to Joseph too and said Lo I had three white Baskets on my Head And in the Uppermost there seem'd to be Of bak'd Provision great variety Fit for King Pharaoh's Table and there came A Flock of Birds and seem'd to eat the same And Joseph said Thy Dream portends thy fall For at the end of three days Pharaoh shall Lift up thy Head and hang thee on a Tree So that the Birds shall feast themselves on thee And on the third day Pharaoh made a Feast Unto his Servants and among the rest The Butler and the Baker were brought forth The day being kept in Memory of his Birth And to his Place King Pharaoh did restore His Butler and he serv'd him as before But the chief Baker he condemn'd to die According unto Joseph's Prophecy Yet though the Butler had regain'd his Place He was unmindful of poor Joseph's Case CHAP. XLI AND now when two years time was fully past And Joseph from Confinement not releast It came to pass that Pharaoh dreamed and He seemed by a River's side to stand Whence he seven fat well-favour'd Kine beheld Came up and grazed in the neighbouring Field And after them there came up seven more Lean and ill-favour'd and did soon devour The seven fat Kine which came up just before So Pharaoh ' woke and mus'd awhile and then Soon as his Sleep his Dream return'd agen Wherein he saw upon one stalk there stood Seven ears of Corn exceeding Rank and Good And seven others with the East wind blasted And withered sprang up and quickly wasted The seven good Ears and quite devour'd them And Pharaoh ' woke and Lo it was a Dream And in the Morning he was discontent And for the wise Men and Magicians sent To ease his Mind but there was none of them That could interpret to the King his Dream Then the chief Butler making his address Unto King Pharaoh said I now confess My former Faults for when the King was wroth With his chief Butler and chief Baker both It pleased him to put us both in Ward In the House of the Captain of the Guard And in one Night we dream'd a Dream each one According to 's Interpretation And there was then an Hebrew there in Ward A Youth that serv'd the Captain of the Guard To whom we told whereof we had been dreaming And he interpreted to us the meaning And what he said fell out accordingly Me he restored to my Dignity But told the Baker he should surely die Then Pharaoh sent a Messenger in haste And Joseph from the Dungeon was releast And having shav'd himself and chang'd his Cloaths Into the Presence of the King he goes To whom King Pharaoh said I have been told Thou canst the meaning of a Dream unfold Now I have dream'd a Dream and there is none Can give me the Interpretation And Joseph said I cannot do this thing My self but God shall answer thee Oh King Then Pharaoh said to Joseph In my Dream As I stood by a River's side there came Up from the River seven well-favour'd Kine And fed upon the Banks all fat and fine And after them there came up seven more Lean and ill-favour'd and exceeding poor Such as the Land of Egypt never bred And on the seven well-favour'd Kine they fed And eat them up but 't was not to be seen That they had eat them they look'd still so thin So I awoke and mus'd a while and then Soon as my Sleep my Dream return'd agen Wherein I saw upon one stalk there stood Seven Ears of Corn exceeding rank and good Then seven others with the East wind blasted And withered came up and quickly wasted The seven good Ears and quite devoured them And being unsatisfied about my Dream I sought unto the wise Men of the Nation But they could give me no Interpretation And Joseph said Thy Dream oh King is one God shews to Pharaoh what he will have done The seven fat Kine and seven good Ears agree To shew seven years of Plenty there shall be The seven lean Kine and seven blasted Ears Denote there shall be Famine seven years This I declare to Pharaoh God doth shew To thee Oh King what he 's about to do Behold seven years of Plenty are at hand Which shall be very great throughout the Land And after them seven years of Famine shall Arise and shall consume the Land and all The former Plenty shall not be perceiv'd So much the Land with Famine shall be griev'd And since the Dream was doubl'd to the King It is because God hath decreed the thing And on this Land the same will shortly bring Now therefore if I may the King advise Let him look out a Man discreet and wise And make him Overseer of the Land And substitute Men under his Command To gather a fifth part for Publick Use Of what the seven plenteous Years produce And in the Cities lay it up for Store Against the Famine in