1'3i JOB MILI~ANT! ~H (peak,. apd hear thee fpeak, as free, for 1 ' Will cake no vantage of thy Mifery. · · Thy tongue did challenge to maintain thy cafe With Go~; if he would veil his gloriou~Jace : <' l3e I the man ( though dad with clayand duft; 1\nd mortall~ke thy fclf) that takes the trufi; · · To reprcfcnt his Perfon: Thou doft term · Thy felf moft jult, and boldlydoft affirm, That heave~ affii~s thy foul without a r-eafon.' AhJ~b ! th~fe ~ry werds ( alone) are treafon· ' 1\gainfr rh' Almighty's Will: thou oughteft rad1e~ · 5ubmit thy paffion to him, as thy Father, Than plexd with him; as with thy Peer. . Is he B~JUnd ro reveal his fecret Will to thee ? ... God fpeake~h _pr~ to man, not underftood, , ·Scmcdmes in dreatm, at other times·thinks good , To thunder J udgmem in his drou:Z.y ear ; . Sop:1~rimes wirhnard affiietiom fcourge doth tear ~ His wounded foul, wl~ich may at len~th. give eafe ( p~e !11arper Phy{ick ) to his foul Difeafe: :f3ur if (like pleating Julips) he aft@rd . The n1eek Expounders of his Sacred Word, . . , With fweet perfwotfions to recure his grief, · · J-low can his forrows wilh more fair relief~ 1 .Ah; then his body ihall wax youn~ and bright; 1-Ieavcns face that fcoraht before, lhall now delight~· ftis rongue !4'ith Triumph iliall co~fefs to men, ' I was aLeper, but am ..cJear agen. · Thus~ dms that 5pring ofMercy oftentimes porh fpcak to man, that man may fp,eak h1s crimes.· Confider, Job ; my \V~rds with judgment we'igh; ·. Which done', ('ifthou haft ought) then boldly fay; · If elhcq.yifc, !11ame not to'hold thy-peace, ' And let rhy wifdom ~ith ri,y words encrea[e. ·... , r.nd )cu, you ,Wi f~men rhat are fil~nr here~ 1 - Vpm:Lfc f~ t: knel my lips~ p. .tr rii ~ned ear,; ) : .. Let's
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