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The Poems of John Byrom

Edited by Adolphus William Ward

Byrom, John (1692-1763)

VOL. I.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

II.

VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.

PART I.

II.

PART II.

A POETICAL VERSION OF A LETTER FROM THE EARL OF ESSEX TO THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON.

AN ITALIAN BISHOP.

ON RESIGNATION.

A POETICAL VERSION OF A LETTER FROM JACOB BEHMEN TO A FRIEND, ON THE SAME OCCASION.

ON RESIGNATION.

ON BEARING THE CROSS.

A SOLILOQUY ON THE CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES OF A DOUBTING MIND.

A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF TRUE RELIGION.

ON THE TRUE MEANING OF THE SCRIPTURE TERMS “LIFE” AND “DEATH,” WHEN APPLIED TO MEN.

ON THE GROUND OF TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION.

ON THE CAUSE, CONSEQUENCE AND CURE OF SPIRITUAL PRIDE.

THE BEGGAR AND THE DIVINE.

FRAGMENT OF AN HYMN ON THE GOODNESS OF GOD.

UNIVERSAL GOOD THE OBJECT OF THE DIVINE WILL, AND EVIL THE NECESSARY EFFECT OF THE CREATURE'S OPPOSITION TO IT.

ON THE DISINTERESTED LOVE OF GOD.

ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

ON THE MEANING OF THE WORD “WRATH,” AS APPLIED TO GOD IN SCRIPTURE.

THE FOREGOING SUBJECT MORE FULLY ILLUSTRATED, IN A COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE

THE TRUE GROUNDS OF ETERNAL AND IMMUTABLE RECTITUDE.

ON THE NATURE AND REASON OF ALL OUTWARD LAW.

DIVINE LOVE, THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF TRUE RELIGION.

ON WORKS OF MERCY AND COMPASSION, CONSIDERED AS THE PROOFS OF TRUE RELIGION.

THE SOUL'S TENDENCY TOWARDS ITS TRUE CENTRE.

A PARAPHRASE ON THE PRAYER USED IN THE CHURCH LITURGY “FOR ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN.”

THE PRAYER OF RUSBROCHIUS.

ON ATTENTION.

A PRAYER, USED BY FRANCIS THE FIRST, WHEN HE WAS AT WAR WITH THE EMPEROR CHARLES THE FIFTH.

A COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE, IN THE GENERAL CONFESSION OF SINS USED IN THE CHURCH-LITURGY: “ACCORDING TO THY PROMISES DECLARED UNTO MANKIND IN CHRIST JESU OUR LORD.”

ON CHURCH COMMUNION

A DYING SPEECH;

A COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE

A MEMORIAL ABSTRACT OF A SERMON PREACHED BY THE REV. MR. H--- ON PROVERBS, Ch. XX. v. 27.

ON THE UNION AND THREEFOLD DISTINCTION OF GOD, NATURE AND CREATURE.

ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL.

A FRIENDLY EXPOSTULATION WITH A CLERGYMAN, CONCERNING A PASSAGE IN HIS SERMON RELATING TO THE REDEMPTION OF MANKIND.

ON THE SAME SUBJECT;

THOUGHTS ON IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS, OCCASIONED BY READING THE REV. MR. HERVEY'S DIALOGUES BETWEEN THERON AND ASPASIO.

A CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO EMINENT DIVINES.

ON THE NATURE OF FREE GRACE, AND THE CLAIM TO MERIT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GOOD WORKS.

A SOLILOQUY ON READING A DISPUTE ABOUT FAITH AND WORKS.

THOUGHTS ON PREDESTINATION AND REPROBATION.

THE POTTER AND HIS CLAY;

AN ARGUMENT FOR DAVID'S BELIEF OF A FUTURE STATE, INFERRED FROM BATHSHEBA'S LAST WORDS TO HIM UPON HIS DEATH-BED.

AN EXPOSTULATION WITH A ZEALOUS SECTARIST, WHO INVEIGHED IN BITTER TERMS AGAINST THE CLERGY AND CHURCH INSTITUTIONS.

ON THE FALL OF MAN;

ON JONATHAN EDWARDS' ENQUIRY CONCERNING FREEWILL.

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES,

TRANSLATED VERSE.

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ON BEARING THE CROSS.

A Dialogue.

I

Take up the Cross which thou has got,
For Love of Christ, and bear it not
As Simon of Cyrene did,
Compell'd to do as he was bid!

II

“Pray, am not I, who cannot free
“Myself, compell'd as much as he?
“I cannot shun it, and of Course
“Must bear this heavy Cross by Force.”

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III

What dost thou get then by Disgust
At bearing that which bear thou must?
Nothing abates the Force of Ill
Like a resign'd and patient Will.

IV

“'Tis true; but how shall I obtain
“Such an Abatement of my Pain?
“Compulsion tempts me to repine
“At Simon's Case becoming mine.”

V

Look then at Jesus gone before;
Reflect on what thy Saviour bore,—
Bore, tho' He could have been set free:
Death on the Cross, for Love of Thee!

VI

“He did so.—Lord, what shall I say?
Do Thou enable me to pray,
If 'tis not possible to shun
This bitter Cross, ‘Thy Will be done!’”