The Hiflory of S AA{PS 0 N• . , , Meditat. 17. ' ·Q What a pearl is hidden in this field, _ . Whofe orient Iufl:re, and perfe8:ions yield So great a tre'lfur~, that the Eafl:ern Kings, -with all th~ wefllth, their colder Clymate brings, Ne'r faw the like ! It is a pearl, wbofe glory Is thediviner fubjeB: ofa fi:ory, · - Penn'd by an Angels quill; not: underftood ·, · By the too dull conceit offtefh and blood! r Unkind1udea,ns, what have you prefented · .-- • Before your eys? 0, what have you attented! He that was born on purpofe to releafe His life for yours, tobringyour 'Nation peace; 'To turn your ~o~rnings' mt6 joyful Song~; To fight your batt~Is,tq rfvenge your wrongs; Even him, alas, your curfed hands have made Tfuis day yourprisner ; .Himhave you betraid To death; 0, he whofe finewy arm had power ,..< • To cru{h you .~Il to nothing, and to fhower t ' Down ftroke~ like Thunder- bolts,whofe blafl:i ngbreatl~ Might in a, mom~nt puft you 'lll todeath, And1na~e ye fall before his frowning brow, See howhe goes a"Yay, betrayd by you! ·_ . -:. · , , Thou gr~at ~~deemer of the world! · ~hofe·biOQ~ ·Hath power tq faye more worlds, than Noahs Flocxl > J.)efi:rQy~d bo~l~s; thot;~) 0 thou that art ' J ~ ,. The Sampfon ofour fouls; How can the heart ·:: · ' Of man giYe thanks enough, that dos not knmy - · How muchhis death-redeemed fonl does owe · To thy dear merits ? We can apprehend No 111ore than ftefhandblood does recommen~ T-p 9ur confined thoughts : Alas 2 we can \ " ~onceivc thy lo"Y"e, but as th~ love of man ~ ... ' ., \ . ..
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