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SERMON I. The Subjects Kingdom, On Matth. V. 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
SERMON I. The Subject's Kingdom, On Matthew V. 3. Blessed Are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
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BLEST are the minds inrich'd with poverty, For them a Kingdom waits above the Sky. Laid here in grace:
BLESSED Are the minds enriched with poverty, For them a Kingdom waits above the Sky. Laid Here in grace:
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which as a pledg begins That Glory which compleats them after Kings. Their infant Stature in their own Conceit, Makes them the men in Heavens measures great:
which as a pledge begins That Glory which completes them After Kings. Their infant Stature in their own Conceit, Makes them the men in Heavens measures great:
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VVhich still delights to give the humble Grace, But thunder-strikes with frowns the Mountain Face, Making God rising Herod's openly Egregious proofs of brag'd Divinity;
Which still delights to give the humble Grace, But thunder-strikes with frowns the Mountain Face, Making God rising Herod's openly Egregious proofs of bragged Divinity;
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The Voice of God, not man, they cry; for worms, The God a prey then in a moment turns.
The Voice of God, not man, they cry; for worms, The God a prey then in a moment turns.
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Colossus - like, strutting his Glorious Court, VVhat, have not I for my most mighty Port This Palace built? boasts Nebo of the East, Then turn'd from men, he pastures with the beast. Colossus - like, strutting his Glorious Court, What, have not I for my most mighty Port This Palace built? boasts Nebo of the East, Then turned from men, he pastures with the beast.
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His Palace to a Forest, singing Boys And Maids are turn'd to Bats and Owls hoarse noise.
His Palace to a Forest, singing Boys And Maids Are turned to Bats and Owls hoarse noise.
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So greatly swelling minds Lycanthropise Themselves to bruits from demi-deities;
So greatly swelling minds Lycanthropise Themselves to bruits from demi-deities;
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To bruits? Nay fiends, whilst full of grins and groans, They yet aspire still to unequal Thrones.
To bruits? Nay fiends, while full of grins and groans, They yet aspire still to unequal Thrones.
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Nor is the humble Port less fair to men, VVhilst hate attends the haughty Diadem:
Nor is the humble Port less fair to men, Whilst hate attends the haughty Diadem:
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And (as Experience speaks) the man that's proud, Goes closely curs'd of his adoring croud:
And (as Experience speaks) the man that's proud, Goes closely cursed of his adoring crowd:
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If Honour be the Honourer's esteem, Then from dishonours who can him redeem? Much fear'd, not lov'd;
If Honour be the Honourer's esteem, Then from dishonours who can him Redeem? Much feared, not loved;
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just as the Nations prize, VVhen they adore their evil Deities: The Rising Sun Sejanus sees on high;
just as the nations prize, When they adore their evil Deities: The Rising Sun Sejanus sees on high;
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But Setting, sees him in a Dungeon lye: But now the people worshipp'd him; he falls, And then they cry, to the Gemonian Scales;
But Setting, sees him in a Dungeon lie: But now the people worshipped him; he falls, And then they cry, to the Gemonian Scales;
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O humble Greatness, like the Mind profound, VVhich stoops in gentle Dews to kiss the ground!
Oh humble Greatness, like the Mind profound, Which stoops in gentle Dews to kiss the ground!
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His lucid Globes, the Shadows of his Crown, Tho placed high, yet still are looking down:
His lucid Globes, the Shadows of his Crown, Though placed high, yet still Are looking down:
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Nor take we measures of their Excellence, But from their kind and lowly Influence: Such Excellence spight of themselves all must VVith bosom-worship, honouring the dust;
Nor take we measures of their Excellence, But from their kind and lowly Influence: Such Excellence spite of themselves all must With bosom-worship, honouring the dust;
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VVhilst Pride big-lookt, as more than half-divine, Is trod for dirt, when its supports decline:
Whilst Pride big-lookt, as more than half-divine, Is trod for dirt, when its supports decline:
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For why do the infernal Lions lay Themselves like lowly Lambs? To gain a Prey.
For why do the infernal Lions lay Themselves like lowly Lambs? To gain a Prey.
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So grin with haughty Heart, yet couching Knee, Thy painful Praise Divine Humility: But shameful Grief!
So grin with haughty Heart, yet couching Knee, Thy painful Praise Divine Humility: But shameful Grief!
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that Devils chiefly find Apt place for this in humane shape and kind, In humane shape and kind!
that Devils chiefly find Apt place for this in humane shape and kind, In humane shape and kind!
