Quarles - PR3652 D58 1669

,, ,,: A Ft~!f for ·wfJrmJ:. "!Ptrcbttnce thy G1d' 1 more powerful thin IUYf i cc Heaven's ,h~tnd mfly ceafe, and have compa(Jion on,; · ~~And tum awa1 thif mif,hief it h~t.&b done u.. { . I The fturdy Saylors (weary of their pain) Finding their boodefs labour loft, andvain , · Forbear their teilfome task, and wrought no more; Expefting death, for which they lookt before,; They call aearley, and confult together, 'I They count their £ns, (accufinf!; one another) That fer his fm, or his, this ill wa~ wreught : In 6ne, they,all prov.e guiltyof the fault : But yet the queftion was not ended fo ; Orie fays~ ~rwa.r t.bine offenu;bH.t be fayr, N~, But 7 lWilt for thy fate, that accufel me; 't R.ufbt forth a third (the WOYfer of tht three) Andfw~rt it wa.r another.r, which (he hear'i•g) · · Deny dit {l~tt, and ft.id, 'Twat thine, for fwearing : . lil come afifth, accufing all ; (replying But little et[e) they all cbid him for lying ; One{4id it wat. another [aid ~&was zzot, . So all a~reed to ftint the ftrife by Lot : Then all was whift, and all to prayer went; (For fui:h a. bufinef~ a. fit complement) The.tot \va5 caft ; 'r plea~'d Godby Lots to cell : The Lot was caft ; the Lot onJon(l.h feU. \ .?doditat. 3· 0 Sacred f\lbjeB: of a Meditation! - - Thy Works (O 'Lord) are full of Admiration ,; Thy jud~ements arc all juft, feve!e, and fure, They <iJUite cut off, or cMe, by lancing, cure The feftring fore of a rebellious heart, Left foul iutettion taint th' immortal £art. How /' I

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