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Miscellaneous works of George Wither

Wither, George (1588-1667)

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Vox Pacifica:
  
Carmen Eucharisticon:
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A Suddain Flash
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A Triple Paradox:
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A Proclamation In the Name of the King of Kings, To all the Inhabitants of the Isles of Great Brittain:
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I. To those Friends, unto whom this Author hath been scandalously mis-represented in private, by some false Brethren and others.
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II. A causual Meditation on Faith, Hope, Fear and Love.
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III. To those who enquire, why this Author is now imprisoned in Newgate?
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IV. A Hymn of Thanksgiving, for deliverance from a dangerous and sharp Sickness, during his Imprisonment.
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V. To them who say, or suppose, that a vain desire of Fame, was this Authors principal motive, to the Composure of what he hath written and published.
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VI. A Meditation, occasioned by considering the manifold Temptations to distrust in GOD, whereby his best Servants are otherwhile proved and exercised.
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VII. Another Scrap, to them, who carp at this Author's frequent writing.
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VIII. An Eccho from the Thunders, in the celestial Temple, reverberating, in part, the effect of what was uttered by their Voices.
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IX. A brief Reproof of them, who take pleasure in Scandalous Invectives, whereby others are personally defamed.
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X. A Disclaim, by way of Advertisement, of a Paper, falsly imputed to this Author.
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XI. To them who object it as a fault, that this Author hath written several Poems, since he resolved to write no more.
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XII. Of Governours and Governments; and how we ought to demean our selves toward them.
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XIII. A Scrap added to the former, since the sending of the Authors Remonstrance to the house of Commons.
  
Verses written by Mr. George Wither upon three Trenchers with Oker, during his close-Imprisonment, and carried to the Lieutenant of the Tower by the said Prisoners Keeper.
  
Hearing it reported, that the Diurnal women cryed the news of his Impeachment for Treason, he composed this Epigram.
  
Ingenii Largitor Venter.
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Judgement, in our days, at GOD's house begins,
Who takes such notice of our many sins,
That since we would not mend when we were chidden;
He will no longer now let them be hidden
Or go unpunish'd: but we, that each other
Provok'd to sin, shall punish one another.
Me blame not then, if I touch here and there,
Those failings on all sides which causes were
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Of what we suffer: for, GOD will be known
By doing Justice; and we ought to own
Our great Transgressions, and not seek to hide
Those Crimes, for which he lays ev'n Kings aside,
As well as other men; that all may know
He giveth equal dooms to high and low.
Though, therefore, we sometimes a vail may cast
O'er faulty Rulers, whilst their pow'r doth last,
To keep them from contempt, lest their disgrace
May cause infringement of the Common Peace,
VVe must not counter-act what GOD will do,
VVhen he reproves them, and removes them too:
But, suff'ring with them by commiseration,
As being worthy of like condemnation,
Give GOD the glory, with our Pens and Breath,
For what's intended by their shame or death.
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