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 His pure Affections then aloft did move

Up towards Heaven in higheſt Strains of Love.

His Conſcience like a Chryſtal Mirror clear,

Did, while he ſtood in Innocence, appear.

This Adam he was now in ev'ry Part,

A Man according to his Maker's Heart.

All this and more may juſtly be applied

Unto the new-made Adam and his Bride:

Serene Impreſſions of a Stamp divine,

As in their Soul, did in their Faces ſhine.

N Eden's Garden then the Man was plac'd,

Which was ſo vastly beautify'd and grac'd.

The fineſt Gardens that we do ſee now,

That Men take ſo much Pleaſure for to view

In Summer, and that Seaſon of the Year

When in their Pride and Glory they appear;

To make theſe Gardens now the more compleat,

Now human Art with Nature is unite,

Adorning them with all that ever can

Be e'er invented by the Wit of Man:

What Arrogance yet would it be to ſay,

The finest Gardens that are now a-day,

Could equalize, or Competition ſtand

With Eden planted by a divine hand?

More than the Fields in Winter when they're bare,

Can with the flow'ry Bank in Spring compare;

Or more than Stones can Competition hold

With glittering Rings, or Diamonds, or Gold.