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Præceptis ducimur,
Exemplis trahimur.
Exemplis trahimur.
Precepts in Gods most holy Law
Do us direct; Examples draw.
Do us direct; Examples draw.
To the Right Honourable, THE Lady ANNE PIERPOINT
Elder Daughter To the Lord Marquisse of DORCHESTER.
PART. I. The Good Womans Prayer.
Refresh
me Lord in this Worlds Wildernesse,
And with a cloud of witnesses me lead,
Like fiery Pillars light to holynesse:
Be these divine examples that I read;
And grant that I may practise them in word and deed.
And with a cloud of witnesses me lead,
Like fiery Pillars light to holynesse:
Be these divine examples that I read;
And grant that I may practise them in word and deed.
Contents.
Wisdome, Repentance, Knowledg, Prophesie,Faith, Love, Attention, Hope, Obedience,
Praise, Prayer, Offerings, Hospitality,
Labour of Spirit, and Body, Patience,
Affection Conjugal, Due Reverence
To Rulers, and to Parents, Womanhood,
Courage, good life, a seasond speech, Silence,
Heavn's blessing, sight of days, both long & good
By these Contents the Text is understood.
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Grant me the gracious Knowledg of the Queen
Of Sheba, that I may employ the same,
As was Priscillas on Apollos seen,
As Eunice, Bethsheba, Lois, and the Dame
St. John for childrens government Elect doth name.
Of Sheba, that I may employ the same,
As was Priscillas on Apollos seen,
As Eunice, Bethsheba, Lois, and the Dame
St. John for childrens government Elect doth name.
The needful Wisdome into me infuse
Of Theco'as woman, Zerech, Abigael,
And hers that made for Abels town a truce.
In part thy Mysteries to me reveal
As with four Virgins, Hulda and Debora thou didst deal.
Of Theco'as woman, Zerech, Abigael,
And hers that made for Abels town a truce.
In part thy Mysteries to me reveal
As with four Virgins, Hulda and Debora thou didst deal.
Rispa's Repentance do in me beget,
Of Mary Magdalene, and of the Saint
That at the Pharisees house wash't thy feet.
Me with the Hope of Manoahs Wife acquaint,
And Rachel's that in bearing Joseph was not faint.
Of Mary Magdalene, and of the Saint
That at the Pharisees house wash't thy feet.
Me with the Hope of Manoahs Wife acquaint,
And Rachel's that in bearing Joseph was not faint.
The Faith of
Sarah into me inspire,
Rahab and Jocabed, the Mother-Maid,
Martha's: Hers that did only crums desire,
Of Her that had the bloody issue staid,
And Hers that at the Well for living water praid.
Rahab and Jocabed, the Mother-Maid,
Martha's: Hers that did only crums desire,
Of Her that had the bloody issue staid,
And Hers that at the Well for living water praid.
Breath into me to true Religion Love,
As was in Rachel, Ruth, and Phinces Bride;
Unto thy Word my due Attention move,
As thou didst Lydia's by the river side,
And Mary's, whose good choice and part was not deny'd.
As was in Rachel, Ruth, and Phinces Bride;
Unto thy Word my due Attention move,
As thou didst Lydia's by the river side,
And Mary's, whose good choice and part was not deny'd.
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Make me Obey thy will with all submission,
Like Ely's Hostesse, and in me create
Leah's and Hannah's spirit of Petition;
With Miriam let me thy Praise relate,
And Anna, that liv'd four score yeers without a mate.
Like Ely's Hostesse, and in me create
Leah's and Hannah's spirit of Petition;
With Miriam let me thy Praise relate,
And Anna, that liv'd four score yeers without a mate.
O grant that I the Church may stand in stead
By Rahab's, Sarah's Hospitalitie,
Or Hers that ore the Wel ground corn did spread,
Or Hers that lodgd Elisha carefully,
Or Phebe's, Martha's, Mary's liberalitie.
By Rahab's, Sarah's Hospitalitie,
Or Hers that ore the Wel ground corn did spread,
Or Hers that lodgd Elisha carefully,
Or Phebe's, Martha's, Mary's liberalitie.
