JOB M I L 1,~ A ,NT. Others ~t noon, al)d in the morning fome : · · ~one may relieve 'him:felf~ till he b~d, Cqme: If we receiv.e for one l~a.lfday, u ,much 1\s they that toil tiH evening, !hall we grutd1 ? · Our life's a Road, in death our J ourny epds~ We go on God's Embaifage, fome he fends, .Gall'd w!th the tro[;ting of hard ~ifc:ry, And others, pacing on profperiry :_ Some lag, whileft others gallop on, before ; · All go an-end, fome fafter, and fome.llower. Lead me that pace (great God ) that thou)hink'il b~ft, And I w~ll follow with a da.umlefs breft: , Which ( nc~rchelefs) if I refufe eo do, I ili~U be·wicked, and yet ~Uow too. • Affifl: me in my Combate with the flefb; • · t Relieve my fainting powers, and refrefl1 . My feeble fpirit: 1will not wifh to be (;aft tram the world, Lord, caft the WQrld fro~ me~ · THE A~G 'll M ENT. Bild~d; tn{lnf either(late exprtjJef, - Gpd'smerry a"d ju{tici]ob ((Jnfeffes ~ He pleads IJis ·caufe, and llegt relief, Foil'd ;~itb the bur then Dfhis grief. . .. -· . . - ::: .. • . 't t _) sea. ~· : : : _~· . .. ·~ · 1 . · . . . ,. So ~iJ4ads filence ( gfcat wirl~ t~t;Jgue) di~ brea~,, . ' . ' I And llk~ a heartlefs CGI;nfnrrc~ dld rpelk: . < i - •• How long w1lt ~~1~u pe~fifl: tobrea't~; thy. i1~ind · In words that vanlfh as a fl:orm of wmd ~ · ., · • . • Will God fDtfake the innocent, or will ' tl~~ juJlicc fmice thee, lindeferving iU~ · · t. • : · · 0 3 'fhou~ t
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