must be universal we must do whatsoever our Lord hath commanded us for though there may be an inequality of things commanded yet there is the same reason why we should obey one as well as another the least as well as the greatest and that is the will and command of our Saviour In this respect it 's said that he that offends in one offends in all because of the contempt of the will of the Lawgiver we must not pick and chuse to do what we please obey some and disobey other commands we must not expect from Christ any liberty indulgence toleration dispensation to transgress any of the least of Gods Laws 3. It must be constant and continued to the end for there are no days nor hours of intermission we must always be doing and we must not rest till we have finished our work that will not be till this mortal life is ended we must serve our God day and night whilst we have any being And as God did not rest till he finished his work of Creation so we must not expect our Sabbath till we have finished the work of our Salvation our obedience must be one line drawn out and continued from the first moment of our conversion to the last day of our dissolution 4. As we must be constant so we must be diligent zealous active watchful God loves not lazie servants and the work is great and difficult and we meet with many enemies much opposition and must wrestle with many difficulties which are the greater because of the Devil and the World without and the Relicks of corruption within us Therefore our Christian life is a race and a continual warfare therefore we must not only put on the complete armour of God but we must strive and fight and put forth all our power and never think of rest till we have obtained a final and ful victory And though we cannot reach yet we must aim at the perfection of Angels according to that prayer Thy will be done on Earth as it is done in Heaven that is by those immortal blessed spirits who never sinned but do his Commandments hearkning to the voice of his word 5. Yet we must know that of our selves we are frail weak and without Christ we can do nothing and can do all things through Christ who strengthneth us Christ must give us his Spirit and strengthen us within and by this Spirit support us and assist us without Therefore must continually pray that according to his promise he would put his Laws in our inward parts and write them in our hearts and to do this more and more according to his promise we must not presume upon our strength but always humbly depend upon him who worketh both the will and deed of his good pleasure If he but a little desert us and withdraw his hand how suddenly may David and St. Peter fall and sin grievously 6. Yet though we may transgress and sometimes fall grievously yet we must not despair nor be secure but presently renew our repentance return unto God muster up all our power and fight and work and strive again and this with the greater force and power And this is our comfort we are not under the Law of Works which requireth perfect perpetual obedience or else threatneth certain and unavoidable death and destruction but under Grace which ministreth power and when we fall upon our repentance promiseth pardon life ane Christ will plead our Cause procure our Peace From all this it doth appear that baptized Christians must not be Soliâ—idians much less Antomonians and Lawless we must be loyal and obedient and not live like base earthly worldlings but like Citizens of Heaven for upon this condition we are admitted Subjects of an heavenly Kingdom Thus we understand that our duty is to submit to Christ our Law-giver know his Laws remember them observe them all out of Faith Love Fear with all our hearts carefully constantly depending always upon our Saviour and renewing our repentance daily For this obedience must be universal perpetual sincere free and we must obey not only in doing good but suffering evil if we be put unto it Sect. 3. By this time we know what our duty is now follows the reasons why we should perform it And lest any man should be discourag'd with the difficulty of the work or think it impossible I must first prove that it may be done It was a famous question of old Whether it be possible by Grace to observe and fulfil all the Commandmentâ— of God And it hath been determined in the affirmative that by Grace it is possible for what cannot Grace do Paul saith I can do all things A Christian hath a kind of Omnipotency in things necessary to Salvation and may truly say That these things which are impossible with men are possible with God and if God be for us who can be against us It 's true that to deny our selves to subdue our native and deeply-rooted corruptions and our sins confirm'd by custom to bear the heavy burthen of the Cross and suffer reproaches and bitter afflictions and persecutions for Christ's sake to forsake all and hate Father Mother dearest relations and life it self to offer an Isaac to rejoyce in the midst of fiery trials are very difficult things and far above the power of nature and so indeed they are Yet there is a divine power in Faith whereby all this may be done and hath been through the assistance of Christ And therefore let none of us despair but let us be assured that whil'st Christ sits at the right hand of God and his holy Spirit abideth in the Church we shall be enabled to remove Mountains subdue Sin and conquer Satan the great enemy of our Salvation Christ did never intend to bind us to impossibilities what we cannot do of our selves he will enable us to do neither did he ever require that we should observe whatsoever he hath commanded us by our own strength but as he hath merited Grace and Power for us by his Death so he will give it us by his Resurrection and then such things as are grievous to flesh and blood shall be sweet and delightsom to sanctified souls This being possible let us consider the reasons 1. We not only by God's command but also by our promise so solemnly confirmed by Baptism are bound to observe these commandments A loyal Subject will obey his Sovereigns command and will remember his Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity and an honest man will be as good as his word and promise made unto man and shall not we obey our Saviour's Laws written and confirmed with his own blood shall we promise and promise unto him and not perform shall we not only be disobedient but perfidious too and violate ouâ— sacred bonds This will make our sins most heinous and our punishment most grievous O therefore let us remember our Baptism and solemn Vows and prove faithful unto God and
