) A Ft~fl for PY1r1111~ eSo faid, tlte Lorti toJonah thus rc(pake ; · cDofl: thou bemoan and f~.tch c'ompaffion take clt pon aGourd ; whofe feed thou didft not fowe, cNor move thy bufie hands to make it grow:· 'Whofe beauty (mall, and·valuc was but flight, cWhich frrang as alfo·periilit in anight ? cHadft thou ( 0 duft aHd afhes ) fuch a care, cs~ch inbred-pity a criSing plant eo (pare! 'Hadl1: thou ( 0 hard and incompdlionate, ' To wiffi che razing .of fo brave a State ) ~ Hada thou (I fay) c'ompaflion to bewail ' The extirpation of a Grurd to frail ? 'And lball not I ( that am the Ltlrd of Lerds ) 'Whofe Foun~ain~s never'drx, ·but ftill affords 'Sweet fiream.s ofme,cy, with a frdh fupply. ' To chafe that thirft for grace : What £hall ntt I 'That am the God of mercy, and hav,.e [worn 'To pardon finners whe"foe•r th~y p.irn ~ ' .{ Ifay) iliall I dif~l~im my wonted pityJ-- c And bring tg ruine fuch agoBdly City, · · ., Whofe hearts { fc truly periirent ) i111 ~1Qre me, ' Who day and night }'our fonh their fouls before me ? ~Shall I dcftroy the mighty 1-{iiUveh, c W,hofe people ;tre like fancis about the Sea ? ''Mong which are fix[core thololfa.nd Babes ( at leafl) · ' I hat hang upon their tender Mothers hreft, 'Whofe pretty fmiles eould never yet dekry 'The dear aftcttionof their mothers eye? 'Shall I ft1bvert, and bring ta defolation ' ACity (nay, more ar>tlr term'd, aNation) 'Whofe w~lh b~aft lefs their beauty than their mi~ht? 'Whofe hearts are forrowful, and foul's contrite? · ' ~h~fe Infants are in number fo amounting? · ' Aad bedh, and cartel endlefs, without counting ? ' WI11r, Jonah, !hall aGourd·fo move thy pity ~ ·~And !l1all not I fparefuch agoodly Ciry? '· E ~ Me:Utat~ ·~ . ~ . \
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