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 Pcrfed- Curfcd-Bleflcd 
 
 Setting-forth 
 
 r Excellencie p r (feneration, 
 ~<*5\4ans^MiJerie-> >by hu^pegeneration* 
 I Felicities j Cfygenemtion. 
 
 By J. E Matter of Arts, Preacher of Gods Word, 
 
 and Re3or ot'H'slhc inSuff. 
 
 Bernardus in Meditat 
 
 Mima infignita Vet imagine * decor atajimilitudine > y dejpon- 
 Jatafide* dotata Spiritu ; redempta j anguine ; hdrts boni- 
 tat is • capax beatitudims . deputata cum jingelis. 
 
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 Yet croft ere long by Death to pafs,To glorious life conform^* 
 
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 A Re not many, and yet fewer in feme Copes then in other: for as 
 they werefpycdtn the Prefe, they were amended in the remai- 
 ning Copies. Let thoft that are found, be thm amended. 
 
 in the EpijlU Vtdic. read (like Bcih-flycs. 
 
 , ■„ j Sp-i-LiMteptmh- excellency and goodnes. 
 WbeE^.totbcReader^^^ ^ ak{otmKC wralh . 
 
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 TO THE RIGHT VVOR- 
 
 fhipfull Sir Anthony Wingfcld Knight Baronet, the 
 pi imc Heir oFthac Right-Noble, Generous, and Renow- 
 ned Familie of the prime Houle of the Wmgfelds, the 
 growrhand incieale of Grace and Honour herc> 
 and die fruition of Glorie and Hap- 
 pinefs hereafter. 
 
 SIR: 
 
 S you take-notice of this 
 happinefs and blefsing of 
 God upon you to bee the 
 Heir of this great <3c wor- 
 thie Family^ fo take-no- 
 tice alfo (1 befeech you) of the true caufe 
 of that worth and greatnefs of your <>An* 
 ce/ion,a.nd imitate them thcr-in: and then, 
 inheriting their worth,together with their 
 wealth, you fliall alfo mod undoubtedly 
 enrich your felfe with the obfequious at- 
 tendance and hearty aflfecflion of your na- 
 tive Countrimen • and fo grow in Grace 
 and Favour with God and Man. 
 
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 Your
 
 Your Noble Trogenitours have bin fa- 
 mous for their Pietie to God j for they 
 were alwaies noted to be zealous in 3fc/f~ 
 gion. 1 hey* have bin renowned for their 
 Loialtie to their Soyeraigne, for they were 
 alwaies of great and high Commifsion, 
 many of them being ex intimis%egum Con- 
 film. They have alwaies bin much ho- 
 nouredof their Country fox their great care 
 of the Publique Good and Welfare ther- 
 of: which, as occafions required, they did 
 manifeft,fometimesby their Valour y t\\o^c\ 
 it were to hazard the lofs of Life or Li- 
 ving : fometimes by their Wifdomc andy#- 
 tegrity ; in fomuch that weighty caufes in 
 difference have bin by the Parties confent 
 referred to their fole Arbitration : fome- 
 times by their Lenity fox this was their an- 
 ciet Motto, <3c revived by the laftof your 
 name, c PujJe,& nolle y J^obile :and alwayes 
 by their great Hofyitalitie , upon which 
 
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 Dedicatory. 
 
 to their great Rcnowne and Glory, they 
 yearly fpent the greatcftpart of their Re- 
 venues. 
 
 Allthefe, with many fuch, lived toge- 
 ther with your Tredecejfirs, <3c whiles they 
 lived, were the Life of their fame <3c worth. 
 And, let me tell you Sir,there is an expec- 
 tation (the tedious Monthes of your Mi- 
 noritie being worn-out)of their reviving, 
 and, together with your Perfon, of their 
 keeping refidencc in fome oroth?r of your 
 Manfions. God enable you with fuch a 
 competency of Gifts and Graces as you 
 may fatisfie expectation. 
 
 I fpeake not thus out of doubtfullfear, 
 but in officious love : for fince it pleafed 
 the Diyine 'Providence** when you were 
 baptized to ufe the hand of my Miniftery 
 for the receiving of you into the Qhurcb : 
 ( 1 living then in your worthy Fathers 
 houfe, who never entertained any other 
 
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 Chaplain, but mine unworthy felfe) and 
 fithi live ftill tnjlatuquo, as your Father 
 
 laced me • me thinks the fame ^Providence 
 eads me by the hand to doe fome fcrvicc 
 for you, now when his Majejly the King 
 fends you fo timely into the Common- 
 wealth, by gracing you Honoris onere ,with 
 the dignity of tonight - c Baronet>andbytm~ 
 ftingyou Onoris bonore>with the command 
 of fome of his Forces for the Countriesde- 
 fence. 
 
 My prayer is that you may walk wot thy 
 of the feverall fallings wher-tinto you are 
 called : and my defire is to doe fomething 
 for you to further you therein. For which 
 purpofe I have prefumed to prefent you 
 with this Hijiory, though weakly contri- 
 ved, yet rtrongly warranted : for it hath 
 the undoubted truth of God for its autho- 
 rity. Wher-in I endevour to let you fee 
 your felfe in your triple eftate : for it doth 
 
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 not pr medicare de uno Homine infyecie tndi- 
 yidtiOy but defingulis Hominibus in totoge^ 
 nere Humano : and is verified particularly 
 in everie One, being curfed or blejjed in 
 their imitation of it. 
 
 ltwilladvertifeyouto take-heed, that 
 you give no way to J^aturall Inclinations , 
 but as you finde them renued by (jrace : 
 and to ftop your ears againftthebuzzings 
 of fawning Sycophants , which (life flefh- 
 Aks that corrupt fweet ointmcnts_)ahvaies 
 breathe infection: and ferpent-like never 
 infinuate but forfecret mifchievous ends. 
 (jodgwt you the Spirit oiWifdome to dif- 
 cern, and the Grace o£Zeale to detelt, Mud 
 pefiimum hominum genu's. 
 
 In a word, it will (I hope^) helpe to di- 
 reftyou, how to recover the perfection of 
 pure J\(ature;ho\v to get-out of the mif> 
 rie of corrupt Nature; and how to attaine 
 to the fruition of that fuper-naturall Feli- 
 
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 cieic that the world Cannot apprehend. 
 
 Many Tractates, I confefs, you may 
 finde tending tb thefe ends- but all that { 
 have feene,are mcerly indicative- teaching 
 onlie by inftrucftion^vvher-asthis is exem- 
 plafie,and teachethby demonftratiomand 
 therefore though they may be more pun- 
 <5luall andpithie, yet 1 am fure this is more 
 plaine, I truft not unpleafant. God give 
 grace to make them all profitable. 
 
 If this fhall further you but one ftep to- 
 wards any of thofe ends, either for your 
 mortification or^hification y (ji double work, 
 but muft be finglie performed by you,and 
 by all that intend to fave their foules ) I 
 fhall rejoice in mypaines^ and you,! truft, 
 be encouraged toprcft-ontemards the mar ^ 
 fet-befcreyou y for the price of the high calling 
 ofCjodin thrift fefm. 
 
 1 his is the maine thing that you have 
 to doc in this world j without which you 
 
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 {hall neuer here deferue the Happinefs you 
 have , nor ever hereafter attaine to the 
 Happinejje you defire . Your Hiches, Ho- 
 W0«r,the Favour of this WorId,thefe were 
 thedefcrtof your zAncejlours, which out- 
 lived their Perfons,and are now caft upon 
 you their undoubted Heir to make you 
 worldly happy. But it is Tieligion^nd the 
 love and pradlife oilt^ligion onely in the 
 exercife ofvertuouSjand pious adtions that 
 can bring you to deferve this temporall 
 Happinefs,and allure you to enherite that 
 which is immortall. 
 
 Thus commending thefe broken lines 
 to your acceptance, and your felfeto the 
 Grace in Chrift lefus^ 1 humbly take my 
 leave, and reft 
 
 Your Worflrips 
 
 truly devoted, 
 Ioseph Fletcher,
 
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 TO THE LEARNED AND 
 
 IVDICIOVS READERS. 
 
 \0t that I dejirefuch <]{eaders only, doe I 
 prefix this Ept file • hut only to defire, if 
 any fuch frail <vouchfafe to reade this, 
 poore Labor, that tliey "toould alfo Vouch- 
 fafe to make a favourable conftrutlion 
 of what they reade : and to take-notice that I doe not hold, 
 that alt the ther-in mentioned Decrees, Confultations, 
 Iudgements, <?c. "toerejuftfo in actu, as they aretber- 
 infet-down ; or as the tenour of the Story may feeme to im? 
 port. For I have learned another lejjon, Tbhicb I defirt 
 thofe that have not, to learne^and beleeVe "Kith me. 
 
 For mine owtie part, I know and beleeVe that all things 
 TbhatfoeVer that cither haVe bin, are, orjhallbejofaras 
 they have reference unto God, the Primus Motor, orL 
 ginall Author, andprincipall A&or of them - of Inborn, 
 through Tbhom, and for inborn , they have and receive tWtr 
 being and motion : (all jecondary caufes being contained 
 
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 Tbithin the/pbere of their firjl caufe • Ibeleeve, I fay) thai 
 being thus conftdered in God, they have neither pi ius wo*" 
 poiterius • firjl nor lafl : becaufe God is Alpha andO- 
 mega, both firjl and laft : the firjl of Cauies, the loft of 
 Ends, that is,all in all : they being in Him icniel &. fi- 
 mul, 04 one individual! fubftance, or continued motion - 
 He being in Him-felfe, Ens cujus centrum eftubiq; 
 & cujus circumferenria nullibi :Jo that nothing can be 
 be fides Him, He beingofHimfelfe evoy Vvay infinite. 
 
 Vpon this ground all Gods Purpofes, Motions, Acti- 
 ons, (whether inrefpeel rfthe Creature, neceffary or con- 
 tingent -J as atfo the fubje tit? heron Hee work.es , yea and 
 Ukemifc theinjlrumentall (jxufes thereby He workes, art 
 aUprefentunto Him : becaufe He beholdeth all things ,uno 
 & eodem intuitu, at one injlant j there being no diffe- 
 rence to Him atattbeCtoixt things pajl, and prejunt, and 
 to come : thefe being meerly and onely the dijltnclions of 
 time. But GOD Toho is Light, and dwelleth in light » 
 which was, and which is, and which is to come • 
 the fame yefterday and to day, and the fame for ever ; 
 nude th not the diftintlions of Time for the rejolution and 
 execution of his Decrees and Actions. 
 
 All things then being in God ,God in Himfelfe is to be 
 
 conftdered as a moft rich, beautifully and glorious Treafii- 
 
 rkyfffuch tranfeendentjuper excellent, and incomprelien- 
 
 JMt Nature,Majefty fir Order^ that not any Creature 
 
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 To the ^Reader. 
 
 in Heaven or Earth is able to conceive how any one thingin 
 Him is either decreed, promoted, or acied, Jim ply, truly \ 
 and as it is indeed: for Creatures are circumfcribed in 
 all their faculties and powers, and cannot goe beyond their 
 extent. 
 
 For us thenpofitively to defcribe, define, or determine a* 
 ny thing of Gods Decrees ,Coniultations, and Actions 
 (Imeane ad intus y ) or of his order of doing them, as, that 
 Jirfl He did that, afterwards this, and Lift of all thus, it is 
 Satanicall pride, and arrogant prefwnption : fo inf ear cit- 
 able is his Wifedome,and his "bates paji finding out. 
 
 Yet again the fame infearchable things of God feeing con- 
 Jidered quoad nos, and referred to their <vif\ble and ap- 
 prehenfible Caufes,Ends, Objects, and Effects ; fo they 
 admit of pirns and pofterius, and may be f aid to bee firfi 
 orfecond according to the fetled order o/Nature,Time, or 
 Being. And upon this ground Tbe may look upon the ABi- 
 ons ofGod,as iffuingor proceeding from Him in a moft per- 
 fect, comely, andbeautifull order and iheccftion, Tblxreby 
 Hte manifefleth his ownegloty, and advanceth the good of 
 his Qreatures. And yet this acceptation , diflinilion, or in* 
 terpretation of Gods doings arifethfrom our owne "beak ca- 
 pacities and apprehenfions ,and not from the things of God 
 them f elves : for a* "toe conceive and under [land them to be y 
 $r have beene done, fo doe wee judge of them, and no o- 
 therwije. 
 
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 c Tothe c Reader. 
 
 * 'Now, for that Toe areTbeake to conceive, and under, 
 fiand aright the Vwnderfutt things of God (as indeed the 
 leafl^orke of his is bonder full in it [elf e, and infinitely 
 furpajjeth our imagination^ God therefore in mercy af- 
 fords us many helpes to further us therein^ per corporalia 
 ipiritualia docens - y 8c per viiibilia invifibilia de- 
 monftrans, and fo Jpeaketh to us of his owne immenji 
 andincomprehenfible Refolutions and h&ions, in phr a- 
 fes andtearms futahle and agreeable to our owne "weake 
 capacities. ?{otfor that H>e are to conceive it to bejuflfo, 
 andfo Tfrith the Lord concerning that thing of'which Hee 
 fpeaketh y and no otherwife   but for that otherwife than fo 
 or jo as Hefpeaketh^ee cannot pofsibly cmceive it to bee. 
 Heftoopeth to our infirmttie,andfpeaketh to us concerning 
 Hirri-felfe in our own dialeflandgivcth us leave to [peak 
 of Him and his Heltons, as Wed-jeof our fdves and 
 %ur owne. 
 
 And becaufe loe alwaies contrive and frame to our fdves 
 4 methodical! order of*U>hat T*i doe before it bee done ; and 
 cannot attaine to the co'ifummation of our ends, but by 
 fane orderly proceedings ; as by intentionSymedttations, 
 confutations, endevours, executions, and the like : 
 fo like wife W (meafnring the great Tborks of God by tin 
 fame compa/s Ti>e doe our owne) doe conceive them to be be- 
 gun and ejfetled by fuch like paffages and progrefsions as 
 •ur own are -as by decrees, con{uluuons,reJblutions, 
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 or fome meaues or other to ripen and bring them to their 
 productions. 
 
 And thus it is tbaftoee dare take-upon us tojpeake of 
 Cods great "toorkes of bonder : as (not to name any other) 
 ofthefe, o/Mans Creation, and Redemption, both 
 which "toe conceive to be on this manner t 
 
 FirfttouchingMms Creation fee conceive that God 
 moved V'itk 2$a\e of propagating his own glory ', did take in 
 hand, even out o/*Nothing to frame and create Man, as 
 aft matter or /ubjecl, "tohere-on toflamp andfet the like- 
 nefsofhis owne Image, thatfoH.ee might communicate 
 his owne eVerlafting Goodnefs to a feature fo qualified 
 and endowed. Which Creature notwithfland'ing jo formed 
 and enabled, is not, nor cannot be e quail to his Creator 
 in the excellencie of Goodnefs orptftoer of TerfeVerance : 
 though for qualitie Ht partake of his Qreators Goodnefs , 
 and for form He be made in his Creators Image. 
 
