A Fixed _Palme_, (whose _Fingers_ doe appeare, As if displayed, and advanc’d they were) Intended by our _Author_, here, wee see, To shaddow out _agreeing-Minds_, that bee Establish’d in one _Trust_. And, well it may, That _Vertue_, of the holy _Church_ display. For, as our _hands_, the better meanes can make, To _gaine_, as well as to _retaine_, or _take_, The _benefits_ we seeke; when wee intend, Our differing _Fingers_, all, to worke one end: So, when the _Church_ of _Christ_ (wherein wee finde A diff’rence of _Degrees_) shall with one _minde_, Pursue a faithfull hope; they’l soone obtaine, That wished benefit, they seeke to gaine: For, when but two or three shall in _Gods_ name, Request a _blessing_, he will grant the same. Let all thy sev’rall _Churches_, LORD (that stand Like many _Fingers_, members of one _Hand_) Thy _Will-Essentiall_ with joynt love obay, Though circumstantially, they differ may. Some have the larger _Circuit_, some are _stronger_, Some are of short _continuance_, some of longer; But, though their _Guifts_ may differ, yet provide, That, still, on one _Foundation_, they may bide; And, that, all those, who in one _Faith_ agree, May, in one _Band_ of _Love_, united bee: Till our confined _Wisdome_ comes to know, That, many things, for which wee wrangle so, Would further that, whose hindrance wee doe feare, If more our _Faith_, and lesse our _Discord_ were. _=Protect= mee, if I worthy bee; If I =demerit=, punish mee._ [Illustration: PRO ME SI MEREOR IN ME. ILLVSTR. XXXVII. _Book. 4_]