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How we unhinge Our lofty Poles, caress and cant, and cringe, To gain deluded Troops,
How we unhinge Our lofty Poles, caress and Cant, and cringe, To gain deluded Troops,
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when Policy VVould Pride inthrone by feign'd Humility? Yet foaming waves still toss th' ambitious mind, VVhich lab'ring like a troubled Sea can find No rest.
when Policy Would Pride enthrone by feigned Humility? Yet foaming waves still toss the ambitious mind, Which labouring like a troubled Sea can find No rest.
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Now up she mounts to Heaven above, VVhich if she cannot bend, then Hell she'l move.
Now up she mounts to Heaven above, Which if she cannot bend, then Hell Shell move.
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So that her inmost Chambers represent A streight and current foul and violent; VVhich in still Night the Bed made for repose, VVith boisterous Perturbations overflows:
So that her inmost Chambers represent A straight and current foul and violent; Which in still Night the Bed made for repose, With boisterous Perturbations overflows:
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What threatning Rocks, Gulfs, Sholes, Quick-sands, beside Ten thousand dangers chiefly wait on Pride? Nor doth she rarely meet with VVinds and Seas, Both opposite, which sup her up with ease In rapid Ruins (farewel Sun and Light) Deep Vortex equal to her humours height.
What threatening Rocks, Gulfs, Shoal, Quicksands, beside Ten thousand dangers chiefly wait on Pride? Nor does she rarely meet with VVinds and Seas, Both opposite, which sup her up with ease In rapid Ruins (farewell Sun and Light) Deep Vortex equal to her humours height.
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Sometimes in prosp'rous Gales her lofty eye, The head-lands of fair-haven boasts to spy:
Sometime in prosperous Gales her lofty eye, The headlands of fair-haven boasts to spy:
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Then all her waves of swelling Passions rise, And scorn the limits of the starry skies:
Then all her waves of swelling Passion rise, And scorn the Limits of the starry skies:
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VVhen on a sudden, blows a cross-ful gust, That back to sea her gallant bottom must;
When on a sudden, blows a cross-ful gust, That back to sea her gallant bottom must;
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Or hostile Rocks shall wrack her in distress, Just on the shore of her thought happiness.
Or hostile Rocks shall wrack her in distress, Just on the shore of her Thought happiness.
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O most unsafe, when least of fears she knows! VVhen at the best, still up and down she flows;
O most unsafe, when least of fears she knows! When At the best, still up and down she flows;
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Her Honour under-sail lives all on breath, And when at Anchor, but an inch from death:
Her Honour under-sail lives all on breath, And when At Anchor, but an inch from death:
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VVitness great Haman 's bliss in all his Pride, That ebbs when this is at the highest Tide:
Witness great Haman is bliss in all his Pride, That ebbs when this is At the highest Tide:
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Haman the great, Haman the only man, In honouring whom the mighty Monarch can Delight himself:Haman the great, Haman the only man, In honouring whom the mighty Monarch can Delight himself:
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Haman the Rising Sun, To worship whom, lo all the Persians run:Haman the Rising Sun, To worship whom, lo all the Persians run:
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Haman the great, Haman whose eyes contemn As worms all others, or as Pigmy men, Compar'd with his more than Gigantick Port,Haman the great, Haman whose eyes contemn As worms all Others, or as Pigmy men, Compared with his more than Gigantic Port,
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VVhen he looks from his Sinai at the Court;
When he looks from his Sinai At the Court;
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Yet one poor Mordecai 's (ah) stubborn knee, The pleasures of his Glory makes to flee,
Yet one poor Mordecai is (ah) stubborn knee, The pleasures of his Glory makes to flee,
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And yield to anguish their deserted seat: Alas 'tis all too little to be great!
And yield to anguish their deserted seat: Alas it's all too little to be great!
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VVhen on the highest peak of Honour there, How slippery is his station? with what fear? Not all from others, who salute his rise VVith clouds of arrows from their envious eyes:
When on the highest peak of Honour there, How slippery is his station? with what Fear? Not all from Others, who salute his rise With Clouds of arrows from their envious eyes:
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Some still impatient of a parallel, And all of such as haughtily excell; But from himself, whose head sometimes unsound, Still unsecure stands in a place profound, Fatal,
some still impatient of a parallel, And all of such as haughtily excel; But from himself, whose head sometime unsound, Still unsecure Stands in a place profound, Fatal,
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when fumes from giddy passions fly, And urge the dangers of a dazling eye:
when fumes from giddy passion fly, And urge the dangers of a dazzling eye:
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Sometimes disquiet in their proper sphere, They to the Sun of Honour soar so near, That these bright beams which cherish humble things, Consume or melt their daring waxen wings:
Sometime disquiet in their proper sphere, They to the Sun of Honour soar so near, That these bright beams which cherish humble things, Consume or melt their daring waxed wings:
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Or tho like Comets for a while they blaze, And terrors move in all that on them gaze;
Or though like Comets for a while they blaze, And terrors move in all that on them gaze;
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Their own fierce motion urging to a Flame, Whose glaring streams beget a dreadful name: Their greatest splendor then predicts a fall;
Their own fierce motion urging to a Flame, Whose glaring streams beget a dreadful name: Their greatest splendour then predicts a fallen;
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They burn, and turn from whence they did exhale, To fordid earth, and only leave behind Such dire effects as men with curses mind.
