New years gift to His Majestie on his gracious declaration for liberty of conscience. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09595 of text R180913 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 4KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09595 Wing N817 ESTC R180913 ocm 61297106

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 eng Liberty of conscience -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 -- Sources. eebo A New Years gift to His Majestie, on his gracious declaration for liberty of conscience. n/a 1688 2 562 2 0 0 0 0 0 35.59 D The rate of 35.59 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-08 Sampled and proofread 2014-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A NEW YEARS GIFT TO HIS MAJESTIE , On His Gracious DECLARATION FOR Liberty of Conscience . AS when of Old , the God-head was invoked By Sacrifice , and reeking Temples smoked . When the Crown'd Victory did on Altars lie , And Odours mounted to Perfume the Skie . We pay'd Heav'n Off'rings in the Blood we pour'd , But from those Blessings , which it self had show'rd ; The Rams , the Bulls , and Lambs , were but a Feast , From Heav'ns own Plenty , which our Earth had Bless'd : Incense and Fragrant Gums , alas , no more Than what their own kind Sun had sent before . As then to Heaven , to Heav'ns Vicegerent now , With the same thankful Gratitude we bow . The Zeal which does our Loyal Bosoms Fire , Is but that warmth which his own Beams inspire . Our Joys the Seeds his Clemency has sown , Whil'st all the Mighty Harvest is his own . Three New Born Years , with all the Rich increase , Of lasting Happiness , and flowing Peace Have run their shining Empiraean round ; Since fair Astrea in Great JAMES was Crown'd : Monarch like JAMES , the Scepter never bore , All Hearts till now , were never charm'd before ; Empire of late did partial Favours shour , Some felt the smiles , and some the Scourge of Power : Religion then stood , Arm'd with Teeth and Claws , With all her sanguinan Tangs of Laws ; Then Holy Zeal with haughty Pride was fill'd , And her Church-state with Chains and Jayls upheld , Full Gorged with Spoils , the Ravenous Wanton lay , And in her Tallons grasp'd the weaker Prey . This JAMES beheld , pittying the opprest , His sacred Goodness , warm'd his Royal Breast ▪ The Charm dissolved , Religions Tyrant Yoke , And all the Manacles of Conscience broke ; Whilst Pride and Cruelty to Confusion hurl'd , He cut the Gordiann Knot to win the World . So in the Walls of Paradice of Old , One Fence the Leopard , and the Lamb could hold : Then Innocence ne're sigh'd , nor Weakness Groan'd , Savage and Wild , were Names of the Infant World disown'd . Such Nature in her No●●ge was , nor are The long-flown Golden Minutes fled so far ; But Mighty JAMES resolved , sits down to Write Due Copys from th' Original so bright . The Strong and Weak , one Mutual Tye shall joyn , Sacred the Union , and the Bond Divine The Thorns no more , shall tender Foot-steps Gall ; But his whole World , one Floury Eden all . Meet then the happy Senate of the Land , And the Great JAMES , his Duteous Champions stand . Joyn all your help to aid the Mighty Birth , And bring the Labouring Joves Minerva forth . Assist the Glorious Founders Hand , bring you The Comment , and the Rich Materials too ; By which the great Imperial Architect , The Royal Fiat may that Pile Erect ; Under whose Roof , your selves and Heirs may rest , With endless Peace , to endless Worlds possest .

With Allowance .

London , Printed for W. C. 1688.