. JOB MILITAttfT·,· ~o, ~h \ b'ing fo poor a. t~ing, whn needft thou mind hl'm? The number of his days thou haft contin'd him i · Then add pot - pl~gues u,nro-h-is grief, 0 give , Him peace, that l}~th fo fmall ~ time t~ live ~ . Trees that are feWd; may fprout again, man never ; His days .aremimbrcd, fnd he dies for ever: He's like a mift, exhaled by the_Sun,· . .. His days once done; ~hey are for ever done. f.> chat thy hand would hide me dofe, and cover' Me in the grave, till all thy wrath were over !' My defperare forrows 'hope for ,no relief,- .. _. Yet will l wait n1y change. My day ofgrief Will be exchang'd·for an ~te~nal day . Ofjoy: put now thou.doil n~t fparc ~o lay Full heaps of vengeance on my_bro,kcn fouJ1. And whil'fi my fins upon :m an1pl~ fcrowl: ... As Mountains (being flJa.l<en) fali; and Ro,cks .... ( Though firm ) are worn and rent v: ·: ~h many k.nocks : :So firongefi men are batter"dwith thyfirengrh, : ~ofe ground, returning to the groundat kngth; So mortals die, and (being dead) ne"r mind The fairefi fortunes rhar they leave behind. While man is man {unnl that death bereave hi,m Of his laft breath) his grief:. fhalll'1everleave him. Medi·tar.· t o~ DOth Hi!l:'~y then,-· and rage Chrono~gy;' . . ( Th~ Index, P?i.ntin~ · to ~nt i quiry ) So tirmlyj?;rounded on'deep Judgment,- gLtardd And kept by fo mud:~ miracle,·rewarded With ro great glory, fcrve,· but a~ flight FabJ~s~ · To edge the d1.1lnefs of mens w.anton' ! abies, J}nd claw their it~hing ears? or do they rather, 1 !..ik~ a·concife 6bridg~menr, fc:rve to gather' / " .
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