Christs teares over Jerusalem. Or, A caveat for England, to call to God for mercy, lest we be plagued for our contempt and wickednesse To the tune of The merchants. Christs teares over Jerusalem. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A04418 of text S106461 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 14543). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A04418 STC 14543 ESTC S106461 99842177 99842177 6810 2240896217

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A04418) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 6810) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 743:12) Christs teares over Jerusalem. Or, A caveat for England, to call to God for mercy, lest we be plagued for our contempt and wickednesse To the tune of The merchants. Christs teares over Jerusalem. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. For Henry Gosson, living upon London Bridge, Printed at London : [ca. 1640] Publication date suggested by STC. In two parts. Verse - "When Christ our Lord drew nigh". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo Christs teares over Jerusalem. Or, A caveat for England, to call to God for mercy, lest we be plagued for our contempt and wickednesse. To the tune of [no entry] 1640 1 1030 3 0 0 0 0 0 29.13 C The rate of 29.13 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2010-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2010-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-12 Sampled and proofread 2010-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Christs Teares over Jerusalem . OR , A Caveat for England , to call to GOD for Mercy , lest we be plagued for our contempt and wickedn●sse . To the tune of The Merchant .

WHen Christ our Lord drew nigh unto Jerusalem , Fore-séeing all the miseries the which should fall on them : And casting of his lookes , upon that beauteous Towne , For very griefe the bitter teares from his faire eyes fell d●wne . Repent faire England now , repent while thou hast space , And doe not like Jerusalem despise Gods proffred grace . Alas Jerusalem , Jerusalem ( quoth he ) Which kil'd the Prophets of the Lord , when they were sent to thée : How often times would I have kept thee from all ill Even as the Hen her Chickens kéepes , but thou wert stubborne still ? Oh that thou hadst but knowne , at least in that thy day , The things which did concerne thy peace , but now 't is hid away : Yea from thine eyes 't is hid , thou shalt not sée the same , And for thy sorrowes comming on , thy selfe doe onely blame . Therefore the dayes shall come , thy enemies shall rise , And trench thée in on every side , regarding not thy cryes : Thy strong and stately Towers , in wrath they shall confound , And make thy sumptuous buildings all , lye equall with the ground . And such shall be their rage , they shall not leave in thée One stone upon another stone , which shall not spoiled be : Because thou knewest not the seasonable day , Wherein the Lord did visit thée , to wash thy sinnes away . Thus Christ without the Towne did weep for their distresse , While they within triumph in sinne , and use all wickednesse ; No whit they would beleeve the words that he did say , But enviously did practise still to take his life away . He mourn'd and wept full sore , to thinke upon their smart , While they full stout did goe about to pierce his tender heart ; And for his paines they stript him , and whipt him thorow the Towne , And with a wreath of pricking thornes , his holy head did crowne . Th●y scoft and laught at him , they dasht him on the face : They cal'd him gracious Lord and King in flowting and disgrace : And thorow his hands and féet they nailed him to the Crosse , Betwéen two lewd and wicked théeves ; but few lament his losse . They gave him for to drinke , sharpe vinegar and gall , And with a Speare they pierc'd his side , till his heart blood did fall : Yet patiently and milde , he suffered every thing , And pray'd his Father not to charge them with this grievous sinne .
The second part , To the same tune .

WHen thus they had dispatcht the living Lord of life , Full safely then they thought themselves from sorrow , care and strife : But within few yeeres space , as Christ before had told ; The mighty Emperour of Rome , came there with courage bold . And with a mighty hoast , he did besiege them round , By Sword and Famine ere he went , he did them quite confound : Yea , Dogs and Cats they ate , Mice , Rats and every thing : For want of food , their Infants young , unto the Pot they bring . No pitty could they finde , at this their enemies hand , But Fier , Sword , and cruell death , before them still did stand : Their famous City faire , he set upon a flame . And burnt their Temple unto dust , that stood within the same . And those that scap'd the Sword , and fury of his hand , He made them slaves and bond-men all within a forraine Land . Thus faire Jerusalem , was cast unto the ground , For their great sinne and wickednesse the Lord did it confound . Awake , England , I say , rise from the sléep of sinne , Cast off the great security , which thou hast lived in : Thy God hath often cal'd , and offered thée his grace , His messengers have showne his will to thee in every place . Great wonders hath he showne , to thée by Sea and Land , And sent strange tokens in the ayre , to make thée understand : He is offended sore at thy great wickednesse , And that except thou dost repent , thy plagues shall he expresse . Remember how of late the Spaniard thée assayld , And how of Gods especiall power they ne're a whit prevail'd : And all was for to try if thou wouldst sinne forsake , And to an upright holy life , thy selfe at last betake . But soone hast thou forgot his favour in the same , Which afterwards most grievously his wrath did so inflame , That then he plagued thée with pestilence and death , Whereby in Country and in Towne a number lost their breath . Yet wilt thou not forsake thy wickednesse and ill , But in thy pride and covetousnesse , thou dost continue still . Provoke not God to wrath , with thy most loathsome sinne , But speedily t' amend thy life , by prayers now begin . And therefore now England , at last for mercy cry , And grieve the Lord thy God no more , through thine iniquity , Lest he forsake thée quite , and turne away his face , Because like to Jerusalem , thou dost despise his grace . Repent therefore O England , repent while thou hast space , And doe not like Jerusalem , despise Gods proffered grace .
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Printed at London for Henry Gosson , living upon London Bridge .