They burn, and turn from whence they did exhale, To fordid earth, and only leave behind Such dire effects as men with curses mind.
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But thou like the fair Lady of the Night, (First of the eight blest Sisters) art most bright,
But thou like the fair Lady of the Night, (First of the eight blessed Sisters) art most bright,
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When most at humble distance from thy Sun, Sweet Lowliness, then thou dost nearest come: Nor hath thy fair-skinn'd Beauty least excess, When sable Morpheus thou dost most confess.
When most At humble distance from thy Sun, Sweet Lowliness, then thou dost nearest come: Nor hath thy fair-skinned Beauty lest excess, When sable Morpheus thou dost most confess.
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Let Great Ones faithless Fortune on a round, Thou on a square sitt'st safest near the ground.
Let Great Ones faithless Fortune on a round, Thou on a square Sittest Safest near the ground.
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Up goes the scale with thee, fall low or high, Tho Earth and Sea were mingled with the sky:
Up Goes the scale with thee, fallen low or high, Though Earth and Sea were mingled with the sky:
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But what needs this? the lesser is the more Fit to get into Heavens narrow Door;
But what needs this? the lesser is the more Fit to get into Heavens narrow Door;
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Which will not yield to those whose heads attempt With high Deserts to knock the Firmament.
Which will not yield to those whose Heads attempt With high Deserts to knock the Firmament.
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The Firmament? poor Nought and Dirt! look down And meditate the rise of thy proud Crown. View gravely thy deformed feet;
The Firmament? poor Nought and Dirt! look down And meditate the rise of thy proud Crown. View gravely thy deformed feet;
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how shall Thy Peacocks Crest, and brisling Plumes but fall? For is thy soul to an eclipse so prone,
how shall Thy Peacocks Crest, and brisling Plumes but fallen? For is thy soul to an eclipse so prove,
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As when most full of what are not her own, But borrowed beams of the Eternal Light? Compar'd with whom a Summers noon is night,
As when most full of what Are not her own, But borrowed beams of the Eternal Light? Compared with whom a Summer's noon is night,
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And all the Morning Stars which sang and play'd In consort, when the Worlds first stone was laid,
And all the Morning Stars which sang and played In consort, when the World's First stone was laid,
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Therefore with Jesus, who for Scepters look, Must stoop with Jesus, to the lowly Brook, On whose fresh Banks the Flowers all are found, VVherewith Celestial Princes must be Crown'd.
Therefore with jesus, who for Sceptres look, Must stoop with jesus, to the lowly Brook, On whose fresh Banks the Flowers all Are found, Wherewith Celestial Princes must be Crowned.
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Most lowly Jesu, make my heart a Plot Most humbly seated:
Most lowly Jesu, make my heart a Plot Most humbly seated:
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O the happy Lot, To be a Valley, where thy soul may feed ' Midst Lillies, which to thy warm beams succeed,
Oh the happy Lot, To be a Valley, where thy soul may feed ' Midst Lilies, which to thy warm beams succeed,
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And through thy Merits may sweet Odours breathe, And garland me with an immortal wreath!
And through thy Merits may sweet Odours breathe, And garland me with an immortal wreathe!
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Did Pride throw Lucifer with his bright Train, Of morning-stars from their affected Reign, Man out of Paradise,
Did Pride throw Lucifer with his bright Train, Of Morning stars from their affected Reign, Man out of Paradise,
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whilst Might in Thrones, The lowly in the seats of lofty ones? Behold thy Handmaid, (Lord) my naked soul, Thy spotless Robe can cover all that's foul.
while Might in Thrones, The lowly in the seats of lofty ones? Behold thy Handmaid, (Lord) my naked soul, Thy spotless Robe can cover all that's foul.
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Make her fair Daughrer of thee (King most high) By being Mother to Humility.
Make her fair Daughrer of thee (King most high) By being Mother to Humility.
