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 his captives bring again:

An embelm of our natural state,

how he doth us regain.

We by the good hand of our God

have been three days together,

And now the time is come that we

must seperate from each other.

The reason is we are not yet

made pillars in God's temble,

Where we shall never more go out

nor foes upon us trample,

I charge you all and every one

to set some time apart,

To see what good ye gotten have

and commune with your heart.

Ye that are servants, of their time,

your masters do not rob ;

For all such sacrifices are

abhorred by our God.

When he and heavenly Mr Grey

meet in this holy place,

We think they'll have a heavenly treat

about foreknowing grace.

They unto God will sweetly sing,

of his redeeming grace

Who chused them in Christ his son

the brightness of his face;

Their allelujahs unto God

are surly now begun,

Who them predestinate to be