I JOB MILITANT~ '"~ 21·1 Job anfw~r?d then : Although my foul be faint, And griefs weigh down the fcalc of my complainr, ¥et wou~d I plead mycaufe ( wh!~h J.ou defamrd) Before my M~kc~, and WGuld plead_, un01am>d; Could I bur find flim, l wou~d ta~e upon m~ To 9uit the ceFlfure~,yon11ave pafled on me. His J uftice hath no limits, is extended . Beyond conceit, by manunapprehended; Let heaven b~ llmp~re, an<! mak~ Arbitration Betwixt my guiltlefs heart, and your taxation : .tAy Embryon thought~, and !Yords are all ir.roF~d~ Pure will he land them, as ref-ined gold )· ' His fieps 1followed, and uprig!nly fio6d, _ flis Laws have been my guide, his words my food; Harh h.~ but pnc~ de~rced ? (alas ! ) there's non~· Can bar : fur what he will, muft needs b~ done; ~is WilFs a Lawf lfhe have doom•d, that I · Shall frill be plagu"d, 'tis bootleis to reply. HctJce come~ it, that my fore affiiCl:ed fpright Trembles, and ftand~ confounded at his fi?;ht i His hand hath fl:ruck my fpirirs in a maze, l~or I can qeithcr end my gricfs nor days. I · Why fhould not times in all things be·forbid, When to the juft, rheir rime of iorrow~s hid? ' Some move their hnd:-marks, rob thcir neighbors flocks o PthHs in.gage, receiv;e rhe wldows Ox ; · · · · · ' ~ Soa1e grind the tJoor~ while others f~ek th~·prcy; , · They reap their harveft? bear their grain away ; M~n prefs t~1eir oy1,,and they ciifi~arn their fiore, And r.:nd the gle1nings f~0111 the hungry p')or. The City rOll~~ the bloodwhich !hey have fpenr~ Cries ( unrcveng'd) for e9ual punifhmem; · Early the-y murther, and rob late at night, They trade in darknefs, for they hare the light' j They fin ( unpLmifh'd) thriving uncomroll'd, ;,~J what by tor et th~y gor~ by f'O~cc th~y ho~d. ' :.. . . ( Q (
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