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Show Tri order to aflift him in. thofe prodigious Works which ne defign'd there, as his Palace, hanging Gardens, Bridges, Temple, tfc. all which he erected to difplay the Might of his Power, and the Glory of his Dominion, as welt as to make it the Centre to which the Defires of the Earth ihou'd tend, that Mankind, being aliur'd thither by the Charms of the Place, he might have the better Opportunity of iecuring his wide*extended Empire to his Pofterity.. But, how vain is humane Forecaft!' for the Kingdom was foon fnatch'd from his Race, and given to Cyrus the Perfian, ,who, Seventy Years after their Captivity, re-ftor'd the Jews to their Country, and.commanded Jen-falem and the Temple to be rebuilt; in which Work, the M A S O N S being diftrefs'd, [did, as the following old Ver? fes relate : When Sanballat Jerufalem diftrefsrd With ftjarp Affaults in Nehemiah'j Time, To War and Work the Jews themfelves addrefs'd, And did repair their Walls with Stone and Lime. One Hand the Sword againfl the Fbe did fhake The other Hand the Trowel up did take. Of valiant Minds, to, here a worthy Tart* Ttoat quailed not with Ruin of their Wall $ But Captains bold did prove the M A S O N S Art i Which doth infer this ZeJ/hn unto all,, That, to defend our Country dear from Harm, To War or Work we either Hand >fhould arm. Here was a glorious Inftance fhewrt of that Spirit of Patriotifm, which the generous Craft inculcates; which, c rightly confidcredj amongft many others,, muft prove one |