' :t3.f JOB MILITAN'(~ ,<(".••• '· • ~. • ..~.:::_ •• Meditat. ~~. F Ot n1ortals, to be bo~n,, wax eld, and die; Lies not in Will, but bare,Neceffity, Conu11on to beaRs, which in the felfdegree; Holdby the felf fame Parenr, .even as we : But to be wife is adiviner action I Of rhe difcurfive Soul, apure abftraCt:ion· Of all her pwers, united in the Will, , Aiming at good, rejeliing what is ill: It is an influence of infpired breath, Unpurchafedbybirch, unlofi by dea.rn; Entail'd to no man, no, not free to ali, -Yet gently anfwers ro the eager call Ofth<le, that with inffam'd affections feek; 1\efpetting render youth and age alike : , · ln aepth of-day~, her fpirit-not alway lies, Years m~ke man old, but Heaven returns himWife i Youths Itmocence, nor riper ages ftrengrh Can challenge her as due ; ( Dcfired J length Ofdays, prOduced to decrepit years, Fill,d with experience, and gri'Lly hairs, Can claim no right, th' Almighty ne'r .ingage! . flh gifts to times, nor is he bound to Ages ; His quickning Spirit, to Sucklings oft reveals, What to their doting Grandfires he conceals ; The virtue of his birthcan unbenutub The frozen lips, and ilrike the fpeaker dumb: Who put that moving power into his tongue, , . Whofc lips did right the chafkSu[ani1ls wrong, upon her w~nton falfe accufers death? Vvhat fecret fire inflam'd that fainting breath ~rhat b1afi:ed Tharo ?Or thofe ruder ro!1gues, '[hat fchool' d the faichlefs Prophet fo~ the wrongs ' . } . ' •. He
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