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By this was thine (to carnal sense tho odd) Both Royal VVife and Mother of great God, Of the Blest Jesu,
By this was thine (to carnal sense though odd) Both Royal VVife and Mother of great God, Of the Blessed Jesu,
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But what match thee can, Whose sovereign God becam'st a Serving-man? A Serving-man? as vile a slave did'st die,
But what match thee can, Whose sovereign God becamest a Serving man? A Serving man? as vile a slave didst die,
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VVhil'st Prince of Life and immortality.
Whilst Prince of Life and immortality.
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VVhat nobler Pride this side the Starry Sky, Than to Transcribe such rare Humility, Humility outwondring Miracle? God stoops to man; and Heaven unto Hell.
What Nobler Pride this side the Starry Sky, Than to Transcribe such rare Humility, Humility outwondring Miracle? God stoops to man; and Heaven unto Hell.
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Stoop my stout heart, thou that canst all things bend: That I with thee (great Godman) may descend:
Stoop my stout heart, thou that Canst all things bend: That I with thee (great Godman) may descend:
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Then from a VVorm in Dust, as Eagle may Mount the high Countries of Eternal Day To take Possession of that Throne, whose first Foundations are lay'd lowly in the Dust.
Then from a VVorm in Dust, as Eagl may Mount the high Countries of Eternal Day To take Possession of that Throne, whose First Foundations Are laid lowly in the Dust.
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SERMON II. The Meek Mans Inheritance. On Matth. V. 5. Blessed are the meek, for they shall Inherit the Earth.
SERMON II The Meek men Inheritance. On Matthew V. 5. Blessed Are the meek, for they shall Inherit the Earth.
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BLEST are the meek, whose sweet Sedateness can With Gentle Charms indear both God and Man, Calm in those passions, whose tempestuous Breath To the most God-like Virtues, Threatens Death;
BLESSED Are the meek, whose sweet Sedateness can With Gentle Charms endear both God and Man, Cam in those passion, whose tempestuous Breath To the most Godlike Virtues, Threatens Death;
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When in great deeps their modest Sounding fail, Their yeilding reason unto Faith strikes Sayl, And still profoundly stoop'st to Mysteries, When too sublime for its undaring Eyes.
When in great deeps their modest Sounding fail, Their yielding reason unto Faith strikes Sail, And still profoundly stoopest to Mysteres, When too sublime for its undaring Eyes.
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Their pleasure can't but ever Couchant lye To the good pleasure of the Deity, Avowing, human will ought to resign It's self and all to Soveraign will Divine.
Their pleasure can't but ever Couchant lie To the good pleasure of the Deity, Avowing, human will ought to resign It's self and all to Sovereign will Divine.
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The sacred Statute's are their Meat and Drink; Nor will they ought Repugnant do, speak, think.
The sacred Statute's Are their Meat and Drink; Nor will they ought Repugnant do, speak, think.
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But their smooth passions all concenter in That boundless point, from whence they had their Spring,
But their smooth passion all concenter in That boundless point, from whence they had their Spring,
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And in which they without deflecting, rest, Esteeming all from Heaven to be best: Worst evils best, as from a Providence Alwise and Fathomless to Humane Sence. O happy meekness!
And in which they without deflecting, rest, Esteeming all from Heaven to be best: Worst evils best, as from a Providence Alwise and Fathomless to Humane Sense. O happy meekness!
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whom no Injuries Can ever Flame, tho often may Surprise, And sometimes move, much rather bent to dye,
whom no Injuries Can ever Flame, though often may Surprise, And sometime move, much rather bent to die,
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Than once affront a Lawful Dignity. She humbly Vows to all in higher Sphear, And to her equals modestly draws near,
Than once affront a Lawful Dignity. She humbly Vows to all in higher Sphere, And to her equals modestly draws near,
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Like to the Heavenly Orbs imparts a sence To all below of sweet kind Influence: Obliging Friends with an Eternal Tye, Whilst conquering kindness kills her Enemy.
Like to the Heavenly Orbs imparts a sense To all below of sweet kind Influence: Obliging Friends with an Eternal Tie, While conquering kindness kills her Enemy.
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Nor doth she less rejoyce to satisfie, Than to remit an offer'd Injury. Tender to violate the sacred Name Of Friend with angry, tho deserved Flame.
Nor does she less rejoice to satisfy, Than to remit an offered Injury. Tender to violate the sacred Name Of Friend with angry, though deserved Flame.
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All due Reproofs as Precious Balm she takes:
All due Reproofs as Precious Balm she Takes:
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And still the like with gentle Gesture makes, Making soft words well form'd in place and time The Lenitive's of both, all wrath and crime.
And still the like with gentle Gesture makes, Making soft words well formed in place and time The Lenitive's of both, all wrath and crime.
