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How these things may concern him, he best knows
Next GOD, who will (I hope) his heart dispose
To chuse the way proposed at this time,
And to pursue the same, enable him.
Because, unless at this time, that probation
For which GOD hath vouchsaf'd his Restoration,
Produceth what with those ends may accord,
For which he was by Providence restor'd,
He'll turn the Wheel, which hath so oft gone round,
Till men according to his heart be found
To rule his People; to direct his Sheep;
To act his Will, and their own Vows to keep.
Herein hath been much failing: and, I fear,
Ev'n for that Covenants breach, which many jeer,
And impudently sleight, GOD from this Land
Will not remove his now correcting hand,
Till a true repentance he shall bring
For that sin, People, Parliament and King.
Next GOD, who will (I hope) his heart dispose
To chuse the way proposed at this time,
And to pursue the same, enable him.
Because, unless at this time, that probation
For which GOD hath vouchsaf'd his Restoration,
Produceth what with those ends may accord,
For which he was by Providence restor'd,
He'll turn the Wheel, which hath so oft gone round,
Till men according to his heart be found
To rule his People; to direct his Sheep;
To act his Will, and their own Vows to keep.
Herein hath been much failing: and, I fear,
Ev'n for that Covenants breach, which many jeer,
And impudently sleight, GOD from this Land
Will not remove his now correcting hand,
Till a true repentance he shall bring
For that sin, People, Parliament and King.
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