Say'd I a gift 1 Ah ! 'tis not so,
Alas both men and Angels know
That all these things Thy Christ hath bought,
And therefore I can give Thee naught."

The second will serve to illustrate the writer's
interpretation of the doctrine of the Church of
England —

ASCENSION DAY. (Epigr. 2.)

" Look in what sense the Son of Man was said
To be in Heaven whilst yet on earth He stayd*




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In the same sense we grant His body, though

In Heaven, may still be say'd to be below.
He is ascended all agree, that same

Material flesh and blood of His that came

From the pure Virgin's Womb, Heavens now retain.
And until all things be restored again,

Must still retain it ; yet it is confest,

That when the holy Elements are blest

By the Priest's powerful lipe, though nothing there

To outward sense but Bread and Wine appear.
Yet doth there under those dark formes reside

The body of the Son of Man that dy'd :

This, what bold tongue soever doth deny.
Gives in effect even Christ Himself the ly.
Yet this whoe're too grossly doth maintain.
Pulls his ascended Lord from Heaven again.
A middle course 'twixt these two rocks to steer.
Is that becomes the Christian Mariner.
