The songs of the Old Testament translated into English measures, preseruing the naturall phrase and genuine sense of the holy text: and with as little circumlocution as in most prose translations. To euery song is added a new and easie tune, and a short prologue also, deliuering the effect and vse thereof, for this profit of vnlearned readers. By George Wither. Cum priuilegio permissu superiorum.
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             The songs of the Old Testament translated into English measures, preseruing the naturall phrase and genuine sense of the holy text: and with as little circumlocution as in most prose translations. To euery song is added a new and easie tune, and a short prologue also, deliuering the effect and vse thereof, for this profit of vnlearned readers. By George Wither. Cum priuilegio permissu superiorum.
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           THE
           SONGS
           OF
           The
           OLD
           Testament
           ,
           Translated
           into
           
             English
             Measures
          
           ,
           preseruing
           the
           Naturall
           Phrase
           and
           genuine
           Sense
           of
           the
           holy
           Text
           :
           and
           with
           as
           little
           circumlocution
           as
           in
           most
           prose
           TRANSLATIONS
           .
        
         
           To
           euery
           Song
           is
           added
           a
           new
           and
           easie
           TVNE
           ,
           and
           a
           short
           Prologue
           also
           ,
           deliuering
           the
           effect
           and
           Vse
           thereof
           ,
           for
           the
           profit
           of
           vnlearned
           READERS
           .
        
         
           By
           GEORGE
           WITHER
           .
        
         
           Cum
           priuilegio
           &
           permissu
           Superiorum
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             S.
          
           1621.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           MOST
           Reuerend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           GEORGE
           ,
           by
           the
           Diuine
           Prouidence
           ,
           Lord
           Arch
           bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           Primate
           ,
           &c.
           and
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           most
           Reuerend
           Archbishops
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Reuerend
           Fathers
           also
           ,
           the
           L.
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           other
           the
           deuout
           Pastors
           and
           Superintendents
           ,
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           Great
           Britaine
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           GEORGE
           WITHER
           ,
           their
           humble
           Seruant
           ,
           wisheth
           all
           encrease
           of
           Spirituall
           graces
           :
           and
           to
           their
           Christian
           disposure
           ,
           submits
           Himselfe
           and
           this
           Endeauour
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Reuerend
             Fathers
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           many
           pious
           Instructions
           ,
           and
           Christian
           Pledges
           ,
           which
           I
           haue
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           meanes
           receiued
           of
           our
           holy
           Mother
           the
           Church
           ,
           haue
           so
           oft
           informed
           me
           ,
           in
           that
           
             Wherewithall
             a
             yong
             man
             ought
             to
             cleanse
             his
             way
          
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           confirmed
           me
           in
           the
           comfortable
           study
           thereof
           :
           
           That
           (
           howsoeuer
           the
           vaine
           inclinations
           of
           youth
           tempted
           the
           contrary
           )
           I
           was
           euer
           conscionably
           fearefull
           of
           trifling
           away
           all
           my
           first
           age
           ,
           in
           the
           pleasures
           of
           Sensualitie
           .
           Yea
           ,
           so
           often
           haue
           you
           rung
           in
           my
           eares
           that
           gratious
           and
           most
           serious
           Memorandum
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ;
           
             Remember
             thy
             Creator
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             thy
             youth
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           That
           (
           more
           often
           then
           I
           should
           haue
           beene
           )
           I
           was
           thereby
           put
           in
           minde
           ,
           both
           to
           contemplate
           the
           works
           and
           mercies
           of
           the
           Almighty
           :
           and
           to
           endeauour
           also
           (
           as
           the
           slendernesse
           of
           my
           vnderstanding
           ,
           and
           the
           frailties
           of
           my
           yeeres
           would
           giue
           leaue
           )
           so
           to
           imploy
           my selfe
           ,
           that
           the
           little
           time
           I
           purposed
           to
           spend
           well
           ,
           might
           (
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           produce
           something
           ,
           which
           (
           being
           as
           well
           profitable
           to
           others
           as
           to
           my selfe
           )
           would
           make
           a
           little
           recompence
           for
           those
           many
           dayes
           ,
           my
           youth
           and
           the
           temptations
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           would
           force
           me
           idlely
           to
           consume
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           thanke
           God
           ;
           somewhat
           hath
           beene
           already
           effected
           ,
           which
           (
           notwithstanding
           my
           owne
           personall
           vnworthinesse
           )
           the
           Church
           hath
           vouchsafed
           with
           a
           motherly
           approbation
           ,
           both
           to
           receiue
           at
           my
           hand
           ,
           and
           by
           her
           reuerend
           Authority
           to
           deliuer
           ouer
           also
           vnto
           others
           :
           Whereby
           I
           haue
           beene
           encouraged
           ,
           to
           proceed
           according
           to
           those
           beginnings
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           a
           testimony
           as
           w●ll
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           as
           of
           obedience
           )
           now
           to
           consecrate
           vnto
           the
           vse
           ,
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           name
           of
           your
           RR
           ces
           this
           ;
           the
           little
           gaine
           of
           my
           one
           Talent
           .
           Being
           a
           Metricall
           Translation
           of
           those
           sacred
           Canonicall
           Songs
           dispersed
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           and
           anciently
           vsed
           to
           be
           sung
           by
           the
           Primitiue
           Churches
           :
           My
           Thankefulnesse
           it
           witnesseh
           in
           this
           ;
           that
           I
           offer
           vp
           the
           best
           fruit
           of
           my
           labours
           vnto
           those
           ,
           by
           whom
           I
           was
           first
           taught
           how
           to
           be
           so
           imployed
           :
           and
           my
           obedience
           is
           also
           testified
           ,
           both
           in
           thus
           submitting
           it
           vnto
           your
           graue
           Censures
           ,
           and
           in
           
           hauing
           thus
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           desires
           ,
           imployed
           my
           poore
           faculty
           in
           the
           seruice
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           neither
           by
           any
           vaine-glorious
           humour
           of
           my
           owne
           ,
           nor
           by
           the
           motion
           of
           any
           giddy
           Seperatists
           ,
           but
           by
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           was
           I
           first
           called
           and
           encouraged
           to
           this
           worke
           .
           In
           the
           performance
           whereof
           ,
           I
           haue
           been
           euer
           mindfull
           of
           that
           Religious
           reuerence
           ,
           which
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           obserued
           in
           so
           weighty
           an
           vndertaking
           .
           And
           I
           hope
           ,
           I
           haue
           so
           effected
           the
           same
           ;
           as
           Gods
           Maiestie
           may
           be
           praised
           in
           it
           ,
           your
           RR
           ces
           ,
           pleased
           with
           it
           ,
           good
           Christians
           benefitted
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           my
           owne
           soule
           receiue
           comfort
           therein
           .
        
         
           The
           liberty
           I
           haue
           taken
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           my
           proceeding
           in
           this
           Translation
           hath
           been
           little
           diff●rent
           from
           that
           ,
           which
           (
           in
           my
           
             Preparation
             to
             the
             Psalter
             )
             I
          
           professed
           to
           vse
           in
           the
           Translation
           of
           the
           Psalmes
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           the
           greatest
           fault
           which
           shall
           be
           discouered
           therein
           ,
           vpon
           notice
           giuen
           ,
           may
           be
           asoone
           (
           almost
           )
           amended
           as
           found
           out
           .
        
         
           That
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           they
           may
           be
           sung
           either
           in
           publike
           ,
           or
           in
           priuate
           ,
           as
           your
           RR
           ces
           shall
           see
           cause
           ;
           I
           haue
           endeauoured
           to
           procure
           from
           some
           of
           our
           b●st
           M●sitians
           ,
           such
           Notes
           as
           (
           being
           easie
           ,
           and
           proper
           to
           the
           matter
           )
           might
           the
           more
           accommodate
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           praise
           of
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           laudable
           custome
           of
           singing
           now
           in
           vse
           .
           Moreouer
           ;
           that
           such
           as
           are
           delighted
           with
           those
           Exercises
           ,
           may
           not
           make
           meere
           sensual
           Musicke
           ,
           but
           expresse
           melody
           both
           ●cceptable
           to
           God
           and
           profitable
           to
           themselues
           ,
           by
           knowing
           the
           Vse
           ,
           and
           meaning
           of
           what
           they
           sing
           .
           I
           haue
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           )
           prefixed
           a
           briefe
           Prologue
           before
           euery
           Song
           .
           Wherein
           I
           first
           shew
           the
           generall
           meaning
           and
           scope
           of
           it
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           litterall
           Sense
           :
           then
           ,
           how
           in
           the
           spirituall
           and
           most
           principal
           Sense
           ,
           it
           hath
           respect
           to
           the
           Misteries
           
           of
           our
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           each
           Song
           doth
           appertaine
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           vpon
           some
           occasions
           ,
           in
           this
           age
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           properly
           as
           it
           did
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           whom
           they
           were
           first
           composed
           .
           Which
           in
           the
           Arguments
           themselues
           ,
           is
           so
           euidently
           and
           particularly
           declared
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           well
           perceiued
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           my
           owne
           idle
           fantasie
           which
           directed
           me
           .
        
         
           This
           your
           RR
           ces
           doe
           well
           know
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           vse
           of
           these
           Hymnes
           hath
           been
           continued
           in
           the
           Primitiue
           Churches
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           retained
           euen
           to
           this
           day
           in
           many
           Congregations
           ,
           as
           not
           impertinent
           to
           vs
           of
           the
           last
           Ages
           .
           And
           to
           me
           it
           seemeth
           they
           neuer
           were
           (
           all
           at
           once
           )
           so
           much
           vse-full
           ,
           as
           now
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           if
           the
           necessities
           of
           this
           Age
           be
           w●ll
           considered
           .
           For
           which
           Cause
           ;
           being
           thus
           to
           your
           hands
           presented
           ,
           ready
           fitted
           for
           vse
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           kinde
           of
           Musicke
           now
           best
           approued
           of
           for
           subiects
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           And
           seeing
           also
           ,
           they
           are
           both
           desired
           ,
           and
           may
           without
           any
           knowne
           inconuenience
           be
           generally
           admitted
           of
           :
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           recommend
           the
           practise
           of
           them
           to
           all
           those
           who
           are
           willingly
           disposed
           for
           such
           Exercises
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           some
           scoffing
           Ismaelites
           may
           deride
           this
           addition
           of
           Songs
           ,
           to
           that
           ouer-many
           which
           (
           as
           they
           thinke
           )
           the
           Church
           already
           hath
           .
           Neuerthelesse
           ;
           You
           ,
           who
           by
           your
           experiences
           finde
           ,
           that
           the
           humane
           nature
           in
           all
           things
           requires
           variety
           ,
           to
           keepe
           it
           from
           loathing
           ;
           and
           by
           your
           spirituall
           knowledges
           are
           assured
           ,
           that
           God
           prouides
           for
           his
           Church
           ,
           neither
           more
           nor
           lesse
           of
           any
           thing
           then
           shall
           be
           requisite
           .
           Euen
           you
           also
           know
           ;
           that
           these
           are
           not
           to
           be
           accou●ted
           a
           vaine
           ,
           or
           burthensome
           addition
           to
           our
           Psalmes
           :
           especially
           when
           the
           Apocriphall
           Inuentions
           of
           m●n
           may
           there
           haue
           place
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           these
           shall
           be
           compared
           with
           those
           Measur●s
           we
           haue
           hitherto
           made
           vse
           of
           in
           our
           deuotions
           ,
           I
           
           doubt
           not
           (
           seeing
           the
           matter
           is
           of
           the
           same
           Authority
           )
           but
           the
           manner
           of
           expressing
           it
           shall
           make
           this
           no
           lesse
           worthy
           of
           entertainment
           then
           that
           ;
           (
           and
           though
           I
           should
           say
           more
           worthy
           ,
           I
           thinke
           it
           were
           no
           arrogance
           .
           )
           For
           (
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           )
           as
           naturally
           haue
           I
           exprest
           the
           sense
           of
           these
           Songs
           ,
           and
           as
           plainely
           as
           most
           prose
           Translations
           haue
           yet
           done
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           any
           indifferent
           man
           ,
           who
           knowes
           the
           Poesie
           and
           power
           of
           the
           English
           tongue
           may
           be
           my
           Iudge
           ;
           I
           assure
           my selfe
           ,
           hee
           will
           censure
           the
           expression
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           shall
           neither
           be
           obscure
           to
           the
           meanest
           capacities
           ,
           nor
           contemptible
           to
           the
           best
           Iudgments
           :
           but
           becomming
           the
           purpose
           it
           was
           intended
           for
           .
           I
           haue
           not
           lept
           on
           a
           sudden
           into
           this
           employment
           ;
           but
           in
           studies
           of
           this
           nature
           haue
           now
           consumed
           almost
           the
           yeeres
           of
           an
           Apprentiship
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           well
           weighed
           :
           First
           ,
           how
           full
           of
           short
           sentences
           and
           suddain
           breakings
           off
           ,
           such
           like
           scriptures
           are
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           how
           frequently
           these
           particles
           
             For
             ,
             But
          
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           which
           are
           gracefull
           in
           the
           Originall
           ,
           will
           seeme
           to
           obscure
           the
           dependancy
           of
           sense
           in
           the
           English
           phrase
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           carefully
           needed
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           how
           harsh
           the
           Musicke
           will
           be
           ,
           if
           the
           Pauses
           be
           not
           vsually
           reduced
           vnto
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           which
           they
           haue
           in
           the
           first
           Stanza
           of
           each
           Song
           :
           Fourthly
           ,
           how
           many
           other
           differences
           there
           must
           be
           betweene
           this
           kinde
           of
           Lyricall
           verse
           and
           what
           is
           smoothed
           onely
           for
           the
           reading
           :
           Fiftly
           ,
           how
           the
           Translator
           is
           tyed
           to
           make
           choise
           ,
           not
           of
           what
           is
           easiest
           ,
           but
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           verse
           which
           may
           become
           best
           the
           nature
           of
           euery
           Song
           :
           Sixtly
           ,
           how
           he
           is
           bound
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           Sense
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           very
           words
           (
           or
           words
           of
           the
           same
           power
           )
           which
           another
           hath
           vsed
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           how
           beside
           all
           this
           strictnesse
           ,
           he
           is
           euen
           in
           conscience
           also
           constrained
           ,
           so
           to
           expresse
           things
           by
           circumlocution
           (
           when
           he
           shall
           be
           forced
           to
           it
           )
           as
           that
           ,
           although
           his
           phrase
           be
           of
           the
           same
           
           power
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           warrantable
           vnlesse
           it
           be
           so
           also
           done
           ,
           that
           the
           manner
           of
           speaking
           ,
           peculiar
           to
           these
           writings
           ,
           may
           be
           all
           the
           way
           perceiued
           by
           those
           vnderstanding
           Readers
           who
           are
           acquainted
           therewith
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           If
           all
           these
           circumstances
           be
           well
           considered
           (
           and
           how
           difficult
           they
           make
           it
           ,
           to
           close
           vp
           euery
           Stanza
           with
           a
           Period
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           point
           as
           the
           voyce
           may
           a
           while
           decently
           pause
           there
           )
           I
           am
           both
           perswaded
           a
           worke
           of
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           would
           neither
           be
           hastily
           aduentured
           vpon
           againe
           by
           any
           other
           ;
           nor
           my
           labour
           herein
           be
           altogether
           disesteemed
           :
           who
           haue
           bin
           mindful
           of
           all
           those
           ,
           &
           many
           other
           particulars
           ,
           considerable
           in
           such
           a
           busines
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ;
           that
           it
           may
           be
           finished
           with
           more
           exactnes
           ,
           then
           my
           owne
           industry
           is
           able
           to
           adde
           vnto
           it
           .
        
         
           (
           If
           in
           any
           part
           of
           these
           Songs
           the
           genuine
           Sense
           be
           not
           yet
           well
           expressed
           ,
           )
           vpon
           reason
           giuen
           ,
           and
           the
           l●st
           notise
           vouchsafed
           from
           any
           of
           your
           RR
           ces
           ,
           after
           the
           view
           of
           this
           ;
           I
           shall
           be
           ready
           to
           amend
           it
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           directions
           .
           Or
           if
           the
           Tunes
           haue
           not
           w●ll
           suted
           the
           nature
           of
           them
           ;
           Those
           who
           haue
           formerly
           bestowed
           their
           paines
           (
           and
           many
           other
           also
           )
           will
           be
           liberall
           of
           their
           best
           Art
           ,
           more
           to
           apt
           them
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           God.
           For
           ,
           although
           this
           Booke
           hath
           already
           the
           allowance
           appointed
           by
           Authority
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           approbation
           of
           many
           other
           good
           men
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           desire
           it
           generally
           published
           (
           at
           least
           )
           for
           their
           priuate
           deuotions
           :
           Yet
           ,
           knowing
           these
           vndertakings
           can
           neuer
           be
           too
           perfect
           ,
           I
           haue
           purposed
           this
           Impression
           for
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           distributed
           among
           your
           RR
           ces
           ,
           and
           my
           other
           speciall
           friends
           .
           That
           if
           there
           be
           any
           ouersight
           committed
           ,
           or
           ought
           necessary
           omitted
           in
           them
           ;
           it
           might
           be
           reformed
           and
           supplied
           in
           the
           next
           Edition
           ,
           by
           warning
           and
           instruction
           from
           some
           of
           You.
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           found
           very
           defectiue
           ;
           And
           
           in
           my
           Epistle
           to
           make
           answere
           vnto
           those
           many
           obiections
           ,
           which
           vulgar
           vnderstandings
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           frame
           against
           this
           vndertaking
           ;
           I
           thinke
           it
           also
           needlesse
           .
           Because
           you
           ,
           to
           whom
           (
           onely
           )
           I
           at
           this
           time
           preferre
           it
           ,
           are
           all
           sufficient
           enough
           without
           information
           from
           me
           ,
           to
           perceaue
           how
           friuolous
           those
           doubts
           and
           cauils
           be
           ,
           which
           the
           weakenesse
           of
           such
           are
           apt
           to
           inuent
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           your
           RR
           ces
           be
           herewith
           satisfied
           ,
           I
           value
           not
           how
           the
           wits
           of
           our
           age
           shall
           censure
           the
           Stile
           I
           haue
           vsed
           ;
           for
           though
           many
           of
           them
           are
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           raptures
           in
           Hero
           and
           Leander
           ,
           the
           expressions
           in
           Venus
           and
           Adonis
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           elegancies
           becomming
           a
           wanton
           Sonnet
           ;
           yet
           in
           these
           Lyricks
           ,
           in
           the
           naturall
           straine
           of
           these
           Poems
           ,
           in
           the
           power
           of
           these
           voyces
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           proprieties
           befitting
           these
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           their
           sensuall
           capacities
           ,
           are
           as
           ignorant
           as
           meere
           Ideots
           :
           and
           had
           it
           the
           Poeticall
           phrases
           they
           fancy
           ,
           I
           should
           hate
           it
           ;
           or
           were
           it
           such
           as
           they
           might
           praise
           ,
           I
           would
           burne
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           I
           feare
           will
           be
           the
           greatest
           blemish
           to
           this
           labour
           ;
           is
           ,
           my
           owne
           indignity
           .
           For
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           more
           vnworthy
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           these
           holy
           things
           :
           Seeing
           I
           am
           none
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           allowed
           to
           intermeddle
           with
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           our
           Christian
           Sanctuary
           .
           Neuerthelesse
           ,
           if
           what
           I
           haue
           performed
           be
           allowable
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           approbations
           once
           consecrated
           to
           a
           holy
           Vse
           ,
           doubtlesse
           (
           if
           no
           mans
           Will
           stand
           for
           a
           Reason
           )
           it
           shal
           be
           no
           lesse
           auaileable
           ,
           then
           if
           some
           eminent
           Father
           of
           the
           Church
           had
           laboured
           therein
           .
           And
           whensoeuer
           it
           shall
           be
           againe
           vndertaken
           ,
           this
           I
           am
           certaine
           of
           ;
           No
           man
           will
           go
           about
           it
           with
           a
           heart
           more
           desirous
           to
           be
           rectified
           ,
           or
           more
           fearefull
           to
           offend
           against
           the
           M
           ●tie
           of
           these
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
         
           And
           I
           trust
           no
           man
           will
           enuy
           me
           the
           honour
           of
           this
           employment
           :
           For
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           no
           meane
           contentment
           to
           a
           Christian
           (
           whose
           soule
           is
           touched
           with
           the
           vnderstanding
           of
           these
           things
           )
           to
           be
           any
           way
           an
           instrument
           of
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           yet
           (
           if
           we
           tru●ly
           consider
           it
           )
           that
           which
           I
           haue
           aspired
           vnto
           therby
           ,
           makes
           me
           in
           regard
           of
           You
           ,
           or
           in
           respect
           but
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           those
           who
           are
           admitted
           to
           administer
           the
           blessed
           Sacraments
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           a
           hewer
           of
           wood
           ,
           or
           a
           drawer
           of
           water
           ,
           for
           the
           old
           Sacrifices
           ,
           was
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           Leuite
           ,
           who
           offered
           on
           the
           golden
           Alter
           .
        
