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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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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Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
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London :: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold by Peter Inch of Chester,
1641.
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"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 17, 2024.

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Meditations of the sixth Sort.
IN fine, the Sea suggests to each good mind These Meditations which are yet behind.
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First, when we see the Sea, it readily Presents that vow andf 1.1 Baptisme to our eye, Which make us Christians, and oblige us still Theg 1.2 World, Flesh, Devill, with their Pompe, Lusts, will

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Quite to renounce; and ever to obey Gods holy Lawes, who washt our sinnes away In these Baptismall waters; to theh 1.3 end That we by sinning should no more offend His Sacred goodnesse, but spend all our dayes In just, good, holy actions, to his praise. O then when ever we the waters see Let these things to our mindes recalled be, To mend our Lives, renue our vowes, and make Us World, Flesh, Devill, and their Lusts forsake.
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Crosse-Seas whose boisterous Tydes by turnes ore∣sway Each other, and enforce their streames to stray Quite from their proper course, and over-beare Them so, that they their motions counter-steare To that course they intend; in lively wise A Newborne Christians state unto our Eyes Present, in whom twoi 1.4 Crosse Seas, Tydes contend And meete each day, contesting without end To over-beare each other: Sometimes the Floods of their fleshly Lusts prevailers be, And over-beare the Spirits counter-tydes, Which at the last prevaile, put flesh besides Its course and channell, and through heav'ns great might Beare downe its streames, and over-comes them quite.
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The floating Sea when it invades the Land, And drownes the Coasts that next unto it stand;

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Paints out thatk 1.5 deluge in the dayes of Noy Which did the wicked old world quite destroy. And then instructs us with all care to flye Those sinnes whichl 1.6 drowne us for eternitie, Both Soule and Body in the fiery Lake. This thought should move us, all sinnes to forsake.
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When we behold men, goods, lead, stones,m 1.7 sinke downe Into the Sea, which them doth quickely drowne So deepe, that they can never rise againe: It paints forth Hell unto us very plaine, That sinkes,n 1.8 drownes, tortures, for eternity Mens soules and bodies, which there chained lye, So fast, so deepe, that they can never rise, Nor swim out thence: Which should us all advise, To flye all sinnes; yea, more to feare and minde This fiery Lake, whence none redemption finde. And sith all feare in Seas for to be drown'd, How should they dread this Lake, thats more pro∣found.
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The Sands on Sea-shores, which doe farre surpasse Allo 1.9 number, shewes us like a Christ all glasse Those multitudes of sinnes that in us breed Which doe thep 1.10 Sands in number farre exceede, To make us humble. And each flowing Tide, Which doth the Sand both moysten, drowne and hide From time to time, instructs us every day, With Floods ofq 1.11 teares our sinnes to wash away;

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And in Christsr 1.12 blood them so to drowne, and hide, Through Faith, that they may be no more espide. If thus we thinke, learne, doe, by what we see, From day to day, thrice happie shall we be.
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The springing Tide which by degrees doth flow To Full-Sea marke, and then by steps falls low, With ships first built, then lanch'd, next rigd, then sent And put to Sea, till they be wreckt or spent: Paint out Manss 1.13 birth, growth, age, death to our sight, With all those Floodes, Ebbes, changes that doe lite Upon him from the wombe unto his Urne, Where he meeret 1.14 dust, shall unto dust returne.
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Thev 1.15 Arke of old, which on the floods did floate, And saved Noah, with each Shippe and boate Which crosse the Seas, and those in safty keepe That in them saile, when others in the deepe Depriv'd of these, are drowned; sweetely shew To us Gods Churches State, which here below On this worlds Sea, dothx 1.16 safely floate and ride (Thoughy 1.17 tost and torne with Tempests, Windes, and tide) Andz 1.18 saves all such as in her saile and stay; When all without, are drown'd and cast away. Let this induce us in Christs Church to dwell, Live, dye, for feare we drowne, and sinke to Hell.

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The vastest Sea isa 1.19 bounded, and obeyes The Lawes and Edicts, which God on its layes, As well as smallest springs, or streames: How then Dare greatest Monarches; Princes, Kings, or Men Themselves deeme boundlesse, lawlesse and exceede The bankes andb 1.20 Lawes which God to them decreed? Let sencelesse Seas now teach them to containe Within due Bounds, and not to over-straine.
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When Seas through winds or stormes doec 1.21 over∣flow, Or breake their bankes, great mischiefes, losses grow From thence to men and Beasts, (which then are drown'd) And all such places which they doe surround: When Kings, or great ones out of Avarice, Pride, Lust, Ambition, or some other vice Out-swell, or breake the bounds which God hath set, Ad 1.22 Flood of woes and mischiefes they beget, Wherein they drowne themselves and many more; And then, too late, their dismall Fates deplore. Let Kings and Grandees then take speciall heede, How they their fined Bounds breake, or exceede.
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The Sea below doth ever flow Ebbe move, Ase 1.23 God himselfe doth steare it from above: So men on Earth, their thoughts, words, acts should frame And Guide, asf 1.24 God above directs the same.