the Land grows sore And let it be repos'd in Pharaoh's hand That so the Famine may not wast the Land And when King Pharaoh and his Servants heard The Propositions Joseph had preferr'd They were acceptable in Pharaoh's Eyes And in the Eyes of all his Court likewise So that he said can such an one be found A Man in whom God's Spirit doth abound And Pharaoh said to Joseph forasmuch As God's great kindness unto thee is such As to reveal this thing to thee I know No Man so wise or so discreet as thou Be thou therefore the Ruler of the Land And let my People be at thy Command Thou shalt in all things be as great as I Save only in the Royal Dignity Behold this day I have advanced thee Said he to be a Man of high Degree Throughout the Land And therewithal the King Bestow'd on Joseph his own Royal Ring And him with Robes of State did richly deck And put a Chain of Gold about his Neck And in his second Chariot made him ride And as he past bow down the Knee they cry'd With so great Honour was he dignify'd And Pharaoh said moreover I am King No Man shall dare to purpose any thing Or move his Hand or Foot in all this Nation Unless it shall be by thy approbation He also gave to Joseph a new Name And for a Wife gave him a Princely Dame Who was the Daughter of a Priest of Fame Now Joseph had attain'd his Thirtieth Year When he before King Pharaoh did appear And he went out from Pharaoh's Presence and Began his Progress over all the Land Now in the seven plenteous Years the Field Did its Increase in great abundance yield And Joseph gather'd all that plenteous Crop And in th' adjacent Cities laid it up Which like unto the Sand upon the shore Did so abound that he could count no more Such was the Plenty that the Earth then bore And unto Joseph there was born a Son Even by the Daughter of the Priest of On Before the
of the Element The Earth with her strong Bars surrounded me Yet thou O Lord from Death hast set me free When my Soul fainted on the Lord I thought And to thee to thy Temple then was brought My Pray'r They their own Mercies do despise Who have regard to lying Vanities But with the Voice of my Thanksgiving I Will offer Sacrifice to thee on high And pay my Vows which I have vow'd each one For why Salvation's of the Lord alone And now the Fish as God did give Command Did vomit Jonah out upon dry Land CHAP. III. AND now the Second time to Jonah came God's Word and said Arise go and proclaim To that great City Nineveh what I Have heretofore commanded thee to cry So Jonah rose up and prepar'd to go To Nineveh as God had bid him do Now was the City Nineveh so great That it was three days Journey long compleat And as into the City Jonah made His first days Journey he cry'd out and said When forty days shall be expir'd and past This City Nineveh shall be laid waste Then did the Ninevites with one accord Believe this was the Message of the Lord And did proclaim a Fast and every one From greatest to the least put Sackcloth on For to the King this News was quickly flown And he arose and came down from his Throne And having laid aside his Robes of State He put on Sackcloth and in Ashes sate And issuing out his Royal Proclamation And through the City making Publication Thereof being by the King and Council sign'd A solemn and a general Fast enjoin'd And said I will That neither Man nor Beast Nor Flock nor Herd shall their Provision taste But let them all put Sackcloth on and cry Unto the Lord with greatest fervency Yea let them all their evil Ways refrain And from the Violence which they retain Who knows if God will yet be pleas'd to spare And turn away the Evil that we fear And God beheld their Works and saw that they Had turned from the Evil of their Way And God turn'd from his Wrath and did revoke The dreadful Judgment whereof he had spoke CHAP. IV. BUT hereat Jonah was extreamly vext And in his mind exceedingly perplext And to the Lord his God he pray'd and said O Lord I pray thee was not I afraid Of this when I was yet at home Therefore I unto Tarshish took my flight before For that thou art a gracious God I know Of tender Mercy and to Anger slow Of great Compassion and dost oft recal The Evil thou dost threat Mankind withal Now therefore Lord I earnestly do pray That thou would'st please to take my Life away For I had better die than live Dost thou Do well said God to be so angry now So then out of the City Jonah went And on the East-side of it made a Tent And underneath the shade thereof he sate Expecting what would be the City's Fate And over Jonah's Head behold the Lord Prepar'd