Religion & morality > Gospel discovery, or A poem on the life and death of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ

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re Herod, his m-ifter, the devil aeceive,
t fen Is all the innocent males to then g
7 The eternal Father did order it fo,
rhat lofeph and Mary to Egypt did go
motions Jote, and there for to flay,
'’ill Herod the tyrant, is taken a-vay. ^
g The B^ptift appears, preparing the grounu,
i'or heavenly feed that waste be lowl‘’
3n de d, on hard, on barren, dry ground,
\ hundred, fome fixty, lo-ne thirty are found.
o Tudah’s bold lion jerufalem mmt lee,
nfen1 tin Egypt thro’ Nazareth to the
temple comes he , _ .
There does begin his myftenous dehgn, _
To doaors and lawyers,hetells them his mini..
,o The li^ht of the world to Jordan repairs,
To lohn to baptize him, for water was thei e.
The heavens Ire open’d 1 the work is begun,
r- . r'r.t rnnft be glorified in his own Son.
li God fpeaks to flnncrs,My Son, my belov’d,
Inwhom'I’m well pleafed ; fore tins may prove.
The Spirit defeends and lights on our Lor ,
loh„ feeth the glory and bears the record.
J r i Jacob’s bright Star to the wtldernels goes,
Where Satan aftmlts him, but cannot oppofe ;
The devil is beaten and forced to yield ,
Still ludah’s bold lion triumphs in the tie d.
Tue Antient of days to Cana ne came,
By the word of his power turns water to winej
AftonUh’d, amaz’d, hi? apottles behold
The glory of God, as the prophets tortold.