IDENTILIN$$ F13600B|1635|pp. 188-90\JH copied A\4-16-91\P:EWS(CSmH 60123;MH[STC7046(A)])\o\6-13-01;8-2-02\C:JSC\7-27-01;8-26-02\P:DAS\cd(MH)\2-17-02\C:JSC\4-16-03 136.00B.0HE %X%1To the Countesse of Bedford%2. 136.00B.001 H%+Onour is so sublime perfection, 136.00B.002 And so refin'd; that when God was alone 136.00B.003 And creaturelesse at first, himselfe had none; 136.00B.004 But as of the elements, these which we tread, 136.00B.005 Produce all things with which we are joy'd or fed, 136.00B.006 And, those are barren both above our head: [CW:So] 136.00B.007 So from low persons doth all honour flow; [189] 136.00B.008 Kings, who%M they would have honoured, to us show, 136.00B.009 And but %1direct%2 our honour, not %1bestow%2. 136.00B.010 For when from herbs the pure part must be wonne 136.00B.011 From grosse, by Stilling, this is better done 136.00B.012 By despis'd dung, than by the fire of Sunne: 136.00B.013 Care not then, Madam,'how low your praises lie; 136.00B.014 In labourers ballads oft more piety 136.00B.015 God findes, than in %1Te Deums%2 melodie. 136.00B.016 And, ordinance raisd on Towers, so many mile 136.00B.017 Send not their voyce, nor last so long a while 136.00B.018 As fires from th'earths low vaults in %1Sicil%2 Isle. 136.00B.019 Should I say I liv'd darker than were true, 136.00B.020 Your radiation can all clouds subdue, 136.00B.021 But one, 'tis best light to contemplate you. 136.00B.022 You, for whose body God made better clay, 136.00B.023 Or tooke Soules stuffe, such as shall late decay, 136.00B.024 Or such as needs small change at the last day. 136.00B.025 This, as an Amber drop enwraps a Bee, 136.00B.026 Covering discovers your quick Soule; that wee 136.00B.027 May in your through-shine front our hearts thoughts \(see. 136.00B.028 You teach (though wee learn not) a thing unknown 136.00B.029 To our late times, the use of specular stone, 136.00B.030 Through which all things within without were \(showne. [CW:Of] 136.00B.031 Of such were Temples; so and such you are; [190] 136.00B.032 %1Beeing%2 and %1seeming%2 is your equall care, 136.00B.033 And %1vertues%2 whole %1summe%2 is but %1know%2 and %1dare%2. 136.00B.034 [37]But as our Soules of growth and Soules of sense 136.00B.035 [38]Have birthright of our reasons Soule, yet hence 136.00B.036 [39]They flie not from that, nor seeke presidence: 136.00B.037 [40]Natures first lesson, so, discretion, 136.00B.038 [41]Must not grudge zeale a place, nor yet keepe none, 136.00B.039 [42]Not banish it selfe, nor religion. 136.00B.040 [34]Discretion is a wisemans Soule, and so 136.00B.041 [35]Religion is a Christians, and you know 136.00B.042 [36]How these are one, her yea, is not her no. 136.00B.043 Nor may we hope to soder still and knit 136.00B.044 These two, and dare to breake them; nor must wit 136.00B.045 Be colleague to religion, but be it. 136.00B.046 In those poore types of God (round circles) so 136.00B.047 Religions types the peecelesse centers flow, 136.00B.048 And are in all the lines which alwayes goe. 136.00B.049 If either ever wrought in you alone 136.00B.050 Or principally, then religion 136.00B.051 Wrought your ends, and your wayes discretion. 136.00B.052 Go thither still, goe the same way you went, 136.00B.053 Who so would change, doe covet or repent; 136.00B.054 Neither can reach you, great and innocent. [CW:%1To%2] 136.00B.0SS [om] 136.00B.0$$ 18 3-line sts; no ind; ll.40-42 follow l.33 in source (source l. nos. bracketed); EWS proofed different MH copy than that used for mf/cd; "Isle" l.18 prints "*sle" in MH/cd