~6 .A l:tAFI [1Y PP',rml. Tht waves rcle di(~ontenr, the Surges bear, Anc1every mQmem, death'the billows threat: Theweather-beatenShipdid cv.ery minute Await ddl:rutl:iGn, iPl~e he was in it: ~ut when his (long expctl:ed) corps tl1ey threw . d Into the deep, a debt, ( through tre[pa.fs, due ) . The Sea grew kind, a,nd all her frowns abated, · Her face was fmooth to all that navigated. ' ~Twas ftnful Jtmah made her fiorm imd rage, ~ ~wasiinful Jonah die! her frorm afiwage. · ·, With tha·t the Mariners aftonifht were, And fear~d Jeb~vah with a mighty fear. ' pffiing ~p Sacrifice with one accord, . And vowing folemn vowe.s unto the L·ord1. 'But he whofe Word can ma.ke the earths foundation Tremble, and \v.it11 his word can 'nake ceffation, Whofe wrath doth mount the waves, and tofs the feas .And mak'e them calm and fmoorh, waen e'r he pleafe ·: 1'l1is God, ( whofe mercy runs on endlefs whede, J\nd pulls ( like J acob ) J ufiice by .the heel ) - Prepar'd aFi!h, prepar,d a mighty Whale, Wliofe belly .wasl;>Qth prifon-houfe and baile. F~r retchlefs J•nah~ A! the two leaf'd doore ' Opens, tO welcorue'hom~ the fruitfull ftorc, ¥(herewit~ the harveft ~uices thePlowma.Bs l1ope ~ Even fo the Leviathan fet ope His beam-like jaws, ( prepar'd for fuch aboon) " lmd at a morfel [wallowed Jrmah down, · ;,Till dewy cheekt Aurora,~ purple die Thrice dappled had the ruddy morning skie~ A,nq thrice had fprcad the Curtains ofthe morn~ J'o let, in::Titan ·when the day was born, - Jonah was tena'm to hii livin:g Grave, : .. ) ~mbOvlell~ d deep in·this ftupendi0us ~~V~-. j ·' Men~tat. . '
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