This firmly is of thee to be believ's;
That God all this, both wet, and om
Of all the Virgins which in Mal bey
God hath been pleas'd to make his Choco thee,
To be the Mother of his only Sony
By a myfterious Operation
Then, with a Virgin-Modely, the Mad
Transported at that which the Angel fnd,
Reply'd, Behold the Handmad of the Lars!
Be it to me according to thy
I to it do confent with all my Heart
Then did the Angel Gabriel depart:
And then immediately (as I believe,
The Virgin did within her Womb conceive
The Second Perfon in the Trig,
The true and only Son of God, was be,
Who thus our Human Nature did a
And God and Man, one Perjon, did becoze
And thus the Thing fo long foret, wa
A Virgin fhall conceive, and bear a Cont
How careful fhou'd we be, we don't offend
So dear, and fo omnipotent a Friend?
How zealous for his Honour fhould we be?
How circumspect, his Precepts to obey?
Rememb'ring we have dedicated been
To him, who came to fave us from our Sin;
And if fuch mighty Love we do despise,
And from the Christian Faith apoftatize,
If we rebel against God's only Son,
Who came from Heav'n for our Salvation,
And fide with his grand Enemy the Devil,
Refufing good, and madly chufing Evil:
Such, no Way can escape the Wrath to come,
The hottest Place in Hell will be their Doom.
But, Reader, better Hopes I have of thee,
That thou wilt do no more fo wickedly
As thou haft done, but wilt in Chrift believe,
Who took our Flesh, to die that we might live.
Think of th’amazing Condefcenfion,
Admire th'Humility of God the Son!
Who stoop'd fo infinitely for our Sake,
When he did our Redemption undertake!
Think after this, how odious Pride will be, And for the Dev'l, make Men fit Company. Wherefore, let's imitate the Life of Chrift, Our great Meffiah; Prophet, King, and Priest. So fhall we one Day reign with him Above, In the bright Realms of endlefs Peace and Love.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One God, whom we Adore,
Be Glory, as it was, is now,
And fhall be evermore.
On Christmas-Day, Dec. 25. being the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Christ.
Λόγος αἴδιος το πατρὸς.
His Day the Church doth keep in Memory
Of Chrift, the Son of God's, Nativity:
Who was in Bethl'hem, in a Stable born,
(A Room which Gentlemen and Ladies fcorn;)
And in a Manger would vouchsafe to lye,
To teach us mortal Men, Humility.
This wond'rous Birth the Angels did declare
To Shepherds, as by Night they watching were:
They, by the Angel's kind Direction, went,
And found their Saviour to their Heart's con-
Then joyfully return'd they Home again, And praifing God for what they'd heard and feen, So
They spread the News fo welcome unto Men;.
I mean, the Proud and Grand, and worldly- Wise, Things m lon life, do nat rally despi
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