Who by his wisdom did create The painted Heav'ns fo full of state. For his &c. Who did the folid earth ordain To rife above the watry plain. For his &c. Who by his all-commanding might Did fill the new-made world with light. For his &c. And caus'd the golden-tressed fun, All the day long his course to run. For his &c. The horned moon to fhine by night, He with his thunder-clafping hand And in despite of Pharao fell, For his &c. 20 25 30 35 40 The The ruddy waves he cleft in twain 45 Of the Erythræan main. For his &c. The floods stood still like walls of glass, While the Hebrew bands did pass. For his &c. But full foon they did devour The tawny king with all his power. For his &c. His chosen people he did bless In the wasteful wildernefs. For his &c. In bloody battel he brought down For his &c. He foil'd bold Seon and his hoft, For his &c. And large-limb'd Og he did fubdue, For his &c. 4 E 2 50 55 65 70 And All living creatures he doth feed, And with full hand supplies their need. For his &c. Let us therefore warble forth His mighty majesty and worth. For his &c. That his mansion hath on high 85 90 95 From Chorus bewails, and tells the good Adam 3, 4, beginning with the firft overthrow of hath loft. A& V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradife : Prefented by an Angel with Labor, Grief, Hatred, Envy, War, Difcontent, Ignorance, Fear, Death enter'd into the world, Mutes, to whom he gives their names: likewise Win ter, Heat, Tempest, &c. Faith Hope Charity comfort him, and instruct him. Chorus briefly concludes. Sodom. Dinah. Vide Eufeb. Præparat. Evang. L.9.C.22. Dinah. The Deluge. The Perfons. Hamor. Debora, Rebecca's nurfe. Sichem. Jacob. Simeon. Levi. Counselors 2. Thamar Cuophorufa; where Juda is found to have been the author of that crime, which he condemn'd in Thamar. Thamar excus'd in what fhe attempted. Saul in Gilboa, 1 Sam. 28. 31. David revolted, 1 Sam. from the 27 c. to the 31. David adulterous, 2 Sam. c. 11, 12. Achitophel, 2 Sam. 15, 16, 17, 18. Solomon Gynæcocraţumenus, or Idolomargus, aut Thyfiazufæ. Reg. 1. 11. Rehoboam, 1 Reg. 12. where is disputed of a politic religion. Abias Therfæus. 1 Reg. 14. The queen after much difpute, as the laft refuge fent to the prophet Ahias of Shilo; receives the meffage. The Epitafis in that the hearing the child fhall die as fhe comes home, refuses to return, thinking thereby to elude the oracle. The former part is spent in bringing the fick prince forth as it were defirous to fhift his chamber and couch as dying men ufe, his father telling him what facrifice he had fent for The Golden Calf, or the Maffacre in Horeb. his health to Bethel and Dan; his fearlesness The Quails, Num. 11. The Murmurers, Num. 14. Corah, Dathan, &c. Num. 16, 17. Achan, Jofue 7 and 8. Jofuah in Gibeon, Jof. 10. Abimelech the Ufurper, Jud. 9. Comazontes, or the Benjaminites, or the Theriftria, a pastoral out of Ruth. of death, and putting his father in mind to fet Imbres, or the Showers, 1 Reg. 18. 19. Ahab, 1 Reg. 22. beginning at the fynod of falfe prophets; ending with relation of Ahab's death; his body brought; Zedechiah flain by Ahab's friends for his feducing. (See Lavater, 2 Chron. 18.) Elias in the mount, 2 Reg. 1. 'Opuάτns, or better, Elias Polemistes. Elifæus |