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.

Meditations of the third Classe.

A Garden is a Map of Paradise, The plot,e 1.1 from whence all Gardens took their rise. Compar'd, they suite, and make an Harmony, Which cheares our Soules with its sweete melody.

1.

For first, as God didf 1.2 Eden Plant, decke, fill With choycest Trees, Herbes, Fruits; so men doe still Theirg 1.3 Gardens with these dayly decke, store, grace, And more enrich, than any other place.

2.

Eden was full ofg 1.4 pleasure and delight Of goodly Trees, Flow'rs, Fruites to please the sight, And Pallate: So areh 1.5 Gardens, where we finde Most pleasant objects both for Eye, Mouth, Minde.

3.

Eden was veryi 1.6 fruitfull: Gardens are Thek 1.7 fertil'st plots, and most Fruites ever beare.

4.

Eden was seated close byl 1.8 Rivers sides, And watred with their Christall streames and tides; Thus are mostm 1.9 Gardens seated, that they may Become more fruitfull, pleasant, greene, fresh, gay.

5.

Eden was kept and drest byn 1.10 Adam, who Was bound by God this taske to undergoe. And who buto 1.11 Men, doe yet still keepe and dresse Those pleasant Gardens which we here possesse? Beasts, Horses, Oxen, helpe to till our ground, Fit to dresse Gardens, onely Men are found. Hence may we learne that Godp 1.12 hates Idlenesse In all estates, who ought still to addresse Themselves to some good honest worke, Art, trade, Sith Adamsq 1.13 set to worke as soone as made; Though the sole Monarch of the world, and all The Creatures in it; which before the fall Were at his meere Command, and did afford Him all he needed,r 1.14 of their owne accord.

6.

God had no sooner Adam made, but He Hims 1.15 plac'd in Eden, happie there to be, As in the choycest, fruitefulst, pleasant'st plot This lower world could unto him alot. All take delight int 1.16 Gardens to reside, The onely Edens where they would abide:

Whence all who have but one small piece or plot, Of Earth, will to av 1.17 Garden it alot.

7.

Man entredx 1.18 into Eden voyd of sinne; O let us thinke of this, when we begin Our Garden doores to enter, that we may Avoyd all sinne, whichy 1.19 mankinde first did slay; And dayly strive to be as Innocent As Adam, when he into Eden went.

8.

The Tree of Knowledge (which did typifie Christ, or his Sacred Word to Adams Eye,) Inz 1.20 midst of Eden stood: Thus each Plant, Tree Which we in midst of Gardens chance to see, Christ and his Sacred Word in lively wise Present, shew, point out to our mindes and Eyes.

9.

Eden aa 1.21 Serpent had which did betray First Eve, then Adam, and them cast away By his Temptations, their Credulity. No wonder then if we sometimes espie Not onely Weedes, but Serpents, Adders, Snakes, Toades, & such vermin (whose meere aspect makes Most men to tremble) in our Garden-plots, To make us feare thatb 1.22 Serpent, which besots, Betrayes, and stings us still through pleasures, vice. As he did Adam in old Pardise: O let us then in no place rest secure; Sith he in Eden did Man first allure.

Much lesse in pleasantc 1.23 Gardens, where he still Tempts Men and Women oft times unto ill:

10.

Thed 1.24 first and Mother sinne, from whence all vice Sinnes, mischiefes spring, was hatcht in Paradise: Here Father Adam caught that breake-necke fall, Which in a moment quite undid us all. O let our Gardens put us still in minde Of this great sinne, whose reliques we still finde Remaining in us: and let every weede We see in Gardens, cause us to take heede That no one sinne within us ever spring, To worke our ruine, or our soules to sting.

11.

Man had no sooner sinned, but Gode 1.25 cast Him out of Eden, and then layd it waste; Cursing the Earth with thornes, Weeds, Barrennesse For his offence, which he before did blesse: When then our Gardens, weedie, barren grow Thinke of the cause from whence these evills flow, (Our sinne; Gods curse:) and when we enter in, Or issue out of Gardens, let that sinne Which moved God man-kind first to exclude. From Edens blisse, with teares be of us rude. We cannot over-ponder or lament That sinne which Man out of his Eden sent. And learne from hence, that none gaine ought by vice, Orf 1.26 sinne, at Last, but losse of Paradise.

