092:02,000@@@@@| 092:02,000[' ]| 092:02,000[' ]| 092:02,000[' ]| 092:02,001[' ]| In$4$ pious times, before priestcraft did begin, 092:02,002[' ]| Before polygamy was made a sin; 092:02,003[' ]| When man on$4$ many multiplied his kind, 092:02,004[' ]| Before one to$4$ one was cursedly confined; 092:02,005[' ]| When nature prompted, and no$2$ law denied 092:02,006[' ]| Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; 092:02,007[' ]| Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, 092:02,008[' ]| His vigorous warmth did variously impart 092:02,009[' ]| To$4$ wives and slaves; and, wide as his command, 092:02,010[' ]| Scattered his Maker's image through the land. 092:02,011[' ]| Michal, of royal blood, the crown did wear; 092:02,012[' ]| A soil ungrateful to$4$ the tiller's care: 092:02,013[' ]| Not so$5#2$ the rest; for$3$ several mothers bore 092:02,014[' ]| To$4$ godlike David several sons before. 092:02,015[' ]| But since like$4$ slaves his bed they did ascend, 092:02,016[' ]| No$2$ true succession could their seed attend. 092:02,017[' ]| Of all this numerous progeny was none 092:02,018[' ]| So$5#1$ beautiful, so$5#1$ brave, as Absalon: 092:02,019[' ]| Whether, inspired by$4$ some diviner lust, 092:02,020[' ]| His father got him with a greater gust; 092:02,021[' ]| Or that$3$ his conscious destiny made way, 092:02,022[' ]| By$4$ manly beauty, to$4$ imperial sway. 092:02,023[' ]| Early in$4$ foreign fields he won renown, 092:02,024[' ]| With kings and states allied to$4$ Israel's crown: 092:02,025[' ]| In$4$ peace the thoughts of war he could remove, 092:02,026[' ]| And seemed as he were only born for$4$ love. 092:02,027[' ]| Whatever he did, was done with so$5#1$ much ease, 092:02,028[' ]| In$4$ him alone it was natural to$9$ please: 092:02,029[' ]| His motions all accompanied with grace; 092:02,030[' ]| And paradise was opened in$4$ his face. 092:02,031[' ]| With secret joy indulgent David viewed 092:02,032[' ]| His youthful image in$4$ his son renewed: 092:02,033[' ]| To$4$ all his wishes nothing he denied; 092:02,034[' ]| And made the charming Annabel his bride. 092:02,035[' ]| What faults he had, (for$3$ who$6#2$ from faults is free?) 092:02,036[' ]| His father could not, or he would not see. 092:02,037[' ]| Some warm excesses which$6#1$ the law forbore, 092:02,038[' ]| Were construed youth that$6#1$ purged by$4$ boiling over, 092:02,039[' ]| And Amnon's murder, by$4$ a specious name, 092:02,040[' ]| Was called a just revenge for$4$ injured fame. 092:02,041[' ]| Thus praised and loved the noble youth remained, 092:02,042[' ]| While David, undisturbed, in$4$ Sion reigned. 092:02,043[' ]| But life can never be sincerely blessed; 092:02,044[' ]| Heaven punishes the bad, and proves the best. 092:02,045[' ]| The Jews, a headstrong, moody, murmuring race, 092:02,046[' ]| As ever tried the extent and stretch of grace: 092:02,047[' ]| God's pampered people, whom, debauched with ease, 092:02,048[' ]| No$2$ king could govern, nor no$2$ God could please; 092:02,049[' ]| (Gods they had tried of every shape and size, 092:02,050[' ]| That$6#1$ god-smiths could produce, or priests devise:) 092:02,051[' ]| These Adam-wits, too fortunately free, 092:02,052[' ]| Began to$9$ dream they wanted liberty; 092:02,053[' ]| And when no$2$ rule, no$2$ precedent was found, 092:02,054[' ]| Of men by$4$ laws less circumscribed and bound; 092:02,055[' ]| They led their wild desires to$4$ woods and caves, 092:02,056[' ]| And thought that$3$ all but savages were slaves. 092:02,057[' ]| They who$6#1$, when Saul was dead, without a blow, 092:02,058[' ]| Made foolish Ishbosheth the crown forego; 092:02,059[' ]| Who$6#1$ banished David did from Hebron bring, 092:02,060[' ]| And with a general shout proclaimed him king: 092:02,061[' ]| Those very Jews, who$6#1$, at their very best, 092:02,062[' ]| Their humour more than loyalty expressed, 092:02,063[' ]| Now wondered why so$5#1$ long they had obeyed 092:02,064[' ]| An idol monarch, which$6#1$ their hands had made; 092:02,065[' ]| Thought they might ruin him they could create, 092:02,066[' ]| Or melt him to$4$ that$6#2$ golden calf, a State. 092:02,067[' ]| But these were random bolts; no$2$ formed design, 092:02,068[' ]| Nor interest made the factious crowd to$9$ join: 092:02,069[' ]| The sober part of Israel, free from stain, 092:02,070[' ]| Well knew the value of a peaceful reign; 092:02,071[' ]| And, looking backward with a wise affright, 092:02,072[' ]| Saw seams of wounds, dishonest to$4$ the sight: 092:02,073[' ]| In$4$ contemplation of whose ugly scars 092:02,074[' ]| They cursed the memory of civil wars. 092:02,075[' ]| The moderate sort of men, thus qualified, 092:02,076[' ]| Inclined the balance to$4$ the better side; 092:02,077[' ]| And David's mildness managed it so$5#1$ well, 092:02,078[' ]| The bad found no$2$ occasion to$9$ rebel. 092:02,079[' ]| But when to$4$ sin our biased nature leans, 092:02,080[' ]| The careful Devil is still at hand with means; 092:02,081[' ]| And providently pimps for$4$ ill desires. 092:02,082[' ]| The Good Old Cause revived, a plot requires: 092:02,083[' ]| Plots, true or false, are necessary things, 092:02,084[' ]| To$9$ raise up$5$ commonwealths, and ruin kings. 092:02,085[' ]| The inhabitants of old Jerusalem 092:02,086[' ]| Were Jebusites; the town so$5#2$ called from them; 092:02,087[' ]| And theirs the native right ~~ 092:02,088[' ]| But when the chosen people grew more strong, 092:02,089[' ]| The rightful cause at length became the wrong; 092:02,090[' ]| And every loss the men of Jebus bore, 092:02,091[' ]| They still were thought God's enemies the more. 092:02,092[' ]| Thus worn and weakened, well or ill content, 092:02,093[' ]| Submit they must to$4$ David's government: 092:02,094[' ]| Impoverished and deprived of all command, 092:02,095[' ]| Their taxes doubled as they lost their land; 092:02,096[' ]| And, what was harder yet to$4$ flesh and blood, 092:02,097[' ]| Their gods disgraced, and burnt like$4$ common wood. 092:02,098[' ]| This set the heathen priesthood in$4$ a flame; 092:02,099[' ]| For$3$ priests of all religions are the same: 092:02,100[' ]| Of whatsoever descent their godhead be, 092:02,101[' ]| Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, 092:02,102[' ]| In$4$ his defence his servants are as bold, 092:02,103[' ]| As if he had been born of beaten gold. 092:02,104[' ]| The Jewish rabbins, though their enemies, 092:02,105[' ]| In$4$ this conclude them honest men and wise: 092:02,106[' ]| For$3$ it was their duty, all the learned think, 092:02,107[' ]| To$9$ espouse his cause, by$4$ whom they eat and drink. 092:02,108[' ]| From hence began that$6#2$ Plot, the nation's curse, 092:02,109[' ]| Bad in$4$ itself, but represented worse; 092:02,110[' ]| Raised in$4$ extremes, and in$4$ extremes decried; 092:02,111[' ]| With oaths affirmed, with dying vows denied; 092:02,112[' ]| Not weighed or winnowed by$4$ the multitude; 092:02,113[' ]| But swallowed in$4$ the mass, unchewed and crude. 092:02,114[' ]| Some truth there was, but dashed and brewed with lies, 092:02,115[' ]| To$9$ please the fools, and puzzle all the wise. 092:02,116[' ]| Succeeding times did equal folly call, 092:02,117[' ]| Believing nothing, or believing all. 092:02,118[' ]| The Egyptian rites the Jebusites embraced; 092:02,119[' ]| Where gods were recommended by$4$ their taste. 092:02,120[' ]| Such savoury deities must needs be good, 092:02,121[' ]| As served at once for$4$ worship and for$4$ food. 092:02,122[' ]| By$4$ force they could not introduce these gods 092:02,123[' ]| For$3$ ten to$4$ one in$4$ former days was odds; 092:02,124[' ]| So$3$ fraud was used (the sacrificer's trade): 092:02,125[' ]| Fools are more hard to$9$ conquer than persuade. 092:02,126[' ]| Their busy teachers mingled with the Jews, 092:02,127[' ]| And raked for$4$ converts even the court and stews: 092:02,128[' ]| Which$6#1$ Hebrew priests the more unkindly took, 092:02,129[' ]| Because the fleece accompanies the flock. 