pleasure, and the most cheerful expectations of receiving every suitable blessing in consequence of it, and in answer to these prayers which are presented to God under such influence.

12 Deucalion and chaste Pyrrha,

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Deucalion, a son of Promotheus, who married and reigned over Thessaly in his reign the earth was covered with a deluge. When the waters had retired from the surface of the earth, they went to consult the oracle of Themis, and were directed to repair the loss of mankind, by throwing behind them the bones of their grandmother; by this was meant the stones of the earth, from which it became again peopled.

before the shrine

Of Themis stood devout.

She was the first to whom the inhabitants of the earth raised temples. Themis is said to be the wife of Jupiter, and daughter of Cœlus and Terra.

these sighs

And pray'rs, which in this golden censer, mix'd
With incense, 1 thy priest before thee bring,

While we prepare ourselves, with silent admiration, to attend the discoveries here opening upon us, let us rejoice in the symbolical representation of the intercession of Jesus, our High Priest, shadowed forth, in so beautiful and expressive a manner, by the angel standing at the altar with the golden censer and much incense. Behold how the prayers of all the saints ascend before God with acceptance! See the method we are to take, if we desire that ours should be

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acceptable to him; and, encouraged by such a view, let us offer them up, not only with humility, but with cheerful confidence, though we are conscious of their great unworthiness. Revelations. let me

Interpret for him, me his advocate,

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin,

we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and also for the sins of the whole world. John, ii. 1, 2.

where with me

All my redeem'd may dwell in joy and bliss,
Made one with me, as I with thee am one.

That they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe thou hast sent me.

And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as we

are one:

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. John, xvii. 21, 22, , 23. he blew

His trumpet, heard in Oreb since perhaps

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb; when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together; and I will make them hear my words; that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live

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upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

Th' angelic blast

Fill'd all the regions:

The voice of the trumpet sounded long, and wax'd louder and louder. Exodus, xix. 19 84 Oh sons, like one of us, man is become To know both good and evil,

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And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. Gen. iii. 22.

Lest therefore his now bolder hand
Reach also of the tree of life, and eat

And now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and live for ever; therefore the Lord God hath sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Gen. iii. 23, 24.

At the sad sentence rigorously urg'd,

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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote bim: I hid me and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. Isaiah, lvii 16, 17, 18. four faces each

Had, like a double Janus,

Janus, said to be an ancient king of Italy, the son of Apollo. During his reign, Saturn was driven

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from heaven by his son Jupiter, and came to Italy; where he was received by Janus with much hospitality, and made his colleague on the throne. Janus is represented with two faces, because he was acquainted with the past and future: some statues represent him with four faces. After death Janus was ranked among the gods, for his popularity, and the civilization which he had introduced among the wild inhabitants of Italy.

130 Spangled with eyes, more numerous than those Of Argus,

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A king of Argos, represented as having an hundred eyes: Juno sent him to guard Io: Mercury, by order of Jupiter, lulled all his eyes asleep, by the sound of his lyre, and slew him. Juno placed the eyes of Argus into the tail of the peacock. the past'ral reed Of Hermes, or his opiate rod.

A title of Mercury, who was the god of eloquence and merchandise; the messenger of the gods, and the inventor of weights and measures; he is represented with winged shoes and hat; and holding a winged rod bound with two serpents. His rod was called a Caduceus: it was the attribute of Mercury; and had been given him by Apollo, in return for his lyre. Prudence is supposed to be represented by the two serpents, and the wings are the symbol of diligence; both necessary in the pursuit of business and commerce, which Mercury patronized.

135 Leucothea wak'd, and with fresh dews imbalm'd The earth

Leucothea was admired by Apollo: as he could not save her from death, he sprinkled nectar and ambrosia on her tomb; from whence grew that beautiful tree which bears frankincense.

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I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness, and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

In the day when I cried, thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. Psalms, cxxxviii. 2, 3.

Whence hail to thee
Eve rightly call'd mother of all mankind,

And Adam called his wife's name, Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Gen. iii. 20.

185 The bird of Jove stoop'd from his airy tour,

An eagle, in heraldry, is the symbol of royalty, as being the king of birds; and, for that reason, was dedicated by the ancients to Jupiter.

In heathen story, the eagle is placed in a preeminent rank. Among the many fabulous and wildly imagined circumstances that are related of Jupiter, one is, that he was, in his infancy, fed by an eagle with nectar; and that, in gratitude for such service, he elected this bird to be his attendant, to bear his lightning, and to serve him occasionally as a messenger.