A Feaft for W1rm1.· Faces ~row fad, Prayers and complaints are'rifei , Eaeh one's become an Orator for life: The winds above, the waters underneath, Joyn in rebellion, and c6nfpire death. The Sea-mens courage now begins to quail, Some ply the Pump, whilft others{\:rike the Sa,il. Their hands are bu!ie, while their hearts d~fpair, .. .; Their fears and dangers move their lips to prayer: They pray'd, but winds did fnatch their words away, And lets their pray-'rs not go to whom they pray: . ;But fhll they pray, but ftill the wind and weather Do turn both !hip and pray'rs they .know not whitl1er. Their gods were deaf, their danger waxed greater ; They caft their wares our, and yer ne'r the bet~cr : .. , B1,1t all this while was Jonah drown'din fleep, ·:~. - And in}he lower'Deck was ~uried deep. ' · .Jrltdittit. :z.. Bllt fray: This was a. firange and unconth word, Did 1 Jonah fly the prcfence of the Eord? What mifte-r word is that ? He that repleats ~ The mighty llnivetfe, whofe lofty feaes Th' imperial heaven, whofe foor-frool is tl1e fa.~e ' Of maffie ~arth ? Can 'he from any place Be b~rr'd? or yet by any mean~ excluded, That is in all things ? (and not yet lncl~ded) Could Jonab find arefting any where So vQid, or fecrer, that God was not there ? I ftand amaz"d, and frighte<i at this word : Did Jonah fly the preience of the Lord? :Mount up to Heaven, and rhere thofl il1alt difcover The exc'lent glory of his Kingly power : Bdlride the earth beneath (with weary pace) 4rui thcr~ he bears the Olive bran~h of Grace:· .,. ... . ,. .. ' Dive
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