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A New Balade or Songe / of the Lambes Feast.
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I hearde one saye:Com now awaye /
Make no delaye:
Alact / why stande yee than?
All is doubtlesse
In redynesse /
There wantes but Gesse,
To the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest // in verye deede /
That's found a Gest // in ye Mariage-weede.
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THE Scriptures all /Perfourmed shall
Bee, in this my Call /
Uoyced-out by H. N. (than):
I am Gods Loue /
Com from aboue /
All Men to moue ,
To the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
3
MAKE haste and speede /I am indeede
That Maryage-weede,
That Those must putt-on, than,
Which shall bee fitt /
Or-els permitt
Downe for to sitt /
At the Supper of the Lamb.
For hee is now blest. &c.
4
DO not dispyseThys myne Aduyse /
Yee that bee wyse /
And lust for to eate than,
Of the lyuinge Wood /
Or heauenlye Food /
So pure and good /
In the Supper of the Lamb /
For Hee is now blest. &c.
5
THAT Seede of Seth /Which passe thorowe Death
(In Abrahams Fayth)
To Lyfe: They onlye than /
Shall be sett-downe
With great Renowne /
And weare the Crowne /
In the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
6
ALL Scripture-wyseThat now surmyse,
How to dispyse
Mee / in their Wysedom / than /
They shall no-dout
(Amonge all Stout)
Bee shutt wyth-out
The Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
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FOR none I saye /Saue onlye thaye
That shall obaye,
Myne holye Seruyce, than
(Which doth brynge-in
The Death of Sin)
Maye enter-in,
To the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
8
THEN all that noweIn Stryfe do growe /
And wyll not bowe,
To My louelye Warnynges, than /
Must now at last
Cleene out bee cast /
And neuer tast
The Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
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THEN runne apace /Whylst there is Grace /
Or Tyme and space /
Go fast as euer yee can /
To Syons Hyll:
Wheare All that wyll
May eate their fyll /
In the Supper of the Lamb.
For hee is now blest. &c.
10
NEGLECT Mee not /As then dyd Lot
Longe past / yee wot /
And perryshed all than:
My Loue pervse /
Make no excuse /
Lest yee refuse
The Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
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WHEN All were sett /And furnysht nett
(Both small and great)
So was it foreseene than,
Of the Brydegroome /
That ther was roome
For more to come /
In the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest &c.
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THEN must I goTo the Hye-wayes, lo /
And Hedges, tho /
And seeke them-vp all than:
All Those by name
That's Blynde or Lame /
And compell thesame,
To the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
13
THE Lorde hath sworeLonge-tyme before /
That neuermore
Such as excused them than /
Shoulde tast or eate
Of the heauenly Meate
Or Porcion geat,
In the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest. &c.
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FOR that all Kynges /Under Loues Wynges
(Without Grudgynges)
In Peace mought gouerne, than /
Praye All: that trust
Amonge the Iust /
Or haue a Lust
To the Supper of the Lamb.
For Hee is now blest // in verye deede /
That's found a Gest // in the Mariage-weede.
FINIS.
Another, out of Goodwill.
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The Grace from Godthe Father hye /
Which is of Mightes most a /
The Mercye eake from Christ our Lorde /
And Peace from the holye Gost a,
Com to All // That now shall,
In Loue with vs agree a /
And consent // With whole Intent,
To the Loues Soscietee a.
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LOUE the Lorde aboue al-thinge,Is the first Precept by name a:
Loue thy Neyghbour as thy-selfe,
The second's lyke thesame a.
Thus we see // Loue to bee,
Written with Gods-his owne Hande a /
To geeue vs Light // And guyde vs right,
Eauen out of that darke Lande a.
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YOUNGE-men in your Littlenes,Remember what is sayde a:
Let all our Elders in the Loue,
Wyth Reuerence bee obayde a.
Exercyse // Amonge the Wyse
That holye Seruice, then a /
Which God hath wrought // And also tought,
By hys Mynister H. N. a.
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IN Loues Preceptes let vs proceede /And coupple arme-in-arme a /
The Serpentes Broode, that wolde destroye,
Shall ; then; doo vs no harme a.
Loue shee sowndes // All our Woundes,
Wyth her most pleasant Wine a /
As wee obaye // And lyue alwaye,
In her Seruice diuine a.
