A prophetick demonstration of many remarkable passages ... as they were found in a manuscript intitled, The mistery of observable predictions upon the present state of Reynelus & Romulus, or, The unrid[d]led] hyraglip of a she fox nurs'd by a she wolf in a stile answerable to Miltons heroick verses on lost Paradise ...
Bryan, Robert, 17th cent.
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A PROLOGVE To the Insuing TREATISE.
GODS Wisdom first found out away,
Foundations of all Worlds to Lay,
Ʋpon a Cause more firmly fix'd;
Then all the Seeds of Nature mixt,
In one Great Mass, the Chaos was,
Of matter unform'd [by Natures Laws,]
Though we confess the Abiss was,
To every thing a Second Cause:
Of Form distinct to Natures Soul,
And every Orb, about doth rowl,
Of the Great Worlds Universe:
On whom GODS Power did Impress,
The Seal of Forms, that are distinct
Among themsels [as Causes link'd,
Together in One Golden Chain,
Intelligable to remain.)
And this doth draw about the whole,
Of all the parts, that have one Soul
Causing the End, with the beginning
To meet together [as one wining,
The Game and prize, at stake was laid,
In Natures womb, none can upbraid;]
Because Eternity did will,
A Cause Eternal to fulfill,
Those things which being brought about,
Are the Effects of what doth sprout,
From Cause of Nature, in a Lump
In whom all Second Causes Jump;
According to purpose decreeing,
All Causes of Nature and being,
[As well unto the parts, as whole
Of matter and great worlds Soul.
