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<HEAD>AN ELEGY On the Reverend and Learned Divine, Dr. LAZARUS SEAMAN, Sometime <HI>VICE-CHANCELLO&V;R</HI> of <HI>CAMBRIDG, Ma&s;ter</HI> of <HI>Peter-Hou&s;e,</HI> and late Mini&s;ter of the Go&s;pel in <HI>Alballows-Bread-&s;treet.</HI></HEAD>
<LG>
<L>WHat <HI>Seaman</HI> dead? and did no Blazing Star,</L>
<L>No Comet before-hand His Death declare?</L>
<L>What, <HI>Merlin,</HI> not a word of this in thee?</L>
<L><HI>Lilly</HI>'s but half a Prophet now I &s;ee:</L>
<L>For had he known it, hee'd have quickly &s;aid,</L>
<L>This year <HI>Presbytery</HI> &s;hall lo&s;e its head.</L>
<L>But did not <HI>Will</HI> foretel ther'd be a fall</L>
<L>Of &s;ome great Per&s;on <HI>Ecclesia&s;tical:</HI></L>
<L>Its true he did, and by th' event 'tis plain,</L>
<L>He did no <HI>Bi&s;hop,</HI> but the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 words"></L>
<L>Hence let no Forreign State<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 words"> eye</L>
<L>Look on's, 'cau&s;e they have War wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> we are free:</L>
<L>Let <HI>France</HI> for Great <HI>a Turenne</HI> &s;hed to more tear's</L>
<L>Here's a more doleful Tragedy then theirs</L>
<L>Ours of the two's the greater lo&s;s by far,</L>
<L>We've lo&s;t a <HI>Prophet,</HI> they <HI>a Man of War.</HI></L>
<L>And when the &s;toute&s;t Warriours &s;trength does fall,</L>
<L>Such wre&s;tle with th' Almighty, and prevail.</L>
<L>Weep <HI>England,</HI> weep, &s;ay not thy Plagues are &s;taid,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t from the mid&s;t of thee the righteous fade.</L>
<L>When <HI>Princes</HI> call home their <HI>Amba&s;&s;ador,</HI></L>
<L>By that they &s;hew they do intend a <HI>War.</HI></L>
<L>And when <HI>Jehovah</HI> takes his <HI>Lots</HI> from hence,</L>
<L>We well may &s;ay his wrath does then commence.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Admit (ble&s;t Soul!) my Zeal to drop a ver&s;e,</L>
<L>One mournful line upon thy &s;able Hear&s;e,</L>
<L>Though I profane thy name by u&s;ing it.</L>
<L>But &s;hould we wait to find one out full fit</L>
<L>To prai&s;e thee, we might look, and look in vain,</L>
<L>Till the great Day when thou &s;halt ri&s;e again.</L>
<L>Unle&s;s th' <HI>Pythagorean</HI> fiction's true</L>
<L>We cannot hope to meet with &s;uch as you,</L>
<L>The highe&s;t pitch which wee'l dare to aim at,</L>
<L>Shall be but to admire, and imitate.</L>
<L>Could we but &s;ee thee fully as thou art,</L>
<L>Could we di&s;cern the glorious beams that dart</L>
<L>From Je&s;us face on thee, tho&s;e beams of Love</L>
<L>Which from thee back again towards him move&punc;</L>
<L>T'would make us quite forget our troubles here,</L>
<L>For what could hurt us if our hearts were there</L>
<L>Where you are now there's no Divi&s;ion,</L>
<L>No Sects, no Parties, no; you all are one:</L>
<L>One God, one Chri&s;t; there's none that &s;ay we are</L>
<L><HI>Conformi&s;ts, Independents, Presbyter:</HI></L>
<L>The&s;e words are all unknown, where there's no &s;trife;</L>
<L>There's no &s;uch names writ in the Book of Life.</L>
<L>Either thy Spirit &s;end, great God of Love,</L>
<L>On us below, or take's to thee above:</L>
<L>And &s;eeing we are all coming to thee,</L>
<L>Let's in the way no longer di&s;agree.</L>
<L>Grant that we all may Holine&s;s and Peace</L>
<L>Promote, and then our diff'rences will cea&s;e:</L>
<L>But we in unity &s;hall never live,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t we for Honours, Wealth, and Plea&s;ure &s;trive:</L>
<L>When we &s;ee Multitudes crowding about</L>
<L>A &s;park, we wonder not if they fall out.</L>
<L>All eyes behold one Sun, and yet none wants;</L>
<L>And o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> God fills with glory all his Saints.</L>
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<HEAD>His Epitaph.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>Reader, If that thou learned art,</L>
<L>O do not urge me to impart</L>
<L>What 'tis I cover; for I fear,</L>
<L>Thou'lt be &s;o eager to lie here,</L>
<L>Should I tell, that thou'lt de&s;ire</L>
<L>And wi&s;h thy life might &s;traight expire:</L>
<L>Then ask no more, but away go</L>
<L>And &s;end th' unlearned, they may know:</L>
<L>I'le tell none el&s;e, for here does lie</L>
<L>Entomb'd, a &V;niver&s;ity.</L>
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