··~· oS -The Hiftory of SA MPS o·N. Unto his Fathers Tent he now return'd; · ··· where his divided paffion rag'.d;and mc;,urn~d; In part he mo_urned;and he rag'd in part To fee fo fair a face ! (o talfe a heart : ' ·· , Eut tnark the mifchiefthat his abfence brings; , , J His bed'sdefil'd, ahd the nuptial ftrings, . . \ Arc firetcht and crackt : A fecond love doth fmothtr The firft ; and fhe is wedded to another. Meaitat. 1 3· V VAs thisthatWombthe Angel did inlarge · From barrennefs?and gave fo firilt a charg.t? Was this that Womb that mufi not be dtdil'd With unclean meats, left it pollute the child? It this the, Nazarite ? May a Naz.arit~ then, ' Embrue and paddle in the bloods ofmen ! Or may their vowes be fo difpens·d withal,:·· _ , ! That they, who fcard! may fee a funeral, · 'Whofe holy fl:eps tnufi beware to tread tipon, or touch the carkafs of the dead? May thefe -revenge their wrongs by blood .l may thefe Havepower tO kill, and murrher whftre they picafe! · 'Tis trne: a holy Nazarite'is forbid !9do fuch things as this our Nazariredid :_ . :tfe may not touch the bodies ofthe dead, Without pollution: ml)ch lefs may ll~d ~ The blood .of Man, or touch it being fpi1t.a Without the danger of a ~oubie guilt : But who art thou that art an undertaker, To quefiionwith, or p1ead againfi thyMaker? May not that 'God, that gave thee thy Creation, Turn thee to nothing, by his difpenfacion? · , - He that hathmade the Sabbath, and command&. ' It !hall ~e kept with unpolluted hands;
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