George Withers' Emblemes

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The Earth isCjod'sicmdin bis Bands
jixe all the Corners of the Lands,
Illvstr. II. s**. 4
|Ong fince, the facred Hebrew Lyrick fayd t
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(A Truth, which never juftly was denayd)
That^Sthe mrldit God's 5 and that his binds
Endofe the limits of the fartheft Lands,
The felfe fame Truth affirmes, that likewife,there,
By him, their dedds } zr\d jurrowes watred are,
And, that with dewes zndjhomes, he doth fo blefle
The dwellings of the barren Wilderneft,
That,thofc Inhabitants (whom fomeconceiv'd,
Of ufefuU, and all pleafant things bereav'd)
Their labors, with advantage, doe employ,
And, fetch their yearcly Harvefis home,with joy.
Why then ihould wee, that in God's Vineyard live,
Diftruft that all things necdfull hee will give t
Why fhotjld his Garden doubt of what it needs,
Since hee oft waters barren Rocks and Wads ?
Why fhould his Children , live in flavifh fearc,
Since hee is kind to thofe that ftrangers are i
Or, whither from his prefence, can we flie,
To whom the furtheft hiding-place is nigh.
And, if I may, from lower objeds clime,
(To queftioning, in matters more fublimc)
Why fhould I thinke, the Stule fhall not bee fed.
Where God affoords,to Flejl>,hcv daily Bread?
Or, dreame,that hee,forfome, provided none,
Becaufe, on us, much Mercie is beftowne i
'Tistrue enough, that /M/dcvoureth all,
Who fhall be found without the Churches pale ;
But, how farre that extends, no Eye can fee,
Since, in Gods hands, Earth's fartheft Ctrners tee.
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