Had never I(inf, in any Age, ~r Nation,' • Such gloriou~ Itoh-1, fet forth 1~ fuch af~lhloP, . WithGold,- and Gem?Bt, and '$dtf 0f P~~l'lCQly Dy~) And (lfmubefitting more thanMaJe(Jy_; The PerfianSophics, and rich Sheba's QEeen Had ne'r the like, nor e'r the like had feen: l1 pon the s~irts ( in order as they fell ) Firft, aPomer.ranat was, and then aBetz,; · By each Fomegranat did aBell appear; Many Pomegranats, many Be,lli there were: Pomegrani.ts nourTffi;-~Beffl\aomakc aiound ;" .__.. As Blefftngs fall, Thaatsgiving mufi rebound. · If thouwilt dothe my heart with .Aaron's tire, My tongue !hall praife, as well as heart defire. ( My tongue, and ren~ll4well u~q~ thy Story, I (Great God) for tbin'e n~ l{jngatJm, T!tJwtr, Glo;y. II. .... - ~., ..... - ~ THe antient Slphifl!, that were fo precife, (And oftentimes ( perchance ) too curi~llf ni~e ) Aver, that 'l{ature hath befiow'd onMan, ' Three perfeCt So:&ls; When this l truly fcan, Methinks their c..earlling fwaih'd in Errorl!es; They were not wife enough, and yet too wife,; Too~rious wife; beca.u[e they mention mo.re · Than.one ; Not wife eRough, bccaufe not fottr ; Nature, not Grezce, is Mifirefs of their Schools • . .., Grace, counts themwifefl, that are verieft FoBls: Three StJttls in r.nah? G1act doth afourth allow, The Soul of Faith: But this is Greet to yout• .' Tis Paitb that makesJ1.1an tr»ly wife; 'Iis Faith Makes ·him pofiefs that thinghe never hath. . . F . . 3 !his I
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