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His long Chin prov'd his Wit; his Saint-like Grace
A Church Vermillion, and a Moses's Face.
His Memory miraculously great,
Coud Plots, exceeding mans belief, repeats;
Which, therefore cannot be accounted Lies,
For humane Wit coud never such devise.
Some future Truths are mingled in his Book;
But, where the Witness fail'd, the Prophet spoke:
Some things like Visionary flights appear;
The Spirit caught him up, the Lord knows where:
And gave him his Rabinical degree,
Unknown to Foreign University.
His Judgment yet his Mem'ry did excel;
Which piec'd his wondrous Evidence so well
And suited to the temper of the Times;
Then groaning under Jebusitick Crimes.
Let Israels Foes suspect his Heav'nly call,
And rashly judge his Writ Apocryphal:
Our Laws for such affronts have Forfeits made:
He takes his Life, who takes away his Trade.
Were I my self in Witness Corah's place,
The Wretch who did me such a dire disgrace,
Shoud whet my memory, though once forgot,
To make him an Appendix of my Plot.
His Zeal to Heav'n, made him his Prince despise,
And load his Person with indignities:
But Zeal peculiar privilege affords;
Indulging latitude to Deeds and Words.
And Corah might for Agag's Murther call:
In terms as course as Samuel us'd to Saul.
What others in his Evidence did join,
(The best that coud be had for love or coin,)
In Corah's own predicament will fall:
For Witness is a Common Name to all.
A Church Vermillion, and a Moses's Face.
His Memory miraculously great,
Coud Plots, exceeding mans belief, repeats;
Which, therefore cannot be accounted Lies,
For humane Wit coud never such devise.
Some future Truths are mingled in his Book;
But, where the Witness fail'd, the Prophet spoke:
Some things like Visionary flights appear;
The Spirit caught him up, the Lord knows where:
And gave him his Rabinical degree,
Unknown to Foreign University.
His Judgment yet his Mem'ry did excel;
Which piec'd his wondrous Evidence so well
And suited to the temper of the Times;
Then groaning under Jebusitick Crimes.
Let Israels Foes suspect his Heav'nly call,
And rashly judge his Writ Apocryphal:
Our Laws for such affronts have Forfeits made:
He takes his Life, who takes away his Trade.
Were I my self in Witness Corah's place,
The Wretch who did me such a dire disgrace,
Shoud whet my memory, though once forgot,
To make him an Appendix of my Plot.
His Zeal to Heav'n, made him his Prince despise,
And load his Person with indignities:
But Zeal peculiar privilege affords;
Indulging latitude to Deeds and Words.
And Corah might for Agag's Murther call:
In terms as course as Samuel us'd to Saul.
What others in his Evidence did join,
(The best that coud be had for love or coin,)
In Corah's own predicament will fall:
For Witness is a Common Name to all.
Surrounded thus with Friends of every sort,
Deluded Absalom, forsakes the Court:
Impatient of high hopes, urg'd with Renown,
And fir'd with sear possession of a Crown:
Deluded Absalom, forsakes the Court:
Impatient of high hopes, urg'd with Renown,
And fir'd with sear possession of a Crown:
Th'ad-
