JO.B MILITANT~ PQ. earth !.If then an hypocrite I ~e, _ ~ 1 Cover mycries, as I do cover thee_; . And wicnefs heaven, tb~t thsfe mvvowsbe rrue;· , ( Ah friends~ 2 I J.pend rpy rears tQ he_av'n, ~o~ yoU; My tim~s b_ut iho'rt ( afas ,!) would theJJtthat I · Might try ·~f~aufe ~irh Go~ before I di~: _ ~ · Since then·I l'anguifh, and ·notf-at from dea.J~ Let me a while with my accufers _plead . " _ ( B~fore the J udg of Heaven and earth) rny rigiu ·: : Have theynot wrong'd, and vext,n~e. day and night ? Who firfl: ~-ays· pawn his G.ag·e t(;l ·meet_me? Say, ; I doubt not ( heaven bei~g Ju<' g) t<t win the day ; You'll fay. p :rcha~ce, we 11 recompd·your word, · E'refirnple iilitb fhould u~,wares afford ) . ' Your difcontent ; No, .no, forbear, f~r 1 Hate lefs yo"r cenfure,:thanyour_fiatterY _; I am become aby~word, and a-Tabor, ·:. . To fet tha ton~ue:s, and ears of m_~n in abour; ¥ineeyesare dim, my body's but a ihade, _ Good men th~t_f.::e 1-·ny ~fe, wHl be a~raid, But not confounded ; They will hold their way~~ And in a bad they'll hope a better day : . :(t~cam yoqr, errors~ for·1cannot fee , ·· . One man tnal:' s truly wife among ymt Thr_ee, · .. My days are <rone, my thoughts are mifpoff~ft~Tke filem night; that'heaven ordain'd for r~fr, My day oftravd is, but Ifhall have - . . E're long, long pea-ce, within, my welCome grave i My neareft kind'red ai:e the worms, the earth My mother,·for ihc ga.ve me firft my birth :· . Where are my hopes then·?where that future joy»' Which you falfe:,;: prophefi'd I fhould enjoy? ' Bprh_hopes, and I alike:~all traycl _thither, .. . Wherei dos'dindu!t, we !hall r_emam togethet. j ·'l ' ~ ... ' ·! t ' I
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