Pause I.

9 When Pharaoh dar’d to vex the saints,
And thus provok’d their God,
Moses was sent at their complaints,
Arm’d with his dreadful rod.

10 He call’d for darkness; darkness came
Like an o’erwhelming flood;
He turn’d each lake and every stream
To lakes and streams of blood.

11 He gave the sign, and noisome flies
Thro’ the whole country spread;
And frogs, in croaking armies, rise
About the monarch’s bed.

12 Thro’ fields, and towns, and palaces,
The tenfold vengeance flew;
Locusts in swarms devour’d their trees,
And hail their cattle slew.

13 Then by an angel’s midnight stroke,
The flower of Egypt dy’d;
The strength of every house was broke,
Their glory and their pride.

14 Now let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the church in fear;
Israel must live thro’ every age,
And be th’ Almighty’s care.