Book I, 85: On the first born

The Fir Borne of th' Egyptians all were slaine,
From him that holds the Scepter to the Swayne:
But all that are First-borne in Israel, be
Accepted, Lord, and sanctiied to Thee:
Thy lookes are always turn'd upon the Prime
Of all our Actions, Words, our thoughts, our time;
Thy pleased Eye is fixt upon the First;
And from the Womb w'are thine, or else accurst.