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Means her provifion onely to the good

That live according to her fober laws.

And holy didateof fpare Temperance :

If every juft man that now pines with want

Had but a moderate and befceming (hare

Of that which lewdly-pampcr'd Luxury

Now heaps upon fom few with vaft cxcefs.

Natures full blefflngs would be welldifpenci

Inunfuperfluous eeven proportion.

And (he no whit encomber'd with her ftorc^

And then the giver would be better thank'f.

His praife due paid, for fwinifli gluttony

Ne're looks to Heav n amidft his gorgeous feaft.

But with befotted bafe ingratitude

Cramras, and blafphcmes his feeder. Shall I go on ?

Or have I faid anough ? To him that dares

Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words

Againft the Sun-clad power of Chaftity,

Fain would I fomthing fay, yet to what end i

Thou haft nor Eare, nor Soul to apprehend

The fublime notion, and high myftery

That muft be utter 'd to unfold the fage

And ferious doftrine of Virginity,

And thou art worthy that thou fliouldft not know

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