Idololatriam tunc tem- 
 poris graftantem: non litigo an ea (blummodo de caufa. Sa- 
 tis eft quod religloni Judaica; tantum pugilem non invides ; 
 nee enim poteris vilius agere cum Vcritate Chriftiana, qua?, 
 cum non minoribus prematur lioftibus, squale fubhdiuni 
 
 mcrito
 
 112 APPENDIX. 
 
 merito expeftet. Sed perpendenti Sacram hiftorlam non pau- 
 ca occurrunt miracula, non tarn ad cultum Judaicum affe- 
 rendum, quam ad priv^atos fines imprimis fpedantia. 
 
 Ita Elias Sereptanje Vidua lacythum et Hydriam auxit, 
 filiumque vitas reftituit, de dato hofpitio praeclare gratus. Ita 
 quoque Jordanem pallio divifit, et viam fibi per aquas ad ig- 
 neum currum aperuit. Ita Elifeus fontem Jerichuntinum fale 
 fincerum fecit, petentibus civibus. Ita audio viduae oleo ali- 
 eni aeris folvendi copiam fecit. Ita Naamanis lepram Gehezi 
 pofterifqiie fuis tranfmittens, avaritiam haereditario ftigmate 
 damnavit. Ita ferro ad fummitatem aquae vocato, reddendi 
 quod mutuo acceptum erat facultatem dedit. Ita militibus 
 Syris nunc caecitatem obtendens, nunc vifum reffcituens faluti 
 fua3 profpexit. Sed quid iftis immoror ? cum videas ipfa Eli- 
 fei ofTa contadu fuo vitam mortuo reftituentia, ne quid de 
 Chriftianarum reliquiarum humilius fentias, qux vel majus, 
 vel certe lequale privilegium fortiuntur. Cum igitur in ve- 
 teri inftrumenta miracula priv^atis de caufis ad Dei gloriani 
 et Servorum ejus levamen patrata invcnias : quare in novi fae- 
 deris politia idem ufuvenire dubitas ? 
 
 Jam vero miraculorum tradum ad ipfum fontem retro du- 
 centes, eundem deinceps ad noftra Saecula derivatum infeque- 
 mur. Poteftatem fupra Naturam ipfe Naturae Dominus Apo- 
 ftolis Difcipulifque fuis concefTit ; illam vero tam illuftrem, 
 ut ad majora fufficeret quam ipfe patrare voluit. Quam prae- 
 clare Apofloli hoc privilegio fundi funt, ipforum monumenta 
 
 a
 
 APPENDIX. 113 
 
 A S. Liica confignata teflantur: uhi nemo fine ftiiporc S. Pe- 
 tri umbram, folidam fanitatcm fpirarc ; Siidaria ct femicin- 
 <5tia a tadu S. Pauli falutarcm virtutem dcferrc videt. Peto, 
 quando hoc privilcgium, quod cum ipiis Apoftolis expiraflo 
 ne impudcntifllmus dixerit, antiquatum fucrit r An ad mor- 
 tem omnium Difcipulorum ? at hsc Virtus, tc judicc, non 
 alia ratione ipfis concefla, quam ut autoritatcm Evangelio in- 
 ter Ethnicos conciliaret : qu£c certe caufa cum multis dcorfum 
 fiEculis duraverir, ipflim quoque Virtutem neccirario adjungcs. 
 Qiiamvis enim Apoftoli per omncs mundi cardincs et ultra 
 utrumque Solem falutare Verbum effuderint, fingulas tamen 
 omnium regnorum tcrrarumqiic plagas neutiquam perfonuc- 
 runt: hoc opus illorum Poftcris, ncc paucis feculis abfolven- 
 dum, fuperfuit. Efto tamcn Evangelium per omnes terras du- 
 dum percrebuifle : fi ingruente graflanteque fuperftitionc pu- 
 ra religio loco ceflerit, habes de novo quod miracula poflu- 
 let, habes etiam ad hodiernum diem plurimas Gentes ad ii- 
 dem convertendas. 
 
 Cjeterum quam vis ex hac parte Miraculorum Virtutem rcdi- 
 vivam efle concedas, aliis tamen de caufis fieri pcrnegas. Id 
 igitur deinccps agimus. Monui fuperiiis ad pellendos Dxmo- 
 nes, et ha^refes confutandas etiamnum non indignum efle 
 miraculorum fubfidium: alia via jam progrcdior, ct ad om- 
 nia temporum Monumenta provoco. Nihil recipcrc prseter 
 Scripturas, nefcio an petulantis vel infani dicam, praefcrtim 
 cum per Scripturas Tolas de illis ipfis non {atis conflat. Quif- 
 
 P quis
 
 114 APPENDIX. 
 
 quis aiitcm alias hiftorias in fidem (divinam non dico, fed 
 divins proximam) recipit, diferta Miraculorum, de quibus 
 jam contendo, teftimonia fubter-fugere non poteft. Atque 
 hie grande Chriftianorum omnium infortunium, a barbaro 
 Diocletiano illatum, deflendum occurrit : iiquidem juratif- 
 iimus ille Chrifti Hoftis, commentarios de Martyribus aliif- 
 que Sandlis five in dypticis five alibi non fine religiosa cura 
 congeftis et convafatis, undecunque corrafit, et flammis in- 
 jiciens, homines quoque ipfos quantum in illo erat fecundo 
 interfecit, Qujedam tamen ad hue in antiquorum Patrum 
 fcriptis relucentia effugerunt : Eufebius quoque multa colle- 
 git et pofteris tranfmifit. Sed poftquam fudum Eeclefiae fa- 
 flum eft, teftes locupletes emerferunt, nee quifquam fere 
 vel Grascorum vel Latinorum Patrum banc, quam raolior, 
 veritatem tacuit. At inquis, tam mira et fuperioribus fasculis 
 infueta, five Sandis ipfis, five eorundem reliquiis, inferiora 
 SjEcula affinxerunt, ut fidem apud prudentem Virum non in- 
 veniant. Scio iflud a multis dici, fed certis argumentis pro- 
 bari non video. (De illis loquor hiftoriis quas Ecclefia vel do- 
 «Sorum virorum confenfus recipit:) in quibus nihil eft, utrum 
 Miraculorum frequentiam, an ordinem, an varietatem, an 
 menfuram, an occafiones, an inftnimenta, per qu£E fada, an 
 modum, an fijiem, an effe<5tum, fpedcs, quod in vetuftifli- 
 mis Sandlorum hiftoriis paritcr contigifiTe non invenias. Ce- 
 tera taceo, Greg. Thaumaturgum, et Memoriam S. Stephani, 
 ilium apud S, Greg. NyfTenum, haac apud S. Auguftinum, 
 
 tantum
 
 APPENDIX. 115 
 
 tantum nomino. Qux omnibus poflcromm miraculis viam, 
 quidni et fidem ? apcrucrunt. Cui animus eft caeteros c vc- 
 tcribus, Tcrtullianum puta, ct S.Hycronimiim turn in Iiifto- 
 riis San6torum, turn in libro contra Vigilantium, coafiilerc; 
 tcftimoniorum copia fe obrui fcntiet. Haec ergo, qua: diflc- 
 ruimus, obiccm iftum amovcnt, ne idco Sandoriim Hiftoriac 
 fide minus dignoe videantur, quia miraculis rcferts, iifquc 
 modo ut aliqui fcntiunt novo patratis : cum Apoftolorum Sae- 
 culo et primitivai Ecclefise dccurfu, hsec ipfli, feu Sancflos, feu 
 Sanftorum rcliquias fpe<5lcs, fadla vidcas, quse poftea dignis 
 teftibus confirmata recentibus Sa^culis refloruillc legis. 
 
