The diamond of deuotion cut and squared into sixe seuerall points: namelie, 1 The footpath to felicitie. 1 2 A guide to godlines. 81 3 The schoole of skill. 181 4 A swarme of bees. 209 5 A plant of pleasure. 245 6 A groue of graces. 283 Full of manie fruitfull lessons, auaileable to the leading of a godlie and reformed life: by Abraham Fleming.

The third Branch, of Thankesgiuing: Generallie deciphering in a pithie and ample meditation, Gods great goodnes manifestlie appearing in the diuersitie of the blessings wher∣with he hath crowned man. Also, a praier for grace to be thankefull. The contents more particularlie lie open in the se∣queale, (Book 3)

The first Blossome.

1 An inuocation, or calling vpon God, ioined with submission. 2 An ac∣knowledgement of Gods manifold blessings and his prouidence. 3 A pe∣tition for the gratious gift of thanke∣fulnes. 4 Testimonies of Gods infi∣nite loue, and of the effects of the shi∣ning Sunne. 5 The sundrie vses of Gods good creatures appointed for mans releefe. 6 Ornaments of the minde. 7 A request for true know∣ledge and perceiuerance, with the o∣peration of the same. 8 Another for thankefulnes. 9 What sacrifice God delighteth in. 10 A supplication for grace to offer vp the same.

1 SEtting before vs (O most mercifull & louing father) the godlie Patriarches, the holie Prophets, the true Conuerts, the constant Martyrs, & all such as haue loued thy glory far aboue their owne life, we prostrate our selues with all

submission on of soule and spirit, be∣fore thy throne of Maiestie, hum∣blie beseeching thée (for Iesus Christ his sake) who is the fulnes of our tore and comfort, to bend downe thine eares, and to heare the praiers which we powre foorth be∣fore thée: and for thy sonne sake, in whom thou art well pleased, grant the request of thy seruants made vnto thée at this present.

2 We know (most gratious God, and louing father,) yea, we cannot but in conscience acknowledge, and with tongue confesse, that mani∣fold, yea innumerable are the gifts which thou hast heaped vpon vs: yea so manie are they, that we can not with voice vtter, neither yet in heart conceiue the greatnes and worthines of them. For wher∣as all other creatures are made, framed, and fashioned to serue the vse of man, and to yéeld themselues obedient and tractable to his com∣mandement and gouernment: one∣lie man representing and bearing

thine owne image and likenesse, ruleth as a Lord, and reig∣neth as a king, ouer all creatures indued with life: yea, there is no∣thing within the compasse of the ample and wide world: but thou (most gratious God) of thine in∣finite loue, and incomprehensible prouidence, hast preordeined and appointed from originall of all be∣ginnings, to turne to the profite, commoditie, vse & benefite of mor∣tall and miserable man. Beasts both wild and tame thou hast made subiect to his power: some seruing for sustenance and nourishment, o∣thersome being made appliable and fit for his ease and assistance in bo∣dilie labour, as partakers of his paines, and fellowe labourers with him in his bodilie businesse.

3 These creatures, O Lord, be∣ing thus ordeined and ordered, by and through thine euerlasting and vnchangeable appointment, thou hast giuen and bestowed vpon vs men, most vnthankfull, and of all

other the vnworthiest of such sin∣gular benefites: thou hast inriched vs with their continuall and inces∣sant increase, and thou doest dailie more and more, with new accesse of graces and good gifts, inlarge thy bountifull liberalitie towards vs, in such wise, that if we had anie féeling of Christianitie: nay, if we were not altogether sold to sinne, and made bondslaues to our owne sensualitie and corrupt concupis∣cence, we could not, but with zeale of spirit, & burning heate of hart, crie out with the Prophet Dauid: O Lord, how wonderfull are thy workes thorough all the world! Great is God, and most worthie to be praised, and his greatnes can not be searched out. One genera∣tion shall praise thy workes vnto another, and they shall declare thy mightie power. I will set foorth in words the glorious Maiestie of thine excellentnes, and thy won∣derfull workes, &c. In considera∣tion therefore, O Lord, of the be∣nefites,

which thou hast, and at this present doest powre vpon vs, (which are so manie, that they can not be numbred, and so great, that they can not be measured,) we be∣séech thée to plant in our harts the good propertie & vertue of thanke∣fulnes, least we prouing a barren and vnfruitefull soile, be so farre from yéelding good and hoalesome hearbes, that we séeme altogether choaked with noisome wéedes, wherewith being ouergrowne, we become vile, despised, contemp∣tible, and nothing worth.

