ABSTRACT

SJths1:me10thee;. Forwhy?intheeallblitfedodidwell; Thenhcfe,tomecanbenohell.

Thebleffcdfeed,tod&Jwasfown; Shallneverintheearthdecay, :Butrileinttiompb,thethirdday.

OaE.ajf~rd4!• ARifeandfee,whydoftthoufleep,

Thebedofearth;couldnothiin~t~ TheSunisriffe,thatmadetheday, Ingrave,thouneedsfear.nodecay. Thofegloriousbeamsh.atlimadettleearth; Aplacetogivetheeanewbirth..· FromMotherswombethoucam'fttobe ACreami'eofMortality;· Fromwornbeofearth;.thoUrais'dfbalt~e, AcreacureliketheDeity;·..· Whenfhouartpleas'd,thulfhalldyl!, 1amcoatentinearthtolye: TherelballlfafelylyeanC:Irelt, 1'illthouwiltraifcmewiththebleft. ThoughIcoolrlwifh,thatitmightbe~ Asweremychildifhthoughtsinniecl', ThatlikeEli.uImightrife, OnC!'lt:rtlbswings,inCharietwift:

'to thy bright heaven, wher-e I might bee; 'There cloath'd with immortality : Thofe thoughts were childifh ~is confeft, ln grave.! muft be for heaven dreft. The earth a while, my body muftrc:taine, Though as a King, my Soul in heaven dothrcign,

Let me be rais'd,with thee on high Unto the heaveniy God of Love, Where lfbalreft me quietly.