 Id nunc penfitandum fupcreft, quali judicio aut deledu 
 accipienda^ funt Sandorum Hiftoriae ; cum aliquas figmentis 
 corruptas efie non negemus. De facris Canone firmatis ne- 
 fiis eft, nifi Hasretico, dubitare ; In Patrum fcriptis nihil de- 
 fideratur, quod ad humanam fidem faciendam rcquiras. 
 Acumen, judicium, integritas, pietas, quicquid deniquc op- 
 timum commendat hiftoricum, vel in illis rcpcries, vcl minus 
 neceftarium fliifle judicabis : unde fadum vidcs, ut viri pru- 
 dentiftimi, dodiftimique illorum libros non folurn libcntcr 
 permittant, verum etiam fmgulari cum rcvercntia. ct vcncra- 
 tione dcofculentur. 
 
 De aliis hiftoricis, comparationc ad hos fada, ferenduni 
 eft judicium i (eos intcUigo quos nondum Ecclcfia \cl pluri- 
 ma pars doctorum \irorum fide dignos judicarunt i de iftis 
 cnim non temerc dubitandum eft, ue airogantix notx Te 
 
 p 2 objicias.)
 
 ii6 APPENDIX. 
 
 objicias.) Si fupcrioribus hiftoriis confentanea fcribunt; fi 
 pietatem et Glorlam Dei fpirant ; fi fibi minime repugnant; 
 ii certa vel probabilia teftimonia proferunt ; fi viris bonis do^ 
 ciifque probati fuerint ; fi dcnique fola contra illos fufpicio, 
 milium vero di/ertum argumentum militet ; quid porro po- 
 flulas ad ingenerandam fidem? Tales enim temnere non pru,- 
 dentis viri eft, fed temnere volentis. 
 
 Si quae occurrunt Sandtorum hiftoriae in quibus aliqua ex 
 iftis indiciis relucent, c^etera vero defunt, fadla proportione 
 ferenda eft fententia : nee omnia ftatim repudianda funt, fed 
 in Verilimilium, vel non manifefte falforum claflem rejicien- 
 da. Hujufmodi non pauca fub Simeonis Metaphrafti nomine 
 feruntur, alia aliorum. De quibus prudens Ledor quid cre- 
 dendum fuerit facile difcernet : Indodlus autem non fine pe- 
 riculo legat ; vel enim omnia recipiet, vel una cum his fa- 
 niora quoque contemnet. 
 
 Dolendum quidem eft, monumenta quorundam Sando- 
 rum, tam confuse et imperite memorias prodita fuifle : quod 
 tamen Deus fieri patitur, ut nobis, dum autentica probamus, 
 et imitatione profitemur, laus major emergat. Et quemad- 
 modum necefiario eveniunt hasrefes ad probationem fidelium 
 veritatem mordicus tenentium ; ita fuum quoqujc ufum ha- 
 bet hiftoriarum corruptio, quae vera difcernentibus folidam 
 iaudis materjam exhibet. 
 
 His ita expofitisj quid fupereft nifi ut hiftorias Sandlorum 
 pro fuo quaf(^ue modulo ampledtamur, divinis divinam, hu- 
 
 maais
 
 APPENDIX, 117 
 
 manis humanam fidcm tribucndo ; dubias fufcipiendo potl- 
 us quam damnando, manifcftc falfas pcnitiis abjicicndo. Quod 
 vero ingcns folatium eft, lilftoriaj melioris generis, quibiis fi- 
 dcm non nifi inique negavcris, abundc fuppetunt. In his vcr- 
 fari pofllimusj ct omnium virtutum exempla fpcdlarc. 
 
 Quod ad praefens hoc Calendarium attinet; tumultuario 
 operc, ut ipfe flylus ct forma indicant, femcl confcriptum ; 
 hiftorias ex quibuflibct autoribus dcfumpfi, nc fingulis die- 
 bus aliqua fui Sancli memoria deeflet. Autorum Nomina ut- 
 plurimum fubjunxi, quai defiderantur, feflinatio praeclufit, 
 dum qua2 longo tempore legeram^ ilHco recolere, et quad 
 carptim in fcrinia reponere geftiebam : ratus hasc quaha qua- 
 lia fpicilegia, fatis mihi fore ad privatum memoriae mex In- 
 dicem. Quocirca dum ha^c lego, proemifTze norma; non im- 
 memor, alia atque alia fide ampleclor, pauciiTmia tamen in 
 univerfum damnare aufim. 
 
 Haec autem omnia fruftra feci, facioquc, nifi propitius Do- 
 minus mei mifertus fuerit. Quod enim aureum Sandlorura 
 circulum plurima ledione pervolverim, magnum peccatis 
 meis momentum addit, fi in mediis ignibus frigcfcam, fi in- 
 ter tot pietatis inccntiva impietati inha^rcam. Tu, qui San- 
 dlorum Rex es, famulorum tuorum exemplis cor mcum fle- 
 de, et ad parilem virtutem acccnde, ut Laudem Nomini tuo 
 dicam in aetcrnum. Ajnetu 
 
 APPEND,
 
 f iS APPENDIX, 
 
 APPEND. N^2. 
 
 Difficult as intelligendi partim provenit a re^ par- 
 tim ab intelleSiu, 
 
 Forma eft principium individuationis, 
 
 Vifw fit per receptionem fpecierum, 
 
 EN ! in fronte difEcuItatem. Quo ruo nefcius ? Egone ut 
 Alexandrum huic nodo me prasbeam? Nihil minus. 
 Sed quod faciunt puemli, nempe irritis magis, an ridiculis, 
 dicam, conatibus, tortilem Virgam in obturantem ferunt mo- 
 lem, vel in quicquid eft duriufculi, quod pedes turbat : pa- 
 ris incogitantize et ego imbellis fatago, fcilicet pro virili iftud 
 molior, quod fuper noftras fruftratas Vires triumphum excer- 
 cebit. Scotus fic circa qu^ftionem delirat : dicit totam diffi- 
 cultatem fitam efTe in intelledu, ex hoc quod res in fua na- 
 tura funt cognofcibiles. Cum tamen, pace Scoti, improportio 
 reperiatur in excellentia rei intelligendse, quemadmodum 
 fit in Senfuum objedis ; radius feu fplendor folaris non perci- 
 pitur a Senfu, non modo, quia fenfus non eft illius capax, fed 
 quia fuperat naturalem vim fenfus, quse ordinatur ad hunc 
 gradum, et nil ultra, i. e. non ad tarn excellens feu vehe- 
 mens objedlum. Par ratio eft intelledlus. Nee minus helle- 
 bori indiga opinio Heracliti, ponens totam in rebus difficul- 
 t^tem i hac ratione nifa \ quia intelledus nullas de proprio 
 
