S. Barnabas day

THy gifts and graces manifold,
To many men thou, LORD, hast lent;
Both now, and in the dayes of olde,
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.

For Legier, when thou went'st away,
The Holy-Ghost thou didst appoint;
And here, Successions, till this day,
Remaine of those he did annoynt;
Yea, thou hast likewise so ordain'd,
That to make good what those haue taught.
An Army-Royall was maintain'd
Of Martyrs, who thy Battailes fought.

For those, and Him for whom we thus
Are met, to praise thy Name to day,
We giue thee thankes, 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.