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First Line: What birth of wonders from thy fingers ends
Last Line: This life. And I shall glory beare for thee.
Subject(s): Puritans In Literature


What Birth of Wonders from thy Fingers ends
Dropt, when the World, Lord, dropt out of the Womb
Of its Non-Entity for to attende
Thy Will its Cradle. And its Midwife Strong.
Non-Entity in Travail full did bare
The World, big belli'd with all Wonders rare.

The Infant born, in'ts Cradle dorment lay,
As Dead, yet Capable of Ery Form.
A jumbled Lump of all things ery Way
Not any single birth of its yet born,
But when this Lump einjoy'd a Vitall Heate
All Kinds of things did from its belly leape.

Life Vegetative now hatcht in the Egge,
Flourishing some things nobler than the rest.
Life sensitive gives some of these its Head,
Inspiring them with honour next the best.
And some of which Life Rationall Enfires,
Cloathd with a Spiritualizing Life, aspires.

This Life thy Fingers freely dropt into
The Humane shaped Elements and made
The same Excell the Rest and nobler goe
Enspirited with Heavenizing trade.
But man by Sin hath lost all life, and marr'd
Himselfe eternally. Death's his reward.

But thou my Lord, before its Execution
Didst Step from heaven down Death to deterr
And that we might have life: making Solution
Unto the Creditor, dost Grace Conferr,
Oh! what a thing is life then. Choice? how Good,
In that thou camst to buy it with thy blood?

Life Naturall indeed is in the Bill
Thou with thy Father drewst up, it to buy.
Life Spirituall much more; which ever Will
As Heaven doth Earth, all Naturall Life out Vie.
Life Naturall is Common makes to live
Things Vegetative, and things Sensitive.

The Spirituall Life is never founde but where
Life Naturall indeed doth make its nest,
Which builds as well in Bruits and Wicked geers
As in God's Children, and in holy breasts.
But Spirituall Life falls onely to Gods Sons
And Out in Holy Conversation runs.

It doth Saints Souls and Conversation gild
With Godlike Glory of a Gracious Shine
Brightens its Superstructure where it builds
A Lofty Tower of Holy Life Divine.
The Richest Jewell in the Cabinet
Of Nature made, this Spirituall Life is set.

The Spirituall Life is nighst Gods Life in kinde.
In Godlike Properties it doth Consist.
Hence't glorifies the Soule and Life with it lin'de.
Lord, in my Soul and Life this life entwist.
Thou cam'st that I might live thus. Then grant me
This Life. And I shall Glory beare for thee.





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