S. Matthias

When one among the Twelue there was,
That did thy Grace abuse;
Thou left'st him, LORD, and in his place,
did'st iust Matthias chuse:

So, if a Traytour doe remaine
Within thy Church to day;
To grant him true repentance daigne;
Or cast him out, we pray.

Though horned like the Lambe he show,
Or Sheepe-like clad he be,
Let vs his Dragon language know,
And Wooluish nature see;
Yea, cause the Lot to fall on those,
The charge of thine to take,
That shall their Actions well dispose,
And conscience of them make.

Let vs moreouer minde his fall,
Whose roome Matthias got;
So to beleeue, and feare withall,
That we forsake thee not:
For, Titles, be they ne're so high,
Or great, or sacred Place,
Can no mans Person sanctifie,
Without thy speciall grace.