 habet
 
 APPENDIX. 119 
 
 habct fpecics, fed omnes a rebus accipit. At vcro cxhinc po- 
 tius difHciiltas in intcllcdii arguitur, quia non potcft vcrc 
 perciperc objcdas fpecics. Rcftat igltur ut ex utroquc fontc 
 fcaturiat fiquid fit difficilis; difficultas cnim pullulat ex im- 
 proportione, quas eft inter intellcdum noftrum et objcfta in- 
 tclligibilia ; eftque proportio haec in utroquc extrcmo funda- 
 ta, nempe in inteiledu et objedlo fed relpcdu divcrfo ; di- 
 ftinguendum enim eft inter res, quas fupra nos funt, (ct hie 
 difficultas fundatur in cxceilii perfedionis, quam imperfcdlio 
 intelledus fatis capere nequit,) et etiam inter res quae infra 
 nos lunt ; et hie difficultas fundatur in earum imperfcctione, 
 Junda imperfedlione intelledlus non habentis vim ad attin- 
 gendam minimam intelligibilitatem talium rerum. Profapia 
 Batti, tautologici Batti, prognatus viderer, fi quid de fecunda 
 qua^ftione dixcro, de qua nudiuftertius plus jufto cffutivi. Po- 
 tius frater mcus talc aggrediatur opus, eft enim de illorum 
 numero qui folent iftud ruminare, quod dudum abfumpfe- 
 rant. Ad tertiam me accingo. Cujus Veritas ut pro indubi- 
 tata habeatur, banc morum perpcndite rationem ; eadcm ra- 
 tio vidctur unius fenfus quae eft aitcrius, fed auditus £t per 
 rcccpiionem fpecierum, ergo et vifus -, probatur minor cxpe- 
 ricntia J inter Caufidicos datur auditus, ii iit rcceptio fpecie- 
 rum, ncmpc rcgalium aufo infculptarum. Scd objiciat quif- 
 piam, dicatque, Vifiones nodu fieri, at tunc non fit receptio 
 ipccierum ; refpondco per ncgationem ; nodu cnim fiepiuf- 
 culc datur receptio fp.ecicruiii, ii\c ipccioHirum. Vifionis ia- 
 
 ilrumentum
 
 120 APPENDIX. 
 
 ftrumentum eft oculus ; incongruum igitur duco, jocnlaria 
 d€ oculo proferre, cum ne unicus {it in oculo jocus, quamvis 
 plures hnt humores: pofTum oculum generofls, nempe fphx- 
 rifterii intelli<]i;entiis commendare, in oculo enim video reti- 
 culam, quin et foramina quae pilos recipiant. At non eft 
 quod ego, cum fim Sophifta, ut aliis dicam verbis, Bacchi 
 procus, diutius tempus teram in oculo, cum hie aqueus non 
 vinofus fluat humor ; deinde nolo oculum fcrutari amplius, 
 ne videar effasminatus; nam ft in oculum penitius penetra- 
 vero, nimium verfabor inter tunicas. 
 
 APPEND. N^3. 
 
 Angeli cognofcunt fingularia : 
 Ignorato motu tollitur cognitio natura : 
 Intelle&us eft nobilior voluntate, 
 
 CUM jam peradla ftt dimicatio, reftat, ut unius partis 
 meritis accedat laurus. Laurus efto Veritas patefa<3:a, 
 quam quidem coronse more non imponara Vi<3:oris capiti, 
 fed (ft poftlm) cerebro. Angeli cognofcunt ftngularia ; quod 
 ft quis huic refragatur, indigniflimus habebitur cui bonus 
 Genius, ftve Angelus ancilletur. Nefcio an verum, vel decan- 
 tatum magis ftt, unicuique ftngulari homini unum aliquem 
 Angelum minifterium praebere, pene dixeram defpoticura j 
 
 at
 
 APPENDIX. 121 
 
 at quis cogitando aHlqui potcft, qucmvis Angclum, alicui 
 fingulari liomini obfcqui, ct tamcn ilium quid finguhrc non 
 cognofccre ? Ad hac, Sole clarius eft Angclos in gyros rotarc 
 ca^lcftes orbcs, nunquid igitur agunt in illos orbcs (qui qiii- 
 dem funt fingularcs) et illorum interim ignari rcftant ? rccla- 
 mat totus Pliiiofophorum grex, dicens, nihil agere in. incog- 
 nitum. Rcftat igitur, ut modum cognofcendi animadverta- 
 mus. Cognofcunt quidem tarn matcrialia quam immateri- 
 alia; ad quam quidem cognitionem non opus eft fenfuum 
 minifterio, pofTumus enim dicerc cum nonnullis, Angelum 
 per fuam prasfentiam res quafvis perciperc. Sed hoc nobis 
 non arridct adeo, nam Angelus in codcm inftanti potcft efle 
 prjefens multis objedlis, tamcn in codcm inftanti multa noa 
 cognofcit. Dicimus autem cum Suaretzio, Angelum habere 
 impreflas fpecies rerum materialium, et has per illas intel- 
 ligere. 
 
 Secunda quxftio dicit, Ignorato motu tolli cognitionem 
 naturce. Et vere dicit ; hoc fcilicct fundamento nifa ; nulla 
 datur perfe6la cognitio caufx, nili quis etiam cffeda cognof- 
 cat correlata. Unde noftra de Creatorc ex'urgeret coo-nitio^ 
 nift per creationem, mutuo in corporibus refpondcntem ? De- 
 lude ad pcrfecftam cognitionem natura:, necefle eft, ut ac- 
 cedat cognitio aft'cdlionum primo materia^ inhxarum, motus 
 autem eft intima corporis Phyftci afFedio, et illius naturae nc- 
 ceftitatis vinculis alligatus, non potcft igitur vera naturae cog- 
 nitio tarn curtam pra.^ fe fcrre extenfioncm, ut etiam ad mo- 
 
 Q^ tum
 
 122 APPENDIX. 
 
 turn CgCc non extendat. Define plura in re tarn aperta, et 
 controverfiae nefcia. In tertia quieftione afTeritur Intelledum 
 efle nobiliorem voluntate. Si nobilitas fedem obtinet in In- 
 telledu, definat generoforum turba nobilitatem oftentare,cun[i 
 vix micam habent intelledus j fed ad rem. Caute hie dicen- 
 dum eft; nee enim intelledus eft nobilior aliqua nobilitate 
 effentiali, five efFeda in adu primo, fed tantum in fecundo, 
 deinde nee fecundum univerfam nobilitatem in adlu fecun- 
 do ; nam quamvis fit nobilior refpedu prioritatis naturae fui 
 obje6ti, (fatendum enim eft Verum efle prius natura quam 
 Bonum) ipfum tamen Bonum dignitate non cedet Vero;; 
 Deinde fi nobilitatem et faelicitatem civijem ipedemus, pro- 
 culdubio voluntas primas obtinet.. 
 
