Part 86 (2/2)

G.o.d when He's angry here with anyone, His wrath is free from perturbation; And when we think His looks are sour and grim, The alteration is in us, not Him.

8. G.o.d NOT TO BE COMPREHENDED.

'Tis hard to find G.o.d, but to comprehend Him, as He is, is labour without end.

9. G.o.d'S PART.

Prayers and praises are those spotless two Lambs, by the law, which G.o.d requires as due.

10. AFFLICTION.

G.o.d ne'er afflicts us more than our desert, Though He may seem to overact His part: Sometimes He strikes us more than flesh can bear; But yet still less than grace can suffer here.

11. THREE FATAL SISTERS.

Three fatal sisters wait upon each sin; First, fear and shame without, then guilt within.

12. SILENCE.

Suffer thy legs, but not thy tongue to walk: G.o.d, the Most Wise, is sparing of His talk.

13. MIRTH.

True mirth resides not in the smiling skin: The sweetest solace is to act no sin.

14. LOADING AND UNLOADING.

G.o.d loads and unloads, thus His work begins, To load with blessings and unload from sins.

15. G.o.d'S MERCY.

G.o.d's boundless mercy is, to sinful man, Like to the ever-wealthy ocean: Which though it sends forth thousand streams, 'tis ne'er Known, or else seen, to be the emptier; And though it takes all in, 'tis yet no more Full, and fill'd full, than when full fill'd before.

16. PRAYERS MUST HAVE POISE.

G.o.d, He rejects all prayers that are slight And want their poise: words ought to have their weight.

17. TO G.o.d: AN ANTHEM SUNG IN THE CHAPEL AT WHITEHALL BEFORE THE KING.

<script>