092:02,130[' ]| Some thought they God's anointed meant to$9$ slay 092:02,131[' ]| By$4$ guns, invented since full many a day: 092:02,132[' ]| Our author swears it not; but who$6#2$ can know 092:02,133[' ]| How far the Devil and Jebusites may go? 092:02,134[' ]| This Plot, which$6#1$ failed for$4$ want of common sense, 092:02,135[' ]| Had yet a deep and dangerous consequence: 092:02,136[' ]| For$3$, as when raging fevers boil the blood, 092:02,137[' ]| The standing lake soon floats into a flood, 092:02,138[' ]| And every hostile humour, which$6#1$ before 092:02,139[' ]| Slept quiet in$4$ its channels, bubbles over; 092:02,140[' ]| So$3$ several factions from this first ferment 092:02,141[' ]| Work up$5$ to$4$ foam, and threat the government. 092:02,142[' ]| Some by$4$ their friends, more by$4$ themselves thought wise, 092:02,143[' ]| Opposed the power to$4$ which$6#1$ they could not rise. 092:02,144[' ]| Some had in$4$ courts been great, and thrown from thence, 092:02,145[' ]| Like$4$ fiends were hardened in$4$ impenitence. 092:02,146[' ]| Some, by$4$ their monarch's fatal mercy, grown 092:02,147[' ]| From pardoned rebels kinsmen to$4$ the throne, 092:02,148[' ]| Were raised in$4$ power and public office high; 092:02,149[' ]| Strong bands, if bands ungrateful men could tie. 092:02,150[' ]| Of these the false Achitophel was first; 092:02,151[' ]| A name to$4$ all succeeding ages cursed: 092:02,152[' ]| For$4$ close designs and crooked counsels fit; 092:02,153[' ]| Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; 092:02,154[' ]| Restless, unfixed in$4$ principles and place; 092:02,155[' ]| In$4$ power unpleased, impatient of disgrace: 092:02,156[' ]| A fiery soul, which$6#1$, working out its way, 092:02,157[' ]| Fretted the pigmy body to$4$ decay, 092:02,158[' ]| And over-informed the tenement of clay. 092:02,159[' ]| A daring pilot in$4$ extremity; 092:02,160[' ]| Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, 092:02,161[' ]| He sought the storms; but, for$4$ a calm unfit, 092:02,162[' ]| Would steer too nigh the sands, to$9$ boast his wit. 092:02,163[' ]| Great wits are sure to$4$ madness near allied, 092:02,164[' ]| And thin partitions do their bounds divide; 092:02,165[' ]| Else why should he, with wealth and honour blessed, 092:02,166[' ]| Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? 092:02,167[' ]| Punish a body which$6#1$ he could not please; 092:02,168[' ]| Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? 092:02,169[' ]| And all to$9$ leave what with his toil he won, 092:02,170[' ]| To$4$ that$6#2$ unfeathered two-legged thing, a son; 092:02,171[' ]| Got, while his soul did huddled notions try; 092:02,172[' ]| And born a shapeless lump, like$4$ anarchy. 092:02,173[' ]| In$4$ friendship false, implacable in$4$ hate; 092:02,174[' ]| Resolved to$9$ ruin or to$9$ rule the State. 092:02,175[' ]| To$9$ compass this the triple bond he broke; 092:02,176[' ]| The pillars of the public safety shook; 092:02,177[' ]| And fitted Israel for$4$ a foreign yoke: 092:02,178[' ]| Then seized with fear, yet still affecting fame, 092:02,179[' ]| Usurped a patriot's all-atoning name. 092:02,180[' ]| So$5#1$ easy still it proves in$4$ factious times, 092:02,181[' ]| With public zeal to$9$ cancel private crimes. 092:02,182[' ]| How safe is treason, and how sacred ill, 092:02,183[' ]| Where none can sin against the people's will$0$! 092:02,184[' ]| Where crowds can wink, and no$2$ offence be known, 092:02,185[' ]| Since in$4$ another's guilt they find their own! 092:02,186[' ]| Yet fame deserved no$2$ enemy can grudge; 092:02,187[' ]| The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. 092:02,188[' ]| In$4$ Israel's courts never sat an Abbethdin 092:02,189[' ]| With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean; 092:02,190[' ]| Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to$9$ redress; 092:02,191[' ]| Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. 092:02,192[' ]| O, had he been content to$9$ serve the crown, 092:02,193[' ]| With virtues only proper to$4$ the gown; 092:02,194[' ]| Or had the rankness of the soil been freed 092:02,195[' ]| From cockle, that$6#1$ oppressed the noble seed; 092:02,196[' ]| David for$4$ him his tuneful harp had strung, 092:02,197[' ]| And heaven had wanted one immortal song. 092:02,198[' ]| But wild Ambition loves to$9$ slide, not stand, 092:02,199[' ]| And Fortune's ice prefers to$4$ Virtue's land. 092:02,200[' ]| Achitophel, grown weary to$9$ possess 092:02,201[' ]| A lawful fame, and lazy happiness, 092:02,202[' ]| Disdained the golden fruit to$9$ gather free, 092:02,203[' ]| And lent the crowd his arm to$9$ shake the tree. 092:02,204[' ]| Now, manifest of crimes contrived long since, 092:02,205[' ]| He stood at bold defiance with his prince; 092:02,206[' ]| Held up$5$ the buckler of the people's cause 092:02,207[' ]| Against the crown, and skulked behind the laws. 092:02,208[' ]| The wished occasion of the plot he takes; 092:02,209[' ]| Some circumstances finds, but more he makes. 092:02,210[' ]| By$4$ buzzing emissaries fills the ears 092:02,211[' ]| Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears 092:02,212[' ]| Of arbitrary counsels brought to$4$ light, 092:02,213[' ]| And proves the king himself a Jebusite. 092:02,214[' ]| Weak arguments! which$6#1$ yet he knew full well 092:02,215[' ]| Were strong with people easy to$9$ rebel. 092:02,216[' ]| For$3$, governed by$4$ the moon, the giddy Jews 092:02,217[' ]| Tread the same track when she the prime renews; 092:02,218[' ]| And once in$4$ twenty years, their scribes record, 092:02,219[' ]| By$4$ natural instinct they change their lord. 092:02,220[' ]| Achitophel still wants a Chief, and none <220> 092:02,221[' ]| Was found so$5#1$ fit as Warlike Absolon: 092:02,222[' ]| Not, that$3$ he wished his Greatness to$9$ create, 092:02,223[' ]| (For$3$ Politicians neither Love nor Hate:) 092:02,224[' ]| But, for$3$ he knew, his Title not allowed, 092:02,225[' ]| Would keep him still depending on$4$ the Crowd: 092:02,226[' ]| That$3$ Kingly power, thus ebbing out, might be 092:02,227[' ]| Drawn to$4$ the dregs of a Democracy. 092:02,228[' ]| Him he attempts, with studied Arts to$9$ please, 092:02,229[' ]| And sheds his Venom, in$4$ such words as these. 092:02,230[C ]| Auspicious Prince! at whose Nativity <230> 092:02,231[C ]| Some Royal Planet ruled the Southern sky; 092:02,232[C ]| Thy longing Country's Darling and Desire; 092:02,233[C ]| Their cloudy Pillar, and their guardian Fire: 092:02,234[C ]| Their second Moses, whose extended Wand 092:02,235[C ]| Divides the Seas, and shews the promised Land: 092:02,236[C ]| Whose dawning Day, in$4$ every distant age, 092:02,237[C ]| Has exercised the Sacred Prophets' rage: 092:02,238[C ]| The People's Prayer, the glad Diviner's Theme, 092:02,239[C ]| The Young-men's Vision, and the Old men's Dream! 092:02,240[C ]| Thee, Saviour, Thee, the Nation's Vows confess; <240> 092:02,241[C ]| And, never satisfied with seeing, bless: 092:02,242[C ]| Swift, unbespoken Pomps, thy steps proclaim, 092:02,243[C ]| And stammering Babes are taught to$9$ lisp thy Name. 092:02,244[C ]| How long wilt thou the general Joy detain; 092:02,245[C ]| Starve, and defraud the People of thy Reign? 092:02,246[C ]| Content ingloriously to$9$ pass thy days 092:02,247[C ]| Like$4$ one of Virtue's Fools that$6#1$ feeds on$4$ Praise; 092:02,248[C ]| Till thy fresh Glories, which$6#1$ now shine so$5#1$ bright, 092:02,249[C ]| Grow Stale and Tarnish with our daily sight. 092:02,250[C ]| Believe me, Royal Youth, thy Fruit must be, <250> 092:02,251[C ]| Or gathered Ripe, or rot upon$4$ the Tree. 092:02,252[C ]| Heaven, has to$4$ all allotted, soon or late, 092:02,253[C ]| Some lucky Revolutions of their Fate: 092:02,254[C ]| Whose Motions, if we watch and guide with Skill, 092:02,255[C ]| (For$3$ human Good depends on$4$ human Will$0$,) 092:02,256[C ]| Our Fortune rolls, as from a smooth Descent, 092:02,257[C ]| And, from the first Impression, takes the Bent: 092:02,258[C ]| But, if unseized, she glides away like$4$ wind; 092:02,259[C ]| And leaves repenting Folly far behind. 