When hofpitable Kindness thus is paid,

What must be theirs who Friendships Laws in

vade?

What Punishment for him who has his Guest betray'd. ?

O rather boundless Pity, boundless Pow'r,
The Soul which thou haft call'd, agen restore!

While this below, thofe glorious Forms above,
Mild Mercy, fweet Compassion, radiant Love,
Who helpless Widows and poor Orphans aid,
Beficg'd the Throne, and to the Father pray'd:
He yields, and calls the Soul but new undress'd,
And fcarcely feated yet among the bless'd;
Bids it to Life and mortal Cares return,
Nor let th' afflicted Mother longer mourn:
With longing Eyes those happy Seats survey'd,
It bow'd, and then unwillingly obey'd;
Defcending did with Horror firft Survey
That Lump of cold difanimated Clay;
It must agen, at Heav'ns Command, inform,
Re-entring flow, the Limbs agen grew warm,
The chearful Blood its wonted Channels found,

--He figh'd at length, and look'd amaz'd around ; But more his Mother, when the Prophet borc The twice-born Youth, and did to her reftore: Wonder at once and Terror, Joy and Fear, Exactly mingled in her Face appear;

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CLXXI.

I KINGS, Chap. XVII. from Ver. 17. to the End.

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Ver. 19. And Elijah faid unto the widow woman, Give me thy fon. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon bis own bed.

20. And he cried unto the Lord, and faid, O Lord my God, &c.

22. And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the foul of the child came unto him again, and he revived. 23. And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah faid, See, thy fon liveth.

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Soon,

When hofpitable Kindness thus is paid,

What must be theirs who Friendships Laws invade?

What Punishment for him who has his Guest be-
tray'd. ?

O rather boundless Pity, boundless Pow'r,
The Soul which thou haft call'd, agen restore!

While this below, thofe glorious Forms above,
Mild Mercy, fweet Compaffion, radiant Love,
Who helpless Widows and poor Orphans aid,
Beficg'd the Throne, and to the Father pray'd:
He yields, and calls the Soul but new undress'd,
And fcarcely feated yet among the blefs'd;
Bids it to Life and mortal Cares return,
Nor let th' afflicted Mother longer mourn :
With longing Eyes thofe happy Seats furvey'd,
It bow'd, and then unwillingly obey'd;
Defcending did with Horror first Survey
That Lump of cold difanimated Clay;
It must agen, at Heav'ns Command, inform,
Re-entring flow, the Limbs agen grew warm,
The chearful Blood its wonted Channels found,
----He figh'd at length, and look'd amaz'd around ;
But more his Mother, when the Prophet borc
The twice-born Youth, and did to her reftore:
Wonder at once and Terror, Joy and Fear,
Exactly mingled in her Face appear;

Soon

CLXXI.

I KINGS, Chap. XVII. from Ver. 17. to the End.

Ver. 19. And Elijah faid unto the widow woman, Give me thy fon. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him ироп bis own bed.

20. And he cried unto the Lord, and faid, O Lord my God, &c.

22. And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the foul of the child came unto him again, and he revived. 23. And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah faid, See, thy fon liveth.

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Soon as her crowding Thoughts cou'd find a Vent,

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CLXXII.

Obadiah hides the Prophets in Caves: He meets Elijah.

HE Famine rag'd, but Jezebel accurs'd Tor all her wafted Country's Plagues the worft,

Ahab, to Murther and to Mischief prone,

She to his Ruin urges and her own:

With fuch a Friend to all her black Designs,
She Perfecution to her Idols joyns:

Who e're the King's Religion dar'd oppose,
Are doom'd to Death, profcrib'd for public Foes :
God's Prophets who her Idols still withstand,
Purfu'd with Fire and Sword around the Land:
Where e're the Heretic is found, he dies,
To Baal and Afhtaroth a Sacrifice:

But Virtue ev'n in Tyrants Courts has Friends,
And pious Obadiah them defends;

Forc'd from their Colleges their Wants relieves,
At once Provifion and Protection gives.
An Hundred from the gen'ral Wreck remain'd,
Whom he in fubterranean Vaults fuftain'd:

Behold