. ' The I!iflory of S AMP~0 N. · 26) About that time, when the declining lamp Trebles each fuadow : when the evening damp Begins ro moifien, and refrefh the land, The wife of ManMh ·.< under w~ofe command . r The weaneqlambs d1d feed) bemg lowly feared Upon a fhrub (where often f11erepeared · That pleafmg news, the f~bjelt of her d1ought) Appear'd the Angel: he, thatiarely brought Thofe hleffed tydings to her : Up fbe rofe; Her fecond fear had warrant to difpofe Her nimble food1:eps to unwonted hafie; She runs with fpeed ( fi1e cannot run too fafi) At l~ngth !be finds her hu5band ; in her eyes Were joy and fear ; whil'fi her 1oft breath denies Her fpeech to him, her trembling hands make figns; She puffs and pants 7her breathlefs tongue di$jovni Her broken words: eBehold, behold ( faid fhe) The man ofGod (ifman ofGod he be) Appear'd again: Thefe ~ery eyes beheld 1he man ofGod: I left himjn o~rfield. Meditat. 3· HEav'n is Gods Magazin; wherin he hath Stord up his Vyals both of love,and wrath; ]ufiice and Mercy wait upon his Throne; Favours and Thunderbolts atend upon His facred will and pleafure; life and death Po both receive their inftuencefrorn his breath; J udgernems attend his left' ; at his right .hapd Bleffings and everlafiing }Jleafure fiand :· Heav'n is the Magazin; wherein he puts .Bothgood and evil; Pray'r is the Key,that fhuts And opens this great treafure; 'ti~ a Kev, Whofe wards, are F~th, and Hope, andCharity. Wouldil
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