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PSALMES.
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21 Of God forgettfull they became,
Who sav’d them whil to him they soght,
In Egypt; in the land of chame,
22 Things great and wonderfull who wroght,
Evin fearfull things by the Red Sea:
23 That, whil for their destruction bent,
His choysen Moses, them to free,
Did in the gape himselff present.
Els (straight) persewing wraith surprisd
Had all, thus if not turn’d aside.
24 The pleasant land, yea, they despis’d,
And did his holie word diffide.
25 Yea, in their tents a murmureing band
Them found hee, from his voice to be
26 Averse; sua lifted vp his hand,
That in the desart they should die;
2 7 Amongst the heathen overthroune,
That fall and perish should their seed,
And, dissipate in parts vnknowne,
That they should roame about in need.
28 To Baal-peor joynd, they eate
The sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus, by their workes, (his furie great
Provockt,) the plague did mongst them spread.
30 But judgement quicklie exequuted
By Phyneas, the plague did stay;
31 A work for righteousnes imputed
To him, from age to age, for ay.
32 Him, where the streams of strife did flow,
They greev’d, with Moses for their sake
33 That ill it went. There chaif’d they so
His spirit that hee rashlie spake.
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