Nor in an infant could a God descry;

New swarming sects to this obliquely tend,

Hence they began, and here they all will end.

What weight of antient witness can prevail,

If private reason hold the public scale?

But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide

For erring judgments an unerring guide!

Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light,

A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.

O teach me to believe thee, thus concealed,