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The Poems of John Byrom

Edited by Adolphus William Ward
Byrom, John (1692-1763)

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VOL. I.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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VOL. II.—SACRED POEMS.
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PART I.
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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.
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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES,
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TRANSLATED VERSE.

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

Almighty Lord of Hosts, by Whose Commands
The guardian Angels rule their destin'd Lands,
And watchful at thy Word to save or stay
Of Peace or War administer the Sway!
Thou Who against the great Goliah's Rage
Didst arm the Stripling David to engage,
When with a Sling a small unarmèd Youth
Smote a huge Giant in Defence of Truth,—
Hear us, we pray Thee, if our Cause be true;
If sacred Justice be our only View;
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If Right and Duty, not the Will to War
Have forc'd our Armies to proceed thus far!
Then, turn the Hearts of all our Foes to Peace,
That War and Bloodshed in the Land may cease;
Or, put to Flight by Providential Dread,
Let them lament their Errors, not their Dead!
If some must die, protect the righteous all,
And let the guilty, few as may be, fall!
With pitying Speed the Victory decree
To them whose Cause is best approv'd by Thee;
That, sheath'd on all Sides the devouring Sword,
And Peace and Justice to our Land restor'd,
We all together with one Heart may sing
Triumphant Hymns to Thee, th' Eternal King!
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