~76 JOB MIL_IT.ANTa ~eehow he lies, o(alt his wearrh defpoi1 1 d; He nowharhneither{efvanr; i11~ep, nor child;' Like a poor man atofe the patietl:t Job, . ( Stu14f with the news.) and reqt his ~urple Robe; ,· Shaved the hair fretn off his woful head; . t\nd proftrate on th~. floor he wor!hipped i . ' Naked; ah ! Poor and naked did I come ~ Forth from the clofet 6f my mothenwomb,' ~ And !hall return ( alas !) the ve~y fame . ~ To th' earth, as poor and naked as l c·atn_e: .., . . : c God gives, and takes ; and. why fhoul'd he not have ~ A priviledg~, ro tak~ thofe tl1ings he gav.e? c We mea.m1ftake.our ten'ur~ oft, for He ~ t Lends u~ at will; that we mifcal as Fee; . c He re-aflitq1es his oWn, takes but the ,fame,' , f: He lent awhile. Thrice blefied l:>e his Name,' In all this paflage, Jo'q, in heart, nor ron?;ue . Thought God' unjuilJ,oi charg'dhishand with wrong~~ --------------~---------------------- ,:Jtteditat:· 3; . . \ "i" ~~. .(:. 1, • I , . , • , T. H E proudeft pitch of tliat viaoriou~ rpirir; ~ Wa~ bu~ to wjn the world, whet~by e inherit .Thf airy purcf1a,fe ?f ,a tn.nfit~ry; . . ~nd f.;lo2ing ride of an Ages O'lory ;' . , ,. Would,fi thou bf' co119ueft win mote fame ~han he? Subdue thY. [elf, thy fdf's a world to thee: . ~arch,s but' a B1ll that heaven luth q!liltcd o:r With wealth and hono~r, banded ori the..fl9or ~[ 6c~le fomm~s falfe and !lipperyCou,rr, ~ent for a toy, to make. us _chil:iren fporr, Mans fatiate fpirits wit11 freffi delighrs fupplying ~~ To flill the fonqP~gs of the world.fron~ cr~ing:i . ~nd he whofe meru: amoullrs to fuch a Joy, (l'lins but ch£honour tfa mighty toy, ' I I
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