The mothers blessing

The Mothers blessing . MY sonne , my sonne , my best beloued sonne , Hear my deare son , what careful charge I leaue thee : Take hold of Time , the glasse is quickly run , Trust not to Fortune , for she will deceiue thee : What ere thou art , let not the world perceiue thee . Know God , loue him , be gouern'd by his will , And haue no doubt of good , nor feare of ill . Weane laizie Will , from thriftlesse Idlenes : Beware the wanton , to abuse thy wit : Vnbridled Will breeds but vnhappines , How euer sorrowes Care would couer it : Who buyes Repentance must pay deare for it . Time , Truth , and Triall , will in one agree : The fruits of sin , Death , shame , and sorrow bee . Loue not vpon the first delightfull looke : Nor hate , vpon the first conceiued harme : Let not the care of Conscience be mistooke , And feare the force of the Almightie arme : Feare not mischance , nor harken to a charme . By graceles meanes , deuise not to enrich thee , And let no worlds vnworthy loue bewitch thee . If that thou serue a Thatcher , do him due : But if thou canst , subscribe not to the Clowne : Lest all too late , thou find'st it all too true , When thou hast thatcht the house , he throw thee downe , But neuer fret , how euer Fortune ●rowne . For what the higher powers of heau'n decr●e , There is no asking , why it should so hee . Breake not thy word , that well thou maist performe , For words are waide by men of worthy minde : Take heed of those , that falshoods do enforme , And strike not ●aile , for euery blast of winde ▪ Nor do thy spirit to thy body binde . Giue not a Misers liberalitie , And feare the fruite of prodigalitie . Heare all men speake , but harken to the wise , Learne of the learned , and the vertuous loue ▪ And let no pride thy blessed soule surprise , That may discretion from thy minde remoue : Humilitie is grac't with God aboue . And Courtesie , with honors cariage , Twixt Loue , and Beautie , makes a mariage . Be kinde to those , that kindly do deserue , Cruell to none , a Tyrant is a Deuill : Haue speciall care , thy health for to preserue , And keep thee from the Epicurian euill , Loue not the eye that squints , nor lips that dreuill . Beware the Pander , and the Parasite , And do not leaue a Faulcon for a Kite . Giue not thine eare to euery Idle tale , And trust no more , then what of needs thou must : Set not the secrets of thy heart to sale , For feare , they throw thine honor in the dust , And do not loue the treasure that will rust . Make it thy day , but when the Sun doth shine , And ioy in soule but in the loue diuine . Place not thy learning in a Library , Yet reede , and marke , remember , and apply : And till thou art a perfect Antiquary , Stand not too much vpon antiquitie : Let vertue note the best Nobilitie . Be wise in all things , that thou doest intend , A good beginning makes a blessed end . Stand not on termes with persons of estate , Be truly loyall in thy life and loue : Know what belongs vnto a Magistrate , Who hath his office from the heau●ns aboue : Nor make a Gaunlet of a hedging gloue . Let Bountie euer be the fruite of thrift , For borrowing is too neare the Beggers shift . Looke into Nature with Discretions eye , And sort thy selfe with vnderstanding spirits● Build not thy Castle of conceit too high , Nor let thy hopes be grounded but on Merits , While heedles Connies feare the hunters Ferits . Giue none abuse , nor basely take disgrace , Nor loue that minde , that hath a brazen face . A blessed Colour is a maiden blush , And setled Countenance is a comely sight : Stand not too long in beating of a bush : For feare the Bird begu●le thee with her ●light , In idle follies , neuer take delight . Trauaile , but tolle not , painfull is the pleasure , Where lacke of care , in labour hath no measure . If God haue blest thee with an inward good , Be ioyfull of his blessing , but not proud : For , be the Ph● a 〈◊〉 so 〈◊〉 a Blood , Nature doth wond● in her worke house shroud The Sunne itselfe , sometime is in a cloud . Concealed comforts are the kindest sweets , Where , loue , and honor , with discretion meets . A boasting tongue is like a heard mans hor●e , Which makes a noyse , 〈◊〉 nothing worth the hearing : And bragging 〈◊〉 are