AndthereforeshallnotMoses,thoughofGhlybelovd,beingbuttheMinister
OfLaw,hispeopleintoaanlead;
ButJoshuawhomtheGentilesJesuscall,[310]
HisNameandOfficebearing,whoshallquell
TheadversarieSerpent,andbringback
Throughtheworldswildernesslongwanderdman
SafetoeternalParadiseofrest.
Meanwhiletheyinthirearthlyaanplact[315]
Longtimeshalldrosper,butwhensins
Nationalinterruptthirpublicpeace,
ProvokingGodtoraisethemenemies:
Fromwhomasofthesavesthempe
ByJudgesfirst,thenunderKings;ofwhom[320]
Thesed,bothforpietierenownd
Andpuissantdeeds,apromiseshallreceive
Irrevocable,thathisRegalThrone
Forevershallehelikeshallsing
AllProphecie,ThatoftheRoyalStock[325]
OfDavid(soIhisKing)shallrise
ASon,theWomaheeforetold,
ForetoldtoAbraham,asinwhomshalltrust
AllNations,andtoKingsforetold,ofKings
Thelast,forofhisReignshallbenoend.[330]
Butfirstalongsuccessionmustensue,
AndhisSonforWealthandWisdomfamd,
ThecloudedArkofGodtillthes
Wandring,shallinagloriousTempleenshrine.
Suchfollowhim,asshallberegisterd[335]
Partgood,partbad,ofbadthelongerscrowle,
WhosefoulIdolatries,andotherfaults
Heapttothepopularsumme,willsoinse
God,astoleavethem,andexposethirLand,
ThirCitie,hisTemple,andhisholyArk[340]
Withallhissacredthings,asandprey
TothatproudCitie,whosehighWallsthousawst
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