:A F lllft for Worms~ Howd~p a Lethargy doth this di1eafe ' Bring to. the_ fiu.mbring ,foul, through carelefs ea!C! .Which once bemgwak d, (as from a golden dream) . Looks up and fees her griefs the moreex~cme. · How feeming fweet's the quiet fleep of fin? . Which, when a wretched man's once nuzzled in; ·' flow foundly fleeps he, without fear or wit? No fooner do his arms infoldoo knit . Adrowfie knot uponhis carelefs breft, But there he fnorrs, and fnoars in cndlefs reil ;' His eyes are clofed faft, and deaf his ears, And (like endymion) fleeps hift!fclf in years;' . His fen~e-boundheart relents not at the voic; .'~ Of gentle warning, neither does the noife . Of {bong reproof awake' his flecping ear, , ·AJ Nor louder threatnings thunder makes him hear : So deaf's the finners ear, fo nump'd his fenfc, .. 'That fin's no corrofive, breeds no offence ; for cuftom brings delight, deludes the hearr; Be~uiles the fcn~e, and takes aw~y. the fmarr. . But ftay ; D1d one of God's eletlednumber, (Wh.ofe eyes iliould never fieep, nor eye-lid§ flumber) So much forget himfelf? Did Jonah Oeep, That iliould be watchful, and theTower keep ? Did J•nah ( the feletl:ed mourll of God) Inftead of rearing Judgements, aees he nod ? Did ]1nah fleep fo found ? Could he fleep then, . When (with the fuciden figllt ofdeath) ili,e men (So many men,} ~ith yelling lhrieks, an:d 'crys, Madevety .Heaven report? Were ]Dnah's eyes Still dos,d,- and,.. he, not of his life bereaven ? Hard muft hewink that lhuts his eyes from heaven.· 0 righteous Ifr,el, where, 0 where art thou? , Where is thy Lamp? thy zealous Shepherd now? Alas! the ra.v"nous Wolves will worr' thy !hccp; Thy Shepherd's carclefs, and is faln aDeep; / J ~· Thy
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