no● to be borne , Thogh fooles of choise , ●time are worth the chering , Yet in the points of wisdoms true appearing ; Presumptuous fooles , and 〈◊〉 religious Iewes , Emong the Noble● sort should neuer vse . Know how to loue , but know not how to hate T 'one halfe a heau'n , the ●other halfe a hell ▪ Learne what belongs to 〈◊〉 ▪ and to Fate , And trust not all , that Idle stories tell : And do not reede , before you learne to spell . But keep thy spirit with that speciall care , That Truth may shew thee , where her honors are . Offend not God , with 〈◊〉 the faire , In higher 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 fit their 〈◊〉 : And looke 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the ●ire , That 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 spirit 〈◊〉 , And let no 〈◊〉 so thy soule perple● , But that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 remoue , That may be ●full to thy happ●e loue . Regard thy followers in a kind , as friends , But 〈◊〉 a difference in th●e eyes affect : 〈◊〉 vse their 〈◊〉 in such carefull kinds , 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 speake of thy respect , And well 〈◊〉 rewards do not neglect . For ●s the hand , that 〈◊〉 the seruice binde , Although the spirit 〈◊〉 commaund the minde . 〈◊〉 Reason by the rules of Grace , And ch● 〈◊〉 , 〈◊〉 in vertues choise : In 〈◊〉〈◊〉 , dwell not on the Base , And let thine 〈◊〉 be pleased in the voyce That sounds the song , that makes the soule 〈◊〉 . A●oyd all substance of the soules annoy ▪ And onely Iesus be thy spirits ioy . If honor fall vpon thee 〈◊〉 , Note how it comes , and how it may begone : And guide thy 〈◊〉 with such inward 〈◊〉 ▪ Thy ground may still be sure to build vpon , But needles 〈◊〉〈◊〉 studie on . For Time is 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 , And brings the 〈◊〉 soule to Paradise . Follow the warres but in a worthy cause , And Court it but for ●bilitie , Be not a Rebell vnto honors lawes : For t is a maime to true Gentilitie , In all the notes of true Nobilitie . So vse thy sword in field , at home thy pen , Thou maist be both belou'd , and fear'd of men . Let not a Sha●t , a Bowle ▪ a Carde , nor Die , Take vp thy Rent a yeare before the day : A Parats feather , nor a 〈◊〉 cie , Make thee too fast , to throw thy wealth away , Lest bad I wist do keepe fooles holly day . Esteeme a horse , according to his pace , But loose no wagers on a wilde goos● chase . Teare not thy throat with hollowing to hounds , Nor ride thy horse to death , to seeke a Hawke : Spoile not thine eyes with leuelling of grounds , Nor barre thine honest neighbour of his walke , But take no pleasure with a foole to talke . But harken to the shepheards what they saine , Both of the Sun shine , and a showre of raine . Feed not too grosse , and drinke not ouer much , The sparing diet is the spirits feast ▪ The Pitch and Tarre , are daungerous to tuch , And want of reason makes a man a beast : Of forced euils euer chuse the least . Be warned by a little , from the more , And take heed of an inward breeding sore . Wound not the conscience of a wofull hart , Nor take delight in doing iniury : But ease the sicke in his consuming smart , And helpe the poore man in his misery : So liue , so die , so liue , and neuer die . Relieue thy friend , but not with all thou hast , Lest thou be driuen to seeke to him as fast . Importune not a Prince in any sute , Nor do a sutor long delaie his hope : In cause of Iustice , be not ouer mute , But in a malice , do no secrets ope : But keepe thy care within discretions scope . Smile at the bird , whose bill is ouerlong , But neuer listen to the Cuckoes song . Loose not thy paines , to teach an Owle to speake , Nor striue to wash an Ethiopian white : Make it no tryumph to subdue the weake , But vse thy force , to put the proud to flight , And in renowme , giue euery man his right . Begin no more , then so thou mean'st to finish , As of thine honor , may 〈◊〉〈◊〉 diminish . Trauaile to learne diuersitie of Natures , But keep at home , the care of thy content : And euer haue respect vnto those creatures , That haue their talents in thy seruice spent : And loue the soule that is to vertue bent . For euer keep this point of noblenes , Let no man note thee of vnthankfulnes . Depraue not any that do well deserue , No● magnifie an idle headed wit : Nor let thy will from wisedomes order swarue , How euer humors disalow of it : Manage affection with discretions bit . For time will teach thee in true reasons creature , A foole , is but the weake effect of nature . In Princes Courts , do neuer presse too fast , Nor shrinke a foote from thy desert of fame : And slip no time , for once the humor past , A pleasing fansie may be out of frame : Shun all occasions of deserued blame . 