Mundorum Explicatio or, The Explanation of an Hieroglyphical Figure: Wherein are couched the Mysteries of the External, Internal, and Eternal Worlds, shewing the true progress of a Soul from the Court of Jerusalem; from the Adamical fallen state to the Regenerate and Angelical. Being A Sacred Poem, written by S. P. [i.e. Samuel Pordage] |
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INVITATIO.
Draw near you humble ones, and truly wise,Cast on this Figure your enlightned eyes,
Where every World doth its Arcana's shew:
Unless gross darkness shall encompass you;
Without explaining here you may behold
The sacred Secrets that the Worlds enfold;
But if that holy Ray of Light you want,
You may in darkness sit, and ignorant,
Despise the Knowledge of the Truth divine.
Rich Pearls unfitting for the snouts of swine
Are, and unlesse God with a pow'rfull Gale
Of Love, shall draw aside th' obscuring Vail,
Their puzling brains dull'd with the Earth below,
May still ignore those things we plainly show.
But you whose hearts concentred are in Love,
Whose eyes withdrawn from Earth, are fix'd above,
Whose minds plac'd on Cœlestial Objects, free
From mortal cares, and carnal pleasures be;
And you who rancour have dispel'd your breasts,
Who shun all fruitless, and most vain Contests
I here invite: accept my homely fare,
And freely grant your pardon where I err:
I look for kindnesse from the learn'd, and wise,
But scorn from those that Carp, and Criticise.
The Hieroglyphick see: my Muse alone
Travels in Numbers for to make it known.
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