This moderne _Emblem_, is a mute expressing Of _Gods_ great Mercies, in a _Moderne-blessing_; And, gives me, now, just cause to sing his praise, For granting me, my being, in these dayes. The much-desired _Messages_ of Heav’n, For which, our _Fathers_ would their lives have giv’n, And (in _Groves_, _Caves_, and _Mountaines_, once a yeare) Were glad, with hazard of their goods, to heare; Or, in lesse bloudy times, at their owne homes, To heare, in private, and obscured roomes. Lo; those, those _Ioyfull-tydings_, we doe live Divulg’d, in every _Village_, to perceive; And, that, the sounds of _Gladnesse_, eccho may, Through all our goodly _Temples_, ev’ry day. _This was (=Oh God=) thy doing; unto thee, Ascrib’d, for ever, let all Prayses bee. Prolong this =Mercie=, and, vouchsafe the =fruit=, May to thy =Labour=, on this =Vine-yard=, suit: Lest, for our fruitlesnesse, thy =Light of grace=, Thou, from our =Golden candlesticke=, displace. We doe, me thinkes, already, =Lord=, beginne To =wantonize=, and let that =loathing= in, Which makes thy =Manna= tastlesse; And, I feare, That, of those =Christians=, who, more often =heare=, Then practise, what =they know=, we have too many: And, I suspect my =selfe=, as much as any. Oh! mend =me= so, that, by amending =mee=, Amends in =others=, may increased be: And, let all =Graces=, which thou hast bestow’d, Returne thee =honour=, from whom, first, they flow’d._ _The =Bees=, will in an =Helmet= breed; And, =Peace=, doth after =Warre=, succeed._ [Illustration: EX BELLO PAX ILLVSTR. XXVIII. _Book. 2_]