Becoming America - An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution, 2018a

BECOMING AMERICA
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH COLONIAL LITERATURE
[. . .] herefore it shall be now
[. . .] or Sidon and for Sodom’s Land
[. . .] ore easie then for you.
LXXIV
[. . .] ut we have in thy presence bin,
say some, and eaten there.
[. . .] id we not eat thy esh for meat,
and feed on heavenly cheer?
Whereon who feed shall never need,
as thou thy self dost say,
[. . .] or shall they die eternally,
but live with thee for ay.
LXXV
We may alledge, thou gav’st a pledge
of thy dea [. . .] love to us
[. . .] Wine and B [. . .] e [. . .] d, [. . .] hich gured
[. . .] hy grace bestowed thus.
Of streng [. . .] hning seals, of s [. . .] eetest meals
have we so oft partaken?
[. . .] nd shall we be cast o by thee,
and utterly forsaken?
LXXVI
[. . .] whom the Lord thu [. . .] in a word
[. . .] eturns a short reply:
I never k [. . .] ew any of you
that wrought iniquity.
You say y’ have bin, my Presence in;
bu [. . .] , f [. . .] iends, how came you there
Wi [. . .] h Raiment vile, that did dele
and quite disgrace my cheer?
LXXVII
Durst you draw near without due fear
unto my holy Table?
Du [. . .] st you prophane and render vain
so far as you were able,
Those Mysteries? which whoso prize
and carefully improve,
Shall saved be undoubtedly,
and nothing shall them move.
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