Udall, Nicholas · published 1568 · first performed or written 1554 [c.1550-1557] (Annals) biblical play T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.71 · 505 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
I see none, but praise we the Lord the hest we can. Call forth all our household that with one accord, We may all with one voice sing unto the Lord. O Lord the God of our father Abraham, How deep and unsearchable are thy judgements! Thy almightiful hand did create and frame, Both heaven and earth and all the elements. Man of the earth thou hast formed and create, Some do thee worship, and some stray awry, Whom pleaseth thee, thou dost choose or reprobate, And no flesh can ask thee wherefore or why? Of thine own will thou didst Abraham elect, Promising him seed as stars of the sky, And them as thy chosen people to protect, That they might thy mercies praise and magnify. Perform thou O Lord, thine eternal decree, To me and my seed the sons of Abraham, And whom thou hast chosen thine own people to be, Guide and defend to the glory of thy name. FINIS. When Adam for breaking God's commandment Had sentence of death, and all his posterity: Yet the lord our God who is omnipotent, Had in his own self by his eternal decree, Appointed to restore man, and to make him free, He purposed to save mankind by his mercy, Whom he once had created unto his glory. Yet not all flesh did he then predestinate, But only the adopted children of promise: For he foreknew that many would degenerate, And wilfully give cause to be put from that bliss: So on God's behalf no manner default there is, But where he chooseth, he showeth his great mercy: And where he refuseth, he doth none injury, But thus far surmounteth man's intellection, To attain or conceive, and much more to discuss: All must be referred to God's election, And to his secret judgement, it is meet for us, With Paul the Apostle to confess and say thus: Oh the deepness of the riches of God's wisdom, How unsearchable are his ways to man's reason? Our part therefore is first to believe God's word, Not doubting but that he will his elected save: Then to put full trust in the goodness of the Lord, That we be of the number which shall mercy have: Thirdly so to live as we may his promise crave. Thus if we do, we shall Abraham's children be: And come with Iacob to endless felicity. NOw unto God let us pray for all the whole clergy, To give them grace to avaunt God's honour and glory. Then for the queens majesty let us pray, Unto God to keep her in health and wealth night and day, And that of his mere mercy and great benignity, He will defend and maintain her estate and dignity, That she being grieved with any outward hostility, May against her enemies, alway have victory. God save the queens counsellors most noble and true, And with all godliness their noble hearts endue. Lord save the nobility and preserve them all: And prosper the queens subjects universal.
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I ſée none, but praiſe we the Lorde the heſt we can. Cal foorth all our houſehold that with one accord, We may all with one voyce ſyng vnto the Lorde. O Lorde the God of our father Abraham, Howe deepe and vnſearcheable are thy iudgementes▪ Thy almightifull hande did create and frame, Both heauen and earth and all the elementes. Man of the earth thou haste formed and create, Some do thee worſhip, and ſome ſtray awrye, Whome pleaſeth thee, thou doſte chooſe or reprobate, And no fleſhe can aſke thee wherfore or why? Of thine owne will thou didſt Abraham electe, Promiſing him ſeede as ſterres of the skie, And them as thy choſen people to protecte, That they might thy mercies praiſe and magnifie. Performe thou O Lorde, thine eternall decree, To me and my ſeede the ſonnes of Abraham, And whom thou haste choſen thine owne people to bee, Guide and defende to the glorie of thy name. FINIS. WHan Adam for breakyng Gods commaundement Had ſentence of death, and all his poſteritie: Yet the lorde our God who is omnipotent, Had in his owne ſelfe by his eternall decrée, Appointed to reſtore man, and to make him frée, He purpoſed to ſaue mankynde by his mercie, Whome he once had created vnto his glorie. Yet not all fleſhe did he then predeſtinate, But onely the adopted children of promiſe: For he forknewe that many would degenerate, And wylfully giue cauſe to be put from that bliſſe: So on Gods behalfe no maner default there is, But where he chooſeth, he ſheweth his great mercy: And where he refuſeth, he doth none iniury, But thus farre ſurmounteth mans intellection, To attaine or conceiue, and much more to diſcuſſe: All muſt be referred to Gods election, And to his ſecret iudgement, it is méete for vs, With Paule the Apoſtle to confeſſe and ſay thus: Oh the déepneſſe of the riches of Gods wiſedome, How vnſearcheable are his wayes to mans reaſon? Our parte therfore is firſt to beleue Gods worde, Not doubtyng but that he wil his elected ſaue: Then to put full truſt in the goodneſſe of the Lorde, That we be of the number which ſhall mercy haue: Thirdly ſo to liue as we may his promiſe craue. Thus if we do, we ſhall Abrahams chyldren be: And come with Iacob to endleſſe felicitie. NOw vnto God let vs pray for all the whole clergy, To geue them grace to auaunte gods honor and glory. Then for the Quenes maieſty let vs pray, Vnto God to kepe her in helth and welth night and day, And that of his mere mercy and great benignitie, He will defend and maintaine hir eſtate and dignitie, That ſhe béeing gréeued with any outward hoſtilitie, May againſt her enimies, alwaye haue victorie. God ſaue the Quenes counſailours moſt noble and true, And with all godlineſſe their noble heartes endue. Lord ſaue the nobilitie and preſerue them all: And proſper the Quenes ſubiects vniuerſall.