to :A riAjl f'-r W1rm1~ ( Dive down ieto th'extrem~ Abyfs of HeU.. l And there in Juiicc d~th rh'Almighty dwell; .. What fecret Cloifler could there then afford AScreen "cwixt faithlefi J~nab , and his Lord ?. Jonab was charg"d to takea charge in hand: But Jrmab rurn.d his back on Gods command ; Shook off h1s yoke, and wilfulll negled:ed, ~ And what was ftrittly eha.rg"d , h~ quit; rejc:Cl:ed' And fo- he fled the power of his -Word ; Aud fo he fled the prefence of the Lord. Good God ! how poor 1 thing is wretched man ?. ) So frail, that let ~im ftrive the beft he can, With every little blafi: he's overdone: It mighty Cedars of great Lebtnrm, Cannot the danger of the Ax withftand, ' . LGrd ! how fhall we 1 that are bti t bufhes ' fl:and ? .How fond, corrupt, how fenflefs is m:mkirid? How faining deaf is he ? how wilfull blind ? ~ fl:ops his ears, and !ins_; he fhuts his eyes ,_· And ( blindfold ) in the bpof danger flies' ~ fie fins , de~pairs ; and t11en to :flint his grief, He chufeth death , to baulk the Qod of life. Poot 'wretched ftnner ! travel wf1ere thou wilt: ; Thy travel !hall be burthcn'd with thy guilt :. Climb tops of hills, that profpech may deligl1t thee ; There will thy fins (like Wolves_ and Bears) afright thee:. Fly to the valleys, that thofe frie;hts may !hun thee, And there (like Mountains) d1eywill fall upon thee: Or.to the raging feas. ( with ]o11ah ) go ; There will rT1y 1in~>, like ftormy Neptune flow. Poor fhiftlefs man! what fhall become of thee? Where-e're tl1ou fllft, thygriping fin will flee. · But all this while, the fhip where 11nab flc,ps ' · h toft, and torn, and .batter'4 6n the Jeeps , · And wdl-nigh fplit upon the threatning Rock, ~ithmany 9: bo.ifterqu' bruili, and churly knock.. , . . .; G~c! . ,,
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