" 5 2. A Fet~ff .ffJr Worms~ Who turning oft, and roffin-g to and fro, (As they that are in tormet).tS ufe t~ d()) And ( reftlefs ) finding no fuccei~ ofeafe~ But rather that his tortures dill increafe ; His fecret paffion to his foul betraid, Craving no fweeter boon than dea~h, and faid, ' 0 kill me: ( Lord ) or lomy heart will rive, 'For betrer l'tis for me to die, than live. So faid, the Lord did imerrupt his paffion, And faid, 'How now, is this afeemly fafhion? * Doth it become my fcrvams heart to fwell? .'Can anger help thee ? 1o;zah, doft thou. well ? ,, Is this a 6t fpeech? or a well-plac'dWtltd ? ' Wllat art thou angry ( J•nah ) for a Gourd ? 1 'What if th:J A'tabiant with their ruder train, ' Had klll'd thine Oxen, and thy Cartel flain ? c What if confuming fire ( faln fr~;~m heaven ) ' Had all thy fervams of their life bercaven .: And burnt thy fheep ? What _if by ft~ong oppreffion 'The Chaldet~ hadufurp'd unJuft poOetlion • Upon thy Camels? Or had Boteal blown ~His full-mourhl'd blaft and can thyhoufcs ~wn, c And !lain ihy fons amid their jollities ? 'Or hadft thOu loft thy Vineyard filll of tree! . ~ ·cHadft thou been ravith'd«>f chine only fheep, ' That in thy tender bofom U!.' d to fleep ? cH0w would thy hafty fpirit. then been ftirr'J• 'If thou art angry, Jonab for a Gourd ? To whic~ thus Jonah Yents his idl~ lDreath, 'Lord, I do well to vex ume the death ; . '\ ' I' blefs not to ackn0wledge an'd p~ofefs 'Deferved rage, l'm angry, l Cf.mfcfs: \ ' !Twould make a fpirit that inhorow frozen, 1 I • <To blaze li~e flaming pitch, and fr-y like Rozen : ' Why doll: tliou ask that thing clue thou canfi tell ? ' Tllou,know'.ft I'm angry, ~nd it bcfecna me well.
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