 | A transcript of Edward Taylor's Metrical History of Christianity by Donald E. Stanford |  |
The Affrican Saints of this time
Again Grace doth in Affrica
Her shining beams abroad display
Through her Choice ones whereof wee'l lay
Some few down here.
Her shining beams abroad display
Through her Choice ones whereof wee'l lay
Some few down here.
In Alexandria Cerdo rose
The third from Mark, then Justus shows,
Eumenes, then Pontonus flows
With Learning cleare.
The third from Mark, then Justus shows,
Eumenes, then Pontonus flows
With Learning cleare.
Then Clemens Alexandrine brings
His Pious Learning forth, this springs.
Crete still did shine with Gracious things
Of Holiness.
His Pious Learning forth, this springs.
Crete still did shine with Gracious things
Of Holiness.
Amongst whom shone these shining lights
Phillipus and Pinyt, Delights
To such as hate all Dismall Sprites
Of Sinfulness.
Phillipus and Pinyt, Delights
To such as hate all Dismall Sprites
Of Sinfulness.
| A transcript of Edward Taylor's Metrical History of Christianity by Donald E. Stanford | |