Mundorum Explicatio or, The Explanation of an Hieroglyphical Figure: Wherein are couched the Mysteries of the External, Internal, and Eternal Worlds, shewing the true progress of a Soul from the Court of Jerusalem; from the Adamical fallen state to the Regenerate and Angelical. Being A Sacred Poem, written by S. P. [i.e. Samuel Pordage] |
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The Devil, crafty in his hellish art,
Rejoyced much to see this World produc'd
From two more inward beings, now he us'd
His utmost skill, and it stood him upon,
This World's, and Adam's soul in union
For to conjoyn, For well he thereby knew
A place of pleasure should to him accrew.
Infernal Spirits find some ease, when they
Imbody in some earthly bodies may.
The herd of Swine they'd rather enter, than
Return into their smoaky hole agen:
Leaving their fiery Centre, they as 'twere
Come forth of prison for to take the ayr:
Here they disport themselves; and closely lurk
With eagernesse to do their fathers work,
Which is to draw th' immortal Souls of men,
For to inhabit their Sulphurious den.
The Devils tremble when they think upon
This outward Fakrick's dissolution,
For then more strictly shall they wrapped be
In their own Centre to Æternity.
Rejoyced much to see this World produc'd
From two more inward beings, now he us'd
His utmost skill, and it stood him upon,
This World's, and Adam's soul in union
For to conjoyn, For well he thereby knew
A place of pleasure should to him accrew.
Infernal Spirits find some ease, when they
Imbody in some earthly bodies may.
The herd of Swine they'd rather enter, than
Return into their smoaky hole agen:
Leaving their fiery Centre, they as 'twere
Come forth of prison for to take the ayr:
Here they disport themselves; and closely lurk
With eagernesse to do their fathers work,
Which is to draw th' immortal Souls of men,
For to inhabit their Sulphurious den.
The Devils tremble when they think upon
This outward Fakrick's dissolution,
For then more strictly shall they wrapped be
In their own Centre to Æternity.
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