Rogation weeke

IT was thy pleasure, LORD, to say,
That whatsoeuer in thy Name
We pray'd for, as we ought to pray,
Thou would'st vouchsafe to grant the same.
Oh, therefore we beseech thee now,
To these our Prayers, which we make,
Thy gracious eare in fauour bowe,
And grant them for thy mercies sake.

Let not the Seasons of this yeare,
(As they their Courses doe obserue)
Engender those Contagions here,
Which our transgressions doe deserue:
Let not the Summer wormes impaire
Those bloomings of the Earth we see;
Nor Blastings, or distemper'd Ayre
Destroy those Fruites that hopefull be.

Domesticke Brawles expell thou farre,
And be thou pleas'd our Coast to guard,
The dreadfull sounds of in-brought Warre,
Within our Confines be not heard:
Continue also here thy word,
And make vs thankefull (we thee pray)
The Pestilence, Dearth, and the Sword
Haue beene so long with-held away.

And, as we heedfully obserue
The certaine limits of our Grounds,
And outward quiet to preserue,
About them walke our yearely Rounds:
So let vs also haue a care,
Our soules possessions, LORD, to know,
That no encroachments on vs there,
Be gained by our subtill Foe.

What pleasant Groues, what goodly Fields!
How fruitfull Hils, and Dales haue we!
How sweet an Ayre our Climate yeelds!
How Stoar'd with Flockes, and Heards are we!
How Milke . and Honey doth o reflowe!
How cleare and wholesome are our Springs!
How safe from rauenous Beasts we goe!
And oh, how free from Poysnous things!

For these, and for our Grasse, our Corne;
For all that springs from Blade, or Bough;
For all those blessings that adorne
Or Wood or Field this Kingdome through:
For all of these, thy praise we sing,
And humbly (LORD) entreat thee too,
That Fruite to thee we forth may bring,
As vnto Us thy Creatures doe.

So, in the sweet refreshing shade
Of thy Protection sitting downe,
Those gracious Fauours we haue had,
Relate we will to thy renowne;
Yea, other men, when we are gone,
Shall for thy mercies honour Thee,
And famous make what thou hast done,
To such as after them shall be.