To God the Father.
Thou God the Father, hid from mortall sight
Thou God the Father, hid from mortall sight, that cloath'st thy self with circumfused
light; thou King Eternall, with thy quickning raies, give life to my dead soul: clear all my daies with thy
bright presence, my weak spirit fill with pow'r not subject to the Tempters will; Give mee a
filiall, not a servile fear, let ev'ry sin be ransom'd with a tear; forbid me to despair, or to presume,
lest too much fear should my best hopes consume; and when my body in the grave shall rest, may my
cleans'd soul in Martyrs robes be drest.