062:02,000[' ]| 062:02,000[' ]| 062:02,000[' ]| 062:02,220[' ]| Achitophel still wants a Chief, and none <220> 062:02,221[' ]| Was found so fit as Warlike Absolon: 062:02,222[' ]| Not, that he wish'd his Greatness to create, 062:02,223[' ]| (For Polititians neither Love nor Hate:) 062:02,224[' ]| But, for he knew, his Title not allow'd, 062:02,225[' ]| Would keep him still depending on the Crowd: 062:02,226[' ]| That Kingly power, thus ebbing out, might be 062:02,227[' ]| Drawn to the dregs of a Democracy. 062:02,228[' ]| Him he attempts, with studied Arts to please, 062:02,229[' ]| And sheds his Venome, in such words as these. 062:02,230[C ]| Auspicious Prince! at whose Nativity <230> 062:02,231[C ]| Some Royal Planet rul'd the Southern sky; 062:02,232[C ]| Thy longing Countries Darling and Desire; 062:02,233[C ]| Their cloudy Pillar, and their guardian Fire: 062:02,234[C ]| Their second Moses, whose extended Wand 062:02,235[C ]| Divides the Seas, and shews the promis'd Land: 062:02,236[C ]| Whose dawning Day, in every distant age, 062:02,237[C ]| Has exercis'd the Sacred Prophets rage: 062:02,238[C ]| The Peoples Prayer, the glad Deviners Theam, 062:02,239[C ]| The Young-mens Vision, and the Old mens Dream! 062:02,240[C ]| Thee, Saviour, Thee, the Nations Vows confess; <240> 062:02,241[C ]| And, never satisfi'd with seeing, bless: 062:02,242[C ]| Swift, unbespoken Pomps, thy steps proclaim, 062:02,243[C ]| And stammerring Babes are taught to lisp thy Name. 062:02,244[C ]| How long wilt thou the general Joy detain; 062:02,245[C ]| Starve, and defraud the People of thy Reign? 062:02,246[C ]| Content ingloriously to pass thy days 062:02,247[C ]| Like one of Vertues Fools that feeds on Praise; 062:02,248[C ]| Till thy fresh Glories, which now shine so bright, 062:02,249[C ]| Grow Stale and Tarnish with our daily sight. 062:02,250[C ]| Believe me, Royal Youth, thy Fruit must be, <250> 062:02,251[C ]| Or gather'd Ripe, or rot upon the Tree. 062:02,252[C ]| Heav'n, has to all allotted, soon or late, 062:02,253[C ]| Some lucky Revolutions of their Fate: 062:02,254[C ]| Whose Motions, if we watch and guide with Skill, 062:02,255[C ]| (For humane Good depends on humane Will,) 062:02,256[C ]| Our Fortune rolls, as from a smooth Descent, 062:02,257[C ]| And, from the first Impression, takes the Bent: 062:02,258[C ]| But, if unseiz'd, she glides away like wind; 062:02,259[C ]| And leaves repenting Folly far behind. 062:02,260[C ]| Now, now she meets you with a glorious prize, <260> 062:02,261[C ]| And spreads her Locks before her as she flies. 062:02,262[C ]| Had thus old David, from whose Loyns you spring, 062:02,263[C ]| Not dar'd, when Fortune call'd him, to be King, 062:02,264[C ]| At Gath an Exile he might still remain, 062:02,265[C ]| And heavens Anointing Oyle had been in vain. 062:02,266[C ]| Let his successfull Youth your hopes engage, 062:02,267[C ]| But shun th' example of declining Age: 062:02,268[C ]| Behold him setting in his Western Skies, 062:02,269[C ]| The Shadows lengthning as the Vapours rise. 062:02,270[C ]| He is not now, as when on Jordan's Sand <270> 062:02,271[C ]| The Joyfull People throng'd to see him Land, 062:02,272[C ]| Cov'ring the Beach, and blackning all the Strand: 062:02,273[C ]| But, like the Prince of Angels from his height, 062:02,274[C ]| Comes tumbling downward with diminish'd light; 062:02,275[C ]| Betray'd by one poor Plot to publick Scorn, 062:02,276[C ]| (Our only blessing since his Curst Return:) 062:02,277[C ]| Those heaps of People which one Sheaf did bind, 062:02,278[C ]| Blown off and scatter'd by a puff of wind. 062:02,279[C ]| What strength can he to your Designs oppose, 062:02,280[C ]| Naked of Friends, and round beset with Foes? <280> 062:02,281[C ]| If Pharaoh's doubtfull Succour he should use, 062:02,282[C ]| A Foreign Aid woud more Incense the Jews: 062:02,283[C ]| Proud Egypt woud dissembled Friendship bring; 062:02,284[C ]| Foment the War, but not support the King: 062:02,285[C ]| Nor woud the Royal Party e'r unite 062:02,286[C ]| With Pharaoh's Arms, t' assist the Jebusite; 062:02,287[C ]| Or if they shoud, their Interest soon woud break, 062:02,288[C ]| And with such odious Aid make David weak. 062:02,289[C ]| All sorts of men by my successful Arts, 062:02,290[C ]| Abhorring Kings, estrange their alter'd Hearts <290> 062:02,291[C ]| From David's Rule: And 'tis the general Cry, 062:02,292[C ]| Religion, Common-wealth, and Liberty. 062:02,293[C ]| If you as Champion of the publique Good, 062:02,294[C ]| Add to their Arms a Chief of Royal Blood; 062:02,295[C ]| What may not Israel hope, and what Applause 062:02,296[C ]| Might such a General gain by such a Cause? 062:02,297[C ]| Not barren Praise alone, that Gaudy Flower, 062:02,298[C ]| Fair only to the sight, but solid Power: 062:02,299[C ]| And Nobler is a limited Command, 062:02,300[C ]| Giv'n by the Love of all your Native land, <300> 062:02,301[C ]| Than a Successive Title, Long, and Dark, 062:02,302[C ]| Drawn from the Mouldy Rolls of Noah's Ark. 062:02,303[' ]| What cannot Praise effect in Mighty Minds, 062:02,304[' ]| When Flattery Sooths, and when Ambition Blinds! 062:02,305[' ]| Desire of Power, on Earth a Vitious Weed, 062:02,306[' ]| Yet, Sprung from High, is of Caelestial Seed: 062:02,307[' ]| In God 'tis Glory: And when Men Aspire, 062:02,308[' ]| 'Tis but a Spark too much of Heavenly Fire. 062:02,309[' ]| Th' Ambitious Youth, too Covetous of Fame, 062:02,310[' ]| Too full of Angells Metal in his Frame <310> 062:02,311[' ]| Unwarily was led from Vertues ways; 062:02,312[' ]| Made Drunk with Honour, and Debauch'd with Praise. 062:02,313[' ]| Half loath, and half consenting to the Ill, 062:02,314[' ]| (For Royal Blood within him strugled still) 062:02,315[B ]| He thus replyed ~~ And what Pretence have I 062:02,316[B ]| To take up Arms for Publick Liberty? 062:02,317[B ]| My Father Governs with unquestion'd Right; 062:02,318[B ]| The Faiths Defender, and Mankinds Delight: 062:02,319[B ]| Good, Gracious, Just, observant of the Laws; 062:02,320[B ]| And Heav'n by Wonders has Espous'd his Cause. <320> 062:02,321[B ]| Whom has he Wrong'd in all his Peaceful Reign? 