092:02,260[C ]| Now, now she meets you with a glorious prize, <260> 092:02,261[C ]| And spreads her Locks before her as she flies. 092:02,262[C ]| Had thus old David, from whose Loins you spring, 092:02,263[C ]| Not dared, when Fortune called him, to$9$ be King, 092:02,264[C ]| At Gath an Exile he might still remain, 092:02,265[C ]| And heaven's Anointing Oil had been in$4$ vain. 092:02,266[C ]| Let his successful Youth your hopes engage, 092:02,267[C ]| But shun the example of declining Age: 092:02,268[C ]| Behold him setting in$4$ his Western Skies, 092:02,269[C ]| The Shadows lengthening as the Vapours rise. 092:02,270[C ]| He is not now, as when on$4$ Jordan's Sand <270> 092:02,271[C ]| The Joyful People thronged to$9$ see him Land, 092:02,272[C ]| Covering the Beach, and blackening all the Strand: 092:02,273[C ]| But, like$4$ the Prince of Angels from his height, 092:02,274[C ]| Comes tumbling downward with diminished light; 092:02,275[C ]| Betrayed by$4$ one poor Plot to$4$ public Scorn, 092:02,276[C ]| (Our only blessing since his Cursed Return:) 092:02,277[C ]| Those heaps of People which$6#1$ one Sheaf did bind, 092:02,278[C ]| Blown off and scattered by$4$ a puff of wind. 092:02,279[C ]| What strength can he to$4$ your Designs oppose, 092:02,280[C ]| Naked of Friends, and round beset with Foes? <280> 092:02,281[C ]| If Pharaoh's doubtful Succour he should use, 092:02,282[C ]| A Foreign Aid would more Incense the Jews: 092:02,283[C ]| Proud Egypt would dissembled Friendship bring; 092:02,284[C ]| Foment the War, but not support the King: 092:02,285[C ]| Nor would the Royal Party ever unite 092:02,286[C ]| With Pharaoh's Arms, to$9$ assist the Jebusite; 092:02,287[C ]| Or if they should, their Interest soon would break, 092:02,288[C ]| And with such odious Aid make David weak. 092:02,289[C ]| All sorts of men by$4$ my successful Arts, 092:02,290[C ]| Abhorring Kings, estrange their altered Hearts <290> 092:02,291[C ]| From David's Rule: And it is the general Cry, 092:02,292[C ]| Religion, Common-wealth, and Liberty. 092:02,293[C ]| If you as Champion of the public Good, 092:02,294[C ]| Add to$4$ their Arms a Chief of Royal Blood; 092:02,295[C ]| What may not Israel hope, and what Applause 092:02,296[C ]| Might such a General gain by$4$ such a Cause? 092:02,297[C ]| Not barren Praise alone, that$6#2$ Gaudy Flower, 092:02,298[C ]| Fair only to$4$ the sight, but solid Power: 092:02,299[C ]| And Nobler is a limited Command, 092:02,300[C ]| Given by$4$ the Love of all your Native land, <300> 092:02,301[C ]| Than a Successive Title, Long, and Dark, 092:02,302[C ]| Drawn from the Mouldy Rolls of Noah's Ark. 092:02,303[' ]| What cannot Praise effect in$4$ Mighty Minds, 092:02,304[' ]| When Flattery Soothes, and when Ambition Blinds! 092:02,305[' ]| Desire of Power, on$4$ Earth a Vicious Weed, 092:02,306[' ]| Yet, Sprung from High, is of Celestial Seed: 092:02,307[' ]| In$4$ God it is Glory: And when Men Aspire, 092:02,308[' ]| It is but a Spark too much of Heavenly Fire. 092:02,309[' ]| The Ambitious Youth, too Covetous of Fame, 092:02,310[' ]| Too full of Angel's Metal in$4$ his Frame <310> 092:02,311[' ]| Unwarily was led from Virtue's ways; 092:02,312[' ]| Made Drunk with Honour, and Debauched with Praise. 092:02,313[' ]| Half loath, and half consenting to$4$ the Ill, 092:02,314[' ]| (For$3$ Royal Blood within him struggled still) 092:02,315[' ]| He thus replied ~~ 092:02,315[B ]| And what Pretence have I 092:02,316[B ]| To$9$ take up$5$ Arms for$4$ Public Liberty? 092:02,317[B ]| My Father Governs with unquestioned Right; 092:02,318[B ]| The Faith's Defender, and Mankind's Delight: 092:02,319[B ]| Good, Gracious, Just, observant of the Laws; 092:02,320[B ]| And Heaven by$4$ Wonders has Espoused his Cause. <320> 092:02,321[B ]| Whom has he Wronged in$4$ all his Peaceful Reign? 092:02,322[B ]| Who$6#2$ sues for$4$ Justice to$4$ his Throne in$4$ Vain? 092:02,323[B ]| What Millions has he Pardoned of his Foes, 092:02,324[B ]| Whom Just Revenge did to$4$ his Wrath expose! 092:02,325[B ]| Mild, Easy, Humble, Studious of our Good; 092:02,326[B ]| Inclined to$4$ Mercy, and averse from Blood. 092:02,327[B ]| If Mildness Ill with Stubborn Israel Suit, 092:02,328[B ]| His Crime is God's beloved Attribute. 092:02,329[B ]| What could he gain, his People to$9$ Betray, 092:02,330[B ]| Or change his Right, for$4$ Arbitrary Sway? <330> 092:02,331[B ]| Let Haughty Pharaoh Curse with such a Reign, 092:02,332[B ]| His Fruitful Nile, and Yoke a Servile Train. 092:02,333[B ]| If David's Rule Jerusalem Displease, 092:02,334[B ]| The Dog-Star heats their Brains to$4$ this Disease. 092:02,335[B ]| Why then should I, Encouraging the Bad, 092:02,336[B ]| Turn Rebel, and run Popularly Mad? 092:02,337[B ]| Were he a Tyrant who$6#1$, by$4$ Lawless Might, 092:02,338[B ]| Oppressed the Jews, and Raised the Jebusite, 092:02,339[B ]| Well might I Mourn; but Nature's Holy Bands 092:02,340[B ]| Would Curb my Spirits, and Restrain my Hands: <340> 092:02,341[B ]| The People might assert their Liberty; 092:02,342[B ]| But what was Right in$4$ them, were Crime in$4$ me. 092:02,343[B ]| His Favour leaves me nothing to$9$ require; 092:02,344[B ]| Prevents my Wishes, and outruns Desire. 092:02,345[B ]| What more can I expect while David lives? 092:02,346[B ]| All but his Kingly Diadem he gives; 092:02,347[B ]| And that$6#2$: 092:02,347[' ]| But there he Paused; then Sighing, said, 092:02,348[B ]| Is Justly Destined for$4$ a Worthier Head. 092:02,349[B ]| For$3$ when my Father from his Toils shall Rest, 092:02,350[B ]| And late Augment the Number of the Blest; <350> 092:02,351[B ]| His Lawful Issue shall the Throne ascend, 092:02,352[B ]| Or the Collateral Line where that$6#2$ shall end. 092:02,353[B ]| His Brother, though Oppressed with Vulgar Spite, 092:02,354[B ]| Yet Dauntless and Secure of Native right, 092:02,355[B ]| Of every Royal Virtue stands possessed; 092:02,356[B ]| Still Dear to$4$ all the Bravest and the Best. 092:02,357[B ]| His Courage Foes, his Friends his Truth Proclaim; 092:02,358[B ]| His Loyalty the King, the World his Fame. 092:02,359[B ]| His Mercy even the Offending Crowd will$1$ find, 092:02,360[B ]| For$3$ sure he comes of a Forgiving Kind. <360> 092:02,361[B ]| Why should I then Repine at Heaven's Decree; 092:02,362[B ]| Which$6#1$ gives me no$2$ Pretence to$4$ Royalty? 092:02,363[B ]| Yet oh that$3$ Fate Propitiously Inclined, 092:02,364[B ]| Had raised my Birth, or had debased my Mind; 092:02,365[B ]| To$4$ my large soul, not all her Treasure lent, 092:02,366[B ]| And then Betrayed it to$4$ a mean Descent. 092:02,367[B ]| I find, I find my mounting Spirits Bold, 092:02,368[B ]| And David's Part disdains my Mother's Mould. 092:02,369[B ]| Why am I Scanted by$4$ a Niggard Birth? 092:02,370[B ]| My Soul Disclaims the Kindred of her Earth: <370> 092:02,371[B ]| And made for$4$ Empire, Whispers me within; 092:02,372[B ]| Desire of Greatness is a Godlike Sin. 092:02,373[' ]| Him Staggering so$5#2$ when Hell's dire Agent found, 092:02,374[' ]| While fainting Virtue scarce maintained her Ground, 092:02,375[' ]| He pours fresh Forces in$5$, and thus Replies: 092:02,376[C ]| The Eternal God Supremely Good and Wise, 092:02,377[C ]| Imparts not these Prodigious Gifts in$4$ vain; 092:02,378[C ]| What Wonders are Reserved to$9$ bless your Reign? 092:02,379[C ]| Against your will$0$ your Arguments have shown, 092:02,380[C ]| Such Virtue is only given to$9$ guide a Throne. <380> 092:02,381[C ]| Not that$3$ your Father's Mildness I condemn; 092:02,382[C ]| But Manly Force becomes the Diadem. 092:02,383[C ]| It is true, he grants the People all they crave; 092:02,384[C ]| And more perhaps than Subjects ought to$9$ have: 092:02,385[C ]| For$3$ Lavish grants suppose a Monarch tame, 092:02,386[C ]| And more his Goodness than his Wit proclaim. 