This I perform, speak thou, and be it don:

Thir station, Heavn yet populous retaines

And Earth be changd to Heavn, & Heavn to Earth, [ 160 ]

And by my Word, begotten Son, by thee

Infinitude, nor vacuous the space.

Within appointed bounds be Heavn and Earth,

Drew many, whom thir place know九九藏書s here no more;

Mean while inhabit laxe, ye Powers of Heavn,

Cannot without process of speech be told,

Then time or motion, but to human ears

One Kingdom, Joy and Union without end.

Not here, till by degrees of merit raisd

Of Deitie supream, us dispossest,

Number sufficient to possehtｔpｓ://ｒｅａd.99cｓw•comss her Realmes

Another World, out of one man a Race [ 155 ]

And put not forth my goodness, which is free

Though wide, and this high Temple to frequent

Boundless the Deep, because I am who fill

That detriment, if such it be to lose

My damage fondly deemd, I can repaire

Up hither, u九*九*藏*書nder long obedience trid,

Though I uncircumscribd my self retire, [ 170 ]

With Ministeries due and solemn Rites:

Already done, to have dispeopld Heavn

All like himself rebellious, by whose aid [ 140 ]

At least our envious Foe hath faild, who thought

But least his heart exalt him in the harme [ rｅａd•9９csｗ.cｏm150 ]

Yet farr the greater part have kept, I see, [ 145 ]

To act or not, Necessitie and Chance

So told as earthly notion can receave.

He trusted to have seisd, and into fraud

Immediate are the Acts of God, more swift

This inaccessible high strength, the seat

So spake th Almightie, and to what he s九-九-藏-書pake

They open to themselves at length the way

Self-lost, and in a moment will create

I send along, ride forth, and bid the Deep

Approach not mee, and what I will is Fate.

Of men innumerable, there to dwell,

His Word, the Filial Godhead, gave effect. [ 175 ]

My overshadowing Spirit and might with thee [ 165 ]