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 ( 6 ) Maugre the mocks and ſcorns of thoſe,

Who ſit at Eaſe, and do oppoſe.

This rev'rend Preſbytry doth call,

In per’lous Times to great to ſmall,

Rebuild, rebuild Jerus’lem's Wall.

Their followers at firſt but few,

The more oppreſt, the more they grew,

Untill at length, throughout the Land,

Their Meeting-houſes built now ſtand,

To witneſs to Poſterity:

Altho' the Bulk did flench and fee,

A goodly Remnant firm did ſtand;

To ſworn Principles of this Land.

Maſter C---, in his Rage,

Diſſenters at his Bar did ſtage;

And Hereticks did them ſentence,

The Rev'rend Wilſon made defence.

But who'll take up the Cudgel now,

And manfully themſelves allow,

Againſt all Sorts, of faint complyers,

And Covenants downright denyers,

Our Reformation to defend;

As he did to his latter End?

Or with the Courage, where's the Nerves?

Elſe their Defence, for nothing ſerves.

Tabernacle every Pin,

By Death, which is the Wage of Sin,

His earthly Houſe form'd of the Clay:

Back to its Duſt return'd ſtraightway,

Thro' Merits of the Lamb of God,

His Soul hath now a firm abode,

Inheriting where there's no Sin,

The Promiſes, the Veil within.

Like Jacob's Ladder cut in two,

The foot on Earth, to Earth let go, Where