Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse.

Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse.

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TO THE RIGHT VVORShipfull his very Noble and highly Honoured good Friend, SIR WILLIAM BALFORE Knight, Lievtenant of the Tower of LONDON.

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20. Dens Turris etiam in Turre:

21. Deus Turris.

Sentences of Scripture there likewiſe written.

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Verſes made by W. PRYNNE, as he returned by Water to the Tower after his laſt ſufferings, upon his Stigmatizing.

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[Page] [Page] COMFORTABLE CORDIALLS, OR Latine Verſes and Sentences, written by Mr. William Prynne on his Chamber Walls in the Tower of London, during his Impriſonment there; Since tranſlated into Engliſh by him.

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COMFORTABLE CORDIALS, AGAINST DISCOMFORTABLE Feares of Impriſonment, and other ſufferings in good cauſes. Containing ſome Latine Verſes, Sentences, and Texts of Scripture, written by Mr. WILLIAM PRYNNE on his Chamber walles in the Tower of London, during his Impriſonment there; ſince Tranſlated by him into Engliſh VERSE.

2 CORINTHIANS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Bleſſed be God, even the Father of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that wee may bee able to comfort them which are in any troubles by the comfort wherewith we our ſelves are comforted of God. For as the ſufferings of Chriſt abound in us, ſo our conſolation alſo aboundeth by Chriſt. And whether wee be afflicted, it is for your conſolation, & ſalvation, which is effectuall in enduring of the ſame ſufferings, which we alſo ſuffered: or whether wee bee comforted, it is for your conſolation and ſalvation. And our hope of you is ſtedfaſt; knowing that as you are partakers of the ſufferings, ſo alſo you ſhall be of the conſolation. For we would not, Brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Aſia, that we were preſſed out of meaſure above ſtrength, in ſo much that wee deſpaired even of life. But we had the ſentence of death in our ſelves, that we ſhould not truſt in our ſelves but in God which raiſeth the dead: who delivered us from ſo great a death, and doth deliver; in whom we truſt, that he will yet deliver us: you alſo helping together by Prayer for us, that for the gift beſtowed upon us, by the meanes of many perſons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

Printed Anno. 1641.

TO THE RIGHT VVORShipfull his very Noble and highly Honoured good Friend, SIR WILLIAM BALFORE Knight, Lievtenant of the Tower of LONDON.

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SIR, it were Ingratitude and Injury,

For me in ſilence here to paſſe you by,

And not preſent theſe Cordialls unto you,

Sith they, and all my ſervice are your due,

For all your Noble Favours in the Tower,

Which have ingag'd me to my utmoſt power,

To be your eternally devoted poore Friend and ſervant, WILLIAM PRYNNE.

1.

TRanſtulit in Coelum Chriſti praeſentia Clauſtrum:

Quid faciet Coelo, quae Coelum jam creat Antro?

Chriſts preſence hath my Priſon turn'd into

A bleſſed Heaven; what then will it doe

In Heav'n hereafter, when it now creates

Heav'n in a Dungeon? Goales, to Courts tranſlates?

2.

Stigmata Chriſticolis, ſplendentia ſidera; ſanguis,

[Page] Purpura regalis; mutilataque Membra, Decorum;

Vincula, gemmatus Torques; Opprobria, plauſus;

Vulnera, Martyrium; M [...]rs; Vita; Gravamina, Lucrum.

Optima cun [...]ba piis, Triſtiſſima ſola miniſtrant;

V [...]ica Crux ſanctis, Via, Ianua, ſumma ſalutis.

Brands, unto Chriſtians are bright Starres; Blood ſpent,

A Royall Purple; Maym'd Limbes, Ornament;

Bonds, Chaines of Pearle; Reproaches, Praiſe (no ſtaine)

Wounds, Martyrdome; Death, Life; Oppreſſions, Gaine.

To godly men the ſaddeſt fates only

All beſt things bring, and their joyes multiply;

The Croſſe alone to Saints is the high way,

Gate, ſumme of ſafety, Meanes of endleſſe Joy:

3.

Chriſtus ubique pium comitatur; Carceris Antrum

Ingreditur: Turres. Denſiſſima M [...]enia, Rupes,

Foſſas, Ferratas Portas Obstacula, Flammas

Permeat intrepidus; ſocius ſolamen, Amicus,

Omnia ſecluſis, ſolus; ſaturatque benignus

Deliciis ſuperum ſitientia Corda ſuorum,

oan. 20. 19.