062:02,322[B ]| Who sues for Justice to his Throne in Vain? 062:02,323[B ]| What Millions has he Pardon'd of his Foes, 062:02,324[B ]| Whom Just Revenge did to his Wrath expose! 062:02,325[B ]| Mild, Easy, Humble, Studious of our Good; 062:02,326[B ]| Enclin'd to Mercy, and averse from Blood. 062:02,327[B ]| If Mildness Ill with Stubborn Israel Suite, 062:02,328[B ]| His Crime is God's beloved Attribute. 062:02,329[B ]| What could he gain, his People to Betray, 062:02,330[B ]| Or change his Right, for Arbitrary Sway? <330> 062:02,331[B ]| Let Haughty Pharaoh Curse with such a Reign, 062:02,332[B ]| His Fruitfull Nile, and Yoak a Servile Train. 062:02,333[B ]| If David's Rule Jerusalem Displease, 062:02,334[B ]| The Dog-Star heats their Brains to this Disease. 062:02,335[B ]| Why then shoud I, Encouraging the Bad, 062:02,336[B ]| Turn Rebell, and run Popularly Mad? 062:02,337[B ]| Were he a Tyrant who, by Lawless Might, 062:02,338[B ]| Opprest the Jews, and Rais'd the Jebusite, 062:02,339[B ]| Well might I Mourn; but Natures Holy Bands 062:02,340[B ]| Woud Curb my Spirits, and Restrain my Hands: <340> 062:02,341[B ]| The People might assert their Liberty; 062:02,342[B ]| But what was Right in them, were Crime in me. 062:02,343[B ]| His Favour leaves me nothing to require; 062:02,344[B ]| Prevents my Wishes, and outruns Desire. 062:02,345[B ]| What more can I expect while David lives? 062:02,346[B ]| All but his Kingly Diadem he gives; 062:02,347[' ]| And that: But there he Paus'd; then Sighing, said, 062:02,348[B ]| Is Justly Destin'd for a Worthier Head. 062:02,349[B ]| For when my Father from his Toyls shall Rest, 062:02,350[B ]| And late Augment the Number of the Blest; <350> 062:02,351[B ]| His Lawfull Issue shall the Throne ascend, 062:02,352[B ]| Or the Collateral Line where that shall end. 062:02,353[B ]| His Brother, though Opprest with Vulgar Spight, 062:02,354[B ]| Yet Dauntless and Secure of Native right, 062:02,355[B ]| Of every Royal Vertue stands possest; 062:02,356[B ]| Still Dear to all the Bravest and the Best. 062:02,357[B ]| His Courage Foes, his Friends his Truth Proclaim; 062:02,358[B ]| His Loyalty the King, the World his Fame. 062:02,359[B ]| His Mercy even th' Offending Crowd will find, 062:02,360[B ]| For sure he comes of a Forgiving Kind. <360> 062:02,361[B ]| Why shoud I then Repine at Heavens Decree; 062:02,362[B ]| Which gives me no Pretence to Royalty? 062:02,363[B ]| Yet oh that Fate Propitiously Enclind, 062:02,364[B ]| Had rais'd my Birth, or had debas'd my Mind; 062:02,365[B ]| To my large soul, not all her Treasure lent, 062:02,366[B ]| And then Betray'd it to a mean Descent. 062:02,367[B ]| I find, I find my mounting Spirits Bold, 062:02,368[B ]| And David's Part disdains my Mothers Mold. 062:02,369[B ]| Why am I Scanted by a Niggard Birth? 062:02,370[B ]| My Soul Disclaims the Kindred of her Earth: <370> 062:02,371[B ]| And made for Empire, Whispers me within; 062:02,372[B ]| Desire of Greatness is a Godlike Sin. 062:02,373[' ]| Him Staggering so when Hells dire Agent found, 062:02,374[' ]| While fainting Vertue scarce maintain'd her Ground, 062:02,375[' ]| He pours fresh Forces in, and thus Replies: 062:02,376[C ]| Th' Eternal God Supreamly Good and Wise, 062:02,377[C ]| Imparts not these Prodigious Gifts in vain; 062:02,378[C ]| What Wonders are Reserv'd to bless your Reign? 062:02,379[C ]| Against your will your Arguments have shown, 062:02,380[C ]| Such Vertue's only given to guide a Throne. <380> 062:02,381[C ]| Not that your Father's Mildness I condemn; 062:02,382[C ]| But Manly Force becomes the Diadem. 062:02,383[C ]| 'Tis true, he grants the People all they crave; 062:02,384[C ]| And more perhaps than Subjects ought to have: 062:02,385[C ]| For Lavish grants suppose a Monarch tame, 062:02,386[C ]| And more his Goodness than his Wit proclaim. 062:02,387[C ]| But when shoud People strive their Bonds to break, 062:02,388[C ]| If not when Kings are Negligent or Weak? 062:02,389[C ]| Let him give on till he can give no more, 062:02,390[C ]| The Thrifty Sanhedrin shall keep him poor: <390> 062:02,391[C ]| And every Sheckle which he can receive, 062:02,392[C ]| Shall cost a Limb of his Prerogative. 062:02,393[C ]| To ply him with new Plots, shall be my care, 062:02,394[C ]| Or plunge him deep in some Expensive War; 062:02,395[C ]| Which when his Treasure can no more Supply, 062:02,396[C ]| He must, with the Remains of Kingship, buy. 062:02,397[C ]| His faithful Friends, our Jealousies and Fears, 062:02,398[C ]| Call Jebusites; and Pharaoh's Pentioners: 062:02,399[C ]| Whom, when our Fury from his Aid has torn, 062:02,400[C ]| He shall be Naked left to publick Scorn. <400> 062:02,401[C ]| The next Successor, whom I fear and hate, 062:02,402[C ]| My Arts have made Obnoxious to the State; 062:02,403[C ]| Turn'd all his Vertues to his Overthrow, 062:02,404[C ]| And gain'd our Elders to pronounce a Foe. 062:02,405[C ]| His Right, for Sums of necessary Gold, 062:02,406[C ]| Shall first be Pawn'd, and afterwards be Sold: 062:02,407[C ]| Till time shall ever-wanting David draw, 062:02,408[C ]| To pass your doubtfull Title into Law: 062:02,409[C ]| If not; the People have a Right Supreme 062:02,410[C ]| To make their Kings; for Kings are made for them. <410> 062:02,411[C ]| All Empire is no more than Pow'r in Trust, 062:02,412[C ]| Which when resum'd, can be no longer Just. 062:02,413[C ]| Succession, for the general Good design'd, 062:02,414[C ]| In its own wrong a Nation cannot bind: 062:02,415[C ]| If altering that, the People can relieve, 062:02,416[C ]| Better one suffer, than a Nation grieve. 062:02,417[C ]| The Jews well know their power: e'r Saul they chose, 062:02,418[C ]| God was their King, and God they durst Depose. 