'J'h.egtnerlll ufe of thuHiflory: . TheOlive-leaf's a joyful type af peace, A faithful fign God's vengeance dorh decreafe) They fa!ve the wounded hearr, and make it whole, They brlflg ~lad tidings t9 the drooping foul, Proclaiming grace to ~hem that rhidl for grace, Mercy ro thofe that Mere~ will embrace. ) Malfido, thou~ in whofe diftrofl:ful breft, l>efpair hath brought in flicks to build her neft, Where fhe may fafely lodge her lucklef'Sbrood, To feed upon thy heart, and fuck thy l9lo~Dd, , Beware betimes, left otftom and permiffion Prefcribe a title, and fo claim pelfeffion. Dcfpairing man, wi10fc burt11en makes thee ftoop Under the terror of rhy fins, and droop Through dull defpair, wlt~fe too too fullen grief ' Makes H<;ay'n unable ~o apply ~elief; Wh,ofe ears are dull'd with noi(e of whips anti chains, ,And yells of ·darpned fouls, through tort:Jred pains : · Come here, and rouze thy tclf, unfetde thofe eyes, Whi~h fad Defpair clos' 9up ; Arife,.Arife, , And go to Nineveh the worlds great Palace E"-rths m~ghry wonder, a.nd behold the Ballace And burrhcn of her bulk, js nought but fin, , Which ( wilful ) lhe commits and wallovv$ in ; Behold her Images, her fornications, He,r crying fins, her vile abominations ·: Eehold the guiltlefs bloed 'that lhe did fpill Like Spring-tides in the frreet$ and reeking tlill: Behold her fcorching lufts and taint defire Like fulph'rqu$ uf.tna blaze, and blaze up higher; She rapes and rends and theeves and there is none Can juftly call the thing he hath l1is own: That facred Name of G 0 D that Narne ot wonder, · ~ Inftead of worlhippi11g lhe tears in funder ; She's not inthraWd to this fin or another, But lik~ aLeper's aU infctte.Q QVCr 3 Net I '
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