11~ I J .0 ~ M I L / .T # NT.' . ~ Ha~h opea f~rce, o.r fecret.fra~d befet - ('His bulwark fo impregnable as yet? ' And haft thou ( without envy) yet be~eld~ . v ' How that the w0rld his fecond cannor 'yeild ~ ~Haft thou not found, ·that hefs 'of uptight will, . -~ Juft, fearing Ged, efchewing what is ~11? ·. ' True Lord ( rcpli'd the F.iend ) thy ;Ch~m~iop ha.til .' A ftrong and ferve'Jlt ( yet a crafty ) F:urh. 'A forcedJovo needs no fuch great appl~ufe~ · 11 He loves but ill, that leves not for a caufc; · f Haft thou not heap'd his Garners with excefs? ' Inricht fiis patl:ures ? D0th not he poffefs . ,' All that he hath, or can demand from thee ? ' His Coffers f:ill'd, his Land ftock'd plenteoofly ~ ' Hath not thy love furrounded him about, .' And hedg'd him in, ~o fence my practice out ? ' :But fmall's the trial of afaith, in this, . 'c 'If d1ou fu pport him, 'tis-thy ftrength, not his. 'Can thc:n my power, that fi:ands by thy permiffion; ' Encounter, where thou mak'ft an oppofition? 'Stretch forth thy hand, and fmite but what he ij:ach, · ' And prove thou then the remper Of his faith : ; 'Ceafe cock'ring his fond h'Jmor, veil r:h.y Grace,. · 'No doubt but he'H1 blafpheme thee to thy/face. · ' Lo, ( faid th' Eternal ) to thY. curfed ha~d, · 1 cI here commit his mighty fi:ock, his land, · 'His hopeful Hlue~ and V[ealth, though ne~r fo mud1 ~ ' Himfelf, alo~e, thou f!lalr fqrbear tq tou~h. . rJ,J.cditat. ;. SAtan begg'd once, and found his pray'rs r~war.d: · We ofrert beg, yet ofc·retura unheard. lf granting be th' effeB: of love, then we Conclude our felvcs to be lefs lov'd,than lle ; True
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