Thy
Tabernacle (Lord) let me adorn
With Gifts, as Susan and great Chusa's Wife,
The Widow, whose two mites thou didst not scorn,
And Dorcas that in all good works was rife,
And She that Joash gave his first seven yeers of life.
With Gifts, as Susan and great Chusa's Wife,
The Widow, whose two mites thou didst not scorn,
And Dorcas that in all good works was rife,
And She that Joash gave his first seven yeers of life.
My spirituall Labors (Lord) grant the successe
Of Junia, Persis, Triphose, and Triphene,
That thy elected Vessels me may blesse;
Grant that my bodily dangers may be seen,
As Egypts Midwives, Jahel great, Ashuerus Queen.
Of Junia, Persis, Triphose, and Triphene,
That thy elected Vessels me may blesse;
Grant that my bodily dangers may be seen,
As Egypts Midwives, Jahel great, Ashuerus Queen.
Towards my Husband settle thou my Minde,
As was Rebecca's, modest, reverent,
Loving as Rachel, Achsah, and as kind
As Michal, Abishag, and She that went
From Pharaohs royal Court, to live in Solomons tent.
As was Rebecca's, modest, reverent,
Loving as Rachel, Achsah, and as kind
As Michal, Abishag, and She that went
From Pharaohs royal Court, to live in Solomons tent.
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As
Leah Silent, and as Patient
As churlish Nabals understanding Wise;
And as the Shunamite obedient;
Unto my Parents, to appease all strife,
Like Jephta's virgin-Daughter may I yeeld my life.
As churlish Nabals understanding Wise;
And as the Shunamite obedient;
Unto my Parents, to appease all strife,
Like Jephta's virgin-Daughter may I yeeld my life.
As in
Rebecca's nurse, so in me frame
A nurse-like minde towards my children deer,
As Hers that Moses rear'd: Elimelechs Dame,
Discreet as Isaacks Wife let me appear,
Whose pains with gleaning Ruth, give me the grace to bear.
A nurse-like minde towards my children deer,
As Hers that Moses rear'd: Elimelechs Dame,
Discreet as Isaacks Wife let me appear,
Whose pains with gleaning Ruth, give me the grace to bear.
Indue me with the Courage to maintain
My Families right like fair Zelopiads breed;
With Sarah wicked servants to constrain
T'amend, or else out of mine house to weed
Profane, proud Hagar, with her scoffing Saracens seed
My Families right like fair Zelopiads breed;
With Sarah wicked servants to constrain
T'amend, or else out of mine house to weed
Profane, proud Hagar, with her scoffing Saracens seed
Grant me
Elizabeths unreproved Life,
The season'd Speech of Naamans wife & maid
Eve's Happinesse; who for lost Abels life
Was with the birth of Holy Seth repaid,
My dayes like Sarahs worth the numbring may be said.
The season'd Speech of Naamans wife & maid
Eve's Happinesse; who for lost Abels life
Was with the birth of Holy Seth repaid,
My dayes like Sarahs worth the numbring may be said.
Apochriphal are the Stories, not the Life
Of Valiant Judith and Susanna chast;
Mother of martyrs seaven, young Tobi's wife.
Two women with their babes down head-long cast
God make me not the least, although of these the last.
Of Valiant Judith and Susanna chast;
Mother of martyrs seaven, young Tobi's wife.
Two women with their babes down head-long cast
God make me not the least, although of these the last.
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But since these starrs have had their slower motions
Preserve me, from their errours and commotions.
Preserve me, from their errours and commotions.
Contents.
Enticement, Errour, Means unjust, Temptation.Baling, Contempt, Impatience, Worldly Vanitie,
Dissention, Envie, Witchcraft, Imprecation,
Contention, Gadding, Mocking, Stoutnesse, Cruelty
Lying, Idolatry, Lust, from these good Lord deliver me.
Keep me that I like
Eve do not entice
Nor be entis'd. Me from her Errors gard
That did Job as an hypocrite despise,
Judging his misery his just reward.
And Sarahs that with laughter did thy word regard.
Nor be entis'd. Me from her Errors gard
That did Job as an hypocrite despise,
Judging his misery his just reward.
