The divine wooer, or, A poem setting forth the love and loveliness of the Lord Jesus and his great desire of our welfare and happiness, and propounding many arguments ... to persuade souls to the faith and obedience of him ... / composed by J.H.

To the Holy Spirit.

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ANd yet again wee'll sing: and strike our strings, Wee'l shew forth whence the spring Of joy that makes us sing, Oh 'tis a glorious Fountain whence it springs!

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It is the Holy Spirit which he inherits, Who did redeem us when, We all were but lost men; And purchast us to God by his great merits.

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The Spirit of Life which hath, fil'd up our Faith; And quenched all our griefs, With his Cordial reliefs: Hee's Author of our good, rejoyc'd us hath.

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He fils us with divine life, as with wine: And always flows into us, And doth such glory show us; That to rejoyce we jointly do combine.

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And cannot but rejoyce, with pleasant voice: And that continually, And to Eternity; With joys and gloryings in him rare and choice.

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That holy Spirit we will With utmost skill, Set 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and magnifie, And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his love glory: By whom God and the Lamb did all fulfil.

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He one is of the three in whom do we, Live, love, and whom we doe, Worship and bow unto; Whose glory 'tis our happiness to see.

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The glorious Father wild the word as skild, (Being that deep wisdom, In which the will doth come) Dev••'d, the Spirit of might it all fulfil'd.

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The Father and the word with one accord, Decree'd, devis'd to give, Being to all that live, And was the Spirit that being did afford.

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He is the mighty hand which the command, Of the Father and the Son, Which did through all things run, Effected: gave the world to be and stand.

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He the Heavens high out spred and adorned, According as Gods will, Holy and wise in skill; Pleas'd to determine: He them fashioned,

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The very crook't Serpent, to his intent, He form'd; and all beside That was or doth abide, According to Gods great commandement.

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He man to understand, and to command, All things in Earth and Sea That he did make to be; Did form and fashion by his mighty hand.

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He is the fulness which is the most rich, Forth-going of the High, Father and Son whereby, All things He built, and as a tent did pitch.

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In him there is no less then all the bless, And blessed vertues high, Which do dwell perfectly In God and in the word, and they possess.

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The fulness of all good like a great flood, From the Ocean going, And all overflowing; Yea fuller 'tis than can be understood.

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He from God and his word, (with them one Lord) Searcheth the things most deep, Which God in Christ doth keep; The knowledge of them tis he doth afford.

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One with them tw•••••• was He (As well know wee,) In all their councels old, Most high and manifold; Therefore they all by him declared be.

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Blest be that Spirit of grace who in its place, Did both a body frame, For the Word, and th same Sanctifie, that no sin might it deface.

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The eternal Spirit the same who did us frame, Seeing us in sin dead And helpless, pittyed Us all: and (blessed be his holy Name.)

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He that we might from sin, be freed wherein, We lay condemn'd, prepar'd, (As He had fore declar'd) That blessed body unto us a kin.

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And fild it with his power that in the hour, Of death and darkness He Upheld was, did not flee; From that great cup of vengeance sharp and sour.

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To which he by this Spirit that he might merit, For us Redemption, Accurst the Cross upon; Did yield himself that we might Life inherit.

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Thou Spirit most blest didst raise within three days, That body up again, (Loosing of Death the pain) To justifie us (for which we thee prasse.

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And for those infinite perfections bright, That are in Thee; and all Thy works both great and small) Thou carryedst up that body to heavens height.

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To glorious dignity and Majesty, And him also thou dost, Fill full (oh holy Ghost, The fulness of the Godhead) bodily.

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Through him Thou gifts did give That we might live, Even Thou from him sent forth, Gav'st heavenly gifts of worth; Whereby men through thy grace errour outdrive.

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And 'twas all times before Upon that score, Of that great sacrifice; Which Thou didst fore-promise, That thou didst testify the love God bore.

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Thou blessed Spirit forth came And in Gods name, The spirit of Truth thou did, What before time lay hid: Take, and unto Men didst declare the same.

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Yet not to all that were Didst thou so clear, Their minds, and manifest Gods councels ever blest, But unto some as thou pleas'dst didst appear.

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Through Christ the Father did, his counsels hid, By thee declare to some, To whose minds thou didst come, And with whom as thou pleasedst thou abid.

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And those things to be writ, thou didst commit Moving those thereunto, To whom thou didst them show; According as thou wisely didst judge fit.

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Though Thou didst also go convince and wooe, The world of mankind bad, When they by their sins had Themselves destroy'd in a great overthrow.

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Thou art the wisdome high Of God whereby, All called were to turn, Though many men did spurn; Yea we rebelled also grievously.

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That Spirit which did strive with men alive Before the flood of old, With reproofs manifold; Who did their souls of happiness deprive.

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Of that sweet peace, comfort and great support, Thou gave'st to those that clos'd With thee and not oppos'd; With them thou dealt'st after another sort.

