JOB MILITdNT. . 2t5 From tlie fevercr Judge, whofe difmal breath Doomr rhem to die, breaths nothing elf~, bur death? Ah-righreous Judg ! \vherein l~ath m~~ to trufi? Man hath pfftinded, and thy Laws are Juft; .,Thou frowneft like a Judg, &ut I had rather, TI1at thou would'ft fmile upon me like a father ; What if thy Ef au. b~ auftere and rm1gh? T'hou haft aJacob rhat is fmooth enou~h: · Thy Jacob,s tender Kid b;ings forth a ~leQing, While £faus tedious Ven z.oR is :~ drdhng Thy fac~ hath [miles, as well as frowns, by turns ; Thy fire givech light, as well as burns. · What if the Serpent fiung old Adam dead ? Young Adam live~, to break that Serpents hea.d. Jufiice hath ftru~k me with able~ding wound, Bur: mercy poures in Oyle to make-it .found. · The milk wh:te Lamb confounds the roaring {lion; Bla'llcd by SinafJ, I am heal'd by Sion: l'he Law fi, 1ds guilty, and Death Judgment gives, But fure I am, that my Redeeu1er lives. · Howwretched was mans cafe in th~fe dark d-ays, When Law was·only read : WhichLaw difmays~ And taking vantage, through the breach,of it; . The Letter k;lls, and can no way admit ,_Releafc by pardon ; fGr by Law We die. Why then hop'd man, without a rcafon,why? Alchough there was no Sun, t11eir morning eye·$ Saw by the twilight, that the s~rn would rife. The Law was lil<e am'i{ly Looking-glafs, \Vhcrein the fl1adow of a Saviour was, · T rears in a. d:uker firaiQ, by Typ~s and Si gm, And what fhould pafs in aftcr.;days, divines. · The Gofpel iays, 'that he is come and dead; · And thus the nddle of th: Law is read. Gofpd is .Law, the M)~ft'ry being feal'4; ' I . I \ A11a Law lS Gofpcl, bc~ng once reveal'd. P+ ·Experience /
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