 And for this "toe conceive a double reafon ; the one from 
 God, the other from Mm : from God Jbecaufe He is(not- 
 Tbitbjlandin* this his work of Creation, that is, of bring- 
 ing another thing be fides Himfelfe into E(Te, andfo into* 
 open <view , y et 'toe Jay, He is ) ftttt infinite, and fo no whit 
 lejfenedjor any*toay impayred/tther in quality of Ettencc, 
 or in ability o/"perpetuity. For all excellency or goodnefs 
 isfontalty in Him . md"tohat excellency or goodnefs foeVer 
 bin any Creature, it is but guttuh illius fbrmoiitatis, 
 
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 bonitatis^uavitatis quae eft in Crcatore : thick, being 
 fevered from God, doth ther-ufoninflantly pcriJh,o* turne 
 to nothing. And therfore Man no longer bears the perfect 
 qualitie of his Qreators Image, than that Hee continues in 
 Him good , and conflantly the fame Hee was, according to 
 thatflamp and tintture Tohich Hee received from God in 
 his Creation. So that Mans perfection if not Jo excellent at 
 his Makers, no nor any Tchit equivalent therunto ; becaufe 
 perfection in Man is but as a beame ofglorie ifjuingfrom 
 God the fountain of glory : Vpheras in God it is originally 
 ejjentialljand eVerlaflingly infinite. 
 
 jfgain Man is notfo excellent as his Maker • for Tbee 
 mufl conflder his or igifiall matter, f^her -on He Tbas made > y 
 Tt>hich*toas Nothing; now this Nothing, by the opera' 
 tive Goodnefs of God, Teas made ibmething, and this 
 fbmethingThw made Man bearing thejtampofhis Crea- 
 tors goodnefs. Yet thisgoodnes in Man,thugh derived from 
 the unchangeable goodnefs of God, Teas not otherfti/e than 
 changeably good : becaufe it T>as nowfeated or inherent in 
 a dijfoluble fubjetl of a changeable diJj>o/ition,able toftand 
 in,or fall from ttsgoodnes y as it felfe jhould rejotve. 
 
 ISlow, I fay, the receptivitie of created matter affords 
 no room for u nchangeable goodnes. As it flood Tbif h Gods 
 goodnes to make Man good, yea and <verygood: [o it flood 
 Drith the nature of Mans effence , being a made matter, not 
 to be capable of unchangeable goodnes. For undvngeable- 
 
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 To the %eader. 
 
 nefs and immutability in goodnefs is proper onely to Omni* 
 potency, or the creating Power, becaufethat onely bath 
 Jubjijlence in it felfe ; 'frhich fubjiftence in it [elf e is that 
 onely "tohicb gives life and being to unchangeablnefs. 2>(pr 
 aga'me can the thingcreated comprehend the Creators good- 
 nefsjkecaufe that is finite, this infinite : audit is a certaint 
 rule, Minus non habet in (e majus, and therefore Man 
 cannot comprehend his Makers goodnefs. Which ifwejhould 
 fondly imagine, that God^ ifHee hadpleafed, might have 
 made Man abfolutely and conjlantly good like Him-fdfe,no 
 Id ay liable to change or alteration : then "toe mufl alfoimar 
 gine that Man floould have bin more than made in the 
 image of God, or after his likenefs^for then heefhould 
 have bin all one "frith his Qreatour, both in RiTence and 
 qualitie : for there is lefs difference betwixt the Ef- 
 fence of God , and unchangeable goodnefs , Aan betwixt 
 fire, and the heat thereof . or the- S urine and the light 
 thereof though the one really and infeparably exprefs the 
 other. For Jet any fubjeel infuch an equal! dijlance to the 
 fire , as that it jball receive the heat thereof, and yet 
 not be enflamed tlyereTbith : or conVeigh the light of the 
 Sunne by a refletling object to enlighten a dark* body } yet 
 that hat, or this light thus divided from their proper 
 feats and fubjecls, is neither tfo heat of the fire, nor 
 yet the light of the Sun : their fubjecls being hot, or light, 
 scmiffis vndibus,, perhaps that but Ttfarme f it may be this
 
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 but dim. Whereas the true heat of the fire in its proper na- 
 ture and quality doth alwaies burne and con fume 5 and the 
 true light in the body of the Sun doth alwaies da^ie and 
 confound thefenfe of all humane fight to behold it. ^Andyct 
 itmufi be confeffed that that heat, being but V>arm ; and 
 this light, beingbut dm, did both of them come originally 
 the one from the <veryfire, the other from the <very Sun. 
 
 Solikewife, touching the Goodnefs that is in Man, 
 though it came originally from the unchangeable Good- 
 nefs that is in God jet being nowfeated or inherent in a 
 created fubjtance Ctobofe continent is infinitly lefs than 
 the original! of the thing infujed) it is no more of that un- 
 changeable condition Tbhicb is in God,than either the fore- 
 mentioned heat or light can truly andproperly befaid to be 
 either Sun or fire. 
 
 'But here 1 know fome object the condition ofthebleffed 
 Ang els, faying, that fith they kept their fir fi flat ton and 
 perfection, and never lojl that goodneis and holine(s 
 they 'toere created in,therfore their goodnefs is unchange- 
 able : to l0hichlanfwer,itfollowes no more y that becaufe 
 they have not fallen from their goodnefs, that therefore their 
 goodnefs is unchangeable; then becaufe a clear e Crijlall 
 glafs is not yet broken, or a fair e timber -houfe is not yet 
 burnt, that the one is not brickie, nor the other combuftible. 
 Tliougb Tbegrant that the blejfed Angels neither ever did, 
 nor ever JImII fall from their goodnefs -,yet V>e mufi know it
 
 c fo the Reader. 
 
 Tt^as in their nature to haV e fallen as tpeft as the Angels 
 that did fall \(*tobo as fome are bold to affirm, were not in* 
 feriour, but more excellent in glory than the confiant An- 
 gels. ) But thefegood Angels have refiftedall in d ucernents 
 and allurements to procure their change : and happily by 
 their refinance are mwfo confirmed in their goodnefs y (or 
 elfe by fome other than by an infufed or created power, are 
 now Jo upholdenand enabled) that they fh all never fall: the 
 Providence of God over them enabling them tofiand. 
 
 But to returne to the goodnefs in Man : let us know it 
 toas changeable • that is, might continue ^or rvanijh,eVenas 
 hinufelfe Tvould ; as that Tbarm heat or dim light might loft, 
 or be extinct, as their fubje els were kept to , or remoVed- 
 fro their originall cau/es.So whiles Man kept that/late &* 
 dijpofition that God created him in, fo long he continued co- 
 ftant tsr perfecllyfuch as he was createdibut going- about to 
 alter or ad any thing to his fiat e £<r being- (which by.Satans 
 procurement he did) be ther-upon did alter his qualitie and 
 condition.the image of God in him after "lehicb he *k>as made, 
 towitjn his Naturall e$" Peribnall Eflence, remaining 
 "tohat iftoasjbut the likenes or fimilicude of God in that 
 imsLgpfieing altogether depraved and foiled in the beauti- 
 ful! form ^ qualities ther-of: his Good, being turned into 
 III ; his Knowledge, into Ignorance ; his Holines^mte 
 Pollution j his Dominaqon^ro Subje&ioj/w Glory j; 
 into ShzmcJhis Life,i»f0 Death ; and alibis JFclidity into 
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 2S{oi/^ this change ^as ftmply Mans owne atl y and no 
 "way imputable to his Creatour -.for God had made Him 
 fuch y as (if Hee had Tbotdd) Hee might as Tbe 11 have flood 
 flcdfaft in his perfection and integntie, as thus to baVe 
 fallen into this flate of corruption and iniquitie. 'But He 
 lofl that heat cf Life ^bich hee bad received from the aU* 
 ijukhiing fire of Gods breath: Hee put -out that light of 
 Grace which refleEled upon him, from the all-enligbtnihg 
 Sun jhine of Gods Love : and all becaufe bee tooke-upon 
 him- f elf e (contrarie to Gods 1t>ill) to alter bis ft ate and 
 being from that, T&bich God badfet him in. This extin- 
 gutjbment came from him f elf e , and not from the "bill of 
 God. God bad indeed gn>en bimfreedome of Will, but 
 .* bee ujedit in pejorem partem, to bis owne deftrutlion: 
 ■i not for that God had made him for that end to deftroy him . 
 but for that he ufed not )tis freedome toftand and continue 
 ' in tbatftate of holy Life, and light of Grace Ti?bicb Hee 
 ynight baVe flood and continued in jfbim-felfe bad T&ould. 
 jtnd thus He made , 7?orHim-ielfe onely, but all bis 
 Pofteriuefubjecl to Death and Damnation. For as by his 
 Qreation He bad received Life and Grace from God, not 
 for bim - f elf only Jbut for all that/bould come ofbim:fo like* 
 Tbife by bis tranfgrefsion be made all bis whole Tofterity li- 
 able to Gods Tt>rath y as V>ell as himfelfeifo that all were alike 
 changedHntb him into the fame ftatc of corruption, and 
 all were fallen alike Ttitb fftm into the fame pit of perdi- 
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 tion . There being no difference nor degrees at all, as if hit 
 Tofieritie Ttcrefomeofthem lefsfime more or deeper plun- 
 ged ther. in than other. For the fame Death that by Sin en- 
 tred upon thefirjl Offender, Ifay the fame Death, both in 
 meafure and degree, Vent-oVer all Mankinde alike : hecaufe 
 all had in Adam alike offended 7 all "Were alike deprived of 
 the Glory of God. Thus all Mankinde "too* by (reation 
 perfect, by Simte corrupted, and by the guilt of Sinne 
 accurled. 
 
 2>{ow rixn for Mans Redemption, as God at firft 
 confulied 'toitb Him-felfe how and after^hat manner Hee 
 might make Man, and at la}} refolded to make Him in his 
 owne Image, after his likenels : fo here againe finding 
 Man to be thus fallen from that happy flat e into this Dtofull 
 plight '] furely much more did Hee now confult "kith Him- 
 jelfe, how, and by Tbhat meancs Hee might fet Man on his 
 feet againe, andfo reflore Him and his "tohole { I(ace into 
 their former Jl ate and happy being. This being a 'toork (if 
 t^e may compare Gods "toorkes one "frith anotlwr) of greater 
 glorie, difficultie, and labour (humano more locjuor) 
 than that of Qr cation. 
 
 Which Confutation I mention not here, for that I ima- 
 gine that God did not thinke nor provide for Mans Re- 
 \ demption before He "toot fallen :for (IbeleeVe) as Gods 
 till feeing eye did fore fee the fo\\±fo his infearchable Wife- 
 dome did provide for thejame, eVenfrorrt all cternitie. 
 
 Dz Tet
 
 let feeing I have taken-in hand tofpeake of this Conful- 
 tation, ttfalletb befl into our order mid method tojpeake 
 ofitherein this place. 
 
 Here then to exprefs and fet forth this ^onderfull work 
 of God for the Redemption of Mankind? > "wee imagine bint 
 firft to be moved therto by his Companion or Pitie 5 his 
 Pitic tojlir up his Metcy • his Mercy/or Truth and lu- 
 (iice Jake lofuhmtt her /elf e to his Wrath-M; Wrath to be 
 ajfwaged by his Peace: and fo one Grace to adVife O* dealt 
 with another 9 t ill at lajl they fweetly agree , and joy ne all in 
 one, how toper fell and effect a workefor the deliverance 
 of all Man-kin Je out opts mifety. • Which 'toorkwasput 
 upon Cl\rift//;c anointed Meffias, who chearfully under- 
 tooke it,and for his part effectually performed it. 
 
 .And as many ofqll Mm kmde as (according to Gods 
 purpofe) doe receive this blefjed andgratious Mediatour, 
 apprehending Him by VakhfleaYtng unto Him by Hope, 
 <f&iy>tygoiedienoeuntoHiin t through Charity ,/o many 
 are fr^ed from their thratdomc and mi (crie,<£* are reflo- 
 red to the inheritance and participation of life and felicity. 
 
 Tlicfe againe that either carclefly neglet~i } or Ttulfully 
 rejefl this great love of God in Chvift, they not onlyflill 
 remaine oVer-whelmed in the fame pit of perdition into 
 If Inch they were plunged by the fin ofthejirjl Father • but 
 they alfo provoke God agame unto further wrath, for fa 
 lightly reffeclmghis love, and caflmg his Metcy behinde 
 
 them.
 
 them. For Grace not offered "will it-felfe plead mercy fir 
 the offender- but offered O* contemned ,juftly cats for more 
 "wrath } andfeVerity ofpunifbment. 'Butfortho/e that thirft 
 for deliverance , and embrace that meanes Tbbich is offered 
 to them in Chrift Icfus, they are r*>rne-anew ; they are 
 inipired Tfithgood Graces ; they are freely juftified ; fan- 
 ctified . and ajfuredof Salvation: and Jhall at laft atta'me 
 eternal! Happmefs. 
 
 7s(owfor the further divulging of this happy meanes to 
 the encreafe ofGodsglorie - y as alfofor the better winning 
 and alluring of moe to embrace the fame for the faving of 
 their Soules, did I take-in hand to compofe this Subjecl in- 
 to a Hijlorie, and to Jet it out in a familiar ^verfe, that fa 
 the yonger ("who are more ready to reade Poetry than 
 Prole) may } {m in a Mappe, or Glafs) behold one perfona- 
 tingthem felves, and chalking out the °it>ay, or treading as 
 it Vrere thofe ^veryfleps thereby them-felves haVe depar- 
 ted from that Excellency and Perfection they T^ere crea- 
 ted in , and runne headlong into mojl curfed miferie, 
 and chratdomc : and yet cgaine ho'w by new means 
 offered y and by circumfpeEl Tbalkhig therein , they 
 may come to the fruition of eternall Life , and Fe- 
 licicie. 
 
 Thcfe together are the fcope of my intendment • which y 
 if in any meafure I jhall further and promote , I trufl 
 it fl) all repent neither mee to have fpent fome houres 
 
 © 3 fioUen
 
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 Tb fife %eader. 
 
 ftolltn from m ordinary ftudies fir the l>orh of the 
 Minifteriew my Paftorall charge, upon this hnde of 
 Writing ; nor any other of their fames in reading . but 
 frail occafton us all more ferioujly to praife the Lord : 
 for vhofejake I de fir* to become all unto ally to Vmne 
 fome. 
 
 TO 
 
 '.
 
 TO THE COVRTEOVS 
 
 READER. 
 
