Sentence:  Therefore in fierce tempest is he coming, / In thunder and in earthquake, like a Jove, / That, if requiring fail, he will compel; / And bids you, in the <WSD>bowels</WSD> of the Lord, / Deliver up the crown, and to take mercy / On the poor souls for whom this hungry war / Opens his vasty jaws 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Compassion, sympathy.