062:02,419[C ]| Urge now your Piety, your Filial Name, 062:02,420[C ]| A Father's Right, and fear of future Fame; <420> 062:02,421[C ]| The publick Good, that Universal Call, 062:02,422[C ]| To which even Heav'n Submitted, answers all. 062:02,423[C ]| Nor let his Love Enchant your generous Mind; 062:02,424[C ]| 'Tis Natures trick to Propagate her Kind. 062:02,425[C ]| Our fond Begetters, who woud never dye, 062:02,426[C ]| Love but themselves in their Posterity. 062:02,427[C ]| Or let his Kindness by th' Effects be try'd, 062:02,428[C ]| Or let him lay his vain Pretence aside. 062:02,429[C ]| God said he lov'd your Father; coud he bring 062:02,430[C ]| A better Proof, than to Anoint him King? <430> 062:02,431[C ]| It surely shew'd he lov'd the Shepherd well, 062:02,432[C ]| Who gave so fair a Flock as Israel. 062:02,433[C ]| Woud David have you thought his Darling Son? 062:02,434[C ]| What means he then, to Alienate the Crown? 062:02,435[C ]| The name of Godly he may blush to bear: 062:02,436[C ]| 'Tis after God's own heart to Cheat his Heir. 062:02,437[C ]| He to his Brother gives Supreme Command; 062:02,438[C ]| To you a Legacy of Barren Land: 062:02,439[C ]| Perhaps th' old Harp, on which he thrums his Layes: 062:02,440[C ]| Or some dull Hebrew Ballad in your Praise. <440> 062:02,441[C ]| Then the next heir, a Prince, Severe and Wise, 062:02,442[C ]| Already looks on you with Jealous Eyes; 062:02,443[C ]| Sees through the thin Disguises of your Arts, 062:02,444[C ]| And markes your Progress in the Peoples Hearts. 062:02,445[C ]| Though now his mighty Soul its Grief contains; 062:02,446[C ]| He meditates Revenge who least Complains, 062:02,447[C ]| And like a Lyon, Slumbring in the way, 062:02,448[C ]| Or Sleep dissembling, while he waits his Prey, 062:02,449[C ]| His fearless Foes witihn his Distance draws; 062:02,450[C ]| Constrains his Roaring, and Contracts his Paws; <450> 062:02,451[C ]| Till at the last, his time for Fury found, 062:02,452[C ]| He shoots with suddain Vengeance from the Ground: 062:02,453[C ]| The Prostrate Vulgar, passes o'r, and Spares; 062:02,454[C ]| But with a Lordly Rage, his Hunters teares. 062:02,455[C ]| Your Case no tame Expedients will afford; 062:02,456[C ]| Resolve on Death, or Conquest by the Sword, 062:02,457[C ]| Which for no less a Stake than Life, you Draw; 062:02,458[C ]| And Self-defence is Natures Eldest Law. 062:02,459[C ]| Leave the warm People no Considering time; 062:02,460[C ]| For then Rebellion may be thought a Crime. <460> 062:02,461[C ]| Prevail your self of what Occasion gives, 062:02,462[C ]| But try your Title while your Father lives: 062:02,463[C ]| And that your Arms may have a fair Pretence, 062:02,464[C ]| Proclaim, you take them in the King's Defence: 062:02,465[C ]| Whose Sacred Life each minute woud Expose, 062:02,466[C ]| To Plots, from seeming Friends, and secret Foes. 062:02,467[C ]| And who can sound the depth of David's Soul? 062:02,468[C ]| Perhaps his Fear, his kindness may Controul. 062:02,469[C ]| He fears his Brother, though he loves his Son, 062:02,470[C ]| For plighted Vows too late to be undone. <470> 062:02,471[C ]| If so, by Force he wishes to be gain'd, 062:02,472[C ]| Like womens Leachery, to seem Constrain'd: 062:02,473[C ]| Doubt not, but when he most affects the Frown, 062:02,474[C ]| Commit a pleasing Rape upon the Crown. 062:02,475[C ]| Secure his Person to secure your Cause; 062:02,476[C ]| They who possess the Prince, possess the Laws. 062:02,477[' ]| He said, And this Advice above the rest, 062:02,478[' ]| With Absalom's Mild nature suited best: 062:02,479[' ]| Unblam'd of Life (Ambition set aside,) 062:02,480[' ]| Not stain'd with Cruelty, nor puft with Pride; <480> 062:02,481[' ]| How happy had he been, if Destiny 062:02,482[' ]| Had higher plac'd his Birth, or not so high! 062:02,483[' ]| His Kingly Vertues might have claim'd a Throne, 062:02,484[' ]| And blest all other Countries but his own: 062:02,485[' ]| But charming Greatness, since so few refuse; 062:02,486[' ]| 'Tis Juster to Lament him, than Accuse. 062:02,487[' ]| Strong were his hopes a Rival to remove, 062:02,488[' ]| With blandishments to gain the publick Love; 062:02,489[' ]| To Head the Faction while their Zeal was hot, 062:02,490[' ]| And Popularly prosecute the Plot. <490> 062:02,491[' ]| To farther this, Achitophel Unites 062:02,492[' ]| The Malecontents of all the Israelites; 062:02,493[' ]| Whose differing Parties he could wisely Joyn, 062:02,494[' ]| For several Ends, to serve the same Design: 062:02,495[' ]| The Best, and of the Princes some were such, 062:02,496[' ]| Who thought the power of Monarchy too much: 062:02,497[' ]| Mistaken Men, and Patriots in their Hearts; 062:02,498[' ]| Not Wicked, but Seduc'd by Impious Arts. 062:02,499[' ]| By these the Springs of Property were bent, 062:02,500[' ]| And wound so high, they Crack'd the Government. <500> 062:02,501[' ]| The next for Interest sought t' embroil the State, 062:02,502[' ]| To sell their Duty at a dearer rate; 062:02,503[' ]| And make their Jewish Markets of the Throne, 062:02,504[' ]| Pretending publick Good, to serve their own. 062:02,505[' ]| Others thought Kings an useless heavy load, 062:02,506[' ]| Who Cost too much, and did too little Good. 062:02,507[' ]| These were for laying Honest David by, 062:02,508[' ]| On Principles of pure good Husbandry. 062:02,509[' ]| With them Joyn'd all th' Haranguers of the Throng, 062:02,510[' ]| That thought to get Preferment by the Tongue. <510> 062:02,511[' ]| Who follow next, a double Danger bring, 062:02,512[' ]| Not only hating David, but the King, 062:02,513[' ]| The Solymaean Rout; well Verst of old, 062:02,514[' ]| In Godly Faction, and in Treason bold; 062:02,515[' ]| Cowring and Quaking at a Conqueror's Sword, 062:02,516[' ]| But Lofty to a Lawfull Prince Restor'd; 062:02,517[' ]| Saw with Disdain an Ethnick Plot begun, 062:02,518[' ]| And Scorn'd by Jebusites to be Out-done. 062:02,519[' ]| Hot Levites Headed these; who pul'd before 062:02,520[' ]| From th' Ark, which in the Judges days they bore, <520> 062:02,521[' ]| Resum'd their Cant, and with a Zealous Cry, 062:02,522[' ]| Pursu'd their old belov'd Theocracy: 062:02,523[' ]| Where Sanhedrin and Priest inslav'd the Nation, 062:02,524[' ]| And justifi'd their Spoils by Inspiration; 062:02,525[' ]| For who so fit for Reign as Aaron's Race, 062:02,526[' ]| If once Dominion they could found in Grace? 