·. ~oQ )OU MILITAN·r~ · ~ro111 thofe foul'crike~, ~here~itll ~y frlend.s at plearurt rr ax me,. yet thou affi.lttft me m th1s meafure : : r ' jhy },.ands:have fot:m~d, and fram'd me what I amj When thou Juft made, wilt thou deftroy the fame a Rerpember,l am built of Clay, and muft : ... :·' R,erurn a·~ain ( witl1out \hy help ) to Duff:. :J pou didft create,- pteferv~ me ; haft indu"d · · lAy life with:grac~ou$ blefimgs; Qf.c renew,d 5 Tliy precious favours <mme: H,ow.werr thou, · Qnce io. benign, and fo cruel how? \, . , · Thou hunt'ft m~J1k_c aprey, my pla~ues increa1c~ Succeed eacb other, .and they .never ceafe. .. . .,; Whf. was I born? .9r why did not my ~pmb Rece1ve me ( weepmg ) f~om·my mothers·womb ~ I have nor long to liv,e ; f..ord, grant that -1 , •· May fee fame comforr,tpat am foon te die. · ;.....,.----~-.,.-----------...... '·'"' .Jdeditat. 9. ' ~ ' HE that's the trucfl: Mafter ofhis own~· . Is never lefs ~lone, than when alone ; · lflis warchrul eyes are plac'd wit·hin his heart;' His skill, js how,to .knew himfdf: .his Art . ' HoW\~o command the pride of his affettiotits, . · With facrcd ReafEln.: hew to give dire~ons Unto hi~ wandring w~Il ,; his .confcience-~heckshis More loafer tha>wghrs; ·his .louder fins, fbe vexes· · With frights, .and.fear~, wir.hin her own precint1s She rambles with her whips of Wire, ne 1 r winks At fmallcft faults ; like as a tender Mother ·· ( ~owe'r .ffic loves her darpng }will not fm·orher .JUs chil'diih{auit, but the (lie~felf) will rathei C~rrc~, than truft him to his angry-Father: ·Even io.the render confcience of the wife, { h.ec:ks her beloved foul,'atld dotli ·chaftifc ' \ . :: i ' .. I· ..
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