I Tht Hl/lory of SAMPS 0 N. 3•9 Yet ifhe pleafe to countermand agin, Man may f~curely labour and not fin : A Nazarite is notaltow'd to fhed The blood ofman, or once to touch th.: d~ad ; But if the Gocl ofNazarites bids, kill, He may, and bea holy Nazarite fiill: But fl:ay, is God likeMan ! Or canhe border Upon confufion, that's the Godoforder? The Pcrfian Laws no time may contradilt, And arc the Laws ofGod lefs firm and fl:rilt -~ An earthly Father wills his child to fland Andwait; within a while he gives command, (Finding the weaknefs of his fon oppreft With wearinefs) that he fit down and refi: ; Is God unconfiant then, becaufe he pleafes To altar, what he will'd us, for our eafes? , Know Iikewife, 0 ungrateful ftefh and blood, God limits 'his own glory for our good : He is the Goq oftll~rcy, and he prizes ' Thine Affes life above his Sacrifices : His Sabbath is his glory, and thy refi: : J{ee'llofe fome honour, ere thqn lofe a beafi. Great God ofmercy, 0, how apt are\ve To rob thee Qfthy due,thatart fo free To giveun~kt! teach me, 0 God, to know What portion I defervc, and tremble·too, ' TH!'; AltGUMENT. S&m.pfon c~mes down to re-enjoy . his wife : h~r fath~r doeJ withfland; for wbi~h b~ threatens to de.ftroy . a·rtd r~ine him,a,nd all th~ J_.Ff,mf. Stll.
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