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[68] The Mansion
My Lord lay in a stable twice;First when his Godhead was,
Plac'd in that homely edifice,
Where the tame Oxe, and Asse,
His Innemates were; and also when
Hee did in Mee abide;
That am a stable most uncleane,
Defil'd with lusts, and pride:
But when I call to mind, that Hee
Vouchsafed to retaine,
Some few poore Fishermen, to bee
The chiefest of his traine,
And how Hee chose the Province low,
Of despis'd Galile,
There his first miracle to showe,
To prove his Deitye:
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Which to this earthen cell,
Him brought, from his bright Throne above,
Caus'd him in mee to dwell.
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