and caused to come up a Gourd To shadow him and ease him of his Grief And Jonah was right glad of this Relief But God a Worm sent early the next day Which smote the Gourd it withered away And when the Sun arose it came to pass That God a vehement East wind did raise Besides the Sun did beat upon his Head So that he fainted saying would I were dead For it is better for me now to die Than thus to lead my Life in Misery And to distressed Jonah said the Lord Dost thou well to be angry for the Gourd And he unto the Lord made this Reply I do well to be angry even to die Thou hast had pity Jonah on the Gourd For which thou didst not labour said the Lord Nor madest it to grow which also came Up in a Night and perish'd in the same And should not I extend my gracious Pity To Nineveh so populous a City Where more than Sixscore thousand Persons dwell Who 'twixt their Right-hand and their Left can tell No difference wherein are also found Cattle which do in Multitudes abound The End of the Prophecy of JONAH THE LIFE of JOSEPH TAKEN Out of the latter Part of the Book of Genesis Chap. xxxvii WHen Jacob from his Brother Esau fled He by the Hand of Providence was led To Padan-aram in Assyria where He serv'd his Uncle Laban twenty year During which time he was in all things blest And with a num'rous Issue 'mongst the rest Amongst whom none so pleasing in his sight As Joseph was who was his chief delight Who by the time that Jacob was return'd Into the Land where 's Fathers had sojourn'd Was full arriv'd at seventeen years of Age And by his Hopefulness did then presage He was indued with a noble Mind That would to vertuous Actions be inclin'd For being sent to feed his Father's Flock Among his Brethren he great notice took Of what they did and if in any sort They did amiss he thereof made report Unto his Father and did thus create His Father's favour but his Brethren's hate His Father lov'd him better than the rest As being the Son wherewith his Age was blest And that his Kindness might the more appear Made him a party colour'd Coat to wear But as it often haps his Father's Love Did in his Brethren greater Hatred move But that which most incens'd them was his Dreams By which in a Prophetick way he seems Their low Submission and his future State Of Greatness plainly to Prognosticate For to his Brethren thus his Dreams he told And said as we were binding Sheaves behold My Sheaf arose and stood up in the Field And all your Sheaves stood round about to yield Obeisance unto mine And what must we Indeed say they be subject unto thee Their Wrath increas'd this added to his Crime And Joseph dreamed yet a second time And said Behold I saw the Sun and Moon And the eleven Stars to me fall down At which his Father highly was offended And for these words the Lad he reprehended And said fond Youth Dost thou pretend to shew That I thy Mother and thy Brethren too Must all submit to thee Thou dost but dream But Jacob kept his words and thought of them Now Jacob's Sons did feed their Flocks in Shechem And he desired Joseph to go seek 'em And find them out and come again and tell If all things with them and their Flocks were well So Joseph went and wander'd here and there But could not find out where his Brethren were Untill a Man had told him their Intent Of going to Dothan where he also went And when his Brethren at a distance saw him They held a Consultation how to slay him And said here comes the Dreamer we shall see What the Event of all his Dreams will be For we will kill and in a Pit will hide him And say some Beast or other hath destroy'd him But Reuben somewhat tend'rer than the rest Endeavour'd to perswade them to desist From
him and Cry'd Sampson the Philistines are at Hand And in the Chamber there were Men lay hid And from his Arms he brake them like a Thread Then said she Thou hast mock'd me hitherto And told me Lyes Now tell we what to do To bind thee He reply'd Thou with the Web Must interweave the Seven Locks of my Head Then she his Locks did fasten with the Pin And said the Philistines are coming in Shift Sampson for thy self then he awoke And Pin and Web and all away he took Then said she How canst thou pretend to love me When thus thy Doing towards me disprove thee For now behold thou hast deceiv'd me thrice And hast not told me where thy great Strength lies At length his Soul being vext exceedingly By reason of her Importunity He told the Secrets of his Heart and said Never yet Razor on my Head was laid For I have been to God a Nazarite Even from the Day that first I saw the Light