Besides what I said of the Four Last Things,
And of the weal and woe that from them springs;

The next word that I would unto thee say,
Is how thou mayst attain without delay,

But all this while, where's he whose golden rays
Drives night away and beautifies our days?

The egg's no chick by falling from the hen;
Nor man a Christian, till he's born again.

The love of Christ, poor I! may touch upon;
But 'tis unsearchable. O! there is none

This homely bush doth to mine eyes expose
A very fair, yea, comely ruddy rose.

Now wouldst thou have a heart that tender is,
A heart that forward is to close with bliss;

I am a man, and in God's image made,
I have a soul shall neither die nor fade,

Well, with the day I see the clouds appear,
And mix the light with darkness everywhere;

She goes but softly, but she goeth sure,
She stumbles not, as stronger creatures do.

This flint, time out of mind, has there abode,
Where crystal streams make their continual road.

But be the candles down, and scattered too,
Some lying here, some there? What shall we do?

Us godly fear delightful unto thee,
That fear that God himself delights to see

Now, then, if holiness thou wouldst obtain,
And wouldst a tender Christian man remain,

When I do this begin to apprehend,
My heart, my soul, and mind, begins to bend

Wouldst thou be very upright and sincere?
Wouldst thou be that within thou dost appear,

The word of faith unto me pardon brings,
Shows me the ground and reason whence it springs:

This pretty bird, O! how she flies and sings,
But could she do so if she had not wings?

 Thus having heard from Gerizzim, I shall
Next come to Ebal, and you thither call,

Death, as a king rampant and stout
The world he dare engage;

Heaven is a place, also a state,
It doth all things excel,

Thus, having show'd you what I see
Of heaven, I now will tell

As 'tis appointed men should die,
So judgment is the next

From God he's a backslider,
Of ways he loves the wider;

The mole's a creature very smooth and slick,
She digs i' th' dirt, but 'twill not on her stick;

Methinks I see a sight most excellent,
All sorts of birds fly in the firmament:

Who falls into the fire shall burn with heat;
While those remote scorn from it to retreat.

The thief, when he doth steal, thinks he doth gain;
Yet then the greatest loss he doth sustain.

Eternity is like unto a Ring.
Time, like to Measure, doth it self extend;

Look, look, brave Sol doth peep up from beneath,
Shows us his golden face, doth on us breathe;

Wouldst thou have that good, that blessed mind,
That is so much to heavenly things inclin'd

He wants, he asks, he pleads his poverty,
They within doors do him an alms deny.

Our Father which in heaven art,
Thy name be always hallowed;

Look yonder, ah! methinks mine eyes do see
Clouds edged with silver, as fine garments be;

This Moses was a fair and comely man,
His wife a swarthy Ethiopian;

In this see thou thy beauty, hast thou any,
Or thy defects, should they be few or many.

Thy price one penny is in time of plenty,
In famine doubled, 'tis from one to twenty.

When understand my meaning by my words,  
How sense of mercy unto faith affords  

Man's like a candle in a candlestick,
Made up of tallow and a little wick;

My little bird, how canst thou sit
And sing amidst so many thorns?

Behold, how eager this our little boy
Is for a butterfly, as if all joy,

What ails this fly thus desperately to enter
A combat with the candle? Will she venture

What, hast thou run thy race, art going down?
Thou seemest angry, why dost on us frown?

A comely sight indeed it is to see
A world of blossoms on an apple-tree:

The hen, so soon as she an egg doth lay,
(Spreads the fame of her doing what she may.)

This subject is unto the foulest pen,
Or fairest handled by the sons of men.

God gave us Cloaths to hide our Nakedness,
And we by them, do it expose to View.

Tis much to see how over nice some are
About the body and household affair,

What, barren here! in this so good a soil?
The sight of this doth make God's heart recoil

The bee goes out, and honey home doth bring,
And some who seek that honey find a sting.