The Sinners Redemption.
Wherein is discribed the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Together with his Life on the Earth, and precious Death on the Cross for Mankind
Tune of, The bleeding heart.
All you that are to Mirth inclind,
Consider well and hear in mind,
What our good God for us hath done,
In sending his beloved Son.
Let all your Songs and praises be,
Vnto his heavenly Majesty,
And evermore amongst your Mirth,
Remember Christ our Saviours birth.
The five and twentieth of December,
Good cause have we for to remember,
In
Bethelem upon this morn,
There was our blest
Messias born.
The night before that happy tide,
The spotless Virgin and her guide,
Were long time seeking up and down,
To find them Lodging in the town.
And mark how all things came to pass,
The Inns and Lodgings so filled was,
That they could have no room at all,
But in a silly Oxes Stall.
This night the Virgin
Mary mild,
Was safe deliver'd of a Child,
According unto Heavens decree,
Mans sweet Salvation for to be.
Near
Bethelem did Shepherds keep,
These Herds and Flocks of feeding sheep,
To whom Gods Angels did appear,
Which put the Shepherds in great fear.
Prepare and go the Angel said;
To
Bethelem, be not afraid,
There shall you find this blessed Morn,
The Princely Babe sweet Iesus born.
WIth thankful hearts and joyful mind,
The shepherds went this have to find,
And as the Heavenly Angel told,
They did our Saviour Christ behold.
Within a Manger was he laid,
The Virgin
Mary by him stay'd,
Attending on the Lord of Life.
Being both Mother, Maid, and Wife.
Three Eastern Wise-men from afar,
Directed by a glorious Star,
Came boldly on and made no stay,
Vntil thay came where Iesus lay.
And being come unto the place,
Whereas the blest
Messias was,
They humbly laid before his feet,
Their gifts of Gold and Odour sweet.
See how the Lord of Heaven and earth,
Shew'd himself lowly in his birth,
A sweet Example of Mankind,
To learn to bear an humble mind.
No costly Robes nor rich attire,
Did Iesus Christ our Lord desire,
No Musick nor sweet harmony,
Till Glorious Angels from on high.
Did in Melodious manner sing,
Praises unto our Heavenly King,
All Glory, Honour, Might and Power,
Be unto Christ our Saviour.
If Quires of Angels did rejoyce,
Well may Mankind with heart and voice,
Sing praises to the God of Heaven,
That unto us his Son hath given.
Moreover let us every one,
Call unto mind and think upon,
His righteous Life and how he dy'd,
To have poor Sinners, justified.
Suppose O Man, if thou should
[...]st lye,
In Prison strong condemn'd to dye,
And that no friend upon the Earth,
Could Ransome thee from cruel Death.
Except you can some party find,
That for thy sake will be so kind,
His own hearts blood for to dispence,
And loose his life in thy defence,
Such was the love of Christ when we
Were lost to Hell perpetually,
To save them from the Gulph of woe,
Himself much pain did undergoe.
Whilst in this World he did remain,
He never spent one hour in vain,
In Fasting and in Prayer Divine,
He daily spent away the time,
He in the Temple daily taught,
And many wonders strange he wrought,
He gave the blind their perfect sight,
And made the Lame to walk upright.
He cur'd the Lepers of their Evils,
And by his power he cast out Devils,
He raised
Lazarus from the Grave,
And to the sick their Health he gave.
But yet for all these wonders wrought,
The Iews his dire destruction sought,
The traytor
Judas was the Man,
That with a kiss betrayed him than.
Then was he led to Iustice-Hall
Like one despis'd amost them all,
And had the sentence given that he
Should suffer Death upon a tree,
Vnto the Execution place,
They brought him on with much disgrace.
With vile reproachful taunts and scorns,
They Crown'd him with a wreath of thorns.
Then to the Cross through hands and feet,
They nail'd our blest redeemer sweet.
And further to augment his smart,
With bloody Spear they pierc'd his heart.
Thus have you seen and heard aright,
The love of Christ the Lord of Life,
And how he shed his precious blood,
Only to do us sinners good.
Printed for G. Conyers, in Little-Britain.