The Sensualist.
ALL that below this heav'nly Orb doth move,
For Man was made, and so ordain'd above.
What reason is there that he should deny
Himself the Pleasure, to content his Eye?
A sacred poem wherein the birth, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascension of the most holy Jesus are delineated ... : also eighteen of David's psalms, with the Book of Lamentations paraphras'd, together with poems on several occasions / by James Chamberlaine.
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- A sacred poem wherein the birth, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascension of the most holy Jesus are delineated ... : also eighteen of David's psalms, with the Book of Lamentations paraphras'd, together with poems on several occasions / by James Chamberlaine.
- Author
- Chamberlaine, James, Sir, d. 1699.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by R.E. for R. Bentley and M. Magnes ...,
- 1680.
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- Subject terms
- Jesus Christ -- Poetry.
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Lamentations -- Paraphrases, English.
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"A sacred poem wherein the birth, miracles, death, resurrection, and ascension of the most holy Jesus are delineated ... : also eighteen of David's psalms, with the Book of Lamentations paraphras'd, together with poems on several occasions / by James Chamberlaine." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31568.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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Page 193
Woman that lovely Creature here was plac'd,
For his delight to gaze on, and to taste
That fragrant Balm which on her Lips doth grow,
For him to wanton in her Vale below.
All those rich Treasures both of Sea and Land,
Were they not made to bow to his Command?
And whatsoever his vast mind doth crave,
Was he not freely his desires to have?
Then where's the Sin, or how doth he amiss,
If he doth use them as his pleasure is?
Sure Man, by God, above the Brutes was grac'd
With Reason, and for nobler ends here plac'd,
As Soveraign over all, than to allow
His Reason should to's Will and Passions bow:
This never could be the Creator's thought,
When out of Clay this curious piece he wrought;
And none but Folly will pretend to own,
This he design'd in his Creation.
'Tis true, that Woman by the lib'ral hand
Of Heav'n was fram'd to be at Mans command,
So as to make a loyal, loving Wife,
And prove a Comfort in his tedious Life,
But not to gaze on with a lustful Eye,
Much less unmarryed in her Arms to lye.
And though the Treasures of the wealthy Shoar,
And Sea are subject to Man's lordly Pow'r,
Yet can't he without yielding up his sense,
And proving guilty of an high offence,
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Claim (as a Soveraign) with a wanton Hand,
At will to rifle both the Sea and Land,
And make them bow unto his boundless Lust,
Then own the action not to be unjust.
He had not his Dominion to abuse
The things created for his needful use,
But was to have a most regardful Eye,
Not to enslave them to his Luxury.
If so there's no Man but a Fool will say,
He, as his pleasure is, may them enjoy.