         
           God
           knowes
           with
           what
           minde
           I
           haue
           proceeded
           in
           this
           endeuour
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Reward
           and
           Acceptation
           from
           aboue
           the
           Sunne
           I
           am
           certaine
           of
           .
           But
           the
           course
           of
           things
           below
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           I
           haue
           so
           well
           considered
           ,
           that
           should
           I
           reach
           the
           perfection
           of
           what
           I
           went
           about
           ,
           yet
           all
           my
           labour
           might
           be
           no
           to
           purpose
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Preacher
           saith
           ,
           Eccl.
           9.11
           .
           
             I
             haue
             seene
             vnder
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             that
             the
             race
             is
             not
             to
             the
             swift
             ,
             nor
             the
             battell
             to
             the
             strong
             ,
             nor
             yet
             bread
             to
             the
             wise
             ,
             nor
             riches
             to
             men
             of
             vnderstanding
             ,
             nor
             fauour
             to
             men
             of
             knowledge
             ;
             but
             time
             and
             chance
             commeth
             to
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           If
           my
           paines
           shall
           be
           aiudged
           vnnecessary
           ,
           yet
           my
           comfort
           is
           ,
           I
           haue
           onely
           spent
           my
           owne
           meanes
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           vnder
           the
           colour
           or
           pretence
           of
           being
           imployed
           ,
           fedde
           my selfe
           fat
           on
           the
           patrimonies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           effecting
           (
           or
           so
           much
           as
           intending
           )
           any
           thing
           to
           her
           aduantage
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           thought
           profitable
           ;
           that
           profit
           shall
           be
           gained
           without
           hinderance
           to
           any
           other
           mans
           preferment
           .
           For
           I
           neuer
           intend
           (
           though
           my
           necessities
           were
           more
           importunate
           )
           to
           petition
           for
           so
           much
           as
           a
           lay-Prebend
           in
           recompence
           of
           my
           labours
           .
           Only
           your
           benediction
           ,
           your
           loues
           ,
           &
           your
           holy
           Prayers
           ,
           next
           vnto
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           is
           my
           principall
           aime
           .
           
           And
           seeing
           neither
           the
           manner
           of
           my
           education
           ,
           nor
           the
           course
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           nor
           the
           performance
           of
           this
           worke
           (
           though
           I
           will
           not
           iustifie
           my selfe
           )
           can
           yet
           appeare
           to
           be
           such
           as
           may
           disparage
           the
           Church
           to
           receiue
           these
           endeauours
           at
           my
           hands
           :
           So
           much
           confidence
           haue
           I
           in
           your
           Fatherly
           dispositions
           towards
           all
           well
           affected
           persons
           ,
           of
           what
           outward
           condition
           soeuer
           they
           be
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           verely
           perswaded
           you
           would
           not
           for
           a
           few
           ouer-sights
           ,
           sleight
           all
           my
           paines
           ;
           but
           rather
           to
           the
           encouragement
           of
           others
           (
           for
           no
           affront
           in
           these
           studies
           can
           dishearten
           me
           )
           graciously
           vouchsafe
           in
           some
           measure
           to
           accept
           what
           I
           here
           make
           humble
           proffer
           of
           vnto
           your
           RR
           ces
           .
           Which
           if
           you
           please
           to
           doe
           ,
           I
           shall
           euer
           acknowledge
           my selfe
           obliged
           for
           your
           Christian
           respect
           ,
           and
           study
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           (
           perhaps
           )
           will
           make
           me
           hereafter
           more
           worthy
           of
           your
           esteeme
           .
        
         
           So
           ,
           presuming
           that
           if
           I
           haue
           deliuered
           Reason
           ,
           it
           shal
           be
           with
           your
           Wisedomes
           ,
           euery
           whit
           as
           Authenticke
           as
           if
           I
           had
           begun
           ,
           continued
           ,
           and
           ended
           this
           Epistle
           with
           the
           Prouerbs
           ,
           or
           ouer-worne
           Sentences
           of
           olde
           Authors
           :
           I
           humbly
           wish
           (
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           my
           Countrey
           on
           this
           day
           )
           a
           happy
           NEVV-YEERE
           to
           all
           your
           RR
           ces
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           in
           her
           seuerall
           af●●ires
           ,
           a
           most
           prosperous
           successe
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Ianuary
                 the
              
               1.
               1621.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Table
           of
           the
           Songs
           .
        
         
           
             Song
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             
          
           
             1
             The
             first
             Song
             of
             Moses
             .
          
           
             1
          
           
             2
             The
             second
             Song
             of
             Moses
             .
          
           
             6
          
           
             3
             The
             Song
             of
             Deborah
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             15
          
           
             4
             The
             Song
             of
             Hannah
             .
          
           
             24
          
           
             5
             Nehemiahs
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             29
          
           
             6
             King
             Lemuels
             Song
             .
          
           
             34
          
           
             7
             The
             first
             Song
             of
             Esay
             .
          
           
             38
          
           
             8
             The
             second
             Song
             of
             Esay
             .
          
           
             42
          
           
             9
             The
             third
             Song
             of
             Esay
             .
          
           
             45
          
           
             10
             Hezekiahs
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             50
          
           
             11
             Hezekiahs
             Thankesgiuing
             .
          
           
             53
          
           
             12
             The
             Prayer
             of
             Daniel
             .
          
           
             59
          
           
             13
             The
             Prayer
             of
             Ionah
             .
          
           
             6●
          
           
             14
             The
             Prayer
             of
             Habakkuk
             .
          
           
             6●
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           First
           song
           of
           MOSES
           .
           Exod.
           15.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             the
             Vse
             .
          
           
             THis
             Song
             (
             as
             appeares
             in
             the
             history
             of
             Israels
             deliuerie
             out
             of
             Aegypt
             )
             was
             sung
             by
             Moses
             and
             the
             people
             ,
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             their
             wonderfull
             preseruation
             ;
             and
             the
             seuerity
             which
             he
             vsed
             against
             their
             enemies
             the
             Aegiptians
             ,
             in
             the
             red
             Sea.
             Wherein
             ,
             they
             glorifie
             the
             Lord
             for
             his
             Power
             ,
             his
             Knowledge
             in
             warre
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             his
             incomparable
             Dietie
             ,
             his
             Sanctitie
             ,
             his
             Awfulnesse
             ,
             his
             Fame
             ,
             his
             merueilous
             Acts
             ,
             and
             the
             eternitie
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             they
             here
             set
             forth
             the
             malitious
             violence
             of
             their
             aduersaries
             ,
             before
             their
             destruction
             ,
             the
             sudaine
             ruine
             of
             those
             that
             were
             destroyed
             :
             with
             the
             terrour
             ,
             which
             this
             ouerthrow
             should
             strike
             into
             their
             suruiuing
             enemies
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             they
             doe
             at
             once
             prophecie
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             ,
             the
             possession
             of
             that
             promised
             Land
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             holy
             Temple
             should
             be
             builded
             .
          
           
             This
             Song
             was
             made
             ,
             and
             ordained
             by
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             to
             be
             sung
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             euery
             Christian
             Congregation
             ,
             
             as
             by
             Moses
             ,
             and
             the
             Iewes
             .
             For
             ,
             this
             preseruation
             of
             theirs
             ,
             was
             a
             tipe
             of
             our
             deliuerance
             from
             the
             bondage
             of
             our
             Spirituall
             Aduersaries
             .
             Pharaoh
             ,
             which
             (
             in
             the
             originall
             tongue
             )
             signifieth
             Vengeance
             ,
             (
             being
             Mistically
             and
             anagogically
             considered
             )
             was
             a
             Tipe
             ,
             both
             of
             Antichrist
             ,
             a
             temporall
             aduersarie
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             of
             our
             enemie
             the
             Deuill
             ,
             who
             pursues
             to
             ouerthrow
             vs
             in
             our
             voyage
             towards
             heauen
             ,
             which
             was
             also
             in
             a
             third
             sence
             figured
             by
             the
             land
             of
             
               Promise
               .
               Pharaohs
               hoast
            
             ,
             signifieth
             all
             kindes
             of
             persecutions
             ,
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             temptations
             .
             The
             
               Red
               Sea
            
             ,
             which
             we
             passe
             through
             ,
             and
             wherein
             they
             are
             drowned
             ,
             meaneth
             our
             
               Baptisme
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               10.2
            
             .
             By
             Palestine
             ,
             and
             Canaan
             ,
             which
             were
             names
             of
             the
             promised
             Country
             ,
             before
             the
             Church
             was
             remoued
             thither
             ,
             (
             and
             which
             the
             holy-Ghost
             here
             saith
             ,
             shall
             grieue
             ,
             and
             faint
             ,
             at
             the
             newes
             of
             our
             regeneration
             )
             are
             those
             vnderstood
             ,
             who
             haue
             falsly
             and
             wrongfully
             vsurped
             the
             priuiledges
             belonging
             to
             the
             faithfull
             congregation
             .
             By
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Edom
             ,
             with
             the
             Princes
             of
             Moab
             ,
             (
             who
             are
             said
             to
             tremble
             at
             this
             deliuerie
             )
             all
             the
             seuerall
             powers
             of
             the
             kingdome
             of
             darkenesse
             are
             vnderstood
             .
          
           
             Now
             euery
             good
             Christian
             ,
             may
             (
             at
             any
             time
             )
             sing
             this
             Hymne
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             his
             Redeemer
             and
             in
             memory
             of
             the
             Churches
             (
             with
             his
             owne
             particular
             )
             deliuerance
             from
             the
             slauerie
             of
             Sinne
             and
             the
             Deuill
             .
             Yea
             ,
             and
             not
             vnfitly
             vpon
             some
             temporall
             deliuerances
             .
             But
             it
             will
             be
             indeed
             most
             properly
             vsed
             ,
             both
             in
             publike
             and
             priuate
             ,
             after
             the
             administration
             of
             Baptisme
             :
             Seeing
             the
             passage
             through
             the
             
               Red
               Sea
            
             ,
             and
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Aegyptians
             there
             ,
             was
             a
             type
             of
             that
             Sacrament
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Interpretation
             of
             
               St.
               Paul.
            
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             Then
             sang
             Moses
             and
             the
             Children
             of
             Jsrael
             this
             Song
             vnto
             the
             LORD
             ,
             and
             spake
             ,
             saying
             :
          
           
             
             NOw
             to
             the
             Lord
             my
             song
             of
             praise
             shall
             be
             ,
             Who
             hath
             a
             most
             renowned
             triumph
             woone
             :
             This
             is
             the
             Lord
             that
             makes
             me
             strong
             ,
             For
             in
             the
             sea
             ,
             the
             horse
             and
             horse-man
             he
             ,
             Hath
             both
             at
             once
             together
             ouer-throwne
             .
             Hee
             is
             my
             safety
             and
             my
             song
             ;
             My
             God
             for
             
             whom
             I
             will
             a
             house
             prepare
             ,
             My
             Fathers
             God
             whom
             I
             on
             high
             will
             reare
             .
             
          
           
             
               Well
               knowes
               the
               LORD
               to
               war
               what
               doth
               pertaine
               ;
            
             
               And
               for
               that
               reason
               is
               the
               LORD
               his
               name
               :
            
             
               He
               ,
               Pharo'hs
               Charr'ots
               ,
               and
               his
               armed
               Traine
               ,
            
             
               Amid
               the
               Sea
               ore'-whelming
               overcame
               .
            
             
               He
               ,
               in
               the
               Ruddy-sea
               hath
               drown'd
               ,
            
             
               His
               Captaines
               that
               were
               most
               renownd
               :
            
             
               The
               deeps
               a
               couering
               ouer
               them
               hath
               throwne
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               the
               bottome
               sunke
               they
               ,
               like
               a
               stone
               .
            
          
           
             
               LORD
               by
               thy
               power
               thy
               
                 right
                 hand
                 's
              
               famous
               grow'n
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               
                 right
                 hand
              
               LORD
               ,
               thy
               foe
               destroyed
               hath
               ;
            
             
               Thou
               by
               thy
               glorie
               hast
               thy
               Foes
               ore-thrown
               ;
            
             
               And
               stuble-like
               ,
               consum'st
               them
               in
               thy
               wrath
               .
            
             
               Thou
               by
               thy
               nostrils
               angry
               blast
               ,
            
             
               The
               waters
               backward
               driuen
               hast
            
             
               And
               (
               rowl'd
               on
               heapes
               ,
               )
               the
               billowes
               and
               the
               floud
               ,
            
             
               In
               middle
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
               congealed
               stood
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               will
               pursue
               them
               (
               thus
               the
               Foe
               did
               crye
               )
            
             
               I
               will
               ore'take
               them
               and
               the
               spoile
               enioy
               ;
            
             
               My
               pleasure
               on
               them
               ,
               now
               fulfill
               will
               I
               ;
            
             
               With
               sword
               vnsheath'd
               my
               hand
               shall
               them
               destroy
               .
            
             
             
               Then
               with
               thy
               breath
               thou
               didst
               but
               blow
               ;
            
             
               And
               ouer
               them
               the
               Sea
               did
               flow
               :
            
             
               Where
               they
               ,
               the
               mighty
               waters
               sanke
               into
               ,
            
             
               As
               we
               may
               see
               a
               peece
               of
               lead
               will
               doe
               .
            
          
           
             
               LORD
               ,
               who
               like
               thee
               among
               the
               gods
               is
               there
               ?
            
             
               In
               holinesse
               ,
               so
               glorious
               who
               may
               be
               ?
            
             
               Whose
               praises
               ,
               so
               exceeding
               dreadfull
               are
               ?
            
             
               Or
               who
               in
               doing
               wonders
               i●
               like
               thee
               ?
            
             
               Thy
               
                 right
                 hand
              
               thou
               aloft
               didst
               reare
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               the
               earth
               they
               swallow'd
               were
               :
            
             
               Whil'st
               thou
               ,
               didst
               by
               thy
               mercy
               ,
               forward
               lead
               ,
            
             
               This
               people
               ,
               whose
               redemption
               thou
               hast
               paid
               .
            
          
           
             
               Them
               ,
               by
               thy
               strength
               ,
               thou
               hast
               been
               pleas'd
               to
               bear
            
             
               Vnto
               a
               holy
               dwelling
               place
               of
               thine
               :
            
             
               The
               Nations
               at
               report
               thereof
               shall
               feare
               ,
            
             
               And
               they
               shall
               grieue
               ,
               who
               dwell
               in
               Palestine
               .
            
             
               On
               Ed●ms
               Dukes
               will
               horror
               fall
               ;
            
             
               Yea
               Moabs
               mightie
               Princes
               shall
            
             
               With
               trembling
               shake
               ,
               when
               they
               of
               this
               heare
               tell
               :
            
             
               And
               they
               shall
               faint
               that
               doe
               in
               Canaan
               dwell
               .
            
          
           
             
               By
               that
               great
               power
               ,
               which
               in
               thine
               Arm●
               thou
               hast
               ,
            
             
               Let
               feare
               and
               terrour
               vpon
               them
               be
               brought
               :
            
             
               Stone-quiet
               make
               them
               till
               thy
               people
               passe
               ;
            
             
               LORD
               ,
               till
               this
               people
               pas
               ,
               which
               thou
               hast
               bought
               .
            
             
               Then
               ,
               to
               thy
               hill
               ,
               let
               them
               repaire
               ,
            
             
               LORD
               plant
               them
               there
               ,
               where
               thou
               art
               heire
               :
            
             
               Eu'n
               where
               thy
               place
               of
               dwelling
               is
               prepar'd
               ,
            
             
               That
               holy
               place
               ,
               which
               thine
               own
               hands
               haue
               rear'd
            
          
           
             
               The
               LORD
               shall
               euer
               ,
               and
               for
               euer
               raigne
               ,
            
             
               No
               ending
               ,
               shall
               his
               large
               dominion
               know
               ;
            
             
             
               For
               ,
               when
               as
               Pharaoh
               downe
               into
               the
               Maine
            
             
               Did
               with
               his
               Charr'ots
               and
               his
               Horsemen
               goe
               ,
            
             
               The
               LORD
               the
               waues
               did
               then
               recall
               ,
            
             
               And
               brought
               the
               sea
               vpon
               them
               all
               ;
            
             
               Whil'st
               ,
               through
               the
               place
               where
               deepest
               waters
               lye
               ,
            
             
               The
               seed
               of
               Israel
               passed
               ouer
               drye
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Second
           Song
           of
           MOSES
           .
           Deut.
           32.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             THis
             Song
             is
             found
             in
             the
             
               32.
               chap.
            
             of
             Deut.
             and
             was
             written
             by
             the
             commandement
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             kept
             in
             the
             Arke
             of
             Couenant
             ,
             for
             a
             testimony
             against
             the
             people
             of
             Israel
             ,
             when
             they
             should
             forget
             Gods
             benefits
             ,
             and
             rebell
             against
             him
             :
             As
             it
             is
             there
             fore-told
             ,
             and
             as
             appeares
             in
             the
             
               31.
               
               Chap.
            
             of
             the
             foresaid
             booke
             .
             Now
             ,
             the
             holy
             Prophet
             hauing
             after
             his
             Exordium
             ,
             (
             wherein
             hee
             calleth
             heauen
             and
             earth
             to
             witnesse
             )
             made
             a
             Narration
             of
             the
             Jewes
             peruersenesse
             ;
             Hee
             prophecieth
             of
             three
             principall
             things
             in
             this
             Hymne
             .
             First
             ,
             of
             their
             future
             Idolatry
             with
             their
             punishment
             for
             it
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             of
             their
             hatred
             to
             Christ
             ,
             with
             their
             finall
             Abiection
             .
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             of
             the
             grace
             which
             should
             be
             vouchsafed
             vnto
             the
             Gentiles
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             this
             triple-prophecie
             ,
             there
             are
             also
             many
             particularities
             laid
             downe
             ,
             as
             considerable
             .
             First
             ,
             how
             perfect
             ,
             how
             wise
             ,
             how
             faithfull
             ,
             and
             how
             iust
             God
             is
             in
             his
             owne
             nature
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             how
             vnreasonably
             peruerse
             his
             people
             were
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             how
             neuerthelesse
             ,
             God
             was
             louing
             ,
             and
             heaped
             vpon
             them
             innumerable
             benefits
             (
             some
             of
             which
             are
             here
             reckoned
             vp
             .
             )
             Fourthly
             ,
             how
             ingratefully
             ,
             and
             deuellishly
             they
             still
             requited
             him
             .
             Fiftly
             ,
             how
             he
             punished
             them
             with
             grieuous
             plagues
             ,
             but
             forbare
             a
             while
             their
             finall
             ouerthrow
             ,
             to
             await
             their
             repentance
             .
             Sixtly
             ,
             how
             respectlesse
             they
             should
             be
             of
             all
             this
             fauour
             ;
             and
             what
             horrible
             inhumanities
             they
             should
             be
             guiltie
             of
             .
             Seauenthly
             ,
             how
             mindefull
             the
             LORD
             would
             be
             of
             their
             obstinacy
             ;
             how
             suddainely
             hee
             would
             ruine
             them
             ;
             how
             safe
             they
             should
             be
             ,
             who
             professed
             the
             true
             God
             ,
             when
             his
             enemies
             were
             visited
             ;
             how
             vnable
             those
             should
             be
             to
             helpe
             them
             in
             whom
             they
             had
             trusted
             ;
             how
             seuere
             ,
             and
             irrecouerable
             the
             iudgement
             should
             be
             ;
             how
             certaine
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             LORD
             had
             sworne
             it
             ;
             and
             how
             all
             this
             should
             turne
             to
             the
             aduantage
             of
             his
             Elect.
             
          
           
             The
             Vse
             which
             we
             are
             to
             make
             of
             this
             Song
             ;
             is
             to
             repeate
             it
             often
             ,
             in
             remembrance
             of
             Gods
             Iustice
             and
             Mercy
             :
             and
             to
             put
             our selues
             in
             minde
             ,
             by
             the
             Iewes
             example
             ,
             how
             seuerely
             God
             will
             punish
             such
             as
             continue
             obstinate
             in
             their
             sinnes
             .
             For
             ,
             euery
             man
             (
             if
             he
             would
             consider
             it
             )
             shall
             finde
             that
             he
             in
             his
             owne
             particular
             ,
             hath
             receiued
             as
             much
             fauour
             from
             his
             Redeemer
             ,
             and
             as
             vnthankefully
             requited
             it
             .
             This
             Song
             ought
             also
             to
             stirre
             vs
             vp
             to
             a
             better
             consideration
             of
             our
             owne
             estate
             :
             and
             as
             
               St.
               Paul
            
             counselleth
             ;
             
               If
               God
               hath
               not
               spared
               the
               naturall
               branches
               ,
               take
               wee
               
               heed
               lest
               he
               spare
               not
               vs.
               Rom.
               11.21
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             when
             we
             shall
             reade
             or
             sing
             this
             Hymne
             (
             which
             is
             left
             as
             well
             for
             our
             vse
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Iewes
             )
             let
             vs
             as
             
               St.
               Paul
            
             aduiseth
             ,
             in
             the
             fore-named
             Chapter
             ,
             
               Meditate
               the
               goodnesse
               and
               seueritie
               of
               God
               ;
               on
               them
               which
               fell
               seuerity
               ;
               but
               towards
               vs
               goodnesse
               ,
               if
               we
               continue
               in
               his
               goodnesse
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               otherwise
               wee
               shall
               be
               cut
               off
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             And
             Moses
             spake
             in
             the
             eares
             of
             all
             the
             Congregation
             of
             Jsrael
             ;
             the
             words
             of
             this
             Song
             ,
             vntill
             they
             were
             ended
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
             TO
             what
             I
             speake
             ,
             an
             eare
             O
             hea-uens
             lend
             ,
             And
             heare
             oh
             earth
             what
             words
             I
             vtter
             will
             ,
             Like
             drops
             of
             raine
             ,
             my
             speaches
             shall
             
             descend
             ,
             And
             as
             the
             dew
             ,
             my
             doctrine
             shall
             distill
             ,
             As
             doth
             the
             raine
             that
             showreth
             small
             on
             tender
             flow'rs
             ,
             And
             as
             vpon
             the
             grasse
             doe
             fall
             the
             greater
             show'rs
             ,
             For
             I
             the
             LORD'
             's
             gre●t
             name
             will
             publish
             now
             .
             Vnto
             our
             God
             the
             glory
             render
             you
             .
             
