3i6 LETTER XI. 



Leave them to God above ^ him ferve and fear j 

 Of other Creatures, as him pleafes beji. 

 Wherever plac d, let him difpofe: joy thou 

 In 'what he gives to thee, this Paradife 

 And thy fair Eve ; Heavn is for thee too high 

 For thee to know what pajfes there ; be lowly wife: 

 T^hink ofily what concerns thee and thy Being -, 

 Dream not of other Worlds, what Creatures there 

 hive, in what fate, condition or degree 

 Contented that thus far hath been revealed 

 Not of Earth only but of higheji Heavn. 



I cannot help taking particular notice of the eight 

 laft lines of our great blind Poet, and find in me 

 a ready difpofition, to cry out with Xophar, {Job 

 II. 7.) Caftf thou by fe arching find out God'? 

 Canjl thou find out the Almighty unto perfeBion ? 

 It is as high as Heaven, what canfi thou do? 

 Deeper than Hell, what canfi thou know? I'he 

 meafure thereof is longer than the Earth, and 

 broader than the Sea. And alas! Notwithftand- 

 ing fuch a powerful difcouragement, vain Man 

 covets at leaft to be thought wife. In plain ; Hu - 

 mility is an excellent Virtue, and yet we are all 

 proud enough : Nay, there may be, and indeed 

 often is a great deal of fecret Pride, in the very 

 faireft pretences to Humility. I fliall finifii this 



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