Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word? br He is a brittle crazie glasse: br Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford br This glorious and transcendent place, br To be a window, through thy grace. br br But when thou dost anneal in glasse thy storie, br Making thy life to shine within br The holy Preachers ; then the light and glorie br More rev'rend grows, & more doth win: br Which else shows watrish, bleak, & thin. br br Doctrine and life, colours and light, in one br When they combine and mingle, bring br A strong regard and aw : but speech alone br Doth vanish like a flaring thing, br And in the eare, not conscience ring.