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 Jacob, Elijah and Eliſhah, they

Were much beholden to them in their Day;

Gideon, Manoah, Ezekiel, Daniel too,

Great things the Lord by Angels did them ſhew.

Joseph and Mary, Paul and Peter may

Have on this Subject very much to ſay.

Much on this Head there might be now expreſt,

Which Scripture doth in divers Parts atteſt;

Yea, all theſe Spirits, as the Word declares,

Do miniſter unto the heavenly Heirs;

Thus with a ſecret and an unſeen Hand

Do them more good than what they underſtand.

Ezekiel's Viſion doth declare and ſhow

How inſtrumental they're in things below.

In fine, the Angels, tho' but finite Creatures,

Exceed us far, to comprehend their Natures.

My Lines about them therefore I will end,

And from ſuch Heights as thir I'll now deſcend

Unto the World below, where there do ly

Things that appear more obvious to our Eye.

It seems plain from what's in Scripture ſaid,

The Earth's Foundation the firſt Day was laid;

God by one Word did form the Fabrick fair

All out of nought, then hang'd it in the Air,

So ſure and ſtable yet he did it make,

It there's no Power, except his own, can ſhake:

He it with all it in its Heart doth hold

With all within its Bowels is inroll'd,

Veins of Silver or of precious Gold;

With all the various Metals that we find,

So vastly uſeful for the human Kind;

The huge Store of Coal that in it doth ly,

Which doth with Fuel richly us ſupply,

When once obtained by Men's Induſtry.