 Kindc Friend ; 
 
 IN friendly kindnej? 1 thee fend 
 1 This little Book, which I havepennd. 
 A Book t unworthy :yet doth bring, 
 Ofwhatispenridtbtwortbicft thing. 
 Thy Life, or Death, it doth theejhew, 
 In matter old h in methodc new. 
 The matter then doe not rejeft, 
 Sith Life or Death it doth reflctf. 
 And if the mcthode theediftdft, 
 My good-will for amends thou haft. 
 Tet readeit not for ought thdt's mine j 
 But 'cAuJctbcfrfyati divine. 
 
 Stirft 
 
 '»v. •
 
 Stirpefacri, m ot fu feeler at o, [anguine Vivo, 
 Integer, i.nfcelix, & btvedittus Homo. 
 
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 P Eft F E C T-C V a $ E D'B LESSED 
 
 c5W <l/ JA(\ 
 
 The Argument. 
 7m /m form, in h's fault, through Chriftspeace-makiwr blood, 
 Mans Terftcl, Curjed, and again made Good. 
 
 The Argument enlarged. 
 
 WHen-as by curfed Vifobediewe 
 Man firft did fall from perfedr. Innocence, 
 He purchas'd to Him-felfe, and his whole Race 
 1 he gain of endlefs 9am, the lofs oi Grace. 
 Heavn, Hell, Earth, Sea, Wife, Children, all maintain 
 His wofull gain of Lofs,his fenfe of Pain. 
 Whofe curkd ftate by blefled Confutation 
 Is blefled madethrough petfc&Confolation. 
 So loft of Pain at laft he findes in this, 
 That Life muftdie, that Death may bring him Blifs. 
 
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 Tlie Authors (Preamble upon it. 
 
 THou Infinite ! that canft in every place 
 
 Bre;the into poor, yea dead Soules Life,and Graccj 
 And them irtdow with rich gifts from thy trcafure : 
 O powre into my barren heart fuch meafure 
 Or wifdome, knowledge, truth ,humility, 
 Faith, holincfle, grace,and ability, 
 That I may, after ierious meditation, 
 Commend unto the world a true relation, 
 How thou didft frame Man in his excellence 
 A curious Modell of thy glorious EiTence. . 
 How Him again, haying Hitoi-lelfc defae'd, 
 Thou didft vouchiafe thy Son fliould be abafd 
 By humane Life, by Deach, by h's unknown Tafsion, 
 To re-inveft in Grace, and glorious ftation. 
 A work of no leis wonderment, I ween, 
 Than that which was in his Creation fecn. 
 Both infinite in Goodnefs, Love, and Glory 5 
 Not what, but that they are fliali be my ftoryl 
 In which difcourfe I fliun induftrioufly 
 All idle vernifh of quaint Toetrie, 
 u In fpcaking of Gods fimple <veritie y 
 " Naught more befeems than tzucfimplicitie. l ' 
 Then what I know of his all- knowing worthy 
 With fingle heart, I fimply thus fet-forth. 
 
 77*
 
 THE 
 
 PERFECT MAN. 
 
 Setting-forth ; 
 
 1 
 
 gE^E%AT10^. 
 
 MJUS EXCELLENCIE 
 
 By Hit
 
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 J>um fjtetit fonocuusyjletit Ommpoientis ImMgt 
 
 Viva D ei , prima, forte jiatutus Homo.
 
 
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 MANS EXCELLENCIE 
 
 BY HIS GENERATION. 
 
 Whiles Man,once placd in Innocence, fi flood > 
 Hebarethejlamf of all tVAH-MighiesGoocL; 
 
 ANd this I know, and firmly doc beleeve, ihcCrea 
 
 That by his Word, who made both morn 8c eeVe. tion 
 The fpangled Heav'ns with Lights the great'ft & leaft. 
 The Jyre^eafiarthjpeofaA with fowle,fi{Ti,beaft - 
 Man and his wife 'bove eaithly creatures bleft . of Maa 
 
 Six daies for work,the SeYntb for holy reft : 
 That i/e, Kay, which thus did ordinate 
 All things of Nought, and reall them create, 
 Mnft needs be God ; a Spirit all-fufficient • by Goj, 
 
 All-knowing . all-procuring -all-efficient ; spm'toL 
 
 Vp-holdingall things by his JfWand Willy n,potcnt * 
 
 Before, and after Time enduring ftill j 
 Not fubject unto change > all chance diipofing ,* 
 K4aintaininglr*tf/^ and Errours all oppofing ; 
 
 E} Rewarding
 
 6 <yAans exceUencie 
 
 i 
 
 Rewarding right ; Avenger of all Throng . 
 Mod wife $ raoft juft j moft good ; to whom belong 
 Thcfcand all Attributes of good pretence 
 As well in abftracl:, as in concreet fenfe. 
 As good as Goodnefs . as juft asluftice: 
 So Infinite in all, as that He is 
 As able to reduce, as earft to frame 
 All reall things into the ftate, and name 
 Of Nothing j late their prime originall : . 
 So great He *toas, He is, and ever pall. 
 To us made kno wne by th'Perf nail Trinitie, 
 Of Father , Son, and Spirit of Vnitie. 
 * This infinite Creator, this was He, 
 
 Han$ per- That made, and placed Man in that degree, 
 
 b g b*ic* That he did fhine with perfeft gloric dight • 
 Having no (pot in his Creators fight : 
 Framed of earthly mould, a heav'nly creature, 
 
 J^ e eof Bearing the (lamp of his Creators feature ; 
 
 cod, Beyond all earthly creatures having might 
 
 To know, to will, to doe cv'n all t' ings right : 
 
 With fov'raign po w'r th' whole World to ovcr-lway- 
 
 Having like po w'r his SoVraign to obey . 
 
 Free from all IB: to all Good likewife free : 
 
 To will, or nill, at perfect libertie. 
 
 Nor could have bin of thefc by Time bereav'd, 
 
 For into him Eternitie was breath'd. 
 
 Thus
 
 by bis (feneration. 
 
 
 Thus was he made of Ms Creators DMt * : ; 
 
 A living Image } a quick Jnatmie. 
 
 This is a truth which few conceive aright, d£to*dT 
 
 How Man was made in th'Image ofth'Al-mighc, 
 
 Which only thus they labour to exprefs, <"' 
 
 In that he bare his Makers Holinefs: " : 
 
 Set in the ftate ofperfed: puritie, 
 
 Without all blemifli, and infirmkie. j 
 
 And this is all (bmecare touiidetftarid 
 
 Of that likenefs Man had fromh's Sov'raigns hand* 
 
 But as for Gods Efjintialitie '• \ 
 
 Expreft by ferfonall proprieties ' ' * 
 
 This isxTr^uthacknowledg'dib trattfeendent; 
 
 As that of this they think no (parks rcfplendent 
 
 In that liknefs wher-in Man was created : 
 
 Nor that thereto he was aifirnilatecL 
 
 Wher-as I think (and fb dare hereavouch) '•* 
 
 As fair a fparkther-of in Man doth couch, 
 
 As of Gods other Taw'rs Effentiall : 
 
 Though madea Terjon individual?.' ' ' '• • ° - ' ' v 
 
 Which left I fcem to talk-^of all in Vairie. ! 
 
 Thou great Infyirer help me to explain. 
 
 The Vuji once form'd, the Spirit of Life was breathy 
 
 Both which, to both by God were (b bequeathe "^i"?* 8 ' 
 
 '-fl *ni /9\ r i * * of God in 
 
 1 hat lnltantly one Terjon they became, M*n*x- 
 
 A^eafonable(je4tureMmby nanic. *"** 
 
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 I ••• ■'" "• "" ~~~ 
 
 — — —————— 
 
 8 eSMans excellenoie 
 
 And thus the Matt was made Spiritual! 
 
 By reafon of his SouU cak/liaU; 
 
 Which doth enable him to repretent 
 ihc 5 per- Th'Eflenrjail .§PW ofiWOi&iipitsnt.. 
 Trinity re- This Soule, like >GodsEJfenttalttie 
 3t?cuiacJ Containeth in t a threefold facultie, 
 inthcioui. Whereby theTWw/f/f is figured, 
 
 That God-like Man might be more honoured. : 
 Mndc, Firft is the Minde, which gJMet b pow'r and skill, 
 
 Wher-by we kr\ow,we judge what's good, what's ill. 
 will, Next j s t ^ e jpiq^ begotten of the Mmde : 
 
 For till we know, to will we'r jaot endinde. 
 a Power Then from t,he Mipdes, coilceipt, and Wills ajfeEHon 
 Proceeds an attive Toufr of Operation. 
 This Intellett,oi Minde conceiving rather 
 Deriv d from none, refembles GoSthc Father. 
 The Will y Childe-likejhe Mtndes eleEliori, 
 Doth rightly perfonate ev'n God the Son. 
 From Minde and Witt proceeds apparant moft, 
 A To^r to doe, like God the Holy Ghoft. 
 
 ton! Ind ^ n ^ as wc k now tno ^ globus Perfons three 
 bur one ElTentially but one God only be : 
 fiui. So for undoubted truth wc may it take, 
 
 vers 
 
 tics J 
 
 one Soule, 
 
 Thele faculties but oneSoule only make. 
 But as the'Holy Father workcth not 
 Without the Son,who was of Him begot $ 
 
 Nor
 
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 by bis (feneration. 9 
 
 Nor yet the Son without the Fathers Minde, 
 
 The Holy-Ghoft ncither,but all conjoin d. 
 
 So neither doth the Minde , nor yet the Witt t 
 
 Nor yet the Tfcor/#g-?oTbV feek to fulfill, 
 
 And bring to act the eafieft work alone, 
 
 Till all agree, ev'n joyntly all in one. 
 
 Yet as we attribute the great Creation 
 
 To God the Father ; to the Son, Ademption j 
 
 And to the blefled Sp'rit thefwect effect 
 
 Of working holineft in Gods Eletl : 
 
 So we refer to tWMinde all under /landing ; 
 
 Eletlion to the Witt ; to th'tfWr of forking 
 
 The work that's done : and fothefc faculties 
 
 Are all employ'd in fev'rall offices. 
 
 Befides, as in that glorious De'uie a, «• ■». 
 
 OffacredPerfons there's a Trinitie ; £££ 
 
 And yetin time, or any kinde of worth E&rrf 1 
 
 No inequalities in them (et-forth. Polities in 
 
 It any ieem, it only lecms we know, 
 
 By order of (bme iweet cxternall flhdw 
 
 To us, who only judge things outwardly, 
 
 Not able to difcerne them inwardly. 
 
 So in the Soule, the fev'rall Faculties 
 
 Admit not of any priorities 
 
 Among themlelves : for Soule no (boner's nam'd, 
 
 But Minde , and Witt y and Tov'r to doe are frarn d : 
 
 F With.
 
 io *5\fans excellencie 
 
 Withouten which, or all, or any one, 
 Man is not %eafonable y Soule is none 
 And further yet, touching the Veitie : 
 Who doth create ? redeem ? aodfafltlifie? 
 We an CwciGod at every demand : 
 When we not three, but one God underfland. 
 So touching Man • if any would perceive 
 What Tow'r it is that makes the Minde conceive? 
 Or what wher-by the Will to Choofing's led ? 
 Or what wher-by to doe He's enabled > 
 To all of thele one anfwer we doe make, 
 It is the Soule, whence they their Powers take* 
 j And yet in Man one Soule, not three exift, 
 
 In which one Soule all Faculties fubfift. 
 The image There's yet one knot in this Divinitie: 
 fiuiritw 1 How Man refcmbles .Gods Jnfimtitl 
 . mVK In h's little Soule Co great varieties 
 
 That in it's ftampt all Gods Trofrietief. 
 As God is Infinite, all- comprehending, 
 Both part, and pre(ent,'and without ending : 
 So doth the Soule of Man in ample lort 
 Difcern all thele, and of them make report* 
 Memoric. His Memory retaineth things of old : 
 vndcrfUn- Things prefcnt Vnderflanding doth behold : 
 ftStf&fc And things to come by th'eyc ofTroYtdence 
 He doth fore-fee ; Co cleat's bisiritoard Senfe. 
 
 Thus
 
 by bis (feneration. 
 
 ■»* 
 
 Thus as in thefe, (6 great is Gods Goodnefs, 
 So in all elfe Man bears the Lords liknefs. 
 Which refts not barely in the qualitie 
 Of outward, or of inward lanctitie : 
 (Though this be all that ufually is (aid 
 Texpreis the Image in which Man was made) 
 But in thofe reall Faculties of his, 
 Wher-by He rightly works in Holinei! : 
 Ruling all things with lupreme Domination, 
 That arc within this lublunary Nation : 
 Enjoying eke, to bring full joy to h's Life, 
 The joy full confort ofa joyous Wife. 
 Yet as the mod accomplifht Pouttraturt 
 T s but the bare Id<ea of lbme Creature ; 
 Which can by no means actually exprefs 
 The vitall Faculties ther-of : much le£ 
 Can finite Man th'Infinite adequate 
 In pow'r ; though inf nitePow'rs He actuate. 
 Man is in deed of the World but a point : 
 Yet points He out the whole World ev'ry joynt. 
 His Soule Sun-likethe meafurer of how'rs 
 Gives Life, and Senftto all the Bodies Pow'rs : 
 Which being fphaer'd in ts Bodies organon, 
 (And that though center'd in this Horizon) 
 Can (end its winged thoughts fromEaft,to Weft, 
 And yet it Selfe immov'ably to reft. 
 
 F* 
 
 II 
 
 Mans Se- 
 vern gnty. 
 
 TUc excel- 
 lency of 
 the Soule* 
 fatuities. 
 
 His 

 
 •^ 
 
 12 z5\/fans excellcncie 
 
 Mindc His Minde's a Mappe with fuch varieties fraught, 
 
 As in the greater World at large are taught. 
 
 Or 'tis a fhoppe where Vertues works are fram'd, 
 
 Which lent abroad, they juft, wife, good are nam'd. 
 intdica. His Intellect a cleare Projective glafs 
 
 Attracts to Minde what mall be, is, and was. 
 
 Or 'tis an eye to pry into the caufe 
 
 Of Natures lecret work, of Reafbns Lawes. 
 r cafon. His ^eafon Queen of all his Faculties 
 
 Ena&eth Lawes, and ^ules, and Liberties. 
 
 Or'tis the fcrutinie oiVeritie, 
 
 Difpelling clowds of Ambiguitie. 
 wffl. His Will commands free as an Emperefs, 
 
 Subduableby neither wile nor prowefs. 
 
 Or 'tis a Caftle oi^cfolution, 
 
 Wher-in are Engines of execution. 
 wit. His Wit's a living well-fpring of Invention, 
 
 Affording unto Will all due ^Attention. 
 
 Or 'tis a Hand to reach from Memorie 
 
 The things for ufe that ther-in hidden lie. 
 
 His Heart's the Teirple of all Reverence 
 
 V Vher-in the Graces keep their %eftdence. 
 
 Or'tis the facred Mtar of Demotion, 
 
 When Grace and Will content upon the motion. 
 Ctmfciccc. His Qmfcienct is a little God in h's breft, 
 
 To tell him of his Deeds what's curft, what s blcft. 
 
