Who children haue, and leaue them wealth at will; But I Thy face in righteousnes shall see And with Thy presence shall contented bee. [Footnote 192: A later handwriting substitutes for the respective rhymes of this couplet 'proceed' and 'right indeed.' G.] PSALM XVIII. Thou art my strength, O Lord! Thee will I loue, Thou art my Rocke, which nothing can remoue: My God, in Whome my trust I will repose, My Sauiour, sheild and horne, against my foes; Lord, most praise worthy, pray will I to Thee Soe shall I from my foes protected bee; When deadly sorrowes did besett mee round, And floods of wickednes did mee surhound[193] When paines of hell I felt in my desease, And pangs of death upon my soule did sease; On GOD I callèd in that instant truble, And my complaints unto the Lord did dubble: But when His wrath and vengeance kindled were, The Earth did quake, and mountaines shooke for feare, And coles grew redd with His inflaminge jre; Hee bowed the heauens, and did descend withall, And shadowes darke beneath His feet did fall: Hee ridinge on the CHERUBINS did fly, And with the wingèd windes was borne on high; Darkness His clossett, His pauilion wide Made of blacke clouds, His face a while did hide; But at His presence right away they flew When haile and coles of fire abroad Hee threw; The Lord from heauen did send His thunder lowd With fire and haile from out the broken cloud; A shower of arrowes on His foes did fall, His thunderboults and lightenings slewe them all; Fountaines were dride and the earthe's foundation mou'd When synners, in His wrath, the Lord reprou'd; But Hee from heauen shall send His angell's downe And take mee vp when waters would mee drowne; Hee from my foe, too mightie and too strong, Shall saue mee when Hee doth mee mightie wrong, Preuentinge mee [in] my disastrous day: But then the Lord was my support and stay; When I was captiue, Hee did sett mee free, And brought mee forth because Hee fauoured mee. He shall reward mee as my dayes bee right, And hands be cleane[194]: soe shall Hee mee requite; For I still kept his pathes, and did not shunn To walke therein, as other men haue done: But euer sett[195] His lawes before mine eyes, And neuer did His holy words dispise. My heart was vncorrupt before Him still, Pursuinge goodnes and eschewinge ill; Hee shall reward mee as my deeds bee right, And hands bee cleane: soe shall He mee requite. Unto the good Thou wilt Thy goodnes show, And righteous men Thy righteousnes shall know; The pure of heart shall Thee behold most pure But froward men Thy curses shall endure; Them will God raise, which under pressures ly, And proud men humble which doe looke soe high; Hee shall sett up for mee a candle bright, My God shall turne my darkness vnto light.