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What function is so noble as to be *
Embassadour to God, and destiny?
To open life, to give kingdomes to more
Than Kings give dignities; to keep heavens door?
Maries prerogative was to bear Christ, so
'Tis preachers to convey him; for they do
As Angels out of clouds, from Pulpits speak;
And bless the poor beneath, the lame, the weak!
If then th' Astronomers, whereas they spy
A new-found Star, their opticks magnifie,
How brave are those, who with their Engine, can
Bring man to heaven, and heaven again to man?
These are thy titles and preheminences,
In whom must meet Gods graces, mens offences,
And so the heavens which beget all things here,
And the earth our mother, which these things doth bear,
Both these in thee are in thy calling knit,
And make thee now a blest Hermaphrodite.
A Hymn to Christ, at the Authors last going into
Germany.
In what torn ship soever I embark;
That ship shall be my embleme of thy Ark;
What sea soever swallow me, that flood
Shall be to me an emblem of thy blood;
Though thou with clouds of anger do disguise
Thy face, yet through that mask I know those eyes,
Which though they turn away sometimes,
They never will despise.
I sacrifice this Iland unto thee,
And all whom I love here, and who love me;

[CW: When]