/ .fS :A F e~efl for Wor11i!~ ., . 'i''"'• ••- TH£ ARG llMEMT.' . A Booth [11rJbelter Jonahmade; God Jent aGourdfor better jhH.de; But by the next approaching light, God fent,a wurm con[ am~d it qiiitt. ") -- s , ... . ···'' Sefl. IZ'. So Jonah ( fore opprdl: and.hcavy..hearted ): From out theCitid circuit ffraigh~ departed.' ,Peparted to the Eafterp borders· of ir, Where fick with anguilh fate this fullenPropi1et; He built a Booth,' and in the Beothhe fate; ( Until fome few days had expir'd their dare With over-tedious·pace Jwhere he'might fee What would betide to threatned ?{jnivtb.· . A trunk that wanced1 fap, is foon deca.y'd; The !lender booth~£ boughs and .bra.nches made; Soon yielding to the Suns confblming Ray, Crumbled to dufi, and earlydri'd away: Whercat the great J ehovah fpake the word; And over J tJi1alls head there ftora.ng a Gourd, Whofe roots were 6xt within the quiclining e1rtl1, 1 . \Vhich .gave ir nourilhrnenc, as welt as birth :·: God raifed up a Gourd, a Gourd lh0uld laft, Let wind, or icorching Sun,.. or blow,- or bhft• As co<rls of fire rak'd up in embers; lie . Obf~ure, and undifccrncd by the eye ; But being flirt'd, regain a glimm'rin~ lighr,·· Revive, and glow, Lurning afrdh,·and brigf1t·:· So Jtruah·,gan to chear through th!s rcl'.cf, And jo_yful was, dcvoided all his grief, ' ~ '1,.· .,.
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