Spiritual Songs, or, Songs of Praise to Almighty God Upon several Occasions Together with The Song of Songs Which is Solomons. First Turn'd, then Paraphrased in English Verse. The Second Edition, Corrected, with an Addition of a Sacred Poem on Dives and Lazarus [by John Mason] |
ABRAHAM'S Answer.
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Spiritual Songs, or, Songs of Praise to Almighty God Upon several Occasions | ||
ABRAHAM'S Answer.
Once Heaven bow'd down and touch'd the Arabian Hill,And gave a Sampler of the Sacred will
To Moses Hands, that chosen Man of God;
Copies were taken and dispers'd abroad.
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So the free Sun extends his fruitful Wings;
As this most Sacred Light it self displays,
And Gilds the Tents of Jacob with its Raies.)
For Saints to come from God there is no cause:
Himself came down and did promulge his Laws.
Needs Lazarus take a journey from the Sky,
When Wisdom at your Brethrens Gates doth cry.
Let them hear Moses read by their Divines
I'th' Synagogue, to which their House adjoyns.
And let them hear the Reverend Prophets next
Those wondrous Commentatours on the Text.
Spiritual Songs, or, Songs of Praise to Almighty God Upon several Occasions | ||