Psa. 137.
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This Elegiacal Hymne, mistically expresseth the Zeal,
& love of the Faithfull, to the Citty of God: And Prophecies,
the fall of the spirituall Babilon
. Wee may
sing it to comfort vs during the continuance of
our Naturall bondage, & the tirranies of Anti-christ.
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As wee nigh Babel River sate,
Wee, overcharg'd with weepings were,
To thinck on Syon's pore estate;
And hung our harpes, on willowes there:
For, they to whome wee were inthralled,
On vs, for songs of Syon, called.
2
Come sing, they sayd, a Syon-hymne.
Lord! cann wee sing thy songs in thrall?
Vnles (Oh dear Ierusalem)
Thee, in my mirth, preferr I shall;
Or, if the thought of thee forgoe mee,
Let hand & tongue, prove vseles to me.
3
Oh Lord, remember Edom's brood,
And, how, whilst thy Ierusalem,
Vnsackt, & vndefaced stood,
Her spoile was hast'ned on, by them.
For, loud thy cryed, race it, race it;
And, to the groundwork, downe deface it.
4
Oh daughter of proud Babilon,
Thou shalt, likewise, destroyed be;
And, he will prove a blessed-one,
Who shall avenge our Cause on thee:
Ev'n hee, that payes thee our disgraces;
And, braines thy babes, in stony-places.