Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed.

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Title: Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed.
Author: Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
Publication: London :: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold by Peter Inch of Chester,; 1641.
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Cite this Item: "Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A91224.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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Meditations of the second Kinde, comparing Rockes and Sinnes to∣gether.

AGaine, Me thinkes, the Rockes doe typifie, the nature of those Sinnes which in us lye.

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For first, all Rockes exceedingc 1.1 Heavie are,To those who them upon their shoulders beare:Yet Light, not pondrous to their proper place:So, to all Hearts renu'd with saving GraceAll sinnes mored 1.2 heavie than Rockes are, and seeme;Though stony hearts them light and easie deeme.e 1.3

2.
Rockes presse and bruise Them sore on whom they lye,And for meere anguish make them Roare and Cry.Sinnes doe so too; when God doth once awakeMens soules, their Pressure makes themf 1.4 roare and
quake.O then beware of Sinnes, whichg 1.5 bruise, oppresseOur soules, and worke nought else but their distresse.

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Rockes sinke, and bend stillh 1.6 downe wards: Sins doe so,
Tending toi 1.7 Hell the Place to which they goe:
Each day they sinke men lower than they were,
Till by degrees they them to Hell downe-beare.
Oh then betimes shake off thesek 1.8 weights, which presse
And sinke our Soules to Hell, without redresse.

Rocksl 1.9 cold, hard, dead and senselesse are;m 1.10 Sins make All such, within whose Hearts they Lodgings take: Beware then how such Guests we entertaine, By which our Soules are deaded,n 1.11 hurt and Slaine.

Rockes make men oft to stumble, slip, and fall; And break their Bones, Limbs, Neckes, oft times withall: Sinneso 1.12 doe the like. If then we would be free From Slips and Break-neck-falls, we must them flee.

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Rockes arep 1.13 deformed, horrid, barren, vile;And so areq 1.14 sinnes, with all whom they defile.These make Men ugly, filthy, Steril, base,And all their Glory, Beauty quite deface;Yea, change them intor 1.15 Monsters, wolves, dogs, swine;Nays 1.16 Fiends incarnate. O then Sinnes decline!

7.
Wheret 1.17 Rockes once fixe their Stations, they remaine;And none but God can move them thence againe:So Sins once setled in Mens Hearts, therev 1.18 standFast centred, till Gods owne Almighty hand

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Expell them thence. O then let no Sinnes lye
Upon our Soules, but out them presently,
Lest they shouldx 1.19 settle; for if once they rest
Within them, they are hardly dispossest.

8.
Rockes arey 1.20 exceeding hard to batter, breake,Mine, pierce, demolish. So let all Men speake,And they must say, thatz 1.21 all Sinnes are so too,We ruine, breake them still with much adoe.He who doth thinke his Sinnes with ease to quell,Shall never tame, nor from him them expell.

9.
Rockes make their Dwellersa 1.22 fearelesse, and secureOf Foes or Perils, and to thinke all sure:Sinnesb 1.23 doe the like to those that in them dwell;Who feare no dangers till they sinke to hell.O then beware lest Sinnes make us secure.No State's so ill, as that which seemes most sure!

10.
All Rockes arec 1.24 blushlesse, shamelesse, impudent;Sinnes are so too, nought can then daunt, relent.And by degrees Mens Hearts, Browes they sod 1.25 steeleThat they no Sinne, Blush, shame, disgrace can feele.Take heede then lest Sinne, first, us shamelesse make,Then Senselesse, Gracelesse, fit for Hells dread Lake.

11.

Rocks, stonese 1.26 good grounds oft spoyle, and quite deface: Sof 1.27 sinnes good men deprave, marre shame, disgrace.

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12.
Rockes, Stones in fertile Soiles themg 1.28 barren make;And nought will spring, or grow there, till men takeThem thence: So Rockes and Stones of Sinne decay,And make Menh 1.29 fruitlesse till remov'd away.No fruites of Grace will ever grow, or sproutUp in them, till these Stones be digged out.

