Chrift, charmed and rayished with the unfpeakable glory of the great reward, here defcribed, which he hath promised to all them that turn from iniquity, and fincerely love him; is the earneft defire of the publishers.

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A friend of the author, upon the fight of this rare piece, in commendation of both.

OU exc'llent fouls, whofe lofty minds afpire

Yo higher objects only, whofe defire

Disdains o'ervalu'd dung, vile worldlings choice,
Is not allur'd with Siren's empty voice,
And fcorns to aim below the Zenith high,
Whither refin'd perfections all do fly;

Here is an object higheft thoughts tranfcending,
Yet unto mean conceptions condescending:
Here's heav'n, and glory, higher Eden come
T' unhappy earth, a fweet Elysium :
Here's glory brought to us, or happy we
To glory made, by nimble wings, to flee.

On

On feas of brinifh tears, poor we are tofs'd,
With boist'rous winds, and lofty waves are crofs'd;
'Can't see our dearest native soil, or lover:
But here's a curious profpect, to discover
That land afar off, those sweet hills, and vales,
Where blow these fragrant, foul refreshing gales,
Which roufe these fainting fouls, whose feet do
Within the borders of Emmanuel's land; (stand
Where shines th' Eternal, with celestial show'rs,
Ne'er-ending bleffings on the ranfom'd pours.
The foaring author hath flown up above,
Drawn by the cords of his Redeemer's love;
Hath walk'd alongst the green and flow'ry banks
Of life's sweet river, view'd the curious ranks
Of glory's ftately fruitful trees, hath tafted
Their fruits moft pleafant, and delicious; feafted
His eyes, on glory's land, most lovely, fair;
His tafte, with Nectar, and Ambrofia rare;
His fmelling, with heav'n's fpring's embroidery;
His hearing, with harmonious raptures high;
His touch, upon the filken carpet's lap,
Which glory's fields and alleys doth inwrap;
His mind, upon the elevated things,

And deep contrivance of the King of kings:
His love, on joys, which eye hath never seen,
Which man's capacious heart did ne'er contain.
He's fad, that mortals in foul mire fhould wallow
And greedily vile lumps of earth fhould swallow:
Moft friendly bids you fhare fome drops with him
Of pleasure's streams, in which the faints do fwim:
He (Ifr'el's fpy) ripe grapes from promis'd land
Hath brought (t'inflame them) with a lib'ral hand.
Thy pen mounts higher than the eagle's far,
Thy sharpeft eye, more than the eagle's dare.
Thy draught Apelles tables far outvies,
More curious thy picture is than his.

B.

Thy

Thy raptures future ages fhall admire,
And these fhall light their tapers at thy fire.
Thou'ft trode a lofty path, ne'er trode before,
And which fhall be, it seems, by none trode more
Thou haft outstript, and fham'd the ages gone,
And by thy rareft writings grac'd thine own:
The times to come may trace thy stately pace,
But ftill thou'lt get the honour of the place.
Who would fee glory off the nearest shores,
Draw near it with these curious mighty oars;
Caft out on glory's beauteous skirts your eye,
And there, O faints, your ravish'd fouls fhall fpy
A paradife, whofe lowest parts excel

This vileft dunghill, in which mortals dwell:
A paradife, each glimpse of which shall fill
Your minds with wonder, and with joy your will
In short, a paradife, whofe ev'ry part
Shall fo inflame your ever ravish'd heart,
That longing you fhall never reft, till ye
Have heav'n in you, or you in glory be.

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GLIMPSE of GLORY;

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A Gospel-discovery of EMMANUEL's Land.

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thus?

The PRELUDE.

OUSE thee, O my foul, from this bafe and contagious earth: why fhould lower thoughts, and bafe aims poffefs thee

What haft thou here, that may draw thee afide from the centre of thy felicity but for one moment? If this world, in her rofy and youthful conftitution, be very vanity and vexation of fpirit; what muft there be now in her fad and withered ftate? If, in her fmiles, fhe be not worth the regarding; what folly is it, to court a frowning nothing?

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2. Is it time, O my foul, to place one beam of thy affection upon fuch a filly, bafe dunghill, so as to give it an affectionate look? Trample it under thy feet carry thyfelf after the manner of thefe, who expect the kingdom. God hath formed thee of fuch a capacious conftitution, as nothing can fatisfy thee below his infinite Seif; and fhould't thou be confined, in thy outgoings, within the limits of this lower, fmoky region? Mount up fwiftly, far above the fun, moon and ftars, beyond the borders of this narrow vault, where thou mayst fweetly bathe thyfelf in thefe oceans of joys and

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felicity,

felicity, that know neither brim nor bottom: thou art not to wafle away thy conceptions on things to-day in their vigour, and to-morrow they are not; fhadows, empty nothings, night dreams and vanities, infufficient objects for the faculties of fuch a noble being to fix upon. Art thou not beginning to confider of a more enduring fubAtance? the kingdom that cannot be fhaken, Emmanuel's glorious, fiately and ever-flourishing land, the fmiling, rofy place, where his fervants do inceffantly ferve him, and fee his face eternally, without a cloud; where our all-lovely Wellbe loved doth corporally dwell, and fhall for ever take up his eternal abode; a fruitful, fragrant, beautiful, delightfome foil, overflowing with the true and real nectar and ambrofia; a garden of delights, a paradife of pleasures, planted at the beginning by the Almighty's own right hand, whereon he hath manifefted, in an high and tranfcendent manner, the incomprehenfible glory of his power, love and goodnefs, wonderfully, above what eye hath feen, car hath heard, or the mind of man, within the tents of mortality, confidered: what a wonderful frame is this! O the alluring objects up above! the firft thought whereof fet all on a flame: O what defires! O what longings! when fhall mortality be fwallowed up of life, death of victory, time of eternity, miferies of blessedness, forrows of joys, pains of pleasures, painted enjoyments and delights of his love and eternal fweetnefs?

3. All creatures are ever in action, efpeciallythefe of the highest, and most noble rank, which muft neceffarily have fome object or other, to fix their outgoings upon the most excellent and fu