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First Line: Oh! Glorious day of glorious light!
Last Line: Whereof are store.
Subject(s): Puritans In Literature


Oh! Glorious Day of Glorious Light!
Guilded with Grace that shines more bright
Than any Pen, and Ink can write
Thy Beams out shine.

Bringing thy Holy Servant John
From Patmos Ile, Where that Vile one
Had banisht him: Yet here upon
He's made Divine.

How should I choose but make my Feet,
Ware Sapphick Slippers when this sweet,
And Glorious Grace breaks forth to greet
Us with such gales?

Whose Golden Pen so cleare doth write
Those Glorious Visions that did light
Before his Eyes in open Sight
That't us assails.

How came he thence, thus in his hands
Holding those Letters Christ Commands
Be gi'n to th'Candlesticks that stand
Made all of gold:

And clearly 'fore our eyes doth fix
How middst these golden Candlesticks
Christs walking doth his glory mix,
And Shines unfold?

How his Right hand doth hold these Stars?
These shining Lights? These Trumpiters?
Angells of Peace, and Gospell wars:
'Gainst Hellish Hosts?

Doth Chide for Sin, Doth Call to Grace,
Doth Threaton, yet Shines fill his Face,
With Promises doth us imbrace
Draws to his Coasts.

Whose golden Pen doth still describe
How he Christs Court in Heaven spide
When heavens Gate op'to him Wide:
Whose Throne was lac'te,

With a Smaregdine Rainbow rounde,
Where in a glorious One he found
Like to a Sardine Jasper sound
His lookes were grac'te,

And round about this Throne of State
The Courtiers, Saints and Angells waite.
Saints Glorifide Crown'd with rich Plate
Yea Crowns of Gold,

And clothed in White Robes pure, trim,
On foure and twenty seats sitting.
Christs Officers within the Rim
This Throne doth hold.

Before it stand Christs Angels bright
Sparkling like Lamps of firy light
And all the Works Worke of Delight
With blissfull noyse.

The matters that transacted were
In this Bright Court of Glory Cleare
Were bravely done, yet to the eare
In Dreadfull wise.

And in the Throned Persons hand
A seald Book was none understand,
Untill the Seals were opend and
Pluckt off the same.

At which the Courtiers sang forth praise
On Viols, Harps, and other wayes
Which with their Incense they araise
To spread Christs fame.

And in the opening each Seale
He doth Gods Providence reveale
Unto his Church, both Woe, and Weale
Of Pagan Rome.

Yea till she Antichrist doth rise
And play the Rex in Cruilties
Untill the Glorious one Destroyes
Her by his Doom.

And now he also shews ag'en
The Heavens send Jerusalem
New like a bride adornd down then
Heart-Ravishingly.

And that the Wicked then shall goe
Into the firy Lake of Woe
Where mercies stream doth never flow
Nor grain of joy.

How Glorious Saints, With Angells harp
These blissfull songs of Praise which starte
Forth Warblingly as glorious sparks
Of Honour Coild

All up in a bright thankfull Theame
And isshue like a living streame
From Souls bathd all in glories gleame,
And nothing soild.

As in this City stately known
Walld all with sparkling Pretious Stone
Whose Gates are Pretious Pearles, each one,
And streets pure gold

They get, and eate the Fruites that grow
Upon the Tree of Life also
Within Gods Paradise whence flow
Joyes manifold.

Thus John came from his Patmos Ile
With this bright Glory thus to foile
The Evills of the times that spoile
The Gospell shine.

And with these Glorious brightsome beames
To Counter buff all Darkining streames
While this Discoverie outgleams
Things such, Divine.

Still a Prophetick Spirit doth
Attend the Gospell as it go'th,
And wondrous things it often shew'th
To win poore hearts.

Hence Gospell Grace doth much assaile
The Pagan World, and doth prevaile.
Conversion worke hence doth not faile
But fills all parts.

Saints rising up in Churchood fix,
Encrease the Golden Candlesticks.
The Gospell Sun hath no Ecclipse
As yet, Oh Praise.

Their Officers like Angells shine
Or like the Stars in glories line
And flame forth Rayes of Light Divine
In holy Wayes.

Christs sparkling Image bright forth shines
Through these Choice Persons Lives, and Lines
Which they receiv'd from such Divines
As went before.

Both ministers of Gods rich Grace
And other Saints that had a place
In Gospell Causes truth to trace,
Whereof are store.





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