Hymn LVII. For St. Lukes Day.
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This Day we celebrate Gods praise for the great
priviledges vouchsafed to his Church by the blessed
Evangelist
Lvke, a Physitian both for Body
and Soule, and the first and best Ecclesiasticall Historiographer.
Hee was a constant companion of
St. Paul, and an example of Christian perseverance to all posteritie.
Sing this as the former.
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If those Physitians honor'd be,
Who corporall diseases heal;
Sure, worthy double praise is he
Who seeks both Soul and Bodies weal.
Both waies this Blessed Saint excel'd,
Both waies, in life he was approv'd;
And, by his Gospel hath reveal'd
What many Soul-bred pains remov'd.
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To do him honour, this, beside,
A blessed witnes, hath declar'd,
That firme in Faith he did abide,
When others from the Truth were scar'd.
There of the Glorie, Lord, be thine;
For, him thy Grace enabled thus:
And he received those Gifts divine,
To benefit himself and us.
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By his example, therefore, Lord,
Vphold us, that we fall not from
The true profession of thy Word,
Nor by the World, be overcome.
And, grant, his holy Gospel may
Yeeld cordiall comforts to the Soul,
To drive those maladies away,
Which make it faithles, faint, and foul.