Odes In Imitation of the Seaven Penitential Psalmes with Sundry other Poemes and ditties tending to deuotion and pietie [by Richard Rowlands] |
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SACRVM CONVIVIVM. |
 | Odes In Imitation of the Seaven Penitential Psalmes |  |
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SACRVM CONVIVIVM.
When tyme approched that the lamb of lyf
Must yeild himself among the wolues to dy,
VVho did repay his peace with mortal stryf,
And his meek patience with most crueltie,
Then in the space that yet to him remaynd,
For his few freindes his fare-wel hee ordaynd.
Must yeild himself among the wolues to dy,
VVho did repay his peace with mortal stryf,
And his meek patience with most crueltie,
Then in the space that yet to him remaynd,
For his few freindes his fare-wel hee ordaynd.
It was the night before the dismol day,
He caus'd prepare his last and fare-wel feast,
Desyr'd before, deferred by delay,
Delayed wel, to tyme befitting best,
For woordes and deedes, at parting donne or said
In memories conseruance best are laid.
He caus'd prepare his last and fare-wel feast,
Desyr'd before, deferred by delay,
Delayed wel, to tyme befitting best,
For woordes and deedes, at parting donne or said
In memories conseruance best are laid.
And as his wil, and custome had decreed,
That at this feast a lamb must bee the meat,
So hee that was th' unspotted lamb indeed,
Gaue them therein, his Image for to eat:
Retayning yet for their more greater good,
Far better meat then his self-seeming food.
That at this feast a lamb must bee the meat,
So hee that was th' unspotted lamb indeed,
Gaue them therein, his Image for to eat:
Retayning yet for their more greater good,
Far better meat then his self-seeming food.
For that no sooner was the Paschal donne
And custome and their bodies satisfy'd
But that eft soones another feast begonne
And of a lamb, and that before he dy'd
Himself was hee, and hee himself did giue
Eaten to bee, the whyle himself did liue.
And custome and their bodies satisfy'd
But that eft soones another feast begonne
And of a lamb, and that before he dy'd
Himself was hee, and hee himself did giue
Eaten to bee, the whyle himself did liue.
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VVhich to ordayne, he bread and wyne did take,
And with his sacred breath did blesse the same,
And did thereof his blood and body make.
Through that self might that all of nought did frame,
And could not now bee destitute of arte,
One thing into an other to conuert.
And with his sacred breath did blesse the same,
And did thereof his blood and body make.
Through that self might that all of nought did frame,
And could not now bee destitute of arte,
One thing into an other to conuert.
And as the lamb their bodies had suffys'd,
The true Lambes body turned into bread,
VVas now the supper for their soules deuys'd,
True bread of lyf alyue and seeming dead,
Flesh of his flesh, bread his true body made,
VVhen as eternal truth the woord had said.
The true Lambes body turned into bread,
VVas now the supper for their soules deuys'd,
True bread of lyf alyue and seeming dead,
Flesh of his flesh, bread his true body made,
VVhen as eternal truth the woord had said.
Take eat this is my body, were the woordes,
VVhich vnrepugnant hartes did so receaue,
For humble faith gainsaying not affoordes,
And wel they wist hee would them not deceaue,
And in his wisdome he right wel foreknew.
VVhat faith their would, & should heeron ensue.
VVhich vnrepugnant hartes did so receaue,
For humble faith gainsaying not affoordes,
And wel they wist hee would them not deceaue,
And in his wisdome he right wel foreknew.
VVhat faith their would, & should heeron ensue.
For from that instant, in succeeding space,
In en'ury region that is far or ny
VVhere Christian lore did paganisme displace,
As all fore-going tymes do testify,
Thus was the faith, this is the faith of old,
Held by the whole, now by the parte controld.
In en'ury region that is far or ny
VVhere Christian lore did paganisme displace,
As all fore-going tymes do testify,
Thus was the faith, this is the faith of old,
Held by the whole, now by the parte controld.
