SONG LXX. Saint Barnabas Day.
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Sing this as the 44 Song.
[1]
Thy gifts and graces manifold,
To many men thou, LORD, hast lent,
Both now, and in the daies of old,
To teach them Faith, and to repent:
Thy Prophets thou didst first ordaine,
And they as Legats did appeare;
Then cam'st thy Selfe, and in thy Traine
Apostles for attendants were.
2
For Legier, when thou went'st away,
The Holy-Ghost thou didst appoint;
And here Successione till this day,
Remaine of those he did annoint;
Yea, thou hast likewise so ordain'd,
That to make good what those haue taught,
An Armie-Royall was maintain'd
Of Martyres, who thy Battels fought.
3
For those, and Him, for whom we thus
Are met, to praise thy Name to day,
We giue thee thanks, as they for vs,
That should come after them, did pray;
And by this duty we declare,
Our Faith assures, that they and we,
(In Times diuided though we are)
Haue one Communion still with Thee.
