4 ~ Ftaft (1r W1t~l: - " H1l,l ottt thy Trumpet, ~tnd wit!J l6nder breath . "---:•"·~ ." 'fr6'larmmy[udden coming, and tlleir death. .,:.';!.;.' '. ,\ . .The Atttl1or's AP 0 L 0 G Y~ .. . I J T was my morni,ng Mufe ; AMufe whofe fpirit Tranfcends {I fear) · the fortunes of her merit ; Too bold a Mufe, whofe feathers (yet in bl0od) She never bath'd-in the Pyrenean Flood; · AMufe unbreath'J, unlikely to attain An eafie honour, by fo ftout aTrain; Expetl: no lofty Hagard, that fhall fly Aldfnin~ pitch, to the deceived r;ye , ~ If in her Downy Sorcage~ ib~ but ruff So firong a Dove, may it be th~ZJUght enough: Bear with her; Time and Fortun~ may.requite . .,. Your patient fl)ffetancc: With a !.lirer flight• The gene'lal Aptlicat!ort. To thee r .!}dalficlo J.. now1rurrrrny Qtill; _. That God is frill v;~~~God, and will be il:ill: The painful Pafiors ta~e.u;p:]Mah's room, And thou t~1e ~inivite, to. .W!lOrn they come. . . . . . ~· ... Mcditat. r. How J!_reat's the love of God unto his csea.ture? Or is his Wifdomc, or his Mercy greater ? I know not whether : 0 th' exceeding love . Of higheft,God, that from his Throne above .. Will-fend the brightneis of his grace JO thofe That grope in darknefs, and his grace oprofe : . He helps,provides,infpires, and freely gives, I A ~ plea~.' d'l:o fee w.s ravcl our our lives; He
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