Divine poems Containing The History of Ionah. Ester. Iob. Sampson. Sions Sonets. Elegies. Written and newly augmented, by Fra: Quarles |
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[VVithin the holy Legend I discover]
VVithin the holy Legend I discover
Three speciall Attributes of God; his Power,
His Iustice, and his Mercy, All uncreated,
Eternall all, and all unseparated
From Gods pure Essence, and from thence proceeding;
All very God, All perfect, All exceeding:
And from that selfe-same text three names I gather
Of great Iehova; Lord, and God, and Father;
The first denotes him mounted on his Throne,
In Power, Majesty, Dominion;
The second shewes him on his kingly Bench,
Rewarding Evill with equall punishments;
The third describes him on his Mercy-seat,
Full great in Grace; and in his Mercy, great;
Three speciall Attributes of God; his Power,
His Iustice, and his Mercy, All uncreated,
Eternall all, and all unseparated
From Gods pure Essence, and from thence proceeding;
All very God, All perfect, All exceeding:
And from that selfe-same text three names I gather
Of great Iehova; Lord, and God, and Father;
The first denotes him mounted on his Throne,
In Power, Majesty, Dominion;
The second shewes him on his kingly Bench,
Rewarding Evill with equall punishments;
The third describes him on his Mercy-seat,
Full great in Grace; and in his Mercy, great;
All three I worship, and before all three
My heart shall humbly prostrate, with my knee;
But in my private choice, I fancy rather,
Then call him Lord, or God, to call him Father.
My heart shall humbly prostrate, with my knee;
But in my private choice, I fancy rather,
Then call him Lord, or God, to call him Father.
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