I, 290 The Hiftory of SAM p ·s 0 ]\/; Or lelt his Popular power by coaaion Or fair entreats, may gather to his faaion Some loofe and difcoutented men of theirs, And fo oetray them to fufpeaed fears; They therefore to ·prevent enfuing harms, ' Gave firitt command, that thirty men of arm5; · Under the mask of Btidemen, fhould attend Until the nuptial Ceremonies end• . ,I . HOwhigh, unutterable, how profound, . . · , (whofe depth the line ofknowledg cannot found) Are the Decrees of the Eternal God! How fecret are his wayes, and how untrod By mans conceit, fo deeply charg'd with doubt! How are his counfels paft our finding out ! 0 how unfcrutable are his defigns ! How deep, and how unfearchable are the Mines Of his abundant wifdom !-how obfcure · Are hi~ eternal judgments ! and how fure! Lifts he to {hike ? the very fiones fhaii flie From their unfnov"d found,ations, and deftroy'll ·Lifts he to ·punilh? Things that have no fenfe Shall vindicate his quarel, on th' offence: Lifts he to fenda plague '? the winters heat, And fumrncrs damp, fhall ~nake his will cornpleat: Lifis he to fend the fword ?Occafion brings New jealoufies benvixt the hearts ofKings ... WiHs he a famine l heav.en fhall turn to brafs, And earth to iron, tiU it come to pa.fs : _. · . Borh {locks, and fl:ones, · and plants, and beafis .fulfil The fecret counfel ofhis facr{.'d will. . .. Man, only wretched t~ian~· is ~ifagreeing . , To do that thing,. for which~~had·l,is being: .. / S,amp[~f ..
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