The Devil's Charter, or Pope Alexander the Sixth · chunk 44 of 45
Barnes, Barnabe · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) tragedy · King's Men · before the Court unassigned nearest T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation · 533 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
Rest with this answer, that my soul is Gods Whose habitacle is prepared in heaven. First it doth know God being figured According to that Image of himself, And then the world whose lively shape it bears, And to conclude the soul of man knows all, Because with all things it doth symbolize, For in this Man there is a mind intelligent, A quickening word and a celestial spirit, That like a lightning every way diffused, All things which are made by the mighty power, uniteth, moveth, and replenisheth. These things should have been thought upon before, The summum bonum which lives in the soul, Is an eternal pleasure to behold, And have fruition of the mighty power. Which thou didst never see, nor canst enjoy. Pause yet a little, let me meditate, Mercy, mercy, mercy; arise arise: up, up, up: fie, fie: no, no? stir stubborn, stony, stiff indurate heart not yet, up. why, what? wilt thou not foul traitor? to my soul? not yet? Arise, arise, advance heart clogged with sin, Oppressed with damnation: up advance yet. Wilt thou not stir stiff heart? what am I damned? Yet a little, yet a little, oh yet: not yet? alas. High God of heavens and earth if thou bear love, Unto the soul of sinful man show mercy, Mercy good Lord, oh mercy, mercy, mercy. Oh save my soul out of the lions paws, My darling from the den of black damnation, My soul, my dove, cover with silver wings, Her down and plumage make of fine tried gold, Help, help, help, above, stir, stir, stupidity. He charms in David's words with Iudas spirit, It will not, no it will not, yet alas, no, no, no? is that my sentence to damnation? I am undone, undone. He shall despair, vassal of sin and hell, Provide thyself in black despair to dwell. I tell thee I cannot be resolved, To dwell in darkness break black soul dissolve, And poison all this Hemisphere with sin, And if I may not reach that happiness, Since for my sons sake I myself enthralled, Tell me shall Caesar die this death with me? Caesar; his youth and strength of blood drives out This fat all poison and shall live a while. Oh show me then the manner of his death, Attend it time grows short all fear is past. What means that ghastly shadow which came first? By that which represents Lucretia, Leprous and poisoned is thy death declared, By poison which now struggleth with thy spirits, And by that other which sets out to thee, The murder of thy son the Duke of Candy, Prefigured is the death of thy son Caesar, Thou for the poisoning of thy daughter poisoned: He for the murdering of his brother murdered. Thus God is only just. The Devil cannot deny it. Man only false. Learn miserable wretched mortal men, By this example of a sinful soul, What are the fruits of pride and Avarice, Of cruel Empire and impiety, Of profanation and Apostasy, Of brutish lust falsehood, and perfidy, Of deep dissembling and hypocrisy, Learn wicked worldlings, learn, learn, learn by me To save your souls, though I condemned be.
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Rest with this answer, that my soule is Gods Whose habitacle is prepar'd in heauen. First it doth know God being figured According to that Image of himselfe, And then the world whose liuely shape it beares, And to conclude the soule of man knowes all, Because with all things it doth simbolize, For in this Man there is a minde intelligent, A quickning word and a celestiall spirit, That like a lightning euery way diffused, All things which are made by the mighty power, Vniteth, moueth, and replenisheth. These things should haue beene thought vpon before, The summum bonum which liues in the soule, Is an eternall pleasure to behold, And haue fruition of the mightie power. Which thou didst neuer see, nor canst enoy. Pawse yet a little, let me meditate, Mercy, mercy, mercy; arise arise: vp, vp, vp: fy, fy: no, no? stirre stubburne, stonie, stiff indurate heart not yet, vp. why, what? wilt thou not foule traytor? to my soule? not yet? Arise, arise, aduaunce heart clogg'd with sinne, Oppressed with damnation: vp aduaunce yet. Wilt thou not stirre stiffe heart? what am I damn'd? Yet a little, yet a little, oh yet: not yet? alas. High God of heauens and earth if thou beare loue, Vnto the soule of infull man shew mercy, Mecy good Lord, oh mercy, mercy, mercy. Oh saue my soule out of the Lyons pawes, My darling from the denne of blacke damnation, My soule, my doue, couer with siluer wings, Her downe and plumage make of fine tryed gould, Help, help, help, aboue▪ stirre, stirre, stupiditie. He charmes in Dauids words with Iudas spirit, It will not, no it will not, yet alas, no, no, no? is that my sentence to damnation? I am vndone, vndone. He shall dispaire, vassall of sinne and hell, Prouide thy selfe in black dispaire to dwell. I tell thee I cannot be resolu'd, To dwell in darkenesse breake black soule dissolue, And poyson all this Hemisphere with sinne, And if I may not reach that happinesse, Since for my sonnes sake I my selfe inthral'd, Tell me shall Caesar die this death with me? Caesar; his youth and strength of blood driues out This fat all poyson and shall liue a while. Oh shew me then the manner of his death, Attend it time growes short all feare is past. What meanes that ghastly shadow which came first? By that which represents Lucretia, Leprous and poisoned is thy death declar'd, By poyson which now struggleth with thy spirits, And by that other which sets out to thee, The murther of thy sonne the Duke of Candy, Prefigur'd is the death of thy sonne Caesar, Thou for the poysoning of thy daughter poysoned: He for the murthering of his brother murthered. Thus God is onely iust. The Diuill cannot deny it. Man onely false. Learne miserable wretched mortall men, By this example of a sinfull soule, What are the fruites of pride and Auarice, Of cruell Empire and impietie, Of prophanation and Apostacie, Of brutish lst falsehood, and perfidie, Of deepe dissembling and hypocrisie, Learne wicked worldlings, learne, learne, learne by me To saue your soules, though I condemned be.