092:02,387[C ]| But when should People strive their Bonds to$9$ break, 092:02,388[C ]| If not when Kings are Negligent or Weak? 092:02,389[C ]| Let him give on$5$ till he can give no$2$ more, 092:02,390[C ]| The Thrifty Sanhedrin shall keep him poor: <390> 092:02,391[C ]| And every Shekel which$6#1$ he can receive, 092:02,392[C ]| Shall cost a Limb of his Prerogative. 092:02,393[C ]| To$9$ ply him with new Plots, shall be my care, 092:02,394[C ]| Or plunge him deep in$4$ some Expensive War; 092:02,395[C ]| Which$6#1$ when his Treasure can no$2$ more Supply, 092:02,396[C ]| He must, with the Remains of Kingship, buy. 092:02,397[C ]| His faithful Friends, our Jealousies and Fears, 092:02,398[C ]| Call Jebusites; and Pharaoh's Pensioners: 092:02,399[C ]| Whom, when our Fury from his Aid has torn, 092:02,400[C ]| He shall be Naked left to$4$ public Scorn. <400> 092:02,401[C ]| The next Successor, whom I fear and hate, 092:02,402[C ]| My Arts have made Obnoxious to$4$ the State; 092:02,403[C ]| Turned all his Virtues to$4$ his Overthrow, 092:02,404[C ]| And gained our Elders to$9$ pronounce a Foe. 092:02,405[C ]| His Right, for$4$ Sums of necessary Gold, 092:02,406[C ]| Shall first be Pawned, and afterwards be Sold: 092:02,407[C ]| Till time shall ever-wanting David draw, 092:02,408[C ]| To$9$ pass your doubtful Title into Law: 092:02,409[C ]| If not; the People have a Right Supreme 092:02,410[C ]| To$9$ make their Kings; for$3$ Kings are made for$4$ them. <410> 092:02,411[C ]| All Empire is no$2$ more than Power in$4$ Trust, 092:02,412[C ]| Which$6#1$ when resumed, can be no$2$ longer Just. 092:02,413[C ]| Succession, for$4$ the general Good designed, 092:02,414[C ]| In$4$ its own wrong a Nation cannot bind: 092:02,415[C ]| If altering that$6#2$, the People can relieve, 092:02,416[C ]| Better one suffer, than a Nation grieve. 092:02,417[C ]| The Jews well know their power: before Saul they chose, 092:02,418[C ]| God was their King, and God they durst Depose. 092:02,419[C ]| Urge now your Piety, your Filial Name, 092:02,420[C ]| A Father's Right, and fear of future Fame; <420> 092:02,421[C ]| The public Good, that$6#2$ Universal Call, 092:02,422[C ]| To$4$ which$6#1$ even Heaven Submitted, answers all. 092:02,423[C ]| Nor let his Love Enchant your generous Mind; 092:02,424[C ]| It is Nature's trick to$9$ Propagate her Kind. 092:02,425[C ]| Our fond Begetters, who$6#1$ would never die, 092:02,426[C ]| Love but themselves in$4$ their Posterity. 092:02,427[C ]| Or let his Kindness by$4$ the Effects be tried, 092:02,428[C ]| Or let him lay his vain Pretence aside. 092:02,429[C ]| God said he loved your Father; could he bring 092:02,430[C ]| A better Proof, than to$9$ Anoint him King? <430> 092:02,431[C ]| It surely shewed he loved the Shepherd well, 092:02,432[C ]| Who$6#1$ gave so$5#1$ fair a Flock as Israel. 092:02,433[C ]| Would David have you thought his Darling Son? 092:02,434[C ]| What means he then, to$9$ Alienate the Crown? 092:02,435[C ]| The name of Godly he may blush to$9$ bear: 092:02,436[C ]| It is after God's own heart to$9$ Cheat his Heir. 092:02,437[C ]| He to$4$ his Brother gives Supreme Command; 092:02,438[C ]| To$4$ you a Legacy of Barren Land: 092:02,439[C ]| Perhaps the old Harp, on$4$ which$6#1$ he thrums his Lays: 092:02,440[C ]| Or some dull Hebrew Ballad in$4$ your Praise. <440> 092:02,441[C ]| Then the next heir, a Prince, Severe and Wise, 092:02,442[C ]| Already looks on$4$ you with Jealous Eyes; 092:02,443[C ]| Sees through the thin Disguises of your Arts, 092:02,444[C ]| And marks your Progress in$4$ the People's Hearts. 092:02,445[C ]| Though now his mighty Soul its Grief contains; 092:02,446[C ]| He meditates Revenge who$6#1$ least Complains, 092:02,447[C ]| And like$4$ a Lion, Slumbering in$4$ the way, 092:02,448[C ]| Or Sleep dissembling, while he waits his Prey, 092:02,449[C ]| His fearless Foes witihn his Distance draws; 092:02,450[C ]| Constrains his Roaring, and Contracts his Paws; <450> 092:02,451[C ]| Till at the last, his time for$4$ Fury found, 092:02,452[C ]| He shoots with sudden Vengeance from the Ground: 092:02,453[C ]| The Prostrate Vulgar, passes over, and Spares; 092:02,454[C ]| But with a Lordly Rage, his Hunters tears. 092:02,455[C ]| Your Case no$2$ tame Expedients will$1$ afford; 092:02,456[C ]| Resolve on$4$ Death, or Conquest by$4$ the Sword, 092:02,457[C ]| Which$6#1$ for$4$ no$2$ less a Stake than Life, you Draw; 092:02,458[C ]| And Self-defence is Nature's Eldest Law. 092:02,459[C ]| Leave the warm People no$2$ Considering time; 092:02,460[C ]| For$3$ then Rebellion may be thought a Crime. <460> 092:02,461[C ]| Prevail yourself of what Occasion gives, 092:02,462[C ]| But try your Title while your Father lives: 092:02,463[C ]| And that$3$ your Arms may have a fair Pretence, 092:02,464[C ]| Proclaim, you take them in$4$ the King's Defence: 092:02,465[C ]| Whose Sacred Life each minute would Expose, 092:02,466[C ]| To$4$ Plots, from seeming Friends, and secret Foes. 092:02,467[C ]| And who$6#2$ can sound the depth of David's Soul? 092:02,468[C ]| Perhaps his Fear, his kindness may Control. 092:02,469[C ]| He fears his Brother, though he loves his Son, 092:02,470[C ]| For$4$ plighted Vows too late to$9$ be undone. <470> 092:02,471[C ]| If so$5#2$, by$4$ Force he wishes to$9$ be gained, 092:02,472[C ]| Like$4$ women's Lechery, to$9$ seem Constrained: 092:02,473[C ]| Doubt not, but when he most affects the Frown, 092:02,474[C ]| Commit a pleasing Rape upon$4$ the Crown. 092:02,475[C ]| Secure his Person to$9$ secure your Cause; 092:02,476[C ]| They who$6#1$ possess the Prince, possess the Laws. 092:02,477[' ]| He said, And this Advice above the rest, 092:02,478[' ]| With Absalom's Mild nature suited best: 092:02,479[' ]| Unblamed of Life (Ambition set aside,) 092:02,480[' ]| Not stained with Cruelty, nor puffed with Pride; <480> 092:02,481[' ]| How happy had he been, if Destiny 092:02,482[' ]| Had higher placed his Birth, or not so$5#1$ high! 092:02,483[' ]| His Kingly Virtues might have claimed a Throne, 092:02,484[' ]| And blest all other Countries but his own: 092:02,485[' ]| But charming Greatness, since so$5#1$ few refuse; 092:02,486[' ]| It is Juster to$9$ Lament him, than Accuse. 092:02,487[' ]| Strong were his hopes a Rival to$9$ remove, 092:02,488[' ]| With blandishments to$9$ gain the public Love; 092:02,489[' ]| To$9$ Head the Faction while their Zeal was hot, 092:02,490[' ]| And Popularly prosecute the Plot. <490> 092:02,491[' ]| To$9$ farther this, Achitophel Unites 092:02,492[' ]| The Malcontents of all the Israelites; 092:02,493[' ]| Whose differing Parties he could wisely Join, 092:02,494[' ]| For$4$ several Ends, to$9$ serve the same Design: 092:02,495[' ]| The Best, and of the Princes some were such, 092:02,496[' ]| Who$6#1$ thought the power of Monarchy too much: 092:02,497[' ]| Mistaken Men, and Patriots in$4$ their Hearts; 092:02,498[' ]| Not Wicked, but Seduced by$4$ Impious Arts. 092:02,499[' ]| By$4$ these the Springs of Property were bent, 092:02,500[' ]| And wound so$5#1$ high, they Cracked the Government. <500> 092:02,501[' ]| The next for$4$ Interest sought to$9$ embroil the State, 092:02,502[' ]| To$9$ sell their Duty at a dearer rate; 092:02,503[' ]| And make their Jewish Markets of the Throne, 092:02,504[' ]| Pretending public Good, to$9$ serve their own. 092:02,505[' ]| Others thought Kings an useless heavy load, 092:02,506[' ]| Who$6#1$ Cost too much, and did too little Good. 092:02,507[' ]| These were for$4$ laying Honest David by$5$, 092:02,508[' ]| On$4$ Principles of pure good Husbandry. 