Tbe 1/iftory of Q_uun ESTE R. Cr.oft with a higher Fate) than.blinded Chance~T (i) work his ruine, tbeir deliverance : They therefor_einreme~brance of the Loc: , ( Whofe hop'dJqr fad event fucceeded nt t ) ' The folemn Feafis of Purim did inveft, ~.f\nd by the name of Pttrim iall their Feaft ;: l Whith to obferve wirhfacredComplemenr:. .f\nd ceremonial rites, their f01.1ls indem, . And firmly i.nrol the happy memory Ith~ hearts oftheir fucceeding Progeny, L That tim~ ( the enemy of n'lortal things) May not with hov'ringof his nimble wings~' 'Beat down the dear rrtemorial of that time, . :But keep it flo!"rin~. ~n per~t~al pri:nc. .Now left thts ilitn1t1g day m t1mes progtef$ Perchance be clouded with forgetfuh~f~, Or left the gauled Per6ans 'thou ld debate The bloody Daughter, and re•ulccrate In after-days, their former mifery; . And blur the glory ~f this days meri~ory, The Queen and .Mordecizi fem Letters ou~ lnto the Land difperfed round about To re-confirm, andJully rati6e This_Feaft of Purim ro Eternity ; I \ That it to after-ages tnay appear, Wmn6nners bend their h~ans, heaven bows his ear. Meditat. 19. -~ANd are the Laws of God JcfeCl:ive rh.en ? I_ • · Or was the Paper feam, or duH th,ePen . Th1t ~rote thofe facred lines :t Could imF·.erfeccion Lurk clofcly t~re, where heav'n hach.giv~ dir~ctioo· ? How comes it then, new feaHs are cclebrateJ, · · Unm.omion"4~ in tl-. Ldl, and ur.crc:t:ed ' (
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