 APPEND. N°.4. 
 
 Colojf. cap. I. ver. 27. 
 
 LEGIT Alexandrinus Manufcriptus [t/ to tsrAar©^] 
 Grammaticas ingratiis : Mirabar quid fibi vellet base 
 mutatio, aut unde Librarii cogitationi fubiit. Mukum diuque 
 meditatus, banc tandem feci conjeduram : " Ferunt Biblio- 
 " rum Polyglottorum Editoresj celeberrimum ilium Codicem 
 « Alexandrinum [cujus videndi copia nunquam mihi con- 
 
 " tigit]
 
 APPENDIX. 123 
 
 " tigit] magnis feu iincialibus litcris dcfcriptum cfle, fine 
 " iilld vcrfuum, capitum aut vcrborum diftindlionc, five ul- 
 " lis Acccntibus vel Afpirationis Notis, qux a Grammatieis 
 " forte tunc nondum invcnta crant, adeo ut ununi quafi ver- 
 " bum continuatum videri pofTet ; quale de antiquis Biblio- 
 " rum Codicibus Hebraieis, longe ante Maforethas tcftantur 
 " quidam ex Rabinis. Et de Pindari aliorumque Poetarum 
 *< Grascorum poematis affirmant alii. Scdiones tamen quaf- 
 *' dam habet." Hadenus Illi. 
 
 Jam vero in utraque leclione [nempe, rig et Ti to! pnr 
 littcrarum numcrus eft, nimirum quaternarius : Sola ergo lis 
 erit de tertia, quas apud Alexandrinum eft, Tau, apud nos 
 Sigma: Non nefciunt autem Grammatici, Atticis nonnun- 
 quam in more efl'e, mutare Sigma in Tau. Nam pro (TiVThov 
 beta, fcribunt t€vt?^ov. Pro crJ^^n tumultus, rvf^n- Unde 
 verbum T'J^^ct^i, Luc 10.41. Pro cru^^aji. Pro sT'.aa'c-ffli', 
 l7\0LT]ctiv. Pro K^drrW} k^cIt1oi)V. Pro ri!T(rov, nTJov. Pro a'?.- 
 7\a.(r(T(t), ciTkXcItIoo. Pro B-oL7\clT(Tct, ^cLhctTict. Pone ergo li- 
 brario hie vifum efte atticiflare. Nullufque reftabit Scrupu- 
 lus; Siquidem le^lio planiftime erit confona noftraj. Nam 
 quaterna; illas litterae in Alexandrino Exemplari fine ullo in- 
 tervallo aut accentu pidas, fcilicet [t/Io] Atticc reprcfent.mt 
 noftras [ricro] quas quidem fi dividis, et accentu fuo, fpiritu- 
 que donas, emergit [rig 0.] Casterum banc conjccturam vc- 
 ftro, Academici, Judicio totus permitto. 
 
 c^2 APPEND.
 
 124 APPENDIX. 
 
 APPEND. N°.5. 
 
 Colojf. cap. 2. ver. 13. 
 Kjt< v^g y^xpaV ov7a? s:/ to?? (^^ifld^ciTi ^ tw obi^'^vTiaL 
 
 P ERG IT Apoftolus, in egregio quod per Baptifma con- 
 fecuti.funt bcneficio depingendo: idque coloribus ma- 
 gis adhuc vivis: ut gratam ejus memoriam altius imprime- 
 rit Coloffenfium animis. 
 
 Coh^erentiam orationis iilentio prstereunt quibus utor Ex- 
 planatores. Mirabar. Nee enim cuivis ledlori contingit per- 
 Ipicere, quomodo hoc comma cum prasmifib congruit. Prs- 
 £gitur quidem copula xct), fed verbum cui viam inchoat, eft, 
 (Tvve^diOTroiYjTe. Quodnam autem feu noraen feu przenomen, 
 cafu reclo, exhibet antegreffum Comma, quocum verbum 
 iftud jungatur ? certe nullum. Vulgo (nee male,) didum in- 
 telligunt de Deo Chriftuai excltante : Cur ergo Paulus non 
 ait [>^ <rvi^od07rotri(roLvl(B^'] cum praeiverat [t« Qis ts lyn^v- 
 T©-" ?] ut expediatur hie nodus, et Grammaticae non ingra- 
 tiis ; Cuneus efto elllpfis, per quam non ineleganter fubaudias 
 Nominativum articulum [oV] ut Integra oratio fit [hg v^ vfA.oig 
 &;c.] Qui etiam vos.] Nam articulum Subjundivum quan- 
 doque fubaudiri monui ad Cap. i. ver. 24. Quod et Exem- 
 plis firmavi, petitis E. 1. y*?. 3. 1 2. [a JcAV Kct^v £>c ra 'cro-
 
 APPENDIX. 125 
 
 PY}^Q w. Pro oV h 'UTovy)§ii rw.] 2ThcJj'.i. 5. [ivhiy^a. ri)? J~i- 
 y.aiict; KeJ-TiCdg. Pro gVcTeiljaa, quod indicio eft.] y«c. 1. 1 8. 
 [|3«A»iO«V clniyjomiv rijiiGi?. Pro oV (2>«A«9e(V] Jac.^.6. [occi- 
 diftis juftum, 8>c cLvliJoL(Ta-{Ja.t v/uuv. Pro, oV «x, qui non refi- 
 ftit vobis.] Ibidem quoque hue fpeclantia adjcci. Ait itaquc 
 Apoftolusj Deum qui excitaverat Chriftum, etiam Coloflcn- 
 fes vivificafle. 
 
 APPEND. N\6. 
 
 Co /ojf. cap. 2. ver. 21. 
 
 VULGATUS hasc pluralitcr vertit, [ne tctigeritis, nc- 
 que guftaveritis, neque contredavcritis.] Sed is qucm 
 fciam folus. Mircmini. Nam nee ipfe Eftius, qui fudarc fo- 
 let in vulgato fuo vel propugnando, vel faltem excufando, 
 ullam hie texit Apologiam. Non dcero igitur laboranti cau- 
 fcc : inter variantes enim Jecfliones hanc in Velefianis reperio : 
 l^jULYJ ctY>ic"6g, /jLYih yiVG'Yi7^iy fJLY\$\ ^lym.'] Quam ll ob ocu- 
 los vulgatus ; a Corruptoris culpa abfuit ; hcct judieium in 
 eo defideres reccpta paflim Icdione non contcnto. Sed ct ideo 
 excufatiorem habeas, ii obantegrefTum plurale [SojuLoui^iG-^i] 
 confultiorem efle duxerit hanc letftioncm. [julyi a'J/ncOs, /birji 
 yiVQ-Yicr^iy fxnh 5/y«7^.J Quanquam meminini' oportuit, Prx- 
 
 ccptn,
 
 126 APPENDIX. 
 
 ccpta, ad plures fpeclantia, Slngularibus verbis noii raro con- 
 cipi : iiti videre eft, (ne alia laudem) in omnibus ipfiiis dcca- 
 IoQ;i Mandatis. 
 