13.
Great Rockesi 1.30 apparent are to each Mans eye,And all both farre and neare may them espie.Great Sinnes in all, ink 1.31 Great men specially,Themselves to all both farre and neare descry;Whencel 1.32 Scripture saith, they are on Rockes Tops set,And doe inm 1.33 others worlds of Sinnes beget.Let all, but Great ones chiefely, all Sinnes flye;Which though kept close, will yetn 1.34 themselves
descry.

14.
Wildeo 1.35 Goates in Rockes seede, live, and much delight:So, wicked Men, stil'dp 1.36 Goates both day and nightInq 1.37 sinnes and lusts doe wallow, live and joy;Though they their soules at last will quite destroy.O Madnesse! thus in Sinnes to take delight,Which against God, Soule, Body, alwayesr 1.38 fight.

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The Steepe high Rockes, and Forts which on them stand Are nevers 1.39 scal'd, or won but by strong hand;

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Much Paines, Long Seige, or Famine, which doe pine,
Or starve their Men, and cause them to resigne.
The steepe, high, craggie Rockes and Forts of sin
Within us, none can evert 1.40 Scale, force, win,
But by strong hand, much cost, paines, sweate, strife, care,
Long Seige, and Easts, by which they starved are,
And forc'd at last for very want to yeeld,
Where else they would have made us leave the field.
Its then no easie thing to conquer Sinne:
They must bestir them who its Forts would winne.

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Rockes,v 1.41 wrecke, sinke, breake Ships, Boates: So Sins oftx 1.42 split And drowne those Soules which on them dash or hit; Not in Sea-waters, but in Lakes of fire, Where they shall ever feele Gods scorching Ile.

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Instruct us then, O Christ, our Rocke, to shunAll Sinnes as Rockes; and not on them to run,For feare of ruine, and still give us GraceTo flye these Rockes of Sinne in every place,With greater care thany 1.43 Sea-men doe avoydeThose noted Rockes, which thousands have destroyd;Not once presuming to approach or hitAgainst such Rockes; as others Soules have split.And since sunke Rockes ofz 1.44 secret Sinnes that lyeHid in our Hearts, anda 1.45 worldly jollity,Mirth, Pastimes, Pleasures, (where we least suspect,Or feare a danger) most soules still have wreckt;Teach us these Rocks to see, and then to flyeWith chiefest care, and them not to come nigh.

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Yea, sith no Sea so fraught with Rockes can be,
As this whereon our Soules sayle towards Thee:
O Shield us from these Rocks by thy great Power,
Which else will Split and Sinke us every houre:
That so we may at last arive secure
In Heaven's blest Port, where Joyes for aye endure.

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c 1.1

Pro. 27. 3. Zech. 12. 3. Isa. 32. 2.

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d 1.2

Ps. 38. 4. 5. Job 6. 3. 4. Mat. 11. 28.

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e 1.3

Zech. 12. 3. Dan. 2. 34. 35. Prov. 27. 3. 2••. Chron. 25. 12. Ps. 137. 9. Eccl. 10. 9. Josh. 10. 11.

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f 1.4

Psal. 38. 1. to 11. Ps. 32. 3. Ps. 22. 1. Joh. 3. 24. Ps. 88. 1. 2. 3.

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g 1.5

Mar. 11. 28. Psal. 38. 8. 2 Sam. 24. 14.

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h 1.6

Exod. 15. 5. Neh. 7. 11. Jer. 51. 63. 64.

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i 1.7

Psal. 9. 17. Psal. 55. 15. Pro. 5. 5. 2 Pet. 2. 14. Isa. 24. 24.

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k 1.8

Heb. 12. 1. Amos 2. 13. Rev. 18. 21.

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l 1.9

Exod. 15. 16. 1 Sam. 25. 35.

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m 1.10

Heb. 3. 13. Ezech. 3. 7. Ephes. 2. 1. 2. c. 4. 18. 19.