Wherefore like other Men if I am shaven I shall be weak and of my Strength bereaven And when she saw that he had told her all The Secrets of his Heart she sent to call The Lords of the Philistines Come said she This once for now he hath made known to me The very Truth Then they came up together And brought the Money in their Hands to give her Then down to sleep upon her Knees she laid him And call'd a Man who of his Locks betray'd him And to afflict him she began and then His Strength became like that of other Men Then said she Sampson thy Philistine Foes Are just at hand And he from sleep arose And as at other times went forth to shake him Not knowing that the Lord did now forsake him But the Philistines seized him and brought Him down to Gaza having first put out His Eyes and did with brazen Fetters bind And made him in the Prison-House to grind Howbeit the Hair upon his Head began After he had been shaved to grow again Then the Philistine Lords together met And a Thanksgiving day apart they set For to rejojce and unto Dagon pay Their highest Service For our God say they Did this And when the People did behold Poor Captive Sampson they their God extoll'd And said our God Hath given into our hand Him that destroy'd us and laid waste our Land And in their heighth of Mirth they sent to call Sampson to come and make sport for them all And from the Prison-House they brought him and Between the Pillars they set him to stand And there he made them Sport Then to the Lad That led him by the Hand thus Sampson said Let me now feel the Pillars that sustain The House that I my self thereon may lean Now in the Home there was a mighty Throng Of Men and Women gather'd and among Them all the Lords of the Philistines were Besides upon the Roof there did appear About Three thousand Men and Women who Beheld while Sampson made them sport below And Sampson calling on the Lord did say O Lord my God remember me I pray This once give Strength that I aveng'd may be Of those Philistines who have blinded me And with his Right-hand and his Left he held Two middle Pillars which the House upheld And said Let me with the Philistines die And then he bow'd himself most mightily And down the House fell on the Lords and all The People that were in 't So that the fall Thereof slew at his Dying many more Than he had slain in all his Life before Then did his Brethren and his Kinsfolks come And took him up and brought him with them home And laid him in his Father's Sepulchre When he had judged Israel twenty Year CHRIST'S Sermon on the Mount Matth. Chap. V. AND Jesus seeing the Multitudes ascended Up to a Mount where sitting and attended By his Disciples he began to Preach And on this manner following did them teach Blessed are all such as are poor in Spirit For they the Heav'nly Kingdom do inherit Blessed are they that Mourn For in the stead Thereof shall Comfort be administred Blessed are they whose Meekness doth excel For on the Earth their Portion is to dwell Blessed are they who after Righteousness Hunger and Thrist For they shall it possess Blessed are they for they shall Mercy find Who to do mercifully are enclin'd Blessed are all such as are pure in Heart For God his Presence shall to them impart Blessed are they that do make Peace For why They shall be call'd the Sons of the Most High Blessed are they which suffer for the sake Of Righteousness For they of Heav'n partake Blessed are ye when Men shall falsly speak All kind of Ill against you for my sake And shall revile and persecute you sore Rejoyce and be exceeding glad therefore For your Reward in Heav'n will be great For thus of Old they did the Prophets treat Ye are the Salt o' th' Earth but wherewith must The Salt be season'd when the savour's lost It is from thenceforth good for nothing but To be cast out and trodd'n under foot Ye are the Light o' th' World A City set Upon an Hill cannot be hid Nor yet Do Men a Candle with a Bushel cover But set it where it lights the whole House over So shine your Light your Good Work 's seen there Men may your Heavenly Father Glorifie Think not that to destroy the Law I came Or Prophets no but to fulfil the same For till the Heav'n and Earth shall pass away One jot or tittle from the Law I say Shall never pass till all shall be complete Whoso therefore presumes to violate One of these least Commands and teacheth so Shall in God's Kingdom be accounted low But he that doth and teacheth them likewise Shall in God's Kingdom have great Dignities For I declare unto you that unless You shall exceed the Scribes