11.

JAMES i. 15.

Then when luft hath conceived, it bringeth forth fin; and fin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

I.

Ament, lament; look, look, what thou haft done: Lament the world's, lament thine own eftate: Look, look, by doing, how thou art undone ; Lament thy fall, lament thy change of ftate: Thy faith is broken, and thy freedom gone, See, fee too, foon, what thou lament'ft too late. O thou that wert fo many men, nay, all Abridg'd in one! how has thy defp'rate fall Destroy'd thy unborn feed, destroy'd thyself withal!

2.

Uxorious Adam, whom thy Maker made
Equal to angels that excel in pow'r,
What haft thou done? O why haft thou obey'd
Thy own deftruction? Like a new-cropt flow'r,
How does the glory of thy beauty fade!
How are thy fortunes blafted in an hour!
How art thou cow'd, that had 'ft the pow'r to quell
The fpite of new-fall'n angels, baffle hell,

And vie with thofe that stood, and vanquish thofe that [fell!

3.

See how the world (whose chafte and pregnant womb Of late conceiv'd, and brought forth nothing ill)

Is now degenerated, and become

A bafe adulterefs, whofe falfe births do fill The earth with monfters, monfters that do roam And rage about, and make a trade to kill ;

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Now glutt'ny paunches ; luft begins to spawn; Wrath takes revenge, and avarice a pawn; Pale envy pines, pride fwells, and floth begins to yawn.

4.

The air that whifper'd, now begins to roar ;
And bluft'ring Boreas blows the boiling tide;
The white-mouth'd water now ufurps the fhore,
And fcorns the pow'r of her tridental guide;
The fire now burns, that did but warm before,
And rules her ruler with refiftless pride:

Fire, water, earth, and air, that first were made To be fubdu'd, fee how they now invade; They rule whom once they ferv'd, command where once [obey'd.

5.

Behold, that naked nefs, that fate bewray'd

Thy glory, now's become thy fhame, thy wonder; Behold, thofe trees, whofe various fruits were made For food, now turn'd a fhade to fhrowd thee under ; Behold, that voice (which thou haft difobey'd), That late was mufic, now affrights like thunder: Poor man! are not thy joints grown fore with fhaTo view th'effect of thy bold undertaking, [king That in one hour didst mar what Heav'n fix days was [making?

S. AUGUST. lib. i. de Lib. Arbit.

It is a moft just punishment, that man should lose that freedom which man could not use, yet had power to keep, if he would; and that he who had knowledge to do what was right, and did not, fhould be deprived of the knowledge of what was right: and that he who would not de righteously when he had the power, fhould lose the power ta do it when he had the will.

Hugo de Anima.

They are justly punished, that abuse lawful things; but they are moft justly punished, that ufe unlawful things thus Lucifer fell from heaven; thus Adam loft his paradife.

EPIG. 2.

See how these fruitful kernels, being caft

Upon the earth, how thick they fpring! how faft A full-ear'd crop and thriving, rank and proud; Prepaft'rous man first sow'd, and then he plough'd.

PROV.

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B.I.Emb.3.

Ut potiar, patior, patieris,non potieris.
My Suffrings with Enjoyment shall be crownd.
Without Enjoyment shall thy Pains abound.