Reliquiae juveniles : miscellaneous thoughts in prose and verse, on natural, moral and divine subjects ; written chiefly in younger years . ill following, but with trembling Steps» XXV, She bids her humble Verfe explainThe Hebmv Harps fublimer Strain ;Points to her Saviour ftill, and fhowsWhat Courfe the Sun of Glory goes, XXVI. Here he afcends behind a Cloud Of Incenfe, * there he fets in Blood j f She reads his Labours and his Namgs In fpicy Smoak, * and Bleeding Lambs, f are the Graces which fhe drawsFrom Types, and Shades^ ancl Jtwijb Laws % * CbriJFs InterceJJioiuf UU Sacrijicc
Reliquiae juveniles : miscellaneous thoughts in prose and verse, on natural, moral and divine subjects ; written chiefly in younger years . ill following, but with trembling Steps» XXV, She bids her humble Verfe explainThe Hebmv Harps fublimer Strain ;Points to her Saviour ftill, and fhowsWhat Courfe the Sun of Glory goes, XXVI. Here he afcends behind a Cloud Of Incenfe, * there he fets in Blood j f She reads his Labours and his Namgs In fpicy Smoak, * and Bleeding Lambs, f are the Graces which fhe drawsFrom Types, and Shades^ ancl Jtwijb Laws % * CbriJFs InterceJJioiuf UU Sacrijicc. With *8 Mifcellaneous Thoughts, With thoufand Glories long foretoldTo turn the future Age to Gold. xxvur. Grace isher Thcme, and Joy, and Love :•Defcend, ye Bleftings, from above,And crown my Song. Eternal God,Forgive the Mufe that dreads thy Rod. XXIX. Silent, fhe hears thy Vengeance roll,That crufhes Mortals to the Soul,Nor dares aflume thc Bolt, nor fhedsTh1 immortal Curfes on their Heads. XXX. Yet fince her Go D is ftill the fame5And Davids Son is all her Theme,She begs fome humble Place to fing;In Confort with Judedts V. The m Prose andVzKSt. 19 V. The Thankful AMONG all the ufeful and entertaining Studies of•* V Philofophy, there is none fo worthy of Man asthe Science of Human Nature. There is none thatfurnifhes us with more Wonders of divine Wifdom* orgives higher Occafion to adore divine Goodnefs. Chari-Jrus, a Gentleman of great Piety andWorth, has fpentmany an Hour upon this delightful Theme. In thcmidft of his Meditations one Day, he was debating thuswith himfelf, ajid enquiring what fort of Being heTvas. Now I ftand, faid he, now I lie down ; I rifeagain and walk* I ^U drink and fleep; my Pulfebeats, and I draw the Breath of L5fo * Surely I havethe Parts and Powers of an Animal; I am a livingBody of Flefh and Blcod, a wonderful Engine, witllmany Varieties of Motion. But kt me confider alfu what other A&ions I perform. *• «^ I think, I
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