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A67608
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The sights retreat a poem by H. W. gent, [sic]; Dark penitent's complaint.
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H. W. (Henry Waring)
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1715
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Wing W858E; ESTC T224834
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And slight the Rule of Charity which leadeth to Salvation T is She unless you 'd go aside and Wander in the Dark That in your Way must be your Guide or you will miss the Mark. Patience she gives to them that Toyls from no Man's Wants e'er Fled The Virgins Lamps she feeds with Oyl the Hungary with Bread 'T is she prevents our Second Fall saves us from one another 'T is she that does preserve us all from Ruining each other As Satan was to Tophet hurl'd for Practising Sedition So Charity props up the World from sinking to Perdition Good GOD Let Me Who cannot See from hence all Vice detest And all who slight not Charity be at her Altar Blest Bavus the Rich on Belus Poor look'd with Contempt and Scorn ' Cause Belus Hat he did not low'r he being better Born But this is Pride not Charity for Charity will bend Show Courtesie with Cap and Knee either to Foe or Friend To JESUS then the God of Light my Soul I will display And to his Name with all my Might Sing Anthems all the Day But Charity to seek indeed no Place more Proper Here Than in the Creed or Pilgrim's Weed and you will find Her there Where in Church Militant Below Communes with Church Above And daily does on Both bestow the Sacred Band of Love Sacred indeed tho' by Some deem'd to be but Common Food A Sign-Post is as much Esteem'd as is the Holy Rood Yet I with Heart and Supple Knee to this Blest Cross will creep And there Absorpt as I should be another Deluge Weep Where to the Good of the First Class to whom these Lines I send She may Prefer a Pauper's Case and raise Him up a Friend For if we all were in one State and She should all forgo Who could prevent a Sodom Fate from Burning all below From Woes at Present and to Come Destruction Death and Hell And all the Plagues Abroad or Home or ever yet Befell What will ye do Oh! Sons of Men when Christ Returns with Ire To Visit Jacobs Race again and Judge the World by Fire Then shall we wish as all will do that Charity had Stay'd And that to Her we 'd been more True and in Her Robe aray'd When Trembling from the Grave you must like a Poor wite Dismay'd Once more put on your Native Dust and quit the Naucious Shade Instead of being then a Friend will Agravate Your Case No more will on Your State attend but stand tween You and Grace Occult and hid then will She be will leave You to Your Fate To Gods Desicive Equity and Heav'ns impending Hate Therefore in Closset Dark will I once more in this sad State Delate on my Obscurity and my Dark Lanthorne Fate When Sol withdraws his Splendid Ray and Rain on Earth does Power When Clouds does Skreen us from the Day and Heav'n above does Lower But worse it t is in my Dark way now quite Depriv'd of Light In Green-Land Bears sees more of Day and less then I of Night But 't is not so with my Blind Fate Devoid of Earthly Bliss For whilst I 'm in this Gloomy State the World a Dung'on is Cemerian Darkness is my Lott with me in this Tereen Tho' Wonders more I have forgot then Half the World has seen Wretched and Sad is that Mans Case that nothing here can Spy In this Confused Wretched Place But his own Misery But what availeth Wonders here on Sea or yet on Shore To one whose Sight does Disappear and is to See no more Helpful are all things in their kind that are to Care allay'd Except the Sick that nought can mind nor for themselves provide Before the Great Fiat was said and Sin did Grace invade Apollo slept in Thetis Bed and all the World was Shade Then Sinful Manhood came in Play whose utmost Care has been His Souls Salvation to Betray and more and more to Sin With which Contaminating Vice undone was all Mankind And with the same Sin in a Trice was I my Self made Blind Great is that Darkness Christ does Say Surprizes ev'ry Part Of this our Transitory Clay as well as of the Heart The Eye of Heav'n or Phaebus Bright His Beams to all Reveals But if Mans Sight saw not his Light what wou'd the Sun avail For any good that can from thence redown unto the Blind Having no other Providence to keep Sedate the Mind Useless the Carnal Eye is there where this true Light is found No Pearls nor Chataraks are where Such Lustre does abound Faith is my Eye and Heav'n my Hope with Faith instead of Sight To Paradice my way I 'le Grope and There enjoy the Light But Darkness proves my Fatal Share with me to Live in Sorrow And for a Life to Day take Care which may be gone to Morrow But fincc I'm here Constrain'd to Dwell nor no good thing to View God keep me from the way to Hell and let what will Ensue All others may all things behold and State their Greedy Eyes The Avariceous Man with Gold as Fopps and Fools with Toys So may they still but let my Heart O God which is thy Right For Thee alone be set apart and in Thy Law Delight But since from Sin we shou'd live clear and keep our selves from Strife My Self I will not sancy here but in another Life Where Chaff from the good Seed is fann'd and Piety sits Crown'd Where Christ is Plac'd at Gods Right Hand and Tryumphs does abound In which Blest Mansion may the just who here does Vice Detest And in the Lord do put their Trust with my good Reader Rest FINIS