Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THRENODIALL DIALOGUE BETWEEN SECOND & THIRD RANK, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh you! How do you do? Alas! How do things go? Last Line: The good lord help us both, thus fare you well. Subject(s): Puritans In Literature | ||||||||
SECOND Oh you! How do you? Alas! how do things go With you, and with your Souls? For once we know You did as we, Welt, Wallow, Soake in Sin; For which Gods ire infires our hearts within. THIRD Ne're worse, though when secure in sin much worse. Though curst by sin, we did not feele the Curse. Now seing we no help can see, we, rue. Would God it was with us as't is with you. SECOND With us! alas! a Flint would melt to see A Deadly foe, in such a Case as wee. God seems our Foe, repent we Can't: but finde To ill Goodwill, to Good, a wayward minde. THIRD This is in you your Grace, we easely spie The Love of God within your looks to ly. But oh! our Souls set in sins Cramp stand bent To Badness, and no Grace we have t'Repent. SECOND This is your Charity. But if you saw Those ugly Crawling Sins that do us knaw You'd Change your minde. You mourn, and pray we see: We would not for a World, you were as wee. THIRD Repent! and Pray! Aye, so the Traytor Cast, Cries, Good my Lord! yea, when his Doom is past. You erre through your Abundant Charity. We dare not wish, as we, our Enemy. SECOND Your Low esteemings of yourselves enlarge Ours of you much. But oh, that Dismall Charge! We don't Repent, Believe, we nothing do: No Grace we have though something Gracelike show. THIRD Is't so with you who do so much out do Poor nothings us? Oh! whither shall we go? Our Grace a Mockgrace is: of Ulcerous Boiles. We are as full, as Satan is of Wiles. SECOND There's not a Sin that is not in our Heart. And if Occasion were, it would out start. There's not a Precept that we have not broke. Hence not a Promise unto us is spoke. THIRD Its worse with us: The Preacher speaks no word. The Word of God no sentence doth afford; But fall like burning Coals of Hell new blown Upon our Souls: and on our Heads are thrown. SECOND Its worse with us. Behold Gods threatonings all; Nay Law, and Gospell, on our Heads do fall. Both Hell, and Heaven, God and Divell Do With Wracking Terrours Consummate our Woe. THIRD We'le ne're believe that you are worse than wee, For Worse than us wee judge no Soul can bee. We know not where to run, nor what to doe. Would God it was no worse with us than you. SECOND Than us, alas! What, would you fain aspire Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire? Change States with you with all our hearts we would Nay, and give boot therewith, if that we could. THIRD Say what you can, we can't but thinke this true That Grace's Ambush hath surprized you. But Judgment layes an Ambush strong to take SECOND What Charity have you for us? When thus You judge amiss both of yourselves and us? What pitty is't? Yet God will you repay. Although we perish, and be cast away. THIRD The Lord forbid the last, and grant we may Deceived be wherein we be, you say. We Cannot wish a Toade as wee, but Crave, Your prayers for us, that we may pardon have. SECOND Our Pray'res, are pray'reless: Oh! to what we bee An ugly Toad's an Angell bright we see. Oh pray, pray you, oh pray, for us that so The Lord of Mercy Mercy on's may show. THIRD O would we could! but oh Hells Gripes do grinde Yea writh our Souls with Cramps of e'ry kinde. If Grace begrace us not, we go to Hell. The Good Lord help us both, thus fare you Well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE PREFACE by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 1 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 32 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 38 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 8 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 3 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 56 by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: CHRIST'S REPLY by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR |
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