Ver. On this abyfs they safest are That keep along the fhore, If thou art righteous, thou art bleft; The Heart-wifh of a Deferted Soul. Job xxix. 2,-5. 2 THAT my by-past happy days And months were now reftor'd, 3 When on my head his candle clear, 4 When fecret favours did, from God, And I to him my mind unload, 5 Th' Almighty did my heart and home, That fuch fweet days again may come, SONG XLVII. Youth's defpifing the aged; or, Great Honour turned to extreme Contempt, and Profperity turned to Calamity. Job xxx. 1, 8,-12. and 26,-31. SECT. I. Honour turned to Contempt. Ver. 1. 8,-12. I THESE now, that younger are than I, Whofe fathers never were fo high Ver. This truft to them I fcorn'd to give, Nor, with my degs, could grant them leave 8 For vicious, vile, and bafe they were, To them I justly might prefer 9 Yet now I'm to their fons a jest, 10 . 11 They me revile, contemn, deteft, And treat me with difgrace. 12 Young ftriplings thus against me rife, My name they daub with fland'rous lies, SECT. II. Prosperity turned to Calamity Ver. 26,―31. 26 LOOK'D for good, fince good I chose; 27 Vexatious day did me prevent; 28 Without the fun I mourning went In agonies of grief. 29 With owls and dragons joint I cry'd, I'm now their mate and kin. 30 With burning heat my bones are dry'd, And black my wither'd fkin. 31 My harp, that made a joyful noise, My organ chang'd into the voice SONG XLVIII. Chastity and Charity examplified; and all unclean PerJons judged. Job xxxi. 1,—4. and 16, 17. 19, 20. SECT. I. Chastity examplified; and Whoremongers and Adulterers judged. Ver. 1,-4. Ver. A SACRED league I with mine eyes I Have made, that they may ne’et On fruit forbidden look nor gaze, That they, on beauty fondly prone, May not attentive stay, Ne'er did, on wanton objects bent, To feed unlawful love. Sin's motions firft whenever rais'd, I quench'd the fpark before it blaz'd 2 I knew what woful portion will On whoredom's flaves attend: Of these who their fweet lufis fulfil 3 Deftruction from the mighty God, Their vile and fhameful actions bode God does, as Judge of fecrets, fee If foreign charms us move: Death is the juft reward, if we SECT. II. Charity Examplified.. Ver. 16, 17. 19, 20. Ver. I never heard the needy cry, 16 But ftill they did prevail; 17 I ne'er along with fulness fed, 19 Poor naked beggars, as co-heirs 20 I fed and cloth'd; if not for their's, Yet for their Mafter's fake. The Immateriality and Immortality of the Soul. N man a living spirit dwells, 8 IN An understanding mind, Which far the brutal rank excels, As does th' angelic kind. In him there is a nature found, Above the fenfes far; Though fome, in fenfual pleafures drown'd, But foul-oppreffors are. Through things both low, and things fublime, Both far and nigh, in point of time, Which thought cannot divide. She fends to China as foon as Spain; And mets with equal time and pain But is an immaterial mind, Diftin&t from flefh and bone. Ver. How fouls that live, and flesh that dies, We learn; for he that fpread the skies, First form'd the foul of man : Who fhed in man, first made the earth, In all men now, before their birth, Our bodies food of mortal kind, But truth eternal feeds the mind, SONG L. True Wisdom not acquired by Old Age, nor by Learn- Unlefs celeflial light appears, 8 Wisdom divine, by length of time, 9 Except the foul, by truth fublime, Sound knowledge then is not a store, Nor yet doth wifdom evermore Adorn the teacher's feat. Though human understanding trace, The wifdom of the fchools; Yet ftill the learn'd, untaught by grace, |