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This is (what Tongues can tell how Excellent) The quiet Spirit's Lovely Ornament, Whose Charming Beauties are of greater Price Than Gold in Mens, in Heavens Holy Eyes.
This is (what Tongues can tell how Excellent) The quiet Spirit's Lovely Ornament, Whose Charming Beauty's Are of greater Price Than Gold in Men's, in Heavens Holy Eyes.
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Nor dares the Enemy its Magick fly, The Devils own its true Divinity, And howl its praise, assuming to perform Their Blackest Plots the meek-mans taking form, Whose Glory is to be sole King of Man, Whom equalize no Earthly Monarch can;
Nor dares the Enemy its Magic fly, The Devils own its true Divinity, And howl its praise, assuming to perform Their Blackest Plots the meek-mans taking from, Whose Glory is to be sole King of Man, Whom equalise no Earthly Monarch can;
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For having all, deny him this to have, And he's at highest but a Royal Slave.
For having all, deny him this to have, And he's At highest but a Royal Slave.
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Whilst over others on a Throne he reigns; His Tyrant Passions hold himself in Chains; Whereas the meek man Conquering self, defies The worst Assaults of proudest Enemies.
While over Others on a Throne he reigns; His Tyrant Passion hold himself in Chains; Whereas the meek man Conquering self, defies The worst Assaults of proudest Enemies.
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Their furious Shot find him as yielding Wool, To dead their force, that treats of Kindness full;
Their furious Shot find him as yielding Wool, To dead their force, that treats of Kindness full;
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Can mildly boast more Captives than the Sword In Glorious Triumphs ever could afford. No Winds disturb his mind:
Can mildly boast more Captives than the Sword In Glorious Triumphos ever could afford. No Winds disturb his mind:
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but like the Air's Superior Region, free from Stormy Cares It truly represents that Harmony, Which some but Dream't the Soul of man to be.
but like the Air's Superior Region, free from Stormy Cares It truly represents that Harmony, Which Some but Dreamt the Soul of man to be.
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Not that his passions are expel'd as things All over evil, Subjects still make Kings. And grant that this the meek man should enjoy, Is Reasons noble Empire to Destroy.
Not that his passion Are expelled as things All over evil, Subject's still make Kings. And grant that this the meek man should enjoy, Is Reasons noble Empire to Destroy.
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No, but his passion yeilds to Regent Will And Will to Reason to be guided still, Reason conducting well, which rarely fails To go, from whence it came, with meek appeals.
No, but his passion yields to Regent Will And Will to Reason to be guided still, Reason conducting well, which rarely fails To go, from whence it Come, with meek appeals.
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Thus 'bove the Earth he sets as in a Throne, Like Heaven firm: yet Earth is all his own.
Thus above the Earth he sets as in a Throne, Like Heaven firm: yet Earth is all his own.
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What tho Usurping Hectors of the Age Triumph and Lord it in his Heritage, Set by th' Eternal Wisdom for a day To Exercise the Meek-man,
What though Usurping Hectors of the Age Triumph and Lord it in his Heritage, Set by the Eternal Wisdom for a day To Exercise the meek-man,
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and Display His God-like Virtue, which through too much ease Might turn her Vigorous Health to a Disease Unapt to show her self,
and Display His Godlike Virtue, which through too much ease Might turn her Vigorous Health to a Disease Unapt to show her self,
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unless some foes With Noxious Fumes her gentle Air oppose; Their Hearts Delights their Happiness destroy, For having all, they nothing can enjoy: And domineering cannot truly Live:
unless Some foes With Noxious Fumes her gentle Air oppose; Their Hearts Delights their Happiness destroy, For having all, they nothing can enjoy: And domineering cannot truly Live:
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But restless furies daily Murders give In jealous fears.
But restless furies daily Murders give In jealous fears.
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And when by fate they must Pass off the Stage, they go of all men curst.
And when by fate they must Pass off the Stage, they go of all men cursed.
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All but the Meek-man, who as Lawful Heir Possesseth all, possessing without fear What Heaven metes, the breadth of one small Hand,
All but the meek-man, who as Lawful Heir Possesses all, possessing without Fear What Heaven metes, the breadth of one small Hand,
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Yet Adequate to all the Promis'd Land. The Blisful Visions of the Face Divine, His Goshen makes all Egypt to outshine:
Yet Adequate to all the Promised Land. The Blissful Visions of the Face Divine, His Goshen makes all Egypt to outshine:
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That tho a Shepherd, he outhappy's Kings Under the shade of his Great Shepherds Wings. Omnipotence it self is his Life-Guard:
That though a Shepherd, he outhappy's Kings Under the shade of his Great Shepherd's Wings. Omnipotence it self is his Life-Guard:
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And boundless goodness his compleat reward.