4 There be most liuelie represen∣tations, and such testimonies of thy tender loue towards vs, as more plaine and manifest can not be by anie meanes, neither for the outward eie of the bodie to behold, nor yet for the inward eie of the mind to contemplate and marke: namelie, creatures both heauenlie and also earthlie: heauenlie, as the Sunne, wherein the brightnes of thine omnipatent and vnspeakable

maiestie is testified to the world, which with his glorious beames, and most comfortable heate, (be∣ing the lampe of light and life to all things, which thou by thy word in the beginning didst create,) mini∣streth not onlie to man, but also to beast, foule, fish, yea to the créeping worme, occasion of inward delight and ioie. For, as when it declineth and draweth downe, auoiding the scope and compasse of our eies, it carrieth awaie with it in like ma∣ner the brightnes and glorie of the daie, whereby the darke and vn∣pleasant night approcheth, and créepeth vpon vs: euen so, when it appeareth, clad with roabes of ma∣iestie, and commeth like a Bride∣grome foorth of his chamber, the fogges and mistes of the weari∣some night are chased and driuen awaie, and thereby followeth, ouer the face of the whole earth, most comfortable appearances of thine eternall prouidence, and infallible arguments and tokens of thine

endlesse loue, to the safetie and health of vs vile wretches, and cursed caitifes, notablic continu∣ed. Without the louelie light of this bright shining lampe, which this our transitorie life can by no meanes lacke, it is not possible to accomplish anie thing. Thou (most mercifull father) hast assigned and appointed the same to be the dire∣cter of all our doings: for the want of so necessarie a benefite, procu∣reth palpable darkenes, and most vncomfortable blindnes.

5 For the former excellent bene∣fite therfore (most gratious God) as also for all other: namelie, thy creatures framed and made for the succour of man: for cloath and ap∣parell to couer his bodie, that it may not be annoied with the force of sharpe and nipping stormes, nor féele the smart of anie tempestuous season: for giuing him foules of the aire, fish of the salt sea and fresh ri∣uers, and beasts of the field and fo∣rest to be his sustenance, against

the assaultes of hunger, and to breake the force of famishment, to mainteine nature, prolong life, strengthen the bodie, cherish the heart, and to quicken and reuiue the spirits of the whole man: for prouiding to his vse whoalsome hearbes and plants of speciall ver∣tue, to expell manie contagious and hurtfull diseases, and flowers of most fragrant sauour and plea∣sant smell, to delight the senses: for making the earth bring foorth and yéeld trées of wonderfull force, stones of maruellous indurance, and other metals of strange and singular qualitie, to make him commodious dwelling places, wherein to inhabite and harbour, that neither the rage of frostie winter, neither yet the heate of smothering summer, nor anie sud∣den tempest and storme (except it please thée to worke contrarie to the common course of nature and expectation) can worke his incon∣uenience: for bestowing vpon him

the riches and treasures which lie hid in the secret celles and bosome of the ground, and the pretious pearles of the vnmeasurable and bottomlesse deapth of the Sea: fi∣nallie, for making all things, as well wanting, as indued with life, subiect to his rule, readie at his commandement, and appliable to his seruice, we giue thée most har∣tie thankes, and praise thée for thy goodnes.

6 Besides these externall gifts of thine, wherwith of thine vnspeak∣able and frée liberalitie, thou hast plentifullie stored & furnished man, thou hast most gratiouslie reuea∣led, and euidentlie giuen triall of thy singular care and tender affe∣ction wherewith thou louest him, thou hast illuminated and lighte∣ned him with the lampe of vnder∣standing, reason, and iudgement, whereby he being conducted and guided, hath knowledge to make choice of that which is good, and that which is euill: of that which

is whoalsome, and that which is noisome: of that which is commo∣dious, and that which is iniuri∣ous: of that which is hurtfull, and that which is fruitefull: and so consequentlie, of that which with his nature is agréeable, and that which is repugnant and contrarie to his being.

