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The minor poems of William Lauder

playwright, poet, and minister of the word of God, (mainly on the state of Scotland in and about 1568 A.D., that year of famine and plague) ... Edited from the unique originals belonging to S. Christie-Miller ... By F. J. Furnivall
Lauder, William (1520?-1573)

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Ane Godlie Tractate Or Mirrour.
  
The Contentis of this Buke.
  
THE DIUISIOUN OF THE TEXT.
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[THE FIRST HEAD.]
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THE DISCRIPTIOUN OF THE FIRST HEAD.
  
ANE GENERALL DISCRIPTIOUN OF THAME THAT BYDIS NOCHT IN CHRIST.
  
ANE DISCRIPTIOUN OF THAME IN SPECIALL THAT BYDIS NOCHT IN TO CHRIST.
  
OF THE GREUOUS TORMENTIS PREORDINAT FOR THE WEKIT.
  
THE EXHORTATIOUN VPON THE FIRST HEAD.
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[THE SECOND HEAD.]
  
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THE FIRST COMMODITE OF THAME THAT ABYDIS IN TO CHRIST.
  
ANE QUESTIOUN DIRECT TO ALL PAPISTIS, DEMANDING GYF CHRIST CAN BE SEPARET FROME THE FAITHFULL.
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THE DISCRIPTIOUN OF THE SECUND COMMODITIE OF THAME THAT ABYDIS IN CHRIST.
  
ANE EXCLAMATIOUN AGANIS ALL FENȜEIT YPOCREITIS, AND SPECIALLIE AGANIS ALL GREDIE DISSEMBLIT FALS PROTESTANTES.
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FOLLOWIS THE THRID PROFFIT OF THAME THAT ABYDIS IN TO CHRIST.
  
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The Lamenta[t]ioun OF THE PURE. TWICHING THE MISERABILL ESTAIT OF THIS PRESENT WARLD.
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Ane prettie Mirrour Or Conference, betuix the faithfull Protestant and the Dissemblit false Hypocreit.
  
To the faithful Reder.
  
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Ane trew & breue Sentencius Discriptioun of ye nature of Scotland Twiching the Interteinment of virtewus men That laketh Ryches.
  
Ane GVDE EXEMPILL. BE THE BUTTERFLIE, INSTRUCTING MEN TO HAIT ALL HARLOTTRIE.

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THE DISCRIPTIOUN OF THE SECUND COMMODITIE OF THAME THAT ABYDIS IN CHRIST.

THE TEXT.

Heirin is my Father Glorifyit, that
Ȝe bring furth mekill fruct. &c.

The Secund proffeit, we sal bring furth gude frute,
And of gude werkis sal not be destitute,

Ioan. xv.


That dois Gods wourd into thair harts imbrace,

Math. v.


Making it thair to haue ane dwelling place.
For as the day can nocht be without lycht,
Nor the cleir Sone withouttin beames bricht,
The flammyng fyre without Calyditie,
Or without water can be the raging Se,
No more the godlie (as writtis cunnyng Clerkis,)
Can gudlie be withouttin godlie werkis,
With quhilks tha do the Father glorefie,
That ringand is in to the Heauin most hie.
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This frute, but dout, tha ar the godlie deids
Quhilk from Christ Iesus, the faithfull wine, proceids,

Math. iii.

As is the Doctrine of his wourd most pure
Sinceirlie Preacheit to euerie Creature,
Be quhilk men ar conuertit speciallie
Frome Sin and Uice, and frome Ydolatrie,

Ephe. v.

To godlynes, quhairin the Lord delyts,

Col. iii.

As Paule in his Epistills plainlie dyts.
Thir Godlie fruts dois also notefie,
Gyf we the faithfull and Germane branchis be
Of Christ Iesus, quha is the onlie wyne,

Ioan. xv.

That did Redeme our Saul[i]s all frome pyne.
Quho wants thir fruts, lat thame all talking stanche,
And never compt thaim of Christ to be a branche,

Math. v.

Bot lat thaim grant thaim branchis, Imps, & sperks
To be of Sathan, seing thair sinfull werks
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