/ .... 11 d \he~fjior; _of ~ee~ ! S TE: Jt, then out of earthly mould he fiam'd a crea[lm~; · · . Far mqrc.r>_ivine, an~ of ;nor: glo~ious feature : · Than erft he ma~e, m.du d Mth u_nd~dhnding, . With ftrength,, V,ttl:onous, a:nd With awe commaru:Iingt . With Reafon; Wit) r~pleat with Majdlyi Withheavenly Knowledge; ~nd_ Capadry, True etnbleme ofhis ma-ker: Him ·he.made th~Sov'reign Lord of' all: Him_all obey;d; .. Yedding rhe:r lives ~s tribute to their ·~ing: ' , BothFiih, and .Bi-rJ,. and Bea~, a~d evety ·thing·£ His body's rear;d upnght)•and m h1s eye Stand ~adiant l:,eams of awful fG1ireig11ty ~ . , ~11 cr:t ltures elfe pore dGwnwar& to the ground; Man k1ks to Heaven; an~ all his thoughts reboun&• ~1 pon the eatth (where ti4es of ~Ieafi.ues me<i) .. ~e treads and daily tr'am;ples with his feet: ; . . Which reads fwe~t Lectures to his wand~lng eyes;, And teachhis 1uftful heart to moralize: Nakcd he liv1 d, naked to the wotld he came; · :For he.had then nor fault whide; nor fhame £ '' His fi:are was; level, and he had free•will · T 0 ftand. or fall, t#nforc'd togood ·Or ill : Man h:td ( fueh ,frate he was created in) W~thiri his pow;r) a power not to fin: .\ But Man wa.s re~lpted, yeelded, finn'd, and felL ' Abu~'d his free.:;.will, loft ir, then betel . A worfe fucceeding fta.te ; who wa.screated · Compleai:, is now bec~me poor, 'blind; 1 ai1d 11aked i Hesdra.wn with hea.d.:fi:foii~ bias unto ill,-.. ·- Bereft ofaCl:ive.pow'r to -a1ill; or nitl ;· . A bleifed Saint's become abafeful Devil. · His free-will's oniy ftinted now,to evil: · , ,lealurc's his Lords and hi his Ladies eyes H!s Chryfl:al Tewple Qf Devotion lies : . . , . . Pleaf..ues the white, whereat he takes the level; . Which too much wt.onqea frith the nilmeof evit)· t&, w1tj r
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