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80. On Pharoe's Bricke.
Ovr God's not like to Pharoh; to require
His tale of Bricke, and give no Straw for Fire:
His Workmen wanted Straw, and yet were lasht,
For not performance: We have Straw unthrasht,
Yet we are idle, and we winch, and kicke
Against our Burthens, and returne no Bricke:
We spend our Straw, for Litter in the Stable,
And then we cry; Alas, We are not able;
Thinke not on Israels suffrings, in that day,
When thy offended Iustice shall repay
Our labours; Lord, when thou upheav'st thy Rod,
Thinke, Pharoh was a Tyrant; Thou, a God.
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