'the Hiflory of Qyeen E.$ T E R. For Nature teaches firfr to underfl:and, · And then believe ; but Grace doch firfi command Man to bcleevr, and then to comprehend; · Faith is of things unkn<Jwn,and rnufl: intend, .And [oar above con~eil: ; what we conceive, . We [land pofleO: of, and already ha'Ve : · · But faith beholds fuch things, as yet we have not,' Which eye fe~s not, ear bears not, heart conteilves ilor~ Hereon, as on out ground..work, 0ur falvation E\'eets her pillars ; from this irm foundation, Our fouls mount up th<! ~ew Jerufalem, . To take po{fdlion ·of T1er Diadem ; pod loves no fophiftry ; Who argues leaft Jn Gra~es School, conclude£, and ·argues bdl: • A womans Logick pa.ffes there ; for "tis .Jo Good proof to fay;~ru fo, becaufe it u i flad A.fJraham advis?d with fie!h and blood, Bad had his faith been, though his reafon~s good~ If God bid do, for man to urge a Why, Is, but in better language, a deny : The fkfl1ly balia.nces of our conceits, J-I'a.ve neither equal poyfure, nor juft weighd, To weigh, without "i:ijlpe~hmem, Gods deGgn i There's no proporckt_n betwixt things Divine, J\nd Moral ; Lively ~rhmay not depend Either upon th' occaGon, or the end. The glorious Suns reflcB:ed beams fuffice, To lend a luftre to thee feebleft eyes, But if the eye, t<ilO covetous of the lighr, ~oldly our-face the Sun ( wlwfe beam~ fo brighr) And undtfper~'d, are too.,.roo much refin~d 1 Fe>r view ) is it not juflly ftru~ken blind ? I dare not task ftout SarnpftJil, ior his death ; , Nor wandring ]a'4N.h, that bcqueath"d his breath Tp11aging Seas, when God cornm:tndedio; Nor thee (great Qu«n) whofc lirs did oyerflow With
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