062:02,527[' ]| These led the Pack; tho not of surest scent, 062:02,528[' ]| Yet deepest mouth'd against the Government. 062:02,529[' ]| A numerous Host of dreaming Saints succeed; 062:02,530[' ]| Of the true old Enthuiastick breed: <530> 062:02,531[' ]| 'Gainst Form and Order they their Power employ; 062:02,532[' ]| Nothing to Build and all things to Destroy. 062:02,533[' ]| But far more numerous was the herd of such, 062:02,534[' ]| Who think too little, and who talk too much. 062:02,535[' ]| These, out of meer instinct, they knew not why, 062:02,536[' ]| Ador'd their fathers God, and Property: 062:02,537[' ]| And, by the same blind benefit of Fate, 062:02,538[' ]| The Devil and the Jebusite did hate: 062:02,539[' ]| Born to be sav'd, even in their own despight; 062:02,540[' ]| Because they could not help believing right. <540> 062:02,541[' ]| Such were the tools; but a whole Hydra more 062:02,542[' ]| Remains, of sprouting heads too long, to score. 062:02,543[' ]| Some of their Chiefs were Princes of the Land: 062:02,544[' ]| In the first Rank of these did Zimri stand: 062:02,545[' ]| A man so various, that he seem'd to be 062:02,546[' ]| Not one, but all Mankinds Epitome. 062:02,547[' ]| Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong; 062:02,548[' ]| Was every thing by starts, and nothing long: 062:02,549[' ]| But, in the course of one revolving Moon, 062:02,550[' ]| Was Chymist, Fidler, States-Man, and Buffoon: <550> 062:02,551[' ]| Then all for Women, Painting, Rhiming, Drinking; 062:02,552[' ]| Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. 062:02,553[' ]| Blest Madman, who coud every hour employ, 062:02,554[' ]| With something New to wish, or to enjoy! 062:02,555[' ]| Rayling and praising were his uual Theams; 062:02,556[' ]| And both (to shew his Judgment) in Extreams: 062:02,557[' ]| So over Violent, or over Civil, 062:02,558[' ]| That every man, with him, was God or Devil. 062:02,559[' ]| In squandring Wealth was his peculiar Art; 062:02,560[' ]| Nothing went unrewarded, but Desert. <560> 062:02,561[' ]| Begger'd by Fools, whom still he found too late: 062:02,562[' ]| He had his Jest, and they had his Estate. 062:02,563[' ]| He laught himself from Court, then sought Releif 062:02,564[' ]| By forming Parties, but coud ne're be Chief: 062:02,565[' ]| For, spight of him, the weight of Business fell 062:02,566[' ]| On Absalom and wise Achitophel: 062:02,567[' ]| Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, 062:02,568[' ]| He left not Faction, but of that was left. 062:02,569[' ]| Titles and Names 'twere tedious to Reherse 062:02,570[' ]| Of Lords, below the Dignity of Verse. <570> 062:02,571[' ]| Wits, warriors, Common-wealthsmen, were the best: 062:02,572[' ]| Kind Husbands and meer Nobles all the rest. 062:02,573[' ]| And, therefore in the name of Dulness, be 062:02,574[' ]| The well-hung Balaam and cold Caleb free. 062:02,575[' ]| And canting Nadab let Oblivion damn, 062:02,576[' ]| Who made new porridge for the Paschal Lamb. 062:02,577[' ]| Let Friendships holy band some Names assure: 062:02,578[' ]| Some their own Worth, and some let Scorn secure. 062:02,579[' ]| Nor shall the Rascall Rabble here have Place, 062:02,580[' ]| Whom Kings no Titles gave, and God no Grace: <580> 062:02,581[' ]| Not Bull-fac'd Jonas, who could Statutes draw 062:02,582[' ]| To mean Rebellion, and make Treason Law. 062:02,583[' ]| But he, tho bad, is follow'd by a worse, 062:02,584[' ]| The wretch, who Heavens Annointed dar'd to Curse. 062:02,585[' ]| Shimei, whose Youth did early Promise bring 062:02,586[' ]| Of Zeal to God, and Hatred to his King; 062:02,587[' ]| Did wisely from Expensive Sins refrain, 062:02,588[' ]| And never broke the Sabbath, but for Gain: 062:02,589[' ]| Nor ever was he known an Oath to vent, 062:02,590[' ]| Or Curse unless against the Government. <590> 062:02,591[' ]| Thus, heaping Wealth, by the most ready way 062:02,592[' ]| Among the Jews, which was to Cheat and Pray; 062:02,593[' ]| The City, to reward his pious Hate 062:02,594[' ]| Against his Master, chose him Magistrate: 062:02,595[' ]| His Hand a Vare of Justice did uphold; 062:02,596[' ]| His Neck was loaded with a Chain of Gold. 062:02,597[' ]| During his Office, Treason was no Crime; 062:02,598[' ]| The Sons of Belial had a glorious Time: 062:02,599[' ]| For Shimei, though not prodigal of pelf, 062:02,600[' ]| Yet lov'd his wicked Neighbour as himself: <600> 062:02,601[' ]| When two or three were gather'd to declaim 062:02,602[' ]| Against the Monarch of Jerusalem, 062:02,603[' ]| Shimei was always in the midst of them: 062:02,604[' ]| And, if they Curst the King when he was by, 062:02,605[' ]| Woud rather Curse, than break good Company. 062:02,606[' ]| If any durst his Factious Friends accuse, 062:02,607[' ]| He pact a Jury of dissenting Jews: 062:02,608[' ]| Whose fellow-feeling, in the godly Cause, 062:02,609[' ]| Would free the suffring Saint from Humane Laws. 062:02,610[' ]| For Laws are only made to Punish those, <610> 062:02,611[' ]| Who serve the King, and to protect his foes. 062:02,612[' ]| If any leisure time he had from Power, 062:02,613[' ]| (Because 'tis Sin to misimploy an hour;) 062:02,614[' ]| His business was, by Writing, to Persuade, 062:02,615[' ]| That Kings were Useless, and a Clog to Trade: 062:02,616[' ]| And, that his noble Stile he might refine, 062:02,617[' ]| No Rechabite more shund the fumes of Wine. 062:02,618[' ]| Chast were his Cellars, and his Shrieval Board 062:02,619[' ]| The Grossness of a City Feast abhor'd: 062:02,620[' ]| His Cooks, with long disuse, their Trade forgot; <620> 062:02,621[' ]| Cool was his Kitchen, tho his Brains were hot. 062:02,622[' ]| Such frugal Vertue Malice may accuse, 062:02,623[' ]| But sure 'twas necessary to the Jews: 062:02,624[' ]| For Towns once burnt, such Magistrates require 062:02,625[' ]| As dare not tempt Gods Providence by fire. 062:02,626[' ]| With Spiritual food he fed his Servants well, 062:02,627[' ]| But free from flesh, that made the Jews Rebel: 062:02,628[' ]| And Moses's Laws he held in more account, 062:02,629[' ]| For forty days of Fasting in the Mount. 