.. The H;ji;ry of SA MPS 0 N. 'Somthing that made me tremble ; in his eye 'Mildnefs was mixt with awful Majefiy : c Strange was his language, an~ I could not chufe ' But fear the man, althou_gh I lik'd his news : Woman ( (aid he) Chear up, and do not fear : I have no Vyals, nor no ~udgements here : · My hand hathuo Commiffion, to enquire Into thy fins; nor am I clad in fire~ I come to bring thee tydings of fuch things , As have their warrant from the King of Kings ; Thou fhalt conceive, and when thy time is come; Thou fhalt enjoy the bldTings ofthy womb: Before the fpace of twice five moneths be rup, Tholl fhalt become the Parent 9f a fon; Till then, take heed, thou neither drink nor eat, Wines, or firong drink, or Law-forbidden meat, .For when this promis'd Child fhall fre the light, Thou fhalt be mother .ro a Nazarite. 26.1 ' While thus he fpake, I trembled : Horrid fear ' .Ufurpt my quivering heart; only. min~ ear 'Was pleas'd to be the Veffel t}f fuch news, 'Which heaven make go~d,and g.i~e me.firength to ufe ' My b~tter faith : The holy Prophets name - 'I w~s afraid t' en<Juire, or whence he came. Meditat. 2, ANd dofl thou not admire? Can fuch things Obtain lefs priviledge, than a tale, that brings The audience words, entermixt with pleafure! Is't a fmall thing, that Angels can find leifure , . To leave their hleffed feats,where face ~o face They ;ee their God, and quit that heavenly place; The leafi conception ofwhofe joy, and mirth, Tranfcends th' united pleafures of the earth! · , · S 3 · -Mufi
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