When men oppressèd doe to Him appeale,
Hee righteth euery one against his foe;
Hee vnto Moses did His lawes reueale,

And vnto Jacob's eare His workes did show.
Hee is more full of grace then wee of sinne ;
To anger slowe, compassionate and kind;
Hee doth not euer chide, and never linne,9

Nor keepes displeasure alwayes in His minde, Nor after our misdeedes doth Hee vs charge;

Nor takes Hee of our faults a strict account, But as the space from earth to heauen is large, So farr His mercy doth our sinnes surmount. As east from west is distant farr away,

Soe farr doth Hee from us our sinnes remoue :

As fathers, kindnes to their sonnes bewray,

Soe God to them that feare Him, showes His loue. For Hee that made vs and knowes all, doth know The matter whereof man was made of old; That wee were formèd heer on earth below

Of dust and clay, and of noe better mold. Man's age doth wither as the fadinge grasse; He flourisheth, but as ye flower in May, Which when the South-wind ouer it doth passe Is gone; and where it grew no man can say.

But God's sweet kindnes9 euer doth consist;
His truth, from age to age, continew shall,
To them that in His righteous lawes persist,

And thinke vppon them to performe them all.
Heauen is God's seat; there doth His glorie dwell,
But ouer all, His empire doth extend;

Praise Him yee angells which in strength excell,

And His command doe euermore attend.

Praise Him yee hosts of heauen which serue Him there,
Whose seruice with His pleasure doth accord;

And praise Him all His creatures euery where ;
And thou my soule for thy part, praise the Lord.

PSALM CL.

To Him with trumpets and with flutes,
With cornets, clarions and with lutes;

With harpes, with organs and with shawmes,
With holy anthems and with psalmes ;
With voice of angells and of men

Sing! Aleluyia! Amen, Amen.

10 to mankind for' written here and erased: 'doth consist' and its corresponding rhyme two lines below, 'persist,' written in a later hand. Originally the former line read ' But God's sweet kindness to mankind for euer,' and to rhyme with this, the coreesponding line ended with 'perseuer.' G.

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.

VOL. II.

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