7 As these thy gifts are great (good God and most louing father) as indéede they are excéeding great and wonderfull: so we beséech thée to powre into our hearts the liquor of true perceiuerance and know∣ledge, that we somewhat, accor∣ding as the deprauation and cor∣rupt state of our nature will per∣mit, may discearne the force and fruite of thy fatherlie fauour, and that this vile and filthie vessell of our bodie, which is polluted, and as it were waxen mooldie with the dregges and léeze of sinne and wic∣kednesse, being sanctified and clen∣sed with the cléere watersprinkle of thy purifieng spirit, may become

a fit and well seasoned vessell, to receiue the swéete and comfortable water of the fountaine of life.

8 And because (most bountifull and gratious God) thou hast giuen vs the vse of all these things, and made vs possessours of the same, we hartilie beséech thée, to instill and let drop into the furrowes of our hearts, the acceptable deaw of thankefulnes, wherewith our en∣trailes being throughlie moistened and made souple, we may remem∣ber, and thinke vpon thy tender loue, and more than fatherlie kind∣nesse, and in thy gifts giue thée glorie, and magnifie thy name with the sound of our tongues, and the consent of our hearts.

9 For, alas, what are we mise∣rable and beggerlie wretches, that haue nothing by inheritance but sinne and wickednes? What are we able to giue, considering that we haue nothing but that which we haue receiued? in respect wher∣of, our owne wretchednes bewrai∣eth

it selfe, and our continuall neede and nakednes is manifest. Onelie this thou requirest, euen the sacri∣fice of praise and thankesgiuing, which is the thing that we are commanded to paie vnto thée. For recompense thou requirest none, since that whatsoeuer thou giuest, thou giuest fréelie, without looking for reward.

10 Wherfore (most mercifull fa∣ther and déere God,) make vs thankefull receiuers of thy bene∣fites, and that we may giue a testi∣monie of our thankefulnes, loose and vntwist the strings of our tongues, and open the pipes of our hearts, that they both may sound foorth thy most magnificent maie∣stie, and praise thée, to whome per∣petuall praise belongeth. Graunt this necessarie petition most boun∣tifull God, for the merits of thy sonne Christ Iesus, our onlie mediatour and aduocate,

Amen.

The second Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for the benefit of our creation.

WE praise and magnifie thée O eternall GOD, for thy great mercie, in that it hath plea∣sed thée, among all the workes of thine hands, to make vs the most excellent and noblest examples of thy iustice, wisedome, and goodnes. We glorifie thée also for that im∣mortall essence, the principall part of our nature, euen our reasonable soule, which although it be not properlie comprehended in place, yet is it resident in cur bodies, and there dwelleth as in a mansion house, not onelie to minister life to all the members and parts of our bodies, and to make the instru∣ments thereof méete and fitlie ser∣uing for the actions wherevnto they are apointed, but also to beare the chiefe office in the gouernement of our life, and that not onlie about the duties incident and belonging

to this earthlie and transitorie life, but also to stir and quicken vs vp to the seruice and worship of thée our most mercifull Creator.

And as we praise thée for crea∣ting vs like to thine owne image, not onlie in the outward frame of our bodies, wherin thy glorie doth appeare: but also in the inward shape of the soule, which is the proper seate of thy likenesse: so do we magnifie thée for all the graces and blessings wherewith it hath pleased thée to beautifie, adorne, and enrich the one and the other. Beséeching thée to voutsafe vs the direction of thy spirit, that we may, during the time of our iournie in the wildernesse of this world, em∣ploie and vse them to that princi∣pall end whereto they were besto∣wed vpon vs, namelie, to the bene∣fite of our brethren, and the setting foorth of thine eternall glorie: through Iesus Christ our onlie mediator and ad∣uocate,

Amen.

The third Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for the be∣nefite of our election.

GLorie and praise be giuen to thée, O Lord, in that thou hast vouchsafed to call and elect vs a peculiar and chosen people vnto thy selfe, and to reckon vs in the lot of thine inheritance, being or∣deined to saluation, whereas con∣trariwise, a great number are ap∣pointed to condemnation. Which gratious gift of thine eternall ele∣ction, we referre not to anie wor∣thines in vs, or to anie merits of workes that we are able to do, but onlie to the méere mercy, and boun∣tifull liberalitie of thée our maker, who adoptest some into the hope of euerlasting life, and iudgest other∣some to eternall death: which my∣sterie is laid vp in the height of thy heauenlie wisedome, far aboue the reach of our reason and vnderstan∣ding, that, according to thy will and pleasure, thou mightest be ho∣noured.