 Or 
 
 He ait
 
 Or itiselfe,thefentence being found, 
 
 A iecret friend, or foe, to chcarc^ or wound. 
 
 His clofe un-leen jijfeBions appear 
 
 Like iparks blown-up with forrow, joy, love, fear. 
 
 Or elfe like greedie flames devour and waft 
 
 Their Nat'rall forces whiles their fewcll laft. 
 
 His Itftoard Sen/es outwardly are blinde, 
 
 Decerning only what the Outward finde. 
 
 Much like neat inward Rooms, dark like the night, 
 
 Till that with outward beams they be made light. 
 
 His (ommoa-Senfeis Senfes Common-Hall, 
 
 Where outward Senfes forms afTemble all. 
 
 For all the Outward Senfes ierve, I wis, 
 
 Their abftract forms to retranimit to this. 
 
 His Fantafits a Childifh Lord, like pleafd 
 
 With Good, or 111 . when once on either feiz'd. 
 
 Or like abrainlefs Tyrant, raging ftill 
 
 'Gainft Reafbn, Conference, Right, to havehis Will. 
 
 His Memories the ftore-houfe of the Minde, 
 
 To lay-up clofe whatth'Intellecl: doth finde. 
 
 Or us his Regifter for after-times, 
 
 Where He records Mens Glories,or their Crimes. 
 
 His Outward Sen/es are the known Qnque -Torts, 
 
 Wher-to, and whence all knowledge life rcforts. 
 
 Or they are elfe, each in their proper kinde, 
 
 So many fev'rall Touch-Jlones of the Minde. 
 
 F$ The 
 
 Affcftion*,; 
 
 Inward 
 Senfes. 
 
 Conunc*. 
 benfe* 
 
 Famafic. 
 
 Memory. 
 
 Outward 
 Scnlcs»
 
 1 4. pSA/fans excellcncie 
 
 
 Teaching, The Senfe of Touch all o tc the Body ipreads 
 Kis Medium, and fo his ObjeEl reads : 
 For fubtill Nerves twixt skin and flefh doe grow, 
 Which from the Brain diffiifedly doe flow. 
 
 seeing. The Senie of Sight hath criftall eyes to fee 
 All vifibles that in th' Horizon be : 
 Which like a feale doc true expreflion make 
 Ofthoutward forms which they doe inward take. 
 
 Hearing. The Hearing through the Organon of Eares, 
 
 Once ftrook with Ay 'r, all founds diftinctly hcares : 
 Which Eccho-like into the Brain relbwnd 
 The qualities of each received (bwnd. 
 
 Tafting. The Tajle all favours by the Tongue receives, 
 Through its moifl poric fiiperficies. 
 Whofe liquid touch, on wnolfbme feeding things, 
 To th'Tcfoer Nutritive his foyfon brings. ', 
 
 smcDing. The Smelling-Senfe doth all fuch (ents aflumc 
 As doc the Noftrils through the Ay'r perfume. 
 Whofe object it embraceth, or rejects, 
 As Good or 111 the Organon reflects. 
 
 BWy. His Sody though in fhow a (lender ftemme, 
 Yet is't of reall things the richeft gemme. 
 Or for the Soule a curious built Taltace 
 Lodging her Towers each in a royall place. 
 
 Head. His Head's the watch- to wre of that goodly frame, 
 Keeping a Scntinell o're all the fame. 
 
 Or
 
 by his (feneration. 15 
 
 
 Pare. 
 
 Or of this Microcofme thehigheft Sphatre, 
 VVhencc his Soulcs ftarJike faculties appear. 
 His Speech is princely Reaf bns Mejjenger s P* cch - 
 
 Making the Tongue his Hearts Int erfreter : 
 Or'dsa Cara&er wher-by He's knowne, 
 As well as by his Face of all his ownc. 
 HisFace of outward beauty is the mirrour, 
 Yet ftriketh Brutes with a Majeftick terrour. 
 Or 'tis the Enilgne of his inward breft, 
 Difplaying love, or hate, ther-in to reft. 
 His Hands the (bale, and (word ofhjlice hold, Han ^ 
 
 To render weale or woe to yong and old. 
 Or for himftlfe thcy'r (ervants ready preft 
 Alwaies at hand to doe their (ervice bed. 
 His Feet the Bafis wher-onall arc builded, Fecu 
 
 Doc make Him (land, no further help b'ing yceldcd. 
 Or they are ftedie Torters to convey Him, 
 When that He ftirs what way his Mind doth (way him." 
 It were too much to tell what Powers rcigne 
 In Wsfinews, \eins y lungs, lights flood, livour, brain- 
 But laff ofall, of all things the Hcav'ns under, 
 All theft in One make Man the greatcft wonder. 
 All thefein One mud needs be wonder greadl: 
 For e v'ry one's a wonder, ev n the leaft. 
 Is't not a wonder Man (hould be create 
 OtNoth'tng i That from thence to itjch eftate 
 
 He
 
 1 6 cSManr excellencie 
 
 He fliould be railed, as to become partaker 
 
 Of all that's good ? In th'Image of his Maker ? 
 
 That finite fhouldtfce Inf'nite actuate > 
 
 That He in odc thought fliould capitulate 
 
 Things paft f • and prclcnt, and to come ? That He 
 
 Should of this Vniverfe the SoVraign be ? 
 
 And rule all things with Majcfly, and might ? 
 
 And yet a naked, and alictle Wight ? 
 
 That He of this world but a 'Point >fhould be, 
 
 Yet comprehend the worlds varictie ? 
 
 The Earih ? the Sea ? the Regions of the Ay'r ? 
 
 Heavns altitdde ? their diftances compare > 
 
 The iecret vertues of Earth-hidden Mines ? 
 
 The ope aipect ofStars crofling the Signes ? 
 
 VVhercth , ^/rricfc,andth , ^/i^rrid'Pofeis fixt ? 
 
 V.V3kre Zenith y Nadir, and their Qenters mixt ? 
 
 The revolutions of the reftlefs Spheres ? 
 
 Whofc un-eav'n motios make evn daies^monethsyyearsf 
 
 The circled Qmfines of the wide Worlds center ? 
 
 The flfcgatof Kangs^Both i?yhcre,& when they enter? 
 
 That Hrbfcyond. the Worlds circumference 
 
 Should in his thought tranfeend, and fix hisSen/e 
 
 On thae which all Senji,ind all thought exceeds ? 
 
 O this great wonder breeds / f great wonder breeds . f 
 
 All theie great wonders are. On then who can 
 
 Wonder enough all thele fliould be in Man ? 
 
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 O Men i O jfngels ! admire ev'ry how'r ! 
 Admire J and praife the great Creatours ToTb'r ! 
 Thatpowred into Man fuchinf nite worth ! 
 That Worthily no tongue can it let- forth .' 
 Let Men, let Angels fet-forth what they can, 
 They can let- forth no worthier thing than Man, 
 So great ! Sogood J So abfolutely free ! 
 That independent, lave of God, was He. 
 Perfect in all : (to perfect- up this ftorie) 
 Had He flood ftill, H'ad flill SkoodfuU of glorie. 
 
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 CVRSED MAN- 
 
 Setting-forth 
 
 M^HS MISE^IE 
 
 By Hit 
 
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 CMortaHsvitd, vitalis Mortis amarJ, 
 lHicitum guffaw ygttjlat avarus Homo,
 
 11 
 
 MANS MISERIE BY 
 
 HIS DEGENERATION. 
 
 
 ftaitic. 
 
 f The Argument, , 
 
 JhoVe which height ofBlifs Tblm Be T»ould rife, 
 Headlong Befell to depth ofmiferies- 
 
 BVc fickle Man, ambicioufly bent m» ^ 
 
 With glorious ftate not holding Him content, 1Wi 
 Proud Lucifer -like greedy to arile 
 To higher pitch of glorie, did devile 
 To throw Btm-felfe, and his Tojleritk overthrew 
 
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 Into the lake ot all extremme. and h.spc. 
 
 Their Bodies, Soules, their Perfons, their eftate,, 
 
 By Sin, Death, Bell, for aye to ruinate. ^ 
 
 For here this Man mud be confidered, ; 
 
 As the main root from whence are iffued 
 
 The fev'rall branches of each fev'rall Man 
 
 Which (hall, are, have bin fince the World began.. 
 
 * When root's corrupt, then muft the branches needs . ' ^ 
 
 u Qorrupted be 'for root the branches feeds. 
 
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 Which poy f'ned Him, and all his Generation. 
 
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 shT. ce ° H e thcr-upon bad farewell to all joy. 
 
 By which firft fault, He fhook hands with the Devill, 
 And promift wel-come t'cv'ry kindeof Evill. 
 For He (blinde Soule !) milled by fond conceipt, 
 Thought Evill, Go$d . and Good 2 plain deceipt. 
 Then Sins like Caterpillers'gan tofwarm, 
 Or Souldjer-likc by itrength, and mighty arm, 
 Came rufhing-in upon Him : and with lhares 
 rhc guilt Of guilt and Death bound Him, and all his Heirs. 
 i" sb. war u Foes no w He finds them whom He took for friends; 
 i <€ Though all too late He lees it by their encjs : 
 
 " For though Sins iecm to better our eftate, 
 i€ They are of utter mine but the bait. 
 u And Satan Syren like doth us allure 
 u With flatt'ring fhows Sins poifbn to procure. 
 TheeffWb For all Mans Tow'rs, and Terfnatt Faculties 
 Ym Pctfon, Were poif ncd all ; chang'd their Abilities. 
 ! In doing well, He once did well reiemble 
 
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 So horrid thing to tell of myne own Kin, 
 He righdy reprelents the Devillin 
 Tralritie of perverfe difpo/ition, 
 i And a&ive Pow'r of Dev'lifh expedition. 
 
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 Grofserrour interceins : in which relpect 
 The (Rational! Tow'rs, the Senfithe, 
 The Qoncupifcible, tti Operative, 
 ArediiarTected^ll di(abledfo ; 
 That'mongft them all, not one their office know. 
 His Wit devifeh, Will refolveth 111, 
 ^eajon mainteins ; his Aft exprciTeth ftill. 
 For's Body too, his Soules fit Organon, 
 Is made unfit by his tranfgrcflion 
 To doe its office well : yea well how can it ? 
 Sith all corruption fince hath feazed on it. 
 Its Members all muft needs be (laves to Sin, 
 When all the Bodie's held captive thcr-in. 
 Which makes him to all 111 be ready bent, 
 But unto Good alwaies malevolent. 
 Such is this Monjler -Cripple , DeVill-Man, 
 That all things ill, but nothing well He can. 
 H ence errours, fchifmes, hcrefies in Religion : 
 Hence murthers, thefts, fraud in his conVerfation : 
 Hence to a curled Death his Body's thrall, 
 And fo's hisSouleto Death, Death Infernall. 
 Where damned Ghofts of dead men raging cry, 
 They doe at once in torments live, and die : 
 They die, they think, flames of eternall fire 
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 Here cloie He creeps, lurks there bchinde the trees 
 In s levie fuit, and thinks that no eye fees. 
 
 & fearoh. li His Conlc'ence tould Him He had God offended, 
 " And, ifHeftir, He will be apprehended. 
 " Yet (out alas !) He felt within his breft, 
 u The fting of guilt, of honour, and unreft. 
 So reftlefs there He could not reft at all : 
 For when He heard his dreadfull Maker call, 
 As his fear-ftrucken heart had made Him skout. 
 So now again the lame fear driv' Him out. 
 
 * Grace, and the fear of God, Tbbo baveforfook, 
 
 iK For plagues and ^vengeance, cannot choofe but look. 
 
 And as He fear'd,(b forthwith it befell : 
 
 God fin. For this great God, with wrath, and fury fell, 
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 hw faulti (Not that He knew not,but) to fhow we ought 
 
 * Not rafhly unto Iudgement to proceed, 
 
 * Till that we know both circumftance and deed. 
 c< And as we finde by certain information, 
 " Then, loc, to judge with due deliberation. 
 
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 All prefcnt there found guilty at thtbarrc, » : 
 Hearing how they in order cenfur'd are. 
 Old Satan firft, (fometime an Angell bright, Sam, 
 
 Like Serpent now, for fo He feem'd in fight) 
 'Caule He was firft of all Sin the Deviier, 
 Pretending Man ther-by (hould be made wiier : 
 Hence Sins of all kindes He fhall covet ftill, 
 But above all, as his moft good, moftilk 
 For dull: ofSw, and fins the dregs of Duft, 
 (Though deadly poylon) be his dictmuft. 
 But when by Sin He ayms at greateft (poil, 
 From Womans Seed He (hall have greateft foil. 
 Yet He in h's horrid Den will peevifli lurk, 
 And all un-feen promote his curled work. * 
 As here his foule intent He made feem fair, 
 And catcht the fimple Woman by the Ihair 
 Of Serpents fubtikie : for which pretence ThcSa. 
 
 Twixt their two Natures grows fiich hatred thence, p ' ! 
 That Serpents and iiich creeping things fhall fright 
 Mankinds ; but women moft upon the fight. 
 And'bove«dl cactle he is curfed lb, 
 He fliall moftbafely feed, moft beaftly goe. 
 u Theft Acceffaries ierved thus, may (erve 
 u To make's take-heed how we make other fwcrve. 
 The Woman next (for (he t'was next offended) The wo. 
 
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 Of Sin : and fo for Sin was nexc accurft. 
 She had indeed both formerly conceiv'd ; 
 And brought-forth Sin to Man : but was deceiv'd . 
 For when fhelookt for joy,itturn'd to pain, 
 Notonly to her felfe : but to remain- 
 To Hers, and theirs for ever . for our God 
 Did lay it on that Sexe, as a juft rod, 
 That Women all with bitter gripings wrung 
 With throws > &cfangs y fhould breed, 6c bear their yong. 
 That they fliould alio live in fci&fubjetlion 
 Vnto their Husbands will : whole facet direction 
 Muft be their law. And fo their whole defire 
 Mud (iibject be to what their Lords require. 
 " Ye lonely Women ^henyee'r hiring Wives 
 " Your Husbands then doe not dif quiet your lives 
 " By any kinde ofunkindeimpofition : 
 " Nought tyins tbemfo, as your kinde dijpojition. 
 " What hoots it them 6 We you to play the 3Jex, 
 Since for their help they chiefly choofeyour Sex 
 To joy n H>ith them , and he their Comforters 
 " In Tboe : at Uaft their fellow -fujferers. 
 The Man : For fee ho w God be-(et the Man with woes, 
 Making all Natures Children turn his foes; r, 
 'Cauie Man Himlelfe from God was now dedin d, 
 God made the Creatures all goe-out of kinde. 
 
