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 ( 4 ) Thy Matter, Method, Manner, Stile,

And heav'nly Frame, with comely Smile;

Thy devout Looks, with ſhinning Face,

And all the Signs of unſeen Grace.

waſt a burning ſhining Light,

A well trimm'd, Lamp which ſhone moſt bright:

In Paths of Peace, in Wiſdom's Way,

Us to conduct in this dark Day:

When miſty Fogs, and Clouds obſcure,

Do intercept the Light moſt pure.

And for a Seaſon in that Light

We did rejoice, and ſo we might.

happy that degen’rate Age,

When vi'lent Settlements did rage,

heard thee preach and Arrows caſt,

At Vice, and Error forth ſo faſt.

If equal to thy Worth eſteem'd,

Thou hadſt from Cenſure been exeem'd.

ſwerving Multitudes did ſtray,

And deviating loſe their Way,

Then like a Trumpet ſounding high,

His Voice behind came with the Cry;

Ye're off the Road, ſee yonder Pit:

This is the Way walk ye in it.

in good Works, which did connect,

With thy ſweet Words in each reſpect';

In - holy Life, and heav'nly Walk,

Thou didſt tranſcribe thy Pulpit-talk;

A Commentary wrote moſt fine,

On all theſe glorious Truths divine,

Drawn out to large ſo legibly,

In Copy-hand, which all might fee:

No Blot, no Out to interline,

Eſcap'd this dignifi'd Divine.