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Now waters ever stinke or putrifie Whiles they within theirg 1.25 Channels move, and lie: But once remov'd out of their proper place, Or let lye still, they stinke, and lose their grace. Thus men doe seldome rot in sinnes, lusts, vice Whilst they theirh 1.26 honest calling, exercise And keepe within their Compasse. But if they Growi 1.27 idle, lazie, or begin to stray Out of their fixed Stations, in short space They rot and stinke, in Sinnes to their disgrace. O then beware of sleepe and idlenesse Whichk 1.28 rot and Slay the Soules they once possesse.
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When I perceive the Seas sweete flowing tyde Upon the drie Sands, shores to creepe, steale, glide By senselesse steps, untill it drowne them quite: It represents unto my thoughts, minde, sight, Howsinnes and vices byl 1.29 degrees, creepe, grow, On men, till they them drowne and overflow. O then let all, their first progresse withstand Else they will them soonem 1.30 drowne, as Seas doe Land: Nay worse; since flowing Seas still Ebbe againe, And leave the Sands dry: Sinnes still flow and gaine On Men, and drowne them each dayn 1.31 more and more They know no Ebbes, but flow and ne're give o're.
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The Ebbing Sea which all its filth behinde Leaves on the shore; should put all men in minde

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How their Ebbes, and afflictions should still make Them all their filth of sinne quite too 1.32 forsake; Which being once cast up upon the shore, Mustp 1.33 never be resumed by them more.
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When I behold Our Females wash away With water, all blacke spots of Inke, Soote, Clay, Which on their faces fall by accident, I wonder much, and cannot but lament To see some spot their faces studiously With Anticke Patches of a Sable dye; Should God himselfe their visage thus bespot They would repute it an uncomely Blot A great dishonor, and use all their skill To cure, or hide such blacke spots, Moles as ill: How dare they then use Artificiall spots Which they, if native, would repute for blots And deeme a blemish to their beauty, nay A sad ill Omen? May I not then say q 1.34 These spots are not the spots of Gods Children Which make them odious to God and good Men, Who lover 1.35 no spots, since Christ his blood out-shed To clense his chosen from alls 1.36 Spots and dread, Wash off, renounce these Satan-Spots, least He Them Satans Spots adjudge, and you to be His marked Vassals, not his owne washt traine Sith such blacke spots upon your face remaine. To weare white Linnent 1.37 spotted, is disgrace, What is it then to weare a spotted Face, And that in Gods owne presence? Certainely It cannot but be sinne or infamie. A Spotlesse Soule abhorres av 1.38 spotted Face Which where all's cleane within, can have no place

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By Christs owne verdict, so that all may feare Inward uncleannesse where suchy 1.39 spots appeare; Which spring no doubt from* 1.40 Pride, lust, wantonnesse, Or following great Vaine Persons antique Dresse, The Sea which hates spots, shall in judgement rise Against all who with spots their Fronts disguise.
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The flowing Seas, which seeme to kisse, embrace The shore in lovely sort, yet in short space Recoile againe, and leave it naked, dry, And faster from than to it use to flye, Paint out in lively sort before our Eyes Those hollow hearted friends unconstant guise Who in the flood of Mens prosperity Can hugge, embrace, protest to live and die Together with them, But as soone as they Begin to Ebbe, and their estates decay, Forthwithz 1.41 retire, and in post from them flye, Leaving them naked in their misery. This is the common friendship, now adayes, Wherein true Friends deserve both love, Crownes praise, Who still sticke closest ina 1.42 adversity And then draw nearest when all others flye.
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Few put to Sea, or come a shore, but when It flowes, not Ebbes, which Character, that Men Delight tob 1.43 swim still in prosperity And flowing streames, shunning adversity, With Ebbes of Fortune; though thec 1.44 Schoole of grace And vertue, which in full Seas scarce finde place:

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For as the flowing Sea still runnes amaine Towards the Earth, and never turnes againe Till Ebbes recall it: So prosperities Encreasing Flood, mens hearts, minds, loves, carries Still towardsd 1.45 Earth and worldly things below Drowning all Graces, vertues that should grow Within them; till some crosse Ebbes which befall Them, their hearts, thoughts affections quite e 1.46 recall From Earth and worldly things, to things above Turning the streame of their desires, hearts love To God and grace above, the Port, But, End To which our Thoughts, Acts, motions should still tend. Of 1.47 happy Ebbes, which mount our soules on high And them translate from Earth above the skie: Were it not for these Ebbes, few would arive At heavens blest Port, to which they most men drive.
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When tis full Sea at one place, it is then Low Ebbe at others, Its Just so with men: Somes wealth, flood, greatnesse, others make poore, low. And these their Ebbes, cause them to spring, rise, flow. Tis never full Sea at once in all climes, Nor in all mens Estates, which have their times Tog 1.48 Ebbe and flow by turnes; we cannot all Be happie here; when some rise, some must fall. Yea, those who have the highest worldly Flood, Have oft with it the lowest Ebbes of good: Their Floods ofh 1.49 worldly wealth, Pompe, State, effect Strange Ebbes of Grace, and make them God neglect.

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The Sea in Calmes, and where no Rockes, Shelves lye, To crosse its course, runnes smooth without waves, cry; But crost by winds, stormes, rockes, sands, instantly It swells, roares, fumes, and rageth furiously Beyond all measure, caring not to split And breake it selfe 'gainst Rockes that hinder it: Thus many men who seeme milde, meek and sweete Of Nature, whiles they with no windes, rubbes meete Which Crosse their Wills, designes, swell fome, i 1.50 rage, fret, Storme, and all rules of reason quite forget. Oft in a moment, when crost in their will Aymes, Endes, Lusts, Causes, whether good or ill; And like some furious, Bedlams, voyd of wit, Will in their fits of cholor rather split And wrecke themselves for ever, than not have Their wills in all things, which they seeke or crave. This Bedlam fury doth too oft undoe Those it possesseth, if not lookt unto In time, and quite subdude, especially Great men, or those who would be climbing high. Let all them flye it: 'tis mens shame to be As mad, rash, raging, as the Sencelesse Sea; And to permit their stations to transport Them past the bounds of reason, in this sort.
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Or tydes against them runne till they with paine Their wished Haven at the last obtaine. It mindes me how all Christians while below In this worlds Sea,k 1.51 should dayly strive and row, Against all winds, Tydes, Stormes, which crosse or drive Them from Heavens Port, till they therein arrive In safety: which blest Harbor none can gaine Without muchl 1.52 labour, rowing; sweat, and paine.
20.
Its dangerous crossing of the Seas at night; When neither Sunne, Moone, Starres yeeld any light. Hence most ships in the night are cast away For want of light, when few are wreckt by day; This worlds Seas are most dangerous, specially In darkest Nights, when no light from on high Of saving Grace orm 1.53 knowledge doth appeare Within mens soules, whereby their course to steare. Needes must men perish then for want of light To shunne Rockes, Shelves, and guide their ships aright. We should then for this light of Grace more pray And long, than* 1.54 Seamen in a storme for Day.
21.
The deepest Seas run silent without noyse When as the shallow, roare, lift up their voyce; With horrid rage and out-cry. So we see The deepest, wisest men most silent be, Making least noyse or bragges, and* 1.55 patiently Ʋnder all stormes and Crosses quiet lye.

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When shallow Pates like* 1.56 empty vessels make The greatest noyse, bragges, and most on them take; And being crost, pincht with adversity, * 1.57 Roare, rage, storme, vex like Bedlams furiously. To bragge, vaunt, rage, foame, chafe and over-prate, Is a sure Symptome of a shallow Pate.
22.
Whiles that the Sun-beames on the Sea shine bright They make her shine so, that she bleares the sight And eyes of men, with those meere borrowed Rayes Which she reflects, and so to them conveyes: But let the Sunne set, or a cloud it hide, Her shining Luster's gone, and not espide; When as the Sun-shine of prosperity Breakes out on thiso 1.58 worlds Sea, it bleares the eye Of Carnall men, and makes her shine so bright That nought to them seemes halfe so cleare, or light, Though all her Lustre be but borrowed Rayes, Whichp 1.59 passe away, and in her make no stayes: As soone as Clouds or Crosses hide this Sunne, Her glory fades, and all her splendor's gone; O dote not then upon her hired light, Which if it lasts all day, stillq 1.60 sets at Night.
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The Sea is liquid, and whiles men doe thinke To walkeupon it, downe they fall andr 1.61 sinke; Unfaithfull friends are like; whiles we rest, stay On them, we fall, sinke, and are cast away. Try then before you trust; andt 1.62 rest on none Who are meere flesh, but upon God alone:

