Psalterium Carolinum The devotions of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings, Rendred in Verse [by Thomas Stanley]. Set to Musick for 3 Voices and an Organ or Theorbo, By John Wilson |
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Ode XI. Vpon the Nineteen Propositions sent to the King.
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Ode XI. Vpon the Nineteen Propositions sent to the King.
Eternall wisedom armd with might,
With Truth and Right my Reason clear;
To which so make my will adhere,
No threats may from their Dictates fright:
With Truth and Right my Reason clear;
To which so make my will adhere,
No threats may from their Dictates fright:
Thou did'st not raise me to a Throne,
To barre me common liberty.
Shall that be nam'd a crime in me,
Which others as a vertue owne?
To barre me common liberty.
Shall that be nam'd a crime in me,
Which others as a vertue owne?
Unjustly they their King deny
The freedom, which all mortalls claim:
Whilst ev'n themselves exact the same,
With partiall pertinacity.
The freedom, which all mortalls claim:
Whilst ev'n themselves exact the same,
With partiall pertinacity.
To thee I pray who through the maze
Of my own thoughts, and suits (like snares
Spread to involve my soul in cares)
Canst surely guide: make plain thy waies.
Of my own thoughts, and suits (like snares
Spread to involve my soul in cares)
Canst surely guide: make plain thy waies.
Let not my Passions cloud thy light;
Thy Word my Rule, thy Praise my End.
To all I cannot, will not bend
To some; Thee pleas'd all else I slight.
Thy Word my Rule, thy Praise my End.
To all I cannot, will not bend
To some; Thee pleas'd all else I slight.
Who Plots unweav'st, and the Self-wise
Entangl'st in their own designe;
To thy wise Truth my soul incline,
And mens esteeme I shall despise.
Entangl'st in their own designe;
To thy wise Truth my soul incline,
And mens esteeme I shall despise.
The lesse my wisedom shall appear,
More thine that guide'st me shines; whilst I
Nothing through willfullness deny,
Nor grant through Flattery, or Fear.
More thine that guide'st me shines; whilst I
Nothing through willfullness deny,
Nor grant through Flattery, or Fear.
No suits by my consent be sign'd,
Injurious to the publike good:
No publike benefits withstood,
To sooth my own dissenting mind.
Injurious to the publike good:
No publike benefits withstood,
To sooth my own dissenting mind.
To such, though from my Enemies,
Teach me to give a free accesse;
Our honest errours thou canst blesse,
As blast the Counsells falsely wise.
Teach me to give a free accesse;
Our honest errours thou canst blesse,
As blast the Counsells falsely wise.
Since private words thy scourge obey,
Teach me to poise what I declare.
The bolder mens Petitions are,
Let me the more my Answers weigh.
Teach me to poise what I declare.
The bolder mens Petitions are,
Let me the more my Answers weigh.
Though troubles Me and mine attend,
And Peace our Pressures would acquit;
Yet let me not to purchase it,
My Conscience (which is thine) expend.
And Peace our Pressures would acquit;
Yet let me not to purchase it,
My Conscience (which is thine) expend.
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