Diſcipulis foribus cluſis intravit amaenus,

Chriſticolis clauſis habitat conviva perennis.

O fortunatus cui Con-captivus Ieſus,

Laetiſicans radiis triſtiſſima Clauſtra ſupernis;

Vincula non illum, Tormenta gravamina moeſtum

Efficiunt, animum retinentem utcunque ſorenum.

Chriſt every where accompanies good Men;

He goes with them into the Priſons Den;

The Towers, thickeſt Walls broad ditches, Gates,

[Page] Of Iron, Barracadoes, Flames and Graces

Doth boldly paſſe through; proves Companion,

Friend, ſolace, all things of himſelfe alone;

Vnto cloſe Priſoners and fills plenteouſly

The thirſty ſoules of his, with heavenly

Delights. *

John 20: 19.

Hee entered in the dores faſt ſhut

To his Diſciples, them to comfort; but

With godly priſoners he's a conſtant gueſſe

Reſides; O happic he who doth poſſeſſe

Chriſt for his Fellow-priſoner, who doth gladde

With heavenly Sunbeames, Goales that are moſt ſad,

Bonds, Torments, Briſons, make not him ſad; he

Retaines a quiet mind how ere things be.

4.

Nullat o [...]us vinctus Chriſti virtute ſolutus;

Permanet immunis, cluſus vel Carcore Vinclis.

Liber ubique, pius, placidus, benedictus, amoenus,

Indomitus; tacitum circumfert pectore Coelum:

Triſtia Laetificans, Moeſtisſima cuncta ſerenans;

Vincula diſentiens, arctiſſima clauſtra recludens.

He is not bound whom CHRIST hath made free; he

Though ſhut cloſe Priſoner, chaind, remains ſtill free,

A godly Man's at large in every place,

Still cheerefull, well content, in bleſſed caſe,

Vnconquer'd; he a ſecret Heaven ſtill beares

About within his breſt, which ſad things cheares,

Diſpells his blackeſt cloudes of griefe, off ſhakes

His chaines; and cloſeſt priſons open makes.

5.

Vincula non Animam cohibent, haud carcere cluſam:

Sidera tranſvolitat, Terram, Mare, cuncta pererrat

Alipes, immenſi fines tranſcendit Olympi;

Limit is impations, arctari neſcia Mundi

[Page] Cancellis; tantum requieſcens Numine vaſte;

Seeurus, placiduſque Piis, vel turbine, Pertus;

No bands the ſoule of Man can once reſtraine;

No Priſon it incloſe, nor yet containe;

It ſoares above the Starres, and ſwiftly flyes

O're Earth, Sea, all things; mounts beyond the skies,

And bounds of the vaſt Heav'ns, impatient

Of Limits, ignorant how to be pent

Within the Rayles of this whole world; onely

Reſting within the boundleſſe Deity;

A ſecure, pleaſant harbour to Godly

Men, even in a ſtorme of Miſery.

6.

Vincula quid trepidas? quid tela minantia? Flammas,

Vulnera? quid rabidi Tormenta, Cruceſve Tyranni?

Aſpera pro Chriſto, dulciſſima; qui Diadema

Rev. 2. 7. 11. 17. 21. c. 3. 5. 12. 21. c. 21. 7. 2 Tim. 1. 7. 8.

Vincenti Statuit, Lignique cruore paravit.

Scenicaturba Choros, ſpectacula, Tympana, Mimes,

Ludicra ſtuproſis celebret, ſpectetque Theatris;

Vincula Christicolae, Mutilatio, ſtigmata, Furcae

Gaudia plura ferunt, cumulataque Praemia condunt.

Hiſtrio, Scena, Iocus, ſaltatio, Maſcara, Cantus,

Riſus Sardonicos generant, fictoſque Cachinuos.

Cordolium verum, gemitus morſuſque perennes:

Dulcia poſt triſtant, peramara ſalute coronant.

Why fearſt thou Bonds? why threatnings? Weapons? Fires?

Wounds? why the torments, Croſſes or the Ires

Of raging Tyrants? ſith the ſharpeſt things

We undergoe for Chriſt, moſt ſweetnes brings.

who hath prepar'd and purchaſed for him

Who

Rev. 2. 7. 11. 17. 21. c. 3. 5. 12. 21. e 21. 7. 2 Tim. 4. 7. 8.

overcomes, a glorious Diadem

By the Blood of his Croſſe. Let then the Crue

Of ſtage Frequenters celebrate, and view

Playes, Dances, Paſtimes, Players, ſports in baſe

[Page] And filthy Theaters, where growes no grace.