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 Or elfe with hurtfull wccdsfertility : 
 Which (once b'ingbleft to bring- forth wholfbme meat 
 Of its accord, without Mans care, or fweat : 
 Now) yeelds Him nought, or things that are worth 
 Till by his pains to goodnes they be brought, (nought 
 He's therefore forc't with ibrrow and with toile, 
 For his rehefe to digge and till the Soile : 
 Left by Life- wafting hunger raw-bon'd Death, 
 Through want of Bread do bring him to want breath 
 The Living-creatures alfo, onceall tame, 
 Now refrattary, and all wilde became. ? ! 
 
 All things b'ing harmlefs, now all harmfull grew 5 
 And ftill than old, more harmfull is the new. 
 For Natures f elfe, and all that's naturall, 
 V nnat'rally pro v'd all unnatiualL 
 Thus all for Him, and He for his offence 
 Became accurft : loe here Sins recompence. 
 But this not all : for evn in h's Perfon He 
 Is made a prey to endlef, miferie. 
 While that He lives Life Nat'rall in the flefli, 
 Di/eafes, or inveterate or frefli, 
 Doe daily vex his Body more or lefs : 
 And crojjes eke his Soule with care opprefs. t 
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 As homage due in lieu oirecompencc. 
 In ftead of which when He beholds that we 
 Delight our felves in thanklefs jolitie, 
 And wilfull difobedience to his Lawes : 
 Then loe in furious anger down Hethrowes 
 Vponour heads the fire brands of his wrath, 
 That He for our deftruction treafur'd hath. 
 
 ^ the j-j c ma kes the Creatures of all kindes to 1 well 
 With l aging %eal each other to excel! 
 In prodigall effufion of their ire, 
 By thunder, tempefts, lightning, water, fire. 
 
 caticftiaii, Thecriftali HeaVns, whofe kindc benevolence 
 Mans life maintain d by wholfome influence ; 
 Left all their proper offices to pow re 
 Dcierv'd deftruclion in a flaming fhowre 
 Of fire and brimftone on a reachleis Rout, 
 Whofe fins for vengeance k>wd to Heav'n did fhout. 
 " Thus Hell from Heav'n God fentto puniflh Sin : 
 u A Hell in deed to thoie,who(e lot was in. 
 Ti}\tfrn'ttftdljhow'rs, and mollifying Rain 
 Foribok likewile their fructifying vain, 
 And fell fo fierce at Gods juft indignation, 
 That by an univerlall Inundation, 
 All living things, and whatsoever grew, 
 
 Where all deftroy'd of all kindes, lave a few. 
 
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 l€ Of what Gods love, and what his wrath effects, 
 
 u It is our Health, if God in Mercy rain : 
 
 " But, if in Wrath, alas ! it is our bain. 
 
 The Earth alfb that fluggifh Element xrrcftri 
 
 f Notable longer through fad diicontent 
 
 To bear rebellious Sinners weight) did cleave 
 
 Afunderin the midft,and fo bereave 
 
 Them of them-felves, their houfes, goods, and all : 
 
 For down aliVe into the pit they fad. 
 
 ■** Since Tbrong to God dead things did thus aright, 
 
 " let us fear Gods all revenging might. 
 
 u Who can as Hell hy any other thing 
 
 il Oncarelefs Smners dreadfull judgements bring, 
 
 As here by thefe. For how did He, alas J 
 
 Strike dead a company as they did pais fi 
 
 Neareto the towre of Silo, which did fall "i?*** 
 
 With violence on them,and (lew them all. 
 
 te Not that they were of iome abomination 
 
 " More guilty, or more lewd in converfation, 
 
 " Than other men that (caped that mif chance -. 
 
 u But that his glory God might fb advance. 
 
 Full many have the fecret judgements been, 
 
 And mil are many fearful! to be feen, 
 
 That God inflicts on Man by Sea and Land, intend*. 
 
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 " All which undoubtedly for Sin are wrought, 
 
 " Though that not alwayes unto light be brought, 
 
 " For Sin no fooner had the pow'r t'invadeus, 
 
 <( Butto Gods judgements ftraightit fabjedt made us. 
 
 Sometimes by Dearth : by bloody Wars ibmetimes : 
 
 Sometimes by blagues God punifheth our crimes : 
 
 Sometimes by Shame, by Gr iefe, by flandr out lies : 
 
 Sometimes by Lions,Bears } by Frogs, and Fltes : 
 
 Sometimes by mighty troupes of ^ats,znd Mice : 
 
 And f choals of Wormes, and huge armies of Lice. 
 
 Which little verminc are the full'ft of wrath, 
 
 And fierce revenge : as the old Poetlaith • 
 
 €i Tlie bafejl e\>er is the moftfeVere, 
 
 u Once havinggot thepowr to dominere. 
 
 All other Creatures likewiie of all kindes, 
 
 Both quick and dead have fhown rcvengefull mindes 
 
 'Gainft Man for Sin : lb that He's in that cafe, 
 
 That furely (afe He's not in any place. 
 
 v y -fc! ^ * s **fi befides ^ which is his other /elf e y 
 
 Doth often play the Changing, and the Elfe ; 
 Not caring howfhe vex, nor how (he grieve I hm : 
 Wher-as with comfort fliefhould ftill relieve Hirn. 
 €C And yet here-in fhe does but as did He, 
 " He to Himlelfe was foe, and (bis (he. 
 
 ciiidr His(7;>Hre»alIb,bloflbmsofhisftrength, 
 His prcftnt hope of future joy at-length, 
 
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 Doe often prove unruly, and doe vex Him 
 
 With rude exploits which inwardly perplex Him. 
 
 €t For He in them Himlelfe beholds aright, 
 
 i( How fleighdy He refpected God Jll-might : 
 
 " Preferring more his longing Wifcs defire, 
 
 <€ Thmlci)>eofHeaVn,oxfearofHelliJ}>fire. 
 
 " Right Co his Sons, they think themfelves fo wile, 
 
 c< That folly 'twere to follow his advife. 
 
 And as for Neighbour-people round about Him, **r his 
 
 It is a world tolee how they doe flout H im , bouri" 
 
 Jf He be great, a Kjng, a D«Ae, a Lord, 
 
 They bafely praife his indilcreeteft word. 
 
 If He be born a man of low degree, 
 
 They keep Him down in bafe iervilitic. 
 
 If rich, they rob Him, left too well He fare; 
 
 If poor, then hang Him, fuch but vermine are. 
 
 If He doe well, through envie they doe carp : 
 
 If ill ; it is their tabret and their harp. 
 
 Let Him be great, or good, or friend, or foe, 
 
 He wants notthem that will procure his woe. 
 
 What e're He be, He's not without this crols, 
 
 He's (enfible of griefe, or pain, or lofs. 
 
 Now, loe the Man ! that whilom was lb neat, u™ m »- 
 
 So glorious, fo God-like, and lb great, <onJmon; 
 
 Is now become mofti>/7e, yea mod abborrd 
 
 Of thofe Creatures of whom He was the Lord. 
 
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 So they to Him, ere fince Hewasaccurfl. 
 
 O curled Man J omiierable wight.' 
 
 On whom all plagues ofHell,Earth, Heay'n arc light. 
 
 Both what He hath without, or Him within, 
 
 Are all ore-thrown through guilt of deadly Sin. 
 
 Look-on his per/on 5 look-on his eflate . 
 
 That's totally deprav'd - y this defperate. 
 
 So that He muft in grievous miferie 
 
 Firft fpend his daies . then die eternally. 
 
 From Grace and Glory being once depofd, 
 
 To fliame and woe for ever He's expof d 
 
 For'ts not in Him to work a remedie, 
 
 B'ing quite depriv'd of all abilitie. 
 
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 TTlyofe Itofulijlate the HeaVnly Towey pitie, 
 jind doeconjult to bring Htm to their Qtie. 
 
 IOe then th' Jll able God, the God of Love 
 ^To help this helpltts Wight Himfelft did move. 
 V V hi c h cauf d m mediately ,ev'n wich th'intentio 
 / 3it tnd l:, eec, bin yet a fharp contention, 
 Amongfi the Pow'rs of Gods own Hierarchic. 
 Sc ;ne (aid it could, ibme laid it could not be, 
 Some wiflht it might, but knew not how it could. 
 Some knew it could, and alio that it fhould. 
 About this wretch thus (undry parts were taken : 
 As (bme would have Him fav'd, (b (bme foriaken. 
 Title gan firft with tender-hearted fpeech 
 For grace, the God of all Grace to befeech 
 On iMans behalfe : repeating all the ftory 
 Of his Creation ; how that He for Glory 
 Everlafting, not for everhfting 
 Shame and woe, was made in the beginning. 
 Albeit then He fell from that eftate, 
 Yet fith O Cod thou diddeft Him create 
 
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 This iomc- time glorious Man ! But fhow thy face 
 
 Oi Mercy unto Him, and to his Wife, 
 
 And to their Trogcnie ! O grant them life ! 
 
 Life of Glory/ But firft the life of Grace J 
 
 So (hall not Sin, nor Death, nor Hett deface, 
 
 JNor blot-outof thy Book oiftleffednefs 
 
 Their filly Soules now drownd with curfednefr. 
 
 O hear .' 6 help / the glory will be thine. 
 
 All hearts willpraiie thy Mercy (b divine. 
 
 ranted by Pitie had thus her ipeech no fboner ended> 
 But Mercy mov'd with Pitie condefcended. 
 And urg'd the lame before tW Eternals throne, 
 • That favour might for Pities lake be fliowne. 
 
 refined by Which Iuflice, lwolne with angry difcontent, 
 Oppofd forthwith : laying, reconcilement 
 Twixt God^ and Man y without due recompence, 
 Were wrong to God, to Me 'twere juft offence. 
 And therefore Siller Mercy ^zi&lujltce, 
 Before you plead for Man take good advice. 
 Enquire of Truth to know how the cafe (lands, 
 ffpardon may be had ; and at whole hands : 
 For take this as an Oracle moll true, 
 " Where Wrongs not fat iffi'd, no favour s due, 
 
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 Doe you forbear, than Mercy ftraight replf d, 
 
 To fpeak of Oracles : let them abide 
 
 In Truths all-knowing bred them to declare 
 
 For refolution, when Suiters repaire. 
 
 Nor think notjuftice, think not that I fear 
 
 That this my firit before Truth fliould appear- 
 
 For I, to Truth , to any, or to all 
 
 For their content, will give content to caH. They ap* 
 
 Hear then, 6 Truth J to thee we doc appeal > EwhT i 
 
 Doe thou to us this myftery reveal : J 
 
 And lay, if not in me the power lies 
 
 To work Man'mto Grace in h*s Makers eies* 
 
 Or if that lujlice in it have a fhare,» 
 
 Reiblve us this : fpeak Truth , and doe not fparev 
 
 But (paringly did Truth begin to (peak,. 
 
 Pretending (lie for (iich task was too weak - 
 
 When fhe indeed to meddle in't was loath, 
 
 Becaufe fhe knew fhe could not pleafethem both* 
 
 " this defire to pleafe doth often hide 
 
 u Thcfecret truth ^ hen T{ight and Wrong are tryd. 
 
 But fhe, nathlcs, becauiethey bothdefir'd her, 
 
 Spake to thepoint,that Heav'n and Earth admir'dher; 
 
 I doe confefs (laid fhe) great pitie 'twas, I[ ul th rc " 
 
 That 'gainft his Maker Man did lb trefpals ; 
 
 As that thereby deprived of all Good, 
 
 And with all Evill He depraved ftood, 
 
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 But for that fact, that He Gods vengeance bear 
 
 Eternally, certes no piety t'were. 
 
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 1 u Should aye be damn'd, than Gods decree fhould fall. 
 
 I " But Gods decree will conftant (land for ever, 
 
 u And Sin and Death will alwaies goe together. 
 
 I igainn To plead Mans pardon then, iweet Mercy , Dear, 
 
 Ueity : Till Iuftice be aveng'd, doe you forbear. 
 For God did lay to Man, in that lame day 
 Thoudoft tran(gre(s,thou doftthy (elfe betray 
 To Death, and all th'extremities of Hell : 
 Which to endure in Drrath Tie thee compell. 
 But God did jeft, the Devill Man perfwaded, 
 Who from obedience was (oon diflwaded. 
 In earned then that vengeance Go*/ inflict 
 Vpon the Man it (lands with Iuftice drift. 
 t€ For his Decrees God ney er ttptll diffohe : 
 " But aye fulfils Tbhat once He dtarefolve. 
 Nor can Man for his fault make God amends, 
 Since by his fault his Powers all Hefpends. 
 Nor is't in you kindeSf/?er to relceve Him 
 From all or any one ofh's pains which grieve Him. 
 For it directly makes both againft Me, 
 And 'gainft our Sifter Iuftice- Eqaitie. 
 
 tndfideth Wherefore dear Sifter Iuftice ftoutly (land ; 
 
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 To free the Man guilty of Co foulc atlion. 
 
 Which ifyou fhould, you Go^difhonoured, 
 
 And cruelly yourSe^eabolifhed. 
 
 And Me you banifh from GodsHeav'nly throne, 
 
 From whence the beams of Truth haye ever flione : 
 
 And then forth- with will lies, and errours vile 
 
 Gods glorious Chair eternally defile. 
 
 The fumme of all dear Sifters then is this, 
 
 That either Man for what He did amift 
 
 Muft fatisfie ; which He can never doe : 
 
 Or elie muft differ pain ofendleis w 7 oe. 
 
 This is the ftaie which now doth beft befeem Him. 
 
 You Mercy may bemone, but not redeem Him. 
 
 The caie once thus by iacrcd Truth made plain, wherupon 
 
 Made tender-hearted Mercy to complain, ewrpL 
 
 That fhe her felfe, iffhe be thus reftraind 
 
 From pardoning,was needlefly ordain'd. 
 
 For only Man, (aid Mercie, needs me mod, 
 
 Whom fince I may not help, my pow'r is loft. 
 
 What lofs therefore to Heaven can acme, 
 
 If all the HeaVnly Towrs I bid adue ! 
 
 Oriflikewife thofe glorious Angels all, 
 
 (Who glory in t that they them-ielves may call 
 
 The MelTengers and Minifters of Mercy) 
 
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 cxpoftuh- O H ea v'ns / In all the works of Gods (/eation, 
 
 To his great glorie, his great Mercie (hone. 
 
 And over all, in all He doth preferVe, 
 
 Mercie doth never from his Goodnefs fwerve. 
 
 And when likewife He ought doth fantli fie, 
 
 Mercie doth ftill that blefling beautifie. 
 
 And fliall not Mercy Mans Redemption move, 
 
 When to haVe-mercy, Mercy moft doth love ? 
 
 Creation chiefly power doth recjure : 
 
 And TrefcrVation, V>iJdome doth delire . 
 
 SanSlijication, Holmefs relpe&s : 
 
 Yet Mercie on all thefe her beams reflects. 
 
 And fliall no Mercy in that office fhine, 
 
 Which fo reftri&ively I challenge mine? 
 
 Namely, to pardon ? to remit ? forgive ? 
 
