The Epitome of a new man, or, A Leaf from the tree of life to heal the bleeding wounds of the nations in an epistle from the unknown servant of God, friend of nature, disciple of Jesus : directed unto all that love our Lord in sincerity, tending to the uniting their hearts to him, then one to another, be they of what sect or opinion soever they will : very profitable for every particular mans meditation, teaching the way how to know and govern our selves ...

Of Reason.

Reason I cannot thee define But next my God thou seemst divine, Angels do by thy order stand, For so my Lord doth them command. By wisdome all things govern'd be, As thou in holy Writ mayest see, Of all the virtues reason is King, Without him thou canst do nothing. Let prudence in thy mind still be, As thou intend'st thy god to see, For if thou hast not this same grace, In thee he will not take a place. Be sure that now thou follow him, Shoon faction, superstitious man of sinne, He loves the scarlet purple Whore, 'Tis he builds Babel, bominable, more.

That is the old man in us of whom S. Paul writes, cal∣led, the body of Death, the Antichrist.