'266 The Hiflory of S A1 M PS 0 N. Would,ft thou prevf&tlt ·a judgemen(due to fin? Turn but the Key, and thou maftl: lock it in: Or would'ft thotJ 'have ab!effing fall upon thee? Open the door and it will fhowr oh thee. Can heav'nbe falfe? or can th' Almighties tongue,. That is all very truth, do truth that wt:,ong, Not to perform a vow? His lips have fworn, Sworn by hmfelf, that if a,finner turn Tohim by pray'r, his pray'r fhall not be loft For want of ear, not his de iJre, croft: , How is it then we often ask, and have not? We ask, and often m ifs, becaufe we crave nor: The things we fhould : His w~fdom can f9refee Thofe bleffings better, that we want than we. Haft thou not heard a peevifh.Infant baui, To gain poffeffion of a Knife ? And fhall The indulgent Nurfe be counted wifely kind, Iffhe be mov'd topieafe his childifb mind? Is it no greater wifdom to deny · The fharp-edg'd knife, and to prefent his eyt;. With a fine harmlefs Puppit?. '\Ve require Things, oft, unfit; and our too fond defire Fafiens on goods, that are but glorious ills ; Whil'fl: Heav~ns high wifdom · contradills our wiUs" Vvirh more advantage, for we oft receive T~1ings that are far more fit, for us, to have: Experience tells, wee feek, and cannot find,:. We feek, and often want, becaufe we b'ind The giver to our times. He knows we want Patience; and therefore he fufpends his gtant, T' encreafe our faith, that fo we may .depend . Upon h'1s hand; he loves to hear/us fpend ·pur child,ifh mouths: Things eafily obtain~d . , · Are lowly pris'd; but what our prayers have gam d ·:()y te~rsand groans, that cannot be e:xprefi, · ~re far mor~dear, and fweeter, than poff<!fi. , Gre<\t
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