5. Sonnets in praise of Eminency or a publike Life, 4

MArtha, and Mary (two of his belou'd
That was the Sonne of Mary, mother Maide)
Chose diffrent liues (by grace, and Nature mou'd)
Contemplatiue, and Actiue (as its said)
Mary, the first, the last, did Martha choose:
The first, preferred was before the last.
By Him, for whome she did the last refuse,
Through whom she was, therfore, with glory grac't
If glorified she were, then not obscure:
And if with Him shee were, then not alone:
Alone she was with Him, vpon whose powre
All Creatures rest, yet still hee rests all one:
Bt such a one, as euery One attends
Who liues alone then, liues not like his Frends.