062:02,630[' ]| To speak the rest, who better are forgot, <630> 062:02,631[' ]| Would tyre a well breath'd Witness of the Plot: 062:02,632[' ]| Yet, Corah, thou shalt from Oblivion pass; 062:02,633[' ]| Erect thy self thou Monumental Brass: 062:02,634[' ]| High as the Serpent of thy mettall made, 062:02,635[' ]| While Nations stand secure beneath thy shade. 062:02,636[' ]| What tho his Birth were base, yet Comets rise 062:02,637[' ]| From Earthy Vapours ere they shine in Skies. 062:02,638[' ]| Prodigious Actions may as well be done 062:02,639[' ]| By Weavers issue, as by Princes Son. 062:02,640[' ]| This Arch-Attestor for the Publick Good, <640> 062:02,641[' ]| By that one Deed Enobles all his Bloud. 062:02,642[' ]| Who ever ask'd the Witnesses high race, 062:02,643[' ]| Whose Oath with Martyrdom did Stephen grace? 062:02,644[' ]| Ours was a Levite, and as times went then, 062:02,645[' ]| His Tribe were Godalmightys Gentlemen. 062:02,646[' ]| Sunk were his Eyes, his Voyce was harsh and loud, 062:02,647[' ]| Sure signs he neither Cholerick was, nor Proud: 062:02,648[' ]| His long Chin prov'd his Wit; his Saintlike Grace 062:02,649[' ]| A Church Vermilion, and a Moses's Face; 062:02,650[' ]| His Memory, miraculously great, <650> 062:02,651[' ]| Could Plots, exceeding mans belief, repeat; 062:02,652[' ]| Which, therefore cannot be accounted Lies, 062:02,653[' ]| For humane Wit could never such devise. 062:02,654[' ]| Some future Truths are mingled in his Book; 062:02,655[' ]| But, where the witness faild, the Prophet Spoke: 062:02,656[' ]| Some things like Visionary flights appear; 062:02,657[' ]| The Spirit caught him up, the Lord knows where: 062:02,658[' ]| And gave him his Rabinical degree 062:02,659[' ]| Unknown to Foreign University. 062:02,660[' ]| His Judgment yet his Memory did excel; <660> 062:02,661[' ]| Which peic'd his wondrous Evidence so well: 062:02,662[' ]| And suited to the temper of the times; 062:02,663[' ]| Then groaning under Jebusitick Crimes. 062:02,664[' ]| Let Israels foes suspect his heav'nly call, 062:02,665[' ]| And rashly judge his writ Apocryphal; 062:02,666[' ]| Our Laws for such affronts have forfeits made: 062:02,667[' ]| He takes his life, who takes away his trade. 062:02,668[' ]| Were I my self in witness Corahs place, 062:02,669[' ]| The wretch who did me such a dire disgrace, 062:02,670[' ]| Should whet my memory, though once forgot, <670> 062:02,671[' ]| To make him an Appendix of my Plot. 062:02,672[' ]| His Zeal to Heav'n, made him his Prince despise, 062:02,673[' ]| And load his person with indignities: 062:02,674[' ]| But Zeal peculiar priviledg affords; 062:02,675[' ]| Indulging latitude to deeds and words. 062:02,676[' ]| And Corah might for Agag's murther call, 062:02,677[' ]| In terms as course as Samuel us'd to Saul. 062:02,678[' ]| What others in his Evidence did Joyn, 062:02,679[' ]| (The best that could be had for love or coyn,) 062:02,680[' ]| In Corah's own predicament will fall: <680> 062:02,681[' ]| For witness is a Common Name to all. 062:02,682[' ]| Surrounded thus with Freinds of every sort, 062:02,683[' ]| Deluded Absalom, forsakes the Court: 062:02,684[' ]| Impatient of high hopes, urg'd with renown, 062:02,685[' ]| And Fir'd with near possession of a Crown: 062:02,686[' ]| Th' admiring Croud are dazled with surprize, 062:02,687[' ]| And on his godly person feed their eyes: 062:02,688[' ]| His Joy conceal'd, he sets himself to show; 062:02,689[' ]| On each side bowing popularly low: 062:02,690[' ]| His looks, his gestures, and his words he frames, <690> 062:02,691[' ]| And with familiar ease repeats their Names. 062:02,692[' ]| Thus, form'd by Nature, furnish'd out with Arts, 062:02,693[' ]| He glides unfelt into their secret hearts: 062:02,694[' ]| Then with a kind compassionating look, 062:02,695[' ]| And sighs, bespeaking pity ere he spoak, 062:02,696[' ]| Few words he said; but easy those and fit: 062:02,697[' ]| More slow than Hybla drops, and far more sweet. 062:02,698[B ]| I mourn, my Countrymen, your lost Estate; 062:02,699[B ]| Tho far unable to prevent your fate: 062:02,700[B ]| Behold a Banisht man, for your dear cause <700> 062:02,701[B ]| Expos'd a prey to Arbitrary laws! 062:02,702[B ]| Yet oh! that I alone cou'd be undone, 062:02,703[B ]| Cut off from Empire, and no more a Son! 062:02,704[B ]| Now all your Liberties a spoil are made; 062:02,705[B ]| Aegypt and Tyrus intercept your Trade, 062:02,706[B ]| And Jebusites your Sacred Rites invade. 062:02,707[B ]| My Father, whom with reverence yet I name, 062:02,708[B ]| Charm'd into Ease, is careless of his Fame: 062:02,709[B ]| And, brib'd with petty summs of Forreign Gold, 062:02,710[B ]| Is grown in Bathsheba's Embraces old: <710> 062:02,711[B ]| Exalts his Enemies, his Freinds destroys: 062:02,712[B ]| And all his pow'r against himself employs. 062:02,713[B ]| He gives, and let him give my right away: 062:02,714[B ]| But why should he his own, and yours betray? 062:02,715[B ]| He only, he can make the Nation bleed, 062:02,716[B ]| And he alone from my revenge is freed. 062:02,717[B ]| Take then my Tears (with that he wip'd his Eyes) 062:02,718[B ]| 'Tis all the Aid my present power supplies: 062:02,719[B ]| No Court Informer can these Arms accuse, 062:02,720[B ]| These Arms may Sons against their Fathers use, <720> 062:02,721[B ]| And tis my wish, the next Successors Reign 062:02,722[B ]| May make no other Israelite complain. 