Comoedia A worke in Ryme contayning an Enter-lude of Myndes, witnessing the Mans Fall from God and Christ. Set forth by HN, and by him newly porused and amended. Translated out of Base-almaynes into English [by Christopher Vitell?] |
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The IX. Chapter.
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It seemes as if the Kingdom of God were locked quight/
And also that God, with his heauenly Hoste-of-might,
Had withdrawen his Grace, from the Man, cleane-awaye:
For He suffereth the Man, to follow his owne Delight/
Permitting him to doo, what he lusteth to assaye.
Oh/what a number of Greefes, hath he suckt, to his decaye:
Liueing after his Pleasure, in Good-thinkings vayne Race:
And is Also vtterly
vnfaythfull, in all what he maye.
For one doth wrong another, with Crafty-gyle, apace.
Oh/sore to be lamented, is the Mans vnrestfull Case.
Those that now seeke Peace, are counted Wicked, in Errour wandring.
And of the Loue, ther is no Mencion heard in any place.
Oh! When shall the Man, becom Understanding?
And also that God, with his heauenly Hoste-of-might,
Had withdrawen his Grace, from the Man, cleane-awaye:
For He suffereth the Man, to follow his owne Delight/
Permitting him to doo, what he lusteth to assaye.
Oh/what a number of Greefes, hath he suckt, to his decaye:
Liueing after his Pleasure, in Good-thinkings vayne Race:
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For one doth wrong another, with Crafty-gyle, apace.
Oh/sore to be lamented, is the Mans vnrestfull Case.
Those that now seeke Peace, are counted Wicked, in Errour wandring.
And of the Loue, ther is no Mencion heard in any place.
Oh! When shall the Man, becom Understanding?
O eternall Prince, God almighty Father-on-hy!
To thee only must it be, complayned vehemently,
That the Man is thus falne, into so many Infirmityes:
And yet not once myndfull, nor wil thesame espy,
That hee, from his God, is departed in such-wyse.
Declyned from the louely Trueth, and bent to follow Lyes.
He hath take vpon him, an High-mynde to entertayne:
Quyte reiecting Playne-and-iust, in this his Enterprise.
Oh! that the Man mought now, turne to his God agayne/
That same shoulde him iustify, from Sinne that so doth raigne:
Walking playne and iust, worthy of Commending:
So mought he then liue, without all Feare or Payne.
Oh! when shall the Man, becom Understanding?
To thee only must it be, complayned vehemently,
That the Man is thus falne, into so many Infirmityes:
And yet not once myndfull, nor wil thesame espy,
That hee, from his God, is departed in such-wyse.
Declyned from the louely Trueth, and bent to follow Lyes.
He hath take vpon him, an High-mynde to entertayne:
Quyte reiecting Playne-and-iust, in this his Enterprise.
Oh! that the Man mought now, turne to his God agayne/
That same shoulde him iustify, from Sinne that so doth raigne:
Walking playne and iust, worthy of Commending:
So mought he then liue, without all Feare or Payne.
Oh! when shall the Man, becom Understanding?
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