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To Mr Tilman after hee had
taken Orders.
Thou whose diuiner Soule hath caus'd thee now [48]
To put thy hand vnto the holy plough
Making lay scornings of the ministry
Not an Impediment but victory
What bringst thou home with thee? how dost thou find*
Affected in the vintage? dost thou find
New thoughts and stirrings in thee, and, as steele
Touchd with a Loadstone, dost new motions feele?
Or as a shipp after much payne and care
ffor Iron and Cloth brings home rich Indian ware
Hast thou thus trafiqud, but with farre more gayne
Of noble goods and with lesse time and payne?
Art thou the same Materialls as before
Onely the stamp is changed, but no more?
And as new crowned kings alter the face
But not the monnyes substance, so hath Grace
Changd only gods old Image by creation
To Christs new stamp at this thy Coronation?
Or as wee paynt Angels with wings, because
They beare Gods Message and proclayme his Lawes
Since thou must doe the like, and, so, must moue
Art thou new featherd with celestiall loue?
Deare tell mee where thy purchase lyes, and showe
What thy aduantage is, aboue below;
But if they gayning doe surmount expression
Why doth the foolish world scorne that profession
Whose Ioyes passe speech? Why doe they thinke vnfitt
That Gentry should ioyne familys with it?

[CW: Would]