1-0B- ~IILI1ANT. Will heaven heat the voi~ ofltis difeafe? Can he repcnr, and turn, when e'r he pleafe ? ' Trtle, God doth fomerime plague withopen fhame The wicked; often blurs he forth his name From out rhe eartl1, his children £hall be i1ain, . And who furvives, 1l1ail .beg their bread in vain ; What if his gold be heapr, the good man £hall Pollcfs it, as true Mafter of it all; Like Moths, their houfes fha11 they build, in doubt And danger, every hour to be call: our; Befieg'd with wam, tlldr lips make fruitlefs moan, Yet ( waming fuccour ) be reliev'd bynone ; The worm of ~onfcience fha1l torment his brefr, And he £hall roar, when others be at refr; God's hand ih:dl fcourge him rh.ac- l1e cann0r fiie, J\nd me.A ihalllaugh,' a~d hifs to l1ear him cry•. The prtrefi metal's hid within the mQuld, Without is gravel, bur within is gold; _ Man digs, and in his toil he rakes a pleafure, He feeks, and finds wirhin the Turf; the rreafure ; He Rever refis unfped; but ( underneath ) He mines, 'and progs, though in the fangs ofdelth ! No feci-et (how obfctlre" foever) can ' Earths bofom fmother, thar's unfound by man.; But the Divine and high Decrees of heaver1, What mind canfearc,h inco? No power's given To mortal man, whereby he may attain The rare difcovery effo high a ftrain: . Dive to the depth of darknefs, and the deeps. Renounce this Wi1doJ.n : The wide Ocean keeps }Ier not i11clos' d ; 'f.is not the purcfi gold Can .purchaie ir, or heaps of filver, told ; The Pearls, and peerlefs 7'rcafures of the Eafi, J Refined gold, and gems, are all, the 'ieafi Of norhing, if compar'd with ir, as which, Earrhs Maf$ of treafurc ( f!.imm'r.l) js not fo rid1 ; , '
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