Du Bartas his Deuine weekes and workes / translated and Dedicated to the / Kings most excellent/ Maieste / by Josvah Sylvester.

  • Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
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[1613]
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Credit: Du Bartas his Deuine weekes and workes / translated and Dedicated to the / Kings most excellent/ Maieste / by Josvah Sylvester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ee ae Thou fcoffing Atheift,thatenquireft,what | Th’Almighty did before he framed that? What weighty Work hismindewas bufiedon Eternally beforethis World begun (Sith fo deep Wifedom and Omnipotence, Nought worfe befeems,then floch & negligence)? Knowe(boldbla(phemer )chat,before,hebuile AHellto punifh the prefumptuous Guile Of thofevngodly, whofe proud fenfe dares cite Andcenfuretoo his Wifedome infinite. Can Carpenters,Weauers,and Potters pafle And liue, withouttheirfeucrall worksa (pace? Andcould notthenth’ Almighty All-Creator, | Tivall-prudent,2 EE ; without this frail Theater? Shall valiant Scipio Thushimfelf eftcem, Nener leffe foletben when he fole doth feem? | And could not God(O Heav'ns! what frantike foll y!) Subfiftalone, but fink in melancholy? Shall the Pryénian Princely Sage auerr, That a//bis goods he doth about himbears Andfhould the Lord,whofe Wealth exceeds al] meafure, Should he be poor, withoutthis Worldly treafure? God neuer fecks,outof himfelf,for ought ; He begsofnone,hebuies or borrows nought; But aye, from th’Oceam of hisliberall Bounty, Hee poureth outathoufand Seas of Plenty. Yer Eurasblew, yer Moon did Wax or VVane, Yer Sea had Fifh,yerEarth had grafs or grain, God was not void offacred exercifes He didadmire his-Glorie’s Myfteries: His power,hislultice,andhisProuidence, His bountiousGrace,and great Beneficence Were th’holy.obiect of his heav'nly thought, Vponthewhich,eternallyit wrought. Tt may bealfothat he meditated The VVorlds/déa,yer it was Created: Alone heliv’dnot; for hisSon.and Spirit 3 VVerewithhimay,Equallinmightand merit, - bent See o ‘ag vant C3 Egg io Flee Heconfuteth the Atheifis,quepi. ening what Ged did before he created the world e What God did beforehecrea- ted the World,