%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Finch his Alphabet, or, / A Godly direction, fit to be perused of each true Christian. Finch, Mr. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1635-1635 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/24/2018 36321

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S3043 ADAM our Father being the first man, / Through EVE his wife the which vile sinne began: Society of Antiquaries of London - Broadsides Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 103 Finch his Alphabet, or, / A Godly direction, fit to be perused of each true Christian. Finch his Alphabet, or, A Godly direction, fit to be perused of each true Christian. Finch, Mr. 1635-1635 Iohn Wright

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ADAM our Father being the first man, Through EVE his wife the which vile sinne began: But God of his mercie thought it very good, We should be sav'd through Christ our Saviours blood. BEtimes in morning when thou do'st awake, Unto the Lord see thou thy Prayers make: And after that then goe to thy Vocation, This is a way that leadeth to salvation. COmfort of comforts, none that I doe finde, So great as for to have a constant minde: Trusting in God, and in his onely Sonne, Comfort of comforts like to this is none. DEath as a Sergeant commeth unto all, Prepare thyselfe therefore against he call: For he that is prepared well to dye, Shall live with Christ in heaven eternally. ENvie thou not to see my friend doe well, Envie is a fiend that leadeth soules to hell: Through envie Cain did slay Abell his brother, When on the earth there was not found another. FLie thou from sinne, and eke from fond delight, And feare the Lord of heaven both day and night: For he that onely God the Lord doth feare, No evill ever to him may appeare. GIve laud unto the Lord of heaven on high, Which made the earth, the sea, and eke the skie: And men he made him onely for to serve, Then from his statutes see thou doe not swerve. HAve mercy Lord on me I doe thee pray, And eke conduct me in thy holy way: And let thy precepts alwayes be to mee, As sweet as ever hony from the Bee. IN thee, O Lord, I onely put my trust, For thou, O Christ, art onely true and just: There is no other God I know but thee, In whom I onely trust saved to be. KNowledge a vertue is most excellent, If to know Christ the mind be onely bent: But not to know him, and know all beside, No goodnesse to the soule there can betide.
LOve God, in him put all thy trust and stay, Both day and night unto him doe thou pray: And be not idle either day or night, So shalt thou please the Lord of heaven aright. MArke well my words, and ponder in your minde, And then no doubt but you shall comfort finde: Put trust in Christ who for mankinde did die, So may'st thou live with him continuallie. NO man there is that two Masters can serve, To one he cleaves, from other he will swerve: He that on Mammon setteth his delight, He cannot serve the Lord of heaven aright. OMnipotent Lord, send to me thy grace, Here in this life, in heaven a dwelling place: And when my soule depart from body is, Grant me sweet Christ to live with thee in blisse. PUt all thy trust and confidence in God, And he will guide thee with his holy rod: For he that trusts in him, and to him pray, Shall live in blisse with him another day. QUit thou thyselfe alwayes from worldly care, And see that thou the Lord of heaven doe feare: For he that feares the Lord of heaven aright, Shall live eternall with the Lord of might. REmember man that thou art borne to die, And not to live on earth eternallie: Then live on earth while here thou doe remaine, Though being dead, to live with Christ againe. SInne not, but stand in awe of God the Lord, Who made the heaven, the earth, and sea by word: The skie, the Sunne, the Moone, the Starres also, And every creature that on earth doe goe. TRust thou in God the Father of all might, And pray unto his Sonne both day and night: Intreat his Spirit may thee alwayes guide, So from his statutes thou shalt never slide. UNto the Lord see that thou call and crie, So mayest thou live with him eternallie: He is the Judge that Widowes cause doth take, And fatherlesse, when moane to him they make. WIsedome in man is a most precious thing, When God did say to Solomon the King, Aske what thou wilt, and I will give to thee, Wisedome (good Lord) grant wisedome unto me. XErxes for his beastlinesse he had great blame, Galba for his vertue he did get much fame: T[?] affirmes that nothing is more pure In man, then for in vertue to endure. YOuth in itselfe vaine glory oft doth showe, But age experience brings, whereby men know, The idle follies that wilde youth doth bring, Which makes them sigh when they may sit and sing. ZEale mixt with faith, and in one heart combind, Doth please the Lord, and comforteth mans mind. So to conclude (with zeale) I make an end, Zeale joyn'd with Faith unto the Soule is friend.
FINIS. Printed at London for John Wright, and are to be sold at his Shop in Gilt-spur-street.