The ilifiory ,f S A !14 P S_ON. ·~ 1 j • Satt,lpfon mufi;do\vn tt> Timndh; in th'e way . Muft meet a Lion, whom his hands mufi flay ; The Lions putrid Carkafs muft inclofe A fmarm ofBees ; and, from the Bees, arofe · A Riddle .; and that Riddle mufi be read, ·And by the readjng, Choler ruufi be bred, . And that mufi bring to pafs Go,ds . jLJfi ddigns Upon the death of the falfe -'Ph'iliftines: .Behold the progrefs,, and Royal Gefis Of heavens high vengeance; how it never refis; rm, by appointed courfes, it'fulfil ) The fecret pleafure of his facred Wil. . . Grea t Saviour of the world ; thou Lamb ofSi oh · That hides our fins; that art the wounded Lion: 0,. jn the.dying body,. we ·have found .f\ worldofhoney ; whence Wemay prcpound Such facred Riddles, as !hall un~erneath · . Our feet, fubdue the power ofhell and death J Such myfterie5, as none but he tl4at \)Iough'd With thy fweet Heifer's able to uncloud; ~uch facred myfieries, whofe eternal ptaife . Shall make both Angels, and Archangels raife Their louder voices, and in triumph [lng, All glory and honou-r to our highefi King, . And to the Lamb that fits upon the Throne ;· Worthy ofpower, and praife is he alone. · '. Whofe glory hath advanc'd our Key of mirth;· Glory to God on high, andpeaceon earth. ·\ · THE ARGUMENT• ... The -bridegroom at bit nuptial FeajJ _ ro ·the Philifiians doth propound A Riddle: rt?ich they all addrefl , ) Themfelves in co,UJ1[el, to expound. . V:?: .sea.- ' ' , .
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