, n·· _ '3 S The Hiflory -of.S A M ·p S 0 N • . .· .. : , Not that, whereby her.weaknefs underf\ood · : The perfelt vanity of flefh and blood : . . • I Whofe ha!Jd feem'd ptodigalof ~is lfaac's1ife; He durfi: not trufi: Gods Providence with his·wife: The righteous Lot had flidirigs :·holy Paul ---; He had"his prick; andPeter had his fall :. . · '· The facred Bride, in whofe fair face remain$ .. The greatdl: earthly beauty, hath her fl:ains = .. t :o Ifmanw~re perfdt and intirely good, He were nQt man, he were not fiefh and blood :. -– Or fhouldhe never fall, he would at length, · Not fe6)1.is .weaknefs, and prefume in firength :· , Ere children kpow the fharpne:fs ofthe edge, They think their fingers have a priviledge Againfi a wound.;·but having felt the knife, . A bleeding finger fometimes faves a life. Lord, we are children,and our fharp-edg·d knives, Together with our blood, let-Out our lives; Alas, if we but draw them from tl1e fheath, They cut '<?ut fingers,and tbey bleed to d·eath. '" · ~Tholilgreat Chyrurgion of .a bleeding foul, Whofe fovereJ.gn balm, is able to mal<e whole · ; . The deepefi \vound,rhy facred falve i~ fure ~ We cannot bleed fo faft as thot'l canfi cure : Heal thou our wounds, that having falv'd the'fore Our hear~s may fea.r, ~nd. learn ro fin no more; And let onr hands be firange·rs to thof( knives, That wound. not fingers o:1Iy, but our lives. T H E AR. G li ME N T• .. lie fall; in league 'with Deliia : 'f' .. .J \ tbe Nobles br;be ber to difcover , Her Sampfor.sflrength, and learn the wa} . ro bind her arm-prcyailing LotJer. !J~eEf •
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