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Chap. III. A representation of God in man.
Poemata sacra |  |
Chap. III. A representation of God in man.
I see the Sunne when he admiring stood
His face in the smooth mirrour of a cloud:
I lookt upon the cloud, and I did say,
There shines a Sunne, but with a watrish ray.
His face in the smooth mirrour of a cloud:
I lookt upon the cloud, and I did say,
There shines a Sunne, but with a watrish ray.
Then did I think mans clearer soul it was
To the Almighties count'nance as a glasse;
On which he looking, glimmering graces sent,
Till the soul faintly did his God present.
To the Almighties count'nance as a glasse;
On which he looking, glimmering graces sent,
Till the soul faintly did his God present.
To make a compleat mirrour, there is laid
Pellucide clearnesse on an opake shade:
So body terminated soul; and why?
To do the service of opacitie.
Pellucide clearnesse on an opake shade:
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To do the service of opacitie.
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Chap. III. A representation of God in man.
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