The minor poems of William Lauder playwright, poet, and minister of the word of God, (mainly on the state of Scotland in and about 1568 A.D., that year of famine and plague) ... Edited from the unique originals belonging to S. Christie-Miller ... By F. J. Furnivall |
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Bot lat ws heir the text perfytlie feill,
And lat ws merk the wourdis thairof richt weill,
As quhair it sayis nocht that, ‘that man sall be
‘Cast furth that bydis nocht in Christ constantlie,’
Bot speykand in the present tyme it sayis,
“He is reieckit now instantlie alwayis.”
Albeit on lyfe that ȝit he leuand be,
He is cast furth: the text this latts ws se.
So heir the text pronuncis till ws plat,
That Christ, he speykis heir of the reprobat;—
For as the faithfull, now leuyng heir but more,
Ar partakers with Christ in heauinnis glore,
And dois begin thair heauin in earth heir doun,
Quhen as tha thole soir persecutioun
For richtyusnes, takand in pacience
All earthlie trubill, knawand thair Innocence,
Hayfand respect, and still in memore,
The heauinnis Ioye and grit felicite
That thay at last be Christ ar till obtene,
Quhen as tha knaw thair conscience is clene
Of sik Iniury as wes thair accusatioun,
This earthlie trubill is thair grit consolatioun,
Quhilk consolatioun, it is the waye full euin,
And pleasand passage, vnto the port of heauin.
And lat ws merk the wourdis thairof richt weill,
As quhair it sayis nocht that, ‘that man sall be
‘Cast furth that bydis nocht in Christ constantlie,’
Bot speykand in the present tyme it sayis,
“He is reieckit now instantlie alwayis.”
Albeit on lyfe that ȝit he leuand be,
He is cast furth: the text this latts ws se.
So heir the text pronuncis till ws plat,
That Christ, he speykis heir of the reprobat;—
For as the faithfull, now leuyng heir but more,
Ar partakers with Christ in heauinnis glore,
And dois begin thair heauin in earth heir doun,
Quhen as tha thole soir persecutioun
For richtyusnes, takand in pacience
All earthlie trubill, knawand thair Innocence,
Hayfand respect, and still in memore,
The heauinnis Ioye and grit felicite
That thay at last be Christ ar till obtene,
Quhen as tha knaw thair conscience is clene
Of sik Iniury as wes thair accusatioun,
This earthlie trubill is thair grit consolatioun,
Quhilk consolatioun, it is the waye full euin,
And pleasand passage, vnto the port of heauin.
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