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 And none being fit its Glory to declare,

But who are bleſt with Habitation there.

Then ſtop my Muſe, thy Judgment then ſuſpend

About the Thing thou cannot comprehend.

The Angels, Heaven's Inhabitants, even they

Created were alſo on the firſt Day;

For when the Earth's Foundation it was laid,

We read in Scripture, that 'tis of them ſaid,

That at its laying they did ſo rejoice,

They ſung together with united Voice:

Theſe Creatures were made Beings so refin'd,

Yet a Degree above the human Kind;

And by the Effect of creating Power,

Angels were made entirely Spirits pure,

That have no Substance that's of ought we call

Fleſh, Blood or Bones, or Ought material.

The great Creator's Power to testify,

The Angels all were made immediately:

Alſo the Lord, their great Creator, he

Made them immortal by Divine Decree;

And he who's Sovereign of his Ways, to none

Has to account but to himſelf alone,

Was pleaſed to exalt theſe Creatures ſo,

Above all Creatures that he made below,

And dignified them ſo above the rest,

That they of Heaven were at firſt poſſeſt;

They were admitted to that high Abode,

To ſerve in Preſence of the Lord their God,

Who did them make ſo fit for that Deſign,

He them endow'd with Qualities divine,

Of a vaſt Meaſure he did them poſſeſs

Of divine Wiſdom, Power and Holineſs,

By which they were enabled to fulfil

Whatever was their great Creator's Will;