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AGAINST the Sinne let vs putt-on,Such Armour as is best a /
Which in the Seruice of the Loue,
Is perfectlye exprest a.
And let vs praye // To God alwaye /
Eauen-lyfe as wee are taught a /
So shall we fynde // Within our Mynde,
How Sinne shall go to naught a.
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THUS ga-wee fourth, goodwillinglie /And haue no doubt in mynde a /
Although so manye our Enemyes were,
As Heares on Head wee synde a:
Loue shall make // Them all to quake /
The Tyme is com-about a /
For with her Breath // If wee haue Faith,
So shall shee cast them out a.
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AN vpright Lyfe in Lowlynes,Let vs expresse alwaye a /
Amonge such as wee deale-with-all,
In all Affayres I saye a:
Go to prayse // God alwayse,
Eauen-as is sayde aboue a.
That's indeede // As wee reede /
The Seruice of the Loue a.
NO Godseruice els do wee knowe /
Nor none maye wee frequent a /
Without this most holye Seruice /
With her godlie Intent a /
Hee is blest // That's now prest,
To serue vnder Loues Bande a:
Shee shall byde // And neuer slyde /
But euermore shall stande a.
Nor none maye wee frequent a /
Without this most holye Seruice /
With her godlie Intent a /
Hee is blest // That's now prest,
To serue vnder Loues Bande a:
Shee shall byde // And neuer slyde /
But euermore shall stande a.
AL-though that wycked Seede of Cain,
To Rebellious-stryfe aryse a /
Yet shall those seeke the Peace and Rest,
So manye as be wyse a.
For all must tast // ; Now at the last;
Such Orincte as they do brue a /
And what they seeke // That shall them meete:
Thys thynge is verye-true a.
To Rebellious-stryfe aryse a /
Yet shall those seeke the Peace and Rest,
So manye as be wyse a.
For all must tast // ; Now at the last;
Such Orincte as they do brue a /
And what they seeke // That shall them meete:
Thys thynge is verye-true a.
THAT Wanton-lust of Lamech Lyne /
Expell out of your mynde a /
And vnto her Lightmyndednes,
Bee you in no-wise kynde a:
For with all Findes // Or wycked Mindes
(Wheare Darknes doth remayne a)
Eauen in the Hell // Theare shall shee dwell /
With all that to her pertayne a.
Expell out of your mynde a /
And vnto her Lightmyndednes,
Bee you in no-wise kynde a:
For with all Findes // Or wycked Mindes
(Wheare Darknes doth remayne a)
Eauen in the Hell // Theare shall shee dwell /
With all that to her pertayne a.
THEN louinglye let vs stande fast,
In brotherlye Accorde a /
Lyke-as the Seruice of the Loue,
Requyreth in hys Worde a:
So Loue will // Blesse vs still /
And woorke all for the best a:
If so bee // Wee agree /
And mynde the Peace and Rest a.
In brotherlye Accorde a /
Lyke-as the Seruice of the Loue,
Requyreth in hys Worde a:
So Loue will // Blesse vs still /
And woorke all for the best a:
If so bee // Wee agree /
And mynde the Peace and Rest a.
LET vs obeye the Gouernours /
And lyue vnder their Lawes a:
And eake to them all Tribute paye /
Eauen for the Peaces cause a:
Yet Loue is free // Though shee agree,
That they shall haue such thynge a:
And what is right // To God almight,
That must wee to hym brynge a.
And lyue vnder their Lawes a:
And eake to them all Tribute paye /
Eauen for the Peaces cause a:
Yet Loue is free // Though shee agree,
That they shall haue such thynge a:
And what is right // To God almight,
That must wee to hym brynge a.
IN stilnes thus let vs go-fourth /
(With Thankfulnes amonge a)
Wyth fewe Woordes / as wee are taught /
And thus I ende my Songe a.
In Loues Bande // ; Hande-in-hande;
Let vs proceede on still a.
O Israell // Take this well /
As out of my Goodwill a.
(With Thankfulnes amonge a)
Wyth fewe Woordes / as wee are taught /
And thus I ende my Songe a.
In Loues Bande // ; Hande-in-hande;
Let vs proceede on still a.
O Israell // Take this well /
As out of my Goodwill a.
FINIS.
Per VV. S. Veritatis. Amatorem. Anno. 1574.
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