But shar'd our Dividend o' th' Crown,
We had so painfully Preach'd down;
And forc'd us, though against the Grain,
T have Calls to teach it up again.
For 'twas but Juftice to restore.
The Wrongs we had receiv'd before;
And when 'twas held forth in our way,
W' had been ungrateful not to pay :
Who for the Right w' have done the Nation,
Have earn'd our Temporal Salvation,

And put our Veffels in a way,

Once more to come again in Play.

For if the turning of us out,

Has brought this Providence about ร

And that our only Suffering

Is able to bring in the King::

What would our Actions not have done, hull

Had we been fuffer'd to go on?

And therefore may pretend t' a' fhare
At least in carrying on th' Affair. az
But whether that be fo or not,

Whave done enough to have it thought;
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And that's as good as if w' had don't,
And easier past upon account:
For if it be but half deny'd,
'Tis half as good as justify'd.
The World is naturally averfe
To all the Truth it fees or hears,
But fwallows Nonfenfe and a Lye,
With Greedinefs and Gluttony;

And though it have the Pique, and long,
'Tis ftill for fomething in the wrong:

As Women long, when they're with Child, For things extravagant and wild,

For Meats ridiculous, and fulfome,

But feldom any thing that's wholesome;
And, like the World, Men's Jobbernoles
Turn round upon their Ears, the Poles;
And what they're confidently told,

By no Senfe else can be controll'd.

And this, perhaps, may prove the means, Once more to hedge in Providence.

For as Relapses make Diseases

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More defperate than their first Acceffes;

If we but get again in Pow'r,
Our Work is easier than before;
And we more ready and expert
I' th' Mystery, to do our Part.
We, who did rather undertake
The first War to create, than to make;
And when of Nothing 'twas begun,
Rais'd Funds as ftrange, to carry't on;
Trepann'd the State, and fac'd it down,
With Plots and Projects of our own :
And if we did fuch Feats at first,

What can we now we're better vers'd;
Who have a freer Latitude

Than Sinners give themselves, allow'd?
And therefore likelieft to bring in
On fairest Terms our Difcipline.
To which it was reveal'd long fince,
We were ordain'd by Providence:
When three Saints Ears, our Predeceffors,
- The Caute's Primitive Confeffors,
B'ing Crucified, the Nation ftood
In just fo many Years of Blood:

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That multiply'd by Six, exprefs'd
The perfect Number of the Beast,
And prov'd that we must be the Men,
To bring this Work about agen:
And those who laid the firft Foundation,
Compleat the thorow Reformation:
For who have Gifts to carry on

So great a Work, but we alone?

What Churches have fuch able Pastors?
And Precious, Powerful, Preaching-Masters?
Poffefs'd with abfolute Dominions,

O'er Brethrens Purses and Opinions?
And trusted with the double Keys
Of Heaven, and their Ware-houses
Who, when the Caufe is in Diftrefs,
Can furnish out what Sums they please,
That Brooding lie in Bankers Hands,
To be difpos'd at their Commands:
And daily increase and multiply,
With Doctrine, Ufe, and Ufury,
Can fetch in Parties (as in War,
All other Heads of Cattel are;

From

From th' Enemy of all Religions,

As well as High and Low Conditions

And share them from Blue Ribbands down,

To all Blue Aprons in the Town.

From Ladies hurried in Calleches,

With Cor'nets at their Footmens Breeches,
To Bawds as fat as Mother Nab

All Guts and Belly like a Crab.

Our Party's great, and better ty'd

With Oaths, and Trade, than any fide D
Has one confiderabl' Improvement,

To double fortifie the Cob'nant':
I mean our Covenants to purchase,
Delinquents Titles and the Churches:
That pafs in Sale, from Hand to Hand,
Among our felves, for Currant Land
And Rife or Fall, like Indian Actions,
According to the Rate of Factions.
Our best Reserve for Reformation,
When New Out-goings give Occafion:
That keeps the Loins of Brethren girt,
The Covenant (their Creed) t' affert:

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