〈◊〉 i●●nwares , thou happen to offend , Let wit● excuse the care of will commend ▪ 〈◊〉 not too great , for feare of Enuies figge ▪ Yet ioy in all that vertue may aduaunce : Make not thy musique of a country Iigge , But leaue the Lou● , to tread the Moris-daunc● : And keep thy sences from Narcissus traunce . And follow not Acteon to the wood , For feare Diana , do thee little good . Studie the lawe , but to maintaine thy state , Diuinitie , to keep thy soule in peace : Logicke , but only questions to debate , Arithmeticke , but knowledge to encrease : How numbers may both multiply and cease . Philosophy , to iudge of Natures best , And Phisicke , but grosse humors to digest . And Rethoricke , to speake in tune and sence , Musique , but to remoue melancholy : Astrology , to know circumference , For Architecture , learne Geometry , And for thy trauaile , learne Cosmography . For recreation , soorne not Poetry : But for discourses , study History . To haue a kind of superficiall sight , In hawkes and hounds , and horse , and fowle , & fish : Is not amisse , but let thy harts delight Be neuer setled in an idle dish , Nor shew thy folly in a wanton wish . Be silent to thy selfe , what ere thou thinkest , And take good heed , with whom , & where thou drinkest . Learne for instruction , Reede for exercise ; Practise for knowledge , and for gaine remember : In worldly pleasures make no paradise ; Know that thou art of Christ his church a member , And do not make thine Aprill in September . Vnto thy God , in youth direct thy waies , And he will blesse thee in thine aged daies . Let Conscience know the title of a crowne ; Yet know withall , there is a king of kings : Who hoisteth vp , and headlong tumbleth downe ; And all the world doth couer with his wings , While heau'n and earth but of his glory sings . To whom discharge the loue thou daily owest , And he will blesse th● where so ere thou goest . Winke at the world 〈◊〉 though thou saw'st it not , And all earths treasure , but as trash despise : Let not thy folly lose ●hat wit hath got , Nor lose an Art , by lacke of exercise : Yet let no labour , honor preiudice . Be wisely sparing , but not miserable , And rather die , then be dishonorable . Feare not a Giant , for his monstrous shape , The diuell cannot goe beyond his bounds : Nor learne to play the Monkie with an Ape , But keep thy selfe within discretions bounds , And keep thee from the worm the conscience wounds . Thus in thy way , let wisedome euer guide thee ▪ And be assur'd , no euill can betide thee . Do not awake the Lion in his denne , Nor thinke the Foxe a foole before you trie him : Nor put an Eagle in a Capons penne , Nor trust a Wolfe , if that you come too nigh him ; But come not neare him , if you can goe by him . For rauening beasts , haue wonderfull wide lawes , And spoile what euer comes within their clawes . Beate not the aire with hammers in thy head , Whose dreaming labours , will but dull thy wit : And do not put thy siluer into lead , Except thou make a double gaine of it , And euer do that may thine honor fit . Know trades & traffique , merchants & their wares , But spend thy spirit in more noble cares . Be not condemned for a common Louer , I meane , loue maker , to a world of weemen : For care can hardly credit lost recouer , And who are bound , can neuer well be free men : Beautie hath cunning in her eyes to see men . For where she leads the heart vnto her eies , She leads it finely to fooles paradies . Boast not vpon the brauery of youth , Nor sco●ethe weaknesse of decrepit age : But hold this for a principle of truth , Death hath a part vpon this worldly stage , Where none can scape the furie of his rage : A Tragedie , where