Chaines, Mutilations, Pillories, Brandes bring,

To godly Chriſtians farre more joyes, heaping

Moſt large rewards upon them. Players, Playes,

Jeſts, Dancing, Maskes, Songs, generate alwayes

But deadly Laughters, feigned ſhoutes;

[...]m 4. 9. 1 c. 5. 1.

true griefe,

Sighes, laſting gripes of Conſcience, paſt reliefe.

Sweet worldly pleaſures ſtill in

Pro. 14. 13.

ſadneſſe ceaſe;

When

2 Cor. 4. 17. 2. Tim. 2. 12.

bittereſt ſufferings bring Crownes, ſafety, peace.

7.

Anlicus imbellis gemmis, Dominaeque Capillis

Auriculas onerat, magnoque decore venuſtat,

Stigma, Cicatrices, mutilatio pulchrius Aures

Chriſtigenae decorant, radiiſque micantibus ornant,

O Decus eximium referentia Vulnera Chriſtum:

Talibus inſignis ſuperis peramatus abibis.

Th'unmanly Courtier with his Miſtreſſe Haire,

And Jewels, lades his eares, to make them faire.

When as Brands, Scarres, and Croppings ſarre more dight

A Chriſtians eares, and make them ſhine more bright.

O Matchleſſe Glory, Woundes which Chriſt expreſſe!

Adorn'd with theſe, Gods love thou ſhalt poſſeſſe.

8.

Paſſio Coelipetis Alpha, at Solamen Omega:

Principium Lachrymis decoratur: Meta, Triumphis.

Suffering's their Alpha who to Heaven tend;

But Joy is their Omega finall end;

Their Entrance is adorn'd with teares of Woe,

Their end with Triumphs, which then griefes outgo.

9.

Nil Crus ſentit in Nervo, ſi Anima ſit in Coelo.

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The Legg feeles nothing in the ſtockes, if the

Soule, minde, Affections in Heav'n placed be.

10.

Non timet in carcerem qui ſcit contemnere Libertatem,

Vitam, voluptatem, Famam: cui Mundus Ergaſtulum,

Terra Exilium, Dens habitaeulum, Mors Solatium.

He feares no priſon who knowes to deſpiſe

Freedome, Life, pleaſure, Fame, which others priſe:

To whom this world's a priſon; Earth, a place

Of Exile, God, a Manſion; Death, Solace.

11.

Servus Chriſti etiam in vinculis, Liber.

Servus Peccati etiam in ſumma Libertate captivus.

Chriſts Servants even in priſon are ſtill free:

Sinnes, in the greateſt freedome, captives bee.

12.

Nil corpus patitur in Ergaſtulo, ſi Animus ſit in Coelo.

The body ſuffers nought in priſon, when

The mind it ſelfe is lodged in Heaven.

13.

Quid Coelum ſine Deo, niſi Barathrum?

Quid Barathum cum Deo niſi Coelum?

What's Heav'n without God but a very Hell?

What's Hell but a Heav'n, if God once there dwell?

14.

Nullibi inearteratur, qui ubique in Chriſto liberatur:

Nunquam dejicitur, qui ſemper à Jehova ſuſtentatur.

He in no place can once impriſoned be,

Who in all places is Joh. 8. 36. Gal. 5. 1.by Chriſt ſet free:

[Page] He never is Pſal. 37. 24.dejected, who alway

Hath great Iehovah for his prop and ſtay.

15.

Nuſquam ſolus qui ubique cum Deo;

Nunquam Miſer qui ſemper cum Chriſto,

He never is alone, who every where

Hath God himſelfe, him company to beare,

He never can be miſerable, who

Is alwayes with Chriſt, who doth with him goe.

16.

Vbi Deus adeſt. ibi non eſt Carcer, ſed Paradiſus; Non Ergaſtulum,

Sed Palatium; non Barathrum, ſed Coelum.

Where God is preſent, there no Priſon is,

But a ſweet Paradiſe of Joy and bliſſe;

No Bridewell, but a Palace; no darke Cell,

But a bright Heaven, where all comforts dwell.

17.

