146 7he Hifl{)~y of ~een ESTE~. ( Sometim~s ) then they ; and Gft, by accid.ent,; Do lcfs im~ove the ?;ifr. in the event : 'But man? ;-vhofe Organs are more fairly dreft; To emert~m a far n1ore noble Gueft, Bath througluhe excellence of his Creation , .• . A Soul Divine; Divine by infpiration ; . Divine thrGugh likenefs to that power Divine, ' r J '. ~. • That made and plac'd her ~n her fldhly thrine s .. Ftom hence we <;Jlallenge lifes prerogative ; Beafls only breath; 'tis man alose doth live; . One end of mans creation was Society; · · .., \ · .::5 ~ Mutual Communion and friendly Piety : .. The man that lives unto·himfelf.alone, . ' '·. .. Subfi!ls, and breaths, but liyes not ; Never one . ··. .' 7 ··: ' Def.erv'd the moityof himfelf, for he. . 1 • ~ : :. Tl~at's barn; may_challenge bwt .om~ part of chre_e; .·, :: .~ Trtparted thus; hlS Countrx clatms the bcft ;) r The next his Parems ; and himfclf the leaft. ·:··. L ;-. ) He .husbands beil: his life, that freely gives · ' It for the publi~e goed ; he: rightly ~ives, ·. ' That nobly dies : ~tis greateft ma~ery, · • ' Not to be fond to hve nor fear to d~e . On juft occa£ion ; 'He Jh.at ( in.cafe) defpifes - · J ' Life, earns it beft ; .but he that over.:. prizes His deareft Mood ,when honout bids·him die, · Sccals but a life, and lives by" Robbery. · 0 fweet Redeemer ofthe world, whofe death' Deferv'd aworld of lives !Had thy dear br~rh \leen dear to tnee; Oh h'adft·rhoit but deni'd thy precious blood, the wodd ~or e'r had di'd: . ' ~ . 0 fpoil my life, when I'<i~Gre to fave ir, ' . . · , }3 ykeepin.i it from 'thee;, tli~t f~eely,ga·ve ~t, ··
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