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The following detached pieces wrote by the hand of Lady Elizabeth Boswel of Auchinleak are here bound up together 1 A Poem by a Young Lady to her Brother a Youth at a distance 2 A Poem by a Freind to a religious Lady 3 Coppy of a Letter by the Bp of Dumblane to George Bruce of Carnock as to ye settlement of a Man in the Parish of Culross. 1631. 4 Observations upon effectual Calling. 5 A Call to come to Christ a Poem by ye Lady Culross. 6 Coppy of a Devout Letter 7 Coppy of part of a Letter to a Lady under affliction for the loss of her Husband. 8 Some of ye Articles of the Church of England concerning Free Will. 9 Coppy of a devout Letter. 10 Cantique spirituelle de Monsr Poiret. 11 Anothr coppy of the same. 12 Moral reflections upon the Mysteries of Jesus Christ. 13 An exercise of Love. 14 A Consolatory Letter to a person under trouble 15 Confession of Christian Faith made at Constantinople 1585 16 Verses made by Sir Thomas Mores Dauttr when her ffather was in Prison in Henry 8 time. |
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17 A few devout resolutions well expresst 18 Some of Lady Bettys own occurrences in two short papers 19 Account of ye Manner of Miss Mary Cochranes death. 20 Verses on ye death of Miss Mary Cochrane by Dr Cuthbert ^20 A Devout Letter^ 21 Notes of Some of ye Revd Mr George Mairs Sermons He was Minr of Culross 22 A poem by a Christian under desertion & distress of mind. 23 A Letter by James Nisbet Serjant in ye Castle of Edr to a Young Lady, Extreamly devout 24 |
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A call to come to Christ ^wrote by My Lady Culross^ Come live [with me] and be my love And all these pleasurs thou shalt prove That in my word hath warned thee O loath this life and live with me This life is but a blast of breath Nothing so sure as dreadfull death And since the time no man can know Sett not thy love on things below For things below will wear away And beutie brave will soon decay Look to that life that last for ever And love the love that failes the[e] never I never failed the[e] in thy need I call I cry ye come with speed Come near and gain a crown of Glore Give me thy heart I seek no more Thy heart is mine I bought it deir Then send it not a whooring here This lawless lust and love prophane Such pleasures false shall end in pain Should pleasures false pocesse thy heart Since thou and they with pain must part Then think upon these pleasures pure That shall for ever more endure For |
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For ever more a word of weight Stand still and strive faint not to fight And thou shall have that rich reward That for the pure is now prepar’d It is prepar’d in heaven above By me thy King thy Lord and love That for thy love tholl’d torments sore Syne vanquished death and Reigns in Glore And though I Reing in Glore for ever Thy faithfull friend forgets the[e] never But hath prepared a place for thee Wher thou may reing in joy with me In endless joy with me and lasting light To sing amongst the Saints so bright Wher thou may sitt and sweetly sing A song of love to Christ thy King Then Christ thy King shall thee embrace Then thou shall see my blessed face Then thou shall hear such harmonie Which shall for sweetness ravish thee Thow ravished with grace and Glore Shall soon forget thy labours sore Then thou shall see such heavenly sights And feed upon such dear delights Such dear delights cannot be told As to thy eyes thou shalt behold Th
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Then thou shall drink that living well Which shall thy dwining drowth* expell No ear hath heard, no heart can think The sweetness that thy soul shall drink Then thou shall feed on dainties dear And fill thy soul with Angles chear Then thou shall hear those pleasant songs That to thy Lord and love belongs
dwining pining, wasting away; drowth drouth: thirst |