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Sentiments and Words raised and suited to the Greatness and Dignity of the Subject.

I have detained Your Lordship the longer on this Majesty of Style, being, perhaps, myself carried away with the Greatness and Pleasure of the Contemplation; what I have dwelt so much on, with respect to Divine Subjects, is more easily to be observed with reference to Human: For in all Things below Divinity, we are rather able to exceed than fall short; and in Adorning all other Subjects, our Words and Sentiments may rise in a just Proportion to them; Nothing is above the Reach of Man, but Heaven;