Eternal laws our happiness oppofe:
Thy nature and our lives are everlasting foes!
"Severe thy truth, yet glorious is thy fcheme;
Complete the vengeance of thy just defire;
See from our eyes the gushing torrents fiream,
Yet ftrike us, blaft us with celeftial fire;
Our doom, and thy decrees, alike confpire.
Yet dying we will love thee and adore:-
Where fhall the flaming flashes of thy ire
Tranfpierce our bodies? Ev'ry nerve and porr
With Chrift's immaculate blood is cover'd ca
and o'er."
When we praise God we may fpeak much, and yet come short: wherefore in fum, Ha When you glorify him, exalt him as a you can for even yet he will far exce. And when you exalt him, put forth all your iss and be not weary: for you can enough.