062:02,723[' ]| Youth, Beauty, Graceful Action, seldom fail: 062:02,724[' ]| But Common Interest always will prevail: 062:02,725[' ]| And pity never Ceases to be shown 062:02,726[' ]| To him, who makes the peoples wrongs his own. 062:02,727[' ]| The Croud, (that still believe their Kings oppress) 062:02,728[' ]| With lifted hands their young Messiah bless: 062:02,729[' ]| Who now begins his Progress to ordain; 062:02,730[' ]| With Chariots, Horsemen, and a numerous train: <730> 062:02,731[' ]| From East to West his Glories he displaies: 062:02,732[' ]| And, like the Sun, the promis'd land survays. 062:02,733[' ]| Fame runs before him, as the morning Star; 062:02,734[' ]| And shouts of Joy salute him from afar: 062:02,735[' ]| Each house receives him as a Guardian God; 062:02,736[' ]| And Consecrates the Place of his aboad: 062:02,737[' ]| But hospitable treats did most Commend 062:02,738[' ]| Wise Issachar, his wealthy western friend. 062:02,739[' ]| This moving Court, that caught the peoples Eyes, 062:02,740[' ]| And seem'd but Pomp, did others ends disguise: <740> 062:02,741[' ]| Achitophel had form'd it, with intent 062:02,742[' ]| To sound the depths, and fathom where it went, 062:02,743[' ]| The Peoples hearts; distinguish Friends from Foes; 062:02,744[' ]| And try their strength, before they came to blows: 062:02,745[' ]| Yet all was colour'd with a smooth pretence 062:02,746[' ]| Of specious love, and duty to their Prince. 062:02,747[' ]| Religion, and Redress of Grievances, 062:02,748[' ]| Two names, that always cheat and always please, 062:02,749[' ]| Are often urg'd; and good King David's life 062:02,750[' ]| Indanger'd by a Brother and a Wife. <750> 062:02,751[' ]| Thus, in a Pageant Show, a Plot is made; 062:02,752[' ]| And Peace it self is War in Masquerade. 062:02,753[' ]| Oh foolish Israel! never warn'd by ill, 062:02,754[' ]| Still the same baite, and circumvented still! 062:02,755[' ]| Did ever men forsake their present ease, 062:02,756[' ]| In midst of health Imagine a desease; 062:02,757[' ]| Take pains Contingent mischiefs to foresee, 062:02,758[' ]| Make Heirs for Monarks, and for God decree? 062:02,759[' ]| What shall we think! can People give away 062:02,760[' ]| Both for themselves and Sons, their Native sway? <760> 062:02,761[' ]| Then they are left Defensless, to the Sword 062:02,762[' ]| Of each unbounded Arbitrary Lord: 062:02,763[' ]| And Laws are vain, by which we Right enjoy, 062:02,764[' ]| If Kings unquestiond can those laws destroy. 062:02,765[' ]| Yet, if the Crowd be Judge of fit and Just, 062:02,766[' ]| And Kings are onely Officers in trust, 062:02,767[' ]| Then this resuming Covenant was declar'd 062:02,768[' ]| When Kings were made, or is for ever bar'd: 062:02,769[' ]| If those who gave the Scepter, coud not tye 062:02,770[' ]| By their own deed their own Posterity, <770> 062:02,771[' ]| How then coud Adam bind his future Race? 062:02,772[' ]| How coud his forfeit on mankind take place? 062:02,773[' ]| Or how coud heavenly Justice damn us all, 062:02,774[' ]| Who nere consented to our Fathers fall? 062:02,775[' ]| Then Kings are slaves to those whom they Command, 062:02,776[' ]| And Tenants to their Peoples pleasure stand. 062:02,777[' ]| Add, that the Pow'r for Property allowd, 062:02,778[' ]| Is mischeivously seated in the Crowd: 062:02,779[' ]| For who can be secure of private Right, 062:02,780[' ]| If Sovereign sway may be dissolv'd by might? <780> 062:02,781[' ]| Nor is the Peoples Judgment always true: 062:02,782[' ]| The most may err as grosly as the few, 062:02,783[' ]| And faultless Kings, run down by Common Cry, 062:02,784[' ]| For Vice, Oppression, and for Tyranny. 062:02,785[' ]| What Standard is there in a fickle rout, 062:02,786[' ]| Which, flowing to the mark, runs faster out? 062:02,787[' ]| Nor only Crowds, but Sanhedrins may be 062:02,788[' ]| Infected with this publick Lunacy: 062:02,789[' ]| And Share the madness of Rebellious times, 062:02,790[' ]| To Murther Monarchs for Imagin'd crimes. <790> 062:02,791[' ]| If they may Give and Take when e'r they please, 062:02,792[' ]| Not Kings alone, (the Godhead Images,) 062:02,793[' ]| But Government it self at length must fall 062:02,794[' ]| To Natures state; where all have Right to all. 062:02,795[' ]| Yet, grant our Lords the People Kings can make, 062:02,796[' ]| What Prudent men a setled Throne woud shake? 062:02,797[' ]| For whatsoe'r their Sufferings were before, 062:02,798[' ]| That Change they Covet makes them suffer more. 062:02,799[' ]| All other Errors but disturb a State; 062:02,800[' ]| But Innovation is the Blow of Fate. <800> 062:02,801[' ]| If ancient Fabricks nod, and threat to fall, 062:02,802[' ]| To Patch the Flaws, and Buttress up the Wall, 062:02,803[' ]| Thus far 'tis Duty; but here fix the Mark: 062:02,804[' ]| For all beyond it is to touch our Ark. 062:02,805[' ]| To change Foundations, cast the Frame anew, 062:02,806[' ]| Is work for Rebels who base Ends pursue: 062:02,807[' ]| At once Divine and Humane Laws controul; 062:02,808[' ]| And mend the Parts by ruine of the Whole. 062:02,809[' ]| The Tampering World is subject to this Curse, 062:02,810[' ]| To Physick their Disease into a worse. <810> 062:02,811[' ]| Now what Relief can Righteous David bring? 062:02,812[' ]| How Fatall 'tis to be too good a King! 062:02,813[' ]| Friends he has few, so high the Madness grows; 062:02,814[' ]| Who dare be such, must be the Peoples Foes: 062:02,815[' ]| Yet some there were, ev'n in the worst of days; 062:02,816[' ]| Some let me name, and Naming is to praise. 