          
           
             
             
               He
               is
               that
               Rock
               ,
               whose
               Workes
               perfection
               are
               ;
            
             
               For
               all
               his
               waies
               with
               Iudgement
               guided
               be
               :
            
             
               A
               God
               of
               truth
               ,
               from
               all
               wrong-doing
               cleare
               ,
            
             
               A
               truly
               iust
               ,
               and
               righteous-One
               is
               He.
            
             
               Yet
               they
               with
               spots
               themselues
               defilde
               ,
            
             
               Vnlike
               his
               Sonnes
               ;
            
             
               And
               are
               a
               race
               of
               crooked
               ,
               wilde
               ,
            
             
               And
               froward
               ones
               .
            
             
               Vnwise
               and
               foolish
               nation
               ,
               dost
               thou
               so
            
             
               Thy selfe
               vnto
               the
               LORD
               vngratefull
               show
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thy
               Father
               ,
               and
               Redeemer
               ,
               is
               not
               he
               ?
            
             
               Hath
               he
               not
               made
               ,
               and
               now
               confirm'd
               thee
               fast
               ?
            
             
               Oh
               call
               to
               minde
               the
               dayes
               that
               older
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               weigh
               the
               yeeres
               ,
               of
               many
               Ages
               past
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               Father
               will
               ,
               (
               if
               thou
               desire
               )
            
             
               Informe
               thee
               well
               ;
            
             
               Thy
               elders
               ,
               (
               when
               thou
               shalt
               enquire
               ,
               )
            
             
               Can
               also
               tell
            
             
               How
               ,
               the
               most
               high
               did
               Adams
               Sonnes
               diuide
               ;
            
             
               And
               shares
               for
               euery
               Kindred
               did
               prouide
               .
            
          
           
             
               How
               ,
               he
               the
               Nations
               Limits
               did
               prepare
               ,
            
             
               In
               number
               with
               the
               Sonnes
               of
               Israel
               ,
            
             
               The
               LORD
               had
               in
               his
               people
               then
               his
               share
               ;
            
             
               And
               Iacob
               ,
               for
               his
               part
               allotted
               fell
               .
            
             
               Them
               ,
               in
               a
               desert
               rude
               ,
               he
               found
               ,
            
             
               Possest
               of
               none
               :
            
             
               A
               place
               of
               terrour
               ,
               and
               a
               ground
            
             
               Vast
               and
               vnknowne
               .
            
             
               He
               taught
               them
               there
               ,
               he
               led
               them
               farre
               and
               nigh
               :
            
             
               And
               kept
               them
               as
               the
               apple
               of
               his
               eye
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Eu'n
               as
               an
               Eagle
               ,
               to
               prouoke
               her
               young
               ,
            
             
               About
               her
               neast
               doth
               houer
               here
               and
               there
               ;
            
             
               Spread
               forth
               her
               wings
               ,
               to
               traine
               her
               birds
               along
               ;
            
             
               And
               sometime
               ,
               on
               her
               backe
               ,
               her
               younglings
               beare
               :
            
             
               Right
               so
               ,
               the
               LORD
               conducted
               them
               ,
            
             
               Himselfe
               alone
               ,
            
             
               And
               for
               assistant
               ,
               there
               with
               him
            
             
               Strange
               God
               was
               none
               :
            
             
               Them
               ,
               on
               the
               High-lands
               of
               the
               earth
               he
               set
               ,
            
             
               Where
               they
               the
               plenties
               of
               the
               fields
               might
               eate
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               them
               he
               made
               the
               Rocke
               with
               hony
               flowe
               ,
            
             
               They
               suckt
               out
               oyle
               from
               flints
               ,
               and
               they
               did
               feed
            
             
               On
               milke
               of
               sheepe
               ,
               on
               butter
               of
               the
               Cowe
               ,
            
             
               Fat
               lambs
               and
               goates
               ,
               and
               rammes
               of
               Bashan
               breed
               ;
            
             
               Of
               wheat
               he
               gaue
               them
               for
               their
               food
               ,
            
             
               The
               fullest
               feede
               ,
            
             
               And
               they
               did
               drinke
               the
               purest
               blood
            
             
               The
               grape
               did
               bleed
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               here-withall
               ;
               vnthankefull
               Israel
               ,
            
             
               Soone
               fat
               became
               ,
               and
               spurned
               with
               his
               heele
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               waxed
               fat
               ,
               and
               grosse
               ,
               and
               couer'd
               o're
               ;
            
             
               And
               then
               their
               God
               and
               Maker
               did
               forsake
               :
            
             
               Their
               Rocke
               of
               health
               regarded
               was
               no
               more
               ,
            
             
               But
               with
               strange
               Gods
               him
               Iealous
               did
               they
               make
               :
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               they
               with
               what
               was
               most
               abhor'd
               ,
            
             
               His
               wrath
               entis●
               ;
            
             
               To
               deuils
               (
               not
               vnto
               the
               LORD
               )
            
             
               They
               sacrifice
               :
            
             
               To
               gods
               vnknowne
               ,
               that
               new
               inuented
               were
               ,
            
             
               And
               such
               ,
               as
               their
               fore-fathers
               did
               not
               feare
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               They
               minded
               not
               the
               Rocke
               ,
               which
               them
               begat
               ,
            
             
               But
               haue
               forgot
               the
               God
               that
               form'd
               them
               hath
               ,
            
             
               Which
               ,
               when
               the
               LORD
               perceiu'd
               ,
               it
               made
               him
               hate
            
             
               His
               sonnes
               and
               daughters
               ,
               mouing
               him
               to
               wrath
               .
            
             
               I
               will
               ,
               to
               marke
               their
               end
               ,
               (
               saith
               he
               )
            
             
               Obscure
               my
               face
               ;
            
             
               For
               they
               ,
               vnfaithfull
               Children
               be
               ,
            
             
               Of
               froward
               race
               :
            
             
               My
               wrath
               ,
               with
               what
               was
               not
               a
               God
               they
               mou'd
               ;
            
             
               And
               haue
               mine
               anger
               ,
               with
               their
               follies
               prou'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               ,
               by
               a
               people
               ,
               without
               being
               (
               yet
               )
            
             
               Their
               Iealous
               wrath
               ,
               will
               I
               prouoke
               for
               this
               ,
            
             
               And
               by
               a
               foolish
               nation
               make
               them
               fret
               ,
            
             
               For
               in
               my
               wrath
               a
               fire
               enflamed
               is
               ;
            
             
               And
               to
               the
               depth
               of
               hell
               it
               shall
            
             
               Deuouring
               goe
               ,
            
             
               Earth
               with
               her
               fruits
               and
               mountaines
               all
            
             
               Consuming
               to
               .
            
             
               In
               heapes
               ,
               I
               mischiefes
               will
               vpon
               them
               throw
               ,
            
             
               And
               shoot
               mine
               arrowes
               ,
               till
               I
               haue
               no
               moe
               .
            
          
           
             
               With
               hunger
               parched
               ,
               and
               consum'd
               with
               heat
               ,
            
             
               I
               will
               enforce
               them
               to
               a
               bitter
               end
               ,
            
             
               The
               teeth
               of
               beasts
               ,
               vpon
               them
               I
               will
               set
               ,
            
             
               And
               the
               invenom'd
               dust-fed
               ,
               Serpent
               send
               .
            
             
               The
               sword
               without
               ,
               and
               terrour
               grimme
            
             
               Within
               shall
               slay
               ,
            
             
               Young
               men
               ,
               and
               maides
               ,
               the
               babe
               and
               him
            
             
               Whose
               haire
               is
               gray
               :
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               I
               had
               vow'd
               to
               spread
               them
               here
               and
               there
               ,
            
             
               Vntill
               that
               men
               forget
               they
               euer
               were
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               But
               this
               ,
               the
               Foe
               compel'd
               me
               to
               delay
               ,
            
             
               Lest
               that
               their
               Aduersaries
               prouder
               growne
               ,
            
             
               Should
               when
               they
               saw
               it
               ;
               thus
               presume
               to
               say
               :
            
             
               This
               ,
               not
               the
               LORD
               ;
               but
               our
               high-hand
               hath
               done·
            
             
               For
               ,
               they
               a
               people
               are
               in
               whom
            
             
               No
               Counsell
               is
               :
            
             
               And
               neuer
               will
               their
               dulnesse
               ,
               come
            
             
               To
               iudge
               of
               this
               .
            
             
               Oh!
               would
               their
               wisedome
               ,
               this
               might
               comprehend
               ;
            
             
               And
               that
               they
               would
               consider
               of
               their
               end
               !
            
          
           
             
               How
               should
               one
               make
               a
               thousand
               runneaway
               ?
            
             
               Or
               two
               men
               put
               tenne
               thousand
               to
               the
               foile
               ;
            
             
               Except
               their
               Rocke
               ,
               had
               sold
               them
               for
               a
               pray
               ;
            
             
               And
               that
               the
               LORD
               ,
               had
               clos'd
               them
               vp
               the
               while
               ?
            
             
               For
               with
               our
               God
               their
               God
               compare
            
             
               They
               neuer
               may
               ,
            
             
               And
               if
               our
               foes
               the
               iudges
               were
               ,
            
             
               Thus
               would
               they
               say
               :
            
             
               But
               ,
               they
               haue
               Vines
               of
               those
               that
               Sodome
               yeelds
               ,
            
             
               And
               such
               as
               grow
               within
               Gomorrha
               fields
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Grapes
               are
               gall
               (
               that
               grow
               vpon
               their
               vine
               )
            
             
               Their
               Clusters
               ,
               are
               extreamely
               bitter
               all
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               made
               of
               Dragons
               venome
               is
               their
               wine
               ;
            
             
               And
               of
               the
               cruell
               Aspes
               infectious
               gall
               .
            
             
               And
               may
               I
               this
               forget
               to
               beare
            
             
               In
               minde
               with
               me
               ?
            
             
               Or
               shall
               it
               not
               be
               sealed
               where
            
             
               My
               treasures
               be
               ?
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               mine
               is
               vengeance
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               repay
               :
            
             
               Their
               feet
               shall
               slide
               at
               the
               appointed
               day
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Their
               time
               of
               ruine
               ,
               neare
               at
               hand
               is
               come
               ,
            
             
               Those
               things
               ,
               that
               must
               befall
               them
               ,
               haste
               will
               make
               :
            
             
               For
               sure
               ,
               the
               LORD
               shall
               giue
               his
               people
               doome
               ,
            
             
               And
               on
               his
               Seruants
               will
               compassion
               take
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               when
               he
               sees
               ,
               their
               strength
               is
               all
            
             
               Bereft
               and
               gone
               ;
            
             
               And
               they
               shut
               vp
               in
               prison
               ,
               shall
            
             
               Be
               left
               alone
               :
            
             
               Where
               are
               their
               Gods
               ,
               become
               (
               then
               will
               he
               say
               )
            
             
               Their
               Rocke
               on
               whom
               they
               did
               affiance
               lay
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Who
               eate
               the
               fattest
               of
               their
               sacrifice
               ?
            
             
               Who
               ,
               of
               their
               drinke
               oblations
               ,
               dranke
               the
               wine
               ?
            
             
               Let
               those
               vnto
               their
               succour
               now
               arise
               ,
            
             
               And
               vnder
               their
               protection
               them
               enshrine
               .
            
             
               Oh!
               therefore
               now
               ,
               consider
               this
               ,
            
             
               That
               I
               am
               Hee
               ;
            
             
               That
               I
               am
               Hee
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               is
            
             
               No
               God
               with
               mee
               .
            
             
               I
               kill
               ,
               and
               make
               aliue
               ,
               I
               wound
               ,
               I
               cure
               :
            
             
               And
               there
               is
               none
               ,
               can
               from
               my
               hand
               assure
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               vp
               to
               heauen
               I
               my
               hand
               doe
               reare
               ,
            
             
               And
               (
               as
               I
               liue
               for
               euer
               )
               this
               I
               say
               ,
            
             
               If
               once
               I
               whet
               my
               sword
               ,
               that
               sparkles
               cleare
               ,
            
             
               And
               shall
               my
               hand
               to
               acting
               vengeance
               lay
               ;
            
             
               I
               will
               not
               cease
               ,
               till
               I
               my
               foes
               ,
            
             
               With
               vengeance
               quite
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               till
               I
               haue
               repaid
               all
               those
            
             
               That
               beare
               me
               spite
               .
            
             
               And
               in
               the
               bloud
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               make
               to
               flow
               ,
            
             
               I
               'le
               steepe
               mine
               arrowes
               ,
               till
               they
               drunken
               grow
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               My
               sword
               shall
               feed
               on
               flesh
               and
               bloud
               of
               those
               ,
            
             
               That
               either
               shall
               be
               slaine
               ,
               or
               kept
               in
               thrall
               ,
            
             
               When
               I
               beginne
               to
               quit
               me
               of
               my
               foes
               .
            
             
               Then
               ,
               with
               his
               people
               Ioy
               you
               kindreds
               all
               ;
            
             
               For
               he
               their
               bloud
               (
               that
               serue
               him
               )
               will
            
             
               With
               bloud
               pursue
               ;
            
             
               And
               all
               his
               foes
               repayeth
               still
            
             
               With
               vengeance
               due
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               to
               his
               land
               will
               mercy
               shewing
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               those
               that
               are
               his
               people
               pitties
               He.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Song
           of
           Deborah
           and
           
             Barak
             .
             Iudges
          
           5.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             booke
             of
             
               Iudges
               ,
               Chapter
               4.
            
             you
             may
             read
             ,
             that
             the
             ouerthrow
             giuen
             to
             Sisera
             (
             by
             Deborah
             and
             Barak
             )
             occasioned
             this
             Song
             of
             deliuerance
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ,
             referring
             you
             thither
             to
             be
             informed
             concerning
             the
             particular
             circumstances
             ;
             I
             will
             here
             ,
             shew
             you
             the
             generall
             scope
             of
             this
             Hymne
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Thankesgiuing
             ,
             for
             a
             great
             ouerthrow
             ,
             gotten
             on
             their
             enemies
             .
             Wherein
             many
             things
             are
             remarkable
             .
             First
             ,
             in
             their
             Introduction
             ,
             
             attributing
             the
             glory
             to
             God
             ,
             (
             and
             inciting
             all
             Potentates
             of
             the
             world
             to
             consider
             it
             )
             they
             set
             forth
             with
             what
             Maiestie
             the
             LORD
             came
             to
             their
             deliuerance
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             benefit
             receiued
             ,
             is
             illustrated
             ,
             by
             the
             great
             desolation
             they
             were
             formerly
             in
             ▪
             the
             little
             meanes
             they
             had
             to
             protect
             themselues
             ,
             and
             the
             happie
             tranquillity
             which
             they
             should
             afterward
             enioy
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             they
             shew
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             former
             distresse
             ,
             to
             haue
             beene
             Apostacie
             from
             God.
             Fourthly
             ,
             they
             memorize
             those
             ,
             who
             were
             forward
             in
             that
             iust
             warre
             ,
             and
             vpbraid
             such
             as
             drew
             backe
             in
             so
             good
             a
             cause
             .
             Fiftly
             ,
             they
             declare
             what
             powerfull
             enemies
             they
             had
             ;
             and
             what
             miraculous
             assistance
             God
             vouchsafed
             .
             Sixtly
             ,
             a
             curse
             is
             denounced
             against
             such
             as
             refuse
             to
             fight
             the
             LORDS
             battailes
             ;
             and
             She
             is
             blessed
             who
             was
             the
             happy
             Instrument
             of
             their
             deliuery
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             description
             of
             the
             manner
             of
             Siserah's
             death
             ,
             an
             Ironicall
             expression
             of
             the
             Aduersaries
             vaine
             hope
             of
             preuailing
             ,
             and
             a
             propheticall
             imprecation
             ,
             that
             all
             Gods
             enemies
             may
             so
             perish
             ,
             to
             the
             aduancement
             of
             his
             Church
             .
          
           
             Jt
             is
             obserued
             by
             the
             Auncients
             ;
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Song
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Old
             or
             New
             Testament
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             composed
             vpon
             some
             extraordinary
             benefit
             or
             deliuerance
             ,
             which
             the
             Church
             receiued
             :
             and
             that
             in
             all
             the
             songs
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             (
             especially
             )
             there
             is
             (
             beside
             the
             plaine
             literall
             sence
             )
             some
             Mistery
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             prophetically
             aymed
             at
             ,
             couertly
             or
             openly
             ,
             vnder
             the
             passages
             thereof
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             this
             Song
             is
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             sung
             of
             vs
             Christians
             ,
             to
             glorifie
             God
             in
             memorizing
             his
             protecting
             our
             mother
             the
             Church
             ,
             among
             the
             Iewish
             Nation
             ,
             in
             her
             Infancie
             :
             But
             ,
             wee
             are
             to
             vse
             it
             also
             ,
             as
             a
             thanks-giuing
             for
             euery
             particular
             deliuerance
             ,
             which
             is
             vouchsafed
             to
             the
             visible
             Church
             
             in
             these
             times
             .
             As
             in
             memoriall
             of
             our
             miraculous
             preseruation
             ,
             in
             the
             yeare
             1588.
             when
             our
             Princely
             Deborah
             (
             the
             Queene
             of
             this
             kingdome
             )
             gaue
             an
             ouerthrow
             to
             the
             
               Spanish
               Sisera
            
             :
             For
             then
             ,
             the
             powers
             of
             heauen
             apparantly
             fought
             against
             him
             (
             as
             it
             is
             said
             in
             this
             Song
             .
             )
             The
             Sea
             ,
             more
             terrible
             then
             their
             brooke
             Kishon
             ,
             swept
             most
             of
             them
             away
             :
             And
             euen
             then
             (
             as
             the
             mother
             of
             the
             Cananitish
             commander
             ,
             is
             here
             scoffed
             at
             by
             Deborah
             ,
             for
             her
             vaine
             expectation
             :
             So
             ,
             the
             whore
             of
             Babilon
             (
             who
             was
             mother
             to
             that
             other
             Sisera
             )
             in
             vaine
             longed
             to
             behold
             him
             returne
             a
             conquerour
             :
             till
             being
             ridiculously
             confident
             of
             the
             spoile
             ;
             she
             was
             by
             the
             true
             Church
             laughed
             to
             scorne
             for
             her
             presumption
             .
             And
             then
             also
             ;
             this
             propheticall
             imprecacation
             (
             which
             )
             we
             finde
             in
             the
             Epilogue
             of
             this
             Song
             )
             was
             partly
             fulfilled
             .
             
               Thine
               enemies
               oh
               LORD
               shall
               perish
               ;
               but
               they
               that
               loue
               thee
               shall
               be
               as
               the
               Sunne
               when
               he
               riseth
               in
               his
               might
               .
            
             For
             ,
             as
             the
             first
             Sisera
             was
             shamefully
             ruined
             by
             a
             woman
             :
             so
             ,
             God
             gaue
             that
             last
             Sisera
             (
             with
             his
             seeming
             inuincible
             forces
             )
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             whose
             honour
             (
             with
             his
             shame
             )
             was
             thereby
             spread
             through
             as
             great
             a
             part
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             the
             Sunne
             shineth
             ouer
             at
             mid-day
             .
          
           
             This
             Song
             (
             as
             J
             said
             before
             )
             would
             properly
             be
             sung
             also
             vpon
             many
             other
             deliuerances
             which
             the
             Church
             hath
             or
             may
             haue
             .
             As
             for
             that
             of
             the
             powder-Treason
             and
             such
             like
             .
             For
             were
             it
             not
             that
             J
             should
             be
             ouer-large
             in
             my
             Prologue
             to
             this
             Song
             ,
             J
             could
             make
             it
             very
             probable
             ,
             how
             the
             
               holy
               Ghost
            
             ,
             was
             so
             farre
             from
             making
             this
             Hymne
             to
             fit
             the
             Iewes
             after
             that
             victory
             onely
             ;
             as
             that
             the
             names
             therein
             mentioned
             ,
             doe
             well
             enough
             expresse
             any
             that
             are
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             Instruments
             against
             the
             peace
             of
             Gods
             Church
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             protection
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             Then
             sang
             Deborah
             ,
             and
             Barak
             the
             sonne
             of
             Abinoam
             on
             that
             day
             ▪
             saying
             :
          
           
             
             SIng
             praises
             to
             the
             Lord
             That
             Isre'l
             to
             acquite
             ,
             The
             people
             of
             their
             owne
             ac-cord
             Went
             forth
             vnto
             the
             fight
             :
             You
             Kings
             giue
             eare
             ,
             you
             Princes
             heare
             ,
             I
             to
             the
             Lord
             will
             raise
             
             My
             voyce
             aloud
             ,
             and
             sing
             to
             God
             The
             Lord
             of
             Isr'ell
             prayse
             .
             
