THREE HYMNES, OR Certain excellent new Psalmes, composed by those three Reverend, and Learned Divines. Mr. John Goodwin, Mr. Dasoser Powel, and Mr. Appletree.
SUNG In their respective Congregations, at Stephens Coleman-streete, London, and at Mary Abchurch, on Thursday the 8. of October, 1650. being a day set a part for the total routing of the Scots Army in Musleborough-field, by his Excellency the L. Gen. Cromwel.
Licensed according to Order, and published for the general use and benefit of all the Saints of Jesus Christ, in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
London, Printed by John Clowes, 1650.
Three Hymnes that were sung on Thursday the 8. of October 1650. being a day set a part for the total routing of the Scots Army in Musleborough field, under the Command of Lieut. Gen. David Lesley, by the Lord General Cromwells Forces.
- I. SUng by Mr. John Goodwin, in St. Stephens Coleman-streete Church.
- II. Sung by Mr. Vasoser Powel, at St. Mary Abchurch.
- III. The third Sonnge by Mr. Appletree, at Mr. John Goodwins Church in Coleman-streete, after the Sermon in the Afternoon.
Mr. John Goodwins Hymn.
1.
PRepair, make ready, oh ye Saints
Jehovah is come down,
To you and on your Heads to set
Salvation as a Crown.
2.
Into your mouths a Song he has put.
A Song of praise, to him, to give,
A Song of joy great store.
3.
Look, see and behold, how like himself
Hee's come to visit you,
He came down, the lofty heavens
He made to stoop and to bow.
4.
With zeal all clad, as with a Cloake,
With vengeance Garments dyed,
A Helmet of Salvation
He wore upon his head.
5.
Of Righteousness Jehovah-like
A Brest-plate he put on,
And thus in fury great he falls
Your enemies upon.
6.
And home then repays them all the wrong
Which they unjustly had,
[Page 3] Unto you done, and threatned more
to do as they were mad.
7.
Those Northern mountains which themselves
Had lifted up so high,
With opened mouths against the Heavens
their strength to magnifie.
8.
With heat of indignation
He melted at your feete,
And to your Armies gave the strength
Their Forts and Glory great.
9.
They fled they ran, they made great hast
From the presence of your God,
When he is angrie with his foes
There is no safe abode.
10.
One chast man a thousand can pursue
Ten thousand put to fight,
For God was in the midst of you
And taught your hands to flight.
11.
And in their heads unrighteousness
And cruel Councels were,
which caused their hearts to sink like stones
Their hands hung down for fear.
12.
They fled they ran, they wondered here
And there seeking to hide,
Their guilty heads in holes of death
Lest they should be discry'd.
13.
For great were the numbers they had
Enough by sword to dye,
[Page 4] Enough to run, enough to come,
Into Captivity.
14.
Great were the multitudes they had
Thousands by sword to dye,
Thousands to run, thousands to come,
Into Captivity.
15.
They fled, they ran, but lost the spoyl
To be divided by,
Them of the houshold they despise
And drawn to slavery.
16.
They fled, they ran, right sore afraid
To come into deaths bonds,
Your Legs redeem'd your feebled knees
of their dismai'dd hands.
17.
They fled, they ran beyond the line
Of their latter confidence,
The Forrest of the Land and Sea
They left to your Conscience.
18.
They fled, they ran, but they soon wheel
and chains they left behind,
With their deforrm'd devotion
Your Liberties to bind.
19.
Oh you redeemed of the Lord
To whom the silver wings,
And golden feathers of the Dove
Are now given to your mind.
20.
Who are delivered from making pitts
And diudging in the Clay,
[Page 5] For whose blest sakes Kings scattered are
And turned out of the way.
21.
Of their swolne thoughts and proud desires
Are sent to the Wilderness,
To seek a way where no way is
To free you from distress.
22.
You whose Task-masters fierce & cruel
Your glorious Lord hath troubled,
And in performance of your power
Their shame and sorrow doubled.
23.
For that with inlarged hearts
and heightrod streams of spirit,
You love and fear him all your days
And cause him to inherit.
24.
The praises of the earth in words
Where ere you come and go,
No rest accept of yours gave spirits
Until the world shall know.
25.
By your good words & works relate
The goodness of the Lord,
Make the world unto your feast
You blessedness afford.
26.
