HYMN 504. (3. PART.)
Argument.
Joseph reserv'd for many Lands relief,
In time of famine he's preferr'd in chief.
Psal. 105.
[verse 16] MOreover then th' Almighty spake,
that Famine should the Land o're∣spread:
A dreadfull Dearth thereby to make,
and wholly break the staff of Bread.
[verse 17] But Joseph he had sent before
whom for a slave his Brethren sold,
[verse 18] Whose feet with fetters they made sore,
they lodg'd him in the irons cold.
[verse 19] Untill his words accomplishment
the man was try'd by God's decree:
[verse 20] The King (the peoples Ruler) sent
to loose him and to set him free.
[verse 21] He made him Lord of's Family,
and Ruler of his Royal wealth;
[verse 22] To teach his Senate policy,
and bind his Peers as pleas'd himself.