          
           
             
               LORD
               ,
               when
               thou
               wentst
               from
               Seir
               ,
            
             
               When
               thou
               lef'st
               Edom
               field
               ;
            
             
               Earth
               shooke
               ,
               and
               heauen
               dropped
               there
               ,
            
             
               The
               Clouds
               did
               water
               yeeld
               ,
            
             
               LORD
               ,
               at
               thy
               sight
               a
               trembling
               fright
               ,
            
             
               Vpon
               the
               Mountaines
               fell
               :
            
             
               And
               at
               thy
               looke
               ,
               Mount
               Sinai
               shooke
               ,
            
             
               LORD
               God
               of
               Jsrael
               .
            
          
           
             
               Erewhile
               in
               Shamghar's
               dayes
               ,
            
             
               Old
               Anah's
               valiant
               sonne
               ,
            
             
               And
               late
               in
               Jaels
               time
               ,
               the
               wayes
            
             
               Frequented
               were
               of
               none
               ;
            
             
               The
               passengers
               were
               wanderers
            
             
               In
               crooked
               pathes
               vnknowne
               ;
            
             
               And
               none
               durst
               dwell
               ,
               through
               Jsrael
            
             
               But
               in
               a
               walled
               towne
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vntill
               I
               Deborah
               '
               rose
               .
            
             
               I
               rose
               a
               mother
               here
            
             
               In
               Jsr'el
               ,
               when
               new
               Gods
               they
               chose
            
             
               That
               fil'd
               their
               gates
               with
               warre
               .
            
             
             
               And
               they
               had
               there
               nor
               shield
               nor
               speare
               ,
            
             
               In
               their
               possession
               then
               ;
            
             
               To
               arme
               for
               fight
               ,
               one
               Israelite
               ,
            
             
               'Mong
               forty
               thousand
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               hearts
               affection
               ,
               set
            
             
               On
               Israels
               Leaders
               is
               ;
            
             
               Who
               with
               the
               willing
               people
               met
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               praise
               the
               LORD
               for
               this
               .
            
             
               Sing
               all
               of
               yee
               ,
               who
               vsed
               be
               ,
            
             
               To
               ride
               on
               Asses
               gray
               :
            
             
               All
               you
               that
               yet
               in
               Middin
               si●
               ,
            
             
               Or
               trauaile
               by
               the
               way
               .
            
          
           
             
               Where
               they
               their
               water
               drew
               ,
            
             
               Those
               places
               being
               cleare
            
             
               From
               noyse
               of
               Archers
               ;
               Let
               them
               shew
            
             
               The
               LORD's
               vprightnes
               there
               .
            
             
               Through
               Jsrael
               all
               ,
               the
               hamlets
               shall
            
             
               His
               righteousnesse
               record
               :
            
             
               And
               downe
               vnto
               the
               gates
               shall
               goe
               ,
            
             
               The
               people
               of
               the
               LORD
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rise
               Deborah
               ,
               arise
               ,
            
             
               Rise
               ,
               rise
               ,
               and
               sing
               a
               song
               ,
            
             
               Abinoams
               sonne
               ,
               oh
               Barak
               rise
               ;
            
             
               Thy
               Captiues
               lead
               along
               .
            
             
               By
               him
               made
               thrall
               ,
               their
               Princes
               all
               ,
            
             
               To
               the
               Suruiuer
               be
               ,
            
             
               To
               triumph
               on
               the
               mightie
               one
               ;
            
             
               The
               LORD
               vouchsafed
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               root
               from
               Ephraim
               ,
            
             
               Gainst
               Amaleck
               arose
               ,
            
             
             
               And
               of
               the
               people
               next
               to
               him
               ,
            
             
               The
               Beniamites
               were
               those
               .
            
             
               From
               Machir
               ,
               where
               good
               leaders
               are
               ,
            
             
               Came
               well
               experienc't
               men
               :
            
             
               And
               they
               came
               downe
               from
               Zabulon
            
             
               That
               handle
               well
               the
               penne
               .
            
          
           
             
               With
               Deborah
               did
               goe
            
             
               The
               Lords
               of
               Isachar
               ,
            
             
               Eu'n
               Isachar
               ;
               and
               Barak
               to
               ,
            
             
               Was
               one
               among
               them
               there
               ;
            
             
               Who
               forth
               was
               sent
               ,
               and
               downe
               he
               went
               ,
            
             
               On
               foote
               the
               lower
               way
               .
            
             
               In
               Ruben
               there
               ,
               diuisions
               were
               ,
            
             
               Great
               thoughts
               of
               heart
               had
               they
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               bleating
               flockes
               to
               heare
            
             
               Oh
               wherefore
               didst
               thou
               stay
               ?
            
             
               In
               Ruben
               there
               diuisions
               were
               ,
            
             
               Great
               thoughts
               of
               heart
               had
               they
               .
            
             
               And
               why
               did
               they
               of
               Gilead
               stay
               ,
            
             
               On
               Iordan's
               other
               side
               ?
            
             
               Or
               what
               was
               than
               ,
               the
               reason
               Dan
               ,
            
             
               Did
               in
               his
               Tents
               abide
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Among
               his
               harbours
               nigh
            
             
               The
               sea
               ,
               there
               Asher
               lay
               ;
            
             
               But
               Zabulon
               ,
               nor
               Nepthali
               .
            
             
               Did
               keepe
               themselues
               away
               :
            
             
               These
               people
               are
               ,
               who
               fearelesse
               dare
            
             
               Their
               liues
               to
               death
               expose
               ;
            
             
               And
               would
               not
               yeeld
               the
               hilly-field
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               Kings
               did
               them
               oppose
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Cananitish
               Kings
               ,
            
             
               At
               Tana'ch
               fought
               that
               day
               ,
            
             
               Close
               by
               Megiddoes
               water-springs
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               bore
               no
               prize
               away
               .
            
             
               The
               Starres
               from
               out
               the
               heauens
               fought
               ,
            
             
               Gainst
               Sisera
               they
               stroue
               :
            
             
               They
               in
               their
               course
               ,
               and
               some
               with
               force
               ,
            
             
               Away
               brocke
               Kishon
               droue
               ;
            
          
           
             
               Old
               Kishon
               ,
               that
               was
               long
            
             
               A
               famous
               Torrent
               knowne
               .
            
             
               Oh
               thou
               my
               soule
               ,
               oh
               thou
               the
               strong
            
             
               Hast
               brauely
               trodden
               downe
               !
            
             
               Their
               horses
               by
               their
               prauncing
               high
               ,
            
             
               Their
               broken
               hoofes
               did
               wound
               ;
            
             
               Those
               of
               the
               strong
               ,
               that
               kickt
               and
               flung
               ,
            
             
               And
               fiercely
               beat
               the
               ground
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               curse
               on
               Meroz
               lay
               ,
            
             
               Curst
               let
               her
               dwellers
               be
               ;
            
             
               The
               Angell
               of
               the
               LORD
               ,
               doth
               say
               ,
            
             
               Extreamely
               curse
               it
               yee
               .
            
             
               The
               cause
               of
               this
               accursing
               is
               ,
            
             
               They
               came
               not
               to
               the
               fight
               ,
            
             
               To
               helpe
               the
               LORD
               ,
               to
               help
               the
               LORD
               ,
            
             
               Against
               the
               men
               of
               might
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               
                 Iael
                 ,
                 Hebers
              
               Spouse
               ,
            
             
               The
               Kenite
               ,
               blest
               be
               she
               ,
            
             
               More
               then
               all
               women
               more
               then
               those
               ,
            
             
               That
               vse
               in
               Tents
               to
               be
               .
            
             
               To
               him
               doth
               she
               ,
               giue
               milke
               when
               he
            
             
               Doth
               but
               for
               water
               wish
               :
            
             
             
               She
               butterfets
               ,
               and
               forth
               it
               sets
            
             
               Vpon
               a
               Lordly
               dish
               .
            
          
           
             
               Her
               left
               hand
               reacht
               a
               Nayle
               ,
            
             
               A
               workmans
               hammer
               streight
            
             
               Her
               right
               hand
               takes
               ,
               and
               therewithall
               ,
            
             
               She
               Sisera
               doth
               smite
               .
            
             
               His
               head
               she
               tooke
               ,
               when
               she
               had
               strooke
            
             
               His
               pierced
               temples
               through
               ;
            
             
               He
               fell
               withall
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               fall
               ,
            
             
               Hee
               at
               her
               feete
               did
               bow
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               He
               at
               her
               feete
               did
               bow
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               falling
               life
               forsooke
               ;
            
             
               And
               Sisera
               his
               mother
               now
               ,
            
             
               Doth
               from
               her
               window
               looke
               .
            
             
               Thus
               cries
               she
               at
               the
               lattice
               grate
               ,
            
             
               Why
               staies
               his
               Charr'ot
               so
               ,
            
             
               Returning
               home
               ?
               oh
               wherefore
               come
               ,
            
             
               His
               Charr'ot
               wheeles
               so
               slowe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               There-with
               her
               Ladies
               wise
               ,
            
             
               To
               her
               an
               answere
               gaue
               ;
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               to
               her selfe
               ,
               her selfe
               replies
               ,
            
             
               Sure
               sped
               ,
               saith
               she
               ,
               they
               haue
               .
            
             
               And
               all
               this
               while
               ,
               they
               part
               the
               spoile
               ;
            
             
               A
               damzell
               one
               or
               twaie
            
             
               Each
               homeward
               beares
               ,
               and
               Sisera
               shares
               ,
            
             
               A
               particolour'd
               pray
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               pray
               discolour'd
               trimme
               ,
            
             
               And
               wrought
               with
               paintings
               rare
               :
            
             
               Wrought
               through
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               necke
               of
               him
            
             
               That
               taketh
               spoiles
               to
               weare
               .
            
             
             
               So
               LORD
               ,
               still
               so
               ,
               thy
               foes
               ore'throw
               ,
            
             
               But
               who
               in
               thee
               delight
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               let
               them
               be
               ,
               Sunne-like
               ,
               when
               he
            
             
               Ascendeth
               in
               his
               might
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Song
           of
           HANNAH
           .
           1
           Samuel
           2.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             HAnnah
             ,
             the
             wife
             of
             Elkanah
             ,
             being
             barren
             ,
             and
             therefore
             vpbraided
             ,
             and
             vexed
             by
             Peninnah
             her
             Husbands
             other
             wife
             ;
             prayeth
             vnto
             the
             LORD
             for
             a
             Sonne
             .
             And
             ,
             hauing
             obtained
             him
             (
             as
             you
             may
             read
             in
             
               1
               Sam.
            
             and
             the
             second
             chapter
             )
             praiseth
             God
             in
             this
             Song
             for
             being
             so
             gratious
             vnto
             her
             .
             And
             therein
             diuers
             things
             are
             obseruable
             .
             First
             ,
             she
             reioyceth
             in
             God
             her
             Sauiour
             ,
             for
             strengthning
             her
             ,
             and
             giuing
             her
             the
             vpper
             hand
             of
             her
             Aduersary
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             she
             declareth
             the
             holinesse
             ,
             the
             singularitie
             ,
             and
             the
             vnequal'd
             power
             of
             God
             ;
             at
             a
             reason
             ,
             why
             her
             enemie
             should
             be
             no
             more
             so
             arrogant
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             she
             proceeds
             to
             shew
             ,
             how
             vaine
             her
             aduersaries
             presumption
             must
             needs
             be
             ,
             by
             further
             demonstrating
             her
             Redeemers
             knowledge
             ,
             his
             strength
             
             with
             the
             certaintie
             of
             his
             decrees
             :
             and
             by
             declaring
             in
             some
             particulars
             ,
             the
             workes
             of
             his
             Mercy
             and
             Justice
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             she
             foretelleth
             the
             confusion
             of
             sinners
             ;
             the
             weakenesse
             of
             humane
             ●ssi●tance
             ;
             the
             destruction
             of
             those
             that
             resist
             God
             ;
             and
             the
             glorious
             exaltation
             of
             him
             ,
             whose
             aduancement
             the
             LORD
             hath
             decreed
             .
          
           
             The
             Song
             euery
             good
             Christian
             may
             sing
             in
             a
             literall
             sence
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             his
             owne
             afflictions
             ,
             and
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             God
             ,
             whensoeuer
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             pouerty
             ,
             or
             any
             oppression
             ,
             the
             vncharitable
             ,
             proud
             ,
             and
             malitious
             worldling
             ,
             shall
             insult
             ouer
             him
             :
             If
             so
             be
             he
             finde
             ,
             himselfe
             either
             outwardly
             deliuered
             ,
             or
             inwardly
             comforted
             by
             the
             spirit
             of
             God.
             But
             th●
             Hymne
             ,
             doth
             most
             properly
             appertaine
             to
             the
             whole
             Congregation
             ;
             to
             be
             sung
             in
             the
             person
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             And
             we
             shall
             much
             iniure
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             holy-spirit
             ,
             if
             we
             imagine
             that
             in
             this
             Song
             of
             the
             holy
             Prophetesse
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             other
             cause
             of
             it
             considerable
             ,
             then
             the
             vnkindnesse
             betweene
             her
             and
             Peninnah
             ;
             and
             the
             Joy
             she
             receiued
             by
             the
             birth
             of
             Samuel
             .
             We
             must
             then
             know
             that
             Annah
             (
             which
             signifieth
             Grace
             ,
             or
             Gracious
             )
             was
             a
             type
             of
             the
             Church
             ef
             Christ
             :
             and
             that
             Peninnah
             (
             which
             is
             interpreted
             Forsaken
             ,
             or
             Despised
             )
             was
             a
             figure
             of
             the
             
               Iewish
               Synagogue
            
             :
             Seeing
             without
             this
             knowledge
             ,
             we
             loose
             the
             principall
             consolations
             which
             the
             Song
             affordeth
             vs.
             For
             ,
             when
             Annah
             had
             obtained
             her
             sonne
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             entred
             into
             consideration
             of
             those
             particulars
             which
             had
             befallen
             her
             ;
             She
             did
             ,
             by
             contemplating
             them
             ,
             not
             onely
             foresee
             what
             other
             things
             should
             come
             to
             passe
             concerning
             her
             Sonne
             ;
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ;
             and
             her
             owne
             Family
             :
             but
             being
             further
             enlightned
             ,
             prophecied
             also
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             By
             contemplating
             how
             Peninnah
             had
             triumphed
             
             on
             her
             barrennesse
             ,
             she
             foresaw
             h●w
             the
             Sinagogue
             of
             the
             Iewes
             should
             boast
             her selfe
             against
             the
             Gentiles
             in
             their
             first
             conuersion
             .
             By
             her
             comfort
             in
             the
             birth
             of
             Samuel
             ;
             she
             apprehended
             the
             Churches
             Ioy
             in
             the
             natiuitie
             of
             Christ
             .
             By
             her
             fruitfulnesse
             ,
             and
             the
             weakenesse
             of
             Peninnah
             ;
             shee
             was
             informed
             how
             the
             spirituall
             Ofspring
             of
             the
             Church
             should
             be
             multiplied
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             of
             the
             Synagogue
             decrease
             .
             Yea
             ,
             raising
             her
             meditations
             aboue
             the
             first
             and
             second
             obiects
             ;
             she
             prophetically
             personates
             the
             Spouse
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             deliuers
             a
             most
             excellent
             confession
             of
             her
             Redeemer
             :
             Jn
             whom
             all
             these
             things
             are
             come
             to
             passe
             ,
             as
             appeared
             at
             ,
             and
             since
             his
             manifestation
             .
             For
             ,
             the
             blessed
             
               Virgin
               Mary
            
             in
             her
             Magnificat
             ,
             acknowledgeth
             many
             particular
             sayings
             of
             this
             Song
             ,
             to
             be
             euen
             then
             fulfilled
             .
          
           
             Moreouer
             ,
             this
             Hymne
             ,
             may
             be
             sung
             in
             our
             reformed
             Churches
             ,
             to
             comfort
             vs
             against
             the
             pride
             and
             arrogancie
             of
             the
             Romish
             Strumpet
             .
             For
             ,
             though
             shee
             ,
             Peninnah-like
             ,
             lately
             vaunted
             the
             multitude
             of
             her
             issue
             ,
             and
             vpbraided
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             as
             Mother
             ,
             (
             onely
             )
             of
             a
             few
             poore
             ,
             and
             obscure
             Children
             :
             Thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             she
             that
             had
             so
             many
             ;
             is
             now
             growne
             feebler
             .
             And
             our
             holy
             Mother
             ,
             hath
             had
             
               seauen
               Children
            
             ,
             (
             euen
             many
             )
             that
             are
             aduanced
             to
             be
             Kings
             ▪
             and
             to
             sit
             vpon
             the
             most
             eminent
             thrones
             of
             glory
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             according
             to
             this
             Prophecy
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             And
             Hannah
             prayed
             ,
             and
             said
             .
          
           
             
             NOw
             in
             the
             Lord
             my
             heart
             doth
             pleasure
             take
             ,
             My
             horne
             is
             in
             the
             Lord
             aduanced
             high
             ,
             Vnto
             my
             foes
             an
             answere
             will
             I
             make
             ,
             Be-cause
             in
             thy
             saluation
             ioy
             had
             I.
             Like
             thee
             there
             is
             not
             any
             holy
             one
             ,
             For
             other
             Lord
             without
             
             thee
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             .
             
          
           
             
               Nor
               with
               our
               God
               may
               any
               God
               compare
               ;
            
             
               So
               proudly
               vaunt
               not
               then
               as
               heretofore
               ;
            
             
               But
               let
               your
               tongues
               hereafter
               now
               forbeare
               ;
            
             
               From
               all
               presumptuous
               words
               for
               euermore
               .
            
             
               For
               why
               the
               Lord
               's
               a
               God
               ,
               that
               each
               thing
               knowes
            
             
               And
               all
               that
               is
               intended
               doth
               dispose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Their
               bow
               is
               broken
               now
               who
               were
               so
               stout
               ;
            
             
               Girt
               round
               with
               vigor
               ,
               those
               who
               stumbled
               are
               :
            
             
               The
               full
               ,
               themselues
               for
               bread
               haue
               hyred
               out
               ,
            
             
               Which
               they
               haue
               left
               to
               doe
               ,
               that
               hungry
               were
               ▪
            
             
               The
               barren
               now
               ,
               doth
               seauen
               children
               owne
               ;
            
             
               And
               she
               that
               had
               so
               many
               ,
               weake
               is
               growne
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               LORD
               doth
               slay
               ,
               and
               he
               reuiues
               the
               slaine
               ;
            
             
               He
               to
               the
               graue
               doth
               bring
               ,
               and
               backe
               he
               beares
               :
            
             
               The
               LORD
               makes
               poore
               ,
               and
               rich
               he
               makes
               againe
               :
            
             
               He
               throweth
               downe
               ,
               and
               vp
               on
               high
               he
               reares
               .
            
             
               He
               from
               the
               dust
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               dunghill
               brings
            
             
               The
               begger
               ,
               and
               the
               poore
               ,
               to
               sit
               with
               Kings
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               reares
               them
               ,
               to
               inherit
               glories
               throne
               ,
            
             
               Because
               the
               LORD'
               's
               the
               earth's
               supporters
               be
               ;
            
             
               He
               hath
               the
               world
               erected
               thereupon
               ;
            
             
               The
               footing
               of
               his
               Saints
               preserueth
               He.
            
             
               And
               dumbe
               in
               darkenesse
               sinners
               shall
               remaine
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               in
               their
               strength
               ,
               are
               all
               men
               strong
               in
               vaine
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               LORD
               ,
               will
               to
               destruction
               bring
               them
               all
               ,
            
             
               Eu'n
               eu'ry
               one
               ,
               that
               shall
               with
               him
               contend
               ,
            
             
               The
               LORD
               from
               heauen
               thunder
               on
               them
               shall
               ,
            
             
               And
               iudge
               the
               world
               vnto
               the
               farthest
               end
               .
            
