214 JOB MIL/'TA.NT'! ' Thoug~ .for a while his Pal~$ of glory flourifh, Yet,in conclufion they grow fear, afld perifh: , His life is like a dream, that pafi.es o~r0 · 1he eye that faw him, ~e~r lhall fee him more ; The Son fhaF flatter, whom rhe Sire oppreft, . And (poor) he fhall .return, what he did wreft • fie lhall be baited with the fin~, that Ihve ~ ~~ frnil'd upon his c,hildhood? (@.his grav~; 1 J:lts plenty ( purchas'd by opprdhQn ) !hall l3e honey:, ta~ed, ~ut digefted, gall ; Jt !hall not blefs h1m with prolonged fray, But evHly come, it foon lhall pafs away; the ma~ whofe ~rip~nti hath the poo! oppreq ·shall netther thnve mRare, nor yet ~nd r~ft ln foul, 'nought of his fulncfs !hall remain, · flis greedy heir·fhall,Iong expea: in vain~ 'Soak't with extorted plenty~ others fhall · Squeezhtm, and leave him difponeO: of all·; / And when his 'joys dq in their height abound, Vengeance fh1ll ilrike ~im ~roafling on the ground) Iffword~ forbear to wound htm, arrows !hall ~ ' ·l\eturning fo~th anointed withhis gall ; No lhade thalfhide him, and an unblown fire · ~hall burn both hiq1 and·his, heav'n like a Crier Shall blaze his fhame, and earth f11 all frand his foet l-I!s wandring children fhall no dwelling know: · Beh0\d the mans eftare; w~1om God denjes, Behold thi~~ own, p0urtrai_tteci to thine eyes. -, Meditat. :t l• . I C. Ap mercy ~oq1e [fo~- bloody· Cain 1or hath . · Iiis ~ngry brow a 1mile ? o( ~an his wrath Be <JU~ncli'c withought but righteous Abets qlood ~ 'anguil~y P~is,ncrs l1ope for aFJy gcqd • From
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