126 ·rhe HiftorJ of ~een ESTER~ To bear Affiittion'with abendad brow, :' · Or ftubborn heart, is 'but to difiillow · • The fpeedy means:to health~ falve heals no fore, . lfmifappti'd, but makes the grief the more ; . Who fends Afflietion, fends an end, arui He Beft ~nows what's belt: for him, what's beft for me: ~ris not fer me to carve me where I like; - · HiiJl pleafcs when he lift to {lroke o,_. fl:rike : I'll neither with, nor yet avoid tentation, But {_lill expeC\: ir, and make preparation: I lfhe think belt-, my Faith !hall not be tri'd, Lord ke€p me fpotlefs from pref~mpti1ous· pride: lf otherwife with trial, gi¥~ me care, · ,_; By thankful patience to prevc;nt defl'air: .. Fit me to bear whar-e'r thou ihalt allign; · I,kifs the Rod, becaufe the Rod is thine. How-er, let m.e not boa!l, nor yet repine~ With trial, or without, ( Lord ) make; me thine; I ' T HE AR. G ll M E. N T. , Her aid implot'd, · th~ Jl_ueen ref"'fet · To help them, and her[elf excur[e1 : · But ( urg•dby Morde~ai ) confent~ · To die, or cro[J their fqes intezzts. ·· sea. 4. NOw when the fervant had rcturn•d ,thewords , Of wretched Mordepai, ltke paim~d fword~ ·· ~They near im piere'd Q_ueen Efters render hea(r, That we could pity, but no'help impart; Ballac,d with grief,, and witl! the burthen fqil:d, ( Like Otdnan'eover-charg d ) the thus re,o1l'J : • Go,
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