46 A Ffaft for Worm1~ ,, 'Let tt?t mr fa~nting fplr~~s l0nger.ftay · .· .. ' in tlus fratlman!iGn ofQlftemper d day ; . · • The threa"s bgt weak, mr life depen~s upen,' .. '0, cut rhac thred; and let my· life be dQ!le; , 'My breaft ftands f~ir, !b~ke ~hen, and Rrike a;iin j c For naught b1,1t dymgun atlwage 11;1y pain ; · '0may I tather die than live in lhame; 'Better it is to leave; and yidd thegame, · , . 1 1lun toil, for whac, at length, ~uft n~ds be lof.t 1. 0, kill me, for Rlj' heart is fore imbeft t · 'This latter boon unto thy fcrvant give, ', 'F0r better i-ris f0r me to die, than live. Sowretched Jo;zah. Jut JehDvah thus: 'What boots it fo to frorrt1 cutragiG~us? • Becomes-it .thus my fervants heart to fwetl? · 'Can anger help thee, Jtmah, fioit thoo well~ \ Meditat. t )• • ' .. • l \· I . .. HOw ~or a thing is Man ! How nin~shi$'mind f . How fl:range! how bafe! ac wav'ring lilce the ~ind t How uncouth are hfsways ! how full of dangrt.! . How to himfdf, is hehimfelf a ilranger1 ·· ' Hishearc•scorrupr; and all histhoughrsare v~in' i . His aCtions finful, and his words profane ~ · His-will's deprav'd, his fcnfes are beguil'd, His reafon's dark, his members all dcfil;d ; Hi~hafiy feet are fn'ift 'and prone to ills · · H:is guilty hands are ever bent to kill; Hi~ ron~Lte's a fpunge of venorne, ( or Gf worfe ) Jalis praCtice is to.fwear, his skill to c~trf~; · liis eyes arc tire-bals ef lufiful fire, ~ And outward helps to inward foul <i~fire J Hi~; body is a well ereel:ed fiat ion, ll~c fll ll of f~lly and corrwpted pafl\~n f Fon4
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