Like thankes be giuen vnto thée, O most mercifull Father, for that thou hast not onlie called vs vnto this glorious estate of grace, but hast so assigned the same vnto vs, that the certaintie of the effect thereof is not in suspense or doubtfull. For it hath pleased thée, of thine incomprehensible goodnes, to binde vs together one with ano∣ther in Christ our head, we being his mysticall members, and to knit vs vnto thy selfe with a knot vn∣possible to be loosed. For this thine vnspeakeable mercie we praise and magnifie thée, and thy sonne Iesus Christ our tender mediatour and aduocate,

Amen.

The fourth Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for the bene∣fite of our redemption.

WE giue thée most hartie thanks for all thy good gifts O eternall GOD, of thy great goodnesse testified vnto vs euen from the beginning of the world to

this present houre, and speciallie for the performance of thy promise made vnto our forefathers the Patriarches, and their generati∣ons, but accomplished to vs, vpon whome the ends of the world ap∣proch: knowing that the noblenes and excellencie of our creation would so little profit vs, conside∣ring our fall in the person of A∣dam, that it would rather turne to our greater shame, such is thy iu∣stice, who deniest vs, when we be defiled and corrupted with sinne, to be thy handieworke.

And therefore we cannot suffici∣entlie extoll thy bottomles bountie in tendering our decaied state, that when we were danmed, dead, and lost in our selues, didst send downe from heauen, thy déerelie and onlie begotten sonne, to take our nature vpon him, and to die for our re∣demption, that in him we might séeke for righteousnes, deliuerance, life, and saluation, according to the testimonie of thy seruant Peter,

teaching vs, that there is none o∣ther name vnder heauen giuen vn∣to men, wherein they must be sa∣ued. By which name of Iesus, he was not vnaduisedlie called, or by chance and aduenture, nor yet by the will of men, but brought euen from heauen by an Angell, the pu∣blisher of thy decrée, & with a rea∣son also giuen, because he was sent to saue the people from their sins. Unto thée therefore O God the father our Creator, and O Christ the sonne our redéemer, be all ho∣nor and praise for euer and euer,

Amen.

The fift Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing vnto Christ, for the benefite of our re∣conciliation.

MOst hartie thankes be giuen vnto thée, O tender sauiour of our soules, who being the im∣maculate and vnspotted Lambe of God the father, wast well content to be charged with our offences,

that we might taste the sweete fruites of thine innocencie, and didst most willinglie offer vp thy bodie an oblation vnto thy father, after that definitiue sentence, pro∣nounced in the Consistorie, had passed against thée in iudgement, that we the children of wrath, out∣casts from the Common wealth of Israell, strangers from the coue∣nant, & enimies vnto God, might by the diuine vertue of thy death and passion, be reconciled, and es∣cape the penaltie of the lawe, to the curse whereof sinne had made vs subiect, but thou by thy sufferings hast set vs at libertie, and deliuered vs from danger of damnation.

We cannot imagine how to extoll thy mercie sufficientlie, in taking vpon thée a worke of such difficul∣tie, euen the appeasing of thy fa∣thers wrath kindled against vs, in whome the glorious image of our Creator was shamefullie defaced. Thy bowels of compassion, and tender loue, excéede all comparison.

For the manifold torments which thou in thy mortall bodie didst suf∣fer, in the presence of most vniust Iudges, are assured warrants of thy tendernes ouer vs: whome to set frée from punishment, thou ga∣uest thine owne déere and most swéete soule to be a satisfactorie ob∣lation, vpon the which all our filth of sinne might be cast, and so cease, as not imputable vnto vs anie more, thereby reconciling vs vnto thy father, and sealing the same at∣tonement with thy pretious heart bloud. To thée therefore be honour and praise for euermore,

Amen.

The sixt Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for the be∣nefite of our iustifi∣cation.

LAude and praise be giuen vnto thée, O eternall God who hast vouchsafed to adopt vs into the number of thy chosen children, not for anie of our merits, but for thy mercie sake, the curse of the lawe

taking force by sinne notwithstan∣ding. And we extoll thy goodnes, O most bountifull father, for that thou hast of thy frée grace, for Ie∣sus sake, in whome thou art de∣lighted, staied the execution of thy wrath and vengeance against vs, who haue prouoked thée to indig∣nation by our manifold sinnes and wickednes, which had vtterlie ex∣cluded and shut vs out of the gates of thy good will, did it not please thée, at the intercession of thy belo∣ued sonne, to receiue vs into fa∣uour, and to reckon vs for righte∣ous, by the remission of our sinnes, and the imputation of thy sonnes righteousnes.