And boundless Goodness his complete reward.
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What if the Earth be mov'd, or Mountains were VVith Rapid winds swept through the Thundring Air Into the Sea, whose Floods lift to the Stars Strive to outdo the tumults of fierce VVars From Clashing Arms, Guns, Drums,
What if the Earth be moved, or Mountains were With Rapid winds swept through the Thundering Air Into the Sea, whose Floods lift to the Stars Strive to outdo the tumults of fierce VVars From Clashing Arms, Guns, Drums,
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and Trumpets loud, And Legions circling him as with a Cloud;
and Trumpets loud, And Legions circling him as with a Cloud;
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Yet now, when only Storms without are seen, He still enjoys a peaceful calm within, VVith which he lies down fol'd in Heavens Arms Both out of reach,
Yet now, when only Storms without Are seen, He still enjoys a peaceful Cam within, With which he lies down foled in Heavens Arms Both out of reach,
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and out of fear of harms.
and out of Fear of harms.
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The VVorld to him is all a Paradice, And every Cottage of an Equal Price VVith all the VVorld:
The World to him is all a Paradise, And every Cottage of an Equal Price With all the World:
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where his contented mind The truest Empire can all Kingdoms find. Thus doth he all Inherit in a Mite:
where his contented mind The Truest Empire can all Kingdoms find. Thus does he all Inherit in a Mite:
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VVhilst the Morose Invaders of his Right But rarely boast a Portion of good things Equal to what the Meek-man's study brings.
Whilst the Morose Invaders of his Right But rarely boast a Portion of good things Equal to what the Meek-man's study brings.
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By Natures ways, contention being prone To Burn at once her Neighbours House and own; Whilst peaceful meekness by her native Charms Her self and Fortune guards from studious harms;
By Nature's ways, contention being prove To Burn At once her Neighbours House and own; While peaceful meekness by her native Charms Her self and Fortune guards from studious harms;
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Few of the base delighting to annoy Her, whose delight is quiet to enjoy.
Few of the base delighting to annoy Her, whose delight is quiet to enjoy.
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But let the Lawyer and the Magistrate From dreaming Suits determine this debate, Whether the meek are Earth's Possessors more Than they who Fury's for their Gods Adore.
But let the Lawyer and the Magistrate From dreaming Suits determine this debate, Whither the meek Are Earth's Possessors' more Than they who Fury's for their God's Adore.
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Or stay till day arrives to perfect light, And you shall see the Meeks undoubted Right,
Or stay till day arrives to perfect Light, And you shall see the Meeks undoubted Right,
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When only they shall actual heirs be found Of the New Canaan, and be richly Crown'd;
When only they shall actual Heirs be found Of the New Canaan, and be richly Crowned;
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No envious Rivals entering in so well, But such, as can bring into Heaven, Hell. Jesu, more Meek than Moses !
No envious Rivals entering in so well, But such, as can bring into Heaven, Hell. Jesu, more Meek than Moses!
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make me mild, To God and Man like to a weaned Child;
make me mild, To God and Man like to a weaned Child;
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Contract my swelling Sails, and calm my mind, That thou in me no haughty looks may'st find, But which with meek assent may gently bend To thy great truth's, when science they transcend.
Contract my swelling Sails, and Cam my mind, That thou in me no haughty looks Mayest find, But which with meek assent may gently bend To thy great truth's, when science they transcend.
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Let VVonder then preside in Reasons seat Most fit in things for Human reach too great:
Let VVonder then preside in Reasons seat Most fit in things for Human reach too great:
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That where is less of sight, the Head may more Profoundy bow, and awfully Adore.
That where is less of sighed, the Head may more Profoundy bow, and awfully Adore.
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Subdue and smooth my rugged will, till thine (Alas, tho rudely) be pourtra'd in mine:
Subdue and smooth my rugged will, till thine (Alas, though rudely) be pourtraed in mine:
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That at thy beck her no regret may stay, When thou command'st, demurring to obey.
That At thy beck her not regret may stay, When thou Commandest, demurring to obey.
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But let her prize thy words more than the Gold That ever was from wealthy Ophir sold, Receiving all (too dear to be withstood) Thy Royal Laws for Holy, Just, and Good.
But let her prize thy words more than the Gold That ever was from wealthy Ophir sold, Receiving all (too dear to be withstood) Thy Royal Laws for Holy, Just, and Good.
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So may my passions as a Loyal Train Of loving Subjects constitute her Reign, All voting it (when thou but say'st) no loss To change a Crown for thine Enobled Cross.