and Pharisees In Righteousness You shall on no condition Into the Heavenly Kingdom gain admission Ye've heard 't was said of Old Thou shalt not kill And he incurs the Judgment who shall spill His Brothers Blood But I to you declare That he that 's wroth without a cause shall bear The Judgment Likewise of the Council he That sayeth Racha shall in danger be But whosoe'er shall say thou Fool the same Shall be in danger of Eternal Flame When therefore to the Altar thou dost bring Thy Gift and there remembrest any thing Thy Brother hath against thee Leave it there Before the Altar and come thou not near Till thou hast first made Reconciliation Then may'st thou come and offer thine Oblation Make an Agreement with thine Adversary Whilst thou art in the way and do not tarry Lest he at any time deliver thee Unto the Judge and by the Judge thou be Unto the Officer forthwith resign'd And to Imprisonment thou be confin'd I do affirm thou shalt not be enlarg'd Till thou the utmost Farthing hast discharg'd Ye've heard that they of
Judgment shall be given And with such Measure as you meet to Men It shall be measur'd unto you agen And why dost thou take notice of the Mote That 's in thy Brother's Eye but dost not note The Beam that 's in thine own How wilt thou say Unto thy Brother let me take away The Mote that 's in thine Eye when yet'tis plain The Beam that 's in thine own doth still remain First cast away the Bean thou Hypocrite From thine own Eye so shall thy clearer Sight The better be enabled to descry And pluck the Mote out of thy Brother's Eye Give not to Dogs the things that are Divine Neither cast ye your Pearls before the Swine Least that they should their Feet them trample under And turn upon you and rent you asunder Ask and obtain seek and ye shall find do ye Knock and it shall be opened unto ye For he that seeks shall find that asks obtain And he that knocks shall an Admittance gain Or what Man is there of you if his Son Shall ask him Bread will he give him a Stone Or if he ask a Fish will he bestow A Serpent If then ye being evil know To give your Children good Gifts how much rather To them that ask him shall your Heav'nly Father Then what you wou'd Men shou'd to you so do To them for that 's the Law and Prophets too Enter in at the strait Gate for the Road That doth unto Destruction lead is broad And wide the Gate and many there be that Enter therein because strait is the Gate And narrow is the way that is inclin'd To Life and which there are but few that find False Prophets shun who in Sheeps Cloaths appear But inwardly devouring Wolves they are Ye by their Fruits shall know them Do Men either Pluck Grapes of Thorns or Figs of Thistles gather Even so each good Tree good Fruit will produce But a corrupt Tree Fruit unfit for use A good Tree cannot bring forth evil Food Nor can an evil Tree bear Fruit that 's good Each Tree that bears not good Fruit's hewen down And burnt thus by their Fruits they shall be known Not every one that saith Lord Lord but he That doth my Heav'nly Father's Will shall be An Heir of Heaven many in that day Will call Lord Lord and thus to me will say Have we not Prophesied in thy Name Cast Devils out done Wonders in the same And then will I profess I know you not Depart from me ye that have Evil wrought Whoso therefore these Sayings of mine doth hear And doth them to a Wise Man I 'll compare The which upon a Rock his Building sounded The Rain descended and the Floods surrounded The Winds arose and gave it many a shock And it fell not being founded on a Rock And ev'ry one that hears these Sayings of mine And not to do them doth his Heart encline Unto a Foolish Man shall be compar'd Who his Foundation on the Sand prepar'd The Rain descended and the Floods were great The Winds did blow and vehemently beat Against that House and down the Building came And mighty was the downfal of the same And now when Jesus thus had finished His Sayings the People were astonished Thereat for not as do the Scribes taught he Them but as one that had Authority The End of Christ's Sermon on the Mount THE Prophecy of Jonah CHAP. I. NOW unto Jonah old Amittai's Son Thus did the Word of the Almighty come And said Arise Go thou forthwith cry 'Gainst that great City Nineveh for why The Sins thereof are come up in my sight But he arose that he to Tarshish might Flee from God's Presence and went down found A Ship at Joppa unto Tarshish bound He paid the Fare and with them went on board For Tarshish from the Presence of the Lord. But the Almighty a great Wind did raise And