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Whov 1.63 never failes, when false friends from us fall And true Friends dye, or cannot helpe at all.
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When we behold Seas constantly to flow In spite of winds & stormes which on them blow, Twice every day; It minds us how each day Wex 1.64 twice, at least, to God should duely pray, Maugre all Winds, Stormes, Sports, Workes, Com∣pany, That would us hinder from this piety. A type whereof they 1.65 double Sacrifice Of old each day, did paint forth to our eyes: And as Sea-waters alwayes joyntly flow, Twice every day together, whence they grow More strong and great: So every family Wherein thez 1.66 Practice of true Piety Or gifts of grace reside, should twice each day Morning and Evening, to God joyntly pray, As well as privately; that so their Teares, Sighes, Cryes might sound more loude, sweete, in Gods eares, Anda 1.67 more prevaile with him; O happy they Who with pure Hearts to God thus dayly pray.
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When we espie ships driven quite besides Their course and Compasse, with stormes, Winds, and Tydes, In darkest nights, and tempests for to crosse, Saile, passe in safety, without wrecke, bruise, losse, Amidst unknowne most dangerous, Rocks, Shelves when Allb 1.68 hopes of safty faile in thoughts of men,

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Sith diverse ships have there beene cast away Though stear'd by skilfull Pilots, at mid-day In Calmes and fairest weather: we must thence Conclude, and cry, Gods secretc 1.69 Providence (The best and onely Pilot) did direct Their Helme, and them from Shipwrackes thus protect. And learne that humane skill, Art, nought avayles Unlesse God steares the Rudder, guides the Sailes. No matter then what ere the Pilot be, If God us guide, we shall from wreckes be free. O Let usd 1.70 pray to him alwayes to steare Our Helmes, then we no Rockes, wreckes, neede to feare, And shall saile safe, whiles others who relye Upon their skill, not God, wrecke, split, drowne, dye:
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When I behold sweete pleasant streames to fall Into salt Seas at last, which drowne them all. I thereby learne, how worldly jollity, And streames of sinfull pleasurese 1.71 end onely In Seas of brinish teares, in floods of griefe, And plunge men intof 1.72 Hell past all releefe. Fly then these pleasant streames which ever end In saltest Seas, and men post to Hell send.
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When Marriners or Passengers long lye Waiting for Wind, and opportunity To crosse the Seas to those Ports, Townes, Coun∣tries To which they bound are, they will in no wise

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Let slip, but take the first good Gale; which lost May quite undoe, or put them to great cost. Their Wisedome should instruct all those who lye On Earth below, for passage to their high And Heav'nly Country, never to omit Oneg 1.73 Gale of Grace which blowes well towards it, But whiles Life, Time, and meanes of Grace endure And breath upon them, to make heaven sure, And post on to it, with full Sayles each day; For feare they* 1.74 lose their passage through delay. One Gale of Grace or opportunity Neglected, may lose us eternity. Godsh 1.75 Spirit, which blowes when and where it will Must not be slighted, but observed still: It will not ever waite, nori 1.76 strive with men And once departed, returnes not agen.
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Sea waters in their Channels, are but light; Under them all a Childe may stand upright: But taken thence, they very pondrous prove, A Pipe or two, no Gyant can remove; Whole Seas of vastest sinnes are veryk 1.77 light On carnall Hearts, who never feele their weight: Whereas to humbled Soules, the smallest Crimes Arel 1.78 heavier than the Sea ten thousand times; Wherewith their Soules, are burden'd, and opprest, More than if Mountaines lay upon their brest. The reasons plaine; in one, sinnes in its place; Butm 1.79 out of it, in Hearts renude by grace. Try then thy State hereby: if sinnes weigh light In thy Soules Seales, thy case is ill, not right.

