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An Allusion.
When Israel first provok'd the living Lord,He scourg'd their Sin with Famine, Plague, and Sword:
Still they rebell'd; then God in's Wrath did fling
No Thunderbolt among them, but a King.
A James-like King was Heav'ns severest Rod,
The utmost Vengeance of an angry God.
God in his Wrath sent Saul to punish Jewry,
And James to England in a greater Fury:
For Saul in Sin was no more like our James,
Than little Jordan can compare to Thames.
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