Christ said not, eat this in my memorie,
But that his body take and eat they should,
Nor said hee that it did him signify,
But was himself that for them giue hee would,
His truth and iustice could not beare the staine,
One thing to say, and it vnsay againe.
But that his body take and eat they should,
Nor said hee that it did him signify,
But was himself that for them giue hee would,
His truth and iustice could not beare the staine,
One thing to say, and it vnsay againe.
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And for he would that those whose soules hee fed,
By his example so should others feed,
Least but themselues none might bee nowrished,
His plenteous goodnesse hereupon decreed,
That they in memorie of him lyke-wise,
Should with lyke food, lyke faithful soules suffyse
By his example so should others feed,
Least but themselues none might bee nowrished,
His plenteous goodnesse hereupon decreed,
That they in memorie of him lyke-wise,
Should with lyke food, lyke faithful soules suffyse
Hence is descended that successyue power,
Of celebrating this soule-feeding feast,
And that remaining reuerence to this howre,
As elder tymes deuotion hath exprest,
And hence it comes, that to our lasting ioy,
This heauenly meat our soules on earth enioy.
Of celebrating this soule-feeding feast,
And that remaining reuerence to this howre,
As elder tymes deuotion hath exprest,
And hence it comes, that to our lasting ioy,
This heauenly meat our soules on earth enioy.
And as by kynde, loues-grief encreaseth loue,
So loue that caus'd, that God with men did liue,
Caus'd that for loue hee did great sorrow prooue,
VVhose sorrow to his loue more force did giue,
And so lesse wonder his great loue did moue,
To leaue himself the caution of his loue.
So loue that caus'd, that God with men did liue,
Caus'd that for loue hee did great sorrow prooue,
VVhose sorrow to his loue more force did giue,
And so lesse wonder his great loue did moue,
To leaue himself the caution of his loue.
Thus comes it that the seeming bread wee see,
Is that same corps our sauiour Christ had heere,
Yet not in that self manner is it hee,
But as in couert veil so doth apeere,
His body true, in Sacramental wise,
Beheld by faith more then by earthly eyes.
Is that same corps our sauiour Christ had heere,
Yet not in that self manner is it hee,
But as in couert veil so doth apeere,
His body true, in Sacramental wise,
Beheld by faith more then by earthly eyes.
And as hee had his body at his wil,
VVhen dores and walles gainst it could not resist,
But did it vse, and yet no place did fil.
And wrought therewith such woonders as him list,
So stil remaines, his wil, his woord, and might,
In heau'n and earth, in his all power-ful plight.
VVhen dores and walles gainst it could not resist,
But did it vse, and yet no place did fil.
And wrought therewith such woonders as him list,
So stil remaines, his wil, his woord, and might,
In heau'n and earth, in his all power-ful plight.
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His body doth his soule import withall,
A body by effect of sacred sawes,
A soule by sequele which is natural,
Conioynd in one, by his efficient cause,
Touch-stone of fath whereby God would vs teach
His heau'nly woorkes exceed our earthly reatch.
A body by effect of sacred sawes,
A soule by sequele which is natural,
Conioynd in one, by his efficient cause,
Touch-stone of fath whereby God would vs teach
His heau'nly woorkes exceed our earthly reatch.
And when our soules presume vnto this feast,
In cleane atyre they must themselues present,
(Least els they fare as the vnwelcome gest,
That il atyred to the wedding went)
That so this bread of lyf such vertue giue,
That eating it, with it wee euer liue.
In cleane atyre they must themselues present,
(Least els they fare as the vnwelcome gest,
That il atyred to the wedding went)
That so this bread of lyf such vertue giue,
That eating it, with it wee euer liue.
And that esteeme and condigne reuerence,
That graue Antiquitie of duty gaue,
Vnto a thing of so great excellence,
Let it in all ensuyng seasons haue,
And liue that faith, whereof Christ gaue the groūd,
As long as faith may on the earth bee found.
That graue Antiquitie of duty gaue,
Vnto a thing of so great excellence,
Let it in all ensuyng seasons haue,
And liue that faith, whereof Christ gaue the groūd,
As long as faith may on the earth bee found.
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