replyd.
ion, Seer blest,
Measurd transient orld, time,
till time stand fixt: beyond is all abyss, [ 555 ]
Eternitie, whose end no eye can reach.
Greatly instructed I s.
Greatly in peace of t, and have my fill
Of knoaine;
Beyond wo aspire. [ 560 ]
to obey is best,
And love o walk
As in o observe
his providence, and on him sole depend,
Merciful over all h good [ 565 ]
Still overcoming evil, and by small
Accomplis things deemd weak
Subverting rong, and worldly wise
By simply meek; t suffering for truths sake
Is fortitude to victorie, [ 570 ]
And to te of Life;
taughis by his example whom I now
Ackno.
to w replid:
t, t attained the summe [ 575 ]
Of wisdom; arrs
t by name, and all thereal Powers,
All secrets of tures works,
Or works of God in h, or Sea,
And all t, [ 580 ]
And all the rule, one Empire; onely add
Deeds to th,
Add vertue, Patience, temperance, add Love,
By name to come calld Cie, the soul
Of all t: t t be loath [ 585 ]
to leave t s possess
A Paradise hee, happier farr.