Reader, this Book shall teach the pious Heart To soar from Earth, and better Views impart: Flaming with Zeal to rise to Heav'n above, And make the Tri-une God the Object of its Love. R FIRST BOOK. THE INVOCATION. OUSE thee, my soul, and drain thee from the dregs Of vulgar thoughts: screw up the heighten'd pegs Of thy sublime theorbo four notes higher, And higher yet, that so the shrill-mouth'd choir Thy high-bred strains. Let his full beams inspire Thy new-concluded peace; let reason curb B Thou Thou great Theanthropos, that giv'st and ground'st Thy gifts in dust, and from our dunghill crown'st Reflecting honour, taking, by retail, What thou hast giv'n in gross, from lapsed, frail, Convey thy current, whose clear streams may fill 1. JAMES i. 14. Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. SERPENT. EVE. TOT eat ? not taste ? not touch ? not cast an eye Serp. I upon the fruit of this fair tree ? And why 3 Why eat'st thou not what Heav'n ordain'd for food? Mark |