 Oh .' this is that, which makes Mercy to live : 
 
 Which if in In/lice Heav'ns will takeaway, 
 
 Mercy mull dye, and Mankinde muft decay. 
 & praycih. Father of Spirits ! 6 doe as well delight 
 
 Of Mercie to be God, as God of Right ! 
 
 This Stn fain Man raife-up t'integrity, 
 
 Or rale Me out from Hcav'ns fociety. 
 
 What though He finn'd ? alas He was but Earth ! 
 
 Though dead in Sin ? thy Grace can give new birth / 
 
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 Though Hell gape for Him ? thou canft Hell appeafe ! 
 
 Thou mad'ft Him Thee to blefs eternally : 
 
 But damned Soules curfc everlaftingly. 
 
 What glory will from Him to Theearifc, 
 
 When He in burning Hell bla(pheming lies. 
 
 Reftore Him gentle God ! Reftore Him then J 
 
 Thou malt bepraifd of Angels, and of Men. 
 
 And Me thou crown'ft with glory, and renowne, 
 
 When over all ! Wher-at Wrath gan to frowne : 
 
 And ere that (he could end her fupplication, 
 
 Thus cut her off, with this {harp replication. 
 
 Our Sifter Truth did tell you truth of Jate, 
 
 In faving Man Iuftice you ruinate. 
 
 But though for Man io earneftly you crave, 
 
 Yet 'tis a Crown (belike) that you would have. 
 
 Which, fo you get, you nought at all regard, 
 
 Though Truth and Iuftice have no honour fpar'd : 
 
 Who notwithstanding are to God as dear, 
 
 As Mercy; or what Attributes foe're. 
 
 " But Heav'n & Earth fhall know what Truth affirms, 
 
 " Ieho vahs Zeal for Iuftice Cake confirms, 
 
 When mighty Angels did them-felves exalt, 
 
 Down from the Heav'ns to Hels infernall vault 
 
 I threw them inftantly : how than ? 
 
 Can this proud worm ? this trait'rous cative-Man i 
 
 K That 
 
 Wrath in.' 
 
 terrupc* 
 Mercy, 
 
 and joiae 
 etbwith 
 Iuftice anJ 
 Trucb: 
 
 esalteth 
 Gods zeal*
 
 -r— T-.v- — — ' 1 - 
 
 4-Z cSMansfelicitic 
 
 That hath not po w'r weak motions to wichftand, 
 How can He (cape the force of my ftrong hand ? 
 For, Yore that Heav'ns fhould grant Man a remiflion, 
 And not on ibme equivalent condition ; 
 Or that the Earth fliould yeeld Him 7iutrimcnt 
 By annuaU-iuccefilve increment; 
 and threat- The fruitful! plains with barrennefs Tie ftrike, 
 punjihmlr! And make his dwelling places Sodom-like. 
 
 The fhowrin£ clouds He turn to banks of brafs i 
 And thTiaith to iron that (b fruitfull was. 
 The flintie Rocks to fhivers I will tear, 
 And kernelMands to mightie mountains rear. 
 The gladfbme da}', and reft-afifording night, 
 That by their intercourfe had wont delight, 
 Tleturn to timelefs motions, never changing 
 Their conftant changes of unconftant ranging 
 
 D OB 
 
 Among tWInfernaU Furies -. where the Man 
 
 Shall be tormented while thofe Furies can. 
 
 To plague Him thus, is rightly to reward Him, 
 
 From which, nor heav'n no* earth fhall ever guard him. 
 
 Yea all the forces they are able make, 
 
 As thunder ; lightning, famine, plague ^ earth-quake : 
 
 And whatfocver elfc, as grave, and bell, 
 
 Angels, and Devils, all I will compeil 
 
 To become furious Agents inthecaufe t 
 
 So ftri&and powTullare Iehovah's la^es.. 
 
 Thus
 
 ^ ' » '■ ' - — - - 
 
 i conjulted'of. 
 
 Thus asTruth (aid, Mans ftateyou may bewail j 
 But to redeem r, you never fhall prevail. 
 
 Peace here-upon (Tor Mercy could notanfwer, 
 She was through Wraths peremptory cenlure 
 Sofpeechlels grown,and heartlefs ; like to fall : 
 But Teace) ftept-in, affected like to all, 
 And with ibit ipeech did fweetly moderate, 
 What thefe her Sillers could not arbitrate. 
 
 Firft flic began with mildeft exhortation 
 To movethsm to take-heed of emulation : 
 u For that (cjuoth (he) doth often kindle hate j 
 " The bane of®///i,and mine ofaState. 
 We Sifters are, in one we muft conlent, 
 And not by ft. ict exactions once diflenC 
 We know our parts, vy herfore let be our care 
 Them to dilcharge, as it comes to our (hare. 
 
 You WrathjTruthJuftke, ye defirc no more, 
 But as Man finn'd, Co Man beplagu'd therefore. 
 Well, fear it not : but conftantly expect 
 The conftant God will duly it effect. 
 And Sifter Mercy, you defirc no lels ; 
 Than for Mans Sin that God give fcrgivenefs. 
 Defire (b ftill : that by importunitie 
 God may be mov'd to grant him immunitie: 
 Which yet beleeve it may not prejudice 
 Th'inviolable right of ftrict Iujltce : 
 
 43 
 
 Peace ir.i- 
 ti-'atcth 
 
 Wrach: 
 
 pad fie tb 
 luflice,anJ 
 Truth ; 
 
 chcareth 
 
 and anima- 
 
 ucUmcic): 
 
 Nor
 
 44 
 
 o5A4.ans Felichie 
 
 il) J admo- 
 nifncth to 
 refer the 
 caufe to 
 Wi!dotns. 
 
 Ihcy ap- 
 
 plmiic : 
 
 Wifdone 
 
 unJcrta- 
 ka'iiti 
 
 cc 
 
 i< 
 
 <c 
 
 ©penfth it, 
 
 
 Nor any of our worthy Sifters dear, 
 Who equally to God are feated near. 
 And though norjow, nor 7, Iuftice, nor Truth, 
 Can lee the mean vvherby our God renu th 
 The broke eftate of mfer able Man . 
 Yet certainly our Sifter Wifdome can. 
 M For what fbe're our SoVraign God decrees, 
 u She th'equitie therof alvvaies fore-lees. 
 
 Yea (he devifeth things beyond all thought : 
 
 And then propoundeth how they may be wrought. 
 
 And happy they, whole actions flie directs, 
 * For only them in favour GodsttfoeGts. 
 To her therfore have ye recourfe for this, 
 And ye fhall fee, {he'll notdevileamifs. 
 
 Herewith was Mercy inwardly well pleaf'd : 
 Truth, In/lice, Wrath, were ev'ry one appcafd. 
 1 o Wifdome then they all referr'd the caufe : 
 When fhe (making a long, but decent paule, 
 
 For Wifdome' s alwaies fkto tofpeak enclind, 
 
 She dothfo duly ponder all in minde . 
 When (he) this controverted caufe had waigh'd, 
 She orderly the lame before them laid. 
 
 The one fide pleads (quoth fhe) that fince Man-kind 
 From Life to Death by Sin arc all declin'd, 
 Then Death, due wage to all our God mud give, 
 Ellecan nor Wrath jiox Truth, nor lujlicc live. 
 
 .If 
 
 €t 
 
 <( 
 
 I
 
 confulted'of. 54 
 
 If all Man-kinde (the other fide replies) 
 
 Muft iuffer Death for their iniquities ; 
 
 No pitie had of any in Gods fight, 
 
 Then Mercy, Vitie, Peace, are banifht quite. 
 
 So prejudiciall then, fince th'iflue is, 
 
 That Man, or lav'd, or damn'd, all is amils : 
 
 Iuftice, if fav'd 5 but Mercy, if He die ; 
 
 That th'one of thefe perforce from Heav'n muft fly : 
 
 And many other of our Heav'nly train 
 
 Shall therby bate indignity fuftain. 
 
 My doom is this . To falve, and keep all eav'n, decitaha: 
 
 That Man by Death to Life, by Hell to HeaVn 
 
 Shall take his courfe. T'enabi'Him for which end, 
 
 Let all the punifriments luftkecm lend 
 
 Be all made good : yea Sin, and Death, md Hell, 
 
 And whatfoever mod with Evill (well 
 
 Let all of them be made good unto Man, 
 
 And then let Wrath infii£t ev'n what fhe can. 
 
 So Mercie may for Mans Sin latisfie, antI a(iri - 
 
 And Jujlice punifh Mans iniquitie, very one 
 
 Moftrev'rend Tr«t/; exactly (hall appear : * cirdu * 
 
 And aufteiel«/?iceftricl:ly dominere. 
 Confuming Wrath fliall (weetly be appeafd : 
 And all-preferving Mercy fhall be pleai'd. 
 Remorfefull Titie fliall be highly praifed : 
 And death-delervingMw to new life railed, 
 
 K 5 Con^
 
 c" " 7 
 
 • fyd cSMam Felicitie 
 
 Contentment thus we Sifters all may have, 
 And all of us accomplish what we crave. 
 So God in all, and or all fhall be k nownc, 
 The God of Lifcj,Death r Glory, PraiI$,Renown. 
 Her dcciG- n (boner Wifdtot had this cale decided, 1 
 
 on is op- 
 
 pUd.j. But HeaVn and Earth, who flood by Sin divided, 
 V Vere both ofthem with wonderment aftonifht 
 At th'equity of what fhe had admoniflit. 
 All things with joy 'ganlnftantly be cheared, 
 As loon as hope or reconcilement 'peared 
 
 ^afoni Twixt God and Man. Yet %eafon made this Qj<*rc y 
 
 How Sin i how. Deathr how Hell? lb dark / lb dreary J 
 
 How thefe could be made good ? fince for Mans fall 
 
 T hey are the pain to plague the Man withalh 
 
 To fecondthis,faithTh<ri>, there's none fo good, 
 
 That ever yet did ipring from tainted blood, 
 
 Who Mans depraved Nature could controule 
 
 By changing III to Good, to lave his ioule. 
 
 To change 111 into Good ! tis to create- 
 
 A work ofinf nite Pow'r : wherefore no ftate 
 
 Of finite force can be lb virtuall, 
 
 As to make Death to Life effectuall. 
 
 " !By Sin Man did an in f nite Tofb'r offend, 
 
 tc Which none but infmte Tow'r can amend. 
 
 Neither can God Mans Mediatour be : 
 
 * 
 
 For who offended was by fin but He ? 
 
 'Tis
 
 confuhed-of. 
 
 47 
 
 'Tis God irt luftice that looks for amends ; 
 Therfcre not He, which latisfaction lends. 
 Who then is it that makes this EVtll, Good * 
 Nor God, not Man : by l^eafon they r withftood. 
 
 Tis I, quoth Goodnefs, I as Wijdome bod, 
 Willheale Mans lores, and make all eav'n that's od,. 
 Tie make his Evillfiood; his Death the way 
 Wheiby eternall Life attain He may. 
 rieyceld my lelfe, my uncorrupted Effmce 
 Topurifie his5o«/e,his Sprite, his Senfe. 
 Yea here (behold I) I offer all I have : 
 Tie with -hold nought that's need full Man to lave. 
 
 Quoth Truth again, kinde Sifter you doe well : 
 You offer more than Angels tongues can tell. 
 Yet cannocyour beneficence alone 
 Vnright'ous Man with right ous God attone. 
 'Tis more to reconcile Man to his Maker, 
 Than one can doe, who ere be th'undertaker. 
 
 When Charity, who all this whileattended, 
 Did understand how Goodnefs was commended 
 For her kinde offer : and withalldid hear 
 No one of th'Heav'nly To^rs lufficient were 
 Both to begin and end that work for Man : 
 She ftraight with love inftarn d, like light'ning ran 
 From Heav'n to th'Earth ; and backagain^and (b 
 Inceffantly ftill polled to and fro, 
 
 And 
 
 to which 
 
 Goodrich 
 
 answers. 
 
 Truth rt- 
 pliech that 
 Kcaton 12 
 not yet fo- 
 lisfici: for 
 one alone 
 cir.net 
 mk= fatis* 
 faction. 
 
 Whereup- 
 on Charity 
 inciteth ail 
 the divine 
 l J o,vcrs 

 
 48 ^Mansfelicitie 
 
 And never ceaf'd, till (he had through-perfwaded 
 All Tow'rs that ever Heav'nand Earth invaded : 
 (Not only thole whofe names yriave heard enrold, 
 But all the reft that Heav'nly functions hold. 
 As that high vertue low Humilitie . 
 And never-daunted Magnanimitie 5 
 All wrong-enduring humble Patience • 
 And Fortitude, VoVr of Omnipotence. 
 Thele, as was (aid, and all the reft that dwell 
 In heavnly Pallaces, were pleafed well) 
 to joyn in To bring their force, and joyn in unitie 
 
 one for the i-r> Y r- % < 1 c 
 
 bufinefs. 1 o purchale Man that lame immumtic 
 
 They ail That Mercie crav'd. Loe then they all did meet, 
 
 promife And proftrate fell at the Eternals feet ; 
 
 Commending all they had to be cmploy'd, 
 To five the Man, that Sin might be deftroy'd. 
 Yea ievere Wrath, that late fo ftrictly flood, 
 To punifli Man • now vow'd to be fo good, 
 As (after worthy latisra<5tion tane 
 For Mans offence) fhe would thence-forth refrain 
 Old torment to inflict for new offence, 
 Whenf ere he came in humble penitence. 
 The like did Truth • all Graces did the like : 
 And ki fling each heart-joyning hands did ftrikc. 
 But Mercie here was the moft joyfull Sifter, 
 When all of them thus promift to aflift her ; 
 
 She 
 
 afliftancc.
 
 confuhed-of. 
 
 4-? 
 
 She weighed not what task flie under-went, 
 ^ Since, to lave Man, they all had giv'n content. 
 When God th'All-ruling King of Heav n did iee, 
 How (weedy they did all in one agree . 
 He let them know that now He was contented 
 Man (hould befav'd,fincethey in one contented. 
 
 A nd here, behold, (ayes this great gratious IQng, 
 ile now declare how this (ame wondrous thing 
 Of Mans Redemption fhall be brought-to-pais : 
 Which doth both Mans and Angels pow'r furpa(s. 
 Ev'n I, that by my tford the World did frame • 
 That dwell in light, and am Light of the iame • 
 That all things made, whom Nothing can annoy . 
 That nothing need, and all things candeftroy : 
 Thatpow'rfull lTW,that true Selfe-Light of mine, 
 That out of darknefs did creating fhine, 
 
 I fay, that Self- lame Wordi'lc (end to take 
 Mans EflTence Perfnally ; and lo partake 
 With Man of humane Nature : that (b He 
 Of divine Nature may partake with Me. 
 And for this purpofe, loe / A Virgin-Mother 
 Shall by my Sp'rit conceive, and by no other : 
 And when theTimeoffulne(scomes,bring-forth 
 That heav'nly-humane Seed of inf nite worth. ' 
 In whofe Terfon two Natures fhall be knit, 
 The God-bead bodily, Man-hood in it. 
 
