God's boundless mercy is, to sinful man, Like to the ever-wealthy ocean: Which though it sends forth thousand streams, 'tis ne'er Known, or else seen, to be the emptier; And though it takes all in, 'tis yet no more Full, and fill'd full, than when full fill'd before. 16. PRAYERS MUST HAVE POISE. God, He rejects all prayers that are slight And want their poise: words ought to have their weight. 17. TO GOD: AN ANTHEM SUNG IN THE CHAPEL AT WHITEHALL BEFORE THE KING. _Verse._ My God, I'm wounded by my sin, And sore without, and sick within. _Ver. Chor._ I come to Thee, in hope to find Salve for my body and my mind. _Verse._ In Gilead though no balm be found To ease this smart or cure this wound, _Ver. Chor._ Yet, Lord, I know there is with Thee All saving health, and help for me. _Verse._ Then reach Thou forth that hand of Thine, That pours in oil, as well as wine, _Ver. Chor._ And let it work, for I'll endure The utmost smart, so Thou wilt cure. 18. UPON GOD. God is all fore-part; for, we never see Any part backward in the Deity. 19. CALLING AND CORRECTING. God is not only merciful to call Men to repent, but when He strikes withal. 20. NO ESCAPING THE SCOURGING. God scourgeth some severely, some He spares; But all in smart have less or greater shares. 21. THE ROD. God's rod doth watch while men do sleep, and then The rod doth sleep, while vigilant are men. 22. GOD HAS A TWOFOLD PART. God, when for sin He makes His children smart, His own He acts not, but another's part; But when by stripes He saves them, then 'tis known He comes to play the part that is His own. 23. GOD IS ONE. God, as He is most holy known, So He is said to be most one. 24. PERSECUTIONS PROFITABLE. Afflictions they most profitable are To the beholder and the sufferer: Bettering them both, but by a double strain, The first by patience, and the last by pain. 25. TO GOD. Do with me, God, as Thou didst deal with John, Who writ that heavenly Revelation. Let me, like him, first cracks of thunder hear, Then let the harps enchantments stroke mine ear: Here give me thorns, there, in Thy kingdom, set Upon my head the golden coronet; There give me day; but here my dreadful night: My sackcloth here; but there my stole of white. _Stroke_, text _strike_. 26. WHIPS. God has His whips here to a twofold end: The bad to punish, and the good t' amend. 27. GOD'S PROVIDENCE. If all transgressions here should have their pay, What need there then be of a reckoning day? If God should punish no sin here of men, His providence who would not question then? 28. TEMPTATION. Those saints which God loves best, The devil tempts not least. 29. HIS EJACULATION TO GOD.