So may my passion as a Loyal Train Of loving Subject's constitute her Reign, All voting it (when thou but Sayest) no loss To change a Crown for thine Ennobled Cross.
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Dumb let me be at thy rebukes, (no word, But let him do his pleasure ) 'tis the Lord, Submitting Life to thee with all the rest, Who only know'st, can'st, wilt'st effect the best.
Dumb let me be At thy rebukes, (no word, But let him do his pleasure) it's the Lord, Submitting Life to thee with all the rest, Who only Knowest, Canst, wilt'st Effect the best.
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Should'st thou thy Vice-roys and deputed Gods, The higher powers, make my scourging Rods;
Shouldst thou thy Viceroys and deputed God's, The higher Powers, make my scourging Rods;
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O! let me kiss them, dreading to defy The Image of Immortal Majesty, Both in it self,
OH! let me kiss them, dreading to defy The Image of Immortal Majesty, Both in it self,
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and other placed near, As serving Angels in a higher sphear. Whilst I accost all with obliging Grace In both an equal, an inferior place;
and other placed near, As serving Angels in a higher sphere. While I accost all with obliging Grace In both an equal, an inferior place;
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Compose my frame for pardon to be prone, To give to others, and to crave my own.
Compose my frame for pardon to be prove, To give to Others, and to crave my own.
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I in the Jewel of the Christian Crown, Not on my wrath to leave the Sun go down,
I in the Jewel of the Christian Crown, Not on my wrath to leave the Sun go down,
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But rather heap thick blessings which may prove Coals on their Heads to melt them into Love.
But rather heap thick blessings which may prove Coals on their Heads to melt them into Love.
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Their thoughtful Heads, with causeless wrath who burn, And sulph'rous Flames for Lambent Fire return;
Their thoughtful Heads, with causeless wrath who burn, And sulphurous Flames for Lambent Fire return;
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So may I (God) enjoy the Promise Land. That part is all, that's measured by thy hand.
So may I (God) enjoy the Promise Land. That part is all, that's measured by thy hand.
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Tho in the midst of Thorns should be my lot, Thy favour makes it a most pleasant Plot, Secure of which how should I ever cease To rise refresh't,
Tho in the midst of Thorns should be my lot, Thy favour makes it a most pleasant Plot, Secure of which how should I ever cease To rise refreshed,
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when I lie down in peace?
when I lie down in peace?
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THE Comfortable MOURNER: A SERMON On Matth. V. 4. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
THE Comfortable MOURNER: A SERMON On Matthew V. 4. Blessed Are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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BLEST, blest are they, who for their follies mourn, Their Sorrow shall to greatest Triumph turn Ashes to Beauty, sad Sackcloth to white, Out-boasting all the Glories of the Light:
BLESSED, blessed Are they, who for their follies mourn, Their Sorrow shall to greatest Triumph turn Ashes to Beauty, sad sackcloth to white, Out-boasting all the Glories of the Light:
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VVant of such Grief speaks a Lethargick State; O deadly Symptom of a Reprobate! Whilst active Grief is Comforts Excellence:
Want of such Grief speaks a Lethargic State; Oh deadly symptom of a Reprobate! While active Grief is Comforts Excellence:
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The brisk acuteness of the vital sense: Quick feeling 'tis which, where it doth most thrive, Proclaims the Soul most vig'rously alive:
The brisk acuteness of the vital sense: Quick feeling it's which, where it does most thrive, Proclaims the Soul most vigorously alive:
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Mourn, then rejoice in it, your healthful wound, When searcht with wine, shall smoothest oyl make sound;
Mourn, then rejoice in it, your healthful wound, When searched with wine, shall smoothest oil make found;
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That precious Oyl which speaks to every part, With Balmy Lips its great Composers Art; Able to turn afflicted Joseph 's cold Hard Shackles of Iron into Chains of Gold:
That precious Oil which speaks to every part, With Balmy Lips its great Composers Art; Able to turn afflicted Joseph is cold Hard Shackles of Iron into Chains of Gold:
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And lend his Tears more Vertue to refine His Mirth, than all th' ungrateful Butler's wine.
And lend his Tears more Virtue to refine His Mirth, than all the ungrateful Butler's wine.
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The Dove-like Comforter wlll pardon sing, More pleasant than the chantings of the Spring, Into your peaceful, tho once thundered Ears:
The Dovelike Comforter wlll pardon sing, More pleasant than the chantings of the Spring, Into your peaceful, though once thundered Ears:
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Good Cheer these Eyes shall see, the fertile tears, Make this your Bakah Pleasures to afford,
Good Cheer these Eyes shall see, the fertile tears, Make this your Bakah Pleasures to afford,
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Like Paradice, the Garden of the Lord; When Harvest shouts, shall drown all noise of toil, In cultivating your well-watered soil:
Like Paradise, the Garden of the Lord; When Harvest shouts, shall drown all noise of toil, In cultivating your well-watered soil:
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And you go up fair Sion 's Hill, which leaves, All Pools behind, with loads of wealthy sheaves.