 L So 
 
 God ap- 
 proved 
 their con • 
 (cnt : ; n<i 
 
 declareih   
 how Mans 
 Redempti- 
 on (hall be 
 wrought ; 
 
 by his 
 Word in- 
 carnate, 

 
 f ■' '   '■' " ' llll. . ,l . ,,i .   ,. . 
 
 50 <£\dans Feltcitie 
 
 So God, and Man, yea God Man fliall He be, 
 
 The fecond Terfon of our Trinitie, 
 
 In whom all Graces really fliall dwell, 
 
 With all Mans Pow'rs to make Him Men excclL 
 
 to Suifiu Whole office is our lacred will t'obcy : 
 
 n^!a.™[o And for Mans breach therof Mans debt to pay. 
 
 *J22I In whom with Man we will be fully pleaf d, 
 
 for libtu All rigour of our wrath b'ing quiteappeafd. 
 No other Terfon th'Earth nor Heav'ns contain 
 That able is luch favour to regain* 
 Yea none can bcthe finleis Saviour 
 Of iinfull Flefli , lave One of inf'nite Pow'r. 
 
 For which All pow'r therfore, He powre into his hand, 
 
 promiic th That He not only ever may withftand 
 
 •IhcMeflias. AllSatans bale malicious temptations j 
 
 Or all Mans vain and car nail inclinations :. ' 
 
 But alio may full fitis faction make 
 
 For all Mans Sin, when lujlice it fliall take. 
 
 Which penalty that He may under-goe, 
 
 F,v'n Mortall-liketo fliame-full death and woe, 
 
 His facred Body fliall be baiely bound: 
 
 Though Sin and /// fliall nere with Him be found. 
 
 * For ijnee Hollands in Malefactors ftead, 
 
 lujlice rnay j.uftly Him to torments lead. 
 * And fince again that Sinners Hand in Him, 
 u As He is Righteous, fo count we them. 
 
 This 
 
 u
 
 I — ~- 
 
 confuhed-of. 
 
 1i 
 
 This is our will : yea this have we decreed, 
 W'herby from iervile ftatc Man fhall be freed : 
 And for theie ends, that He perform them all, 
 All our own Pow'rs fhall ferve Him at his call. 
 
 Thisgratious promiiemade, moil firmly ftood 
 A law unchangeable • approved good * 
 To Man, and to his whole fucceeding Race 
 As they t'have faith therin obtained Grace. 
 And though to Ifrael t'was firil made known, 
 Yet was the light therof to tWGentils fhown : 
 They holding Him their glorious Qonfolat'ton . 
 Thele, their comfortable Expectation. 
 
 And thus for many Ages both were fed 
 With iaving-health from this Seed promiled. 
 For loon as God this laving-promife made, 
 It made them live that to beleeve't alTai'd : 
 And that as well before CH5^/S TS Incarnation 
 As after his mod glorious Exaltation. 
 
 Tlii proi 
 mile was 
 
 founj ef- 
 redualiup* : 
 on the re- 
 vealing of 
 it,both to 
 lew and 
 Gemile. 
 
 Lz 
 
 THE 
 
 1
 
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 n 
 
 THE 
 
 BLESSED MAN- 
 
 
 Setting-fbrth 
 
 MJliS VEL1CITIE, 
 In that His 
 
 %SgE3^E%Ari0 3^ 
 
 la 
 
 Procured.
 
 n 
 
 VerbtrA, (j>ut a, crttctm VerbampAtitur Can fk&uw, 
 Vt vivat Carlis, morufolutus Homo.
 
 T^ 
 
 MANS FELICITIE 
 
 PROCVRED. 
 
 The Argument. 
 
 To cur fed Death then C H^IS T Himfelfe doth give . 
 'That blejl in HeaVn,Man freed from Death may live. . 
 
 I 1 His Qhrijl was *^ e > tnat was tnat promipd Seed Christ 
 That long was long'd-for : who (chough God in   v 
 Yet that He might be alio very Man } (deed> 
 And Co an ecjuall Mediator) ran 
 Sun-like through all the Signes of humane race, 
 Appearing rirftin blefled Virgo's face. 
 
 V \ ho all the World contains, was now contained conceive^ 
 Within Her happy* vombe : who ftill remain d 
 
 jotlcO Virgin ; and anon the Mother andbom. 
 
 Ot her h\i\ Father, Saviour, and 'Brother. 
 
 A Virgin-Mother of a Son a Father, 
 " 7 In Wot id nere had,jhall nere again have either, 
 When He was born, fuch joy was at his birth, 
 That Heav n and Earth did eccho with the mirth. 
 r ong lohn un-born, old Simeon halfe in's grave ? 
 Poore Swains, rich Sophies in Him comfort have. 
 : g then for joy, ling frill, fing, doe not ceafe : 
 Por now is born t\u Saviour JQng of peace. 
 
 He
 
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 56 
 
 Mans Felicitie 
 
 de'cribed 
 in lis Di- 
 vine and 
 Hum.inc 
 Nature, 
 
 Hisweiks. 
 
 Being one fj e was t he richefl: (He was pooreft) born : 
 isjoyndy Right Heir of all : (of all the mod forlorn.) 
 
 The great Creatour He : (poore little Creature. ) 
 Not made as God : (made Man of flefhly feature.) 
 Maker of all lawes : (alllawes fulfilling.) 
 Th' Author of all life : (to die mod willing.) 
 The fair'ilof Men : (of Men the mod defil'd.) 
 Aye-KingofBlifs : (ofwoethecurfedChilde.) 
 •Infnite each w r ay : (each way He greater grew.) 
 All good, no ill, (all humane frailties) knew. 
 Admired ofthewile : (contemn'doffooles.) 
 Confuted greateft Dodtors in their Schooles. 
 None ever ipake like Him, He ipake fo well ; 
 Nor wrought : yet was He counted Prince of Hell. 
 Whole Tbords, whoft Tfeorta, who Mary like do ponder. 
 Have all their hearts ev'n fill'd witri joy and wonder. 
 He raif'd the Dead ; gave health ; gave fight to blinde ; 
 Conquer'd the VeYtls 5 calm'd both Seas and Winde : 
 Was alwaies doing good ; or fuff ring ill ; 
 That fo all right* oufneis He might fulfill. 
 All vermes flow'd from Him, all graces fliind 
 Clearly in Him : in Him all PowYs combin'd. 
 He was the fountain of all harmlels mirth • 
 With imiling cheeks, yet nere lent laughter forth : 
 His inter. But tears, alas J and heavy fighes, and grones, 
 
 Andftripes, andblowS, and feoffs from wicked ones 
 
 Were 
 
 ramment.
 
 Him : few 
 well $ muft 
 ill. 
 
 Were oft his fare : and ftead of dainty diet, 
 Hunger and third, and wearinefs for quiet. 
 Such though He was, yet was his ulage fuch : 
 Some lov'd Him dear, (bme hated Him as much. 
 Concerning Him the World ftood all divided : what the 
 
 Few thought him God,the moft fuch thoghts derided, ^Jght ^ 
 <c BlindeSoules that could not fee when trueLi^ht 
 
 * From God's own face on earth to ev'ry one- (fhoue 
 " Which gratioufly did offer unto all 
 
 u Soule-faving beams of Light celeftiall. 
 
 " This fbule of mine, I'me lure found light of Grace 
 
 u By th'eye of faith fixt on his glorious face : 
 
 u Which wholly was till then averfe to Good 5 
 
 u Prone to all 111 ; and in corruption ftood. 
 
 * Yet was't reclaimed, and quickly better reafon'd, 
 <e B'ing once by faith in my Redeemer (eaibn'd. 
 
 Some few there were left all to follow Him : " h c was* 
 
 Efteeming all too bale to fellow Him : affcftcd <* 
 
 And joyfully receiv'd Htm as their Lord, 
 Deriving their lalvation from his Word, 
 For when they heard his "toords xvereOracles, 
 And law his deeds no lefs than Miracles ; 
 They did conclude He was the very lame, 
 That had (or z\\ Salvation in his Name. 
 
 But for the moft part Kjngs and Potentates , pe* »e» 
 
 Their Officers and chiefelt Magiftrates ; r - &**+ 
 
 M Though
 
 ' 
 
 58 oSMans Felicitie 
 
 Though 'mongft themfelv's they were at hot defiance, 
 Yet againftHim they joyn'd in leagues alliance : 
 Seeking by lecret fraud, and open ftiife, 
 The dire deftru&ion of this LordofLife. 
 •n* mj. The giddy-headed brainlels Multitude, 
 i!a *" (Whom great Ones hold in flavifh fervitude) 
 pioud bin, Adoring Him with fliouts of joy did fing 
 
 At firft, Hofanna ! (ave us Lord our IQng ! 
 but after to At laft their throats, blalpheming Him, they ftretch, 
 thereat Ho/anneca ! now lave thy felfe thou wretch i 
 5TJ£ H O blefled Lord J how balefull was thy ftate J 
 < c When Co great love was turnd to Co great hate . r 
 tl How vain is it to feed on popular breath ! 
 " Which cauflefly is caule oiLife, of Death. 
 As here a Man-deflroyer the(e refui'd . 
 And to deftroy this Man preferVer chuf d. 
 Thus bafely humour'd they their Soveraigns 
 The(e Kingly Rebels,in their ba(e defignes : 
 Aflauking often at their fitted feafons 
 Thc y This King of Kings by ftratagems and treafons. 
 But yet He liv'd, for all their vile intent, 
 No Lambe fo meek, no Dove fo innocent. 
 Who if H'ad pleafd had pow'r his life r/enjoy : 
 To deftroy Death, yet it let Death deftroy. 
 
 This gracelefs CreTk> enrag'd with hellifh fpight, 
 Sought daily thus to quench this Light oCLtght : 
 
 And
 
 And trait'roufly attach't Him as a Thicfe, 
 
 Then led Him bound to be judg'd by their Chiefe : 
 
 Who worthily judg'd Him unworthy dye, 
 
 And yet to Death gave Him unworthily. 
 
 That heady-headlefs(^OMf then headlong ran 
 
 'Gainft this clear innocent condemned Man : 
 
 PurfuingHim to Death with living hate, 
 
 Who being dead became Deaths deadly bate. 
 
 For with their lingring torments though He dies, 
 
 Within three dayes his God-head makes Him rife. 
 
 " But tell me here, dear Saints ! 6 Cod come tell me J 
 
 €C (The various thought of theft doth overwhelm me) 
 
 <f Whether their hate, his death, I fhall deplore > 
 
 r< Or elfe his Love, and Life in Death adore ? 
 
 <£ Their deed, no doubt, all good men doe deteftj 
 
 " But that of his ! who counts it not the beft ? 
 
 u To murther Him that gives Life unto all ! 
 
 " Let all that Fad: moil execrable call. 
 
 Abafh't ther-at was th'Earth , the Sun, and Moon : 
 
 For Midnight -light was then Day light at Noon. 
 
 But when He role, the Sun came dauncing-out, 
 
 And graves did op^, and Saints for joy 'gan fhout. 
 
 Thus whiles He liv'd,Hir lived but to dy, 
 That by his Death He endlels Life might buy 
 For Man : for his pure blood in lacrifice 
 Once fpent, was held of meritorious price. 
 
 M: But 
 
 attache, 
 arraign, 
 
 condema, 
 
 and kill 
 Him. 
 
 Tkecndok 
 his death. 
 
  
 
 :- 
 
 60 zSXdansfdtcitie 
 
 i 
 
 lmz KiOi. 
 
 • 
 
 Thfirnun- But long, alas ! Ion g was my Lord a-fuffring, 
 ncttkii. Ere He could fully finilh-up his off ring. 
 Their dev'iifh malue was lo odious 
 They fought to make his torments tedious • 
 By flow degrees inflicting on Him pain 
 To make it long ere they would have Him (lain. 
 Nor was hispain from them fo tedious, 
 As to Him feife incomparably grievous. 
 His conftitution pure, his unftain'd ienfe, 
 Mod apt to feel the fmartof each offence. 
 His bleffed Body though to curled Death 
 He gave, to pacifie t\vMmighties Wrath. 
 For by his luff ring He did under- take 
 To pay Mans debt of Sin for Iuftice fake. 
 Setting Himielfe a mark, wher-atev'n all 
 Might fling their darts of envy, fpit their gall. 
 The Devils then ftird-up thole dev'lifh men^ 
 Who (pent their venom all upon Him then. 
 Each raicall-Iew, who(e furyyeelded might, 
 How to torment Htm made it his delight. 
 They ftript Him nak'd, then cloathed Htm in (corn, 
 And (corning crowned Htm with plats of thorn. 
 His Head, his Face, his Side, his Hands,his Feet, 
 They beat, they wound,they pearc d. And yet as meet 
 To honour Him^ they bow'd as to their King : 
 Which to Him glory t to them fhame did bri ng. 
 m3 For
 
 For they like wretches glori'ed in their Oiame : 
 Not foaming once to make his Death their£4>«e. 
 To fee the Lord of Life to Death thus bound, 
 Thofc few that were his friends it did confound. 
 One had foriworn Him: one hadi&» betraid. 
 Not one, but all forfooke Him, all afraid. 
 Nor thus alone, but which encreaft his pain, 
 The Deity now feemed to refrain 
 To look-on Him with fhows of chearfull Grace, 
 And in fierce wrath to turn-away the face. 
 €l Which doubtleis was to Him more dolourous,, 
 €€ Than all that all could doe, notorious. 
 And ftri&eft Iuftice all this fpight maintained : 
 That, was He lefs than infinitely pain' d ? 
 All thefe thus hcapt-on Hi/w, oh did not they 
 Make't known to all fife was apubhek prey ? 
 When carnall men, Hiwtraiuoufly convented ? 
 Vn juftly judg'd ? mockt? whipt ? to death tormented? 
 When friends forfook Him I when by foes caft-down 
 To all contempt ? when GoJLdii fieem to frown ? 
 1 'endure all thefe ? oh .' c was a very Hell, 
 Which tongue (which thought) cannot conceive to tel. 
 All thefe He felt, all thefe He over-paft • 
 Into all thefe it was Mans Sin Htm caft. 
 They punifht Htm for fin, who no fin knew % 
 And that to Death, from whom their Life they drew* 
 
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 But though as Man to Death they led Him bound 
 Thecffcftt As God, He did them all in Death confound, 
 death. Making Sin lofe hisftrength ; Death lofe hisy?wf . 
 Hell loie his triumph through Qhriftsfuftiring. 
 Firft let He them prevairgaintt£ft «at pleaiure, 
 Till that by an immeafurable meafure 
 Of pain aflign'd, He had difcharg'd the debr, 
 That rigid Iuftice for Mans Sin had let. 
 
