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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67822	The idea of Christian love being a translation, at the instance of Mr. Waller, of a Latin sermon upon John xiii, 34, 35, preach'd by Mr. Edward Young ... ; with a large paraphrase on Mr. Waller's poem Of divine love ; to which are added some copies of verses from that excellent poetess Mrs. Wharton, with others to her.	Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705.; Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687. Of divine love.; Wharton, Anne, 1632?-1685. Poems. Selections.	1688 (1688)	Wing Y61; ESTC R14445	29,505	144

Oracles admir'd While with Events their doubtful Sense comply'd At God's bright Word imbody'd soon retir'd Forc'd in his own Abyss his Head to hide Yet thither did its Influence descend And in new Fetters bound the gnashing Fiend The Progress of that Soul of Love With all its Triumphs over Death and Hell We have recorded from Above In Transcripts which the Sybills Leaves excel Before these Oracles the thundring Baal And all the Heathen Gods do fall For here the Spirit of our God does dwell Th' eternal Word which spake the Universe Affords the hallow'd Theam of my aspiring Verse Mr. Waller As late Philosophy our Globe has grac'd And rowling Earth among the Planets plac'd So has this Book Intitled us to Heav'n And Rules to guide us to that Mansion given Tells the Conditions how our Peace was made And is our Pledg for the great Author's Aid His Power in Natures ampler Book we find But the less Volume do's express his Mind Paraph. III. Some late Philosophers raise Earth to Heav'n While it they 'mongst the wandring Planets place But Heav'n to Earth extended is by Grace Not only in a fair description giv'n For Faith to feast upon Such as our finite Sense can bear Of the unbounded Pleasures there Which of it self is some Fruition But th' emanations of the Light Divine Which in the Gospel shine Make out our Title to that bliss Where God himself circled with Glory is Invite and Lead us to the promis'd Land And are an earnest Penny giv'n in Hand Of that most gracious Aid By which God loves to perfect what he made For Humane Breast he ne're would fire With thoughts of Immortality But with design to crown desire Which he himself had rais'd so high The Works of the Almighty's Hand In Nature's massy Book recorded stand But that great Mind Which those stupendious Works design'd In the less Volume is express'd The Footsteps of our God are there confess'd Where Mercy ruling over all his Works we find Mr. Waller This Light unknown bold Epicurus taught That his bless'd Gods vouchsafe us not a thought But unconcern'd let all below them slide As Fortune do's or Human Wisdom guide Religion thus remov'd the Sacred Yoak And Band of all Society is broke What use of Oaths of Promise or of Test When Men regard no God but Interest What endless Wars would jealous Nations tear If none Above did Witness what they swear Sad Fate of Unbelievers and yet just Among themselves to find so little trust Were Scripture silent Nature would proclaim Without a God our Falshood and our Shame To know our Thoughts the Object of his Eyes Is the first step to'ards being good or wise For tho with Judgment we on things reflect Our Will determines not our Intellect Slaves to their Passion Reason Men employ Only to compass what they would enjoy His Fear to guard us from our Selves we need And Sacred Writ our Reason do's exceed Paraph. IV. When Man came warm from his Creator's Hand Before he yeilded to his tempting Wife And Clouds had dampt the Breath of Life How fair an Emblem of his Maker did he stand Not Aaron's Breast-plate nor yet Moses's Face When from the Holy Hill He brought the Transcript of the Laws Divine Did with such Glory shine As Man before he fell from Grace When him his always present God did fill The Laws which Moses brought Into his very Frame were wrought His Duty was Divinely taught Tho then his Heart no Table were of Stone It might have kept till now the bright Inscription But sensual Love did more with Man prevail Than all the Powers of Hell could do Did not the Woman woo The lively Stamp of Heav'n sure could not fail Against all other Ills Man might provide Who could suspect a Dart from his own Side Or a foul Asmodeus with a Bride From his own Rib dress'd by an Hand Divine So very beautiful so wondrous fine How could he Ruine fear But such Divinity below Man from his unseen God did bear Who Ignorance of his Duty chose for what he there did know V. God's Spirit thence became estrang'd The kind Familiar with Regret withdrew Mans Heart Countenance were so much chang'd That his own handy work God hardly knew Yet still the Beams of Light Divine God did not to his Heav'n confine Where e're the Holy Patriarchs went Its welcome Warmth was lent That which to Israel's chosen Race A Pillar was of Fire Leading them o're the Scorching Plain Until the Son of God was slain Far from their Tents did ne're retire But still in various ways God shew'd his stinted Grace But when the stubborn Iews Did the last proffer of that Grace refuse Whereby he did them his peculiar People chuse Eternal Love broke from its narrow bound And visited the chearful World around It Lighted up in every Breast That Candle of the Lord Reason which soon those Truths confess'd Contain'd in the Divine Record Which did the vain Disputers of the World confound VI. Had Epicurus once beheld So much of God below As Holy Writ do's show It had his dang'rous Errors quell'd He could not then have thought that Chance Had made the World thrô Atomes lucky dance And that th' Eternal Pow'r had left to Fate What he did neither order nor create Had this Philosophy prevail'd Mankind e're this had fail'd Or turn'd to Brutes had on each other prey'd In vain were any Compacts made When there were nought but human Pow'r to awe Each would his Neighbour's Right invade When Art or Force could free him from the Law. Religion is the Bond of Peace The want of that dissolv's Societies An humble Love and awful Dread Of th' unseen Pow'r secures us here While 't is a Judgment and the Consequence Upon Mens Unbelief Which they deserve and whence they justly fear What e're they have lies without Fence And if it fail their Hopes have no relief But what hereafter must the faithless Wretches bear VII Take but the thoughts of Heav'n away And Earth would turn to an Akeldama Yet while Men hurry'd on to Sin Something would whisper them within And bid them mind a sacred Guest Which sigh's and griev's to turn a Slave Where Nature it an Empire gave And till it conquers Hyle cannot rest The first assistance which it has to rise In the Belief of th' Godhead lies Philosophy a God may find Before it can discern the Ill Of all things that oppose his Will Or read the Lines he wrote upon the Mind Self-Love arising from our Flesh and Blood Darken's the Characters of good When present Pleasure courts the easy Sense 'T is hard to think it sinful to comply But in the thought of God a Charm do's lye The Contemplation of his Purity Affords a strong Defence Our Souls we thence as by a Mirror dress And this do's many'a wand'ring Thought repress Yet after all uncertain is th' Effect Since Will determines not the Intellect And Men enslav'd to