Chap* 4. Pomr of the S U N^ &c. 1 4 1 



And indeed 'tis admirable that this Planet 

 fliould, thro' fo many Ages of the World, 

 maintain an uninterrupted Courfe, that in fo 

 many Thoufands of revolving Years, it Ihould 

 retain the fame Light, Heat, and Vigour, 

 and every Morning renew its wonted Ala- 

 crity, and dart its cherifliing Beams on 

 thefe dull and gloomy Scenes of Melancho- 

 ly and Mifery, and yet that fo few of us right- 

 ly confider its Power, or are thankful to Di- 

 vine Omnipotence fot it. 



The Great Kofcmmon (not Greater than 

 Good) fpeaks of it with Divine Tranfport, 

 and exhorts Mankind to admire it, from the 

 Benefits and Ceieftial Beams it difplays on 

 the World. 



Great Eye of All ^ vohofe glorious Ray 

 Rules the bright Empire of the Day : 

 O praife his Name^ without whofe purer Light 

 Thou had'Jl been hid in an Jbyfs of Night. 



Earl of Rofcommon. 



And Lucretius^ tho' his Judgment was 

 mifled in the Formation of the World in 

 general, yet his Mind was full of the Sun s 

 Beneficence to thofe Sublunary Regions 5 and 

 in a general Enumeration of its benign Qiia- 

 lities, goes on , as follows: 



Thus 