We haue so lead our life since the first time that thy hand planted vs in this world, as that the whole race which we haue runne, hath bene a kind of continuall kindling of thy furie to consume vs: and yet (O vnmeasurable mercie!) thou hast so pitied our weakenesses, that thou hast and doest iustifie vs, that

is to saie, acquite vs that were ac∣cused, from all filthines, and that by the mediation of thy sonne Ie∣sus Christ, not by allowance of our innocencie, but by imputation of his righteousnes, that in him, we which in our selues are iudged vn∣righteous, might be counted righ∣teous. To thée therefore, O most louing father, and to Iesus Christ thy sonne, be all honour and glorie,

Amen.

The seuenth Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for the gift of our sanctification.

ALmightie God, which from time to time hast sanctified thy people, and purged their harts from the prophane imaginations of idolatrous and heathenish vnbe∣léeuers, that they might be a holie heritage, & a peculiar people vnto thee, zealous of good workes, and addicted vnto the deuout seruice of thée: we praise and magnifie thy

goodnes, in that it hath pleased thée to sequester vs from the number of the pagan people, who are altoge∣ther ignorant of thée, and thy di∣uine worship, and hast opened the eies of our vnderstandings, and sanctified them by the visitation and presence of thy holie spirit, whereby we haue atteined to the knowledge of thy truth, and the mysteries reuealed in the same.

Which sanctification, as thou hast vouchsafed to begin in vs, so we most humblie beséech thée to continue euen to the end & tearme of our life, that the old leauen of maliciousnes being quite cleanfed awaie, we may be changed into new dowe, to serue thée in holines and righteousnes, which is the end of our election. O holie Ghost, which didst descend in the simili∣tude of a doue, and in the likenes of clouen tongues, ouershadowe vs we beséech thée, and take vp thy dwelling in our harts, that what∣soeuer we saie, thinke, or do, may

lauour and tast of sanctification: so shall we for this, and all other thy good graces, as we are bound by dutie, praise and glorifie thée for e∣uer and euer,

Amen.

The eight Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for our pre∣seruation.

OMnipotent God, most migh∣tie in word and déede, which hatest nothing that thy holie hands haue created, we praise and ma∣gnifie thée for all thy benefites be∣stowed vpon vs from our infancie, vntill this our present age: for ca∣ring and prouiding for vs all ne∣cessaries conuenient and agréeable to this our mortall life: we thanke thée for our health, wealth, and li∣bertie: our peace, quietnes, & tran∣quillitie: our children, offspring, and affinitie: all which are thy bles∣sings, not due to vs by desert, but bestowed vpon vs of thy goodnes and frée will.

And as we glorifie thee for these thy temporall benefits, so we ma∣gnifie thee, and extoll thy most ho∣lie name, for the rich treasure of thy word and Gospell, for thy holie sa∣craments, and other gifts powred vpon thy Church and congrega∣tion: of whome we confesse our selues to be members, and thy son Christ Iesus the principall and supreme head: in whome, béeing knit together like liuelie stones, we make one spirituall building, e∣rected to the honour of thy most blessed name.

We giue thée thankes also, O mercifull father, for thy patience, thy long sufferance, and forbea∣ring to punish vs, dailie offending against thy diuine maiestie: for the preaching of thy word, to call vs home vnto thée by repentance, and to a reformed life: for defending vs from bodilie dangers at home and abroade, by water and land, in companie and alone: whereas ma∣nie a one doth miscarrie, as we sée,

and by due proofe are able to testi∣fie. For some are drowned, some hanged, some burned, some boi∣led, some dismembred, some mur∣thered, one this waie, another that waie destroied, in strange forme and fashion, by fire, by water, by weapon, by famine, by sicknesse, and other casualties, some sud∣denlie, some lingeringlie, some in∣famouslie, and diuers diuerslie, as they are eating, as they are drin∣king, as they are dansing, as they are cursing, as they are forswea∣ring, as they are sleeping, as they are waking, some betraied of their counterfet friends, some insnard of their malicious enimies, some fal∣ling into the hands of théeues on land, some assaulted of pirats on sea, and manie by manifold meanes ouertaken with diuers dangers, oftentimes denouncing extremi∣tie of death.

