Religion & morality > Poem on the creation of the world, or, A meditation on the wonderful operation of the divine hand

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Yet God referv’d Immutability
As his own lingle fpecial Property,
Nor unto Men or Angels either, that
When he them made, did it communicate.
Thus many Angels they did foon rebel, 7
And from Allegiance to their Sovereign fell,>
And out of Heaven were thruft down to Hell, j
And are fhut up in Darkncfs and Defpair,
Without all Hopes of any Mercy there:
The reft confirm’d were by a divine Hand,
That in Perfe&ion hence they’ll ever ftand;
They in that high and happy State above
Are now infur’d, they’ll never thence remove:
Such Honour great unto them there is giv’n,
Such grand Employment in the Court ofHeav’n,
In executing God’s Decrees, are hence
Greatly employed in Works of Providence,
And in his Errands, O how foon can they
Themfelves from Heaven unto Earth convey!
None can exprefs the great Rapidity
And Swiftnefs they from Place to Place do fly, '
In executing of their Lord’s Commands;
No Oppofition e’er before them Hands,
Thro’ Bars of Iron and thro’ Gates of Brafs,
As thro’ the Air, with equal Eale they’ll.pafs,
In Houfe or Field, or in whatever Place,
They take no Room, nor fill up any Space.
In Works of Judgment, thus much Scripture
fays,
They’re oft employ’d, yet are not fo always;
For even in Works of Mercy they alfo
Are oft employed about the Saints below.
It was from Angels Abraham and Lot
Of Sodom's Ruin Information got.
Jacob,