 Dogmata vero hie memorata fcrupulum Ledlorl injiciunt. 
 Duo priora [juinii a-vj/m /biy)Si yiixTri] facile intelligas. Quor- 
 fum autem adponitur [^^Y\i\ ^iyng'] Nonne enim qui vetat 
 tangere fatis vetat contreSiaref Grotius hoc modo conatur 
 rem expedire [mihi videtur, Paulus verbis ufus communibus, 
 quae et Judaeos et Philofophos, pra3fertim Pythagoriftas, com- 
 prehenderent. — Priora ilia ^« ct'v]/«, |M.>i y^yVn, ad Cibos per- 
 tinent, i. e. Ne tajigas aut guftes^ Gen. 33. 22. Pofterius vero 
 illud, jW,j) B-iyng.) pertinet ad vitandas feminas ; quod Judiei 
 Sacerdotes certis temporibus faciebant, Pythagoriftce vero 
 Temper.] Sed pace dodliflimiViri ^july] a-vj/w] potiusad vitandas 
 feminas pertineret, quam [jbLYi S-lyriCj'] cum Apoftolus dicat, 
 \Corinth.i,']. [>tctAoj' cly^^coTrc^ ywcUKog (j,y) 0L7fji<T^0Li,'] verum 
 iftud mitto j et rogo potius, quomodo ad hoc interpretamen- 
 tum quadrare pofTunt verha continuo adjedla, ,[(i hi 'uroLvJct 
 «V (p^o^v TH ccTTo^^rKTei,'] quorum fenfum ipfe Grotius fic 
 cxponit [Hoc vu/( ApoJiolus'\ ^lid f?mgni efi multa prceci- 
 pere de iis quce egejla pereunt f] vertit autem Beza, quae 
 omnia ipfo ufu pereunt.] Vere hoc dicitur de Cibis : Num 
 itidem de faeminis ? illaene egeftas pereunt ; aut ipfo Ufu abo- 
 lentur? Senfit hoc cltottov Grotius: fubjungit ergo; verba 
 ifta, pertinere ad ilia duo priora de qiiibus egerat. Sed non 
 perfuadet \ Opinor enim [ct \^\ "STcIvIol] non funt verba de- 
 
 iignantis
 
 APPENDIX. 127 
 
 fignantls duo ex tribus prasmiflis, fed ca omnia compledcntis. 
 Cum hac itaque non fudceflit, alia tentanda eft via. Ncmi- 
 nem autem cum habeam qui viam inchoet, Vos, Acadcmici, 
 tcntanti favete. 
 
 Accepiftis quamobrem de cibis (nifi forte Potus quoque 
 addatur) ha;c intclligenda cenfcam : quod praeterea firmant 
 ultima hujus Capitis verba [8;c gi/ Ti^« nvi (ts^g 'UT7\r\T(JLovm 
 T«? ca^Mq] de quibus tandem fuo loco. Sic igitur, ni fallor, 
 res habet: Verbum [obfjofjicju] quandoque non eft, fimplici- 
 ter tangOy fed prehendo, capefco^ ut monent Lexicographi; 
 Et quidem Suidas diferte exponit aifli^^ou per 7\cifJL^civi7^a.i, 
 Quinetiam, ni fallor, ita fignificat. Luc. 22. 51. [ci\cL(Jiiv^ 
 T8 miii dvj^ \d<rcQo aJ]ov] abfcifla enim fuerat Malchi auri- 
 cula, banc Chriftus non tetigit folum, fed prehendit, et ad 
 caput hominis applicans, truncatum fanavit. M>i a'^^n igitur, 
 idem fonet quod, ne capias, ne aftlimas ; (efculenta fcilicct 
 apud Mofen interdida) animo comedendi. Licuit enim ca 
 tangere, quibus vefci nefas crat. Camelus ftquidem inter im- 
 munda animalia primus nominatur, Lev. 1 1. 4. At quis ere- 
 dat, Judaeis religionem fuifle Camelos tangere ? MnJ'g ygJcH, 
 Exponit mentem prions pr^ecepti, et quo confilio to' clti- 
 Tic-^cu vetitum erat. Et hadenus quidem obtendcrc potcrant 
 Legem Mofaicam. Verum pro fmgulari, fi placet, Zcbufuo, 
 Cum abundans cautela non noceat, vifum eft Impoftoribus 
 Mantiftk loco addere UnSi ^iyr}^. Ad hunc itaque modum, 
 decernunt: Vetitis illis cibis ne admoliaris manum, nee, ut 
 
 mundaa.
 
 128 APPENDIX. 
 
 mundas ibles efcas, prehendas: Cave deguftes. Nam depaf- 
 cere, Omiicm exuperat audaciam : Imo ut ab omni abfis 
 fufpicionc, ab illis tangendis prorfus tempera. Tertio fane huic 
 praecepto nihil ftolidius, aut a Lege veteri alienius : vernm 
 quid, iflis hominibus facias, in quibus indoles eft Pharifaicas 
 feveritatisr Ne non prater czetcros fapere religionis negotia 
 videantur, Divinaj Legi tanquam baud fatis cauts, provida 
 fua commenta non erubefcunt affuere. 
 
 Ca'terum fi minus aptus ifti Node videtur hie Cuneus, 
 hem alium : In ConfefTo eft, Apoftolum hasc loqui fjLif/.YiJuagt 
 fi verba inficeta funt, ft infcita, ft incongrua ; Non ille culpa 
 tenetur, fed ipft impoftores tarn inconditis modis dogmata- 
 fua efFutientes. Quos quidem Paulus majori habet defpicatui, 
 dum ipfam inftunitorum Didatorum vaniloquentiam profert. 
 Unaque Coloflenfes docet tarn ridicules Magiftros, ut par 
 erat, faftidire. Haec habui, Academici, de moleftis hifce ver- 
 bis : veftro autem judicio permittcnda. 
 
 APPEND.
 
 APPENDIX. 129 
 
 APPEND. N-.y. 
 
 Colojf. cap. 3. vcr, 5. 
 
 Et Avaritiain qua eft Idololatria. 
 
 THEODORETUS ad locum [Avaritiam autem vo- 
 cavit cultum Simulachrorum, quoniam Servator Mam- 
 monani, Dominum appellavit; docens, quod qui fcrvit vitio 
 Avaritia?, tanquam Deuni colit divitias] et TheophyIa(ftus 
 
 yveJ-c^ ?^al§6(jii(rciv» Kol\ roi ^Sodhct ^ rivv gOfaJv, ct^fve/ov x^^ 
 X^v(noy. Avaritiam nominavit Idololatriam, ecu auro et ar- 
 gento fervientem. Etenim Idola gentium argcntum ct au- 
 rum] P/a/. 11 5. 4.] et hoc fere modo Complures interpre- 
 tantur: Eandemque ob caufam, 'urXiovi)ClY\g, inquiunt, ilcta- 
 XoXctT^ng vocatur Ep^. 5. 5. Nee uUa fane mira funt, Apo- 
 flolum ftigma hoc Avaritiae inurere, utpote fummopere mor- 
 tificandaj, cum ipfo tefte, « (pi?.a.^fvSAct /it pi^a urcivJav rm 
 KcfxSi'j. I Tim. 6.10. 
 
