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Omne tulit punctum, dumb miscuit utile dulci.

Omne tulit punctum, dum miscuit utile dulci.

His Scripture Poems are an elegant and excellent Paraphrase: But especially his Job, whom he hath restored to the original glory. O that he had turned the Psalms into Metre fitted to the usual Tunes! It did me good when Mrs. Wyatt invited me to see Boxley Abby in Kent; to see upon the old Stone Wall in the Garden a Summer-house with this inscription in great golden Letters, that In that place Mr. G. Sandys after his Travels over the World, retired himself for his Poetry and Contemplations. And none are fitter to retire to God then such as a retired with seeing all the vanities on Earth.

His Scripture Poems are an elegant and excellent Paraphrase: But especially his Job, whom he hath restored to the original glory. O that he had turned the Psalms into Metre fitted to the usual Tunes! It did me good when Mrs. Wyat invited me to see Boxley Abby in Kent; to see upon the old Stone Wall in the Garden a Summer-house with this inscription in great golden Letters, that In that place Mr. G. Sandys after his Travels over the World, retired himself for his Poetry and Contemplations. And none are fitter to retire to God then such as a retired with seeing all the vanities on Earth.

Sure there is somewhat of Heaven •• Holy Poetry. It charmeth Souls into •oving Harmony and Concord: We ••we two Brothers in this City, of whom one hath written a Book called • friendly debate, to make those seem pious or contemptible who were against his way: It had too much success, and so far destroyed Love and concord, as will not easily be recovered in this age. His Brother (Mr. Panic of the Charter-house) hath with ous skill and seriousness turned into new Metre many of David's Psalms; d the advantage for holy affections d harmony, hath so far reconciled e Non-Conformists, that divers of em use his Psalms in their Congregations, though they have the old es, Rouses, Bishop Kings, Mr. Whites, e New Englands, Davison's, the Scots agreed on by two Nations) in competition with it. But I digress too r.