And you go up fair Sion is Hill, which leaves, All Pools behind, with loads of wealthy sheaves.
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Then 'gins great Jubile, whose welcom ease, Gains from past pains an Emphasis of praise:
Then begins great Jubilee, whose welcome ease, Gains from past pains an Emphasis of praise:
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For think, to whom sweet rest so grateful can Appear, as to the weary labouring man:
For think, to whom sweet rest so grateful can Appear, as to the weary labouring man:
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What Tears remain, shall be as Orient Gems, To beautifie your sacred Diadems; And memory of grief not to alloy, But sublimate the spirits of your Joy:
What Tears remain, shall be as Orient Gems, To beautify your sacred Diadems; And memory of grief not to alloy, But sublimate the spirits of your Joy:
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Thus blackish Moles prove Beauty-Spots to grace, Not to deform true Vertues God-like Face: But (ah!) true Vertue (Lord!) is far from me;
Thus blackish Moles prove Beauty-Spots to grace, Not to deform true Virtues Godlike Face: But (ah!) true Virtue (Lord!) is Far from me;
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I know, but serve not thy blest Deity:
I know, but serve not thy blessed Deity:
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What shall I do? I want due strength, not will, Do thou ( Great Might !) my bruitish Passions kill.
What shall I do? I want due strength, not will, Do thou (Great Might!) my brutish Passion kill.
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My sins grow daily stronger, and are more Than all the Sands, by Seas washt on the Shore.
My Sins grow daily Stronger, and Are more Than all the Sands, by Seas washed on the Shore.
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Fain would I mourn, Blest Wisdom ! teach me how, But not how much, for I can ne'r enow:
Fain would I mourn, Blessed Wisdom! teach me how, But not how much, for I can never enough:
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First give me pious tears, then ( Living Vine !) Turn, turn, those tears into Immortal Wine:
First give me pious tears, then (Living Vine!) Turn, turn, those tears into Immortal Wine:
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Which nobled with thy Blood ( All-Righteousness !) Who trod'st alone the overflowing Press;
Which nobled with thy Blood (All-Righteousness!) Who trodest alone the overflowing Press;
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May glad, not only my poor heart, but all The mighty States of Heavens great White-hall :
May glad, not only my poor heart, but all The mighty States of Heavens great Whitehall:
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The blest Three One will take what sweet content, When they behold their mourning Penitent; My Great Creator, welcome new-made Son;
The blessed Three One will take what sweet content, When they behold their mourning Penitent; My Great Creator, welcome new-made Son;
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My Dear Redeemer, what my Blood hath done;
My Dear Redeemer, what my Blood hath done;
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My Holy Comforter, let me embrace My Precious Convert, and augment his Grace, Refreshing him with shades of Dovy wings:
My Holy Comforter, let me embrace My Precious Convert, and augment his Grace, Refreshing him with shades of Dovy wings:
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And then each Pole with Peals of Anthems rings, From good-will'd Angels who much more rejoice,
And then each Pole with Peals of Anthems rings, From good-willed Angels who much more rejoice,
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For one that mourns, than Ninety nine so choice, As not to know they need a mournful voice. O Joyful Grief!
For one that mourns, than Ninety nine so choice, As not to know they need a mournful voice. O Joyful Grief!
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O mourning Festival, Preparing Virgins for the Bridegrooms call; Come panting hearts, come to consummate bliss, I'le you caress with an Eternal Kiss:
O mourning Festival, Preparing Virgins for the Bridegrooms call; Come panting hearts, come to consummate bliss, I'll you caress with an Eternal Kiss:
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Put off your sable Weeds, on Robes all white, Becoming best the Lambs blest Nuptial Light:
Put off your sable Weeds, on Robes all white, Becoming best the Lambs blessed Nuptial Light:
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Whose Beauty you shall find much, much more bright, When you compare it with your former Night:
Whose Beauty you shall find much, much more bright, When you compare it with your former Night:
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A Night whose shades deceasing soon as born, Give place to Joys most perfect Mid-day Morn:
A Night whose shades deceasing soon as born, Give place to Joys most perfect Midday Morn:
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Fresh still as Infancy, as Manhood Strong, New as each Instant, yet as Ever, long.
Fresh still as Infancy, as Manhood Strong, New as each Instant, yet as Ever, long.
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