( ( I I '-2.6· JOB MILITANT~ Thankful he thus rerly'd, Then grant unto me This haem, With-bold tl1y Princely fecrets from me;. That holy Man, ·in whofe familar ear Heav,noft had t{lundred, might not come too near ! The Tetll ple,muft hav'e Curcaihs ; mortal heart~ " • Muft rdl: E:omen tlto.feehis·hinder-parts. · 1 care not ( Lor~)how far thyFace be otf~· If 1but kifs thy hand~ I ~aveenough. · TH~ A.RGltMENt~ . . :Jobwifbethhis pafl ha'ppinefs; . ShewJ'bis ftate prefent, doth ciJnfef' 'That God's·the Auth9r bfhis1rit{; ~liZtes the pureJtefs ofhis ·life., . - ., -· OH ! that I were as happy as·t was-; . When heavens briglit favours fhone upotl my fni~ And 'prOlfpe~'d my affairs, enricht my j@ys, · ; When all my Sons coLlld anfwer·to myvoice ; , , Then did my ftore, and tRriving.Fl<1>cks encreafe) Offended Juftice fought my hands for peace ; · Old tnen did·honour, amd the young did fear me; Princes kept filencc ( whea I fpak,e) to hear me:.. 1heard the poor, reliev~d eh' Widows cry, Orphans I fuccout'd, was theblind mans ey~; . TheCriples fo6r, my helplefs,brothers drudge, 7he pQOf mans Father,:, a~d th' Oppreffors Judg i l then !Uppt>fed that my days longLeafe Would pafs in plenty, and expire in peace: , My Roots were fixed, and my BrandlCs fprung, trty ~lory bln.'l) my.Pow~r grew daUy fuong; Jrpeak.;·
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