092:02,509[' ]| With them Joined all the Haranguers of the Throng, 092:02,510[' ]| That$6#1$ thought to$9$ get Preferment by$4$ the Tongue. <510> 092:02,511[' ]| Who$6#1$ follow next, a double Danger bring, 092:02,512[' ]| Not only hating David, but the King, 092:02,513[' ]| The Solymaean Rout; well Versed of old, 092:02,514[' ]| In$4$ Godly Faction, and in$4$ Treason bold; 092:02,515[' ]| Cowering and Quaking at a Conqueror's Sword, 092:02,516[' ]| But Lofty to$4$ a Lawful Prince Restored; 092:02,517[' ]| Saw with Disdain an Ethnic Plot begun, 092:02,518[' ]| And Scorned by$4$ Jebusites to$9$ be Out-done. 092:02,519[' ]| Hot Levites Headed these; who$6#1$ puled before 092:02,520[' ]| From the Ark, which$6#1$ in$4$ the Judges' days they bore, <520> 092:02,521[' ]| Resumed their Cant, and with a Zealous Cry, 092:02,522[' ]| Pursued their old beloved Theocracy: 092:02,523[' ]| Where Sanhedrin and Priest enslaved the Nation, 092:02,524[' ]| And justified their Spoils by$4$ Inspiration; 092:02,525[' ]| For$3$ who$6#2$ so$5#1$ fit for$4$ Reign as Aaron's Race, 092:02,526[' ]| If once Dominion they could found in$4$ Grace? 092:02,527[' ]| These led the Pack; though not of surest scent, 092:02,528[' ]| Yet deepest mouthed against the Government. 092:02,529[' ]| A numerous Host of dreaming Saints succeed; 092:02,530[' ]| Of the true old Enthuiastic breed: <530> 092:02,531[' ]| Against Form and Order they their Power employ; 092:02,532[' ]| Nothing to$9$ Build and all things to$9$ Destroy. 092:02,533[' ]| But far more numerous was the herd of such, 092:02,534[' ]| Who$6#1$ think too little, and who$6#1$ talk too much. 092:02,535[' ]| These, out of mere instinct, they knew not why, 092:02,536[' ]| Adored their fathers' God, and Property: 092:02,537[' ]| And, by$4$ the same blind benefit of Fate, 092:02,538[' ]| The Devil and the Jebusite did hate: 092:02,539[' ]| Born to$9$ be saved, even in$4$ their own despite; 092:02,540[' ]| Because they could not help believing right. <540> 092:02,541[' ]| Such were the tools; but a whole Hydra more 092:02,542[' ]| Remains, of sprouting heads too long, to$9$ score. 092:02,543[' ]| Some of their Chiefs were Princes of the Land: 092:02,544[' ]| In$4$ the first Rank of these did Zimri stand: 092:02,545[' ]| A man so$5#1$ various, that$3$ he seemed to$9$ be 092:02,546[' ]| Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome. 092:02,547[' ]| Stiff in$4$ Opinions, always in$4$ the wrong; 092:02,548[' ]| Was everything by$4$ starts, and nothing long: 092:02,549[' ]| But, in$4$ the course of one revolving Moon, 092:02,550[' ]| Was Chymist, Fiddler, States-Man, and Buffoon: <550> 092:02,551[' ]| Then all for$4$ Women, Painting, Rhyming, Drinking; 092:02,552[' ]| Besides ten thousand freaks that$6#1$ died in$4$ thinking. 092:02,553[' ]| Blest Madman, who$6#1$ could every hour employ, 092:02,554[' ]| With something New to$9$ wish, or to$9$ enjoy! 092:02,555[' ]| Railing and praising were his uual Themes; 092:02,556[' ]| And both (to$9$ shew his Judgment) in$4$ Extremes: 092:02,557[' ]| So$5#1$ over Violent, or over Civil, 092:02,558[' ]| That$3$ every man, with him, was God or Devil. 092:02,559[' ]| In$4$ squandering Wealth was his peculiar Art; 092:02,560[' ]| Nothing went unrewarded, but Desert. <560> 092:02,561[' ]| Beggared by$4$ Fools, whom still he found too late: 092:02,562[' ]| He had his Jest, and they had his Estate. 092:02,563[' ]| He laughed himself from Court, then sought Relief 092:02,564[' ]| By$4$ forming Parties, but could never be Chief: 092:02,565[' ]| For$3$, spite of him, the weight of Business fell 092:02,566[' ]| On$4$ Absalom and wise Achitophel: 092:02,567[' ]| Thus, wicked but in$4$ will$0$, of means bereft, 092:02,568[' ]| He left not Faction, but of that$6#2$ was left. 092:02,569[' ]| Titles and Names it were tedious to$9$ Rehearse 092:02,570[' ]| Of Lords, below the Dignity of Verse. <570> 092:02,571[' ]| Wits, warriors, Common-wealthsmen, were the best: 092:02,572[' ]| Kind Husbands and mere Nobles all the rest. 092:02,573[' ]| And, therefore in$4$ the name of Dullness, be 092:02,574[' ]| The well-hung Balaam and cold Caleb free. 092:02,575[' ]| And canting Nadab let Oblivion damn, 092:02,576[' ]| Who$6#1$ made new porridge for$4$ the Paschal Lamb. 092:02,577[' ]| Let Friendship's holy band some Names assure: 092:02,578[' ]| Some their own Worth, and some let Scorn secure. 092:02,579[' ]| Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Place, 092:02,580[' ]| Whom Kings no$2$ Titles gave, and God no$2$ Grace: <580> 092:02,581[' ]| Not Bull-faced Jonas, who$6#1$ could Statutes draw 092:02,582[' ]| To$4$ mean Rebellion, and make Treason Law. 092:02,583[' ]| But he, though bad, is followed by$4$ a worse, 092:02,584[' ]| The wretch, who$6#1$ Heaven's Anointed dared to$9$ Curse. 092:02,585[' ]| Shimei, whose Youth did early Promise bring 092:02,586[' ]| Of Zeal to$4$ God, and Hatred to$4$ his King; 092:02,587[' ]| Did wisely from Expensive Sins refrain, 092:02,588[' ]| And never broke the Sabbath, but for$4$ Gain: 092:02,589[' ]| Nor ever was he known an Oath to$9$ vent, 092:02,590[' ]| Or Curse unless against the Government. <590> 092:02,591[' ]| Thus, heaping Wealth, by$4$ the most ready way 092:02,592[' ]| Among the Jews, which$6#1$ was to$9$ Cheat and Pray; 092:02,593[' ]| The City, to$9$ reward his pious Hate 092:02,594[' ]| Against his Master, chose him Magistrate: 092:02,595[' ]| His Hand a Vare of Justice did uphold; 092:02,596[' ]| His Neck was loaded with a Chain of Gold. 092:02,597[' ]| During his Office, Treason was no$2$ Crime; 092:02,598[' ]| The Sons of Belial had a glorious Time: 092:02,599[' ]| For$3$ Shimei, though not prodigal of pelf, 092:02,600[' ]| Yet loved his wicked Neighbour as himself: <600> 092:02,601[' ]| When two or three were gathered to$9$ declaim 092:02,602[' ]| Against the Monarch of Jerusalem, 092:02,603[' ]| Shimei was always in$4$ the midst of them: 092:02,604[' ]| And, if they Cursed the King when he was by$5$, 092:02,605[' ]| Would rather Curse, than break good Company. 092:02,606[' ]| If any durst his Factious Friends accuse, 092:02,607[' ]| He packed a Jury of dissenting Jews: 092:02,608[' ]| Whose fellow-feeling, in$4$ the godly Cause, 092:02,609[' ]| Would free the suffering Saint from Human Laws. 092:02,610[' ]| For$3$ Laws are only made to$9$ Punish those, <610> 092:02,611[' ]| Who$6#1$ serve the King, and to$9$ protect his foes. 092:02,612[' ]| If any leisure time he had from Power, 092:02,613[' ]| (Because it is Sin to$9$ misemploy an hour;) 092:02,614[' ]| His business was, by$4$ Writing, to$9$ Persuade, 092:02,615[' ]| That$3$ Kings were Useless, and a Clog to$4$ Trade: 092:02,616[' ]| And, that$3$ his noble Style he might refine, 092:02,617[' ]| No$2$ Rechabite more shunned the fumes of Wine. 092:02,618[' ]| Chaste were his Cellars, and his Shrieval Board 092:02,619[' ]| The Grossness of a City Feast abhorred: 092:02,620[' ]| His Cooks, with long disuse, their Trade forgot; <620> 092:02,621[' ]| Cool was his Kitchen, though his Brains were hot. 092:02,622[' ]| Such frugal Virtue Malice may accuse, 092:02,623[' ]| But sure it was necessary to$4$ the Jews: 092:02,624[' ]| For$3$ Towns once burnt, such Magistrates require 092:02,625[' ]| As dare not tempt God's Providence by$4$ fire. 092:02,626[' ]| With Spiritual food he fed his Servants well, 092:02,627[' ]| But free from flesh, that$6#1$ made the Jews Rebel: 092:02,628[' ]| And Moses's Laws he held in$4$ more account, 092:02,629[' ]| For$4$ forty days of Fasting in$4$ the Mount. 092:02,630[' ]| To$9$ speak the rest, who$6#1$ better are forgot, <630> 092:02,631[' ]| Would tire a well breathed Witness of the Plot: 092:02,632[' ]| Yet, Corah, thou shalt from Oblivion pass; 092:02,633[' ]| Erect thyself thou Monumental Brass: 092:02,634[' ]| High as the Serpent of thy mettal made, 092:02,635[' ]| While Nations stand secure beneath thy shade. 092:02,636[' ]| What though his Birth were base, yet Comets rise 092:02,637[' ]| From Earthy Vapours before they shine in$4$ Skies. 092:02,638[' ]| Prodigious Actions may as well be done 092:02,639[' ]| By$4$ Weaver's issue, as by$4$ Prince's Son. 092:02,640[' ]| This Arch-Attestor for$4$ the Public Good, <640> 092:02,641[' ]| By$4$ that$6#2$ one Deed Ennobles all his Bloud. 092:02,642[' ]| Whoever asked the Witness's high race, 092:02,643[' ]| Whose Oath with Martyrdom did Stephen grace? 