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The Sea iso 1.80 full of waters, which there lye Pil'd up in Heapes, as in Gods Treasurie, Or Common store-house; who doth thence disperce Them to all Places of the Ʋniverse, Where they are needfull: Which in lively wise Paints out most sweetely to our Hearts and Eyes, Those inexhaust, vast, boundlessep 1.81 Magazines Of goodnesse, grace, with all those golden Mines Laid up in God and Christ, who day by day With open Handsq 1.82 disperse, and give away These precious stores, to every living thing Throughout the world, and to their Homes them bring. How should the thought of their vast stores, feast, cheare Our hungry Soules, and banish all their feare? Sith Seas shallr 1.83 sooner faile of streames, and dry Quite up, then these stores of the Diety Faile, or diminish, which still open stand All needfull things to yeeld us out of hand.
30.
When I consider how the Seas did stand And swim at firsts 1.84 above the highest Land, Till God confin'd them within Bankes; whence they If but permitted, would soone scape away, And in a moment drowne the world againe: Me thinkes it points out to us very plaine The patience, mercy, andt 1.85 abundant grace Of our sweete God, who keepes them in their place,

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Thoughv 1.86 dayly urged by our sinnes, and Crimes, To let them loose, to drowne us, sundry times. And then instructs us, him not to offend, Who can at will whole Seas against us send, (Yea troopes ofx 1.87 Devils) which would soone de∣voure Us, if not held off by his mighty Power.
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When I iny 1.88 Scripture read, that God did found This world on Seas and floods, s on its ground; I finde the cause of this Worldsz 1.89 ficklenesse, And all the things that We therein possesse. For how can ought be stable, firme or stayd, That on unstable, floating Seas is layd? O then make nought that this world yeelds, youra 1.90 stay, Or Treasure, sith it floates and swimmes away.
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The Sea is Homogeniall, and each small Drop in it, hath the nature of it all, In all respects; and will notb 1.91 mixe, nor close With strange or forraigne things, but them oppose: Which should instruct all Christians, to agree, Yea in Faith, Word, and Deede butc 1.92 one to be, And not to hugge, love, like, butd 1.93 shun all those Who in Faith, Life, workes doe not with them close.
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A checke and shame to that phantasticke crue Whiche 1.94 paint, and chop old fashions still for new: And to thosef 1.95 changlings, who to serve the time Can suite themselves to every Sect, Place, Clime; And whiles they thusg 1.96 become all things to all, In truth are nothing, and the worst of all.
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When angryh 1.97 Crosse Seas meete and clash together They foame, rage, roare, yea raise stormes in faire weather And tosse, wrecke, or indanger all that saile Or passe their race, and over them prevaile. When Potent Neighbour Princes, strive, war, fight One with another, with great force and might, Nought else buti 1.98 bloody Battels, tumults, cryes, Stormes, perils to their Subjects still arise, Which wrecke, consume their Fortunes, Goods, Lands, Lives. And of all worldly blessings them deprives. O Let us then be thankefull for our peace: Andk 1.99 pray that it may last, and still increase.
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The Sea and Skies in colour both agree, When as in most things else they different be. Its thenl 1.100 ill judging by the meere out-side: Those who thus doe, shall oft times erre and slide.
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And should not we, with equalln 1.102 chearefulnesse And speed, our courses to the grave addresse? Since we fromo 1.103 Dust did spring at first, and shall By Gods decree to dust and ashes fall? (How soonep 1.104 he onely knowes:) thrice happy we If for the grave we still prepared be: The onely Harbour where we rest secure, From all those Tempests, we did here endure.
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Nor neede we feare; since we shall not remaine Still in our Graves, but thenceq 1.105 rise up againe: For, as the Ebbing Sea when it sinkes low, And seemes quite lost, and never like to flow; Yet in short space returnes, and springs a fresh As high as ever; So our Corps, and flesh, Though turn'd to dust and rotted in the Grave, A spring, and rich returne from thence shall have With great advantage; rising up againe Free fromr 1.106 corruption, sinne, ach, sicknesse, paine And imperfection, in such glorious plight, That Sunne, Moone, Stars, shall not shine halfe so bright. Why should we then onces 1.107 dread death, or the grave, Ort 1.108 lose our Soules, our Goods, Lives, Limbes to save? Since our dead Corps,v 1.109 lost Limbes shall rise againe In such surpassing glory; and thenx 1.110 reigne (Joyn'd to our Soules, and never more to dye,) In perfect blisse, for all eternity? Instruct us Lord toy 1.111 live to Thee by grace, Whiles we here saile in this Seas dangerous race: Then are wez 1.112 certaine when we end our dayes, That thou wilt us from grave, to Heaven raise 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉

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Where we more Blisse and glory shall receive Thana 1.113 tongues can utter, or our hearts conceive. Lord, let theseb 1.114 Meditations of mine Heart, Mine owne, and others Soules to thee convert, And rap them into such sweete Extasies That theye 1.115 nought else but Thee, may Love and prise.

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