Original, serious, and religious poetry by the Rev. Richard Cobbold |
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TO THE PURITAN. |
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TO THE PURITAN.
Who bears this name? doth noble, brave, and free,
Christian in character in verity;
Doth he deserve the humble valiant man
Enduring evil, name of puritan?
O no, within the searcher of the heart,
Distinguishes the character thou art.
Christian in character in verity;
Doth he deserve the humble valiant man
Enduring evil, name of puritan?
O no, within the searcher of the heart,
Distinguishes the character thou art.
He sees thy motive knows the kind intent,
Knows thy dependence, what thy inward bent,
Through all thy working sees the inward way,
Which thou procedest in to coming day;
Who bears this name, I do not doubt 'tis said,
That thousands are so, never be afraid.
Knows thy dependence, what thy inward bent,
Through all thy working sees the inward way,
Which thou procedest in to coming day;
Who bears this name, I do not doubt 'tis said,
That thousands are so, never be afraid.
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Ye who are not so, never fear the name,
Our Saviour was believed to be the same.
Nay called a madman scorn'd alike by those,
Who sought his favor and became his foes.
Fear not thou Christian, fear not cruel man,
Care not for spite be not a puritan.
Our Saviour was believed to be the same.
Nay called a madman scorn'd alike by those,
Who sought his favor and became his foes.
Fear not thou Christian, fear not cruel man,
Care not for spite be not a puritan.
He is a puritan who says he's good:
He is a puritan who covets blood;
He is a puritan who dares to pray,
Yet cares not for the falsehoods he may say:
He is a puritan who says, forgive,
And cannot wish the penitent to live.
He is a puritan who covets blood;
He is a puritan who dares to pray,
Yet cares not for the falsehoods he may say:
He is a puritan who says, forgive,
And cannot wish the penitent to live.
He is a puritan who prays for peace,
And wishes not that masacres may cease;
He is a puritan who proudly bears,
A name of righteousness he never wears;
He is a puritan who wishes ill;
He is a puritan who dares to kill:
And wishes not that masacres may cease;
He is a puritan who proudly bears,
A name of righteousness he never wears;
He is a puritan who wishes ill;
He is a puritan who dares to kill:
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He is a puritan who loves to be
A man of folly and of levity:
He is a puritan who damns to day,
To-morrow walks precisely in the way:
He is a puritan who dooms to die,—
Himself a sinner more of infamy:
A man of folly and of levity:
He is a puritan who damns to day,
To-morrow walks precisely in the way:
He is a puritan who dooms to die,—
Himself a sinner more of infamy:
He is a puritan who sees that life,
If fit for nothing but a worldly strife:
He is a puritan who blames his friend,
And cares not for religion, or his end:
He is a puritan who thinks that none
Are sav'd, but they who do as he has done:
If fit for nothing but a worldly strife:
He is a puritan who blames his friend,
And cares not for religion, or his end:
He is a puritan who thinks that none
Are sav'd, but they who do as he has done:
He is a puritan who proudly saith,
Think thou as I do? I alone have faith:—
He is a puritan who twists the Word,
To feed his appetite and sell his Lord:
He is a puritan the least of worms,
Who makes a promise which he ne'er performs.
Think thou as I do? I alone have faith:—
He is a puritan who twists the Word,
To feed his appetite and sell his Lord:
He is a puritan the least of worms,
Who makes a promise which he ne'er performs.
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He is a puritan who vows through life,
To keep him constant to a loving wife,
Yet knows it well he keeps anothers hand,
His own at pleasure, waiting his command;
But none are puritans who know the Word,
And honestly depend upon the Lord.
To keep him constant to a loving wife,
Yet knows it well he keeps anothers hand,
His own at pleasure, waiting his command;
But none are puritans who know the Word,
And honestly depend upon the Lord.
O none are puritans who love in truth,
And will be faithful through their day of youth.
O none are puritans who shake off sloth,
And rise to righteousness however loth:
Industrious children, working to be free,
Are not presumptuous in liberty.
And will be faithful through their day of youth.
O none are puritans who shake off sloth,
And rise to righteousness however loth:
Industrious children, working to be free,
Are not presumptuous in liberty.
Good Christians all again the word is said,
Fear not, O fear not, never be afraid.
Fear not, O fear not, never be afraid.
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