092:02,644[' ]| Ours was a Levite, and as times went then, 092:02,645[' ]| His Tribe were Godalmightys Gentlemen. 092:02,646[' ]| Sunk were his Eyes, his Voice was harsh and loud, 092:02,647[' ]| Sure signs he neither Choleric was, nor Proud: 092:02,648[' ]| His long Chin proved his Wit; his Saintlike Grace 092:02,649[' ]| A Church Vermilion, and a Moses's Face; 092:02,650[' ]| His Memory, miraculously great, <650> 092:02,651[' ]| Could Plots, exceeding man's belief, repeat; 092:02,652[' ]| Which$6#1$, therefore cannot be accounted Lies, 092:02,653[' ]| For$3$ human Wit could never such devise. 092:02,654[' ]| Some future Truths are mingled in$4$ his Book; 092:02,655[' ]| But, where the witness failed, the Prophet Spoke: 092:02,656[' ]| Some things like$4$ Visionary flights appear; 092:02,657[' ]| The Spirit caught him up$5$, the Lord knows where: 092:02,658[' ]| And gave him his Rabinical degree 092:02,659[' ]| Unknown to$4$ Foreign University. 092:02,660[' ]| His Judgment yet his Memory did excel; <660> 092:02,661[' ]| Which$6#1$ pieced his wondrous Evidence so$5#1$ well: 092:02,662[' ]| And suited to$4$ the temper of the times; 092:02,663[' ]| Then groaning under Jebusitic Crimes. 092:02,664[' ]| Let Israel's foes suspect his heavenly call, 092:02,665[' ]| And rashly judge his writ Apocryphal; 092:02,666[' ]| Our Laws for$4$ such affronts have forfeits made: 092:02,667[' ]| He takes his life, who$6#1$ takes away his trade. 092:02,668[' ]| Were I myself in$4$ witness Corah's place, 092:02,669[' ]| The wretch who$6#1$ did me such a dire disgrace, 092:02,670[' ]| Should whet my memory, though once forgot, <670> 092:02,671[' ]| To$9$ make him an Appendix of my Plot. 092:02,672[' ]| His Zeal to$4$ Heaven, made him his Prince despise, 092:02,673[' ]| And load his person with indignities: 092:02,674[' ]| But Zeal peculiar privilege affords; 092:02,675[' ]| Indulging latitude to$4$ deeds and words. 092:02,676[' ]| And Corah might for$4$ Agag's murther call, 092:02,677[' ]| In$4$ terms as coarse as Samuel used to$4$ Saul. 092:02,678[' ]| What others in$4$ his Evidence did Join, 092:02,679[' ]| (The best that$6#1$ could be had for$4$ love or coin,) 092:02,680[' ]| In$4$ Corah's own predicament will$1$ fall: <680> 092:02,681[' ]| For$3$ witness is a Common Name to$4$ all. 092:02,682[' ]| Surrounded thus with Friends of every sort, 092:02,683[' ]| Deluded Absalom, forsakes the Court: 092:02,684[' ]| Impatient of high hopes, urged with renown, 092:02,685[' ]| And Fired with near possession of a Crown: 092:02,686[' ]| The admiring Crowd are dazzled with surprise, 092:02,687[' ]| And on$4$ his godly person feed their eyes: 092:02,688[' ]| His Joy concealed, he sets himself to$9$ show; 092:02,689[' ]| On$4$ each side bowing popularly low: 092:02,690[' ]| His looks, his gestures, and his words he frames, <690> 092:02,691[' ]| And with familiar ease repeats their Names. 092:02,692[' ]| Thus, formed by$4$ Nature, furnished out with Arts, 092:02,693[' ]| He glides unfelt into their secret hearts: 092:02,694[' ]| Then with a kind compassionating look, 092:02,695[' ]| And sighs, bespeaking pity before he spoke, 092:02,696[' ]| Few words he said; but easy those and fit: 092:02,697[' ]| More slow than Hybla drops, and far more sweet. 092:02,698[B ]| I mourn, my Countrymen, your lost Estate; 092:02,699[B ]| Though far unable to$9$ prevent your fate: 092:02,700[B ]| Behold a Banished man, for$4$ your dear cause <700> 092:02,701[B ]| Exposed a prey to$4$ Arbitrary laws! 092:02,702[B ]| Yet oh! that$3$ I alone could be undone, 092:02,703[B ]| Cut off from Empire, and no$2$ more a Son! 092:02,704[B ]| Now all your Liberties a spoil are made; 092:02,705[B ]| Aegypt and Tyrus intercept your Trade, 092:02,706[B ]| And Jebusites your Sacred Rites invade. 092:02,707[B ]| My Father, whom with reverence yet I name, 092:02,708[B ]| Charmed into Ease, is careless of his Fame: 092:02,709[B ]| And, bribed with petty sums of Foreign Gold, 092:02,710[B ]| Is grown in$4$ Bathsheba's Embraces old: <710> 092:02,711[B ]| Exalts his Enemies, his Friends destroys: 092:02,712[B ]| And all his power against himself employs. 092:02,713[B ]| He gives, and let him give my right away: 092:02,714[B ]| But why should he his own, and yours betray? 092:02,715[B ]| He only, he can make the Nation bleed, 092:02,716[B ]| And he alone from my revenge is freed. 092:02,717[B ]| Take then my Tears (with that$6#2$ he wiped his Eyes) 092:02,718[B ]| It is all the Aid my present power supplies: 092:02,719[B ]| No$2$ Court Informer can these Arms accuse, 092:02,720[B ]| These Arms may Sons against their Fathers use, <720> 092:02,721[B ]| And it is my wish, the next Successor's Reign 092:02,722[B ]| May make no$2$ other Israelite complain. 092:02,723[' ]| Youth, Beauty, Graceful Action, seldom fail: 092:02,724[' ]| But Common Interest always will$1$ prevail: 092:02,725[' ]| And pity never Ceases to$9$ be shown 092:02,726[' ]| To$4$ him, who$6#1$ makes the people's wrongs his own. 092:02,727[' ]| The Crowd, (that$6#1$ still believe their Kings oppress) 092:02,728[' ]| With lifted hands their young Messiah bless: 092:02,729[' ]| Who$6#1$ now begins his Progress to$9$ ordain; 092:02,730[' ]| With Chariots, Horsemen, and a numerous train: <730> 092:02,731[' ]| From East to$4$ West his Glories he displays: 092:02,732[' ]| And, like$4$ the Sun, the promised land surveys. 092:02,733[' ]| Fame runs before him, as the morning Star; 092:02,734[' ]| And shouts of Joy salute him from afar: 092:02,735[' ]| Each house receives him as a Guardian God; 092:02,736[' ]| And Consecrates the Place of his abode: 092:02,737[' ]| But hospitable treats did most Commend 092:02,738[' ]| Wise Issachar, his wealthy western friend. 092:02,739[' ]| This moving Court, that$6#1$ caught the people's Eyes, 092:02,740[' ]| And seemed but Pomp, did others ends disguise: <740> 092:02,741[' ]| Achitophel had formed it, with intent 092:02,742[' ]| To$9$ sound the depths, and fathom where it went, 092:02,743[' ]| The People's hearts; distinguish Friends from Foes; 092:02,744[' ]| And try their strength, before they came to$4$ blows: 092:02,745[' ]| Yet all was coloured with a smooth pretence 092:02,746[' ]| Of specious love, and duty to$4$ their Prince. 092:02,747[' ]| Religion, and Redress of Grievances, 092:02,748[' ]| Two names, that$6#1$ always cheat and always please, 092:02,749[' ]| Are often urged; and good King David's life 092:02,750[' ]| Endangered by$4$ a Brother and a Wife. <750> 092:02,751[' ]| Thus, in$4$ a Pageant Show, a Plot is made; 092:02,752[' ]| And Peace itself is War in$4$ Masquerade. 092:02,753[' ]| Oh foolish Israel! never warned by$4$ ill, 092:02,754[' ]| Still the same bait, and circumvented still! 092:02,755[' ]| Did ever men forsake their present ease, 092:02,756[' ]| In$4$ midst of health Imagine a desease; 092:02,757[' ]| Take pains Contingent mischiefs to$9$ foresee, 092:02,758[' ]| Make Heirs for$4$ Monarchs, and for$4$ God decree? 092:02,759[' ]| What shall we think! can People give away 092:02,760[' ]| Both for$4$ themselves and Sons, their Native sway? <760> 092:02,761[' ]| Then they are left Defenceless, to$4$ the Sword 092:02,762[' ]| Of each unbounded Arbitrary Lord: 092:02,763[' ]| And Laws are vain, by$4$ which$6#1$ we Right enjoy, 092:02,764[' ]| If Kings unquestiond can those laws destroy. 092:02,765[' ]| Yet, if the Crowd be Judge of fit and Just, 092:02,766[' ]| And Kings are only Officers in$4$ trust, 092:02,767[' ]| Then this resuming Covenant was declared 092:02,768[' ]| When Kings were made, or is forever barred: 092:02,769[' ]| If those who$6#1$ gave the Sceptre, could not tie 092:02,770[' ]| By$4$ their own deed their own Posterity, <770> 092:02,771[' ]| How then could Adam bind his future Race? 092:02,772[' ]| How could his forfeit on$4$ mankind take place? 