It is the index to eternity. [ He cannot mifs 1.97 Of endless blifs, That takes this chart to fteer his voyage by. !isso (M Nor can he be mistook That fpeaketh by this book... A book to which no book can be compar'de 3 101For excellence ; Pre-eminence Tet d doen sted Is proper to it, and cannot be shar'd, ond y Divinity alone Belongs to it, or none. It is the book of God. What if I fhould His thoughts in fmother, Till he find other. The Pulpit.m IS dinner-time: And now I look For a full meal. God fend me a good cook: This is the dreffer-board, and here I wait in expectation of good cheer. obes 29 Tako I'm sure the Mafter r of the houfe. Enough to entertain his guefts allows of norm alone, And not enough of fome one fort God grant me taste and ftomach good: My feeding, will diverfify my food; 'Tis a good appetite to eat, And good digestion, that makes good meat. ' The best food in itself will be, Not fed on well, poison, not food to me. 'Tis manna that I look for here, The bread of heaven, angels' food: I fear A famine; where he only wants, that takes In excellence, and to each appetite, In fitnefs anfwerable; fo That none needs hence unsatisfied go, That health, ftrength, comfort, or content can bring. Yea, dead men here invited are Unto the bread of life, and whilst they spare But, that the foul may feed, itfelf must be submi Transformed to the world, with it agree. To milk the strongest men must be As new-born babes, whenever they it fee, For strong meat babes muft stay, and strive to fit Get by degrees (which best beseem a man) Experience-exercifed fenfès, able Good to difcern from evil, truth from fables 3 285 29702 Here I will wait then; till I fee Although no Benjamin's choice mess, Five times as much as others,, but far lefs; 'w dica I'll blefs the hand from which, by which, it comes. Be bold, but mannerly withal, fit ftill And fee what the Mafter of the feaft So that the nieat be wholesome, though Which oft instead of ftrength difeafes brings:- Jedi or A I'll back unto the reading-pew again.141 of 22891 ViaV OT H ཏུགཉ The Communion Table. O ERE ftands my banquet ready, the last course,. That I must feed upon, Till death my foul and body fhall divorce, And that I am Call'd to the marriage-supper of the Lamb. Some call❜t the Altar, fome the Holy Table. The name I ftick not at, Whether't be this or that, I care not fo much, fo that I may be able Both why it is, and may be called fo. And for the matter whereof it was made, Although it be of touch, Or wood, or metal, what will laft, or fade; So vanity And superstition avoided be. Nor would it trouble me to fee it found That can be thought upon, Square, oval, many-angled, long, or round: If clofe it be, Fix'd, open, moveable, all's one to me. And yet, methinks, at a communion, There's greateft, decency, And that which maketh most for union: To vary tends to th' breach of charity. Yet, rather than I'll give, I will not take So that I be not driven To thwart authority, a party make Or fide, but seemingly, in th' action. At a communion I wish I might Of unity and peace, either in fight Or in men's hearts concealed fecretly. That which ordained is to make men one More than before they were, Should not itfelf appear, Though but appear, diftin&tly divers. None Y Too much can fee Of what, when moft, yet but enough can be. If others will dissent and vary, who As hath been done alway, By th' beft, and moft, I will myself do fo; The fervants fhould be of one God one Lord. Communion-Plate. EVER was gold or filver graced thus, FRA NEVER Before. To bring this body and this blood to us oder a X A Is more Than to crown kings, Or be made rings For ftar-like diamonds to glitter in. No precious stones are meet to match this bread Divine. Spirits of pearls diffolved would but dead This wine. This heav'nly food To be compar'd to any earthly thing. |