 \'crum enimvero, pia licet lit hrec Intcrpretatio, an tamen 
 habenda pro gcrmana, eft cur dubites. Primo calm, tamctli 
 Avnrus Mammone colcndo fe dat Idololatram : idem tamen 
 faccre cenlendi funt, qui aliis vitiis quibus Ethnica pra:runt 
 Numina, fe nobiHtarc folent. Nam [quifquis committit pec- 
 
 R catuni
 
 430 A P P E N'D I. :^. 
 
 catum ferviis efl peccati ^<?^8. 34.] An nefcltis quod cui 
 iiftitis vos ipfos lervos ad obedicndum, ejus fervi eftis cui 
 obpditis, vel peccati ad mortem, vel obedientiae ad Juftiti- 
 am? Rom. 6. 26.] et 2 Pet. 2. 19. [A quo quis fuperatur, huic 
 etiamin /ervitutem eft addidus.] Quoci'rca, focordia^ et de- 
 iidise fe dedentes, Murciam colunt; ebrietati, Bacchum; im- 
 pudicitiae, Venerem : Cur igitur Avaritia, tanquam proprio et 
 peculiari vocabulo, nuncupatur Idololatria? Secundo, cum 
 prsemifla vitiorum Series ['uro^mct fcilicet, OLKa^a^oict, iiri- 
 S-v^ict Km'j ad impudicitiam attineat; facile credas rm 
 IjTMoyi^iav quoque ejufdem furfuris efle. Prsefertim, cum A- 
 poftolus Eph.c,.^' in una feorfum clafle collocet 'Wo^vetaVy 
 cuta^a^cnoLV et 'uyMoH^iaVj quas ne nominari quidem inter eos 
 vult: dein vero ver. 5. "uro^voVy dytcL^cL^oVj ljT7\iO)ii)ilw. cogna- 
 ta fcilicet peccantes peccata. Tertio, Apoftolus ita depingit 
 impudicos, Eph. 4. 1 9. [on^ng cL7rYi?\lY]>iOTsg, qui poftquam de- 
 doluerunt, (i. e. confuctudine peccandi obduxerunt callum, 
 ita ut nullum confcientiae morfum fentiant) idvlbg ijTa^iSoo^ 
 KdV Tw cl(ri7\feici, femetipfos dediderunt lafcivise, eig i^fct<nctv 
 cl/ia^cL^Giai; 'sraVji?, ad patrandam omnem impuritatem, in 
 TWMoVi^ia..'] Num, in, vel, cum avarkiay feu aun argentiv<^ 
 cupiditatef Hand dixeris. Significat autem libidinem ef- 
 frsenatam, enormem, projedliflimam, modi nefciam et infa- 
 tiabilem. Quarto, probe gnarus, 'ZU'Aeoj/g^icty vulgo denotare 
 avarjtiam, addit, [w? eViy «V6sJAo/\al^«ct] ne quis forte erret, 
 
 vocemque
 
 APPENDIX. 151 
 
 vocemqiie fenfu in vulgus obtincntc intclligcndam piitet. 
 Quo quidem confilio, ait, Eph.^.^. [yroiq 't!To^v(^ ri oim^oL^ 
 t(^, « 'UTMovi>t]y)Cy o<; i<riv «cT&AoAotTl'n?'.] Quinto, S. Hicro- 
 nymus, in ad Eph. hue facit : ait enim [opcrationcm immun- 
 ditize omnis in avaritia (hoc eft, i^fctaia.}/ dKCL^a^oict^ 'UTcL<TY\g 
 iv UTMovs^ici.) non ad avaritiam ut fonat fimplicitcr perti- 
 nere, fed ad libidinem atque luxuriam. 
 
 Reftat videamus, quo nomine 'UTMoh^ia, five impotens et 
 belluina libido, nuncupatur (iS(ti7\o?\ciLl^€ia. Cameroni, tJrAgc- 
 ve^ict eft avaritia, nihilominiis tamen hue facit, quod ille ad- 
 notat. Sic enim habet [Apoftolus vocat avaritiam, Idolola- 
 triam ; non quod vclit, (ut vulgo accipitur) avaritiam eftc 
 Idololatriam, fed quia nihil execrabilius erat omnium Judx- 
 orum judicio quam Idololatria. Nam hoc folenne eft Hebraj- 
 is, magna peccata notare nominibus quae fignificant peccata 
 vulgo deteftanda; ut cum Rebellio adverfus Dcum dicitur 
 in fcriptura, Divwafioj Inca?it(rtio, et Idololatria^ i Sam. 15. 
 23. Non quod Rebellio fit Divinatio, fed lie loquitur Spiri- 
 tus, ut notet quam ftt execrabilis prasfrada apud Deum ani- 
 mi obftinatio. Sic hodieque Germani Jiidaji quoties aliquid 
 deteftantur (ctiam dum Germanice loquuntur) vocant illud 
 S'Dp a Vd9 c^od. fculptile Idolum flgmficat. Et in fcriptis Rab- 
 binorum nihil eft frcquentius quam res abominandas nppcl- 
 lare O.'Vdd'I H^tc ft placcnt, jufta paret ratio ob quam Apo- 
 ftolus effraenatam libidinem deteftatus, Eam Idololatria vo- 
 
 cabulo indigitat. 
 
 R 2 APPEND.
 
 I3Z APPENDIX. 
 
 APPEND, N'.S. 
 
 Colojf. cap. 3. ver. 16. 
 
 OU OS N A M alloquitur ? nonne CololTenfes omnes ? eti^. 
 am Laicos ? hine ergo arcendi S. Scripturis, ne forte 
 detorqueant eas ad fuam ipforum dTrodhetav ? longe alia mens 
 Apoftolo. Clamat igitur hie Chryfoftomus [(i}oi(ra}i o(7oi eV?, 
 Kou-jULiKOh KS'-f y^vMKog ii^jj T'aii^Ctip rztO'ts'fltcd'g, 'woog \^ vfjCiv 
 f^Bil^iTrei fjLCchi^cL rdg y^aCpcig dvvSlmiTKeiV. Audite quicun^ 
 quae eftis mundani, et uxori praseftis ac liberisj quomodo 
 vobis quoque maxime mandet legere Scripturas.] Data vero 
 hac anfa, in quasftionem ipfam paulifper nos penetremus. 
 
