7~/,e l-!Jjlory .~f SA !4 PS0 ,v. I 51 'To whom an Hofi of men are but a (warm · 'Of murm'ving gnats; whofe , high pr~vailingarni 'Can crufh ten thoufandworld~, and at one blow ' ' Can ftrike the earth to nothing, and o'ret hrofwv ' The Lofts of heaven ;-he that bath the Keyes ., Of wol.l)bs to fuur,and ope rhemwhen he pleafe ~ -'He that canall things,that he will, rhi·s day 'Is pleas~d to take thy long reproach a\vay: 'Behold thywomb~s inlarg~d, and thydeftres ' Shall find fuccefs : Before long time expires, ' Thou fhalt conceive: Ere-twice five months be tun, " Be thGu the joyful mother of a Son ; · ' But fee, thy wary palate do forbear . . ~The juyce of the bewitching grape; Beware,_ 'Left thy defires tempt thy lips to \Vine, 'Which mufi be faithful fl:rangers to the Vine, '5trohg drink thou mufi not take,and all fuch meat • "The Law proclaims unclean, refrain to eat : ' And when the frnit of thy refiored womb 'Shall fee the lighr,. take heed no Razor come . ' I "Up(m his fruitful heaci 3for frotn.his binh, ' Soon as the womb entrufis him on the earth; 'The child fhall be aNazarite to God; 'By whofe appoimmenr he fha.ll prove aRod, 'To fcourge the proud Pbiliflianf, and recal 'Poor fuff'ting Ifrael from their flavifh thral. Meditat. 2. ' . . . HOw i mpud<!'nt is Nature to account . . Tlrofe aCts her own, that do fo far furinount Her eafie reach ! How imrblind are thofe eyes Of t1upid rnortc:Hs, that have power to rifeNo higher,than her·Laws, who take~ upon her The work, and robs the A~ttbor ofl1'1~i1Ylr ~ \ . s Scefl:
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