Pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem.
Now the Virgin returns, now the kingdom of Saturn returns, now a new Progeny is sent down from high heaven. By means of thee, whatever reliques of our crimes remain, shall be wip'd away, and free the world from perpetual fears. He shall govern the earth in peace, with the virtues of his Father.
Isaiah, Ch. 7. ꝟ. 14. Behold a Virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son———Ch.9. ꝟ. 6, 7. Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; The Prince of Peace: of the increase of his government, and of his Peace, there shall be no end: Upon the Throne of David, and upon his Kingdom, to order and to stablish it, with judgment, and with justice, forever and ever.
See Nature hastes, &c.
Errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus,
Mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho———
Ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores.
For thee, O Child, shall the earth, without being tilled, produce early offerings; winding Ivy, with Baccar and Colocasia mix'd with smiling Acanthus. Thy Cradle shall pour forth pleasing flowers about thee.
Isaiah, Ch. 35. ꝟ. 1. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, and the defart shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. Ch. 60. ꝟ. 13. The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the firr-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of thy Sanctuary.
Hark! a glad Voice, &c.
Cara deûm soboles, magnum Jovis incrementum!
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