 Negant Pontificii permittendas eiie vulgo Scripturas ; an 
 merito, juftaque de caufa, facilis erit cernendi copia. Prin^ 
 cipio enim in confefib eft, Inftriimentum vetus, ipfis Judaeis 
 authoribus, in linguam Gra^cam verfum fiiiffe. Qiio autera 
 confilio, ni{i ut Hebraicarum iiterarum rudibus, Jegendi ef- 
 fet ac cxpendendi facultas ? Quod vero fas erat in Grascam 
 vertere, Jonge tunc temporis lateque notam, erat et in aliam 
 quamvis linguam, ubi ufus veniret: nam quid Grteca, hac in 
 parte, reliquis intereft? Siquid hoc inccpto peccatum eft a 
 LXX Senibus, vcrfionis iftiusconcinnatoribus, qui fit ut iftud 
 auferrent, fine nota a Chrifto aut Apoftolis inufta ? At ubi^ 
 
 obfecroj
 
 APPENDIX. 133 
 
 obfecro, iniirebant vel hi vel ille ? Imo c contrario, nonnur*- 
 quam apud eos legere eft verba ex ifta verfione laudata. Mi- 
 nime autem filentio tranfmittendum, vcrfionem Scnum om- 
 nibus quidem numcris abfolutani non fuifie ; a qua proindc 
 Apoftoli quandoque abeunt. Nee ha^c tamen vifa eft futis ju- 
 fta fuccenfendi caufa. Humanitus id Senibus accidit ; cau- 
 tio tamen interea erat, ne quid a fide aut bonis moribus ali- 
 enum obtrudcrent. Et cum verfio eoruni hoc modo compa- 
 rata, nee Chrifto, nee Apoftolis, ftomachum feccrit: quarc 
 noftras, licet id genus nsvorum non immunes, delicati Pon- 
 tificii indignantur? Num proptcrea quod ipforum Latina, 
 quam authenticam efle jubent, femper rem acu tangit ? Si 
 iapiunt, definant maledicere, malefadla ne nofcant fua : Natn 
 Iliacos ititra muros pcccatur et extra. 
 
 Ut tranfeamus itaque ad Inftrumentum novum ; quod 
 Graced Hngua exaratum fuifte quisnefcit? Quid ita vero ? 
 nempe quia per bene multas orbis rcgioncs jam tum percre- 
 befcente: quod facile colligas tum ex EpiftoHs Grcecis ad 
 Romanas et Hebrceos datis ; tum ex ipfis Catholicis eadem 
 lingua, tanquam Catholica fcripds. Sole igitur clarius patct, 
 Apoftolos a Pontificiiorum confilio de arccndis Laicis lecli- 
 one Scriptura! quam longiftimc abfuific. Si enim arcere ftc- 
 terat; pra^optaffent linguam aliquam foli quam callcbanC 
 cruditi, quorum eflet popelkim inftruerp ; minimc autcm 
 omnium potiflimis terrarum orbis rcgionibus trltam. Catc- 
 tum mcmores nveminerant NIorem, Scriptorum lacrorum 
 
 Principcm,
 
 134 APPENDIX. 
 
 Principem, lingua apud Suos vulgari et vernacula fcrlpfiflb : 
 iimiliter et Prophetas reliquofque Sandli Spiritus amanuen- 
 /es. Hos qua poterant Duces fccuti, ut commodo Ecclefias 
 ex pluribus gentibus conflatae infervirent, iilam prseter caste- 
 ras delegerunt linguam quae maxime turn innotuerat. Vos 
 appello, Academici : Ecquid confultius excogitari poterat in 
 univcrforum Chriftianorum, adeoque ct laicorum gratiam ? 
 Fac autem, quod nonnullis videtur Evangelium S. Matthaei, 
 et Epiftolam ad Hebraeos, Sermone Hebraico ; Evangelium 
 vero S. Marci Latino, edita fuiffe : vehementer hoc facit ad 
 caufam noftram ; nam non multo poft, vel ad ipfis authori' 
 bus, vel ab aliis viris Apoftolicis Grsca fa£ta efle, in confeflb 
 eft. Quorfum autem, nifi ut lingua pervolgatifllma, omni- 
 um lecflioni commendarentur ? 
 
 Apoftolis officio fuo hadenus fundlis ; curze efle coepit vi- 
 ris piis dodifque, ne qua fraudi eflet Chriftianorum poftea 
 vulgo Gyxcx lingua infcitia j Hinc in rem Eccleliae Latinae, 
 Latina verlio orta. Ingenue enim dicite Pontificii; Quam ob 
 caufam hzec verfio inventa, incoepta, perfedla fuit ? Num ut 
 profpiceretur eruditis et Grscas literas callentibus? Gerras! 
 Quibus ergOjuifi indodlis? Quare autem iis, fi ledlione Scrip- 
 tura3 piohibendis? Vel igitur majoribus veftris editionem La- 
 tinam vitio vertite, vel Italis Italicam adornate. Nam Gr^ca 
 lingua non magis fugerat avos, quam nepotcs Latina ; Do- 
 nee hoc in animum induxeritis, malae fraudis vos tenemus 
 manifeftos, qui majorum fada, qu^ laudibus efiertis, con- 
 
 trario
 
 APPENDIX. 135 
 
 trario plane facinorc damnarc fuftinctis. Nos interea rifum 
 vix tenemus dum cditionem illam Fulgata vocabulo vendi- 
 tare non ceflatis : Nam fucrit quidem (pi^U))/vfJi<^ olim apud 
 Seclum prius, ubi a viilgo capi potuit; at nunc dicrum, 
 quando non potcft, minimc aiidiat vulgata, fed recondita 
 potius, et, quantum in v^obis eft, clero refcrvata. 
 
 Ut pergam autem : Quod apud Latinos illos prifcos fanof» 
 que faditatum videmus, aliis in gcntibus pridcm in ufu ve- 
 nit. Quid memorem verfionem Armenam, Chryfoftomo, ut 
 fertur, Authore ; Slavonicam, Hyeronimo ; Gothicam, Wul- 
 phila ; Arabicam, Joanni Hifpalcnfi ? Tefte Chryfoftomo, 
 HomiL I. in Joanncm, tranftulerant hunc Apoftolum in lin- 
 guas fuas, (£ SJ^t, (£ 'Aiyvnlioi, ^ L/cTo), (c Yli^trouj (c 'A(- 
 ^ioTti^j (£ fJJJOJicL "ili^. sOj/Ji, Syrii, i^gyptii, Indi, et Perfas, 
 jEthiopes ct innumcr^ alize Gentes. Qua igitur nos in cul- 
 pa fumus qui antiquorum ubivis gentium Chriftianorum 
 veftigiis infaftimus? 
 
