276 E. B. Reed, 



Yett happy those Aflictions wee account 

 That to the State Eternal doe amount 

 The worldly brood if we Caractrize 

 Th' haue noe Aflictions Hue in Paridize 

 Ther Riches here as they desire augment 

 Ther Honors too increase to ther Content 

 But as a dreame these Honers vanish soone 

 And an eternal woe shal take ther Roome 

 As fatt of Lambes away they shall Consume 

 Ther Honor vanish into smoke & fume 



[p. 584J T'indure sorrowes & Iniuryes we must 

 (As Scriptures tel) & be to exile thrust 

 Then tis a signe indeed heauen is ovir choyse 

 When in our Tribulations wee reioyce 

 T'is Gileads pretious Balme & serues to binde 

 The wounds & blowes w°'i here below we finde 

 Yea happ3^ choyse though thus the World vs treat 

 Seing that in heauen our reward is great 

 The Soulder of that name vnworthy is 

 That trembles att the sight of enimyes 

 Soe is the Christian w^h that title bear's 

 If he att threats of aduerse destine fear's 

 But w*^ a patient calmness lett's receaue 

 What the Soueraigne hand is pleas'd to giue 



[p. 585] The Midle Region or those parts aboue 



Are least obscurd nor ther doe Tempests moue 

 Soe should our soules be raysd boue Passions sphere 

 Noe Stormes of Tongues Nor Cloudes of enuy feare 

 In fronts of Batailes we our fortunes Sett 

 The Ship at Sea w^^ stormy winds is bett 

 The Pilot scapt from former gusts noe more 

 Feare's ship-wrack now then what he did before 

 The Soulder oft to frequent perills knowne 

 Neglect's the danger that's soe Cohion growne 

 And soe should we when our Aflictions growe 

 Wth lenghtned Patience learne to beare them too 

 This Life's a war-fare if sometimes begun 

 To parly w'^ our sorrowes t'is soone done 

 And ill th' end when hopes begin to Cease 



[p. 586] Proues but a Cessation noe Continu'd Peace 



Whilst through cleare skyes the .Sun triumphant rides 

 Vpon a sudden cloudes his splendor hides 