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n 1.11

2 Chro. 25. 12. Isa. 8. 14. 15. Psal. 141. 6. Zech. 12. 3.

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o 1.12

Isa. 8. 15. Jer. 18. 15. Isa. 24. 20. Jer. 8. 4. 12. c. 25. 27. c. 50. 32.

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p 1.13

Isa. 2. 21.

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q 1.14

Isa. 64. 6. Ezech. 16. 3. to 40. Pro. 13 5. Gen. 49. 4.

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r 1.15

Ezech. 21. 25. c. 22. 27.

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s 1.16

Joh. 6. 70. 71. c. 8. 44. Act. 20. 29. 2 Pet. 2. 22. Rev. 22. 15.

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t 1.17

Exod. 15. 16. Job 18. 4. c. 28. 9.

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v 1.18

Jer. 13. 23. Rom. 7. 18. to 25. Zeph. 12. Jude 10. 11. 12. 13.

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x 1.19

Heb. 3. 12. 13. Eph. 1. 1. 2. 3. c. 4. 18. 19. Rom. 1. 23. to 29.

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y 1.20

Jer. 5. 3. Mat. 7. 25. 26. Job 41. 24.

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z 1.21

Jer. 13. 23. Ephes. 1. 19. 20. 1 Cor. 9. 27. Rom. 7. 18. to 25. Heb. 12. 1.

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a 1.22

Obad. 3. 4. Jer. 21. 13. c. 49. 16.

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b 1.23

Job 12. 6. Isa. 28. 15. 18. Deut. 29. 19. 20 Judg. 18. 7. 10. 27. Ezech. 28. 2. to 12.

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c 1.24

Jer. 5. 3.

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d 1.25

Jer. 3. 3. c. 6. 15. c. 8. 12. Ezech. 2. 4. c. 3. 7. Heb. 3. 13.

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e 1.26

2 King. 3. 19. 25.

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f 1.27

Ezech. 18. 24. 26.

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g 1.28

Isa. 5. 2. 2 King. 53. 19. 25. Mat. 13. 5. Mat. 4. 5. 6. Lu. 8. 6. 7.

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h 1.29

1 Pet. 2. 1. 2. Jam. 4. 1. to 12.

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i 1.30

Ezech. 24. 7. 8. Rev. 6. 15. 16. Numb. 23. 9.

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k 1.31

2 Sam. 12. 10. 11. 12. 14. Exech. 16. 36. 37. 38. Isa. 3. 9.

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l 1.32

Ezech. 24. 7. 8.

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m 1.33

1 King. 13. & 14. & 16.

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n 1.34

2 Sam. 12 1. 12. Psa. 90. 8 Eccles. 12. 14. Mar. 4. 22.

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o 1.35

1 Sam. 24. 2. Job. 39. 1.

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p 1.36

Mat. 25. 32. 33.

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q 1.37

Eph. 2. 1. 2. 3. c. 4. 19. Rom. 1. 27. to 32. 1 Joh. 5. 19. 2 Pet. 2. 13. to 22.

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r 1.38

1 Pet. 2. 11. Act. 5. 39. c. 2••. 9.

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s 1.39

Jer. 39. 1. 2. 3. Ezech. ••9. 18.

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t 1.40

1 Cor. 9. 27. Rom. 7. 18. to 25. Mat. 17. 21. Luk. 2. 37. 1 Cor. 7•• 5. 2 Cor. 6. 5. c. 11. 27.

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v 1.41

Act. 27. 29.

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x 1.42

1 Tim. 6. 9. Rev. 21. 18.

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y 1.43

Act. 27. 29.

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z 1.44

Psa. 19. 12. Job. 34. 32.

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a 1.45

Jam. 5. 1. 5. Isa. 22. 12. 13. 14. c. 5. 12. 13. 14. c. 47. 7. 8. 9. Zeph. 2. 15. Job. 21. 10 12. 13. Amos. 6. 3. to 8. c. 8: 10.

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