old and young are slaine , But spight of death , the vertuous liue againe . Spend not thy ●res vpon a selfe conceit , In grieuing for that neuer can be had ▪ Nor let thy wit an idle will await , Where giddi● humors are inclin'd to gad ; And let not melancholy make thee mad . For better shut thine eyes from such a light , Then haue thy heart tormented by the sight . Spare to discourse vpon experience , And alwaies rather answere then demaund : And let no passion shewe impatience ▪ But make entreatie where thou maist commaund : And neuer be with flatterers ouerfawnd . Nor stand too much vpon thine owne opinion , How euer Pallas marke thee for her minion . Let not a Princesse fauour make thee proud , No● g●ue too much vpon a small disgrace : Be● 〈◊〉 affection to a filthy dowd , No●●ake an Idoll of a painted face : No● loue a colt but of a coursers race . No● vow thy seruice to mistaken Saints , Whose truest tytles are but honors Saints . Weare not a feather in a showre of raine , Nor swagger with a Swiser for his swill : Put not thy spirit vnto too much paine , In searching secrets farre aboue thy skill : And know a halbert from a hedging bill . And euer note those noble points of nature , That truly make an honorable creature . Forbeare thy fury on a suddaine rage , Yet in thy right be euer resolute : And let true patience choller so asswage , That honors quarrell may be absolute : Lest rashnes too much reason ouershute . For carefull valor in a cause of strife , Strengthens the hart , and giues the spirit life . Flie Machiuile his vile instructions , Which are but poysons to a princely minde : And noted well , are but destructions , That do the world with wicked humors blinde : And do the soule to hellish seruice binde . Where nothing for gaine must be forbidden , While diuels in the shape of men are hidden . Note what is done , by whom , and how , and when , And marke what issue growes of each euent : If by the sword , the purse , or by the pen , And where the honor of the action went : And how to take it for a president . For many things haue many times bene done , That had bene better , nere had bene begun . Know all the courses that thou canst attaine , But follow onely that may do thee good : In questions alwaies make thy meaning plaine , Obscured thoughts are hardly vnderstood , But let not choller ouerheate thy bloud . So shall thy feare of fortunes force be small ▪ And thou shalt stand when other men do fall ▪ Take heed my sonne , thy soule be not deceiued With any straunge , or all too strong illusion : For cares best wit cannot be misconceiued , Which sees the force of follies close intrusion , While heedlesse will brings wit vnto confusion . Be wise my sonne , in heau'nly wisedomes booke , And thou shalt angle with no diuels hooke . Loue not a Iester , nor a hackney Iade , Time is but lost in either of their triall : Rather regard the mattocke and the spade , And take the sunne to be thy truest diall : Where thou shalt see the foole a knauish spiall . Shake off the lowse that hangs vpon thy cloathes , And hate the swearer that is full of oathes . The ru●ian , 〈◊〉 - by , and the rascall flye , But loue the vertuous , valiant , and the kinde ▪ Looke towards heauen , and let the world go bye , And make thy body subiect to thy minde : How ere thou winkest , be not wilfull blinde . But looke into the glory of that grace , That makes the faithfull spit in sathans face . Confound the diuell with the word of God , Looke to thy soule , it is the speciall part : And loue the life that death hath ouer●rod , And to thy Sauiour wholly giue thy hart : Who saues his seruants from ●fernall smart . And when thy greatest sorrow doth assail● thee , Trust in his mercie , that will ●er faile thee . Mine owne deare sonne , I am no deepe diuine , But what my God hath taught me , that I teach thee : Beseeching him to blesse that soule of thine , That no illusion euer ouerreach thee ; Nor wilfull sinne of lacke of grace imp●ach thee . Nor faithlesse thought may euer so deface thee , But that his mercie euer will embrace thee . But for my notes of natures obseruation● , By long experience to my paines reuealed ▪ Where truths constructions made those 〈◊〉 ▪ That too much proofe hath for assurance 