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Thou would'st not strive with them who did contemn, Thy counsels always, but Did'st give them up, and shut Them up in blindness; yea did'st them condemn,

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But unto those that turn'd (though they had spurn'd Sometimes against thee too) Thou didst declare and show, The secrets of the Lord with love that burn'd.

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Thou art the Spirit of love From God above, Who's love it self: and from The Word, his only Son, And thou in great love did'st reprove and move.

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That thou to good might'st move thou didst reprove, And where thou found'st a way, (Thou man'st it) didst convey; Thy grace like waters, even thy sweetest love.

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'Twas love thou shew'dst from God when as his rod Sometimes upon our bace, (Because we were so slack To goodness) he did lay, in love thou chod;

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Thou art that power and strength whereby at length, We (though we stubborn were) Were brought to approach neare To God, to see and hear him. Thou gav'st strenght

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Thou wrestled'st with us so (Oh there is no, Such wrestler as thou art) That thou o'recame'st our heart. And made'st us from our sins depart and go.

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In and from thee we felt Gods love to melt, And bow our hearts, and draw Them when they frozen were. In thee power dwelt

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And dwels for evermore Thou heald'st our sore, For 'twas by Thee, our Lord In and by his good word, Did heal us: we thee laud and praise therefore.

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As thou gav'st forth Gods mind (Thou did'st it find: Also) in this good word So, it was thou O Lord; That mad'st it of such force, to break and bind.

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Thou mad'st it powerful to convince us so, That what we were as we Were in our selves, we see That we did nothing rightly see or know.

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Nor that we could that do that us unto God, might bring back; or keep Us from the dreadful Deep Of Hell: or us again redeem therefro.

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Thou therein did'st display, and 'fore us lay The glorious things of Christ, (Worthy ay to be blist) So as thou mad'st our hearts on him to stay.

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'Twas thou, and Christ in Thee, whom so long we Provck't and made to wait Upon us at the gate, Of our hard hearts. Blest let that patience be.

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It was thy long-suffring that did us bring Salvation: while thou there Our many faults didst bear, Thou brak'st our stiffness, well we may thee sing.

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Hadst thou been, quick and rough T'had been enough, To have destroy'd us quite: For cause enough thou might Have found to have destroy'd us, much bad stuff.

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But 'twas thy truth, thy grace, and that sweet face Of Christ which thou didst show Which did prevail to bow, Us to thee: while thou gav'st us such good space.

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Thou wer't that strength and power whereby each hour, We were supported all, And kept from that sad fall, Which would us have destoy'd. Thou sweet'st our sout.

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Thou art that strength whereby the victory Over our Enemies, We gat and did arise, Up from our foiles and falls; and did not dy.

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Thou wert our Comforter, by thee we were In all our sorrows chear'd; By thee our eyes were clear'd, Thou didst us in thine arms carry and beare.

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All good from Thee we had, (for we were bad) Love, joy, peace, patience, Meekness, faith, abstinence; All our good fruits, and all that made us glad.

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'Twas thou that drew us so as made us go, After the Lamb, although Through much sorrow and woe; Losses, crosses, and what the world could doe.

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Thou art that Spirit of hope, which at the scope Didst make us look: the Rest, And great reward possest Now by us, Thou did'st shew't beyond all trope.

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Thou shew'dst it, and our eye it to espy, And wistly to behold, Whereby we were made bold Thou didst direct and fix continually.

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When Death had seis'd upon, Our flesh and bone And grave had unto dust Converted us, Thou just And holy Spirit, raisedst us alone.

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By the Good will of God and him that trod, The grave down in his strength Thou didst us up at length Raise and revive, Thou art the mighty God.

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Thou art that River claer that free from fear, Hast set us fully, and Mak'st us firmly to stand; With joy in presence of the Lamb most Deare.

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A mighty River pure constant and sure, Thou with thy sorce hast thrown All oppositions down; Ans Thou us fill'st with joys that shall endure.

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With joy, with peace, with good (as with a flood, Fed from the Ocean great, The mighty Throne and seat, Of God and of his Lamb which shed his blood.)

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Thou fillest us for ever: for they can never fail, or abate, but flow Without all end, no low Ebb shall befall us Nought from God shall sever

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Nought from that Ocean, and Sea without Sand; Those wates Christalline, Most pure and most divine; In their enjoyments we shall ever stand.

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For Thee in every heart, evern thee who art Th' eternal powerful spirit, We do ard shall inherit; A band so firming us as we can't part.

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From God or Christ or each by any breach, From other, thou dost give Us without change to live, Eternally; and ever Thee to preach.

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Thy glory's infinite, thy glory bright, Oh Fountain of de ight! Oh Ocean infinite; Oh infinite Light, might, love infinite!

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To Thee oh Trinity in unity, Eternal happiness, Eternal endless Bless! That art without all change eternally.

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We sing and shout alway Hallelu-jah, Praise thee we will always Throughout our endless day, And sing with heigth of joy: Hallelujah, Hallclujah.