.4iO Si~n.r E.leg;et; . Soha~emy fierce purfuers, with dofe wiles Inthralled me, and gloried in my fpoils; Where Undermining plots could not prevail :I"heir mifc~<tfdid with ftrengthofarmairau'; T~usin}lffli~ions troubled biiJows tofi:, .~~ 1 I hve; but "~is alife,worf~ had,than Iofi:: . Thus, thuso'rwhelm'd. myfecret foul do.th crv · . I amdeftroy ...d, and ther's nohelper nigh. "' E. LEG. 19· I .. T. Hou great Creator, -whofe diviner breath · · . , \' Pre(erv<:,s tby creature, joy'fi nor in his death, Look down from thy eternal Throne, that art · The onlyRock ofa.defpairing heart; .· Look down from he~ven ( o thou ) whofe tender ear Onte heard the trickling_of one .fingie tear ; How art thou now efiranged ,from his cry, That fends forth Rivers from his fruitful eye ? . .. • • How oftenhaft thou with a gentle arm, . .· Rais'd me from death, andbidllJe fear no harm ?' .• What firange difafier caus'd this fudden cha~te! How wert thou once fo near, and now (o ft range ! . E. l . EG. I~. VAnquifht by fuch as thirfied for my life, .· An4J>rpught my foul into a legal flrife, How oft .h~ft., tnou (juft God) maintain'd my c~u re!. And croft thefentence oftheir bloody Laws l .. Be fiill myGod, be ftill that God thou wert ; · · · · Lookon thy mercy; not onmy defert; Be thoumy Judge betwixt my foes and m~ ~ .: : ·- . Theadvocat~ betwi~t my foul and thee ; - . · 1 'Gainfi thee(great Lord)their arm they have .ad.vaiic'd1 And dealt that blow to thee, that thus hath glanc'd . ' · Hpon
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