〈◊〉 ▪ Which priuate care hath from the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 . To thee my sonne , and for thy good I hope , I do this casket of my Iewels ope . Esteeme them richer then a masse of gold , And part not with them for a world of wealth : For such a treasure is not to be sold , As is both for the soule and bodies health ▪ Then leaue them not vnto vnworthy 〈◊〉 ▪ But in thy bosome , locke them as their 〈◊〉 , Till good occasion bid thee 〈◊〉 the● 〈◊〉 . And when thou find● 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 minde , And leads thee to the ground 〈◊〉 of thy good : Go forward still , and further seeke to finde , How best the substance may be vnderstood ; That after purging breeds the liuely blood . And thou shalt feele such pleasure in thy paine , As idle spirits haue no power to gaine . And ere I grow too fast vnto an end , Let me a litle furthermore aduise thee : Be carefull in affecting of a friend , Least subtill kindnesse cunningly surprise thee : And let thus much for such respect suffice thee . Let honour , valour , truth , and wit allure thee , Or neuer of a faithfull friend assure thee . For pa●entage affect equalitie , For l●●ing , vertue ioind with eloquence : For bountie , wisedomes liberalitie , For valou● , resolutions patience : For pro● , ●bour with experience . For ho●our , vertues inclination , For spirit , graces inspiration . Th● ch●● fri●d , if thou wil● fauour any ; For 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they that cannot alter nature ▪ But fauo● fewe , for if thou mak'st of many , Thou wilt be held a simple witted creature : Take heed therefore of a dissembling feature . Sound the condition , and approue it ●ound , Before thy faith be to thy fauour bound . But if thou find'st a minde of that true worth , That is not matcht in all the brokers shops : Whence thou canst draw , that true loues liquor forth , Which is not season'd with vnsauery hops : While faiths strong pillars need no vnderprops . All as a Phaenix , do esteeme that friend , With whom thy life with thy affection end . But if a smoothing tongue , a fleering face , A capping knee , with double diligence , By close colloging creepe into thy grace , To make an vse of thy magnificence ; Know he will but abuse thy patience . Away with such , and from thy care discard them , They purchase bur disgrace that regard them . And if he seeke to vndermine thy thought , And go about thee with a bad inuention : And do denie thy due desire in ought That may performe the truth of his intention : Or stand on ●ermes in causes of contention ; Then do thus much for thy assurance know , A hollow friend is but a hellish foe . And now for knowing of thine enemy , Let this suffice for reasons true direction : Who doth intrude into thy company , And make a shewe of too too much affection ▪ Such nimble wits haue euer in reiection . And by a serpents hisse , and beare-whe●pes eie , Mistrust the treason of an enemie . If he perswade thee to disloyall thought , Imagine him a villaine in the height ; If that he haue with wanton humors wrought , Know that an Idoll is the diuels baite : And if he cheat thee with a gaming sleight , In cares discretion leaue his company , And hold him for a cunning enemy . If he importune thee with borrowing , Or carelesse liue vpon thy purses spending : Or daily put thee off with morrowing , Till want do make thee wearie of thy lending , Then in the care of better thrif●s commending , Shake o● a varlet in his villany , And hold him for an inward enemy . But leauing more of friends , or foes to speake , The one too fewe , the other all too many : So many friends , their friendships daily breake , That fewe are faithfull , if that fewe be any : The Sunne so soone , the painted f●e wil● tawny . Tha● he that hath the world well ouergone , Finde ▪ foes too many , friends , but fewe or none . 〈◊〉 when thou wilt a seruant fitly chuse , Haue great regard vnto his qualitie : Lest lacke of care , thy kindnes do abuse : Allow no counterfeit formalitie ; No prigging theft , nor prodigalitie . No pot companion , nor no prating knaue , Not lazie Rascall , nor vncomely slaue . 