DJn.p,o. Dura, or bethrorrmeintoihe fr~rnace. JJ•bel is theworll:placethatis fo~ carried captive to. And this is the firll: degree, Sion is a~icred, anci'thanvith~~- ti: > . v1tze; wnh theCaptwrtre ofBabel, Nowto Incorwertmdo Dominm, 'P the Lord's They that fell by the(word(fairh lcremic) were in better cafe tha~~they that w . TL•rnmgofu. captivtty, fave onely that,rhis poor<.: hope they had lefr. Theymcghtreturneatngt tnto Jmcnc49· r d d . '"' ame They mtght ret11rne, andw they 1 • StOll went Into Captrvztre; but her captJvzt,; P6C.•>9. ,, >. went not fo fane,but tr turnes agazne. It 1sone ofthe Songs ofSzon.Many atzmeb•ve they affltCled 1m from my youth up, &c. Ahd agame, Many atzmehavethey aff/tc1ed &c. that is, many and many t11nes more; but yet, they have nut prevatledag.,njl me, finally. Here is a proofe ofIt. Though broughttoBabe!, yet not!eft thefe . tho~e led tnto Capttvtty, yet refloredeo libertie. There may befnares,for her, b~tthe~d pr,t. ., 4, 7 0 is, laqr<etu contrztm eJf; there may be bonds, but the end dtruptffl vm<ula, Th 011 hafl pf,Lu•o• 6 • broken my bonds inJtmdtr. Sionscaptiviticis flill t11rmdha<ke. · 1 But IVholhall turne it~ In Converur,do Dominru. Cyrru may feeme to have done it: But alas, Cyrm is :1 great Munar<h, and they a fort of ~oore Captivu. Be/ides heis aHeathen man, an Zdulater, a flrangcrto them and thei'f Religion, nowayesJik~ Marke 16.; 0 toturnc, or to he turned; ~" revolvet nohu fume lap1dem, what engine Jball bring thtsabout~ Domrnm,tbe LoR o jltall. For, thoughthehearrsof Monarchs be as Pro\'.U.l, rivers ofmany flream(S, yet, In manr• Domini cor regis (f.1ith agreat Monarch) in Hu hand their hearts he; Et q~<oezmq11e vult converfit, and He can turne tbem,asthej/rumts in the South. (This ver!C referring to that of Salomon.) It is the Loan then, the great K"'dl'"''"1'"' the great T11tner ofthegreatell:U!1onMch's hearts, thatthus turned i'f:U.llS.z I· cyrm's heart. cyrtubeing turned, his Decteecame forth fortheir returne. v1 Dq. mmo fac1rmJ efl iHud,It wa; Hi> doing; they faw it; they noted it; and they had beene to be noted of great blirtdneife; if they had not noted-it. But, note ittheydid. So l'f.J,."o"'''o rhey beginoneoftheir Songs, 'l'Xifi qt•ia !:> • u •; and againe rheyrepeat it, '}{Jji quia DE us, If the Loa o had not tlonnt, It had not beene done. But for Him,' they had beene inBabel,.ll:ill. Thus much 1 forSion's captivitie, and •the Lords tur– ning · The Lordturned away the CaptivitieofSion, So have yeerhe wvrke: Hallelujah HaUtlujttd. For rhework· ~tmtfbip,ol' t!Jil'IINIT. for theworke. . . 0 And againe, Hallel11jah fortheWorkmanjhip. To efc~pe aCaptivity, is enough,it skills not how, howfoever,itis well; rh:mkes be to Go o.llut, itreceivetb increafe, and is made capable ofa higher degree, by the Matter: and that greatly. All capli. vitiesare grievous; fpecially, that of Dahet: And all ret"rnu joyfull; fpeci:Jily,ftom thence. Yet is even that made more joyfull, two wayes; fer higherby thefe twod~. grees: I. That it was like • dreamt. It is ever a figne ofa very ll:range event, when men, at thefeeing ouglu,though they be awake,yet thinke they are not; though they doe nor dreame, yet thinke, they are in adreame. z. That theyamong the Hwlm~ talked of it. It is ever a figne ofa famous accident,when other men(fpeciaJJy, other Nations)fpeake, and fpeake t~JAgnifc'i: ofit. Sof/r..~'" Fa8i{umH<! fieutfomniantes, Wee 1vere Mit were in adreame, it came [ounlpo/r't ~!';:,j;,•~m{;,, for. For, fo comedreames (we know) without looking for :(Men know not, when they goe to bed, what they !hall dreame o£) And it is a benefit, to have abenefit .co·me, like adreame, without waiting longer for it. . 0 , ·• Without · Then, it came without any labo11rofour parrs :That, that commeth m a dreamt, /4bour. commeth to usfleeping; we doing nothing to it, or toward it, more rhan if we hJd becne fafi aileepe. And, it is a benefit to haveabenefit come like adrea111e, wcrhout . ,paines-taking for it. , 3 Beyon<ihopr. , But, neitherofthefe is it: That it was tm!ahouredfor, or thatitw:Js rmlook't f~r. But,that it was[ojlrange,as no man would ever have looked forit;fofrrange,as well might wedreamt offome fuch thing, but (awake) never any fawthc hke. The nature ofdreames is fuch : Men, in dreames, havefuch ll:range things appeareto them, as eeno,s·'': would never come into the mindes ofany, that were llWake. They fee ladders fo long ;p,no>o;~~~;. aswill reacl1 up to heaven: Tbey fee the Mooneand Starres worjbippi~g t'he~n: ~~b( fee men with heads ofgold.mdhefls ofji!ver, and I wot not what rh1pgs: m~re. 1 e • .. • 0 - • • ~hmgs~
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