092:02,773[' ]| Or how could heavenly Justice damn us all, 092:02,774[' ]| Who$6#1$ never consented to$4$ our Father's fall? 092:02,775[' ]| Then Kings are slaves to$4$ those whom they Command, 092:02,776[' ]| And Tenants to$4$ their People's pleasure stand. 092:02,777[' ]| Add, that$3$ the Power for$4$ Property allowed, 092:02,778[' ]| Is mischievously seated in$4$ the Crowd: 092:02,779[' ]| For$3$ who$6#2$ can be secure of private Right, 092:02,780[' ]| If Sovereign sway may be dissolved by$4$ might? <780> 092:02,781[' ]| Nor is the People's Judgment always true: 092:02,782[' ]| The most may err as grossly as the few, 092:02,783[' ]| And faultless Kings, run down by$4$ Common Cry, 092:02,784[' ]| For$4$ Vice, Oppression, and for$4$ Tyranny. 092:02,785[' ]| What Standard is there in$4$ a fickle rout, 092:02,786[' ]| Which$6#1$, flowing to$4$ the mark, runs faster out? 092:02,787[' ]| Nor only Crowds, but Sanhedrins may be 092:02,788[' ]| Infected with this public Lunacy: 092:02,789[' ]| And Share the madness of Rebellious times, 092:02,790[' ]| To$9$ Murther Monarchs for$4$ Imagined crimes. <790> 092:02,791[' ]| If they may Give and Take whenever they please, 092:02,792[' ]| Not Kings alone, (the Godhead Images,) 092:02,793[' ]| But Government itself at length must fall 092:02,794[' ]| To$4$ Nature's state; where all have Right to$4$ all. 092:02,795[' ]| Yet, grant our Lords the People Kings can make, 092:02,796[' ]| What Prudent men a settled Throne would shake? 092:02,797[' ]| For$3$ whatsoever their Sufferings were before, 092:02,798[' ]| That$6#2$ Change they Covet makes them suffer more. 092:02,799[' ]| All other Errors but disturb a State; 092:02,800[' ]| But Innovation is the Blow of Fate. <800> 092:02,801[' ]| If ancient Fabrics nod, and threat to$9$ fall, 092:02,802[' ]| To$9$ Patch the Flaws, and Buttress up$5$ the Wall, 092:02,803[' ]| Thus far it is Duty; but here fix the Mark: 092:02,804[' ]| For$3$ all beyond it is to$9$ touch our Ark. 092:02,805[' ]| To$9$ change Foundations, cast the Frame anew, 092:02,806[' ]| Is work for$4$ Rebels who$6#1$ base Ends pursue: 092:02,807[' ]| At once Divine and Human Laws control; 092:02,808[' ]| And mend the Parts by$4$ ruin of the Whole. 092:02,809[' ]| The Tampering World is subject to$4$ this Curse, 092:02,810[' ]| To$9$ Physic their Disease into a worse. <810> 092:02,811[' ]| Now what Relief can Righteous David bring? 092:02,812[' ]| How Fatal it is to$9$ be too good a King! 092:02,813[' ]| Friends he has few, so$5#1$ high the Madness grows; 092:02,814[' ]| Who$6#1$ dare be such, must be the People's Foes: 092:02,815[' ]| Yet some there were, even in$4$ the worst of days; 092:02,816[' ]| Some let me name, and Naming is to$9$ praise. 092:02,817[' ]| In$4$ this short File Barzillai first appears; 092:02,818[' ]| Barzillai crowned with Honour and with years: 092:02,819[' ]| Long since, the rising Rebels he withstood 092:02,820[' ]| In$4$ Regions waste, beyond the Jordan's Flood: <820> 092:02,821[' ]| Unfortunately Brave to$9$ buoy the State; 092:02,822[' ]| But sinking underneath his Master's Fate: 092:02,823[' ]| In$4$ Exile with his Godlike Prince he Mourned; 092:02,824[' ]| For$4$ him he Suffered, and with him Returned. 092:02,825[' ]| The Court he practised, not the Courtier's art: 092:02,826[' ]| Large was his Wealth, but larger was his Heart: 092:02,827[' ]| Which$6#1$, well the Noblest Objects knew to$9$ choose, 092:02,828[' ]| The Fighting Warrior, and Recording Muse. 092:02,829[' ]| His Bed could once a Fruitful Issue boast: 092:02,830[' ]| Now more than half a Father's Name is lost: <830> 092:02,831[' ]| His Eldest Hope, with every Grace adorned, 092:02,832[' ]| By$4$ me (so$5#2$ Heaven will$1$ have it) always Mourned, 092:02,833[' ]| And always honoured, snatched in$4$ Manhood's prime 092:02,834[' ]| By$4$ unequal Fates, and Providence's crime: 092:02,835[' ]| Yet not before the Goal of honour won, 092:02,836[' ]| All parts fulfilled of Subject and of Son; 092:02,837[' ]| Swift was the Race, but short the Time to$9$ run. 092:02,838[' ]| Oh narrow Circle, but of Power Divine, 092:02,839[' ]| Scanted in$4$ Space, but perfect in$4$ thy Line! 092:02,840[' ]| By$4$ Sea, by$4$ Land, thy Matchless Worth was known; <840> 092:02,841[' ]| Arms thy Delight, and War was all thy Own: 092:02,842[' ]| Thy force, Infused, the fainting Tyrians propped: 092:02,843[' ]| And haughty Pharaoh found his Fortune stopped. 092:02,844[' ]| Oh Ancient Honour, Oh Unconquered Hand, 092:02,845[' ]| Whom Foes unpunished never could withstand! 092:02,846[' ]| But Israel was unworthy of thy Name; 092:02,847[' ]| Short is the date of all Immoderate Fame. 092:02,848[' ]| It looks as heaven our Ruin had designed, 092:02,849[' ]| And durst not trust thy Fortune and thy Mind. 092:02,850[' ]| Now, free from Earth, thy disencumbered Soul <850> 092:02,851[' ]| Mounts up$5$, and leaves behind the Clouds and Starry Pole: 092:02,852[' ]| From thence thy kindred legions mayst thou bring 092:02,853[' ]| To$9$ aid the guardian Angel of thy King. 092:02,854[' ]| Here stop my Muse, here cease thy painful flight; 092:02,855[' ]| No$2$ Pinions can pursue Immortal height: 092:02,856[' ]| Tell good Barzillai thou canst sing no$2$ more, 092:02,857[' ]| And tell thy Soul she should have fled before; 092:02,858[' ]| Or fled she with his life, and left this Verse 092:02,859[' ]| To$9$ hang on$4$ her departed Patron's Hearse? 092:02,860[' ]| Now take thy steepy flight from heaven, and see <860> 092:02,861[' ]| If thou canst find on$4$ earth another He, 092:02,862[' ]| Another he would be too hard to$9$ find, 092:02,863[' ]| See then whom thou canst see not far behind: 092:02,864[' ]| Zadock the Priest, whom, shunning Power and Place, 092:02,865[' ]| His lowly mind advanced to$4$ David's Grace: 092:02,866[' ]| With him the Sagan of Jerusalem, 092:02,867[' ]| Of hospitable Soul and noble Stem; 092:02,868[' ]| Him of the Western dome, whose weighty sense 092:02,869[' ]| Flows in$4$ fit words and heavenly eloquence. 092:02,870[' ]| The Prophet's Sons by$4$ such example led, <870> 092:02,871[' ]| To$4$ Learning and to$4$ Loyalty were bred: 092:02,872[' ]| For$3$ Colleges on$4$ bounteous Kings depend, 092:02,873[' ]| And never Rebel was to$4$ Arts a friend. 092:02,874[' ]| To$4$ these succeed the Pillars of the Laws, 092:02,875[' ]| Who$6#1$ best could plead and best can judge a Cause. 092:02,876[' ]| Next them a train of Loyal Peers ascend: 092:02,877[' ]| Sharp judging Adriel the Muse's friend, 092:02,878[' ]| Himself a Muse ~~ in$4$ Sanhedrin's debate 092:02,879[' ]| True to$4$ his Prince; but not a Slave of State: 092:02,880[' ]| Whom David's love with Honours did adorn, <880> 092:02,881[' ]| That$6#1$ from his disobedient Son were torn. 092:02,882[' ]| Jotham of piercing wit and pregnant thought, 092:02,883[' ]| Indued by$4$ nature, and by$4$ learning taught 092:02,884[' ]| To$9$ move Assemblies, who$6#1$ but only tried 092:02,885[' ]| The worse awhile, then chose the better side; 092:02,886[' ]| Nor chose alone, but turned the balance too; 092:02,887[' ]| So$5#1$ much the weight of one brave man can do. 092:02,888[' ]| Hushai the friend of David in$4$ distress, 092:02,889[' ]| In$4$ public storms of manly steadfastness; 092:02,890[' ]| By$4$ foreign treaties he informed his Youth; <890> 092:02,891[' ]| And joined experience to$4$ his native truth. 092:02,892[' ]| His frugal care supplied the wanting Throne, 092:02,893[' ]| Frugal for$4$ that$6#2$, but bounteous of his own: 092:02,894[' ]| It is easy conduct when Exchequers flow, 092:02,895[' ]| But hard the task to$9$ manage well the low: 092:02,896[' ]| For$3$ Sovereign power is too depressed or high, 092:02,897[' ]| When Kings are forced to$9$ sell, or Crowds to$9$ buy. 092:02,898[' ]| Indulge one labour more my weary Muse, 092:02,899[' ]| For$4$ Amiel, who$6#2$ can Amiel's praise refuse? 