             
               He
               shall
               his
               King
               with
               strength
               enough
               supply
               ,
            
             
               And
               raise
               the
               power
               of
               his
               Annointed
               high
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Prayer
           of
           NEHEMIAH
           .
           Nehem.
           1.5
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             NEhemiah
             ,
             being
             in
             Babilon
             ;
             and
             hauing
             receiued
             intelligence
             by
             one
             of
             his
             brethren
             that
             came
             from
             Iudea
             ,
             of
             the
             miserable
             estate
             wherein
             Ierusalem
             ,
             and
             the
             house
             of
             God
             then
             stood
             .
             The
             Text
             saith
             ,
             he
             wept
             at
             the
             re●ation
             ;
             fasted
             ,
             and
             made
             this
             prayer
             vnto
             God
             ,
             in
             behalfe
             of
             the
             Israelites
             .
             In
             which
             Prayer
             ,
             (
             first
             acknowledging
             the
             Maiestie
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             and
             mercy
             of
             God
             )
             he
             humbly
             desireth
             his
             importunate
             suit
             may
             haue
             fauourable
             audience
             :
             And
             the
             sooner
             to
             obtaine
             it
             ,
             (
             he
             renouncing
             all
             worthinesse
             in
             his
             owne
             or
             his
             peoples
             merits
             )
             confesseth
             the
             hainousnesse
             both
             of
             his
             ,
             and
             their
             offences
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             vrgeth
             Gods
             promised
             mercies
             ,
             
             vpon
             repentance
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             he
             is
             earnest
             ,
             in
             regard
             they
             are
             his
             owne
             elected
             people
             ,
             for
             whom
             he
             prayes
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             renewes
             againe
             his
             petition
             :
             The
             effect
             whereof
             is
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             prosper
             him
             in
             the
             affaires
             he
             had
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             graunt
             him
             fauour
             in
             the
             Kings
             sight
             ,
             whom
             (
             as
             by
             the
             sequell
             in
             the
             story
             it
             appeared
             )
             he
             then
             intended
             to
             solicite
             ;
             touching
             the
             re-edifying
             of
             the
             Cittie
             and
             house
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             This
             Prayer
             ,
             may
             be
             (
             in
             a
             literall
             sence
             )
             said
             ,
             or
             sung
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             in
             any
             affaire
             of
             hers
             ,
             she
             needeth
             the
             fauour
             of
             some
             temporall
             Prince
             .
             Or
             by
             any
             member
             of
             hers
             (
             in
             her
             person
             )
             vpon
             a
             publike
             occasion
             .
             Yea
             ,
             for
             his
             particular
             necessitie
             and
             in
             his
             owne
             person
             also
             he
             may
             vse
             it
             when
             he
             would
             desire
             the
             good-will
             of
             man
             ,
             in
             such
             things
             as
             nearely
             concerne
             him
             and
             his
             family
             .
             And
             me
             thinkes
             it
             should
             not
             onely
             beget
             in
             vs
             a
             great
             hope
             of
             good-speed
             ,
             when
             we
             come
             to
             God
             with
             those
             words
             whereunto
             he
             hath
             giuen
             〈◊〉
             prosperous
             successe
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             did
             to
             these
             )
             but
             we
             may
             be
             the
             more
             confident
             also
             in
             our
             prayers
             ;
             when
             we
             vse
             those
             formes
             of
             speech
             ,
             which
             the
             holy-spirit
             hath
             inuented
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             this
             Prayer
             ,
             leauing
             out
             the
             two
             last
             lines
             ,
             will
             serue
             for
             a
             confession
             of
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             before
             any
             suit
             which
             we
             would
             present
             vnto
             the
             Maiestie
             of
             God.
             Or
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             but
             alter
             according
             to
             our
             seuerall
             necessities
             ;
             it
             will
             serue
             for
             a
             Hymne
             in
             many
             other
             occasions
             .
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             if
             thou
             wouldest
             vse
             it
             before
             thou
             and
             thy
             family
             beginne
             their
             labour
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             the
             last
             Disticke
             sing
             thus
             :
             
               
                 And
                 be
                 thou
                 pleas'd
                 (
                 Oh
                 LOLD
                 )
                 to
                 blesse
              
               
                 Our
                 labours
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 good
                 successe
                 .
              
            
             If
             thou
             ,
             with
             others
             hast
             any
             iourney
             in
             hand
             ,
             change
             it
             thus
             :
             
               
                 And
                 LORD
                 ,
                 all
                 dangers
                 keepe
                 vs
                 from
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Both
                 going
                 forth
                 ,
                 and
                 comming
                 home
                 .
              
            
             If
             thou
             be
             a
             commander
             and
             leading
             thy
             company
             to
             the
             battell
             ;
             alter
             it
             thus
             :
             
               
                 And
                 be
                 thou
                 pleased
                 in
                 the
                 fight
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 make
                 vs
                 victors
                 ,
                 by
                 thy
                 might
                 .
              
            
             If
             it
             be
             in
             a
             time
             of
             great
             famine
             ,
             turne
             it
             thus
             :
             
               
                 And
                 LORD
                 ,
                 vouchsafe
                 thou
                 in
                 this
                 need
                 ;
              
               
                 Our
                 soul●s
                 and
                 bodi●s
                 both
                 to
                 feed
                 .
              
            
             If
             thou
             be
             a
             Diuine
             ,
             or
             Schoolemaster
             ,
             imployed
             abo●t
             the
             instruction
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             wouldest
             beginne
             thy
             exercises
             with
             this
             Hymne
             ,
             end
             it
             thus
             :
             
               
                 And
                 grant
                 that
                 we
                 LORD
                 ,
                 in
                 thy
                 feare
                 ;
              
               
                 M●y
                 to
                 our
                 profit
                 ,
                 speake
                 and
                 heare
                 .
              
            
             And
             thus
             ,
             you
             may
             due
             vpon
             many
             other
             occasions
             ,
             according
             as
             your
             nec●ssities
             ,
             and
             deuotion
             shall
             moue
             you
             .
             But
             lest
             the
             ignorant
             may
             thinke
             ,
             the
             Title
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             Jsrael
             will
             be
             improperly
             applied
             to
             vs
             Christians
             :
             Or
             ,
             lest
             they
             may
             imagine
             ,
             that
             the
             mentioning
             of
             Gods
             threatning
             a
             dispersion
             ,
             with
             his
             promise
             of
             gathering
             his
             people
             againe
             vnto
             his
             house
             ,
             will
             be
             impertinent
             to
             vs
             ,
             or
             our
             occasions
             .
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             let
             them
             read
             
               Saint
               Paul
            
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             tell
             them
             who
             are
             true
             Iewes
             and
             
               Israelites
               .
               Romans
               2.28
            
             .
             and
             
               Romans
               9.6.7.8
            
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             last
             supposition
             .
             They
             must
             know
             ,
             that
             euery
             Childe
             of
             God
             ,
             may
             be
             (
             in
             a
             spirituall
             sence
             )
             said
             to
             be
             dispersed
             among
             the
             heathen
             ,
             whensoeuer
             by
             his
             sinnes
             ,
             he
             is
             driuen
             from
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             distracted
             by
             the
             seuerall
             vanities
             of
             the
             world
             .
             And
             as
             often
             as
             he
             returnes
             by
             repentance
             ,
             with
             hearty
             prayer
             ,
             he
             is
             brought
             backe
             from
             his
             wand●ings
             to
             be
             more
             setled
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             place
             God
             hath
             chosen
             for
             his
             Name
             .
             And
             so
             no
             part
             of
             this
             Hymne
             will
             seeme
             impertinent
             to
             vs.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             LOrd
             God
             of
             heauen
             ,
             thou
             that
             art
             ,
             The
             mighty
             God
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             fear●
             ,
             Who
             neuer
             promise-breaker
             wert
             ,
             But
             euer
             shewing
             mercy
             where
             ,
             They
             doe
             affection
             beare
             to
             thee
             ,
             And
             of
             thy
             lawes
             obseruers
             be
             .
             
          
           
             
             
               Giue
               eare
               ,
               and
               lift
               thine
               eyes
               I
               pray
               ,
            
             
               That
               heard
               thy
               seruants
               suit
               may
               be
               ,
            
             
               Made
               in
               thy
               presence
               night
               and
               day
               ;
            
             
               For
               Israels
               seed
               ,
               that
               serueth
               thee
               :
            
             
               For
               Israels
               seed
               ;
               who
               (
               I
               confesse
               )
            
             
               Against
               thee
               grieuously
               transgresse
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               ,
               and
               my
               fathers
               house
               did
               sinne
               ,
            
             
               Against
               thy
               will
               haue
               we
               misdone
               ;
            
             
               Our
               dealing
               hath
               corrupted
               bin
               ,
            
             
               Law
               ,
               or
               decree
               obseru'd
               we
               none
               :
            
             
               Not
               those
               Commands
               ,
               which
               to
               keepe
               fast
            
             
               Thou
               charg'd
               thy
               seruant
               Moses
               hast
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oh!
               yet
               remember
               I
               thee
               pray
               ,
            
             
               These
               words
               which
               thou
               didst
               heretofore
            
             
               Vnto
               thy
               seruant
               Moses
               say
               ,
            
             
               If
               ere
               (
               saidst
               thou
               )
               they
               vexe
               me
               more
               ,
            
             
               I
               will
               disperse
               them
               here
               and
               there
            
             
               Among
               the
               nations
               euery
               where
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               if
               to
               me
               they
               shall
               conuert
               ,
            
             
               To
               doe
               those
               things
               my
               lawes
               containe
               ,
            
             
               Though
               spread
               to
               heauen's
               extreamest
               part●
            
             
               I
               would
               collect
               them
               thence
               againe
               .
            
             
               And
               bring
               them
               there
               to
               make
               repose
            
             
               Whereas
               to
               place
               my
               name
               I
               chose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Now
               these
               thy
               people
               are
               of
               right
               ,
            
             
               The
               seruants
               who
               to
               thee
               belong
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               thou
               hast
               purchast
               by
               thy
               might
            
             
               And
               by
               thine
               Arme
               ,
               exceeding
               strong
               .
            
             
               O
               let
               thine
               eare
               LORD
               I
               thee
               pray
            
             
               Attentiue
               be
               to
               what
               I
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               prayer
               of
               thy
               seruant
               heare
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               heare
               thy
               seruants
               when
               they
               pray
               ,
            
             
               (
               Who
               haue
               a
               will
               thy
               name
               to
               feare
               .
               )
            
             
               Thy
               seruant
               prosper
               thou
               to
               day
               :
            
             
               And
               be
               thou
               pleas'd
               to
               grant
               that
               he
            
             
               In
               this
               mans
               sight
               may
               fauour'd
               be
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Song
           of
           King
           LEMVEL
           .
           Prou.
           31.10
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             WEe
             finde
             this
             Hymne
             annexed
             to
             the
             
               Prou●rbs
               of
               Solomon
            
             ,
             and
             reckoned
             as
             part
             of
             their
             31.
             
             Chapter
             .
             which
             hath
             this
             title
             .
             
               The
               words
               of
               King
               Lemuel
               ,
               &c.
            
             (
             who
             as
             some
             write
             was
             Solomon
             .
             The
             Song
             is
             Alphabetically
             in
             the
             originall
             ,
             diuided
             into
             St●nz●'s
             ,
             answerable
             to
             the
             number
             ,
             and
             order
             of
             the
             He●●ew
             letters
             and
             comprehendeth
             an
             Admirable
             desc●ipt●on
             of
             a
             good
             〈◊〉
             .
             In
             which
             are
             three
             principa●●●h●ngs
             considerable
             .
             First
             ,
             what
             aduantage
             her
             〈◊〉
             receiue●h
             by
             her
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             what
             commend●●●
             〈◊〉
             she
             hath
             ●n
             her selfe
             :
             and
             thirdly
             ,
             what
             profit
             th●y
             bring
             vnto
             her
             also
             at
             the
             last
             .
             The
             chiefe
             
             benefits
             her
             husband
             enioyes
             by
             her
             are
             these
             :
             First
             ,
             he
             is
             free
             from
             distrust
             and
             vnquietnesse
             of
             minde
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             liue
             by
             vniust
             dealings
             :
             Thirdly
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             enriched
             in
             his
             estate
             :
             and
             fourthly
             ,
             to
             place
             of
             honour
             and
             esteeme
             in
             the
             common-wealth
             .
             That
             which
             is
             commendable
             in
             her
             ,
             is
             two-fold
             :
             outward
             industrie
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             and
             inward
             vertue
             of
             the
             minde
             .
             Her
             bodily
             industry
             ,
             is
             set
             forth
             in
             diuers
             particular
             actions
             ,
             tending
             to
             the
             prouiding
             for
             ,
             &
             disposing
             of
             her
             houshold
             affaires
             :
             in
             which
             ,
             her
             cheerefulnesse
             ,
             her
             prouidence
             ,
             her
             courage
             ,
             and
             her
             vnweariednesse
             ,
             is
             also
             applauded
             .
             Her
             inward
             vertues
             are
             ,
             continuall
             loue
             to
             her
             husband
             ;
             liberality
             and
             charity
             to
             the
             poore
             :
             the
             gouernement
             of
             her
             tongue
             ,
             and
             heedfulnesse
             of
             those
             courses
             her
             houshold
             takes
             .
             The
             commodities
             she
             her selfe
             receiueth
             hereby
             are
             these
             ;
             her
             husband
             is
             confident
             in
             her
             ;
             she
             shall
             haue
             comfort
             in
             her
             labours
             ;
             her
             posterity
             shall
             blesse
             her
             ;
             her
             husband
             shall
             praise
             her
             aboue
             other
             women
             ;
             she
             shall
             be
             honoured
             of
             the
             best
             whilst
             she
             liues
             ;
             and
             shall
             haue
             ioy
             after
             her
             death
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Analisis
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             opinion
             it
             is
             an
             excellent
             Marriage-Song
             ,
             fit
             alwaies
             to
             be
             sung
             after
             the
             solemnizing
             of
             those
             rites
             .
             And
             (
             perhaps
             )
             if
             men
             would
             often
             vse
             it
             in
             their
             families
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             their
             wanton
             Sonnets
             ,
             and
             drunken
             Catches
             ,
             the
             Musicke
             thereof
             would
             make
             lesse
             discord
             there
             ;
             and
             instruct
             some
             of
             their
             wiues
             ,
             to
             become
             greater
             blessings
             vnto
             them
             ,
             then
             formerly
             they
             haue
             beene
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             WHo
             findes
             a
             woman
             good
             and
             wise
             ,
             A
             Iemme
             more
             worth
             then
             pearles
             hath
             got
             ,
             Her
             husbands
             heart
             on
             her
             relies
             ,
             To
             liue
             by
             spoiles
             he
             needeth
             not
             .
             
          
           
             
               His
               comfort
               all
               his
               life
               is
               she
               ,
            
             
               But
               ,
               euill
               none
               delights
               to
               doe
               ,
            
             
               For
               wooll
               and
               flaxe
               ,
               her
               searches
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               cheerefull
               hands
               she
               puts
               thereto
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Merchant-ship
               resembling
               right
               ,
            
             
               She
               from
               a
               farre
               ,
               her
               food
               doth
               fet
               .
            
             
               Er'e
               day
               she
               wakes
               ,
               that
               set
               she
               might
            
             
               Her
               maides
               a
               taske
               ;
               her
               houshold
               meat
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               field
               she
               vieweth
               ,
               which
               she
               buyes
               :
            
             
               Her
               hand
               doth
               plant
               a
               vineyard
               there
               .
            
             
               Her
               Loines
               with
               courage
               vp
               she
               ties
               ,
            
             
               Her
               Armes
               with
               vigour
               strengthned
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               If
               good
               her
               huswifery
               she
               feele
               ,
            
             
               By
               night
               ,
               her
               Candle
               goes
               not
               out
               .
            
             
               She
               puts
               her
               fingers
               to
               the
               wheele
               ,
            
             
               Her
               hand
               the
               spindle
               twirles
               about
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               such
               as
               poore
               ,
               and
               needy
               are
               ,
            
             
               Her
               hand
               (
               yea
               both
               )
               extendeth
               she
               ,
            
             
               The
               winter
               ,
               none
               of
               hers
               doth
               feare
               ,
            
             
               For
               double
               cloath'd
               her
               houshold
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               She
               makes
               her
               Mantles
               wrought
               by
               hand
               ,
            
             
               And
               silke
               and
               purple
               cloathing
               gets
               :
            
             
               Among
               the
               Rulers
               of
               the
               land
               ,
            
             
               Knowne
               in
               the
               gate
               ,
               her
               husband
               sits
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               sale
               ,
               fine
               linnin
               weaueth
               she
               :
            
             
               And
               girdles
               to
               the
               Merchant
               sends
               .
            
             
               Her
               cloathings
               ,
               strength
               and
               honour
               be
               :
            
             
               And
               Ioy
               ,
               her
               latter-time
               attends
               .
            
          
           
             
               She
               speakes
               with
               wisedome
               ,
               when
               she
               talkes
               ,
            
             
               The
               law
               of
               grace
               her
               tongue
               hath
               learn'd
               .
            
             
               She
               heeds
               the
               way
               her
               houshold
               walkes
               :
            
             
               And
               feedeth
               not
               on
               bread
               vn-earn'd
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Her
               Children
               rise
               ,
               and
               blest
               her
               call
               ,
            
             
               Her
               husband
               thus
               applaudeth
               her
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               thou
               hast
               farre
               surpast
               them
               all
               ;
            
             
               Though
               many
               daughters
               thriuing
               are
               !
            
          
           
             
               Deceitfull
               fauour
               ,
               quicklie
               weares
               ,
            
             
               And
               beautie
               suddenly
               decaies
               :
            
             
               But
               if
               the
               LORD
               she
               truely
               feares
               ,
            
             
               That
               woman
               well
               deserueth
               praise
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               fruit
               her
               handy-works
               obtaine
               ,
            
             
               Without
               repining
               grant
               her
               that
               :
            
             
               And
               giue
               her
               what
               her
               labours
               gaine
               ,
            
             
               To
               doe
               her
               honour
               in
               the
               gate
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           First
           Song
           of
           ESAY
           .
           Esay
           5.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             the
             Vse
             .
          
           
             THis
             Song
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             in
             the
             fift
             of
             Esay
             :
             and
             the
             Prophet
             here
             ,
             vnder
             the
             similitude
             of
             a
             Vineyard
             ,
             excellently
             describes
             the
             estate
             of
             Iuda
             and
             Ierusalem
             ;
             with
             what
             God
             had
             done
             
             for
             them
             .
             And
             therein
             complaineth
             against
             his
             vineyard
             ,
             because
             ,
             after
             the
             paines
             bestowed
             in
             fencing
             and
             manuring
             therof
             (
             instead
             of
             the
             sweet
             fruit
             he
             expected
             )
             it
             neuerthelesse
             brought
             forth
             sower
             grapes
             .
             Next
             ,
             he
             summoneth
             their
             owne
             consciences
             ,
             (
             whom
             he
             had
             couertly
             vpbraided
             )
             to
             be
             iudges
             of
             his
             great
             loue
             and
             their
             vnprofitablenesse
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             he
             foretels
             ,
             how
             he
             intends
             to
             deale
             with
             his
             Vineyard
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             he
             directly
             declareth
             whom
             he
             meanes
             by
             the
             Parable
             .
          
           
             According
             to
             this
             propheticall
             Hymne
             ,
             euen
             so
             hath
             it
             fallen
             out
             with
             the
             Nation
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             whether
             you
             vnderstand
             it
             of
             them
             temporally
             ,
             or
             spiritually
             .
             And
             therefore
             we
             are
             to
             make
             a
             two-fold
             vse
             of
             this
             Ode
             .
             First
             ,
             to
             memorize
             thereby
             the
             mercy
             ,
             iustice
             ,
             and
             foreknowledge
             of
             God.
             His
             Mercy
             ,
             in
             shewing
             what
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             his
             people
             .
             His
             iustice
             ,
             in
             declaring
             how
             seuere
             he
             is
             ,
             euen
             to
             his
             owne
             vineyard
             if
             it
             continue
             vnfruitfull
             in
             good
             works
             ,
             answerable
             to
             his
             husbandry
             .
             His
             foreknowledge
             ,
             in
             relating
             how
             those
             things
             which
             we
             know
             are
             come
             to
             passe
             on
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             were
             long
             before
             reuealed
             by
             him
             ,
             vnto
             his
             Prophets
             .
             The
             second
             vse
             ,
             is
             by
             singing
             and
             meditating
             thereon
             ,
             to
             warne
             our selues
             to
             consider
             what
             benefits
             we
             haue
             receiued
             at
             Gods
             hands
             ,
             and
             to
             stirre
             vs
             vp
             to
             be
             fruitfull
             in
             spirituall
             graces
             and
             thankesgiuings
             ,
             lest
             he
             take
             away
             his
             blessings
             ,
             and
             leaue
             vs
             vnguarded
             to
             be
             spoiled
             ,
             and
             laid
             wast
             by
             our
             Aduersaries
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             the
             Iewes
             .
             For
             ;
             by
             this
             Vineyard
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             did
             not
             onely
             meane
             Iuda
             and
             Ierusalem
             ,
             but
             euery
             congregation
             of
             Christians
             also
             ,
             who
             bearing
             the
             face
             of
             a
             visible
             Church
             ,
             haue
             heretofore
             abused
             or
             shall
             hereafter
             neglect
             the
             grace
             of
             God.
             As
             we
             may
             assure
             our selues
             by
             the
             destruction
             of
             
               Antioch
               ,
               Laodicea
               ,
               Ephesus
            
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             particular
             Churches
             ,
             who
             hauing
             (
             after
             God
             
             had
             a
             long
             time
             manured
             them
             (
             by
             the
             husbandry
             of
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             other
             ministers
             )
             in
             stead
             of
             the
             sweet
             Clusters
             of
             pure
             doctrine
             and
             good
             life
             ,
             brought
             forth
             the
             sower
             grapes
             of
             heresies
             and
             vncleannesse
             :
             Were
             depriued
             of
             their
             defence
             ,
             and
             had
             both
             the
             dewes
             of
             Gods
             spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             showers
             of
             his
             word
             ,
             with-held
             from
             them
             ,
             till
             they
             brought
             forth
             nothing
             but
             thornes
             and
             bryars
             ,
             the
             fruits
             of
             their
             owne
             naturall
             corruption
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             A
             Song
             of
             him
             whom
             I
             loue
             best
             ,
             And
             of
             his
             vineyard
             sing
             I
             will.
             A
             vineyard
             once
             my
             loue
             possest
             ,
             Well
             seated
             on
             a
             fruitfull
             
             hill
             ,
             He
             kept
             i●
             close
             immured
             still
             ,
             The
             earth
             from
             stones
             he
             did
             refine
             .
             An●
             set
             it
             with
             the
             choi-sest
             vine
             .
             