 Then did his God- head glorioufly appear, 
 And his tormentersinly fhake for fear. 
 For maugre them, He rid Himielfe from pain, 
 Himfelfe enliving his dead body flam : 
 Enabl'ing it to live, not as afore 
 To dye,- but Co live as to dye no more. 
 For Champion-like after the victory, 
 He did afcend to his own feat of Glory. 
 ™j Gjori- Where He enthroned fits, wearing the crown 
 Of all his Fathers Glory, all his own. 
 * Who(e heav'nly Scepter fwayes all earthly Kings, 
 t€ Whole Spirit to his Qourch all comfort brings, 
 i€ Whofe Goodnefs makes mans life a Life of Grace, 
 " All EYill to elchew, all Good t'embracc. 
 (For He had lent before, with large Commiflion 
 Faithfull AmbalTadors to give rcmiifion 
 Ofall Mans paft offences - and to call 
 Him by new Grace to keep Gods Precepts alL 
 
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 Which acceptable time of Grace once ended, 
 
 This conquring glorious King completely tended His com- 
 
 With thoufand-thoufand Ange Is arm'd with pow'r, lodgment. 
 
 V Vill terribly delccnd, as in a ihow'r 
 
 Of flaming fire, to render vengeance due 
 
 To that rebellious unbeleeving Crew, 
 
 That his milde Precepts ftubbornly refuf'd; 
 
 And their own carnall mindes to follow chul 7 d. 
 
 Nor will his comming be to theie felfe-foes 
 
 More terrible j than joyfull unto thofe 
 
 His friends, that in chearfull obedience 
 
 In Faith, and Hope, and humble Tatience, 
 
 At that his glorious return expect 
 
 To reap of all their labours the effect. 
 
 c< For though they Sinners were, their fins yet laid 
 
 "On Chrift his Tafsion, the debt is paid 
 
 For fith Chrift dy'd for Sm } and Sin had none, 
 
 Sins debt was paid by that his Death alone. 
 
 Thus Qhrift b'ing free,for Mans Sin became bound. 
 Thus Sin bound Man through Chrift was guiltles foud. 
 Thus was the Lord enthrall'd, at laft enthron'd. 
 Thus was the Slave enlarg'd,and God attond. 
 
 Which being done, Mans enemies b'ing foil'd, 
 The Torr/rers torments 'gainft themfelves recok'd, 
 Difablingthem his welfare to impeach, 
 When He for help, his faith to Chrift doth reach; 
 
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 For ev'n for Man, as for Him f elf e Qhrifi had 
 Pow'rto refift,and overcome the bad, 
 And bale aflaults of th'enemies of Grace, 
 That would from endlefs Slifs Mans ioule erace. 
 Yea this puiffant matchlefs Lonquerour 
 Not only did expell Sins venom, rancour j 
 Or fatisfie for Mans Iniquitie > y 
 Or re-inveft Him-felfc in Majeftie : 
 But alio did Mans Nat'rall Towrs controule, 
 By breathing life of Grace into his Soule. 
 m«s Na- His Intellect He did illuminate 
 refined. With beams of Truth : all error diffipate. 
 He his JjfeSlions all did fanctifie : 
 And his crookt-perverfe Will did rectifie. 
 
 For howfoe're Mans Tbill was firft made free, 
 As well to Good, as to Iniquitie : 
 Butchoofingllljin Ulconfirm'd it flood, 
 Yet Grace in Chrift reclaimes it all to Good. 
 Yea Grace converts his Bodies Faculties 
 To the riiiht ufe of their Abilities. 
 His Head, his ! ; eet,his Tongue,his Heart,his Hand, 
 Moved by Grace, to Good inclined ftand. 
 And all Mans other parts, b'ing all declind, 
 Grace doth reduce into their proper kinde. 
 
 And though Gods Image in which Man was made, 
 
 By Sins approach was totally decaid • 
 
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 That He could then, nor doe, nor think aright, 
 All was (b faulty in his Makers light. 
 Yet is't by Grace in Chriii: (6 well renVd, 
 That God with Man-renu'd no fault will findc. 
 For Man therby is all fo puiifi'd, 
 As that He can Gods fiery trull bide. 
 
 Nathles though Chrift redeem'd Him perfectly, - vJ ^ 
 Yet whatHedoch, He doth imperfectly, sm 
 
 For old corruption ftill flicks dole unto Him, 
 And all's imperfect that is known come fro Him. 
 Which imperfections, Chrift the pcrft Ft heals, a, i Q.cJ 
 
 Affording perfect help under his Seals 
 Of thofe two faying Sacraments : for, by D J B, P- 
 
 The fi rft of them Qhrtft biddeth Him relie, 
 That all the leven of Soule-flaying Sin 
 Wherew ith He poifon'd was, is purged clean. 
 And Hethence-forch by Grace renued ftands, 
 Though weakly, yet to doe what God commands. 
 In which,when He through humane frailty fells, 
 By new-enfpired Grace his Saviour call*, 
 Reclaiming Him ; mc\ bids Him firftabhorit, 
 And bring forth f uits of due Repentance for it : 
 Laying his hand, his con< T ant hand ofFaith 
 On that Obedience i ::s Saviour hath 
 To all Gods Lawfs in foil perfection wrought 
 In s Life, ins Death : baeeving He hath bouc ht 
 
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 The full remifsion of each fev'rall Sin, 
 That he through want of Grace ofFended-in . 
 | L^d^p. ^nd *° * n hwmblc confidence appeal 
 p«. Vnto the cov'nant of that other Seal 
 
 Trufting that guilt of Sins both old and new, 
 With whatfoever can from thence acrue 
 Are all abolifht : if He ftrive to rile 
 By Grace, from Sin, to holy exerciie. 
 The mifc- And though in this his military firife 
 "fc $ iwcct- To pleafe his God by holinefs of life, 
 
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 Some bitter dorms of Miferies befall Him - 
 Yet Grace Co catmcth them that none appall Him, 
 For He is taught to truft on his Troteclour, 
 Who > (orrovvs ho w to bear, was his Diretlour. 
 Is He from %eg*U Dignity depoi'd ? 
 He to bafeJIToVertie expofd 3 
 
 s He to joylefs baniJJmient cart- out ? 
 
 s He with deadly foes befet-about ? 
 
 (s He with [oukftflanders vilifi'd I 
 
 s He for faireft qualities envi'd ? j 
 
 s He with Bodies fain diftempered ? 
 
 s He wkhgriefe ofMinde entortured ? 
 
 s He by faitblefs friends to danger fet ? 
 
 s He in ftcad of joy with forroTe met : 
 
 s He with jhame to live, or die, rnadi thrall ? 
 
 s He with one of thefe ? Is He w.ith all \ 
 
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 Endur'd them all 5 and in all doth reftore Him 
 
 To this true light of Grace : to know his ftate 
 
 Is from Gods certain /oV*, though (eemingWe. 
 
 To give God hearty thanks when things work well, 
 
 Or take with filent patience what comes ill. 
 
 And then crofs Occidents Him none can move, 
 
 B'ing all lubftantiall tokens oiGodskve. 
 
 ic For thoush't be true, great troubles on Him chance, 
 
 <c 'Tis alio true, God fends deliverance. 
 
 And greater ones, nay nonefo great betide Him, 
 
 As did to Qfrifi, when God it feern d deny'd Him. 
 
 (It feemed io to leem:) fo though to Man 
 
 Sometimes they feeme hopeleft of help : yet can 
 
 TWAlmightie God, the Father of aH aid, 
 
 No more forbear to help Man lo difmaid, 
 
 Than deareft Mother can herdearlmg-Son j 
 
 Who newly born, unholpen is undone. 
 
 From's infant-cradle to his dying-bed, 
 
 The Man is ftill by God's Grace fuccourcd. 
 
 And in his Death, what waves foever tofs him* Hi$de«h 
 Be't lenfe of pain, or pangs of fear that crolTe him, 
 Chr'tft bids him fix his hopes in h's wounded fide, 
 For He Deaths killing inftrumcnts hath tri'd, 
 And lpoil'd them all. None then hath pow'r to fting 
 His Soule to death : they'r Porters it to bring 
 
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 TcibSi.c: Of Heav'nly Life ; where heav'nly joyes it fill. 
 
 Where (Thrift jkiAl glorious Kjng with glory ci ownJ, 
 Crowns all his iubjects that aieloyall found, 
 ^vbereHc With his own glory : making them all Isjngs, 
 iVj vir Enjoying Him, in £/wu enjoy all things. 
 
 Thus Grace conduces Man through the mifeiics 
 Of Life and Death, to Heav'ns felicities. 
 wi-h joyc« V Vhere no mil fortune, cold, nor /;«w£<y d wels : 
 
 \\hac no proud hope Him with ambition iwels: (head: 
 Where ftormes of clovvding cares none hang o're's 
 Where pale-lookt fickneis nere fends Him to bed : 
 Where fearfull dreams affright Him not afleep : 
 VVhere crafie Old age on Him cannot creep : 
 Where fatall <vefpers, Ill-portending liars : 
 VVhere bloodlefs fear, where noyle of bloody wars : 
 VVhere none ofthefe to vex Him once are found : 
 VVhere no falfe fbowes, but true delights abound : 
 VVhere alwaies is the abfence of all evill : 
 VVhere never comes nor Sin,not Death, nor VeViH. 
 pof^Tc. VVhat e're is to be wiflu, b'ing wiflit is there: 
 
 All Knowledge, Goodnefs^TruthyQontent. And where- 
 Soc're He turns his eye, or eare,they light 
 Vpon (b me welcome objects of delight: 
 So what He hears, or fees ; He fees it railc 
 Ioy to Himfclfe, and to hu Maker praile. 
 
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 u Pray there He needs not : Trayr complains of need, 
 
 u Need breedcth Tain : and Tarn fomplaint doth breed. 
 
 " But no Complaint, no Tain, no Need, no Trayr, 
 
 €C Hufannas none ; all jilltluiahs there. 
 
 His (Body there's not fiibjecTb to corruption ; «»«e«pioj. 
 
 fj's So«/f new cloath'd with flefh fliines in perfection; Heaven. 
 
 His Soule and 'Body both in one rejoyn'd, 
 
 Findcfulncfsofall joyesinCWconjoin'd. 
 
 u WhichfulneisjoindtoHim, Him nere accloics : 
 
 " And yet fuch fulnefs al waics Heenjoyes. 
 
 His Senfcs all on perfect objects feed : 
 His Faculties aright their actions (peed. 
 His ^ppetities are all acquieted : 
 His Tarts, his Towrs, are all engloried. 
 His Blifs is this, \~lcs cndlefly emploi'd^ 
 In bleiling Him Dejlruclion hath deftroy'd : 
 And op'ned-wide Heav'ns narrow gate to thofe, 
 1 hat in Chrtfls Death their hope of life repole. 
 No other Heav'n,no other Help He hath 
 To icape the Hell of Gods eternall wrath, 
 But to beleeve : and by his lift difcloft, 
 That for Him Cbrijl did dye, and for Him rofe. 
 In which Beleefe He lives . and fJVMf, dies ; 
 And dying, lives ; his life t'immortahzc. 
 
 And in this Faitbhies confident to plead, the L"i 
 
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 The 'Sill of his Indictment for h's offence . 
 Not guiltie Lord : thy dear Sons Innocence, 
 And Wis mod perfe ci perf eel obferVation 
 Of all thy LaTt>es - his upright conVerJation, 
 His bitter-bitter Ta/sion on the tree : 
 O thefe / 6 thele have paid Sins debt for me J 
 
 Tis true indeed, my Sins thy Wrath provoked, 
 Moll drcadfull Iudge- } and J with guilt itood yoked, 
 To feel the (mart of horrid Death and Hell : 
 But fuch iweet gladfome newes thy Truth doth tell, 
 That in thy Son, fich Wrath and Mercy kin 1 , 
 Wrath hitting Him, in Iuftice lam mift. 
 Which double lufltce may beequall rang'd, 
 'CaufeSV/* for Grace, and Grace for Sin we chang'd. 
 
 Thy Son my Lord was perfectly lb pure, 
 As, had not I on Him my Sins fixt lure, 
 And clad my ielfe with his bright-fhining Grace, 
 Not Him, but Me, Death had had pow'r ^embrace. 
 Then ftead of me, fith Wrath feaz'd on thy Son, 
 He ther-by Death, I ther-by Life have won. 
 This is my re It : I reft upon my Lord ; 
 Lord let me live according to thy Word. 
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 15 p "' In Life, in Death no whit deceived is : 
 For God on Him in Mercy doth beftow 
 What he to him for his (%rifts (ike doth owe. 
 
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 Firft Life of Grace, with fomc falfe woes oppreft : 
 Next Life of Glorie y with all true joyes bleft. 
 Which woes are truly called falfe ; for why ? 
 They vanifh ftraightlikemifts or cloudy Sky : 
 And then come-in (to make od reck'nings eav'n) 
 Th'eternall, true, fubftantiall joyes ofHeav'n. 
 
 In tK Interim whiles He is militant, 
 In honefl: labours He is converianc : 
 Vfing the things widi fober moderation, 
 That God affords Him for his Prefervation. \ 
 
 Abufing nothing ; ord'ring all aright, 
 As alvvayes being in his Makers fight. 
 If God give mucb y He thanks the Giver mucb^ 
 Or if but little^ yet His Heart is fiich 
 As He's content : for that his little lerves 
 To let Him know 'tis more than He deferves. 
 Wlongft whom He lives, He lives with warie eyes, 
 T hat He nor em ie Rich, nor Poore deipife. 
 And with his Equals He juft equall waighes 5 
 Nor up, nor down, for fear or favour fwaies. 
 To all He's friendly, humble, charitable, 
 Iufl,conftjnt,chearfulI,patient, peaceable. 
 And waits all turns when with heart, hands, 6c voice, 
 He may or work,or reft,figh,or rejoice. 
 As turns and returns turn Him many waies, 
 So ftill He turns his heart to pray or praife 
 
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 The great All turning God : who for Mans good 
 Turn'd Death to Life, hard Rocks into a flood. 
 " Whole Greatnefs is lb good ! Goodnefs fo great J 
 "As Mans moft worthy praife, when moft complete 
 (C Is all-unworthy, the all- worthy fame 
 " To blazon- out, of Gods moil: worthy Name. 
 
 Nathles to doe his beft Man (lands reiblv'd : 
 But wiflies daily that He were diflblv'd . 
 That fo He might fcnd'forth fome perfect ftrains 
 Ofperfectgldry'mongft the glorious Trains , 
 That ipend their nere-ipent time in holy layes, 
 Chanting-aloud their jiMuhhs. (ly, 
 
 Till wtier* f mongft Saints on earth aflembled thick- 
 He cryes to Heav'n i 6 come Lord Iefus quickly / 
 Lord Iefus, come/ the end of all I crave. 
 I crave the end of all, rhy Soule to (avc. 
 Toiave my Soule, Lord Iefus no time fpend. 
 Spend though to gin that time, time cannot end. 
 
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