'64 The Hi(lory of S A MPS 0 ,v. T ill then thou rnuft refrain to drink, or eat, \Vi"nes and ftrong drink, and Law.borbidd en meat: . , .'Evil Angels rather would infiruft to Ryor, 'They ufe not to preter.ibe to firiet a I?yet, 'No, no, I make no further qunfl:ion ofit, ''Tw<ts iome good Angel, or ome holy Pro-phet.. ' 'Thus, havingmu?'dawhile, he bcw'd hisface 'Upon the ground; ~nd (profl:rate in the plac~, '\Vhere firfi he heard the weicome tydings) praY'd ' ( His wonder now transform' d to zeal) and faid : · · 'Great God, thou haft mgag\i. rhy felf by V9w, <When e' r thy little I[Yael begs, to bow ' Thy gracious; ear, 0 hearken to the leaf\: 'OfIfrae!J fons, and grant me my requefi: ' By thee I live and breath ·: Thou didfi become / _ • My gracious God, both in, and from the womb; 'Thy precious favours I have fii! pofidt, c And have depended on thee from the breafi: 'My fimple infancy hath been p,rote8:ed ' By thee, my childhoo~ taught~ my youth correaed . :And fweetiy chaflned with thy gentle Rod; I was no fooner, but thou wert my God : ~All ~imes declare theegood; this very hour 'Can reftifie the grearnefs of thy power. -' And prt>mptners of thy mercy which haft ftnt ,. - 'This bleiTed Angel to us, to a1.1gment ' The Catalogue of thy favours, and refiore 'Thy fervants womb, whofe hop~s ha<.i even given o're ' T expett an ifiue : \Vhat thou hafi begun, 'Proiper,;. nd perfe8', ti1I the work be done: _ ' Let not m~Lord be angry, ·if I crave 'A Boon, too great for me to beg,or have: . ~Let that bkfl: Angel, that thou fent'fi oflate~ / ~, Re-blefs us with his prefence, and relate Thy will at large, and what muft then be done, ' \Vhen rime fhall bring to light this promis'd fon, , ,. . Abont J.
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