S. Bartholomew

EXceeding gracious fauours, LORD,
To thy Apostles hast thou showne;
And many wonders by thy Word,
And in thy Name . by them were done:
The Blind did see, the Dumbe could talke,
The Deafe did heare, the Lame did walke:

They all diseases tooke away,
The dead to life they did restore;
Foule Spirits dispossessed they,
And Preach'd the Gospell to the poore:
The Church grew strong, thy Faith grew plaine,
Their Foes grew madde, and madde in vaine.

Oh! let their workes for euer be
An honour to thy glorious Name;
And by thy powre vouchsafe that we,
(Whom sinne makes deafe, blinde, dumbe, & lame)
May heare thy word . and see thy Light,
And speake thy Truth, and walke aright.

Each deadly sicknesse of the soule,
Let thy Apostles doctrines cure:
Let them expell those Spirits foule,
Which makes vs loathsome and impure,
That we the life of Faith may gaine,
Who long time dead in sinne haue laine.