Dia Poemata Poetick Feet Standing Upon Holy Ground: Or, Verses on certain Texts of Scripture. With Epigrams, &c. By E. E. [i.e. Edmund Elys] |
[Rapt with Hot Zeale (Elias like) Blest Stephen] |
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[Rapt with Hot Zeale (Elias like) Blest Stephen]
And they ston'd Stephen, calling upon God, and
saying, Lord Jesus receive my spirit.
Acts 7. 59.
Rapt with Hot Zeale (Elias like) Blest Stephen
Went, in a Fiery Chariot, up to Heaven.
Went, in a Fiery Chariot, up to Heaven.
By this faire Gale of Holy Breath, He is
Arrived safely at the Port of Blisse.
Arrived safely at the Port of Blisse.
His last words Summon Heav'n: and by them He
Gives Christ, His Spirit for a Legacy.
Gives Christ, His Spirit for a Legacy.
And thus he dy'd, so fill'd with th'Heavenly Dove,
That his Soule fled out on the wings of Love.
That his Soule fled out on the wings of Love.
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