La scala santa, or, A scale of devotions musical and gradual being descants on the fifteen Psalms of Degrees, in metre : with contemplations and collects upon them, in prose, 1670.
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- La scala santa, or, A scale of devotions musical and gradual being descants on the fifteen Psalms of Degrees, in metre : with contemplations and collects upon them, in prose, 1670.
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- Coleraine, Hugh Hare, Baron, 1606?-1667.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford,
- 1681.
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- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms CXX-CXXXIV -- Paraphrases, English.
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms CXX-CXXXIV -- Commentaries.
- Psalms (Music)
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〈♫〉〈♫〉
IF Ja—cob did in E—gypt tell,
what Troubles in his time be—fell;
how few and e—vil were his Days?
How hard Life's travel in rough ways:
In Ca—naan well may Is—rael say,
From my Youth up, God was my stay.
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From my Youth up I met with Foes,
* 1.1But to God's House I 'scap'd from those;
Many a time was I assail'd,
But I as many times prevail'd:
* 1.2God broke my Cords which they did bind,
And made them Captive, if not kind.
* 1.3Long did they with deep Furrows wound,
And Plow my Back, as 'twere their Ground;
But the good Husbandman now cracks
* 1.4The Ploughman's Whip on their own Backs:
The Righteous Lord stays not too long
* 1.5From resc'uing his who suffer wrong.
Therefore shall Zion's Enemy
* 1.6Like Fools wax faint, like Cowards fly;
Whom Pride doth cloath, Shame shall confound,
As Corn that grows in no good Ground:
* 1.7But stands (with Kings) on the House-Top,
Where comes a Blast, and that's its Crop
Its Crop doth rot before 'tis ripe,
Nor can it fill the Reapers gripe,
Nor joy his Heart: For (what is worse)
It bears no Burthen, but a Curse.
'Tis no Man's comfort, no Man's care;
No Man for such bids one short Pray'r.
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None in God's Name give such good speed,
As Boaz to his Harvest did:
[Gloria Patri.]
But we to God will Glory give,
Who, with the Son, and Spirit, doth live:
God Reigns, and shall, as heretofore;
Bless'd be his Name for evermore.
Notes
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* 1.1
Gen 28▪••6▪17.
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* 1.2
Exod. 2.24.25.
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* 1.3
Exod. 5.19. Mark 15.15.
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* 1.4
John 15.1.
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* 1.5
1 Cor. 10.13.
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* 1.6
2 Sam. 3.33. Psal. 73.6. Prov. 16.18. Mat. 13.5.
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* 1.7
2 Sam. 11.4. Dan. 4.30, 31.