062:02,817[' ]| In this short File Barzillai first appears; 062:02,818[' ]| Barzillai crown'd with Honour and with years: 062:02,819[' ]| Long since, the rising Rebells he withstood 062:02,820[' ]| In Regions waste, beyond the Jordans Flood: <820> 062:02,821[' ]| Unfortunately Brave to buoy the State; 062:02,822[' ]| But sinking underneath his Masters Fate: 062:02,823[' ]| In Exile with his Godlike Prince he Mourn'd; 062:02,824[' ]| For him he Suffer'd, and with him Return'd. 062:02,825[' ]| The Court he practis'd, not the Courtier's art: 062:02,826[' ]| Large was his Wealth, but larger was his Heart: 062:02,827[' ]| Which, well the Noblest Objects knew to choose, 062:02,828[' ]| The Fighting Warriour, and Recording Muse. 062:02,829[' ]| His Bed coud once a Fruitfull Issue boast: 062:02,830[' ]| Now more than half a Father's Name is lost: <830> 062:02,831[' ]| His Eldest Hope, with every Grace adorn'd, 062:02,832[' ]| By me (so Heav'n will have it) always Mourn'd, 062:02,833[' ]| And always honour'd, snatcht in Manhoods prime 062:02,834[' ]| By 'unequal Fates, and Providences crime: 062:02,835[' ]| Yet not before the Goal of honour won, 062:02,836[' ]| All parts fulfill'd of Subject and of Son; 062:02,837[' ]| Swift was the Race, but short the Time to run. 062:02,838[' ]| Oh narrow Circle, but of Pow'r Divine, 062:02,839[' ]| Scanted in Space, but perfect in thy Line! 062:02,840[' ]| By Sea, by Land, thy Matchless Worth was known; <840> 062:02,841[' ]| Arms thy Delight, and War was all thy Own: 062:02,842[' ]| Thy force, Infus'd, the fainting Tyrians prop'd: 062:02,843[' ]| And haughty Pharaoh found his Fortune stop'd. 062:02,844[' ]| Oh Ancient Honour, Oh Unconquer'd Hand, 062:02,845[' ]| Whom Foes unpunish'd never coud withstand! 062:02,846[' ]| But Israel was unworthy of thy Name; 062:02,847[' ]| Short is the date of all Immoderate Fame. 062:02,848[' ]| It looks as heaven our Ruine had design'd, 062:02,849[' ]| And durst not trust thy Fortune and thy Mind. 062:02,850[' ]| Now, free from Earth, thy disencumbred Soul <850> 062:02,851[' ]| Mounts up, and leaves behind the Clouds and Starry Pole: 062:02,852[' ]| From thence thy kindred legions mayst thou bring 062:02,853[' ]| To aid the guardian Angel of thy King. 062:02,854[' ]| Here stop my Muse, here cease thy painfull flight; 062:02,855[' ]| No Pinions can pursue Immortal height: 062:02,856[' ]| Tell good Barzillai thou canst sing no more, 062:02,857[' ]| And tell thy Soul she should have fled before; 062:02,858[' ]| Or fled she with his life, and left this Verse 062:02,859[' ]| To hang on her departed Patron's Herse? 062:02,860[' ]| Now take thy steepy flight from heaven, and see <860> 062:02,861[' ]| If thou canst find on earth another He, 062:02,862[' ]| Another he would be too hard to find, 062:02,863[' ]| See then whom thou canst see not far behind: 062:02,864[' ]| Zadock the Priest, whom, shunning Power and Place, 062:02,865[' ]| His lowly mind advanc'd to David's Grace: 062:02,866[' ]| With him the Sagan of Jerusalem, 062:02,867[' ]| Of hospitable Soul and noble Stem; 062:02,868[' ]| Him of the Western dome, whose weighty sense 062:02,869[' ]| Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. 062:02,870[' ]| The Prophets Sons by such example led, <870> 062:02,871[' ]| To Learning and to Loyalty were bred: 062:02,872[' ]| For Colleges on bounteous Kings depend, 062:02,873[' ]| And never Rebell was to Arts a friend. 062:02,874[' ]| To these succeed the Pillars of the Laws, 062:02,875[' ]| Who best cou'd plead and best can judge a Cause. 062:02,876[' ]| Next them a train of Loyal Peers ascend: 062:02,877[' ]| Sharp judging Adriel the Muses friend, 062:02,878[' ]| Himself a Muse ~~ in Sanhedrins debate 062:02,879[' ]| True to his Prince; but not a Slave of State: 062:02,880[' ]| Whom David's love with Honours did adorn, <880> 062:02,881[' ]| That from his disobedient Son were torn. 062:02,882[' ]| Jotham of piercing wit and pregnant thought, 062:02,883[' ]| Indew'd by nature, and by learning taught 062:02,884[' ]| To move Assemblies, who but onely try'd 062:02,885[' ]| The worse awhile, then chose the better side; 062:02,886[' ]| Nor chose alone, but turn'd the balance too; 062:02,887[' ]| So much the weight of one brave man can doe. 062:02,888[' ]| Hushai the friend of David in distress, 062:02,889[' ]| In publick storms of manly stedfastness; 062:02,890[' ]| By foreign treaties he inform'd his Youth; <890> 062:02,891[' ]| And join'd experience to his native truth. 062:02,892[' ]| His frugal care supply'd the wanting Throne, 062:02,893[' ]| Frugal for that, but bounteous of his own: 062:02,894[' ]| 'Tis easy conduct when Exchequers flow, 062:02,895[' ]| But hard the task to manage well the low: 062:02,896[' ]| For Soveraign power is too deprest or high, 062:02,897[' ]| When Kings are forc'd to sell, or Crowds to buy. 062:02,898[' ]| Indulge one labour more my weary Muse, 062:02,899[' ]| For Amiel, who can Amiel's praise refuse? 062:02,900[' ]| Of ancient race by birth, but nobler yet <900> 062:02,901[' ]| In his own worth, and without Title great: 062:02,902[' ]| The Sanhedrin long time as chief he rul'd, 062:02,903[' ]| Their Reason guided and their Passion coold; 062:02,904[' ]| So dexterous was he in the Crown's defence, 062:02,905[' ]| So form'd to speak a Loyal Nation's Sense, 062:02,906[' ]| That as their band was Israel's Tribes in small, 062:02,907[' ]| So fit was he to represent them all. 062:02,908[' ]| Now rasher Charioteers the Seat ascend, 062:02,909[' ]| Whose loose Carriers his steady Skill commend: 062:02,910[' ]| They like th' unequal Ruler of the Day, <910> 062:02,911[' ]| Misguide the Seasons and mistake the Way; 062:02,912[' ]| While he withdrawn at their mad Labour smiles, 062:02,913[' ]| And safe enjoys the Sabbath of his Toyls. 062:02,914[' ]| These were the chief, a small but faithful Band 062:02,915[' ]| Of Worthies, in the Breach who dar'd to stand, 062:02,916[' ]| And tempt th' united Fury of the Land. 062:02,917[' ]| With grief they view'd such powerful Engines bent, 062:02,918[' ]| To batter down the lawful Government: 062:02,919[' ]| A numerous Faction with pretended frights, 062:02,920[' ]| In Sanhedrins to plume the Regal Rights: <920> 062:02,921[' ]| The true Successour from the Court remov'd: 062:02,922[' ]| The Plot, by hireling Witnesses improv'd. 062:02,923[' ]| These Ills they saw, and as their Duty bound, 062:02,924[' ]| They shew'd the King the danger of the Wound: 062:02,925[' ]| That no Concessions from the Throne woud please, 062:02,926[' ]| But Lenitives fomented the Disease: 062:02,927[' ]| That Absalom, ambitious of the Crown, 062:02,928[' ]| Was made the Lure to draw the People down: 062:02,929[' ]| That false Achitophel's pernitious Hate, 062:02,930[' ]| Had turn'd the Plot to Ruine Church and State: <930> 062:02,931[' ]| The Council violent, the Rabble worse: 062:02,932[' ]| That Shimei taught Jerusalem to Curse. 