Carcer probat Amicos, detegit Inimicos;

Excludit Mundum, includit Deum:

Alit virtutes, extinguit Libidines,

Edocet Temperantiam; cohibet Luxuriam;

Mortificat earnem, ſanctificat hominem;

Ingenerat gratiam, the ſaurizat Gloriam.

A priſon tries Mens friends, detects their Foes.

Shuts out the world, God to men doth incloſe;

Nouriſheth vertues, Luſts extinguiſheth;

Temperance teacheth, Riot reſtraineth,

Quite kills the fleſh, but makes the Man holy;

Ingenders Grace,

2 Cor. 4. 17. 2 Tim. 4. 8.

and treaſures up glory.

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Turris Chriſtianos fideles fictè incarcerat, verè liberat, Vnicum Dulciſſimum Chriſti lugum, [cui ſubjugari eſt perfectè manumitti] Imponendo: multiplicia gravisſimaque Carnis, peccati, Mundi, Diaboli vincula [quibus ill [...] queari, eſt certiſſimè captivari,) diſcutiendo.

The Tower true faithfull Chriſtians feinedly

Impriſons, but them ſets free verily,

By putting on them Chriſts ſweet yoake onely,

To which to be ſubjected, is truely

To be enfranchiſed; by ſhaking off

The manifold, and moſt heavy chaines of

The fleſh, ſinne, World, Di'le; in which for to lye

Inſnarde, is to be captiv'd certainely.

19.

Turris plurimis Spectaculum, multis habitaculum: nonnullis Refugium; aliis diverſ [...]rium; Regi Palatium; Regno Gazophylacium, Armamentarium, Propugnaculum, Monetarium: Vinctis piis, Oratorium; Papiſticis, Purgatorium; Clauſis, Monaſterium; Innoxiis, Hoſpitium; Reis, Ergaſtulum; Literatis, Muſaeum; Ebrioſis, Oenopolium; proditoriis, Macellum.

The Tower is to moſt, a Spectacle;

To many its a houſe, wherein they dwell;

To ſome a refuge; Others, a lodging;

A Royall Pallace, it is to the King;

Vnto the Kingdome it's a Treaſury,

Armory, Bulwarke, Mint: an Oratory

To Godly priſoners; but a purgatory

To popiſh; to cloſe ones, a Monaſt'ry;

To guiltleſſe ones, it's an Inne; to guilty

[Page] A Bridewell; to learn'd ones, it's a ſtudy;

To idle ones a Dormitory; to

Drunkards, a tipling-houſe them to undoe;

To Traytors it's a ſhambles, where their head

And Quarters hang, when they are but chered.

On his Exile into Ierſy Iſle.

Why ſhould this Exile me grieve, diſcontent,

(1) Levil. 25. 23.

Si [...]h this whole World's a place of Baniſhment?

And men as truely Exiles are at home,

Pſal. 39. 12. pſal. 119. 19 2 Chron: 29 15. Heb. 11. 13 1 pet. 2. 11.

As in the ſtrangeſt Clime to which they come?

Are not God, Chriſt, Grace, Heav'n to us as nigh

In forraigne Parts, as in our own Country?

Yea; and oft times more neare: this true to be

By

Gen. 12. 28. to 48. Act. 7. 3. to 17. Heb. 11. 8.

Abraham, Iacob, Ioſeph, all may ſee,

I will not then flye, feare my Baniſhment.

But in it joy, and take moſt ſweet content,

Sith God will me protect,

Iſay 41. 5. 6.

reſtore againe,

Or elſe tranſlate to Heav'n, with him to reigne,

Mine onely Proper

Heb. 11. 14. 16.

Country, wherein I

Shall live a Free-man for eternity,

In ſpite of my Arch-fees; whom I ſhall ſee.

Exild,

Prov. 11. 8. c. 21 18. c. 12. 13.

impriſon'd, and my ſelfe ſet free.

20. Dens Turris etiam in Turre:

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Turris

Libertatis

Conſolationis

Quietis,

Fa licitatis

Honoris

Splendoris

Securitatis

Salutis

Spei

Gaudii

Pacis

Protectionis

Gratiae

Vitae

Gloria

in Turre

Anguſtiae;

Triſtitiae;

Moleſtiae;

Miſeriae;

Dedecoris,

Obſcuritatis

Perturbationis,

Perditionis,

Deſperationis

Afflictionis,

Belli;

Periculi,

Peccatl;

Mortis,

Perpeſſionis.

