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T39807 LET all that are to mirth inclin'd, / Consider well and bear in mind, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 552 A New CHRISTMAS CAROL. / With DIVINE POEMS. A New CHRISTMAS CAROL. With DIVINE POEMS. A New CHRISTMAS CAROL. With DIVINE POEMS. 1736-1736

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St. Barnabas. St. Simon. St. Jude. St Bartholomew St. Philip. St. James Major
The Ten Commandments. From the XXth Chapter of Exodus. 1 THOU shalt have no other Gods b[u]t me. 2 Before no Idol bend thy K[n]ee. 3 Take not the Name of God i[n] vain. 4 Nor dare the Sa[b]bath-day pr[o]f[a]ne. 5 Gi[v]e both thy P[ar]e[n]ts Honour due. 6 T[a]ke heed that thou no Murder do. 7 Abst[a]in from D[e]eds and Words unclean. 8 Nor steal, tho thou art Poor a[n]d Mean. 9 Nor tell a wilful l[i]e, nor [l]ov[e] i[t]. 10 What is thy Neighbours do not covet. From Matthew xxii. 17. WITH all thy Sou[l] lov[e] God above, And as thyse[l]f thy Neig[h]bour love.
Our Saviours Golden Rule, from Matt. vii. 12. BE you to othe[r]s so kind and true, As youd have others be to you; And neither do nor say to Men, Whateer you would not make aga[i]n. Salvation ascribed to Jesus Christ. GLORY to Jesus Christ, the Son. of David and of God, Who brought the News of Pardon down And bou[g]ht it with his Blood. To Jesus Christ our glorious King, Be endless Prais[e]s giv[e]n; Let all the E[a]rth his Prais[e]s sing, Who ma[d]e our Peace with Heavn.
LET all that are to mi[r]th inclind, Consider we[l]l and bear in mind, Wh[a]t our good God for us h[a]s done, In sending us his belov[]d S[o]n. Let all our songs and p[r]aise be Unto his heaven[l]y M[a]jesty; And evermore, amon[g]st our mirth, Remember Christ our Sa[v]iours [b]i[r]th; The twenty-fi[f]th d[a]y of December, We have great re[a]son to remember. In B[e]thlehem, upon this morn, The great Messiah Christ was born; The night before that happy tide, The spo[t]l[e]ss Virgin and her gu[i]d[e], Were long time seek[i]ng up and down, To find some lodging in the town: But mark how all t[h]ings came to p[a]ss, The inns and lodgi[n]gs fi[l]led was That they could have no room at all. But in a fil[th]y oxs stall. This night the Virgin Mary mild Was s[a]fe deliv[e]rd of a child, According un[t]o heavns decree, Mans God and Sav[i]o[u]r for to be. Ne[a]r B[e]thl[e]h[e]m some shepherds kept And watchd their flocks whilst others slept, To whom Gods a[n]gel did appear, Whi[c]h put the shepherds i[n] great fear. Pre[p]a[r]e and go, the angel said, To Bethlehem, be not afraid, There shall you see this bl[e]ssed morn, The blesse[d] b[a]b[e] sweet J[e]su[s] born. With thankful h[e]arts and joyful mind, The shepherds went this b[a]be to find, And as the heav[e]nly angel told, They did our Sav[i]our Chr[i]st behold. Within a manger was he laid, The Virgin Mary by him staid, Attending on the Lord of life, Bei[n]g both mother, maid, and wife. Three eastern wi[s]e men from af[a]r, Directe[d] b[y] t[h]e glorious star, Came boldly o[n], and made no stay, Until they came where Jesus lay. And being come unto the place Where the blessed Messiah was, They humbly laid before his feet The[i]r gifts of gold and odour sweet. S[e]e how the Lord of heaven and earth Shewd hims[e]lf lowly in his birth: A sweet ex[a]mple for mankind, To learn to bear an humble mind, No costly robes nor ric[h] atti[r]e, Did Jesus Christ our Lord desire; No music or sweet harmony, Till glorious angels from on high Did in melodious ma[n]n[e]r si[n]g Praises unto our heavenly King. All honour, glory, might and power, Be unto Christ our Saviour. If choirs of angels did rejoice, Well may mankind with heart and voice, S[i]ng prais[e]s to the God of heaven, That unto u[s] his Son has given, Moreover, le[t] us evry one, Call unto mind, and think upon
His righteous life, and how he dyd To h[a]ve poor sinners justifyd. Suppose, O man! that thou shouldst lie I[n] prison stron[g], condemnd to die, And that no man upon the earth, Could ransom thee from cruel death, Ex[c]ept you can some party find, That for your sake would be so kind Freely to part with his own blood, To save thy life, to do thee good. Such was the love of Christ, when we Must else have lain perp[e]tually In hell, our souls from th[e]nce to save, Himse[l]f a sacrifice he gave. Whi[l]st in this world he did remain, He never passd a day in vain; In fasting, preaching, prayer divine. He daily in the temple taught, And many m[i]racles he wrought: He gave the blind their perfect sight, And ma[d]e the lame to walk upri[g]ht; He cured the lepers of th[e]ir evils, And by his power cast out devi[l]s; He called Laz[a]rus from the grave; And to the sick their health he gave: And yet, for all such good works wrought, The Jews his full destruction sought; The traitor Judas was the man, That with a kiss betrayd him then; Then he was led to justice-hall, Like one despisd amongst them all; And had the sentence gin th[a]t he Must suffer death upon a tree. Unto the execut[i]on place, They brought him with disgrace; With vile reproaching taunts and scorns, They put him on a crown of thorns; Then to the cross, t[h]ro hands and feet, They n[a]ild h[i]m f[a]st, but oh! how great Must be th[e] pain and anguish he There sufferd on the cursed tr[e]e: But thats not al[l], to augment the smart, With bloody sp[e]ar th[e]y piercd his heart. Thus ha[v]e you s[e]en and heard aright, The love of Christ the Lord of might; And how he shed his precious blood, Only to do us sinners good. WIthin this rock that rock is l[a]id, Who both the tomb and maker made; A man that neer was such beside; Tho just, no[n]e so unjustly dyd. Nothing he owd, and yet did pay The whole worlds d[e]bt all in one day. He living gave relief to all, That did in fa[i]th up[o]n h[i]m call; And on the cross he p[r]ayd for those That to the d[e]ath did him oppose; And while by the hand of death he fell, He conquerd Death, the Devil and Hell: Therefore unto his holy name, Be Honour, Glory, Power, Fame.
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