sent a mighty Tempest on the Seas So that the Ship was likely to be broken Then were the Mariners with Horror strucken And to his God they cried ev'ry one And over-board was the Ships lading thrown To lighten it but down into the Ship Was Jonah gone and there lay fast asleep So to him came the Master and did say What meanest thou O Sleeper Rise and pray Unto thy God and he perhaps will hear And save us from the danger that we fear Then said they to each other come let 's try By casting Lots on whom the Fault doth lie In bringing all this evil now upon us So they cast Lots and the Lot fell on Jonas Then said they we intreat thee let us know For whose cause we this evil undergo Whence comest thou What is thine Occupation What Country-man art thou And of what Nation And unto them himself he did deolare And said I am an Hebrew and do fear The Living Lord the God of Heaven who Alone hath made the Sea and dry Land too Then were the Men exceedingly afraid And wherefore hast thou done this thing they said For they did understand he did forgo God's Presence for himself had told them so What shall we do unto thee then they said That so the raging of the Sea be stay'd For it did rage and foam Take me said he And cast me over board into the Sea So shall the Sea be calm for on my score I know it is that thus the Waves do roar Nevertheless they rowed hard to gain The Land but all their labour was in vain So much against them did the Tempest beat Wherefore they the Almighty did entreat And said we do beseech thee and we pray O Lord that thou would'st not upon us lay The charge of guiltless Blood nor let it be That now we perish on th' account that we Take this Man's Life away for thou alone As it hath pleased thee O Lord hast done So they took Jonah up and to the Seas Committed him then did the Tempest cease Then did the Dread of the Great God on high Seize on the Mariners exceedingly And they did offer up a Sacrifice And vowed Vows unto the Lord likewise And now the Lord for Jonah did contrive A mighty Fish to swallow'im up alive And in the Fish's Belly for the space Of three days and three nights poor Jonah was CHAP. II. UNto the Lord his God then Jonah pray'd Out of the Belly of the Fish and said By reason of Affliction which lay sore Upon me I the Lord God did implore And he gave Ear and from Hell's Belly I Cry'd unto thee and thou Lord heard'st my Cry For thou into the Deep hadst cast me out And there the Floods did compass me about In the midst of the Sea thy Waves were sent And all thy Billows which my Head o'er went Then said I though thy Presence hath forsook Me to thy Holy Temple will I look The Waters compassed about my Soul And the great Deeps did round about me rowl The Weeds were wrapt about my Head I went Down to the bottom
Years of Famine were begun The which he call'd Manasseh for said he God makes me to forget my Misery And all my Father's House And after him Was born another he call'd Ephraim For God saith he hath made me to possess Abundance in the Land of my Distress And when the seven plenteous Years were gone The seven Years of Famine next came on As Joseph said and there was a great Dearth In every Nation throughout all the Earth But in the Land of Egypt there was Bread And when the People almost famished Complained to the King he bad them go To Joseph and whate'er he said to do And now the Famine daily waxing sore Joseph began to bring forth of his Store Which he had laid up for the Publick Good To whom th' Egyptians came and bought their Food And People from all Countries far and near To Egypt came to buy Provision there For in all Lands the Famine was severe CHAP. XLII AND now behold when Jacob had been told That there was Corn in Egypt to be sold He said unto his Sons Why stand ye thus Go down to Egypt and buy Corn for us That so our craving Stomachs may be fed And not lie here and die for lack of Bread Thus Jacob's ten Sons were to Egypt sent But Joseph's Brother Benjamin ne'er went For why his Father said I will not send him Lest peradventure some ill chance attend him And Joseph's Brethren came among the rest To buy Provision for they were distrest Now he was Governor of all the Land And all the Corn of Egypt in his hand Wherefore his Brethren when they came to treat With him for Corn bow'd down ev'n at his feet And he no sooner saw them but he knew them And shew'd himself extremely strange unto them And very roughly asked who they were From whence they came and what their bus'ness there And they made answer We thy Servants from The Land of Canaan to