( 1 1. · .A Fe~fl fot· WorJnJ. ~~ Tbougb ~ot our bands; yet'fltall·our ·ltearis ke tlcar,· ·" Then tu not (taintt[s'foJtfciencei.bear .~ .. _·- _, · " Tbe pond'rous hurden.of a S..1mder1 gttilt, • 1 .cc Or pay the price of blo~d tb;it. mt~ft be[pill ; c:c Fer l1t, (det~r LtJ.rd) it is thine own decree, ' ' .AiJd.wefadmi.hij~~rs of Jnjti·te.IJe. . ' - ' . Bllt fl:ay awhil~; t~i~ thing woula ~rft be known: , CaQ J onah gtve l:umfelf, and not h~s GWn ?· . ; That part to :God, and toli~s Country this } Pertains, fo t1'l1it ~ flcnder third is -his. . Why then ihould J onab do a doubte wrong, todeal himfeJf away, that did bek>ng · ) 'fhc le~!l: lln.tohimfel( ? · oi' how coul&I1e Teach this, [TfJdUJhalt nqt till} if; J,nab be His life,sownButcher ? Wh.ar, .was this adeed That with ·the <;aliirig.he profen agreed ? .~ · ; : The purblind age {whqfe works (alm·o~divine) Did meerly witl} the oy.l of ·Nature fhinc, : . : ;fha.tknew t)O wri~ten Law, nor Grace, nor God&l T0 ,wh~p their confcien,ce with. fi~ely rQd,) j • Ho"'( much d:~d~they abtLur fo foul a·fact ? . }J/he~ (ledby ~a tu res;glimpfe) th~y made anAft: · ~clr-murderers-fhould .be dr-ny'd to _have · . .i: ~ · l'hecharitable honour of :t Grave : ·. ' ' (;ap~~uch do fo, when Jo~ab : does .a111if~? - Wha,t Jo.ua.r,:I[r'e/sTeacher, an.d·do this ? -,., The Law_of ~hariFY dotli ,all forbid, . :. In~t:his thing_ to do rha,t which J onilh di::i ; :f'.iof.eo~r, in C~1ariry, 'Tis rhy bel)eft, : . · Of dying·m~n_to think :apd fpeak the .beil ; 'fhe mighry SiTII}[o~ di4 as :mu~h as this ;, Ar.~ who d~re ~y tha.t:S~p[dndid am:fs ~ ·-~ .: ~"f . .. .... ~ . .... • ... ' - - · , .. ; • 4; •. ; ·, '· ~
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