He gr\Tes us froA.l the !leap, he meafures nor,' Nor deab (like Manna) each his ftinted l0t , · But daily fends the DoB:ors of his Spoufc, (With fuch like oil as from the Widows Ctufe · Did ilfue forth) in fulnefs without wafting, ·Where plenty ftill was had, yet plenty la{l:ing. • . I, there is care in Heaven, and heavenly fptights;'J That guides the world, and guards poor mortal wi~ts : There is ; elfc were the miferabkftare Of man, more wretched and unfortunate Tfian favage bca.tl:s : But, 0 th~ abounding le>ve Of higheft GGd ! whofe Angels from above Difmount the fower of Blifs, Ay to and fro, Af'fifting wretched man, their dead!yfoe. What thing is man, that God,s regard is.fuch ? Or, why fhould hea.ven love wrerchlefs man fo much ? Why ? what aTe men, but <JUickned lumps of earth ? A Fuft for WtJrms: A bubble full of breath; Alooking...glafs for grief ; a tla{h, aminute i A painted Tomb, with putrefattion in it ; A m_ap of death; Aburthen,of a fong ; Awmt(tl's duft ; aworm of fite foot long ; Begot in fin ; in darlmefs nourilht ; ·born · In farrow ; naked, !hiftlefs, and forlorn : , His tirft voice (heard) is crying for relief: Alas ! He comes into a world of gril:f ; Hi, Age is finful, and his Youth is vain, His life's a punHhmenr, his Death~s apain; His life's an hour oi Joy, aworld of Sorrow ; His death's awinters night, that finds no morrow : . Man's lifes an Hour-glaf~, which being run, Concludes that hour of joy, and fo is done. Jonah muft go, nor is this char~e· confin'vi ·To Jo!tah, but to all the world cnjoyn~d: You Magiftratcs, arife, and t:~.ke delight / In deating Juftice, and maintaining right; - . B 3 There ' . 'l
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