I JOB MILITANT. . ~ttt Job, even as a·Ball againll: !he ~rt>und~ Jlanaed ~ith violence, did thu~ rebound: · 'fou are the only wifemen, in your brefts The hidden ~a~a~in o£ ·tf 1 .le WJfdom re!h, ¥et ( though aftun!d \vith forr€lw~ ) do I jnow 1\ littl~, { and pt:rvhance ) a~ muc~1 as you ; l'm fcorn'd ofmy Friend~~ ~ho(~ pr?fp~rou~ fla:te Surmifes me ( ~at have expu~d theaate Pf earths fair f{)rtunes) to ~ caft away . from heavens rcgarp, think no~e belov~d but they; 1 am defpifed, like a Torch that'S. r pent, . . Whiles that the wicked blazes in his Tept : ~- What have your wifdpmstaug}lt me, more than that • Which birds and be~fb(coold they bu~. fpcak)wpuld chat 1, Pi~eas the Stomach er tl.le Palar taftes? . ·. . . . . p w'eigl~ my;words~ beforeyqu judg my cafe~ But you refer me to your Fathers d1ys, ; To be inftruered in their wifer L~ys. · True, lengrhof days bring~ wifdom ; but, I {ay,: I have a wifer teacheth me, than they~ , . ·. , For I aqt ta·ught, andtUU3r~d by that Band, Whofe unrcfified power doth command The limits of the E!rth, whofe Wifdom Schools And i:rain s.Fh<: fin1ple, makes the le~irned fools : ' J:l is hand doth raifc·the p~r? dcpofe_sKings ; Oa him, both Prder, and theCha.nge of things Depend ; he fearchcs, and brings f<;Jrth the light From out the iliadows, and the depth ofnight. All thi~, mine own experience luth f<mnd true, J\nd in all this I know as much a~ you. · ' But you aver, lf Liliould ple1d withGod, That he would d-ouble his feverer Rod. · Your tongue belies l~i~ J uftic.e, you apply ' Amifs your medicine to my malady • _ In filence,you would feem more wifr, kfs \\'eak • .Y:oo.1 h1ving fpokc, now lend me kave me [pea~.) . .. ,. , ' .. .. 'YiU .. . . ~
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