. The sacred theory of the earth: containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things ... habit. Give hera large aiid free Profpeci of the hiwienftty ofGod^s IVorks^ and of his inexhaujted IVffdom N 4 aiid The PREFACE. ^and Qoodnefs^ if you would make her Greatsand Good. eAs the warm Thilofofherfaysy Give me a Soul fo great, fo high,Let her Dimenfionsftretch the Skie:That comprehends within a thought,The whole Extent twixt God and from the Worlds firft Birth and Date
. The sacred theory of the earth: containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things ... habit. Give hera large aiid free Profpeci of the hiwienftty ofGod^s IVorks^ and of his inexhaujted IVffdom N 4 aiid The PREFACE. ^and Qoodnefs^ if you would make her Greatsand Good. eAs the warm Thilofofherfaysy Give me a Soul fo great, fo high,Let her Dimenfionsftretch the Skie:That comprehends within a thought,The whole Extent twixt God and from the Worlds firft Birth and Date,Its Life and Death can Calculate :With all th Adventures that fhall pafs,To evVy Atome of the Mafs. But let her be as GOOD as G R E A T^ Her higheft Throne a Mercy-Seat. Soft and diflblving like a Cloud, Lofing her felf in doing Good., A Cloud that leaves its place Above, Rather than dry, and ufelefs move : Falls in a Shower upon the Earth, And gives ten thoufand Seeds a birth. Hangs on the Flowrs, and infant Plants, Sucks not their Sweets, butfeeds their Wants. So let this mighty Mind diffufe All thats her ov/n to others Ufe ; And free from private Ends, retain Nothing of S E L F;, but a bare Name,. THE
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