. ' The Hiftory of SA i'JPS0 N. 1)9 We are but Keepers; and the more he lends To our tuition, he the more commends Our faithful truft; it is not every one · . .· Deferves that honour, to command his fori. . ,• She counts it as a fortune, that's allow'd. To nurfe a Prince; ( Wl}at nurfe would not be proud Of fuch a fortune? ) And fhall we repine, Great God, to fofier any babe of thine ~ But 'tis the charge we fear ; otir fiocks but fmall; Ifheaven; with children , fend us where\<v.ithal "To fiop their craving ftomacks, then we care not. Great God! How haft thou crackt thy credit, that we dare not: , )"rufi thee for bread? How is't we dare not venture To keep ~hy babes> unlefs .thou pleafe to enter ln bond for payment ) Art thou ~rown fo poor, To leave tl~y famifh'd Infants at our door; · And not allow· them food ?Canfi thou fnpply Tp y empty Ravens, and let thy children dye? ·. Send.me that ftinr, thy wifdom fhall think fit; Thy pleafure is my ~vill; and I fubmir : ~ake me ~eferve th~t hon~mr rhou haft lent io lJlY fra1I trufi, al\d I w11l refl: content. ' THE ARG)UMENT. Thewife of Manoah attended 1 W.ithfearf~l bope, and bopefu!fea r, The ;oyfu.l tydtngJ recorhmended To ber amazed husbands Ct~r. sea. 2. . t. ··- THus; when the · great Embaffador of Hea~en " . . Had done that facred fervice which was given, ' \ . S 2 And. ,.
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