God is a

Pſal. 18. 2. Pſal. 1. 3. Pſal. 144. 2.

Tower in the Tower.

A Tower of Lberty,

In the Tower of Reſtraint; a Tower

Of Comfort, Jollity

In the Tower of Sadneſſe; a Tower

Of ſweeteſt Quietneſſe

In the Tower of Trouble; a Tower

Of bleſted Happineſſe,

In the Tower of Miſery; a Tower

Of Honour, Dignity

In the Tower of diſgrace; a Tower

Of bright Excellency

In the Tower of darknes; a Tower

Of ſtrong ſecurity

In the Tower of danger; a Tower

Of health and true ſafety

[Page] In the Tower of Sickneſſe; a Tower

Of hope and good ſucceſſe

In the Tower of Deſpaire; a Tower

Of joy and cheerefulneſſe

In the Tower of ſorrow; a Tower

Of peace and union

In the Tower of fierce war: a Tower

Of ſafe Protection

In the Tower of perill; a Tower

Of Grace and Piety

In the Tower of vile Sinne; a Tower

Of Life, eternity

In the Tower of grim death; a Tower

Of Glory and great praiſe,

In the Tower of ſuffring: ſuch Tower

God proves to his alwayes.

21. Deus Turris.

1.

Protegendo;

A malis,

In malis,

Contra malos,

Inter malos,

Vbique,

Tutiſſimè,

Fortiſſimè,

Gratioſiſſimè,

2.

Conſolando,

In Malis,

Semper,

Abundanter,

Suaviſſimè;

3.

Eripiendo,

A Malis

Citò

Tempeſtivè

Potentiſſimé

Mortalium proculdubiò Beatiſſimus, qui Mundi Exul. Chriſtique [...]aptivus, Turri iſti tutiſſimae, jucundiſſimae, optimae, maximae perpetuò (dum vixerit) [Page] adjuaicatur. Salvò certè cuſtoditur, qui non ſolùm à Deo, ſed in Deo conſervatur: arctari non poteſt, qui ipſa Dei infinitate (incarceratus) ſpatiatur. Ita eminatur Galielmas Prynne: Martij 3. 1633.

God is a Tower by protecting all

His Saints from Ills, in Ills which them befall;

Againſt, amidſt ill men in every place,

Moſt ſafely, ſtrongly out of his meere grace;

By comforting them in adverſity

Alwayes, moſt ſweetly, moſt abundantly:

By fr [...]eing them from evills ſpeedily,

In the beſt time, and that moſt potently:

No doubt he is the happieſt man alive,

Who this worlds Exile, and Chriſts deare Captive,

Is during life adjudg'd perpetually

In this moſt ſafe, ſweet, beſt great'ſt Tower to lye.

He is truely kept ſafely, who both by

And in God is preſerv'd continually:

He cannot ſtraitned be, who walkes freely

(Whiles priſoner) in Gods vaſt Infinity.

O this opinion WILLIAM PRYNNE was the

Third day of March, ſix hundred thirty three.

Sentences of Scripture there likewiſe written.

PSAL. 69. 33.

The Lord heareth the poore, and deſpiſeth not his priſoners.

PSAL. 146. 7, 8.

The Lord looſeth the priſoners; the Lord raiſeth thoſe that are bowed downe.

[Page]PHIL. 4. 11, 12, 13.

I have learned in whatſoever ſtate I am, therewith to bee content, I know both how to be abaſed, and I know how to abound: every where, and in all things I am inſtructed, both to bee full, and to bee hungry; both to abound, and to ſuffer need: I can doe all things through Chriſt, which ſtrengthneth mee.

PSAL. 34. 17. 19. 22.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all; the Lord redeemeth the ſoule of his Servants, and none of them that truſt in him, ſhall be deſolate.

PSAL. 37. 23, 24. 37, 38, 39, 40.

The ſteps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and hee delighteth in his way: Though hee fall, hee ſhall not be utterly caſt downe, for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand: Marke the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the end of that man is peace. But the tranſgreſſours ſhall bee deſtroyed together, the end of the wicked ſhall bee cut off: But the ſalvation of the righteous is of the Lord, hee is their ſtrength in the time of trouble. And the Lord ſhall help them and deliver them: hee ſhall deliver them from the wicked, and ſave them, becauſe they truſt in him.

PSAL. 71. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.

