THE FATHER.
Alpha and Omega, God alone:
Eloi, My God, the Holy-One;
Whose Power is Omnipotence:
Whose Wisedome is Omni-science:
Whose Being is All Soverain Blisse:
Whose Worke Perfection's Fulness is:
Vnder All things, not vnder-cast:
Ouer All things, not ouer-plaç't:
Within All things, not there included:
Without All things, not thence excluded:
Aboue All, ouer All things raigning;
Beneath All, All things aye sustayning:
Without All, All conteining sole;
Within All, filling-full the Whole:
VVithin All, no where comprehended:
Without All, no where more extended:
Vnder, by nothing ouer-topped:
Ouer, by nothing vnder-propped.
Vnmov'd, Thou mov'st the VVorld about;
Vnplaç't, Within it, or Without:
Vnchanged, time-less, Time Thou changest:
Th'vnstable, Thou, still stable, rangest.
No out-ward Force, nor inward Fate,
Can Thy drad Essence alterate:
To-day, To-Morrow, Yester-day,
With Thee are One, and instant aye,
Aye vndivided, ended neuer:
To-day, With Thee, indures for-euer.
Thou, Father, mad'st This mighty Ball.
Of Nothing Thou created'st All,
After th'Idea of thy Minde,
Conferring Forme to Euery kinde.
Thou wert, Thou art, Thou wilt be euen:
And Thine Elect, reiectest neuer.
