S. Peters day

HOw watchfull neede we to become,
And how deuoutly pray,
That thee, oh LORD, we fall not from,
Upon our Tryall-day?
For, if thy great Apostle said,
He would not thee denie,
Whom he that very Night denayd,
On what shall we relie?

For of our selues we cannot leaue
One pleasure for thy sake;
No, not one vertuous thought conceiue,
Till vs thou able make:
Nay, we not onely Thee denie,
When persecutions be;
But, or forget, or from Thee flie,
When peace attends on Thee.

Oh! let those Prayers vs auaile,
Thou didst for Peter daigne,
That when our Foe shall vs assaile.
His labour may be vaine;
Yea, cast on vs those powerfull eyes,
That mou'd him to lament,
We may bemoane with bitter cries
Our Follies, and repent.

And grant, that such as Him succeed,
For Pastors of thy fold,
Thy Sheepe, and Lambes may guide and feede,
As thou appoint'st they should,
By his example speaking what
They ought in truth to say,
And in their liues confirming that
They teach them to obay.