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T206979 WHen as in fair Jerusalem, / our Saviour Christ did live, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 289746 The WANDERING JEW; / OR, / The Shoe-maker of Jerusalem, who lived when our Saviour Christ was / crucified, and appointed to live until his coming again. The WANDERING JEW; OR, The Shoe-maker of Jerusalem, who lived when our Saviour Christ was crucified, and appointed to live until his coming again. The WANDERING JEW; OR, The Shoemaker of Jerusalem, who lived when our Savior Christ was crucified, and appointed to live until his coming again. 1750-1750

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WHEN as in fair Jerusalem, Our Saviour Christ did live, And for the Sins of all the World, His own dear Life did give. The wicked Jews with Scoffs and Scorns, Did daily him molest, That never till he left this Life, Our Saviour could have Rest. Repent now therefore, O England! Repent, whilst you have Space, And do not like this wicked Jew, Despise Gods profferd Grace. When they crowned his Head with Thorns, And scourgd him with Disgrace: In scornful Sport they led him forth, Unto his dying Place.
Where Thousands, Thousands in the Streets, Did see him pass along; Yet not one gentle Heart was there, That did pity his Wrong. Both Old and Young reviled him, As in the Streets he went, And nothing found but churlish Taunts, By every ones Consent. His own dear Cross he bore himself, A Burthen far too great. Which made him in the Street to faint, With Blood and heavy Sweat. Being weary thus, he sought to Rest, To ease his burthned Soul Upon a Stone, this wicked Wretch, Did churlishly controul.
And said, Away! thou King of th Jews, Thou shalt not rest thee here, Pass to thy Execution Place, Thou seest now draweth near. And thereupon he thurst him thence, At which our Saviour said, I sure will rest, but thou shall walk, Thy Steps shall neer be staid. With that this cursed Shoe-maker, For offering Christ this wrong, Left Wife and Children, House, and all, And went from thence along. Where after he had seen the Blood Of Jesus Christ thus shed, And to the Cross his Body naild, Away with Speed he fled. Without returning back again, Unto his Dwelling-place; And wandering up and down the World, A Run-a-gate most base. No resting could he find at all, No Ease, or Hearts Content; No House, no Home, no Dwelling-place, But far from Home he went. From Town to Town in foreign Lands, With his grieved Conscience, Repenting for the henious Guilt, Of his past great Offence. Thus after some few Ages past, In wandering up and down, He much again desired to see, Jerusalems Renown. But finding it all quite destroyd, He went from thence with Wo, Our Saviours Words which he had spoke, To verifie and show. Ill rest, said he, but thou shall walk, So doth this wandring Jew, From Place to Place, but cannot stay, For seeking Counsel new. Declaring still the Power of him, Where eer he comes or goes; And of all Things done in the East, Since Christ his Death he shows. The World he hath encompassd round, And seen those Nations strange; That hearing of the Name of Christ, Their Idol Gods do change. To whom he had told wondrous Things, Of Times fore past and gone,
And to the Princes of this World, He makes a grievous Moan. Desiring still to be dissolvd, And yield his mortal Breath: But if the Lord has thus decreed, How shall he yet see Death. For neither Looks he old or young, But as in those sad Times, When Christ did suffer on the Cross, For mortal Sinners Crimes. He passed many a foreign Land, Arabia, Africa, Grecia, Syria, and Great Thrace, And through all Hungaria. Where Paul and Peter preached Christ, Those blest Apostles dear; Where he had told our Saviours Words, In Countries far and near. And lately in Bohemia, With many a German Town; And now in Flanders, as tis thought, He wandereth up and down. Where learned Men with him confer, Of those his lingering Days, And wondering much to hear him tell, His Journies and his Ways. If People give this Jew an Alms, The most that he will take, Is not above a Groat a Time, Which he for Jesuss Sake Will freely give unto the Poor, And therefore makes no spare; Affirming still that Jesus Christ, Of him hath daily Care. He neer was seen to laugh or smile, But weep and make great moan; Lamenting still his Miseries, And Days fore past and gone. If he hear any one blaspheme, Or take Gods Name in vain, He tells them that they crucify Their Master Christ again. If thou had seen grim Death, says he, As these mine Eyes have done; Ten thousand, thousand Times would you, His Torments think upon. And suffer for his Sake all Pain, All Torments and all Woes: This is the Life, and these his Words, Where eer he comes or goes.
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