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WHat Seaman dead? and did no Blazing Star, No Comet before-hand His Death declare? What, Merlin, not a word of this in thee? Lilly's but half a Prophet now I see: For had he known it, hee'd have quickly said, This year Presbytery shall lose its head. But did not Will foretel ther'd be a fall Of some great Person Eccles'astical: Its true he did, and by th' event 'tis plain, He did no Bishop, but the Doctor mean. Hence let no Forreign State with envious eye Look on's, 'cause they have War whilst we are free: Let France for Great a Turenne shed no more tears Here's a more doleful Tragedy then theirs: Ours of the two's the greater loss by far, We've lost a Prophet, they a Man of War. And when the stoutest Warriours strength does fail, Such wrestle with th' Almighty, and prevail. Weep England, weep, say not thy Plagues are staid, Whilst from the midst of thee the righteous fade. When Princes call home their Ambassador, By that they shew they do intend a War. And when Jehovah takes his Lots from hence, We well may say his wrath does then commence. Admit (blest Soul!) my Zeal to drop a verse, One mournful line upon thy fable Hearse, Though I profane thy name by using it. But should we wait to find one out full fit To praise thee, we might look, and look in vain, Till the great Day when thou shalt rise again. Unless th' Pythagorean fiction's true We cannot hope to meet with such as you, The highest pitch which wee'l dare to aim at, Shall be but to admire, and imitate. Could we but see thee fully as thou art, Could we discern the glorious beams that dart From Jesus face on thee, those beams of Love Which from thee back again towards him move: T'would make us quite forget our troubles here, For what could hurt us if our hearts were there
Where you are now there's no Division, No Sects, no Parties, no; you all are one: One God, one Christ; there's none that say we are Conformists, Independents, Presbyter: These words are all unknown, where there's no strife; There's no such names writ in the Book of Life. Either thy Spirit send, great God of Love, On us below, or take's to thee above: And seeing we are all coming to thee, Let's in the way no longer disagree. Grant that we all may Holiness and Peace Promote, and then our diff'rences will cease: But we in unity shall never live, Whilst we for Honours, Wealth, and Pleasure strive: When we see Multitudes crowding about A spark, we wonder not if they fall out. All eyes behold one Sun, and yet none wants; And one God fills with glory all his Saints. His Epitaph Reader, If that thou learned art, O do not urge me to impart What 'tis I cover; for I fear, Thou'lt be so eager to lie here, Should I tell, that thou'lt desire And wish thy life might straight expire: Then ask no more, but away go And send th' unlearned, they may know: I'le tell none else, for here does lie Entomb'd, a University.