Upon Easter day — 1644; at Stifky
Sin-buried Soule awake and rise
Let not the Conquered more
O're Thy affections Tyrannise
All that this world affords for Ore
But drossy is, nor the Least might
Of happines in Fleshly Appetite
The Divel from the first was stild
A Lier and hath stil
Improvd his malice, soe beguild
Us as our Parents to his will
Each word we utter, thought conceive
Or Act, all serve but t'help him to deceive
Noe marvail then if Thou wert bound
When 'twas a three-fould cord
A Trident mischief that doth wound
Requird a Trebble patience to afford
Releef: with which we heer were sped
When th'woemans seed did break the Serpents head
First 'twas one God in Three compact
Vouchsaft to work this Cuer
Though't seemd the Sonns alone this Act
Both Father and Spirit were ther most suer
For 'tis with out contention
All Three in one workt mans Redemption
They were three wisemen from the East
Conducted by a Starr
Refusd noe travail for this guest
But came with presents from a farr
To Court Heavens munificence
With Gould, with Myrrh, and Frankinsence
Those Three indeed bewitch our sence
And what could men bring rather
Fayth was in infancy, and thence
It chose to sute the guift I guather
As wherby t'shew what dawning 'tis
That entertains the blossoms of our bliss
The frute comes after: and that was
When He who knew noe sin
Condemned yet Contented as
A Malefactor great had been
Not only born, but born to bear
Our Crimes became for men a Sufferer
Suffer He did and was interrd
And shall fond man refuse
To die for Him or be afeard
To bear, nay t'see his cross, and chuse
Rather to pass a moments pleasure
Heer than partake of such a lasting treasure
Shame rouse us, and as He did sleep
Three dayes within the grave
Soe let our sins be buried deep
That they noe more domignion have
Nor hang like plummets on our thyghs
When with our blessed Saviour we should rise
Who for our sakes this Conquest won
O're Hel, the Grave, and Death
Three that sought Mans confusion
Til Man-with-God-unite beneath
So far prevaild as first to Die
Then rose again to Crown the Victory.
Sin-buried Soule awake and rise
Let not the Conquered more
O're Thy affections Tyrannise
All that this world affords for Ore
But drossy is, nor the Least might
Of happines in Fleshly Appetite
The Divel from the first was stild
A Lier and hath stil
Improvd his malice, soe beguild
Us as our Parents to his will
Each word we utter, thought conceive
Or Act, all serve but t'help him to deceive
Noe marvail then if Thou wert bound
When 'twas a three-fould cord
A Trident mischief that doth wound
Requird a Trebble patience to afford
Releef: with which we heer were sped
When th'woemans seed did break the Serpents head
First 'twas one God in Three compact
Vouchsaft to work this Cuer
Though't seemd the Sonns alone this Act
Both Father and Spirit were ther most suer
For 'tis with out contention
All Three in one workt mans Redemption
They were three wisemen from the East
Conducted by a Starr
Refusd noe travail for this guest
But came with presents from a farr
To Court Heavens munificence
With Gould, with Myrrh, and Frankinsence
Those Three indeed bewitch our sence
And what could men bring rather
Fayth was in infancy, and thence
It chose to sute the guift I guather
As wherby t'shew what dawning 'tis
That entertains the blossoms of our bliss
The frute comes after: and that was
When He who knew noe sin
Condemned yet Contented as
A Malefactor great had been
Not only born, but born to bear
Our Crimes became for men a Sufferer
Suffer He did and was interrd
And shall fond man refuse
To die for Him or be afeard
To bear, nay t'see his cross, and chuse
Rather to pass a moments pleasure
Heer than partake of such a lasting treasure
Shame rouse us, and as He did sleep
Three dayes within the grave
Soe let our sins be buried deep
That they noe more domignion have
Nor hang like plummets on our thyghs
When with our blessed Saviour we should rise
Who for our sakes this Conquest won
O're Hel, the Grave, and Death
Three that sought Mans confusion
Til Man-with-God-unite beneath
So far prevaild as first to Die
Then rose again to Crown the Victory.