A right Godly and Christian A.B.C. shewing the duty of every degree.
To the tune of Rogero.
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ARise and wake from wickednesse,
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repent and thou shalt live:
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Or else with sword and pestilence,
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the Lord God will thee grieve.
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BEware of Lust and Lecherie,
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keepe thou thy body chast:
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Or else frequent the remedy,
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that Paul doth say thou mayst.
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COnfesse thy sinnes as David did,
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and turne unto the Lord;
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He will thee heare before thou call,
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so Esay doth record.
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DEale with thy neighbour mercifully,
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deceive no man by guile:
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Take heed of all extortion,
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it will thy soule defile.
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EXamine well thy wicked life,
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hide not thy councell deepe:
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The Lord God threatneth woe to them,
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that secret sinnes doe keepe.
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FLy theft and all unworthinesse,
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and labour in the Lord:
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The ground of sinne is idlenesse,
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with vices it is stord.
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GIve almes unto thy children deare,
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and turne not from the poore:
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Lend to the needy man thy goods,
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his pledge to him restore.
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HUrt not thy neighbour wittingly,
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in body goods or name:
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Remit offences willingly,
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lest God revenge the same.
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IF God doe blesse thee with his gifts,
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of worldly goods, and store:
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Let not thy heart on them be set,
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but praise the Lord therefore.
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KEepe not thy hyrelings wages backe,
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God will his cry regard:
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In poore mens matters be not slacke,
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the Lord will thee reward.
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LOve every man unfainedly,
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hate no man in thy heart:
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Despise the way of wicked men,
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pray God they may convert.
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MInister Justice Magistrates,
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you Masters kindly deale:
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You Parents all lest Gods curse fall,
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let youth correction feele.
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NO guilefull speech, nor lying talke
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use thou in any wayes:
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Eschew all evill, in goodnesse walke,
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if thou wilt see good daies.
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OPpresse no man by usury,
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refuse unlawfull gaine:
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Give plenteously unto the poore,
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Christ will thee pay againe.
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POssesse your soules with patience,
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against the wicked world:
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Powre out your prayers with reverence,
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before the living Lord
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QUarrel with none quench such desire,
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to anger be not bent:
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Remember God is mercifull,
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when sinners doe repent.
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REdeemed from the curse we are,
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by Christ to live with him:
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Our members let us mortifie,
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which are all bent to sinne.
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SAnctifie the Sabbath, serve the Lord,
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from labour see thou rest
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Then God will have regard on thee,
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and make thy labour blest.
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TAke heed you love no swearing false,
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sweare not by God in vaine:
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Let all your talke attend unto
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the honour of his Name.
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USe no deceit nor unjust meanes,
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to compasse worldly wealth:
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Extortion, fraud, and usurie,
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and all such things are stealth.
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WAlke not in worldly lusts and sin,
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such worldly darkenesse shun
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But walke as children of the light,
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as Christ himselfe begun.
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XAmples many are set forth,
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against the drunken sort:
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What deadly plagues are due to them,
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the Scriptures doe report.
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YOng folke be sober and chast of minde,
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let Gods word be your guide:
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Make cleane your hearts before the Lord,
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and never from him slide.
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ZAche a Publican Saint Luke doth tell
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what zeale to Christ he had:
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But to behold our Jewish hearts,
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alas it is too bad.
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& Plainely Luke doth specifie,
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of that mans Godly mind:
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How to the poore most liberally,
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halfe his goods he assignd.
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EST, in English doth specifie,
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in speech a Latine Verbe:
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Into our hearts Lord powre thy Spirit,
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whereby we may be stirrd
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TO sigh and groane unfainedly,
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with sorrow for our sinns:
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And for to seeke the remedie,
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a new life to begin.
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AMen, God grant we lose no time,
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to walke whilst we have light,
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That finally we may pessesse,
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the heavenly joyes most bright.
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OUr noble King with Nestors yeeres
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the Lord God long endue,
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With Sampsons strength and Salomons wit,
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his foes for to eschew.
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GOd grant his grace, great Joy & ho-nour
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with pleasure here beneath:
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To rule and reigne the Royall seat,
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so long as he hath breath.
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