The Hiflory of SA MP S 0 N. 353 To Sampfon.r hand! ()r could the Army go ·.; · No further? but mufi needs expeCt a Foe J ufi: where his weapon of defl:rulti on lay ? was there no fitter place for them tO ftay . But even jufl: there: how fmall a thing't had f>iri ( If they had been fo provident)to }V in . , .; The day with eafe ?Had the-y but taken thence That curfed bone, what colour of defence - · Had Sampfunfound l Orhow could he withfiood The neceifary·danger of his blood : Where Heav'n doth pleafe to ruine,humane \vit Mufi: fail, and deeper policy mufl: fubmit: There, wifdom mufl: he fool'd, and fl:rength of brain Mufi: work againfl: it felf, or work in vain : . The track that feems mofllikely, often -leads To death; and where fecurity mofi pleads; Their dangers in their fairefi: fhapes appear; - And give us not fo great ahelp, as fear: · The things we leafl: fufpe8:, are often they; · That mofi: effe8: our ruine, and betray: Who would have thought, the filly Affes Bone, Not worth the fpurning,fhould have overthrown So fl:out a Band ? Heav'n oftentimes thinks befl: To overcome the greatefi with the Ieafi:: , · He gains rnoft glory in things that are mofl: flighr, And wins i1,1 honour, what they want in might: Who would have thought that Sampfons deadly thirfi . Should have been quencht with waters, that did b11rfl: . And flow from thOit dry Bone l who would not think · The thirfiy Conquerotir, for want of drink, Should have firfi died ?what mad-man cou!d prefume Sodry a tooth fhould yeeld fo great a Rhume? God does not work like man; nor is he tide . To outward means: His pleafure is his guide, Not Reafon: He that is the God of nature, Can work againfi it : He that is Creator Of
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