Grace in that garb at length we see,
The Flesh hath conquered misery.
They, by whom their monarch perished
Lost the kingdom, that they cherished,
And for a sign and wonder[1] Cain
Is set who never shall be slain.
Reprobated and rejected
Was this Stone that, now elected,
For a Trophy stands erected
And a precious Cornerstone:
Sin's, not Nature's, termination,
He creates a new Creation,
And Himself their colligation,
Binds two peoples into one.
Give we glory to the Head,
O'er the members love be shed!
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This allusion is not very clear. There seems to be a reference to Saul, in the wilderness of Maon, when, having compassed David and his men round, he was only prevented from destroying them by the intelligence that the Philistines had invaded the land. The thought of the Philistines introduces the great destroyer of the Philistines—Samson.