12.

Man banish't Eden for his wilfull sinne, Was ever afterg 1.27 barr'd from entring in Againe, by a bright sword with fiery flame Which turned every way to guard the same. The hedges, pales, walls, doores, that close and fence Our gardens, to keepe Men and beasts from thence, Should ever mind us of this sword, that vice, Which thrust and kept man out of Paradise: And teach us with all care, paines, industry, To strive to enterh 1.28 Eden that's on high. Since we are thus excluded this below, The very place whereof none this day know;

13.

Mans losse in Edens Garden, might affright Us all, and dampe the joy, mirth, and delight, Which Gardens yeeld; yea had not Christ repaird, What man there lost, we should have quite despaird. But now take courage and no more complaine; Christ in a garden hath restor'd againe What Adam therein lost; that wee might all Be there repair'd, where first we caught our fall: Which that I may with sweeter fruit declare, I'le Christ with Adam; place with place compare.

1.

Adam at first in Eden wasi 1.29 betraid, And trap't by those snares which the Serpent layd. Christ in a Garden was betraid, and snar'd By Judas,k 1.30 and those troops which hee prepar'd.

2.

Adam in Edenl 1.31 caught that break-necke fall Which in a moment did undoe us all: Christ in am 1.32 Garden tooke his lowest fall Into the grave, which rais'd and made us all.

3.

Adam there fell inn 1.33 state of Innocence, And wreckt us all, by this his prime offence: Christ ino 1.34 a garden fell, though free from fault, To make us guiltlesse, and our state exalt.

4.

Adamp 1.35 by sinne, Christq 1.36 for sinnes onely fell: Hee for his owne; Christ, for those in us dwell.

5.

Adam fellr 1.37 flat, but could not rise againe: Christ fells 1.38 but rose, nought could him downe detaine.

6.

His fall himselfe, with allt 1.39 his race downe threw: Christs fall him rais'd, with all his chosen crue.

7.

He in av 1.40 Garden fell; there Christ arose To save man there, where hee himselfe did lose.

8.

Adam there falling, didx 1.41 corruption bring Ʋnto himselfe, and all who from him spring: Christ dead and buried here, didy 1.42 never see Corruption, and all his did from it free.

9.

Hee fell in Edenz 1.43 by the tree of life Of which hee ate, allured by his wife: Which tree (that in thea 1.44 midst of Eden grew) Instead of giving lifeb 1.45 him and us slew. Wee by ourc 1.46 eating of this blessed tree Of life, Christ Jesus, are thereby made free From death and hell, who planted was, and lay d 1.47 Entomb'd amidst a garden,e 1.48 death to slay:

10.

Adam wasf 1.49 thrust from Eden to his losse: Christ from ag 1.50 Garden lead was to his Crosse.

11.

Heh 1.51 banisht Eden, could returne no more, Christ all his chosen thither to restore, Dragg'di 1.52 from a garden, was brought backe againe And there entomb'd, as soone as he was slaine.

12.

In Edenk 1.53 death against man first prevail'd: Death in al 1.54 Garden was by Christ first quail'd:

Here he arose againe from death: and then Appear'd there first to Mary Magdalen. Winning the field of Deaths, Sinnes, Devils Host, In that same place where Adam first it lost: And there triumphed over all this Sect, Where they their Trophies did at first erect. Needs must our Gardens then be very sweet, And pleasant, where these acts of Christ all meet: Which rightly pondred by us, in a trice, Would change each Garden to a Paradise, And make us see, that we by Christ gaine more In Gardens now, than Adam lost before. Sweet Jesus when a Garden we espie Rap thou our soules into an extasie. With these, or such like pious Thoughts; that we An Eden in each Garden-plot may see; And feele a blessed Heaven still to grow, Within our soules, whiles we are here below.