Thy righteouſneſſe alſo O God, is very high, who [Page] haſt done great things, O God who is like to thee? Thou which haſt ſhewed me great and ſore troubles, ſhalt quicken mee againe, and ſhalt bring mee up againe from the depthes of the earth. Thou ſhalt encreaſe my greatneſſe, and comfort me on every ſide. I will alſo praiſe thee, with the Pſaltery even thy truth: O my God unto thee will I ſing with the Harpe, O thou holy one of Iſrael: My lips ſhall greatly rejoyce when I ſing unto thee: and my ſoule which thou haſt redeemed: my tongue alſo ſhall talke of thy righteouſneſſe all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto ſhame that ſeeke my hurt.

MICAH: 7, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

A mans enemies are the men of his owne houſe: Therefore I will looke unto the Lord; I will waite for the God of my ſalvation, my God will heare mee: Rejoyce not againſt me ô mine enemy: when I fall, I ſhall ariſe: when I ſit in darkneſſe, the Lord ſhall bee a light unto mee. I will beare the indignation of the Lord, becauſe I have finned againſt him, untill hee plead my cauſe and execute judgement for mee, Hee will bring me forth to the light, and I ſhall behold his righteouſneſſe. Then ſhee that is mine enemy ſhall ſee it, and ſhame ſhall cover her which ſaid unto mee, where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes ſhall behold her, now ſhall ſhe be troden downe, as the mire of the ſtreets.

§

On his Suffrings on the Pillory.

Chriſt for

I ſay 53. 4. 5. 6. 8. 10. Rom 4. 25. 1 Cor. 15. 3 1 Pet. 2. 24.

myſake, ſinnes, and Redemption

From Hell and endleſſe Torments; ſufferedon

The

Heb. 12. 2. c. 13. 12 12. Gal. 3. 13. Phil. 2. 8.

Croſſe, a ſhamefull, curſed Death, with all

[Page] Alacrity, joy, promptitude: And ſhall

I not for his ſake then moſt cheerefully

Both ſtand, and ſuffer on the Pillory,

Without all bluſh, or feare? ſince 'tis no ſhame,

But

Phil. 1. 29 2 Tim. 2. 12. Rev. 7. 13. to 17.

Honour, thus to ſuffer for Chriſts name.

Verſes made by W. PRYNNE, as he returned by Water to the Tower after his laſt ſufferings, upon his Stigmatizing.

S. L. Stigmata Laudis.

Stigmata Maxillis referens, Inſignia Laudis,

Exultans remeo, victima grata Deo.

Bearing Lands Stamps on my Cheekes, I retire

Triumphing, Gods ſweet Sacrifice through fire.

§

On his returne from Exile.

Foes ſent me hence, but God, and his Saints cryes

Have brought me back, 'tis wondrous in all Eyes.

No Exiles, Priſons, Chaines, powers can detaine

Thoſe whom God will recall, free, raiſe againe.

§

[Page]

ISAY. 51. 11. 14. c. 41. 5, 6.

The redeemed of the Lord ſhall returne, and come with ſinging unto Zion, and everlaſting joy ſhall be upon their head; they ſhall obtaine gladneſſe and joy; and ſorrow and mourning ſhall flee away. The CAPTIVE EXILE haſtneth, that hee may be looſed, and that he ſhould not dye in the pit, nor that his bread ſhould faile. Feare not, for I am with thee, I will bring thy ſeed from the Eaſt, and gather thee from the Weſt, I will ſay to, the North, Give up; and to the South, keep not backe; bring my ſonnes from farre, and my daughters from the ends of the Earth.

ERRATA.

IN the Epiſtle v. I. it were, r. t'were p. 2. l. 32. The r. He p. 3. l. 8. He's, r he The verſes p. 9. of his Exile into Jerſy, ſhould have come in p. 15. after Stigmata Laudis.

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Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse.

Prynne, William, 1600-1669.

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1641

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A70863

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Wing P3927

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ESTC R22186

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12363186

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60306

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— Comfortable cordials against discomfortable feares of imprisonment, and other sufferings in good causes containing some Latine verses, sentences, and texts of Scripture / written by Mr. William Prynne on his chamber walles in the Tower of London during his imprisonment there ; since translated by him into English verse., Prynne, William, 1600-1669..

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s.n.],. [London :: 1641.. (Place of publication from Wing.) (Errata: p. 16.) (This item can also be found as the last part of "Mount-Orgueil" at reel 397:2.)

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