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Sonnet 22.
[You sacred Order, charg'd the church to watch]
You sacred Order, charg'd the church to watch,
And teach the holy Mysteries of Heav'n,
From hence-forth all seditious plots dispatch,
And (Father-like) to all be alwaies euen.
Though superstition stirre to strife againe;
Reuolt's a mischiefe euermore pernicious:
Pluck vp abuses, and the hurtfull graine
Sprung from the Ignorant and Auaricious.
Auoid Ambition (common cause of strife)
Your reuerend Robe be free from staines of blood,
Preach holy Doctrine, prooue it by your life:
Fly Idlenes, choose exercises good;
To wit, all works of liuely faith and pietie.
So, to your Fold shall flock the blest Societie.
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