buy Food are come Now tho' they knew him not yet he knew them And calling now to mind his former Dream He said I do suspect ye 're come as Spies To see in what distress our Country lies But they reply'd again my Lord we 're come Only to buy some Food to carry home Think not thy Servants Spies but true Men rather For we are all the Children of one Father Nay nay said he but ye are come to pry Into the Nations great necessity But they reply'd again Thy Servants are Inhabitants of Cana'n and declare That we 're twelve Brethren whom one Man begot The Youngest is at home and one is not Well then said Joseph hereby shall I know Whether ye 're Spies as I have said or no Now by the Life of Pharaoh do I swear Unless your Brother come I 'll keep you here Send one of you and fetch the Lad to me And you shall be confin'd so shall there be A Proof of what you say before mine Eyes Or by the Life of Pharaoh ye are Spies Then he for three days put them all in Ward And on the third day said I have regard To Equity therefore if ye are true And honest Men do this let one of you Be bound in Prison here and let the other Go carry Corn home and bring me your Brother So shall ye be approv'd and shall not die And they prepar'd to do accordingly And as they were discoursing to each other They said we were in fault about our Brother In that we saw his Soul in great distress And yet were so exceeding pitiless As not to hearken to his earnest cries This is the cause of these our Miseries And Reuben said you know I did forewarn And beg that you would do the Child no harm But you would not do then as I desir'd And now his Blood is at our hands requir'd Thus they discours'd about the cause that brought Their present trouble but they little thought That Joseph knew of what they did confer Because he spake by an Interpreter And he being moved at their words withdrew To weep and then returned to renew His former talk and chusing Simeon out Before them all he bound him hand and foot And gave command to fill their Sacks with Grain And to restore their Mony to 'em again And for their Journey give them Food to eat In such sort Joseph did his Brethren treat Then with their Asses laden towards home They went and when into their Inn they come As one of them his Sack of Corn unty'd To give his Ass some Provender he spy'd His Mony in his Sack again return'd Wherefore he call'd his Brethren and inform'd Them that his Mony was returned back Behold said he it is here in my Sack On sight whereof their Hearts were sore dismay'd And being very much affrighted said What is the thing that God's about to do That we do thus these Troubles undergo Then coming to their Father they related After what sort they were in Egypt treated And said the Man that 's Lord of all the Land And hath the store of Corn all in his hand Spake roughly to us and affirm'd that we Were come the weakness of the Land to see To whom we said we are all honest Men We are twelve Brethren whereof here are ten And two elsewhere all which one Man begot The youngest's with our Father one is not Then said the Ruler of the Land hereby Shall I make proof of your integrity Let one of you continue here with me And take Provision for your Family And get you gone and bring the youngest hither That so I may be satisfied whether Ye are true Men as you make protestation Then I 'll release him and give toleration To you to come and Traffick in the Nation And now behold as they their Sacks unloos'd To empty out their Corn there was inclos'd In each Man's Sack his Money therein bound As when they came from home which when they found Both they and their old Father were afraid And to his Sons afflicted Jacob said You of my Children have beâ—eaved me Joseph and Simeon now do cease to be And of my Benjamin you would deprive me These things do ev'n into distraction drive me Then Reuben said My Father I resign To thy disposing these two Sons of mine Give me the Lad and let them both be slain If I do not return him safe again But he reply'd I will not let him go For why his Brother is deceas'd you know And if upon the way some evil thing Should happen to the I ad you then will bring These my grey Hairs with sorrow to the Grave For he 's the only comfort that I have CHAP. XLIII AND now the Famine still continuing sore And having spent all their late purchas'd store Their Father bids them to go down for more To whom when Judah had himself addrest He said The Man did solemnly protest If we without our Brother came again To seek his Face would be for us in vain If therefore