092:02,900[' ]| Of ancient race by$4$ birth, but nobler yet <900> 092:02,901[' ]| In$4$ his own worth, and without Title great: 092:02,902[' ]| The Sanhedrin long time as chief he ruled, 092:02,903[' ]| Their Reason guided and their Passion cooled; 092:02,904[' ]| So$5#1$ dexterous was he in$4$ the Crown's defence, 092:02,905[' ]| So$5#1$ formed to$9$ speak a Loyal Nation's Sense, 092:02,906[' ]| That$3$ as their band was Israel's Tribes in$4$ small, 092:02,907[' ]| So$5#1$ fit was he to$9$ represent them all. 092:02,908[' ]| Now rasher Charioteers the Seat ascend, 092:02,909[' ]| Whose loose Careers his steady Skill commend: 092:02,910[' ]| They like$4$ the unequal Ruler of the Day, <910> 092:02,911[' ]| Misguide the Seasons and mistake the Way; 092:02,912[' ]| While he withdrawn at their mad Labour smiles, 092:02,913[' ]| And safe enjoys the Sabbath of his Toils. 092:02,914[' ]| These were the chief, a small but faithful Band 092:02,915[' ]| Of Worthies, in$4$ the Breach who$6#1$ dared to$9$ stand, 092:02,916[' ]| And tempt the united Fury of the Land. 092:02,917[' ]| With grief they viewed such powerful Engines bent, 092:02,918[' ]| To$9$ batter down the lawful Government: 092:02,919[' ]| A numerous Faction with pretended frights, 092:02,920[' ]| In$4$ Sanhedrins to$9$ plume the Regal Rights: <920> 092:02,921[' ]| The true Successor from the Court removed: 092:02,922[' ]| The Plot, by$4$ hireling Witnesses improved. 092:02,923[' ]| These Ills they saw, and as their Duty bound, 092:02,924[' ]| They shewed the King the danger of the Wound: 092:02,925[' ]| That$3$ no$2$ Concessions from the Throne would please, 092:02,926[' ]| But Lenitives fomented the Disease: 092:02,927[' ]| That$3$ Absalom, ambitious of the Crown, 092:02,928[' ]| Was made the Lure to$9$ draw the People down: 092:02,929[' ]| That$3$ false Achitophel's pernicious Hate, 092:02,930[' ]| Had turned the Plot to$9$ Ruin Church and State: <930> 092:02,931[' ]| The Council violent, the Rabble worse: 092:02,932[' ]| That$3$ Shimei taught Jerusalem to$9$ Curse. 092:02,933[' ]| With all these loads of Injuries oppressed, 092:02,934[' ]| And long revolving, in$4$ his careful Breast, 092:02,935[' ]| The event of things; at last his patience tired, 092:02,936[' ]| Thus from his Royal Throne by$4$ Heaven inspired, 092:02,937[' ]| The God-like David spoke: with awful fear 092:02,938[' ]| His Train their Maker in$4$ their Master hear. 092:02,939[A ]| Thus long have I, by$4$ native mercy swayed, 092:02,940[A ]| My wrongs dissembled, my revenge delayed: <940> 092:02,941[A ]| So$5#1$ willing to$9$ forgive the Offending Age, 092:02,942[A ]| So$5#1$ much the Father did the King assuage. 092:02,943[A ]| But now so$5#1$ far my Clemency they slight, 092:02,944[A ]| The Offenders question my Forgiving Right. 092:02,945[A ]| That$3$ one was made for$4$ many, they contend: 092:02,946[A ]| But it is to$9$ Rule, for$3$ that$6#2$ is a Monarch's End. 092:02,947[A ]| They call my tenderness of Blood, my Fear: 092:02,948[A ]| Though Manly tempers can the longest bear. 092:02,949[A ]| Yet, since they will$1$ divert my Native course, 092:02,950[A ]| It is time to$9$ shew I am not Good by$4$ Force. <950> 092:02,951[A ]| Those heaped Affronts that$6#1$ haughty Subjects bring, 092:02,952[A ]| Are burthens for$4$ a Camel, not a King: 092:02,953[A ]| Kings are the public Pillars of the State, 092:02,954[A ]| Born to$9$ sustain and prop the Nation's weight: 092:02,955[A ]| If my young Samson will$1$ pretend a Call 092:02,956[A ]| To$9$ shake the Column, let him share the Fall: 092:02,957[A ]| But oh that$3$ yet he would repent and live! 092:02,958[A ]| How easy it is for$4$ Parents to$9$ forgive! 092:02,959[A ]| With how few Tears a Pardon might be won 092:02,960[A ]| From Nature, pleading for$4$ a Darling Son! <960> 092:02,961[A ]| Poor pitied Youth, by$4$ my Paternal care, 092:02,962[A ]| Raised up$5$ to$4$ all the Height his Frame could bear: 092:02,963[A ]| Had God ordained his fate for$4$ Empire born, 092:02,964[A ]| He would have given his Soul another turn: 092:02,965[A ]| Gulled with a Patriot's name, whose Modern sense 092:02,966[A ]| Is one that$6#1$ would by$4$ Law supplant his Prince: 092:02,967[A ]| The People's Brave, the Politician's Tool; 092:02,968[A ]| Never was Patriot yet, but was a Fool. 092:02,969[A ]| Whence comes it that$3$ Religion and the Laws 092:02,970[A ]| Should more be Absalom's than David's Cause? <970> 092:02,971[A ]| His old Instructor, before he lost his Place, 092:02,972[A ]| Was never thought indued with so$5#1$ much Grace. 092:02,973[A ]| Good Heavens, how Faction can a Patriot Paint! 092:02,974[A ]| My Rebel ever proves my People's Saint: 092:02,975[A ]| Would They impose an Heir upon$4$ the Throne? 092:02,976[A ]| Let Sanhedrins be taught to$9$ give their Own. 092:02,977[A ]| A King's at least a part of Government, 092:02,978[A ]| And mine as requisite as their Consent: 092:02,979[A ]| Without my Leave a future King to$9$ choose, 092:02,980[A ]| Infers a Right the Present to$9$ Depose: <980> 092:02,981[A ]| True, they Petition me to$9$ approve their Choice, 092:02,982[A ]| But Esau's Hands suit ill with Jacob's Voice. 092:02,983[A ]| My Pious Subjects for$4$ my Safety pray, 092:02,984[A ]| Which$6#1$ to$9$ Secure they take my Power away. 092:02,985[A ]| From Plots and Treasons Heaven preserve my years, 092:02,986[A ]| But Save me most from my Petitioners. 092:02,987[A ]| Unsatiate as the barren Womb or Grave, 092:02,988[A ]| God cannot Grant so$5#1$ much as they can Crave. 092:02,989[A ]| What then is left but with a Jealous Eye 092:02,990[A ]| To$9$ guard the Small remains of Royalty? <990> 092:02,991[A ]| The Law shall still direct my peaceful Sway, 092:02,992[A ]| And the same Law teach Rebels to$9$ Obey: 092:02,993[A ]| Votes shall no$2$ more Established Power control, 092:02,994[A ]| Such Votes as make a Part exceed the Whole: 092:02,995[A ]| No$2$ groundless Clamours shall my Friends remove, 092:02,996[A ]| Nor Crowds have power to$9$ Punish before they Prove: 092:02,997[A ]| For$3$ Gods, and Godlike Kings their Care express, 092:02,998[A ]| Still to$9$ Defend their Servants in$4$ distress. 092:02,999[A ]| Oh that$3$ my Power to$4$ Saving were confined: 092:02,000[A ]| Why am I forced, like$4$ Heaven, against my mind, <1000> 092:02,001[A ]| To$9$ make Examples of another Kind? 092:02,002[A ]| Must I at length the Sword of Justice draw? 092:02,003[A ]| Oh cursed Effects of necessary Law! 092:02,004[A ]| How ill my Fear they by$4$ my Mercy scan, 092:02,005[A ]| Beware the Fury of a Patient Man. 092:02,006[A ]| Law they require, let Law then shew her Face; 092:02,007[A ]| They could not be content to$9$ look on$4$ Grace, 092:02,008[A ]| Her hinder parts, but with a daring Eye 092:02,009[A ]| To$9$ tempt the terror of her Front, and Die. 092:02,010[A ]| By$4$ their own arts it is Righteously decreed, <1010> 092:02,011[A ]| Those dire Artificers of Death shall bleed. 092:02,012[A ]| Against themselves their Witnesses will$1$ Swear, 092:02,013[A ]| Till Viper-like their Mother Plot they tear: 092:02,014[A ]| And suck for$4$ Nutriment that$6#2$ bloody gore 092:02,015[A ]| Which$6#1$ was their Principle of Life before. 092:02,016[A ]| Their Belial with their Belzebub will$1$ fight; 092:02,017[A ]| Thus on$4$ my Foes, my Foes shall do me Right: 092:02,018[A ]| No$2$ doubt the event: for$3$ Factious crowds engage 092:02,019[A ]| In$4$ their first Onset, all their Brutal Rage; 092:02,020[A ]| Then, let them take an unresisted Course, <1020> 092:02,021[A ]| Retire and Traverse, and Delude their Force: 092:02,022[A ]| But when they stand all Breathless, urge the fight, 092:02,023[A ]| And rise upon$4$ them with redoubled might: 092:02,024[A ]| For$3$ Lawful Power is still Superior found, 092:02,025[A ]| When long driven back, at length it stands the ground. 092:02,026[' ]| He said. The Almighty, nodding, gave Consent; 092:02,027[' ]| And Peals of Thunder shook the Firmament. 092:02,028[' ]| Henceforth a Series of new time began, 092:02,029[' ]| The mighty Years in$4$ long Procession ran: 092:02,030[' ]| Once more the Godlike David was Restored, <1030> 092:02,031[' ]| And willing Nations knew their Lawful Lord.