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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XCV. Joshua, Chap. XXIII. and XXIV.
Joshua's Advice, and last Speech to Israel. His Death.
When
Canaan's Natives slain or dispossess'd,
And God by Joshua gave his Israel rest;
Bending with Age his Dust to Dust inclin'd,
But firm and vigorous still his deathless Mind:
E're what was Mortal to Corruption falls,
Of Israel's States he an Assembly calls,
Then thus began—Near broad Euphrates side,
Your Paynim Fathers did of old reside:
From thence was Abr'ham call'd to this bless'd Land,
Whose Seed unnumber'd as the Stars or Sand:
Nor have you yet forgot the Wonders wrought,
When God your Fathers out of Egypt brought,
Nor how the Amorites against you fought:
How treach'rous Balak did for Balaam send,
How vain his Curses, how deserv'd his End.
What Nations leagu'd your Conquests to prevent,
Destroy your Name, and frustrate Heav'ns intent:
Heav'n, which has now subdu'd your pow'rfulFoe,
And not your own Right-hand, your Sword or Bow;
Has giv'n a Land where Milk and Honey flow:
Whose happy Fields without your Toil, produce
The Olives, and the Grapes reviving Juice:
What shall you for his Goodness, then repay?
Jehovah fear, and him sincere, obey.
That Idol-Fire which Chesed's Sons adore,
Th'Egyptian Gods, which vainly guard their Shore,
Exterminate their very Names, and be
Alone devote to Israel's Deity.
If this bless'd Service you ingrate, refuse,
Declare whose Altars you design to chuse!
—Or those which Abraham did in Ur forsake,
Or Canaan's Gods, whose helpless Shrines you brake?
For me and mine, while vital Breath shall last,
Our happy Choice is made, our Lot is cast:
To God alone we'll Adoration pay,
To Israel's God, whom Earth and Heav'n obey.
And God by Joshua gave his Israel rest;
Bending with Age his Dust to Dust inclin'd,
But firm and vigorous still his deathless Mind:
E're what was Mortal to Corruption falls,
Of Israel's States he an Assembly calls,
Then thus began—Near broad Euphrates side,
Your Paynim Fathers did of old reside:
From thence was Abr'ham call'd to this bless'd Land,
Whose Seed unnumber'd as the Stars or Sand:
Nor have you yet forgot the Wonders wrought,
When God your Fathers out of Egypt brought,
Nor how the Amorites against you fought:
How treach'rous Balak did for Balaam send,
How vain his Curses, how deserv'd his End.
What Nations leagu'd your Conquests to prevent,
Destroy your Name, and frustrate Heav'ns intent:
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And not your own Right-hand, your Sword or Bow;
Has giv'n a Land where Milk and Honey flow:
Whose happy Fields without your Toil, produce
The Olives, and the Grapes reviving Juice:
What shall you for his Goodness, then repay?
Jehovah fear, and him sincere, obey.
That Idol-Fire which Chesed's Sons adore,
Th'Egyptian Gods, which vainly guard their Shore,
Exterminate their very Names, and be
Alone devote to Israel's Deity.
If this bless'd Service you ingrate, refuse,
Declare whose Altars you design to chuse!
—Or those which Abraham did in Ur forsake,
Or Canaan's Gods, whose helpless Shrines you brake?
For me and mine, while vital Breath shall last,
Our happy Choice is made, our Lot is cast:
To God alone we'll Adoration pay,
To Israel's God, whom Earth and Heav'n obey.
He said, Then does his Limbs to Rest compose,
And whilst his Eyes surrounding Princes close,
To Abraham's Bosom, and his great Fore-fathers goes.
And whilst his Eyes surrounding Princes close,
To Abraham's Bosom, and his great Fore-fathers goes.
| The history of The Old Testament In verse | |