/ st' Thegt~er~~ufe of thiJ HijlorJ. Nor only finful, but in fins fub;eet:icn ; .. She's not infeCted, but ameer infeCtion. ·No fooner had th~· Prophet ( Heav'm great Spy) Begun an onfet to h1s lowder Cry, , }3ur !he repented, figh'd, and wept, and tore Her curious hair, and garments that £he wore: ~he fare in afhes, and with fackclorh clad her, All drencht in brine, that grief cannot l>e fadder ; She caUs a-Fafi, proclaims aprohibition To man and beaft ( fad tokens of contrition. ) · · No fooner pray'd, but heard; No fooner groan'd:J ):Jut pitied ; No fooner griev'd, but moan'd,; · · T-imely repeatat'l~e fpeedy grace procur'd, · :the fore that's falv'd in time i£ eafily cui'd, Nofooner had her trickling tears o'r-flown Her blubber'dcheeks, bur Hea"'n was apt to mone ·Her penfive heart, wip~d her fuffufed eyes, . ,And.gently ftroak~d her cheeks, and bidher rife; No fa.ults were fecn, as if no fault had beef!, · Dear Mercy made ·a <.lltii.tance for her fin. !r1al(idrJ, rouze thy leaden fpirit> beftir thee, Holdup thy drouzy head, here's coa1fort fo.- thee; ~what if thy zeal"be frozen hard ? what then ? Thy Saviours blOod will thaw thy froft agert ; Thy ,pralrs, ti~at !hould be fervent, hot a~ fire, ·vrocccd bt-u coldly from adull defire; I What: then? Grieve inly, but do not difmay, Whohears thy pray'rs, will give thee ftrength to pray ; Though left. a whHe, thou art,not quite giv~n ore; 4' Where fin abound~, thereGuce aboundeth mGre. This, this is all the good that I can do thee, · To eafe thy grief:, I here commend un~o the~ A little bo®k, but a great myfh:ry, Agreat delight,.a litrle Hift0ry; · Al~,c~fibranch flipt.frorn a faving tree, .~{bearing fr~it as great, as great mi~ht be ; ~ ' A'
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