CL. The Advantages of seeking the Knowledge of GOD.

SHINE forth, Eternal Source of Light,
And make thy Glories known;
Fill our enlarg'd adoring Sight
With Lustre all thine own.

Vain are the Charms, and faint the Rays
The brightest Creatures boast;
And all their Grandeur, and their Praise
Is in thy Presence lost.

To know the Author of our Frame
Is our sublimest Skill:
True Science is to read thy Name,
True Life t' obey thy Will.

For this I long, for this I pray,
And foll'wing on persue,
Till Visions of eternal Day
Fix and compleat the View.