And Sarahs that with laughter did thy word regard.
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Means indirect permit me not to use,
Good either to my self for to attain,
As Leah, Thamar did for Issues chuse,
Or as Rebecca did; for others gain,
Rahab, and she that in the Wel did Spies maintain
Good either to my self for to attain,
As Leah, Thamar did for Issues chuse,
Or as Rebecca did; for others gain,
Rahab, and she that in the Wel did Spies maintain
Rachel's
impatience at thy providence,
And Miriam's Envie (Lord) in me restrain,
Evodias and Syntiches Difference,
Their Babling that Sauls envious wrath did gain
When in their Song they sang, David's ten thousand slain.
And Miriam's Envie (Lord) in me restrain,
Evodias and Syntiches Difference,
Their Babling that Sauls envious wrath did gain
When in their Song they sang, David's ten thousand slain.
With
Zipporah, O let me not despise
Religion's wholsome just severitie,
Nor count (with Michoc) David's zeal unwise;
Bilhah's Temptation free me from, and She
That left Uria's house, in Davids Court to be.
Religion's wholsome just severitie,
Nor count (with Michoc) David's zeal unwise;
Bilhah's Temptation free me from, and She
That left Uria's house, in Davids Court to be.
Me by the sight of brasen Serpents heal,
From stinging Serpents firy 'xamples keep,
And from her Witchcraft that rais'd Samuel
From Jesabels first and second, with whom sleep
Full many Princes of the earth in darkness deep
From stinging Serpents firy 'xamples keep,
And from her Witchcraft that rais'd Samuel
From Jesabels first and second, with whom sleep
Full many Princes of the earth in darkness deep
The Worldly hope put from me of
Lots Wife,
Of Sisera's mother, Orpah's faign'd pretence,
Lamech and Esau's Wives Contentious life,
Hagars, Peninnah's spirits virulence,
And cursed Micha's Mothers cursing violence.
Of Sisera's mother, Orpah's faign'd pretence,
Lamech and Esau's Wives Contentious life,
Hagars, Peninnah's spirits virulence,
And cursed Micha's Mothers cursing violence.
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Me from the Wandring
Dina's humour shield,
Lots daughters Lust, & Pharaohs Stewards Wife,
Women of Moab, Cozbi by Phincehs kill'd;
The Levites Leman that did cause such strife,
And Hers by Jehu punished with losse of life.
Lots daughters Lust, & Pharaohs Stewards Wife,
Women of Moab, Cozbi by Phincehs kill'd;
The Levites Leman that did cause such strife,
And Hers by Jehu punished with losse of life.
Keep me from
Athalia's Cruelty,
And Hers that would have had the child divided;
Herodias and her daughters melodie;
From Vashties stoutnesse, and theirs that provided
To make their Husbands mighty Samsons strength derided.
And Hers that would have had the child divided;
Herodias and her daughters melodie;
From Vashties stoutnesse, and theirs that provided
To make their Husbands mighty Samsons strength derided.
Lord free me from
Sapphira's spiritual Lie,
From Solomons idolatrous glosing Loves;
And from Maacah's base Idolatrie,
Depos'd by Asa for her Idol Groves;
And those Shee-Tammuz Priests Ezekiel reproves.
From Solomons idolatrous glosing Loves;
And from Maacah's base Idolatrie,
Depos'd by Asa for her Idol Groves;
And those Shee-Tammuz Priests Ezekiel reproves.
The smallest grain of Vertue of the best
Plant in my heart; And frame in me a minde
Alwayes to make a conscience of the least
Infirmitie which in the weak I finde,
And from presumptuous sins let me be quite confind.
Plant in my heart; And frame in me a minde
Alwayes to make a conscience of the least
Infirmitie which in the weak I finde,
And from presumptuous sins let me be quite confind.
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PART. II. The Humble Mans Prayer.
God
, Second Person in the Trinitie,
Whose being is Eternal Uncreate;
Who in the daies of thy humilitie
Didst here converse below in mean estate;
Make me to shun these sins, and thee to imitate.
Whose being is Eternal Uncreate;
Who in the daies of thy humilitie
Didst here converse below in mean estate;
Make me to shun these sins, and thee to imitate.
