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Divine Poems

Written By Thomas Washbourne

Washbourne, Thomas (1606-1687)

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To the Right honourable, My ever Honoured Lady, The Lady VERE.

To His Ever honoured Mother, The University OF OXFORD

To his Learned, Pious Friend, the Authour.

On the Author.

To the READER of my Dearly Loved, because truly Pious Friend, Mr, T. W.'s Religious Poems.

APOSTROPHE To the AUTHOR.

On the Divine Poems of his friend the Author.

Psalm 80. 12, 13, 14.

1 Cor. 6. 19.

Upon a Snake in a Garden of Flowers, having stung one that trod upon him unawares.

Upon Divine Love.

The Eccho, or Answer of a good Conscience.

A PASTORAL DIALOGUE Concerning the JOYES of HEAVEN, And the PAINES of HELL.

Upon the peoples denying of Tythes in some places, and ejecting their Pastors.

The souls wish.

Upon Christs coming to judgment.

The Antipodes.

To a Gentlewoman that was extremely troubled with the Tooth-ach.

Upon a Passing Bel.

Upon the setting of a Clock-Larum.

Scylla and Carybdis.

Upon Lay-mens preaching.

Upon the contrary effects of Tobacco in himself and his friend.

Upon a good yeer of Corn, and a quick harvest.

Upon his walking one day abroad, when sometimes the Sun shone warm, an sometimes the winde blew cold on him.

Upon a dream, that he was writing his Sermon Notes upon his naked brest that very morning that was the Anniversary of his Baptism.

A Soliloquy upon the Circumcision, commonly called New-yeers-day.

An other upon the Resurrection, commonly called Easter day.

A Colloquy upon the Ascension, commonly called Holy Thursday.

Upon all Saints day.

To Christ.

Boet. Met. 4. l. 1. Translated.

The 5. Met. of the second book.

Upon the Right Reverend, And most Learned Dr. PRIDEAUX, late Bishop of Worcester.

To his much honoured Friend and Kinsman, Sr E. B.

To his truly honoured Lady, the Lady R.

To the noble Lady, and to him much endeered, the Lady M. T.

To the no less honoured Lady, the Lady P.

To the eminent Scholer, and Honor of our Church, Dr. Hammond.

To the truly vertuous, and his most esteemed Cousin, Mrs. M. B.

To the Right Honourable, the Lady M. C.

Upon his losing his way in a mist.

To two Parties going to Law about small matters.

To an envious and malicious person.

To the common Drunkard, falsely called a Good Fellow.

Upon an old man holding an Infant between his arms of his own begetting.

To one that married a very rich, but a very deformed woman.

His opinion concerning disputations in the Country, where the Major part of the Auditory are Illiterate persons.

Upon his late Ague, or the new Feaver, as it was call'd.

The Accident.

Upon his Recovery from his Ague.

Upon a great showre of snow that fel on May day, 1654.

The Conclusion. To my dread Soveraigne And deer Master, Christ Jesus, King of Kings.

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1 Cor. 6. 19.

What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God; and yee are not your own?

Lord, what an humble God art thou,
Thus to descend
And be my friend,
Yea, more then friend, mine In-mate now?

Dost not enough thy self abase,
To look on me,
But I must be
Thy Temple and thy dwelling place?

This my vile Body thou dost take,
And thinkest fit
To honor it,
And for thy use a house it make.

Henceforth I'l prize this house of thine
At a high rate,
Being consecrate
To thee, and count it no more mine.

Not any part thereof shall be
An instrument
To sin, but bent
In holy wayes to wait on thee.

The windowes in't shall be mine eyes
Through which I'l see
My God, thou me;
My tongue shall offer Sacrifice.

My lips the Calves which I will pay
To thee my Lord,
And every word
Well weigh'd I'l on thine Altar lay.

My Lungs the bellowes which shall blow
The holy fire
Of my desire,
Till to a lively flame it grow.

My Prayer as Incense shall ascend,
And every room
In me perfume,
That no ill savour thee offend.

My heart shall be the Holocaust,
My hands shall bring
An Offering
And all shall serve the Holy Ghost.