 Ne tamen fine ratione infanire vidcantur adverlarii, ut 
 caufam corum agit Bellarminus, audite : [Convenit omnino 
 ad Ecclefias unitatem confervandam, ut publicus ufus Scrip- 
 turarum fit in aliqua lingua communiilima ; Nam alitcr tol- 
 letur communicatio Ecclefiarum : Nemo enim neque dod- 
 usj ncque indo(5lus frequentabit Ecclefias, nifi in fiia patria; 
 Et piaeterea non poterunt fieri ulla generalia Concilia ; Nee 
 cnini Patrcs omnes qui ad Concilium veniunt, habent 
 donum linguarum.] Ita llle. Et, ut bcnigne nos agamus, 
 
 largimur
 
 136 APPENDIX, 
 
 larginiur ei propofitionem fuam : E re eft Ecclefiae lingua 
 communiftima : At non ilia vulgaris eft et vernacula ? Imo, 
 inquit, non unius, fed omnium Ecclefiarum habenda eft ra- 
 tio ; nee communicationi membrorum topicae alicujus, fed 
 CatholicEe Ecclefiag profpiciendum. Qui autem id fiet ? Num 
 ope linguae folis do6lis cognitse? qus hinc Communicatio 
 cum castu populi, parte feilicet Eccleftarum longe maxima? 
 verum, quod angit Cardinalem, abfque'hujufmodi commu- 
 niffima lingua, mmo neque doEius neque mdoEius frequentabit 
 Ecclejias nifi in fud patrid. Scilicet magnae curas habet pe- 
 regrinantes, paucos licet, numeroforum interea indigenarum 
 indigne immemor. At nefcirc non poterat, moris efle pere- 
 grinis, gentium, in quibus verfantur, linguas fummopere ad- 
 difeere. Nihil els hoc ftudio prius ; qui fi. fuccedit ex fenten- 
 tia, facultas eft frequentandi Ecclelias : fin minus, patriam 
 fere repetunt. Quod ad Patres in generale concilium coad- 
 os ; linguarum charifmate baud locupletatos, facile largior. 
 in tanto autem conventu quis credat defiderari interpretes ? 
 quibus quoties ufus erat fuppetias ferentibus, negotia non 
 incommode tranfigi poterant, fine auxilio unius, in Sacris, 
 linguae pafTim. receptae. Denique plurimaj extiterant verfio- 
 nes vernaculce ante Concilium Tridcntinum, illudque, ut con- 
 tendunt adverfarii, generale : in quo quidem nemo, quern 
 fciam, Patrum, linguarum dono pollebat. Ecqua ex verfi- 
 onibus ilHs remora, Ecquod Concilio obftaculum ? annon po- 
 tius irritamentum ? Quid multis ? non capio, quo pado, vuIt 
 
 gatie
 
 APPENDIX. 137 
 
 gatic in quavis gente vcrfioncs obfint Communicationi Ec- 
 clcfiarum, cum interea Textus Hcbraicus atque Grsecus ab 
 omnibus pro authenticis habeantur. — Scd pergit Cardinalis. 
 
 [Si ulia ratio efTct cur Scripturae in Lingua vulgari in czetu 
 fidclium Icgi debcrent, ea certc effet potifllma, ut omncs 
 intclligcrcnt. At certc populus non intclligeret Prophetas et 
 Pfalmos, et alia quae in Ecclcfia leguntur, Etiamfi materna 
 lingua legerentur. Nos enim qui Latine fcimus, non prop- 
 tcrea continuo intelligimus Scripturas, nifi Expofitorts lega- 
 mus vcl audiamus. Quomodo ergo intclligcrcnt homines 
 impcriti ?] Quam crafium vero hoc Sophilma 1 Pone enim, 
 rationem ejfe ut otnnes biulligant. Ideone incafTum fit fi om- 
 ncs non intcUexcrint omnia? Intelligat quifque quantum 
 queat, quantumque dcdcrit Deus : Cajtera pic admirctur. 
 Nemo tarn hebes quin nonnulla capiat quce ad Chriftianam 
 virtutem funt: Et, quod male urit advcrfarios, rufticorum 
 infimus, audito Decalogo, facile percipict, Imagines non cfle 
 Golendas: Audita InftitutioncEuchariftix ; Calicem non efic 
 negandum Populo : Audito 7 Capitc prions ad Corinthios ; 
 liccrc quibusvis inire conjugium. Ubi autem obfcurum quid 
 aut perplexum occurret, faciant Laici, quod nee Clerici qui- 
 dem detredant: ad cruditorum opcm confugiant. 
 
 Ardentius poft pugnat : [Populus (inquit) non foliim non 
 capcret frucftum ex Scripturis, fed etiam capcrct detrimcn- 
 tum : Accij crct enin> facillimc occafionem errandi, turn in 
 docflriua fidci, turn in prxccptis vitae ct morum : Nam ex 
 
 S Scriptura
 
 138 APPENDIX. 
 
 Scriptum non intelleda natse funt omnes haerefes.] Quid fi 
 nat£e ? Idone Scriptura prohibendi laici ? At primum noris, 
 hac de caufa, jufta modo iit, prohibendos etiam Clericos: 
 Nonne enim immaAiffimae hasrefes ad Clericos authores re- 
 feruntur ? Arium nefcis, et Macedonium, Neftorium, et Eu- 
 tychen j Clericos omnes ? Quales alii ; Valentinus, Marci- 
 on, Photinus, Novatianus ; Et, ut innumeros alios mittam, So- 
 cinus? Hine e rudi et imperito Vulgo? Secuhdo, fi ideo 
 la'icos Scripturam celas, quia abuti ilia ad fuam ipforum 
 perniciem pollunt ; toUe vinum ne crapula ; tolle cibos, ne 
 gula fequatur. Imo Solem, Lunamque Caelo detrahe : Ignem, 
 terram, flumina, animalia multa, multas herbas, abole ; ne 
 ab indodlo vulgo, quod fepe fiebat, pro numinibus habean- 
 tur. Saltern templis veftris imagines exturba, faciles quippe 
 La'icis Idololatris illecebras. Quid multis ? Ingratiflimse de- 
 mentias eft, Dei beneficio indifcriminatim indulto, La'icis in- 
 terdicere, non aliam ob caufam, quam quod nonnulli dex- 
 tra oblatum liniftra accipiant. Tertio, monet S. Petrus 
 2 Epift. 3. 16. t(ik in Paulinis epiilolis quaedam Sv(rvoi& in- 
 telleSiu difficilia-, quae indodii et inftabiles contorquent, ut 
 et reliquas Scripturas ccs^g rr^v \(Hclv oLvlm cLTTOdAeiav.] At- 
 que banc fummam habet Pontificiorum querela. Quid ergo 
 Petrus? iniitne rationem celandi populum periculofas iftas 
 una cum casteris Scripturis Epiflolas j vel faltem ab iis legen- 
 dis la'icos deterret ? Hsec certe ab illo fada oportebant, ju- 
 dicibus Pontificiis; praefertim fi Chrifti vice fummum Ec- 
 
 clefiae
 
 APPENDIX. 139 
 
 clefis Paftorcm agcrct. Vcriim longc alia Pctro mens: qiiem 
 fi negligentem infimulant, nos illius aimulan cxoptamus neg- 
 ligcntiam, potius quam iftorum diligcntiam. Nam quod 
 nonnulli argutantur, gladios minimc tradendos eflc in manus 
 infanicntium ; nihil eft. Primo enim, Ideonc infaniunt Lai- 
 ci, quia minuj imbuuntur literis. Secundo, Ecquis contendit 
 Scripturas in vernaculum vertendas efle, in gratiam lympha- 
 ticorum : Tcrtio, num fanis laicis negabis gladiorum ufum, 
 quia mente captis periculofum? Quarto, Litem Pontificiis 
 non intendcmus, fi furentes laicos arcuerint Scripturis, mo- 
 do fanis omnibus earundem copiam fecerint. JEquKTimz 
 certe conditio ; quam qui repudiant, ipfi non modicum fu- 
 rorem furunt. 
 
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