496 PARADISE REGAIN'D. Boox IL Their unexpeded lofs and plaints out breath'd. Alas, from what high hope to what relapfe Unlook'd for are we fall'n ! our eyes beheld Meffiah certainly now come, fo long Expetted of our fathers ; we have heard words, his wifdom full of grace and truth ; Now, now, for Pure, deliverance is at hand, 35 The kingdom (hall to Ifrael be ta ftor'd Thus we rejoic'd, but foon our joy is turn'd Into perplexity and new amaze : For whi her is he gone, what accident Flath rapt him from us ? will he now retire 40 After appearance, and again prolong Our expettation ? God of lfrael, Send thy Mai-fah forth, the time is come; Behold the kings of th' earth how they opprefs Thy chofen, to what highth their pow'r unjuft 45 They have exalted, and behind them call All fe-ar of thee ; arife and vindicate Thy glory, free thy people from their yoke,. But let us wait ; thus far he bath perfoim'd, Sent his anointed, and to us reveal'd him, 5° By his great Prophet, pointed at and fhown In public, and with him we have convera'd Let us be glad of this, and all our fears Lay on his providence ; he will not fail, Nor will withdraw him now, nor will recall, 55 Mock us with his blea fight, then fnatch him hence; Soon we (ball fee our hope, our joy return. Thus they out of their plaints new hope refume To find whom at the fir(( they found unfought : But to his mother Mary, when (he law 6o Others return from baptifm, not her fon, Nor left at Jordan, tidings of him none, 'Within her brcatt though calms her breatt though pure, Motherly
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