          
           
             
               He
               in
               the
               mid'st
               a
               Fort
               did
               reare
               ,
            
             
               A
               Wine-presse
               therein
               also
               wrought
               :
            
             
               But
               ,
               when
               he
               look't
               i●
               grapes
               should
               beare
               ,
            
             
               Those
               grapes
               were
               wilde
               one
               ,
               that
               it
               brought
               .
            
             
               Ierusalem
               come
               speake
               thy
               thought
               ,
            
             
               And
               you
               of
               Iudah
               ,
               Iudges
               be
               ,
            
             
               Betwixt
               my
               vineyard
               here
               and
               me
               :
            
          
           
             
               Vnto
               my
               Vineyard
               what
               could
               more
            
             
               Performed
               be
               ,
               then
               I
               haue
               done
               ?
            
             
               Yet
               looking
               it
               should
               grapes
               haue
               bore
            
             
               Saue
               wilde
               ones
               ,
               it
               afforded
               none
               .
            
             
               But
               goe
               to
               ,
               (
               let
               that
               now
               alone
               )
            
             
               I
               am
               resolu'd
               to
               shew
               you
               to
               ,
            
             
               What
               with
               my
               Vineyard
               I
               will
               doe
               ▪
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               hedge
               I
               will
               remoue
               from
               thence
               ,
            
             
               That
               what
               so
               will
               deuoure
               it
               may
               ,
            
             
               I
               will
               breake
               downe
               the
               walled
               fence
               ,
            
             
               And
               through
               it
               make
               a
               trodden
               way
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               all
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               waste
               will
               lay
               .
            
             
               None
               shall
               to
               digge
               ,
               or
               dresse
               it
               care
            
             
               But
               thornes
               ,
               and
               bryars
               it
               shall
               beare
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Clouds
               I
               also
               will
               compell
               ,
            
             
               That
               there
               no
               raine
               descend
               for
               this
               :
            
             
               For
               loe
               ,
               the
               house
               o●
               Israel
            
             
               The
               LORD
               of
               Armies
               vineyard
               is
               ;
            
             
               And
               Iudah
               is
               that
               plant
               of
               his
               ;
            
             
               That
               pleasant
               one
               ,
               who
               forth
               hath
               brought
               ,
            
             
               Oppression
               ,
               when
               he
               iudgement
               sought
               .
            
             
               He
               Iustice
               sought
               but
               found
               therein
               ,
            
             
               In
               stead
               thereof
               a
               crying
               sinne
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Second
           Song
           of
           ESAY
           .
           Esay
           12.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             THe
             Prophet
             Esay
             being
             extraordinarily
             enlightned
             with
             foresight
             of
             the
             misteries
             of
             our
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             hauing
             in
             the
             eleauenth
             Chapter
             of
             this
             Prophecie
             ,
             foretold
             many
             things
             concerning
             the
             incarnation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             and
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ;
             doth
             in
             his
             next
             Chapter
             ,
             fore-shew
             the
             Church
             ,
             what
             Song
             she
             shall
             sing
             in
             that
             day
             .
             And
             it
             is
             this
             ,
             which
             here
             followeth
             .
             Wherein
             are
             these
             particular
             actions
             of
             the
             Church
             obseruable
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             she
             doth
             perceiue
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             her
             Redeemer
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             although
             God
             had
             formerly
             afflicted
             her
             for
             sinnes
             ;
             yet
             now
             ,
             he
             turnes
             his
             wrath
             into
             consolation
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             without
             feare
             she
             vnderstands
             ,
             (
             and
             confesseth
             to
             others
             )
             how
             God
             is
             assuredly
             become
             her
             strength
             and
             saluation
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             she
             exhorteth
             all
             to
             come
             and
             draw
             the
             spirituall
             waters
             of
             life
             from
             their
             owne
             Fountaines
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             vpon
             consideration
             of
             Christs
             extraordinary
             workes
             and
             miracles
             ,
             she
             earnestly
             stirreth
             vp
             her selfe
             ,
             and
             others
             ioyfully
             to
             sing
             the
             praises
             of
             him
             ,
             her
             Lord
             and
             Sauiour
             .
          
           
             This
             Song
             ,
             euery
             Childe
             of
             God
             ought
             often
             to
             r●peate
             ,
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             for
             his
             gratious
             redemption
             of
             mankinde
             .
             And
             seeing
             the
             holy
             Prophet
             (
             foreknowing
             the
             good
             cause
             she
             should
             haue
             to
             make
             vse
             thereof
             )
             hath
             prophecied
             that
             this
             should
             be
             the
             Churches
             Hymne
             ,
             after
             the
             manifestation
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             in
             the
             flesh
             :
             Doubtlesse
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             very
             properly
             vsed
             vpon
             those
             dayes
             ,
             which
             we
             solemnize
             in
             memory
             of
             our
             Sauiours
             Natiuitie
             ,
             and
             Epiphany
             :
             and
             vpon
             all
             such
             other
             occasions
             as
             the
             Congregation
             may
             haue
             ,
             to
             giue
             thankes
             for
             that
             great
             worke
             of
             our
             Redemption
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             LOrd
             I
             will
             sing
             to
             thee
             ,
             For
             angry
             
             though
             thou
             wast
             ,
             Yet
             thou
             with-drewst
             thy
             wrath
             from
             me
             ,
             And
             sent
             me
             comfort
             hast
             .
             
          
           
             
               Loe
               ,
               God
               's
               my
               health
               ;
               on
               whom
               ,
            
             
               I
               fearelesse
               ▪
               trust
               will
               ●ay
               ,
            
             
               For
               oh
               the
               LORD
               ,
               the
               LORD
               's
               become
            
             
               My
               strength
               ,
               my
               Song
               ,
               my
               stay
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               you
               ,
               with
               Ioy
               (
               for
               this
               )
            
             
               Shall
               water
               fetch
               away
               ,
            
             
               Out
               of
               those
               wels
               ,
               where
               safetie
               is
               :
            
             
               And
               thus
               ,
               then
               shall
               you
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oh
               sing
               vnto
               the
               LORD
               ,
            
             
               His
               Name
               and
               works
               proclaime
               ▪
            
             
               Vnto
               the
               people
               beare
               record
               ,
            
             
               That
               glorious
               is
               his
               Name
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vnto
               the
               LORD
               oh
               sing
               :
            
             
               For
               ,
               wonders
               he
               hath
               done
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               many
               a
               renowned
               thing
               ,
            
             
               Which
               through
               the
               earth
               is
               knowne
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Sing
               forth
               ,
               aloud
               all
               yee
               ,
            
             
               That
               doe
               in
               Sion
               dwell
               :
            
             
               For
               loe
               ,
               thy
               holy-One
               in
               thee
               ,
            
             
               Is
               great
               ,
               oh
               Israel
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Third
           Song
           of
           ESAY
           .
           Esay
           26.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             THe
             Prophet
             Esay
             ,
             before
             the
             people
             of
             Israel
             were
             led
             into
             Captiuity
             ,
             composed
             this
             Song
             thereby
             to
             comfort
             them
             ;
             that
             they
             might
             with
             the
             more
             patience
             beare
             out
             their
             affliction
             ,
             and
             become
             confident
             in
             the
             promised
             mercies
             of
             God.
             First
             ,
             it
             informeth
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             protection
             of
             God
             being
             (
             wheresoeuer
             they
             are
             )
             nothing
             lesse
             auaileable
             then
             a
             defenced
             Cittie
             ,
             )
             they
             ought
             for
             euer
             to
             trust
             in
             that
             firme
             peace
             ,
             which
             they
             may
             haue
             in
             him
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             this
             Song
             teacheth
             them
             ,
             to
             confesse
             ,
             that
             the
             pride
             of
             Sinners
             must
             be
             punished
             ,
             &
             how
             the
             true
             Church
             of
             Godwil
             constantly
             await
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             amid
             those
             iudgements
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             chastening
             ,
             flye
             vnto
             their
             Redeemer
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             seeing
             the
             wicked
             are
             so
             euilly
             disposed
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             neither
             repent
             for
             fauour
             nor
             punishment
             :
             their
             confusion
             is
             
             here
             prophecied
             ,
             and
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             godly
             promised
             :
             who
             are
             resolued
             not
             to
             forsake
             the
             seruice
             of
             their
             Lord
             for
             any
             persecution
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             they
             sing
             the
             vtter
             desolation
             of
             Tyrants
             ,
             and
             the
             increase
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             whose
             endurance
             is
             illustrated
             by
             the
             pangs
             of
             a
             Childe-bearing
             woman
             .
             Fiftly
             ,
             her
             deliuerance
             from
             persecution
             ,
             with
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             through
             Christ
             is
             foretold
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             fai●hfull
             are
             exhorted
             to
             attend
             on
             the
             LORD
             their
             Sauiour
             ,
             who
             will
             shortly
             come
             to
             iudgement
             :
             and
             take
             account
             for
             the
             bloud
             of
             his
             ●aints
             .
          
           
             This
             Song
             is
             made
             in
             the
             person
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             .
             And
             the
             particular
             members
             thereof
             may
             also
             sing
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             comfort
             themselues
             ,
             and
             to
             encourage
             one
             another
             to
             be
             confident
             in
             all
             their
             chastisements
             and
             persecutions
             ,
             vpon
             consideration
             of
             the
             shortnesse
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             certaintie
             of
             their
             Redeemers
             comming
             .
             They
             may
             also
             when
             they
             please
             make
             vse
             of
             it
             ,
             thereby
             to
             praise
             God
             for
             his
             iudgements
             ,
             for
             his
             fauour
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             confirmation
             of
             their
             owne
             faiths
             in
             both
             those
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             A
             Citty
             now
             haue
             we
             obtain'd
             ,
             Where
             strong
             defences
             are
             ,
             And
             God
             saluation
             
             hath
             ordai'nd
             ,
             For
             wa's
             and
             Bulwarkes
             there
             .
             
          
           
             
               The
               gates
               thereof
               wide
               open
               set
               ;
            
             
               Those
               righteous
               people
               who
            
             
               The
               Truths
               obseruers
               are
               ,
               may
               get
            
             
               Admittance
               thereinto
               .
            
          
           
             
               There
               ,
               thou
               in
               peace
               wilt
               keepe
               him
               sure
               ,
            
             
               (
               Whose
               thoughts
               well
               grounded
               be
               )
            
             
               In
               peace
               ,
               that
               euer
               shall
               endure
               ,
            
             
               Because
               he
               trusted
               thee
               .
            
             
               For-euermore
               vpon
               the
               LORD
            
             
               Without
               distrust
               depend
               ,
            
             
               For
               in
               the
               LORD
               ,
               th'
               eternall
               LORD
               ,
            
             
               Is
               strength
               that
               hath
               no
               end
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               makes
               the
               lofty
               City
               yeeld
               ,
            
             
               And
               her
               proud
               dwellers
               bow
               :
            
             
               He
               layes
               it
               leuell
               with
               the
               field
               ,
            
             
               And
               with
               the
               dust
               below
               .
            
             
               Their
               feet
               ,
               who
               poore
               and
               needy
               are
               ,
            
             
               Their
               feet
               thereon
               shall
               tread
               :
            
             
               Their
               way
               is
               right
               that
               righteous
               are
            
             
               Whose
               path
               thou
               well
               dost
               heed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vpon
               thy
               Course
               of
               iudgements
               wee
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               LORD
               attending
               were
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               record
               thy
               Name
               ,
               and
               Thee
               ,
            
             
               Our
               soules
               desirous
               are
               .
            
             
             
               On
               thee
               ,
               my
               minde
               with
               strong
               desires
            
             
               Is
               fixed
               in
               the
               night
               ,
            
             
               And
               after
               thee
               my
               heart
               enquires
               ,
            
             
               Before
               the
               morning
               light
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               when
               thy
               righteous
               Iudgements
               are
            
             
               Vpon
               the
               earth
               discern'd
            
             
               By
               those
               that
               doe
               inhabite
               there
               ,
            
             
               Vprighnesse
               should
               be
               learn'd
               .
            
             
               Yet
               sinners
               for
               no
               terror
               will
               ,
            
             
               Iust
               dealing
               vnderstand
               :
            
             
               But
               they
               continue
               doing
               ill
               ,
            
             
               Eu'n
               in
               the
               righteous
               land
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vnto
               the
               glory
               of
               the
               LORD
               ,
            
             
               They
               will
               not
               heedfull
               be
               :
            
             
               Thy
               hand
               aduanc't
               on
               high
               ,
               oh
               LORD
               ,
            
             
               They
               will
               not
               daigne
               to
               see
               .
            
             
               But
               they
               shall
               see
               ,
               and
               see
               with
               shame
               ,
            
             
               That
               doe
               thy
               people
               spight
               :
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               from
               thy
               foes
               shall
               rise
               a
               flame
               ,
            
             
               That
               will
               deuoure
               them
               quite
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               LORD
               ,
               for
               vs
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               procure
               ,
            
             
               That
               wee
               in
               peace
               may
               be
               :
            
             
               Because
               that
               eu'ry
               worke
               of
               our
               ,
            
             
               Is
               wrought
               for
               vs
               ,
               by
               thee
               .
            
             
               And
               LORD
               our
               God
               ,
               though
               we
               are
               brought
               ,
            
             
               To
               other
               Lords
               in
               thrall
               :
            
             
               Of
               thee
               alone
               shall
               be
               our
               thought
               ,
            
             
               Vpon
               thy
               name
               to
               call
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               are
               deceast
               and
               neuer
               shall
               ,
            
             
               A
               farther
               life
               obtaine
               :
            
             
             
               They
               die
               and
               shall
               not
               rise
               at
               all
               ,
            
             
               To
               tyrannize
               againe
               .
            
             
               For
               to
               that
               end
               thou
               visited
               ,
            
             
               And
               wide
               dispers't
               them
               hast
               :
            
             
               Vntill
               their
               fame
               was
               perished
               ,
            
             
               And
               vtterly
               defac'st
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               LORD
               ,
               encrea'st
               thy
               people
               are
               ,
            
             
               Encrea'st
               they
               are
               by
               thee
               :
            
             
               And
               thou
               art
               glorified
               as
               farre
            
             
               As
               any
               lands
               there
               be
               .
            
             
               For
               LORD
               ,
               in
               their
               distresses
               ,
               when
            
             
               Thy
               chast'ning
               on
               them
               lay
               :
            
             
               They
               vnto
               thee
               did
               hasten
               then
               ,
            
             
               And
               without
               ceasing
               pray
               .
            
          
           
             
               As
               she
               with
               Childe
               is
               pain'd
               when
               as
            
             
               Her
               throwes
               of
               bearing
               be
               :
            
             
               And
               cryes
               in
               pangs
               ;
               before
               thy
               face
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               LORD
               ,
               so
               fared
               We.
            
             
               We
               haue
               conceiu'd
               ,
               beene
               pain'd
               ,
               and
               all
            
             
               Was
               for
               a
               windie
               birth
               :
            
             
               The
               world
               no
               safetie
               yeeld's
               ;
               nor
               fall
               ,
            
             
               The
               dwellers
               of
               the
               earth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thy
               dead
               shall
               liue
               ;
               they
               rise
               againe
            
             
               With
               my
               dead
               body
               shall
               :
            
             
               Oh
               you
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               dust
               remaine
               ,
            
             
               Awake
               and
               sing
               you
               ,
               all
               .
            
             
               For
               as
               the
               dewe
               doth
               hearbs
               renewe
               ,
            
             
               That
               buried
               seem'd
               before
               :
            
             
               So
               earth
               shall
               through
               thy
               heau'nly
               dewe
               ,
            
             
               Her
               dead
               aliue
               restore
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               My
               people
               ,
               to
               thy
               Chambers
               fare
               ,
            
             
               Shut
               close
               the
               dore
               to
               thee
               ;
            
             
               And
               stay
               a
               while
               (
               a
               moment
               there
               )
            
             
               Till
               past
               the
               furie
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               loe
               ,
               the
               LORD
               doth
               now
               arise
               ;
            
             
               He
               commeth
               from
               his
               place
               ;
            
             
               To
               punish
               their
               impieties
               ,
            
             
               Who
               doe
               the
               world
               possesse
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               the
               earth
               no
               longer
               shall
               ,
            
             
               The
               blouds
               in
               her
               conceale
               :
            
             
               But
               shee
               ,
               shall
               be
               compelled
               all
            
             
               Her
               murthers
               to
               reueale
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Prayer
           of
           HEZEKIAH
           .
           Esay
           37.15
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             the
             Vse
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             recorded
             ,
             in
             the
             36.
             and
             37.
             of
             Esay
             ,
             that
             Senacharib
             King
             of
             Asiria
             ,
             sent
             an
             army
             against
             Ierusalem
             ;
             and
             that
             Rabshakah
             his
             principall
             commander
             ,
             not
             onely
             threatned
             to
             take
             it
             ,
             but
             blasphemed
             also
             against
             the
             power
             of
             God.
             Which
             when
             Hezekiah
             
             receiued
             notice
             of
             :
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             he
             repaired
             vnto
             the
             house
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             and
             made
             this
             Prayer
             there
             .
             Wherein
             (
             hauing
             by
             the
             attributes
             there
             giuen
             him
             ,
             acknowledged
             how
             able
             God
             was
             to
             be
             auenged
             ,
             )
             he
             desires
             the
             LORD
             ,
             both
             to
             heare
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             consider
             the
             blasphemy
             of
             his
             aduersarie
             .
             Then
             ,
             to
             manifest
             the
             necessitie
             of
             assistance
             :
             He
             vrgeth
             the
             power
             of
             that
             foe
             ,
             ouer
             those
             that
             serued
             not
             the
             true
             God.
             And
             as
             it
             seemes
             ,
             desireth
             deliuerance
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             owne
             safetie
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             blasphemer
             ,
             (
             and
             all
             the
             world
             )
             may
             know
             the
             difference
             betweene
             the
             power
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             and
             the
             arrogant
             braggs
             of
             Man.
             
          
           
             This
             Prayer
             may
             be
             vsed
             by
             the
             Church
             ,
             whensoeuer
             her
             powerfull
             and
             open
             aduersarie
             the
             Turke
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Aduersarie
             ,
             whom
             God
             hath
             suffered
             to
             preuaile
             against
             false
             worshippers
             ;
             shall
             thereupon
             growe
             proud
             ,
             and
             threaten
             Her
             ,
             also
             :
             as
             if
             in
             despight
             of
             God
             he
             had
             formerly
             preuailed
             by
             his
             owne
             strength
             .
             And
             the
             name
             of
             Senacharib
             may
             be
             mistically
             applied
             to
             any
             such
             enemy
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             it
             may
             serue
             any
             of
             vs
             Christians
             for
             a
             prayer
             ,
             against
             those
             secret
             blasphemies
             ,
             which
             the
             Deuill
             whispers
             vnto
             our
             soules
             .
             Or
             ,
             when
             by
             temptations
             ,
             he
             seekes
             to
             make
             vs
             dispaire
             ,
             and
             threatens
             to
             be
             our
             ruine
             ,
             maugre
             our
             Redeemer
             ;
             laying
             before
             our
             eyes
             how
             many
             others
             he
             hath
             destroyed
             ,
             who
             seemed
             to
             be
             in
             as
             good
             estate
             as
             we
             .
             For
             this
             is
             (
             indeed
             )
             the
             Enemie
             ,
             who
             hath
             ouerthrowne
             whole
             Countries
             and
             Nations
             :
             and
             he
             doth
             at
             this
             day
             ruine
             many
             thousands
             ,
             with
             their
             gods
             ,
             (
             euen
             the
             meanes
             whereby
             they
             trusted
             to
             be
             safe
             :
             )
             for
             strength
             ,
             temporall
             power
             ,
             riches
             ,
             superstitious
             worships
             ,
             the
             wisedome
             of
             flesh
             and
             bloud
             vnsanctified
             ;
             Moral
             vertues
             ,
             worldly
             policie
             ,
             Idols
             ,
             &
             such
             like
             ,
             wherein
             many
             put
             their
             trust
             ;
             are
             the
             works
             of
             mens
             hands
             ,
             and
             may
             he
             rightly
             termed
             ,
             the
             gods
             which
             
             that
             misticall
             Asirian
             Prince
             ,
             and
             our
             aduersarie
             hath
             power
             to
             destroy
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             And
             Hez●kiah
             prayed
             vnto
             the
             LORD
             :
             saying
             .
          
           
             
             O
             Lord
             of
             hoasts
             ,
             and
             God
             of
             Isra-el
             ,
             Thou
             who
             betweene
             the
             Cherubins
             dost
             dwell
             ,
             Of
             all
             the
             world
             thou
             God
             alone
             art
             King
             ,
             And
             heau'n
             and
             earth
             vnto
             their
             forme
             did'st
             bring
             .
             
