A panegyric upon the Blessed Virgin Mary 1686 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B04756 Wing P270 ESTC R181419 52614815 ocm 52614815 175998

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 eng Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. Religious poetry, English -- Scotland -- Early modern, 1500-1700. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A PANEGYRIC UPON THE Bleſſed Virgin MARY. WHat Eye dares ſearch the Brightneſs of the Sun? What Pencil draw it? What Conception Is clean enough Thy Pureneſs to deſcry, Or ſtrong enough to ſpeak Thy Dignity, Bleſt Mother of our Lord, whoſe Happy State None but an Angels Tongue did firſt relate? Thou wert on Earth a Star moſt heavenly bright, That didſt bring forth the Sun that lent Thee Light: An Earthly Veſſel full of heavenly Grace, That broughtſt forth Life to Adam's dying Race. For God on Earth Thou wert a Royal Throne, The Quarry to cut out our Corner-ſtone, The choſen Cloth to make his Mortal Weed, Soil bleſt with Fruit, yet free from Mortal Seed. In Marriage-bands thou ledſt a Virgin-life, And, tho' untouch'd, becam'ſt a Fruitful Wife. Tho' Thou to aged Joſeph wert aſſur'd, No Carnal Love that Sacred League procur'd, All vain Delights were far from your Aſſent, For chaſt by Vow you ſeal'd you chaſt Intent. Thus God his Paradiſe to Joſeph lent, Wherein to plant the Tree of Life he meant, To raiſe a Birth miraculous, and by His ſacred ways of Power diſcloſe that high And holy Myſtery, which Angels (tho' So full of Light) deſir'd to look into. When Thou thy Maker didſt bring forth, and he Whoſe Age had been from all Eternity, Was born an Infant from Thy Bleſſed Womb, He lay encloſed in that narrow Room, Whoſe Greatneſs Heaven and Earth could not contain. Who made the World, and Nature did ordain, Was made of Thy Fleſh; he, whoſe open'd Hand Feeds all the Creatures both by Sea and Land; That even to Thee thy Life and Being lent, Did from Thy Breaſt receive his Nouriſhment. His Birth no Human Tongues were fit to ſing: Th' Angelic Quire did greet their new-born King. So bright a Conſort, and ſo ſweet a Lay, Made Night more fair and chearful than the Day, And little Bethlem with more Glory fill'd Than all the Roman Palaces could yield. How wondrous great is then Thy Happineſs, That wert his Mother? But who can expreſs So high a Bliſs? When we deſire to fame Some other Maid or vertuous Womans Name, When we of other Ladies write the Lives, Of chaſt Maids, happy Mothers, conſtant Wives, Such as beſt Writers have renown'd of yore, When we have told their Noble Vertues o're, We draw Examples, and beſides their own Fair Stories, praiſe them by Compariſon. But in Thy Life we cannot; Thou alone Canſt not at all admit Compariſon. So far thy happy Name and Honour lives Above all other Mothers, Maids, or Wives, That 'twere a Sin, when we Thy Story tell, So much as once to think of Parallel. We'll let Thee in Thine own pure Titles live, And ſpeak no Praiſe of Thee but Poſitive; As when we ſay, All Ages, Nations all Shall Thee moſt Happy among Women call; That of the greateſt Bleſſing God e're ſent To ſinful Man, Thou wert the Inſtrument.

Publiſh'd with Allowance.

LONDON, Printed by H. H. 1686.