 | Poems by Robert Gomersall |  |
Now all the people know what he hath heard,
Now they have all their forwardnesse declar'd
In sacrifice, when Phineas appeares,
One that had lived unto so many years;
He knew not how to count them, and that knew
The Desert wonders, and could prove them true
By his owne sight, that could the more ingage
Men to beleeve, not by his tongue, but age.
Nay I have heard some having duely waigh'd
How long in that high office he had stayd,
Conceive they may affirme without a checke,
Him of the order of Melchisedec;
And prove (as onely judgeing what they see)
Their Priesthoods, by their Priests eternity.
Now they have all their forwardnesse declar'd
In sacrifice, when Phineas appeares,
One that had lived unto so many years;
He knew not how to count them, and that knew
The Desert wonders, and could prove them true
By his owne sight, that could the more ingage
Men to beleeve, not by his tongue, but age.
Nay I have heard some having duely waigh'd
How long in that high office he had stayd,
Conceive they may affirme without a checke,
Him of the order of Melchisedec;
And prove (as onely judgeing what they see)
Their Priesthoods, by their Priests eternity.
| Poems by Robert Gomersall | |