S. AUG. in Joh. Ser. xix. : God is all to thee if thou be hungry, he is bread; if thirsty, he is water; if darkness, he is light; if naked, he 1s a robe of immortality. ALANUS de Conq. Nat. God is a light that is never darkened; an unwearied life that cannot die; a fountain always flowing; a garden of life; a seminary of wisdom; a radical beginning of all goodness. EPIG. 14. My soul, if ignorance puff out this light, She'll do a favor that intends a spite : "T seems dark abroad; but, take this light away, Thy windows will discover break o'day. REV. Debilitata Fides Terras: Aftræ a reliquit Faith now is weakend: of Coelestial Birth Divine astræa, quits the groaning Earth. XV. REV. xii. 12. The devil is come unto you, having great power, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 1. ORD, canst thou see and suffer? Is thy hand Still bound to th'peace? Shall earths black monarch A full possession of thy wasted land? O, will thy slumbring vengeance never wake, The pillars of thy right by false command? [take Unlock thy clouds. great Thund'rer and come down, Behold whose temples wear thy sacred crown; Redress, redress our wrongs; revenge, revenge thy own. 2. See how the bold usurper mounts the seat Lord, canst thou be so mild, and he so bold' 3. That sw'ft-wing'd advocate, that did commence That sweet embassador, that hurries hence Her wings are clipt, and eyes put out by sense? Did conquer heav'n itself, do what th'Almighty could. 4. Behold, how double fraud does scourge and tear I know not whither; O, I know not where: 5 Faith's pinion's clipt, and fair Astræa gone! Is hell broke loose, and all her fiends unty'd? Lord, rise, and rouse, and rule, and crush their furious [pride. * Craven'd, i. e. dishearten'd, made to knock under, &c. PETER |