062:02,933[' ]| With all these loads of Injuries opprest, 062:02,934[' ]| And long revolving, in his careful Breast, 062:02,935[' ]| Th' event of things; at last his patience tir'd, 062:02,936[' ]| Thus from his Royal Throne by Heav'n inspir'd, 062:02,937[' ]| The God-like David spoke: with awfull fear 062:02,938[' ]| His Train their Maker in their Master hear. 062:02,939[A ]| Thus long have I, by native mercy sway'd, 062:02,940[A ]| My wrongs dissembl'd, my revenge delay'd: <940> 062:02,941[A ]| So willing to forgive th' Offending Age, 062:02,942[A ]| So much the Father did the King asswage. 062:02,943[A ]| But now so far my Clemency they slight, 062:02,944[A ]| Th' Offenders question my Forgiving Right. 062:02,945[A ]| That one was made for many, they contend: 062:02,946[A ]| But 'tis to Rule, for that's a Monarch's End. 062:02,947[A ]| They call my tenderness of Blood, my Fear: 062:02,948[A ]| Though Manly tempers can the longest bear. 062:02,949[A ]| Yet, since they will divert my Native course, 062:02,950[A ]| 'Tis time to shew I am not Good by Force. <950> 062:02,951[A ]| Those heap'd Affronts that haughty Subjects bring, 062:02,952[A ]| Are burthens for a Camel, not a King: 062:02,953[A ]| Kings are the publick Pillars of the State, 062:02,954[A ]| Born to sustain and prop the Nations weight: 062:02,955[A ]| If my young Samson will pretend a Call 062:02,956[A ]| To shake the Column, let him share the Fall: 062:02,957[A ]| But oh that yet he woud repent and live! 062:02,958[A ]| How easie 'tis for Parents to forgive! 062:02,959[A ]| With how few Tears a Pardon might be won 062:02,960[A ]| From Nature, pleading for a Darling Son! <960> 062:02,961[A ]| Poor pitied Youth, by my Paternal care, 062:02,962[A ]| Rais'd up to all the Height his Frame coud bear: 062:02,963[A ]| Had God ordain'd his fate for Empire born, 062:02,964[A ]| He woud have given his Soul another turn: 062:02,965[A ]| Gull'd with a Patriots name, whose Modern sense 062:02,966[A ]| Is one that would by Law supplant his Prince: 062:02,967[A ]| The Peoples Brave, the Politicians Tool; 062:02,968[A ]| Never was Patriot yet, but was a Fool. 062:02,969[A ]| Whence comes it that Religion and the Laws 062:02,970[A ]| Should more be Absalom's than David's Cause? <970> 062:02,971[A ]| His old Instructor, e're he lost his Place, 062:02,972[A ]| Was never thought indu'd with so much Grace. 062:02,973[A ]| Good Heav'ns, how Faction can a Patriot Paint! 062:02,974[A ]| My Rebel ever proves my Peoples Saint: 062:02,975[A ]| Would They impose an Heir upon the Throne? 062:02,976[A ]| Let Sanhedrins be taught to give their Own. 062:02,977[A ]| A King's at least a part of Government, 062:02,978[A ]| And mine as requisite as their Consent: 062:02,979[A ]| Without my Leave a future King to choose, 062:02,980[A ]| Infers a Right the Present to Depose: <980> 062:02,981[A ]| True, they Petition me t' approve their Choise, 062:02,982[A ]| But Esau's Hands suite ill with Jacob's Voice. 062:02,983[A ]| My Pious Subjects for my Safety pray, 062:02,984[A ]| Which to Secure they take my Power away. 062:02,985[A ]| From Plots and Treasons Heaven preserve my years, 062:02,986[A ]| But Save me most from my Petitioners. 062:02,987[A ]| Unsatiate as the barren Womb or Grave, 062:02,988[A ]| God cannot Grant so much as they can Crave. 062:02,989[A ]| What then is left but with a Jealous Eye 062:02,990[A ]| To guard the Small remains of Royalty? <990> 062:02,991[A ]| The Law shall still direct my peacefull Sway, 062:02,992[A ]| And the same Law teach Rebels to Obey: 062:02,993[A ]| Votes shall no more Establish'd Pow'r controul, 062:02,994[A ]| Such Votes as make a Part exceed the Whole: 062:02,995[A ]| No groundless Clamours shall my Friends remove, 062:02,996[A ]| Nor Crowds have power to Punish e're they Prove: 062:02,997[A ]| For Gods, and Godlike Kings their Care express, 062:02,998[A ]| Still to Defend their Servants in distress. 062:02,999[A ]| Oh that my Power to Saving were confin'd: 062:02,000[A ]| Why am I forc'd, like Heaven, against my mind, <1000> 062:02,001[A ]| To make Examples of another Kind? 062:02,002[A ]| Must I at length the Sword of Justice draw? 062:02,003[A ]| Oh curst Effects of necessary Law! 062:02,004[A ]| How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan, 062:02,005[A ]| Beware the Fury of a Patient Man. 062:02,006[A ]| Law they require, let Law then shew her Face; 062:02,007[A ]| They coud not be content to look on Grace, 062:02,008[A ]| Her hinder parts, but with a daring Eye 062:02,009[A ]| To tempt the terror of her Front, and Dye. 062:02,010[A ]| By their own arts 'tis Righteously decreed, <1010> 062:02,011[A ]| Those dire Artificers of Death shall bleed. 062:02,012[A ]| Against themselves their Witnesses will Swear, 062:02,013[A ]| Till Viper-like their Mother Plot they tear: 062:02,014[A ]| And suck for Nutriment that bloody gore 062:02,015[A ]| Which was their Principle of Life before. 062:02,016[A ]| Their Belial with their Belzebub will fight; 062:02,017[A ]| Thus on my Foes, my Foes shall do me Right: 062:02,018[A ]| No doubt th' event: for Factious crowds engage 062:02,019[A ]| In their first Onset, all their Brutal Rage; 062:02,020[A ]| Then, let 'em take an unresisted Course, <1020> 062:02,021[A ]| Retire and Traverse, and Delude their Force: 062:02,022[A ]| But when they stand all Breathless, urge the fight, 062:02,023[A ]| And rise upon 'em with redoubled might: 062:02,024[A ]| For Lawfull Pow'r is still Superiour found, 062:02,025[A ]| When long driven back, at length it stands the ground. 062:02,026[' ]| He said. Th' Almighty, nodding, gave Consent; 062:02,027[' ]| And Peals of Thunder shook the Firmament. 062:02,028[' ]| Henceforth a Series of new time began, 062:02,029[' ]| The mighty Years in long Procession ran: 062:02,030[' ]| Once more the Godlike David was Restor'd, <1030> 062:02,031[' ]| And willing Nations knew their Lawfull Lord.