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ●ggard , nor sheep-biter dogge , 〈◊〉〈◊〉 , night-walker , nor game player : 〈◊〉 ●ing copes-mate , nor no grunting hogge ; 〈◊〉 ▪ swearer , brabbler , nor way layer : 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Iester , nor soothsayer . No da●ie tooth , nor double diligence ; Nor him that hath a world wide conscience . But sober , honest , wittie , thriftie , kinde , Good shape , good face , expert , and laborous , Good hand , good heart , good spirit , & good minde , Discreetly carefull , but not couetous : Faithfull and firme , in perfect truths approuing , And think that seruant kindly worth the louing . Now if thy sernant vnawares offend , In secret giue him reprehension : But if you see he care not to amend , Nor of aduice take better apprehension , Mistrust his spirit of some ill intention . Away with him , and turne him to disgrace , And seeke to put a better in his place . But last of all , and not the least in charge , I wish thee looke into thy loues consort : For when the heart hath left the eye at large , Venus commaunds where Cupid scales the fort : As all too many , all too true report . Be carefull therefore in thy thoughts affection , That they be gouern'd by a good direction . Beautie with vertue , honour ioynd with kindnesse , Wit with some wealth , and person without pride : True noblenesse , without ambitious blindnesse , Faire haird , straight bodied , sweet countenance , and cleare ●ide ; A spirit where no poison doth abide . Where these sweet birds do all in one bush sing , Who would not spend his life in such a spring ? But if she be ilfauour'd , blind , and old , A prattle basket , or an idle slut : A sleepie huswife , or a hatefull scold , Or such a sparrow as will not keepe cut : Spoile not thy teeth with cracking such a nut . For in the world there is no greater hell , Then in a house with such a hagge to dwell . Or if complexion with condition meete , A Croidon sanguine , and a currish nature : A minde that treads good manners vnder feete , A sorrell foretop , and a sowish feature : God blesse thee sonne , from such a wicked creature . And let thee rather leade a single life , Then kill thy selfe , to liue with such a wife . Learne then to chuse the best , and leaue the worst , And chusing well , make much of such a choise : And thou shalt see while other liue accurst , Thy heart and soule shall inwardly reioyce : Oh heartie loue is such a heau'nly voyce , As he that know it , or doth kindly heare it , Will finde no musicke in the world come neare it . But I will leaue thee to the heau'ns direction , Beseeching God of his high heauenly grace ▪ To settle so the care of thy affection , It take no roote in an vnworthy place : But that a virgins eye , and Angels face , So make thee ioyfull of thy happie chaine , That fancie bound , would not be free againe ▪ But that this course , and euerie other care , May purchase and continue thy content : And that thy soule may liue , where vertues are , The happie soules eternall ornament : To him that fram'd the highest firmament . Thy heart and soule in loue all humbly bow , And to his will , thy seruice truly vow . At morne , at noone , at euening , day , and night , Vnto his mercie do confesse thy sin : And begge of him , to cleare thy blinded sight , And teach thy spirit how it may begin To finde the way that gracious loue may win . Pray , weepe , and cry , vntill thou hast obtained Into his seruice to be entertained . And when thou feel'st the spirit of that grace That rules the heau'ns , come downe into thy hart : And so thy thoughts in order all to place , That vertue do dispose of euery part : When thus thou feelest that thou blessed art , Pray for continuance of that comforts blisse , That keepes the soule , it cannot go amisse . And when thou feel'st the loathing of that sinne , That long misled , that mournfull soule of thine : And the true way of grace art entred in , That doth the soule to sacred loue encline , And doth assure thee of the loue diuine , Then let thy heart , thy minde , and spirit sing , An Halleluiah to thy heauenly King . Begin with glory to his maiestie , Proceed with glorie to his holy name : Coutinue glorie to his Deitie , And end with glorie to his worthy fame : And endlesse be the glorie of the same . Begin , proceed , continue , end his story , Without beginning , neuer ending glory . O highest glory , in the heau'ns aboue , O brightest glory , of theau'ns behoue : O purest glory , before heau'ns to proue , O blessed glory , aboue heau'ns to loue : O louely glory , that all loue doth moue . O gracious glory , that all grace beginneth , O glorious glory , that all glory winneth . Thus my deare sonne , sing vnto God thy Lord , And sing in tune , that heau'ns may ioy to heare : And let thy tongue , thy heart , and soule accord , To chaunt it out with such a ioy full cheare , That heau'ns may see , thou hold'st their master deare . And thy true faith may in thy spirit proue , The liuing comfort of thy heau'nly loue . But if thou doost not serue thy God aright , And humbly feare his holy maiestie : Thy clearest day will turne to darksome night , Thy wealth to want , thy wit to vanitie : Thine ease to paine , ioy to calamitie . Thy sweetest musicke to a mournfull quell , Thy life to death , thy hope of heauen to hell . For though a while he suffer thee to thriue , And finde on earth a fayned paradies : Yet death will come , who quickly will depriue , Thy sences of the pleasures of thine eies : Wherein th' illusion of thy spirit lies . And thou wilt be within thy soule so torne , As thou wouldst wish , thou neuer hadst bin borne . A world of woes will ouerwhelme thy heart , And fearefull dreames affright thee in the night : A thousand torments will encrease thy smart ; And dreadfull visions will thy soule affright : Thou shalt be bard from the eternall light . And in the darknesse , where all horrors dwell , Thy soule shall burne in euerlasting hell . Where thou shalt see the mizer-minded-dogge , Frie in the furnace of his molten gold ▪ The glutton monster , and the drunken hogge , Gnawing their bones , with hunger , thirst , and cold : The murtherer in paines not to be told . The leacher so bedight in beastlinesse , As kills his soule to see his filthinesse . The tyrant tortur'd with those vgly spirits , That fed his humour with the thirst of blood : The traitor follow'd with those hungry ferits , That onely fed vpon the poysned food Of damned soules , that neuer did man good . The theefe tormented with the shamelesse lyer , The swearers mouth , all in a flame of fyer . The pander and the wicked parasite , Shall sup the broath of hellish beastlinesse : The heretike in wilfull ouersight , Shall feed vpon the froth of foolishnesse : Boyld in the fire of all vnfaithfulnesse . The Atheist so shall feele Gods vengeance on him , That all the plagues of hell shall fall vpon him . The vniust Iudge , at least if there be any , The bribing client of ill conscience : The periur'd witnesse whereof are too many , The plotting pate of sinfull pestilence ; The wrothfull spirit of impatience : All these shall iustly all their torments beare , But God blesse thee from seeing of them there . But if thou rightly serue thy Lord and God , And day and houre do sue to him for grace : When faithfull Truth this world hath ouertrod , Thy soule shall flye vnto afairer place ; Where thou shalt see thy Sauiour in the face ; And in that face , that euerlasting blis , In which the brightnesse of all glory is . There shalt thou see from hie the day-light springing , Which darksome night hath neuer power to shade : There shalt thou heare the Saints & Angels singing , And all their ditties to his glory made ; There shalt thou feele the ioyes that neuer fade . There shall thy soule more perfect ioyes possesse , Then tongue , or heart , or spirit , can expresse . There shalt thou see the bounteous richly crowned , The gratious Prince in Angels armes embraced : The vertuous souldiers with the Saints renowmed ; The Iudge of Iustice , in high honor placed : The faithfull witnes , in Truthes fauour graced . The virgins singing , in the Angels quier , How patient hopes vnto their heau'n aspire . There shalt thou feele the blessed ioy of peace , Wherein the life of holy loue doth rest : There shalt thou heare the Musicke neuer cease , Where Angels voyces euer are adrest , In their best tunes to sound his glory best , Where euery one a blessed part doth beare , God blesse thee sonne , to set them euer there . Amen . FINIS .