Give plenty of it unto those
Who feed in misery,
And know not how to serve the Lord
In their free liberty.
27.
Thus let thy enemies O Lord
Thus let thy enemies perish,
But if that love thy glorious
For ever let them perish.
FINIS.
Mr. Powels Hymne.
1.
TO Christ the only King of Saints be praise eternally,
Which gave his Souldiers great honour
And Kingly Victory.
2.
Whom Satan would wisely subdue
To those which are his enemies,
Lest therefore offer unto him
A willing secrasie.
3.
For he in love laid down his life
and for us shed his blood,
To reconcile us to God
Who is our best belov'd.
4.
And doth adopt us to himself
His children for to be,
And hath given us his free grace
And excellent Glory.
5.
The Lord also, his Saints exalt
That they on high do raigne,
And makes our Enemies to know
That Christ is our Soveraigne.
6.
The Pope, the Priest, the Anti-Christ
The Kings do quake for fear,
For Christ into his Throne doth come
His glory doth appear.
7.
Awake, arise, ô King ô Lord
Let all thy proud foes fall,
Then we which are thy Church on earth
will honour thy great name.
8.
Come quickly, come Lord Jesus Christ
Thy Saints do waite and stay,
To see thy Kingdome here on earth
And to to behold thine eyes,
9.
The glory and the Victories
which thou of late didest give,
doth move us for to praise thy name
and for thee to be belov'd.
10.
That we being thy thy people all
And Saints, with one accord,
Shall with all hope and courrage free
Sing praise to thee ó Lord.
FINIS.
Mr. Appletrees Hymn.
1.
LEt God arise, now up he is
As all the world may see,
To take his peopls part, wherefore,
March to revenge all we.
2.
That worke which did occasion us
This day to set apart,
So great it is, it to discribe
No man hath got the Art.
3.
Our Enemies which in battel fell
Long since us threaten did,
Us to anoy which did procure
Our Armys march with speed.
4.
From London, and from other parts
where they well quartered were,
To seeke and for to find out those
That sought to worke our snare.
5.
Before they went, to God they call'd
Whose cause they were to plead,
To the Church they also sent
That they would intercead.
6.
That so together, they might prevail
With God so them to direct,
To guid them in his ways
Their persons to protect.
7.
When they had passed by Barwick
And towards Haddington did come,
Thy Saints did sing, in gladness they
Would fight with all and some.
8.
Our Armies, they prudentially
Did seeke that place to gaine,
Where siting down, they waited long
To fight, but all in vain.
9.
Much hardship they did undergo
Their Enemies for to find,
But those men that make great hoast
To Engage had no mind.
10.
To Musleborough the enemy came
Our Armies for to outbrave,
Upon our works immediatly
Sought something to atchive.
11
Fifteen select Troops of the Church
All Covenanters sore,
Came trooping forth, and some did swear
That Cromwells Honour to prove.
12.
Dead or alive their prisoner
Some cry'd they would him bring,
And offer him a sacrifice
Unto their new-made King.
13.
But God our Lord who heard their brags
Them disappointed there,
Our Army there did many kill
The rest all ran for feare.
14.
Their Horse, their Speare the Lord did break
Great mischief to prevent,
Their further hurt did make to cease
Their deeds for to repent.
15.
Our Noble General also sought
With love them to overcome,
Professing that nothing they did
Should his intentions turn.
16.
But nothing could with them prevail
To stay them from the same,
Though fight they durst not at all
Until they had their aym.
17.
And brought us to such straights that we
No way escape could make,
But must yield to their tearms and glad
What they would give to take.
18.
Then God appear'd himself and did
Our Souldiers courage raise,
And gave them Victory so great
For which wee'l give him praise.
19.
As in the days of Sisera
The Starrs for us did fight,
The Moon to them was darkened
But gave to us her light.
20.
Foure thousand kill'd was on the place
Ten thousand prisoners were,
Their bag and baggage they forsook
And did their Ordnance spare
21.
Their Cullers they did leave behind
In number great to see,
Edenborough & Leith they also quit
And did to Sterling flee.
22.
In which they trust to this day
Their King and Covenant,
Not fully able them to free
As all the World may grant.
23.
But we will trust and praise our God
That this great work hath wrought,
That in our strength delivered us
When we by prayer did seek.
FINIS.