Notes

• e 1.1

  Gen. 2. 8. 9.
• f 1.2

  Gen. 1. 8. to 16. c. 3. 1. 2.
• g 1.3

  Deut. 11. 10 Can. 6. 2. 3. 11. to 16. c. 5. 1. 2.
• g 1.4

  Gen. 2. 8. to 16. Isa. 51. 3.
• h 1.5

  Eccles. 2. 5 Cant. 5. 1. 2. c. 6. 2. 11.
• i 1.6

  Isa. 51. 3. Joel. 2. 3. Gen. 13. 10.
• k 1.7

  Isa. 58. 11.
• l 1.8

  Gen. 2. 9. 10. 11. 12.
• m 1.9

  Isa. 58. 11. Num. 24. 6. Cant. 4. 5.
• n 1.10

  Gen. 2. 15. 16.
• o 1.11

  Joh. 20. 15. Jer. 29. 5. 28. Amos 9. 14.
• p 1.12

  Ezech. 16. 49. Mat. 20. 3. 6. 1 Tim. 5. 13. 1 Thes. 4. 11. 2 Thes. 3. 6. to 16. Exod. 20. 9.
• q 1.13

  Gen. 2. 15. c. 3. 13.
• r 1.14

  Gen. 1. 26.
• s 1.15

  Gen. 2. 8. to 17. c. 3. 1. to 7. Isa. 51. 3.
• t 1.16

  Cant. 5. 1. c. 6. 2. 11. c. 8. 13.
• v 1.17

  Jer. 19. 5. 18. Amos 9. 14.
• x 1.18

  Gen. 2. 15. to 25. c. 3. 1. 2.
• y 1.19

  Rom. 5. 12. 13. 14.
• z 1.20

  Gen. 2. 3. 16. Rev. 2. 7.
• a 1.21

  Gen. 3. 1. to 16. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 1 Tim. 2. 24.
• b 1.22

  2 Tim. 2. 26. 2 Cor. 11. 3.
• c 1.23

  Isa. 1. 29. c. 65. 3. c. 66. 17. Cant. 5. 1. c. 6. 2.
• d 1.24

  Gen. 3. 1. to 16.
• e 1.25

  Gen. 3. 8. to 24.
• f 1.26

  Rev. 22. 14. 15.
• g 1.27

  Gen. ••. 22. 23. 24.
• h 1.28

  2 Cor. 12. 4. Rev. 2. 7.
• i 1.29

  Gen. 3. 1. to 9.
• k 1.30

  Joh. 18. 1. to. 16.
• l 1.31

  Gen. 3. 1. to 24.
• m 1.32

  Joh. 19. 41. 42. Rom. 6. 1. to 12.
• n 1.33

  Gen. 3. Rom. 5. 12. 13. 14.
• o 1.34

  Joh. 18. 1. to 16. c. 19. 41. 42. Rom. 6. 7. 8. 9.
• p 1.35

  Rom. 5. 12. 13.
• q 1.36

  Isa. 53. 4. to 12. Rom. 4. 25.
• r 1.37

  Gen. 3. 22. 23, 24.
• s 1.38

  Act. 2. 24. to 37.
• t 1.39

  Rom. 5. 12. to 20. 1 Cor. 15. 22.
• v 1.40

  Gen. 3. Joh. 19. 41, 42. c. 20. 1. to 12.
• x 1.41

  Gen. 3. 19. Rom. 5. 8, 9.
• y 1.42

  Act. 2. 24. to 36. c. 13. 34. 35. 37. 1 Cor. 15. 50. 52, 53. 54.
• z 1.43

  Gen. 3. 1. to 12.
• a 1.44

  Gen. 2. 9.
• b 1.45

  Rom. 5. 7, 8, 9. &c.
• c 1.46

  Joh. 6. 50. 51. 54. 57, 58.
• d 1.47

  Joh. 19. 41. 42.
• e 1.48

  1 Cor. 15. 54, 55, 57.
• f 1.49

  Gen. 3. 22.
• g 1.50

  Joh. 18. 1. 2. to 16.
• h 1.51

  Gen. 3. 22, 23, 24.
• i 1.52

  Joh. 18. 1. 2. c. 19. 41, 42.
• k 1.53

  Gen. 3. 3. to 18. Rom. 5. 7. to 16.
• l 1.54

  Joh. 19. 41. 42. c. 20. 1. to 17.