.A FiAjl for Wl~11i1. 11 c~ wlutJbaU we.do ?Thou Prqphet, f)eat , ~epray thee : " Thou fear'ft the Lor~; Alas f wt may not (lay .zhce : . . " Or Jhall we {4-ve the1 ? No, for thou dojt flic · " The {t1.ce of God, and [o defen/jt tD die. ' ' ' Thou L"rophet, {ptat, what jhalt _be done ro thee, "That angry S~af mlycalm and q~iet bt? .- JlleJitiZt, 4,. . ' ' Giveleavea little ce fdjeurn yeur Text, _ · ~nd eafe my foul, me foul with douot5 perple;tt.. Can he be faid eo fear che Lord, that £lie~hi m? Can word confefs him, when as deed t denies him ? 1 My fatred M~Jfe huh rounded in ~ine ear, And read rhe mift'ry of a rwof0ld fear.: The firft, a fervile fear, fQr judi!;ments fake ; ·· ".. And thus Hells Fire-brands do fear a!ld q4ake. Thu$ .Adam fear'd, and fled behind a tree: And rhus did bloody cain !9oth fear and a~c. Unlike to this rhere .is a fecond kind . Of f~ar, elCtraaed from a zealous mind, · Full fraught with love, asd with a con[cience clear Froa1 bafe rcfl'eB:s: It is a filial fc2r; Afear whofe gr0un-d would juft remaitt, and level, Wereneither Heaven, nor Hell, nor God, nor Devil. ' Such was the fear that Princely Dar;id made ! • And thus our wretchedJa,ah fear'd and fled: He fled aiham'd, aecaufe hi~ fins were f1.1ch; He fled albam'd, becaufc hi!i fear was much. He fear"dJehovtzh, other fear'd he noJ.le : ·_ · - Him he ackno.w ledg'd ; hiR-1 he ti:ar"dalone : · ' · Unlike tocthofc who (being blind wir;h errir) Frame many geds, and multif>ly their terre~ Th' Egyptians god Apisdid implore, God Afl4s the Chaldeans did adore : .· ' ..... .( . c Jalel ' \
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