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POEM
ON THE
Creation of the World;
Firſt on the Eternity, Independency, Self ſufficiency of the Divine Being, and of the eternal Springs and Cauſes of the Creation in the Deity.
THE Heavens, the Earth, the Sea, and all therein,
Were all created, and did once begin
To have a Being: So that none can boaſt
Of being eternal but the Lord of Hoſts,
Who ever was from all Eternity;
The which to us is ſuch a Myſtery,
Tho' finite Minds ſhould try this Depth to ſound,
By them its Bottom never would be found:
This Ocean huge no Creature can explore,
That knows no Brim, no Bottom, nor a Shore.
However far beyond our Reach and View,
We from the Scriptures are aſſur'd 'tis true,
That he did ſpend Eternity alone,
When other Beings but himſelf were none.
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