The Ht/lory 9{ SA ~4 P s 0 N. 17J Their trembling h~~rts, the Man ofGod(whofe name - Muft not b' inquifed) vanifht in theftam~, And left theni botli unable to expound ( . Each othersfears i both groveling on theground. Meditat. s. A Thankful heart bath eatn'd one favour twice ; But he that is ungrateful, wams no vice : The beafi, that only lives the life ofSenfe, Prone to his feverai actions, and propenfe To whar he does, withbut rh' advice ofwii; ~uided: by Nature, (that does nothing il J In prattkkMaxims; proves it athing hateful : !~ ~ccept a favour, and to live ungrateful : But man, whofe more divinet foul hath gain·d A. higher fiep to reafdn; nay, attain'd A higher fiep than that, the light 6£grace, Comes fhort ofthem, and in that poim, morebafe, Than they; mofi prompt and in that rude, Unnaturai,and high fin, Ingratitude : T~e fiai (ed Oxe, rhar is grown far, :vill know H1s careful feeder, an({ acknowledge too : The prouder Stallion \vill at length efpy His Mafiers bounty, in his Keepers eye; The Air-dividingFalkon wil requite . Her .Faulkners pains with a we1-p1eafing ftighr : The generous Spanieli9ves his Mafi:ers eye, And licks his fingers, though no meat be by ; • But Man, ungrateful Man, that's boni and bred By Heav'ns immediate pow;r; maintain'd and fed– By his provjding hand; obferv'<;l, attended By his indulgent grate ; preferv,.d, defended ', By his prevailing arm; this Man, I fay, Is more ungrateful, more obdure than they ; . T . ' t r'
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