The history of The Old Testament In verse With One Hundred and Eighty sculptures: In Two Volumes. Vol. I. From the Creation to the Revolt of the Ten Tribes from the House of David. Vol. II. From that Revolt to the End of the Prophets. Written by Samuel Wesley ... The Cuts done by J. Sturt |
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 | The history of The Old Testament In verse |  |
LXXXV. Numbers, Chap. XXV.
Zimri and Cozbi.
What Hell's and Moab's Force and Fraud combin'd,
In vain attempted and in vain design'd,
At length by Female Guile accomplish'd see,
And Israel naked to its Enemy!
Each Civil Host, t'oblige his Hebrew Friend,
Their Gods, and more, their Wives and Daughters lend;
Whose Charms than Balaam's Curses far more strong,
More pow'rful Magic in their Eyes and Tongue:
With these they their enchanted Guests intice
To their lewd Idols pompous Sacrifice:
Peor of old, thro' Moabs Regions fam'd,
In after-Days the foul Priapus nam'd.
Nor did th'unnurtur'd Crowd alone rebel,
For in the specious Snare their Nobles fell:
Zimri, a noted Chief of Simeons Race,
Who Private Lewdness only, thought disgrace,
In open Day false Cozbi with him brings,
Sprung from the Stem of Midianitish Kings:
Nor Zealous Phineas this, who snatch'd a Spear
Which double Death on its Sharp Point did wear,
And in the very Act of Lewdness found
Transfix'd 'em both, and nail'd 'em to the Ground:
Nor this without Commission he presum'd,
For God's dread Word before to Death had doom'd
Each Wretch whom foul Idolatry had stain'd:
Nor unrewarded his just Zeal remain'd:
Those guilty Victims angry Heav'n appeas'd,
And in the Camp the wide Contagion ceas'd:
The Covenant of Peace his Justice gains,
An everlasting Priesthood he obtains.
In vain attempted and in vain design'd,
At length by Female Guile accomplish'd see,
And Israel naked to its Enemy!
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Their Gods, and more, their Wives and Daughters lend;
Whose Charms than Balaam's Curses far more strong,
More pow'rful Magic in their Eyes and Tongue:
With these they their enchanted Guests intice
To their lewd Idols pompous Sacrifice:
Peor of old, thro' Moabs Regions fam'd,
In after-Days the foul Priapus nam'd.
Nor did th'unnurtur'd Crowd alone rebel,
For in the specious Snare their Nobles fell:
Zimri, a noted Chief of Simeons Race,
Who Private Lewdness only, thought disgrace,
In open Day false Cozbi with him brings,
Sprung from the Stem of Midianitish Kings:
Nor Zealous Phineas this, who snatch'd a Spear
Which double Death on its Sharp Point did wear,
And in the very Act of Lewdness found
Transfix'd 'em both, and nail'd 'em to the Ground:
Nor this without Commission he presum'd,
For God's dread Word before to Death had doom'd
Each Wretch whom foul Idolatry had stain'd:
Nor unrewarded his just Zeal remain'd:
Those guilty Victims angry Heav'n appeas'd,
And in the Camp the wide Contagion ceas'd:
The Covenant of Peace his Justice gains,
An everlasting Priesthood he obtains.
Has bounteous Heav'n exhausted all its store?
And can unbounded Goodness give no more?
There is, there is, a sure Reward for those
Who own its Cause against its mighty Foes:
Who bear the Sword with an impartial Hand,
And in the Breach, firm and undaunted stand,
To punish daring Vice, and save a Guilty Land.
And can unbounded Goodness give no more?
There is, there is, a sure Reward for those
Who own its Cause against its mighty Foes:
Who bear the Sword with an impartial Hand,
And in the Breach, firm and undaunted stand,
To punish daring Vice, and save a Guilty Land.
| The history of The Old Testament In verse | |