          
           
             
             
               Lord
               bow
               thine
               eare
               ,
               to
               heare
               attentiue
               be
               ;
            
             
               Lift
               vp
               thine
               eyes
               ,
               and
               daigne
               oh
               LORD
               to
               see
            
             
               What
               words
               Senacharib
               hath
               cast
               abroad
               :
            
             
               And
               his
               proud
               message
               to
               the
               liuing
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               Truth
               LORD
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               lands
               ,
               and
               kingdomes
               all
               ,
            
             
               Haue
               to
               the
               Kings
               of
               Ashur
               beene
               a
               thrall
               :
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               they
               their
               Gods
               into
               the
               fire
               haue
               throwne
               ,
            
             
               For
               Gods
               they
               were
               not
               ,
               but
               of
               wood
               and
               stone
               :
            
          
           
             
               Mens
               work
               they
               were
               ,
               men
               therfore
               spoil'd
               them
               haue
               .
            
             
               Then
               from
               his
               power
               ,
               vs
               LORD
               our
               God
               now
               saue
               ,
            
             
               That
               all
               the
               kingdomes
               of
               the
               earth
               may
               see
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               art
               the
               LORD
               ,
               and
               onely
               thou
               art
               hee
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Hezekiahs
           song
           of
           Thanksgiuing
           .
           Esay
           38.10
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             WE
             finde
             this
             Song
             in
             the
             38.
             
             Chapter
             of
             Esay
             ,
             where
             is
             set
             before
             it
             this
             Title
             .
             
               The
               writing
               of
               Hezekiah
               :
               King
               of
               Iuda
               ,
               when
               he
               had
               beene
               sicke
               and
               was
               recouered
               of
               his
               sicknesse
               .
            
             By
             which
             ,
             you
             may
             perceiue
             the
             occasion
             of
             it
             :
             And
             if
             you
             consider
             the
             Song
             it selfe
             ,
             
             many
             particular
             circumstances
             are
             remarkable
             ;
             whereby
             the
             Author
             sheweth
             Gods
             mercy
             to
             haue
             beene
             exceeding
             great
             vnto
             him
             :
             First
             ,
             in
             respect
             that
             he
             should
             else
             haue
             beene
             cut
             off
             in
             the
             best
             of
             his
             Age
             (
             and
             perhaps
             ,
             when
             his
             sinnes
             might
             haue
             made
             him
             ripe
             ,
             aswell
             for
             hell
             ,
             as
             the
             graue
             .
             )
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             regard
             he
             should
             neuer
             haue
             seene
             againe
             the
             Temple
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             praise
             him
             there
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             people
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             beene
             then
             taken
             away
             ,
             
               His
               dwelling
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             his
             posteritie
             ,
             had
             beene
             cut
             off
             (
             for
             at
             that
             time
             he
             had
             no
             children
             )
             and
             so
             he
             had
             not
             lost
             his
             life
             onely
             ,
             but
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             Messias
             ,
             his
             Redeemer
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             his
             disease
             was
             so
             violent
             and
             vnsufferable
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             not
             to
             haue
             liued
             out
             one
             day
             .
             Fiftly
             ,
             God
             deliuered
             him
             when
             he
             was
             not
             tormented
             in
             body
             onely
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             suffered
             also
             extreame
             agonies
             of
             the
             Soule
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             is
             here
             praised
             ,
             in
             that
             when
             be
             deliuered
             him
             from
             the
             terrors
             of
             death
             ;
             he
             forgaue
             him
             also
             his
             sinnes
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             that
             sickenesse
             .
             Then
             seeming
             to
             haue
             entered
             into
             a
             serious
             consideration
             of
             all
             this
             .
             He
             confesseth
             who
             they
             are
             ,
             that
             are
             most
             bound
             to
             celebrate
             Gods
             praises
             ;
             and
             voweth
             this
             Deliuerance
             to
             euerlasting
             memorie
             .
          
           
             By
             our
             priuate
             Meditations
             ,
             we
             may
             vse
             this
             for
             a
             Song
             of
             thankesgiuing
             after
             our
             deliuerances
             from
             temporall
             sicknesses
             ;
             which
             is
             one
             and
             the
             first
             sence
             wherein
             Hezekiah
             vsed
             it
             .
             But
             in
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             most
             principall
             sense
             ,
             he
             sung
             it
             in
             the
             person
             of
             the
             
               Misticall
               body
            
             ;
             who
             was
             by
             Christ
             cured
             of
             the
             deadly
             sicknesse
             of
             sinne
             and
             death
             ;
             for
             Hezekiah
             ,
             which
             signifieth
             helped
             or
             
               strengthned
               of
               the
               LORD
            
             ,
             was
             a
             type
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             healed
             by
             God
             ;
             and
             Isaiah
             ,
             who
             brought
             the
             medicine
             that
             cured
             the
             disease
             ,
             and
             is
             interpreted
             ,
             
               The
               saluation
               of
               the
               LORD
            
             ,
             figured
             
             our
             Redeemer
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             .
             And
             indeede
             it
             is
             not
             lik●ly
             that
             so
             good
             a
             Prince
             as
             Hezekiah
             ,
             would
             haue
             been
             so
             extreamely
             deiected
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             apprehended
             nothing
             more
             fearefull
             then
             his
             present
             sicknesse
             ,
             with
             the
             naturall
             separation
             of
             the
             soule
             and
             body
             ;
             or
             that
             it
             was
             his
             neuer
             seeing
             againe
             of
             Gods
             temporall
             house
             ,
             that
             made
             him
             so
             passionate
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             that
             had
             beene
             a
             matter
             worthy
             such
             griefe
             ,
             it
             should
             haue
             beene
             alwayes
             so
             ,
             and
             then
             neither
             he
             nor
             any
             man
             could
             haue
             departed
             this
             life
             willingly
             .
             But
             there
             was
             a
             greater
             mistery
             in
             it
             ;
             yea
             ,
             if
             you
             well
             consider
             that
             this
             Deliuerance
             herein
             memorized
             ,
             was
             confirmed
             by
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             miracles
             (
             to
             wit
             )
             the
             Sunne
             going
             backe
             ten
             degrees
             ,
             I
             thinke
             you
             will
             then
             beleeue
             that
             it
             had
             respect
             to
             some
             greater
             thing
             then
             the
             particular
             recouery
             of
             Hezekiah
             .
             For
             that
             the
             Sunne
             went
             really
             backe
             (
             and
             did
             not
             appeare
             onely
             so
             to
             doe
             )
             is
             manifested
             in
             these
             places
             ,
             2
             King.
             
               20.12
               .
               2
            
             Chron.
             32.31
             .
             Js
             .
             39.1
             .
             for
             thence
             J
             gather
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             obserued
             in
             Asiria
             ,
             and
             that
             Messengers
             were
             sent
             from
             thence
             to
             H●zekiah
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             reason
             of
             that
             wonder
             :
             which
             if
             we
             should
             affirme
             to
             be
             for
             a
             signe
             of
             Hez●kiahs
             recouery
             onely
             ;
             we
             must
             confesse
             the
             signe
             greater
             then
             that
             which
             it
             was
             sent
             to
             signifie
             :
             whereas
             if
             we
             will
             vnderstand
             Hezekiah
             to
             be
             a
             type
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             gaue
             this
             for
             a
             token
             to
             assure
             him
             that
             as
             he
             should
             be
             healed
             ,
             so
             he
             would
             also
             send
             his
             Sonne
             to
             heale
             the
             generall
             infirmity
             of
             Mankinde
             :
             we
             shall
             then
             make
             the
             thing
             figured
             ,
             proportionable
             to
             the
             figure
             .
             For
             the
             redemption
             of
             Man
             ,
             being
             a
             worke
             much
             greater
             then
             the
             Sunnes
             retrogradation
             ,
             it
             was
             well
             worthy
             of
             so
             admirable
             a
             Type
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             shall
             make
             this
             prologue
             ouer-large
             ,
             or
             else
             J
             would
             so
             plainly
             declare
             vnto
             you
             ,
             how
             Hezekiah
             was
             
             a
             Type
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             how
             in
             euery
             circumstance
             of
             his
             sicknesse
             he
             pattern'd
             out
             the
             infirmity
             of
             mankinde
             ,
             laboring
             vnder
             sinne
             ;
             and
             how
             naturally
             that
             miracle
             of
             the
             Sunnes
             retrogradation
             represented
             the
             sending
             of
             Christ
             to
             be
             our
             deliuerer
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             confesse
             this
             Song
             was
             made
             for
             vs
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             sing
             throughout
             all
             Ages
             ,
             for
             a
             memoriall
             of
             her
             former
             vnspeakeable
             misery
             ;
             and
             to
             set
             forth
             the
             praise
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             that
             vnequal'd
             benefit
             of
             her
             Redemption
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             WHen
             I
             suppos'd
             my
             dayes
             were
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             Thus
             speaking
             to
             my selfe
             ,
             I
             made
             my
             moane
             :
             Now
             to
             the
             gates
             of
             Hell
             I
             must
             descend
             ,
             And
             all
             the
             remnant
             of
             my
             yeares
             be
             
             gone
             ,
             The
             Lord
             (
             ah
             mee
             )
             the
             Lord
             I
             cry'd
             Where
             now
             the
             liuing
             be
             ,
             Nor
             man
             that
             doth
             on
             earth
             abide
             ,
             Shall
             I
             for
             euer
             see
             .
             
          
           
             
               As
               the
               remouing
               of
               a
               Shepherds
               tent
               ,
            
             
               Or
               as
               a
               Weauer
               cuts
               his
               webbe
               away
               ,
            
             
               My
               dwelling
               so
               ;
               yea
               ,
               so
               my
               age
               was
               spent
               ,
            
             
               And
               so
               my
               sicknesse
               did
               my
               life
               decay
               ;
            
             
               Each
               day
               ,
               ere
               night
               should
               end
               the
               same
            
             
               My
               death
               expected
               I
               ,
            
             
               And
               euery
               night
               ere
               morning
               came
               ,
            
             
               I
               did
               suppose
               to
               dye
               :
            
          
           
             
               For
               he
               so
               Lyon-like
               my
               bones
               did
               breake
               ,
            
             
               That
               I
               my
               life
               accounted
               scarce
               a
               day
               ;
            
             
               A
               noyse
               I
               did
               like
               Cranes
               or
               Swallowes
               make
               ,
            
             
               And
               at
               the
               Turtle
               I
               lamenting
               lay
               ;
            
             
               My
               fainting
               eyes
               I
               vpward
               cast
               ,
            
             
               And
               thus
               my
               moane
               did
               make
               ;
            
             
             
               Oh
               ,
               I
               extreamely
               am
               opprest
               ,
            
             
               For
               me
               ,
               LORD
               vndertake
               .
            
          
           
             
               What
               shall
               I
               say
               ?
               his
               word
               to
               me
               he
               gaue
               ,
            
             
               And
               as
               he
               promis'd
               ,
               he
               performed
               it
               ;
            
             
               For
               which
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               whil'st
               that
               life
               I
               haue
               ,
            
             
               Those
               bitter
               passions
               of
               my
               soule
               forget
               :
            
             
               But
               all
               that
               after
               me
               suruiue
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               all
               that
               liue
               ,
               shall
               know
               ,
            
             
               How
               thou
               my
               spirit
               didst
               reuiue
               ,
            
             
               And
               health
               on
               me
               bestow
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vpon
               my
               peace
               ,
               did
               bitter
               sorrowes
               come
               ,
            
             
               But
               in
               the
               loue
               which
               to
               my
               soule
               thou
               hast
               ,
            
             
               The
               all-consuming
               graue
               thou
               keptst
               me
               from
               .
            
             
               And
               my
               offences
               all
               behind
               thee
               cast
               .
            
             
               For
               neither
               can
               the
               graue
               ,
               nor
               death
               ,
            
             
               Or
               praise
               or
               honour
               thee
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               are
               they
               hopefull
               of
               thy
               truth
            
             
               That
               once
               entombed
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oh
               ,
               he
               that
               liues
               ;
               that
               liues
               as
               I
               doe
               now
               ,
            
             
               Eu'n
               he
               it
               is
               that
               shall
               thy
               praise
               declare
               ;
            
             
               Thy
               Truth
               the
               father
               to
               his
               seede
               shall
               show
               ,
            
             
               And
               how
               ,
               oh
               LORD
               ,
               thou
               me
               hast
               dain'd
               to
               spare
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               thy
               house
               (
               for
               this
               )
               will
               we
               ,
            
             
               (
               Oh
               LORD
               throughout
               our
               dayes
               )
            
             
               On
               instruments
               that
               stringed
               be
               ,
            
             
               Sing
               songs
               vnto
               thy
               praise
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Prayer
           of
           DANIEL
           .
           Dan.
           9.4
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             THis
             Prayer
             is
             written
             in
             the
             ninth
             Chapter
             of
             Daniels
             Prophecy
             :
             and
             herein
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             very
             earnestly
             beseecheth
             God
             to
             be
             mercifull
             vnto
             his
             people
             .
             The
             principall
             points
             considerable
             are
             these
             .
             First
             ,
             he
             confesseth
             God
             to
             be
             powerfull
             ,
             iust
             ,
             and
             mercifull
             ,
             and
             that
             neuerthelesse
             from
             the
             highest
             to
             the
             lowest
             they
             had
             broken
             his
             lawes
             ,
             and
             rebelled
             against
             him
             ;
             for
             which
             ,
             they
             worthily
             deserued
             confusion
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             aggrauateth
             their
             offences
             by
             diuers
             circumstances
             ,
             acknowledging
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             is
             the
             same
             they
             haue
             deserued
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             the
             destruction
             they
             were
             forewarned
             of
             ,
             that
             is
             come
             vpon
             them
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             hauing
             acknowledged
             thus
             much
             ,
             he
             humbly
             entreates
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             be
             neuerthelesse
             mercifull
             vnto
             them
             :
             First
             ,
             in
             regard
             he
             had
             heretofore
             gotten
             glory
             by
             deliuering
             them
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             were
             his
             owne
             elected
             people
             :
             Thirdly
             ,
             seeing
             they
             were
             already
             become
             a
             reproach
             vnto
             their
             neighbours
             :
             Lastly
             ,
             euen
             for
             his
             owne
             and
             the
             
             Messiahs
             sake
             .
             And
             all
             this
             he
             earnestly
             entreats
             ,
             (
             not
             for
             their
             owne
             worthinesse
             ,
             but
             )
             for
             the
             tender
             mercies
             sake
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             This
             Song
             may
             be
             properly
             sung
             whensoeuer
             any
             of
             those
             particular
             iudgements
             are
             powred
             out
             ,
             which
             the
             Prophets
             haue
             foretold
             should
             be
             inflicted
             on
             these
             latter
             times
             ;
             and
             it
             may
             be
             said
             or
             sung
             by
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             any
             member
             thereof
             (
             in
             her
             person
             )
             during
             any
             other
             affliction
             befallen
             her
             :
             or
             if
             we
             please
             ,
             euen
             vpon
             our
             priuate
             occasions
             ,
             prouided
             we
             formerly
             well
             apply
             it
             by
             our
             Meditations
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             LOrd
             God
             almighty
             ,
             great
             and
             full
             of
             feare
             ,
             Who
             alwayes
             art
             from
             bre●ch
             of
             promise
             free
             ,
             And
             neuer
             fayling
             to
             haue
             mercy
             where
             
             They
             doe
             obserue
             thy
             lawes
             and
             honour
             thee
             .
             
          
           
             
               We
               haue
               transgrest
               ;
               oh
               !
               we
               ,
               haue
               euill
               done
               .
            
             
               We
               disobedient
               and
               rebellious
               were
               ;
            
             
               For
               ,
               from
               thy
               precepts
               we
               astray
               are
               gone
               ,
            
             
               And
               from
               thy
               iudgements
               we
               departed
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               We
               did
               thy
               seruants
               prophesies
               withstand
               ,
            
             
               Who
               ,
               to
               our
               Dukes
               ,
               our
               Kings
               ,
               and
               Fathers
               came
               ,
            
             
               And
               vnto
               all
               the
               people
               of
               the
               land
               ,
            
             
               Proclaimed
               forth
               their
               message
               in
               thy
               name
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               thee
               oh
               LORD
               ,
               all
               righteousnesse
               hast
               thou
               ,
            
             
               But
               open
               shame
               to
               vs
               doth
               appertaine
               ;
            
             
               As
               fares
               it
               with
               the
               men
               of
               Iudah
               now
               ,
            
             
               And
               those
               that
               in
               Ierusalem
               remaine
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               to
               all
               Isra'l
               ,
               through
               those
               Countries
               all
               ,
            
             
               In
               which
               ,
               they
               far
               or
               nigh
               dispersed
               be
               ,
            
             
               Because
               of
               that
               transgression
               ,
               wherewithall
            
             
               They
               haue
               transgressed
               and
               offended
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               vs
               ,
               our
               Kings
               ,
               our
               Dukes
               ,
               and
               Fathers
               doth
            
             
               Disgrace
               pertaine
               (
               oh
               LORD
               )
               for
               angring
               thee
               ▪
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               mercy
               (
               LORD
               our
               God
               )
               and
               pardon
               both
            
             
               To
               thee
               belongs
               ,
               though
               we
               rebellious
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               as
               for
               vs
               ,
               we
               sore
               haue
               disobey'd
            
             
               The
               Lord
               our
               God
               his
               voyce
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               heare
            
             
               To
               keepe
               his
               lawes
               ,
               which
               he
               before
               vs
               laid
               ,
            
             
               By
               those
               his
               seruants
               ,
               which
               his
               Prophet●
               were
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               Yea
               ,
               all
               that
               of
               the
               race
               of
               Isra'l
               be
               ;
            
             
               Against
               thy
               law
               extreamely
               haue
               misdone
               :
            
             
               And
               that
               they
               might
               not
               ●isten
               vnto
               thee
               ,
            
             
               They
               from
               thy
               voice
               ,
               oh
               LORD
               are
               backward
               gone
               ;
            
          
           
             
             
               Which
               makes
               both
               Curse
               and
               Oth
               on
               them
               descend
               ,
            
             
               That
               in
               the
               Law
               of
               Moses
               written
               was
               ;
            
             
               The
               seruant
               of
               that
               God
               whom
               we
               offend
               ,
            
             
               And
               now
               his
               speeches
               he
               hath
               brought
               to
               passe
               .
            
          
           
             
               On
               vs
               ,
               and
               on
               our
               Iudges
               he
               doth
               bring
            
             
               That
               plague
               ,
               wherewith
               he
               threatned
               vs
               and
               them
               ,
            
             
               For
               vnder
               heau'n
               was
               neuer
               such
               a
               thing
            
             
               As
               now
               is
               acted
               on
               Ierusalem
               .
            
          
           
             
               As
               Moses
               written
               Law
               doth
               beare
               record
               ,
            
             
               Now
               all
               this
               mischiefe
               is
               vpon
               vs
               brought
               ,
            
             
               And
               yet
               we
               prayed
               not
               before
               the
               LORD
               ,
            
             
               That
               leauing
               sinne
               ,
               we
               might
               his
               Truth
               be
               taught
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               this
               respect
               ,
               the
               LORD
               in
               wait
               hath
               laid
               ,
            
             
               That
               he
               inflict
               on
               vs
               this
               mischiefe
               might
               ;
            
             
               And
               seeing
               we
               his
               voyce
               haue
               disobay'd
               .
            
             
               In
               all
               his
               workes
               ,
               the
               LORD
               our
               God's
               vpright
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               now
               ,
               oh
               LORD
               our
               God
               ,
               who
               from
               the
               land
            
             
               Of
               cruell
               Aegypt
               brought
               thy
               people
               hast
               ;
            
             
               And
               by
               the
               power
               of
               thine
               almighty
               hand
               ,
            
             
               Atchieu'd
               a
               name
               which
               to
               this
               day
               doth
               last
               :
            
          
           
             
               Though
               we
               haue
               sinned
               ,
               and
               committed
               ill
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               LORD
               by
               all
               that
               righteousnesse
               in
               thee
               ,
            
             
               From
               thy
               Ierusalem
               ,
               thy
               holy
               hill
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               let
               thy
               wrath
               and
               anger
               turned
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               by
               those
               wicked
               things
               which
               we
               haue
               don
               ,
            
             
               And
               through
               our
               fathers
               sinnes
               ;
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               thine
               owne
               people
               haue
               the
               hatred
               won
            
             
               And
               the
               reproach
               of
               all
               that
               neighbour
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Now
               therefore
               to
               thy
               Seruant's
               suite
               encline
               ,
            
             
               His
               prayer
               heare
               our
               God
               ,
               and
               let
               thy
               face
               ,
            
             
               Eu'n
               for
               the
               LORDS
               deare
               sake
               ,
               vouchsafe
               to
               shine
            
             
               Vpon
               thy
               ,
               now
               forsaken
               ,
               holy
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Thine
               eares
               encline
               thou
               ,
               oh
               my
               God
               ,
               and
               heare
               ;
            
             
               Lift
               vp
               thine
               eyes
               ,
               and
               vs
               oh
               looke
               vpon
               ;
            
             
               Vs
               ,
               who
               forsaken
               with
               thy
               Citty
               are
               ,
            
             
               The
               Citty
               ,
               where
               thy
               name
               is
               called
               on
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               we
               vpon
               our selues
               presume
               not
               thus
               ,
            
             
               Before
               thy
               presence
               our
               request
               to
               make
               ,
            
             
               For
               any
               righteousnesse
               that
               is
               in
               vs
               ,
            
             
               But
               for
               thy
               great
               and
               tender
               Mercies
               sake
               .
            
