The H. Scriptures. I.

OH Book! infinite sweetnesse! let my heart
Suck ev'ry letter, and a hony gain,
Precious for any grief in any part;
To cleare the breast, to mollifie all pain.

Thou art all health, health thriving, till it make
A full eternitie: thou art a masse
Of strange delights, where we may wish & …
Ladies, look here; this is the thankfull glasse,

That mends the lookers eyes: this is the well
That washes what it shows. Who can ind…
Thy praise too much? thou art heav'ns Li…
Working against the states of death and hell.

Thou art joyes handsell: heav'n lies flat in the…
Subject to ev'ry mounters bended knee.