JOB MILITANT. The highefl praife of their celefi~a.l King ) . Before their L(ml did their prefentment brirg Ofrh~ execution of his facred Will, Commjtted to their fwQEtion to fulfil : ·Satan·came too'( tha.t ~aran, which bet~ai4 The·foul .of man to deaths eternal' iliade ; S,atancame to~) and in the mid!l he ftands, Li\{e to aVu~cure ~mongll: a!1erd ofSw~ns; Said tl1en rh' Eternal; 'From what quarter now t Hath buftnefs brought d1ee ?(Satan)whence com~fi thou? ;c !he Lor<fofheayen (faid rh' infernal) fince .. Thou,paft entitled n,1e the Worlds gr.eat P~ce, I have been £raetifing tpine old profefUon, · ~And come fro~ compaffin~ my la~ge PoQffeffion~· ~ Terupting thy fans, and ('like a roaringLioA) '.Seeking my prey, difturb the peace of Sion; ' 'I come from fow\gg Tares among thy Whear» ' To h.im that fhall aHfemble Peters feat, ~I ha'Ye ·been plottin~ how to prompt'the death ' Of Ch.riftian Princes, and thebribed breath ' .~Ofcheapned Juftice, 'hathmy fire inflam'd. cWith fpirit ofboldnefs, for a while, wnfham'd c I come from planting fl:rife and fierh debate, , ' ' f)Vii\t private man and man, ~cwixt State and State; c Subverting truth witi~. all the power I ~an, ·' · · ' 'Accufing Man to God ; and God to Man·: f> I daily fow frelh Schifmes among thySaints ; 'I buft~nh.em, ancllaugh at their complaints ; ' The earth is my Dominion, Hdl's my Home, 'I round the world, and fo from thence 1come~ Saiq thm th' Eternal .:' True, thou haft not faWJ. c Of what theu fay'fi; thy fpirit hath prevaWd ' ' c 1o vex IVY little 'flock : thou haft been bold , 'To make them frtay, a little, fromtheir Fo.ld, 'But fay ; In all thy harJ Adventure s~ ha rh · ' c Thine eye obferv~d Jqb my Servants faith ? ; . 'H~tb . l : ' . ~ ..
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