CCCXVIII. Abraham's Faith in leaving his Country at the divine Command.

NOW let our Songs proclaim abroad
Th' unchanging Name of Abram's GOD;
In him let Abram's Children boast,
Their Father's ever-living LORD,
His Shield, his Friend, his great Reward,
Who never can deceive their Trust.

Call'd by thy Voice, with joyful Speed
He went, where thou wast pleas'd to lead,
Unknowing in the Path he trod;
His Land, his Kindred strove in vain
The pious Pilgrim to detain,
Propt on the Promise of his GOD.

So at thy Word the Saint foregoes
Each tender Tie, which Nature knows,
And hears no other Voice but thine;
Marches, where thou shalt point the Way,
Where thou shalt pitch his Tent, will stay,
And learns his Isaac to resign.

At length, still faithful to thine own,
Thou call'st him to a World unknown,
Thro' Paths untrod by mortal Feet;
Smiling he owns thy Voice in Death,
Gives to the Air his fleeting Breath,
And finds the Road to Abram's Seat.