JOB Ml LITANT. :Z.ft See'ft thou the feaftin,when the fearful Hind Brings forth her painful birth? Hail: thou affign'd The Mountain-Goat her Time l Or is it I l Canfl: thou fubjeft unto thy fov'ereignty .The untam:d Unicorne? Can thy hard hand Force him to labour on thy fruitfuUand? Didfl: thou enrich the Peacock wjth his Plume ? Ot did that Steel-digefl:ing bird affume His downy Flags from thee? Didfi thou endow The noble Stallion with his firength : Canfi rhon Q.yaile his proud couMge? See, nis angry breath Puffes nothing forth, but feares fumm 'd up in death : ·' Mark with what pride his horny hoofs do tabor The hard refounding Earth; with how great Iabor: · · How little greund hefpends : But . at the noife · ... And fierce Alar'm ofthe hoarfe Trumpets voice · , , f' He breaks the ranks amongfi a thoufand Speares 1 } · ' Pointed with deai:h, undaunted at,the feares Ofdoubtful war, he rufhes like a Ranger, .. . -Through every Troop, and fcorns fo brave a dang~r. · ' Do lofty Haggards cleave the flitting A. ir, · With Plum'es ofthydevifing? Then how dare Thy ravenous lips thus, thu's at random run, And countermand what I the Lord have done l Think'fl: thou t~!earn (fond mortal) thus, by diving lmo my fecrets; or to gain by firiving; . Plead then; No doubt but thine will' be the Day, Speak ( peevifh Plaintiff, ifrh\tfl ought to fay• . ]ob then reply"d: (Great God ) I am but Dufi, ·• My heart is finful, and thy hands are jufi; I am a Sinner CLord) my words are wind, My thoughts are vain, ( Ah Father l I have finn'd : Shall duft reply? I f-pake too much before; I'le clofe thefe lips, and never an(wer more. R ;.}[editat, \ )
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