          
           
             
               LORD
               heare
               ,
               forgiue
               oh
               LORD
               ,
               and
               weigh
               the
               same
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               LORD
               performe
               it
               ,
               and
               no
               more
               deferre
               ,
            
             
               For
               thine
               owne
               sake
               ,
               my
               God
               ;
               for
               by
               thy
               name
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               Citty
               ,
               and
               thy
               people
               called
               are
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           THE
           Prayer
           of
           IONAH
           .
           Ionah
           2.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             AS
             Ionah
             fled
             from
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             LORD
             ,
             he
             was
             followed
             by
             a
             tempest
             ,
             whose
             furie
             would
             not
             be
             allayed
             ,
             vntil
             the
             offender
             was
             cast
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             where
             God
             had
             mercie
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             sent
             a
             Fish
             to
             preserue
             him
             ;
             Which
             in
             humane
             reason
             ,
             seemed
             a
             more
             terrible
             danger
             ,
             then
             that
             he
             was
             deliuered
             from
             .
             But
             the
             safetie
             which
             at
             his
             first
             entrance
             ,
             hee
             found
             in
             so
             vnsafe
             a
             place
             ,
             made
             him
             sensible
             of
             Gods
             fauour
             ,
             and
             begat
             in
             him
             a
             firme
             beliefe
             that
             he
             should
             be
             totally
             deliuered
             .
             And
             thereupon
             ,
             (
             being
             yet
             in
             the
             Fishes
             belly
             )
             made
             this
             Prayer
             ,
             to
             praise
             God
             for
             deliuering
             him
             in
             so
             great
             an
             extremity
             .
             (
             And
             he
             did
             it
             as
             speaking
             
             of
             a
             thing
             already
             done
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             shew
             vs
             the
             soundnesse
             of
             his
             faith
             .
             The
             things
             remarkeable
             are
             these
             :
             The
             place
             where
             he
             prayed
             ,
             the
             terrible
             and
             vnauiodable
             danger
             that
             compassed
             him
             ;
             the
             dispaire
             he
             was
             nigh
             falling
             into
             ,
             the
             timely
             application
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             the
             comfort
             it
             infused
             into
             him
             ,
             the
             occasions
             which
             draw
             men
             into
             these
             perils
             ,
             the
             vowe
             made
             vpon
             this
             deliuerance
             ,
             and
             lastly
             the
             reason
             of
             that
             vowe
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             this
             buriall
             of
             Ionas
             in
             the
             fishes
             belly
             ,
             and
             his
             deliuery
             from
             thence
             ,
             was
             a
             signe
             of
             the
             buriall
             and
             resurrection
             of
             our
             blessed
             Sauiour
             ,
             
               Mat.
               12.40
            
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             thinke
             he
             made
             this
             Prayer
             onely
             in
             his
             owne
             person
             :
             but
             in
             the
             misticall
             body
             of
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             also
             .
             For
             ,
             by
             contemplating
             the
             circumstances
             of
             his
             danger
             and
             deliuerance
             ,
             (
             and
             hauing
             the
             spirit
             of
             prophecie
             )
             he
             apprehended
             the
             misteries
             of
             our
             Redemption
             .
             By
             the
             ship
             ready
             to
             be
             sunke
             ,
             through
             that
             tempest
             in
             which
             he
             was
             cast
             away
             ,
             he
             conceiued
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             against
             the
             world
             for
             sinne
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             would
             not
             be
             appeased
             without
             satisfaction
             .
             By
             his
             owne
             offence
             ,
             he
             foresaw
             ,
             h●w
             Christ
             hauing
             taken
             our
             sinne
             vpon
             him
             ,
             should
             (
             to
             bring
             peace
             vnto
             the
             world
             )
             be
             deliuered
             ouer
             vnto
             the
             rage
             of
             Pilate
             and
             the
             Iewes
             .
             By
             his
             being
             receiued
             into
             the
             fishes
             belly
             ,
             and
             there
             preserued
             aliue
             ;
             he
             foresaw
             how
             Christ
             should
             be
             swallowed
             vp
             of
             the
             graue
             ,
             and
             yet
             remaine
             vncorrupted
             .
             And
             by
             the
             fore-sight
             he
             had
             of
             his
             owne
             comming
             safe
             to
             the
             shore
             againe
             :
             he
             apprehended
             that
             ioyful
             resurrection
             of
             our
             Redeemer
             :
             whose
             misticall
             body
             (
             the
             Church
             )
             lay
             all
             that
             while
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             in
             the
             very
             Jawes
             of
             death
             and
             hell
             .
             These
             things
             Ionah
             apprehended
             through
             the
             spirit
             of
             prophecie
             ,
             (
             and
             by
             the
             obiects
             aforesaid
             )
             composed
             this
             Prayer
             ,
             to
             set
             forth
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             expresse
             in
             what
             a
             fearefull
             estate
             mankinde
             was
             ,
             
             vntill
             Christ
             was
             risen
             againe
             in
             victory
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             J
             thinke
             ,
             as
             it
             will
             become
             vs
             Christians
             often
             to
             sing
             it
             in
             memory
             thereof
             ;
             so
             especially
             vpon
             that
             day
             which
             we
             celebrate
             in
             memoriall
             of
             our
             Sauiours
             Resurrection
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             IN
             my
             distresse
             I
             cry'd
             to
             thee
             oh
             Lord
             ,
             And
             thou
             wert
             pleased
             my
             complaint
             to
             heare
             ,
             Out
             from
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             grau●
             I
             roar'●
             ,
             and
             to
             my
             voyce
             thou
             didst
             encline
             thine
             eare
             ,
             For
             I
             amid
             the
             Sea
             was
             cast
             ,
             And
             to
             the
             
             bottome
             there
             thou
             plung'd
             me
             hast
             .
             
          
           
             
               The
               flouds
               ,
               about
               me
               rowling
               circles
               made
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               waues
               ,
               and
               billowes
               ,
               ouer-flow'd
               me
               quite
               ,
            
             
               Wherewith
               (
               alas
               )
               vnto
               my selfe
               I
               said
               ,
            
             
               I
               am
               for
               euer-more
               depriu'd
               thy
               sight
               .
            
             
               Yet
               once
               againe
               ,
               aduance
               shall
               I
               ,
            
             
               Vnto
               thy
               holy
               Temple-ward
               mine
               eye
               .
            
          
           
             
               Eu'n
               to
               my
               soule
               ,
               the
               waters
               clos'd
               me
               had
               ,
            
             
               Or'e-swallow'd
               by
               the
               deepes
               I
               there
               was
               pent
               ,
            
             
               About
               my
               head
               the
               weedes
               a
               wreath
               had
               made
               ,
            
             
               Vnto
               the
               hils
               foundation
               downe
               I
               went.
            
             
               And
               so
               ,
               that
               forth
               I
               could
               not
               get
               ,
            
             
               The
               earth
               an
               euer-lasting
               barre
               had
               set
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               thou
               oh
               LORD
               ,
               my
               God
               ,
               oh
               thou
               wert
               he
               .
            
             
               That
               from
               corruption
               didst
               my
               life
               defend
               ,
            
             
               For
               when
               my
               soule
               was
               like
               to
               faint
               in
               me
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               didst
               oh
               LORD
               into
               my
               thoughts
               descend
               .
            
             
               My
               prayer
               vnto
               thee
               I
               sent
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               thy
               holy
               Temple
               vp
               it
               went.
               
            
          
           
             
               Those
               who
               giue
               trust
               to
               vaine
               and
               foolish
               lies
               ,
            
             
               Despisers
               of
               their
               owne
               good
               safetie
               be
               :
            
             
               But
               I
               will
               offer
               vp
               a
               sacrifice
            
             
               Of
               singing
               praises
               ,
               with
               my
               voice
               to
               thee
               ;
            
             
               And
               will
               performe
               what
               vow'd
               I
               haue
               :
            
             
               For
               it
               belongs
               to
               thee
               ,
               oh
               LORD
               to
               saue
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Song
           of
           HABAKKVK
           .
           Habak
           .
           3.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Argument
             and
             Vse
             .
          
           
             BEfore
             the
             following
             Song
             ,
             is
             vsually
             this
             TITLE
             .
             
               A
               Prayer
               of
               the
               PROPHET
               Habakkuk
               vpon
               Sigionoth
               ,
            
             or
             (
             as
             most
             Translations
             haue
             it
             )
             
               For
               the
               ignorances
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             for
             the
             comfort
             and
             better
             information
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             were
             disheartened
             through
             their
             ignorance
             ,
             in
             the
             iudgements
             and
             mercies
             of
             God.
             For
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             in
             his
             first
             Chapter
             personated
             the
             weake
             members
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             were
             offended
             at
             the
             prosperity
             of
             the
             vngodly
             :
             And
             hauing
             there
             brought
             them
             in
             ,
             complayning
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             feared
             all
             things
             would
             continually
             succeede
             better
             with
             their
             wicked
             oppressors
             then
             with
             them
             (
             as
             it
             did
             for
             that
             present
             )
             he
             in
             the
             next
             Chapter
             declared
             the
             LORDS
             answer
             to
             that
             ignorant
             complaint
             of
             theirs
             :
             Shewing
             that
             vndoubtedly
             the
             pride
             ,
             couetousnesse
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             drunkennesse
             ,
             and
             idolatry
             of
             (
             the
             Chaldeans
             )
             their
             tyrannizing
             enemies
             should
             be
             punished
             .
             And
             afterward
             in
             this
             Song
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             his
             third
             Chapter
             )
             he
             first
             prayeth
             and
             prayseth
             God
             for
             that
             promised
             deliuerance
             ,
             secondly
             ,
             setteth
             forth
             the
             glorious
             Maiesty
             of
             the
             Deliuerer
             ,
             by
             excellent
             Allegories
             and
             Allusions
             to
             the
             manner
             of
             those
             former
             deliuerances
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             vouchsafed
             vnto
             the
             People
             the
             Iewes
             :
             And
             lastly
             ,
             (
             foretelling
             the
             miserable
             and
             horrible
             destruction
             of
             the
             Aduersary
             )
             in
             his
             owne
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             person
             of
             all
             the
             Elect
             ,
             resolueth
             (
             what
             euer
             
             happens
             )
             to
             reioyce
             with
             confidence
             in
             the
             strength
             and
             fauour
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             In
             briefe
             ,
             this
             Song
             hath
             foure
             parts
             :
             In
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             Sauiour
             is
             prayed
             for
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             promise
             of
             God.
             Jn
             the
             second
             ,
             the
             Maiesty
             of
             his
             comming
             is
             described
             .
             Jn
             the
             third
             ,
             his
             victory
             ,
             with
             the
             ruine
             of
             Antichrist
             is
             declared
             .
             And
             fourthly
             ,
             the
             ioy
             and
             confidence
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             foretold
             .
          
           
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             many
             deepe
             Misteries
             herein
             contained
             ;
             this
             Song
             is
             to
             many
             very
             obscure
             :
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             the
             latter
             Hebrew
             Rabbins
             ,
             accounted
             it
             one
             of
             the
             most
             difficult
             places
             of
             holy
             Scripture
             .
             And
             so
             shall
             we
             Christians
             find
             it
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             little
             pertinent
             to
             vs
             also
             ,
             if
             we
             looke
             thereon
             with
             their
             blinde
             eyes
             ,
             who
             could
             see
             no
             farther
             then
             the
             letter
             .
             For
             they
             either
             thought
             this
             Prophecy
             had
             no
             further
             relation
             then
             to
             the
             temporall
             deliuery
             of
             the
             Iewes
             by
             destruction
             of
             the
             Chaldeans
             ,
             many
             ages
             past
             :
             or
             else
             imagined
             (
             as
             some
             a
             little
             infected
             with
             Iudaisme
             at
             this
             day
             teach
             )
             that
             it
             had
             respect
             to
             a
             carnall
             and
             temporall
             restoring
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             now
             in
             these
             last
             ages
             of
             the
             World.
             Whereas
             ,
             it
             hath
             indeede
             a
             more
             principall
             aime
             .
             For
             though
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             denied
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             somewhat
             a
             respect
             to
             the
             Israelites
             deliuerance
             from
             the
             Babylonian
             seruitude
             :
             yet
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             be
             vrged
             to
             shew
             vs
             ,
             how
             according
             to
             their
             meere
             litterall
             sence
             ,
             he
             that
             diliuered
             them
             may
             be
             said
             to
             come
             from
             Theman
             and
             Mount
             Paran
             :
             how
             that
             maiesty
             expressed
             here
             may
             be
             applyed
             to
             him
             ;
             what
             plagues
             and
             fire
             went
             before
             him
             ;
             how
             he
             stood
             and
             measured
             the
             earth
             ;
             where
             mountaines
             trembled
             and
             were
             remoued
             ;
             how
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moone
             stood
             still
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             am
             perswaded
             it
             would
             trouble
             their
             best
             Expositor
             .
             But
             if
             we
             will
             vnderstand
             it
             to
             haue
             principall
             respect
             (
             as
             in
             truth
             it
             hath
             )
             to
             the
             
             Churches
             deliuerance
             from
             the
             spirituall
             Babylon
             ,
             from
             the
             slauery
             of
             the
             Diuell
             ,
             and
             the
             rage
             of
             Antichrist
             ;
             by
             the
             first
             and
             second
             comming
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             :
             it
             will
             then
             be
             easie
             ,
             through
             the
             helpe
             of
             Gods
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             shew
             you
             that
             these
             Allegories
             and
             Aenigmaticall
             expressions
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             hard
             to
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             and
             some
             misbeleeuers
             ,
             are
             plainely
             vnridled
             to
             vs
             ,
             who
             beleeue
             Redemption
             by
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             This
             Song
             is
             to
             be
             sung
             historically
             ,
             in
             memory
             of
             our
             deliuerance
             by
             the
             first
             comming
             of
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             and
             prophetically
             for
             a
             comfortable
             remembrance
             of
             a
             perfect
             deliuery
             assured
             vs
             at
             〈…〉
             comming
             .
             Both
             which
             commings
             ,
             to
             those
             who
             by
             the
             eyes
             of
             faith
             can
             apprehend
             the
             manner
             of
             them
             ,
             will
             appeare
             no
             lesse
             glorious
             then
             they
             are
             here
             described
             by
             way
             of
             Allusion
             .
          
           
             But
             least
             Chusan
             and
             Midian
             ,
             being
             names
             of
             Nations
             ,
             sometime
             temporall
             enemies
             to
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             may
             seeme
             impertinent
             to
             these
             times
             ,
             you
             must
             know
             that
             all
             the
             Names
             of
             Persons
             or
             Places
             vsed
             in
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
             were
             giuen
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             those
             things
             which
             they
             typified
             more
             then
             for
             their
             owne
             :
             and
             do●
             therefore
             more
             properly
             expresse
             their
             natures
             .
             So
             ,
             in
             this
             place
             ;
             Chusan
             signifying
             
               darke
               ,
               blacke
            
             ,
             or
             cloudy
             ;
             and
             Midian
             which
             is
             interpreted
             
               of
               condemnation
            
             ,
             or
             
               of
               iudgement
            
             ,
             better
             agrees
             to
             those
             spirituall
             Aduersaries
             whom
             they
             prefigured
             ;
             then
             to
             those
             people
             who
             were
             litterally
             so
             called
             :
             For
             none
             are
             so
             fitly
             termed
             people
             of
             Darknes
             ,
             or
             Condemnation
             ,
             as
             the
             members
             of
             Anti-christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Song
             .
          
           
             
             LOrd
             ,
             thy
             answere
             did
             I
             heare
             ,
             
             And
             I
             grew
             therewith
             afraid
             .
             When
             the
             times
             at
             fullest
             are
             ,
             Let
             thy
             worke
             be
             then
             declar'd
             :
             When
             the
             times
             Lord
             full
             doe
             grow
             ,
             Then
             in
             anger
             mercy
             show
             .
             
          
           
             
               The
               Almighty
               God
               came
               downe
               ,
            
             
               He
               came
               downe
               from
               Theman-ward
               ,
            
             
               The
               eternall
               holy
               -
               
                 One
                 ,
                 Selah
              
               .
            
             
               From
               mount
               Paran
               forth
               appear'd
               .
            
             
               Heau'n
               couering
               with
               his
               raies
               ,
            
             
               And
               earth
               filling
               with
               his
               praise
               .
            
          
           
             
               As
               the
               Sunns
               is
               ,
               was
               his
               light
               ,
            
             
               From
               his
               hands
               there
               did
               appeare
            
             
               Beaming
               rayes
               ,
               that
               shined
               bright
               ,
            
             
               And
               his
               power
               is
               shrouded
               there
               .
            
             
               Plagues
               before
               his
               face
               he
               sent
               ,
            
             
               At
               his
               feet
               hot
               coles
               there
               went.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Where
               he
               stood
               ,
               he
               measure
               tooke
            
             
               Of
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               view'd
               it
               well
               ;
            
             
               Nations
               vanish't
               at
               his
               looke
               ,
            
             
               Auncient
               hils
               to
               powder
               fell
               .
            
             
               Mountaines
               old
               cast
               lower
               were
               ,
            
             
               For
               his
               waies
               eternall
               are
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cushan
               tents
               I
               saw
               diseas'd
               ,
            
             
               And
               the
               Midian
               Curtaines
               quake
               ,
            
             
               Haue
               the
               flouds
               LORD
               thee
               displeas'd
               ?
            
             
               Did
               the
               flouds
               thee
               angry
               make
               ?
            
             
               Was
               it
               else
               the
               sea
               that
               hath
               ;
            
             
               Thus
               prouoked
               thee
               to
               wrath
               ?
            
          
           
             
               For
               thou
               rod'st
               thy
               horses
               there
               ,
            
             
               And
               thy
               sauing
               Charro'ts
               through
               :
            
             
               Thou
               didst
               make
               thy
               bowe
               appeare
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               hath
               beene
               by
               a
               vowe
            
             
               To
               the
               tribes
               agreed
               vnto
               ;
            
             
               Thou
               perform'dst
               thy
               promise
               so
               .
               Selah
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thou
               didst
               cleaue
               the
               earth
               and
               make
            
             
               Rifts
               ,
               through
               which
               did
               riuers
               flow
               :
            
             
               Mountaines
               seeing
               thee
               did
               shake
               ,
            
             
               And
               away
               the
               flouds
               did
               goe
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               deepe
               a
               voice
               was
               heard
               ,
            
             
               And
               his
               hands
               on
               high
               he
               rear'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Both
               the
               Sunne
               and
               Moone
               did
               stay
               ,
            
             
               And
               remou'd
               not
               in
               their
               spheares
               :
            
             
               By
               thine
               arrowes
               light
               went
               they
               ,
            
             
               By
               thy
               brightly-shining
               speares
               :
            
             
               Thou
               in
               wrath
               the
               land
               did'st
               crush
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               rage
               the
               Nations
               thresh
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               thy
               peoples
               safe
               reliefe
               ,
            
             
               With
               thy
               Christ
               for
               ayd
               went'st
               thou
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               hast
               also
               pierst
               the
               Chiefe
               ,
            
             
               Of
               the
               sinfull
               houshold
               through
               .
            
             
             
               And
               displaid
               them
               ,
               till
               that
               bare
               ,
            
             
               From
               the
               foot
               to
               necke
               they
               were
               .
               Selah
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thou
               ,
               with
               weapons
               of
               their
               owne
               ,
            
             
               Didst
               their
               armies
               Leader
               strike
               :
            
             
               For
               ,
               against
               me
               they
               came
               downe
               ,
            
             
               To
               disperse
               me
               whirle-winde-like
               .
            
             
               And
               they
               Ioy
               in
               nothing
               more
               ,
            
             
               Then
               vnseene
               to
               spoile
               the
               poore
               .
            
          
           
             
               Through
               the
               Sea
               ,
               thou
               mad'st
               a
               way
               ,
            
             
               And
               did'st
               ride
               thy
               horses
               where
            
             
               Mighty
               heapes
               of
               waters
               lay
               .
            
             
               I
               thereof
               report
               did
               heare
               :
            
             
               And
               the
               voice
               my
               bowels
               shooke
               ,
            
             
               Yea
               my
               lippes
               a
               quiu'ring
               tooke
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rottennesse
               my
               bones
               possest
               ,
            
             
               And
               a
               trembling
               ceazed
               me
               ,
            
             
               I
               that
               troublous
               day
               might
               rest
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               when
               his
               approches
               be
            
             
               Vp
               vnto
               the
               people
               made
               ,
            
             
               Then
               his
               troupes
               will
               them
               inuade
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bloomelesse
               shall
               the
               fig-tree
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               the
               vine
               no
               fruit
               shall
               yeeld
               ,
            
             
               Fade
               shall
               (
               then
               )
               the
               oliue
               tree
               ;
            
             
               Meat
               shall
               none
               be
               in
               the
               field
               :
            
             
               Neither
               in
               the
               fold
               nor
               stall
               ▪
            
             
               Flocke
               ,
               or
               heard
               ,
               continue
               shall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Yet
               the
               LORD
               my
               icy
               shall
               be
               ,
            
             
               And
               in
               him
               I
               will
               delight
               ▪
            
             
               In
               my
               God
               that
               saueth
               me
               ;
            
             
               God
               the
               LORD
               ,
               who
               is
               my
               ought
               .
            
             
               And
               so
               guides
               my
               feet
               ,
               that
               I
               ,
            
             
               Hinde-like
               ,
               walke
               my
               places
               high
               .
            
          
        
         
      
       
         FINIS
         .