Quarles - PR3652 D58 1669

•• • • I' ':A Ftllft for Wqr11JI~ Thy rpan-oflife (Malfido) is thy fpace To call for ·mercy, ·and to cry for grace.- Lord !what is man~ but like a worm tha~ crawls, Open to danger every foot that falls ? Death creeps ( unheard ) and !l:eals abroad ( unfeen~ ) Her darts are fudden, and her arrows keen ; Uncertain when, but certain 1l1e .will £hike ; RefpeB:ing King.andBegga.r both alike; , . The fl:roke is deadly, come it foon or late, Which once ~eing flruck, repe~tin_g's out ofdate 1 Death is amtnute, full of fudden fOrrow : ' TJlen live today, a~ rkou may'ft die to morrow. . ' THE .- .A RG ll M I; Nr.· The Ninivites b1lieve the word, Their ~aris returit u~'to the Lord; , Jn him they put their only tru{t : . . Thej mourrz in sac~loth, aud in duft. - "1-.T • ~· sea,· g. f ! . . SO faid, theNi~iviter· believ?d the Word,, BelievedJon~, and _ believ~d the Lord; . :· They made. no pll.tfe,-nor jefted at the news, I ~· Nor flcighred ir, oJ:caOfe it' was a Jews - ~ ;· Denouncement: No, nor did .their gazing eyes : - {As taken captive whh fuch novelti~s) , ·. Admire tl~ ft~angers garb,,fo quairir to theirs, No idle chat pofiefl: their.itth:ing ears :) ' . The whilil: Ite fp~ke : ·nor.were 'tli~ir rangues.on tire To rail upon, nor iQ~crru pt tT1o £1rier·: : Nor did they quefl:ion wh~thet: ~rue the Mdlage, 37 •• . . Or falfe cl1e 'PfOphot were, ·that-brought th" EJitbafl'age. D 3 · !Jut \

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