Resvrrection.
6. Moyst with one drop of thy blood, my dry soule
Shall (though she now be in extreme degree
Too stony hard, and yet too fleshly,) bee
Freed by that drop, from being starv'd, hard, or foule,
5And life, by this death abled, shall controule
Death, whom thy death slue; nor shall to mee
Feare of first or last death, bring miserie,
If in thy little booke my name thou enroule,
Flesh in that long sleep is not putrified,
10But made that there, of which, and for which 'twas;
Nor can by other meanes be glorified.
May then sinnes sleep, and deaths soone from me passe,
That wak't from both, I againe risen may
Salute the last, and everlasting day.
Resurrection.
1 soule 1635: soule, 1633, 1639-69
5 this] thy B, O'F, S, S96, W
6 shall to] shall nowe to A18, N, O'F, TC
8 little 1633, A18, D, H49, TC: life 1635-69, B, O'F, S, S96, W
9 that long] that last long O'F, S, S96, W: that D, H49
11 glorified] purified S, S96, W, and O'F (which corrects to glorified)
12 deaths A18, N, S96, TC, W: death 1633-69, D, H49
Ascention.
7. Salute the last and everlasting day,
Joy at the uprising of this Sunne, and Sonne,
Yee whose just teares, or tribulation
Have purely washt, or burnt your drossie clay;
5Behold the Highest, parting hence away,
Lightens the darke clouds, which hee treads upon,
Nor doth hee by ascending, show alone,
But first hee, and hee first enters the way.
O strong Ramme, which hast batter'd heaven for mee,
10Mild Lambe, which with thy blood, hast mark'd the path;
Bright Torch, which shin'st, that I the way may see,
Oh, with thy owne blood quench thy owne just wrath,
And if thy holy Spirit, my Muse did raise,
Deigne at my hands this crowne of prayer and praise.
Ascention.
3 just 1633, A18, D, H49, N, TC: true 1635-69, B, S, S96, W
8 way.] way, 1633
10 Lambe, D, W: lambe 1633-69
11 Torch, D, W: torch, 1633-69
the way] thy wayes B, S, S96, W: thee A18, TCC