From the which perils, for that it hath pleased thée of thine infinite clemencie to preserue and saue vs

from our verie cradle, wherewith we might haue bene ouerthrowne, and so spéedilie dispatched, had not thy holie hand ouershadowed vs, and compassed vs round about, be∣ing wrapped in our swathling cloutes, we giue thée most hartie thankes, and praise thy blessed name with pure & vndefiled lips. Accept our seruice, receiue our sacrifice, euen the eleuation and lifting vp of our hands and harts vnto thée, & the oblation of thanks∣giuing presented vnto thy diuine Maiestie, for thine innumerable graces and blessings plentifullie powred vpon vs from generation to generation. Glorie be to thée O Father, glorie be to thée O Son, glorie be to thée O holie Ghost, from age to age, from poste∣ritie to posteritie, and let all people saie Amen,

Amen.

The ninth Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for the gratious gift of the Gospell.

O Almightie God, which in thy due and appointed time didst abrogate the lawe of Moses, by planting in the place thereof the Gospell of thy Sonne Christ, whome, when the fulnes of yeares was come, thou didst send downe from heauen, that he might for our safetie accomplish the summe of thy diuine pleasure and will. We giue thée most hartie thankes, for that it hath pleased thée, of thine especiall goodnes, to admit vs a∣mong the number of Gentiles, vn∣to whome the same Gospell, which he brought from the bosome of thée his heauenlie father, is preached, and the mysteries of the same re∣uealed.

We magnifie thy most excellent and right glorious Name, for that thou hast called vs to this state of godlie life, lightening the dimme

eies, and opening the dull eares of our vnderstandings by the finger of thy grace, whereby we are put in possession of the iewell of true Christian ioie, euen thy sacred and holie word, the key of knowledge conducting vs therevnto. Giue vs we beséech thée, O mercifull fa∣ther, such measure of thy spirit, that we may highlie estéeme of this most pretious pearle, and shew our selues not vnthankefull, with the Gadarens, vnto whome thy sonne did disclose the vertue of his diuinitie: but thankefull, with the Samaritane, whome he cured of the leprosie. In the meane time, we praise thée, and as we haue hi∣therto magnified thée, though not as we should, yet as we could, so will we extoll thy goodnesse, which is praiseworthie world without end,

Amen.

The tenth Blossome conteining A thankesgiuing for the safetie of the Church.

O Eternall God, who from the beginning didst so tenderlie loue thy little flocke, that as the henne couereth her chickens, so thou ouerspreadest thy people with the wings of thy prouidence. Ex∣ample we haue of Noah and his familie, of Lot and his kindred, and of diuers other, whome thou preseruedst from imminent perill, when the contrarie part, euen the wicked thine enimies were vtter∣lie confounded.

We giue thée the glorie due vnto thy most blessed Name, for sauing the ship of thy Church shaken with the tempests of tyrannous & tempestuous seas: for protecting it from the malice of spitefull pirats, who with the gunshot of their bloudthirstines, séeke to sinke this thy little vessell, and to ouer∣whelme it in the waues, that the

remnant of thy beloued may be roo∣ted out, and vtterlie destroied.

Praise and thankes be ascribed vnto thée, for rescuing thy sellie shéepe from the chops of rauening wolues, whome it hath pleased thée, whiles they haue attempted the ruine and vndoing of thy little houshold, to ouerthrowe, and to cast the shame of their owne enuious deuises in their owne faces, con∣founding thy foes, who bragged of triumph, by making flesh their arme: and crowning thy souldiers with garlands of victorie, contra∣rie to hope and expectation. Be∣séeching thée to continue this thy care and kindnes to thy congrega∣tion, cooped vp in narrowe and streight corners of the world, and trenched about with thousands of enimies, who watch a due time to mingle our bloud with our owne sacrifices. From the which vn∣happie hour deliuer vs, encreasing our number, strengthening our power, and fighting for vs thy

people. For vnto thée onlie we ap∣peale, who art able to preuent all the policies of Sathan, and euerie member of his ministerie. So shall we sing songs of thankesgiuing in thy sanctuarie, and lift vp our voi∣ces of praise both euening and morning vnto thée the holie one of Israell, Hosanna in the highest:

Amen.

FINIS.