A New CHRISTMAS CAROL.
With DIVINE POEMS.
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St. Barnabas.
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St. Simon.
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St. Jude.
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St Bartholomew
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St. Philip.
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St. James Major
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The Ten Commandments.
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From the XXth Chapter of Exodus.
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1 THOU shalt have no other Gods b[u]t me.
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2 Before no Idol bend thy K[n]ee.
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3 Take not the Name of God i[n] vain.
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4 Nor dare the Sa[b]bath-day pr[o]f[a]ne.
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5 Gi[v]e both thy P[ar]e[n]ts Honour due.
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6 T[a]ke heed that thou no Murder do.
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7 Abst[a]in from D[e]eds and Words unclean.
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8 Nor steal, tho thou art Poor a[n]d Mean.
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9 Nor tell a wilful l[i]e, nor [l]ov[e] i[t].
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10 What is thy Neighbours do not covet.
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From Matthew xxii. 17.
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WITH all thy Sou[l] lov[e] God above,
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And as thyse[l]f thy Neig[h]bour love.
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Our Saviours Golden Rule, from Matt.
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vii. 12.
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BE you to othe[r]s so kind and true,
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As youd have others be to you;
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And neither do nor say to Men,
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Whateer you would not make aga[i]n.
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Salvation ascribed to Jesus Christ.
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GLORY to Jesus Christ, the Son.
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of David and of God,
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Who brought the News of Pardon down
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And bou[g]ht it with his Blood.
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To Jesus Christ our glorious King,
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Be endless Prais[e]s giv[e]n;
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Let all the E[a]rth his Prais[e]s sing,
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Who ma[d]e our Peace with Heavn.
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LET all that are to mi[r]th inclind,
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Consider we[l]l and bear in mind,
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Wh[a]t our good God for us h[a]s done,
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In sending us his belov[]d S[o]n.
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Let all our songs and p[r]aise be
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Unto his heaven[l]y M[a]jesty;
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And evermore, amon[g]st our mirth,
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Remember Christ our Sa[v]iours [b]i[r]th;
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The twenty-fi[f]th d[a]y of December,
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We have great re[a]son to remember.
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In B[e]thlehem, upon this morn,
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The great Messiah Christ was born;
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The night before that happy tide,
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The spo[t]l[e]ss Virgin and her gu[i]d[e],
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Were long time seek[i]ng up and down,
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To find some lodging in the town:
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But mark how all t[h]ings came to p[a]ss,
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The inns and lodgi[n]gs fi[l]led was
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That they could have no room at all.
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But in a fil[th]y oxs stall.
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This night the Virgin Mary mild
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Was s[a]fe deliv[e]rd of a child,
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According un[t]o heavns decree,
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Mans God and Sav[i]o[u]r for to be.
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Ne[a]r B[e]thl[e]h[e]m some shepherds kept
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And watchd their flocks whilst others slept,
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To whom Gods a[n]gel did appear,
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Whi[c]h put the shepherds i[n] great fear.
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Pre[p]a[r]e and go, the angel said,
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To Bethlehem, be not afraid,
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There shall you see this bl[e]ssed morn,
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The blesse[d] b[a]b[e] sweet J[e]su[s] born.
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With thankful h[e]arts and joyful mind,
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The shepherds went this b[a]be to find,
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And as the heav[e]nly angel told,
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They did our Sav[i]our Chr[i]st behold.
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Within a manger was he laid,
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The Virgin Mary by him staid,
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Attending on the Lord of life,
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Bei[n]g both mother, maid, and wife.
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Three eastern wi[s]e men from af[a]r,
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Directe[d] b[y] t[h]e glorious star,
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Came boldly o[n], and made no stay,
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Until they came where Jesus lay.
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And being come unto the place
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Where the blessed Messiah was,
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They humbly laid before his feet
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The[i]r gifts of gold and odour sweet.
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S[e]e how the Lord of heaven and earth
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Shewd hims[e]lf lowly in his birth:
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A sweet ex[a]mple for mankind,
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To learn to bear an humble mind,
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No costly robes nor ric[h] atti[r]e,
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Did Jesus Christ our Lord desire;
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No music or sweet harmony,
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Till glorious angels from on high
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Did in melodious ma[n]n[e]r si[n]g
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Praises unto our heavenly King.
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All honour, glory, might and power,
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Be unto Christ our Saviour.
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If choirs of angels did rejoice,
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Well may mankind with heart and voice,
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S[i]ng prais[e]s to the God of heaven,
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That unto u[s] his Son has given,
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Moreover, le[t] us evry one,
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Call unto mind, and think upon
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His righteous life, and how he dyd
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To h[a]ve poor sinners justifyd.
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Suppose, O man! that thou shouldst lie
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I[n] prison stron[g], condemnd to die,
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And that no man upon the earth,
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Could ransom thee from cruel death,
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Ex[c]ept you can some party find,
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That for your sake would be so kind
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Freely to part with his own blood,
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To save thy life, to do thee good.
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Such was the love of Christ, when we
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Must else have lain perp[e]tually
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In hell, our souls from th[e]nce to save,
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Himse[l]f a sacrifice he gave.
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Whi[l]st in this world he did remain,
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He never passd a day in vain;
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In fasting, preaching, prayer divine.
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He daily in the temple taught,
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And many m[i]racles he wrought:
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He gave the blind their perfect sight,
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And ma[d]e the lame to walk upri[g]ht;
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He cured the lepers of th[e]ir evils,
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And by his power cast out devi[l]s;
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He called Laz[a]rus from the grave;
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And to the sick their health he gave:
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And yet, for all such good works wrought,
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The Jews his full destruction sought;
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The traitor Judas was the man,
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That with a kiss betrayd him then;
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Then he was led to justice-hall,
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Like one despisd amongst them all;
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And had the sentence gin th[a]t he
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Must suffer death upon a tree.
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Unto the execut[i]on place,
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They brought him with disgrace;
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With vile reproaching taunts and scorns,
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They put him on a crown of thorns;
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Then to the cross, t[h]ro hands and feet,
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They n[a]ild h[i]m f[a]st, but oh! how great
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Must be th[e] pain and anguish he
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There sufferd on the cursed tr[e]e:
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But thats not al[l], to augment the smart,
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With bloody sp[e]ar th[e]y piercd his heart.
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Thus ha[v]e you s[e]en and heard aright,
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The love of Christ the Lord of might;
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And how he shed his precious blood,
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Only to do us sinners good.
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WIthin this rock that rock is l[a]id,
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Who both the tomb and maker made;
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A man that neer was such beside;
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Tho just, no[n]e so unjustly dyd.
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Nothing he owd, and yet did pay
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The whole worlds d[e]bt all in one day.
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He living gave relief to all,
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That did in fa[i]th up[o]n h[i]m call;
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And on the cross he p[r]ayd for those
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That to the d[e]ath did him oppose;
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And while by the hand of death he fell,
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He conquerd Death, the Devil and Hell:
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Therefore unto his holy name,
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Be Honour, Glory, Power, Fame.
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