J 0 B M I LIT t1 NT, To. Ignorance; rT1an Cur.iofiry ~ .. . . ~or Lightning blafts the Mou·ntains rhar .1re hig!1.: The fidl of men, from hence ·deferv'd h!s fall, fte fought for fecrers, andJou~d death wicha.l; Secrets are unfit objed:s for our ~y~~' . . . . They blind!.\~ in bepoldipg ,: H~_.tha.r~r.ie~ ·, To handlewaret~ the_more ha~d hCt.~ro.in~ . - . 1 • And gripd his hand, t.llc lef~.hJs_.h~I?~Jer#ns, ;~ ' ;.·; :. i : · The mind that's rroubl~d wit,h that pleafing itdi. 'Of knowing fecrets, having flown apitch · Beyond it felf, ~l1e hightr i.t afcends .. : , And il:rives ro know, 't11e 1cfsit apprehends: 7hat fecrer-Wleil;laR is ari open Fool;:'\ . . I Which tak'es <\'·Councel_..;.chaniber for·. a: Schooi;; . The eye -~f'rnan defircs ri6 .farrhedig;hc, · :.., T,han to defdJ tbe· objett: ,of his ft,ghr ·:. · ' , ~nd refts contented with the Suns reflea;ion;" , " Bur ( lab'ring to behold. liis ~rigl\tcon1plexion') . Ifi~ prefu~ t'our-f~ce ·b~s R1orious ;igh_r, , . '!he b~ams bereave htm, Jufily, of hts fight : Even fo the mind ~ould reft ·in ·wlfat~s. T~ve~l~dJI ! ·r~ . Buf 'over.;.ttlfiQUS, if: in things eohceal' d d . • ' • :,'-_,; ~he wade~ reo far; ;beyond her dep,rh; ·unbo~mded, trr ;', L Her knowledgewill :be loft, afid,fhe confo.ur.dec1 1 . ' ··~ " F\ir fafer 'cis of things unfure; t!!> dot:tbr, ·. . .: r: Than undertak~· to riddle fecrecis out> : ' ' · . ' - It was demanded once, Wh~t God did do · · :.:.. . :Before the World he framed ? Where·umo Anfwer was ~uadC? /le built a Hett [fir fucb . Ifs are too crtrfOHI, a;zd would tnow too mucf1,· . Who flies with Icarui his feathers, t;hall H1ve Ic.r.rr~ his forcune, and his fall. .. Anoble Princ.e; ( whofe bounteous h11nd wat l:ent. To recompence·his fervants faith, arid vent ' The earneft ofhis favours ) aid not: profter, ~ut !V)ll'dhim !ool41y to~~~his 911H: .,
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