Contents.
Self-love, Gods nature worship, power affecting,His Justice and his Promises despising;
Commandements, and just reproofs neglecting;
His Prophets and his prophecies misprising;
Inward and outward Pride of lifs enticing,
Setting my heart on Envie, Pomp, Promotions,
My heart in to deep knowledg exercising,
Advancement, that may hinder my devotions,
Dissimulation, all ambitious Commotions.
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O Lord the God of Love, which dost not love
Self-love, whereby man doth himself misprise,
Created in thine image from above;
Humble me, left I seek to equalize
Thy Natures Dignity, as Angels did devise.
Self-love, whereby man doth himself misprise,
Created in thine image from above;
Humble me, left I seek to equalize
Thy Natures Dignity, as Angels did devise.
Or like
Nebuchadnezzar, for to gain
The Worship that to thee is only due,
As Haman and Darius, Herods train;
Or of thy mighty Power to make false shew,
As Jannes, Jambres, Belshazzer and Magus crew.
The Worship that to thee is only due,
As Haman and Darius, Herods train;
Or of thy mighty Power to make false shew,
As Jannes, Jambres, Belshazzer and Magus crew.
Inspire me, lest thy Justice I despise
As King Jehoram, Jeroboam durst;
Lamech, Sennacherib: Or thy Promise,
As Esau, and young Ishmael accurst;
Or Prince which in Samarias gate with presse was burst.
As King Jehoram, Jeroboam durst;
Lamech, Sennacherib: Or thy Promise,
As Esau, and young Ishmael accurst;
Or Prince which in Samarias gate with presse was burst.
Lest thy Commandement I disobey,
Like Nimrod, Onan, Pharoh, bloody Cain;
Or due and just Reproofs do cast away,
As Abner when he had with Rispa lain,
The Pharisees, and Judas that hath Christ betrain.
Like Nimrod, Onan, Pharoh, bloody Cain;
Or due and just Reproofs do cast away,
As Abner when he had with Rispa lain,
The Pharisees, and Judas that hath Christ betrain.
Neither thy Prophets slightly entertain,
As men of th'old World drowned in the flood;
Cham, Ahab, Pharises, two Captains slain,
With the devoured Bethels mocking brood,
King Amaziah, Herod in his scoffing mood.
As men of th'old World drowned in the flood;
Cham, Ahab, Pharises, two Captains slain,
With the devoured Bethels mocking brood,
King Amaziah, Herod in his scoffing mood.
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Turn me from
Pharisees inward Pride of life,
Delighting in the ignorant peoples shame;
Or outward, as Adonibezek's knife,
Philistims, that made Israels weapons lame;
Benhadad, Nabash, Hanu, Azael, Menahame.
Delighting in the ignorant peoples shame;
Or outward, as Adonibezek's knife,
Philistims, that made Israels weapons lame;
Benhadad, Nabash, Hanu, Azael, Menahame.
From
Corah's Envying others for Promotion;
With Ephramites, Abimelech, Joab, Saul,
Setting on Pompous vanity my devotion,
As men of Sodom, Absolom, and all
The vain superfluous pride in Ahashueros Hall
With Ephramites, Abimelech, Joab, Saul,
Setting on Pompous vanity my devotion,
As men of Sodom, Absolom, and all
The vain superfluous pride in Ahashueros Hall
From motions all of Pride do thou me save,
Ev'n such as thy deer children set on fire;
As Adam Knowledg only sought to have,
And Paul, who did enjoy his own desire;
Or Joshua, who for envie did thereof enquire.
Ev'n such as thy deer children set on fire;
As Adam Knowledg only sought to have,
And Paul, who did enjoy his own desire;
Or Joshua, who for envie did thereof enquire.
Let no Advancement (Lord) my heart lift up
As Davids, when he would the people number;
Or Ezekiah when God fill'd his cup;
As James and John, stiled the Sons of Thunder,
Whose mother did desire to keep th'Apostles under.
As Davids, when he would the people number;
Or Ezekiah when God fill'd his cup;
As James and John, stiled the Sons of Thunder,
Whose mother did desire to keep th'Apostles under.
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