 | A transcript of Edward Taylor's Metrical History of Christianity by Donald E. Stanford |  |
The Shine of Divine Grace.
Oh! Blessed Gospell, Lanthorn of blesst Light.
Thy Candle flame's not blown yet from thy wick.
Though Hellish Fogs so mud the aire, mens Sight
Is muffled much thereby and made so thick
That Blindman's Buff most Suites the Candlestick.
Thy Candle flame's not blown yet from thy wick.
Though Hellish Fogs so mud the aire, mens Sight
Is muffled much thereby and made so thick
That Blindman's Buff most Suites the Candlestick.
Yet blesst be God the Gospell Still hath ground
Though made a Spell for golden Spirits, nay,
And Shining lights although few pens have found
Them for us. But blinde Lights before us lay,
Being possesst by th' Spirit of their day.
Though made a Spell for golden Spirits, nay,
And Shining lights although few pens have found
Them for us. But blinde Lights before us lay,
Being possesst by th' Spirit of their day.
Unless Some person in Some Shineing place
Did with his inke be black the Papall Shine
That Stirs arose, Historick Pens no trace
Do take thereof, and when they do define
These men, their pens poke malice on their Shr[ine]
Did with his inke be black the Papall Shine
That Stirs arose, Historick Pens no trace
Do take thereof, and when they do define
These men, their pens poke malice on their Shr[ine]
Angiers Arch Deacon Berengarius He
Was Such an One, that Stoutly did oppose
Romes Errour of the Supper, and wee See
They him Supplaint, poor man, amongst Such foes
That he recants, yet Conscience cannot close.
Was Such an One, that Stoutly did oppose
Romes Errour of the Supper, and wee See
They him Supplaint, poor man, amongst Such foes
That he recants, yet Conscience cannot close.
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Upon his Dying day he said to day
Our Lord Christ Jesus when he shall appeare
Will then to me for my repenting way
Appeare I hope to glory shining cleare.
Or for the sake of others, t'pain I feare.
Our Lord Christ Jesus when he shall appeare
Will then to me for my repenting way
Appeare I hope to glory shining cleare.
Or for the sake of others, t'pain I feare.
But to go on, when now Romes Canons had
The bullet made of Divells Doctrine flung
Against a marri'd Ministry as bad
The Clergy all in England, France up sprung
And Germany, and threw it off as dung.
The bullet made of Divells Doctrine flung
Against a marri'd Ministry as bad
The Clergy all in England, France up sprung
And Germany, and threw it off as dung.
And though their Bishops did promote this Sin
Thundring against them, they of Germany
At Erford Synod, thought reward to bring
To Mentz Archbishop with black Desteny:
For an Example of Such Vilany.
Thundring against them, they of Germany
At Erford Synod, thought reward to bring
To Mentz Archbishop with black Desteny:
For an Example of Such Vilany.
I will no longer here detain my quill
But call you to attend for further glory
Of Grace, it in its progress where it will
In Patience's bright Honour lay before ye
Her Shine commixt with hers, in shining Story.
But call you to attend for further glory
Of Grace, it in its progress where it will
In Patience's bright Honour lay before ye
Her Shine commixt with hers, in shining Story.
| A transcript of Edward Taylor's Metrical History of Christianity by Donald E. Stanford | |