this Chapter is to reduce the matter of these Commandments into the form of a more explicit vow that so every one that owns his Baptism may know what by vertue thereof he is more particularly bound to perform 1. I believe in one eternal infinite glorious Lord who hath by his Almighty power created Heaven and Earth and all things therein Redeemed mankind by the precious blood of his Eternal Word made flesh sanctifies his Elect people and by a Covenant of grace is become my God in Christ do renounce the Devil the World and the Flesh and all false Gods and Idols and all Profane Irreligious thoughts I deny my self and wholly resign up my self unto him with all the powers and faculties of my soul and body I take him for my supreme Lord Lawgiver Judge Redeemer by Jesus Christ upon whom alone I depend for Salvation and for whom I am ready to bear the Cross and sacrifice my self at any time when called unto it He alone shall be the object of my great Love Fear Service Reverence Confidence Joy Solace and Delight To him alone I will present my Prayers Praises Thanksgiving Glory Honour as only eternally worthy of it and abhorring all Pride I will with greatest humility adore his glorious Majesty and be nothing in my self that I may be all in my God I tremble to think of Apostasie or denying my Saviour to whom I will be faithful to the end as I expect glory and life everlasting from my God by him 2. I will not make any Image or Likeness of any thing in Heaven and Earth or in the Waters under the Earth for to represent his glorious and eternal excellency and God-head but will abandon all false and base conceits and apprehensions of him and look upon him as represented in his mighty and wonderful works and his holy and most blessed word I will not bow down unto any Image or Likeness for to worship it nor perform any service unto it as though it had any Divine excellency or sanctifying power in it or were any sign of Gods special presence without his institution I renounce all Traditions Ceremonies Customs Inventions Practices of men in Religious Worship that are contrary to Gods Word or imposed and enjoyned as necessary parts of Worship I will serve and worship my God with that kind of worship which he hath instituted in the Gospel which shall be the rule according to which I will pray confess give thanks praise hear the word celebrate the Sacraments and perform all other Religious Service unto him in the name and mediation of Jesus Christ and not of Angels Saints or the blessed Virgin And this shall move me much because the Lord my God is a jealous God and will not endure Superstition in Worship the devices of men which pollute and debase his service tend unto and many times end in Idolatry which he will punish not only in the Fathers who begin it give examples to others but also in the Children unto the third and fourth Generation and will shew mercy to such as worship him with a pure Virgin love according to his institution unto a thousand Generations Both the fear and love of my God and the hope of Reward according to his gracious promises shall work much upon me 3. I will not swear vainly or falsly nor call upon my God to be a witness against my soul in affirming or denying any thing which I do not certainly know to be so as it is affirmed or denyed by me or in promising that which I know I have no power to do or no sincere intention to perform for so I should dishonour his glorious name deceive and disappoint my neighbour lose my interest in my God and bring his curse upon me for he will certainly punish and severely revenge all such iniquity I promise that when I take up the name of my God in swearing praying unto him praising of his name and in performing all other his religious service I will do it with humility reverence deliberation due preparation the sincerity of my heart that so I may be innocent before God just towards men and that my service may be accepted of him and effectually conducing to his glory I will abhor all prophane cursing all blasphemous thoughts and words against his Majesty his word and holy Institution 4. Seeing my God requires a set and determinate time to be set apart for religious worship and his more solemn service I will remember and have a special care to observe that holy rest and apply it to the performance of more holy duties converse with my God and prepare my self for that eternal sabbath and full communion with him which he hath promised and prepared to be enjoyned by his people in the place of eternal glory And seeing he hath granted mesix days for my wordly business and secular imployments I will endeavour in that time so to order and dispatch my business that I may not be distracted in his service upon that day which he hath appropriated to himself and in a peculiar manner made his own And I will have a care not only to rest and sanctifie that time in mine own person but I will command such as are under my power and use all means to cause them both to rest and sanctifie it with me And seeing according to the Gospel the first day of the week is honoured blessed hallowed by the Resurrection of my Saviour and the coming down of the Holy Ghost upon both which depends our eternal Salvation I will weekly observe and sanctifie that day in remembrance of the great benefits of Redemption by Christ and of sanctification by the Holy Ghost and of taking down the partition-wall and the shadows of Moses Law the body and substance whereof is Christ. And by the observation of this time I will renounce all Heathenism Mahometism and Judaism and testifie my self a Christian believing in Christ already come This day I will not neglect or profane by idleness or any works and so profanely mispend it to the dishonour of my God and the hindrance of my Salvation As for works of necessity of charity towards man or beast or such as tend to the sanctification of the day I will take liberty to do them according as my God hath allowed neither will I neglect those solemn times of prayer and thanksgiving appointed by Ecclesiastical and Civil Authority for the publick service of God And I shall account the free and quiet enjoyment of these holy times and the Communion of Saints to be a great blessing 5. Next unto my God I must love my Neighbour made in his image and redeemed with the precious blood of Christ and I must love him as my self These are natural Parents civil Powers and Magistrates in the State Ministers in the Church and all such as God hath set over us for our good These I promise to reverence and honour according to their excellency and dignity I will
this was not the first for Christ had formerly sent them and consined them to the lost sheep of Israel but now he enlargeth their patent and they must go to all Nations And here its observable that when he sent them first to the Jews only he gave them not only authority but the ability of Apostles and when he sends them the second time 20. 21 22. he breaths upon them saying Receive ye the holy ghost and commands them to stay at Jerusalem till the spirit from on high should be poured upon them which should fully enable them for the discharge of their high office for they received were endued with all heavenly wisdom and the knowledge of languages and all other gifts requisite for their place Christ did in this proceed by degrees first he makes them Disciples then Apostles then Messengers fit to be sent unto all Nations and he never required any thing at their hands but according to their ability which he had given them Humane commissions if rightly granted do not make the persons to be commissioned able and rightly qualified but find them such And though men may chuse and advance insufficient and unworthy persons yet Christ never did so but if they be not fit he makes them able before he sends them or puts them in office otherwise he knows power should be given in vain for though they should be very willing yet they shall not be able to do their duty Therefore if God send any man there will be found in him not only authority but ability too Let no man therefore take upon him the charge of a Minister except he find himself qualified for insufficiency in any person is evidence enough that God never intended him for his service in this kind As the mandate presupposing ability as necessary gave authority so it did induce an obligation of the person commanded to do his work Therefore the Apostles receiving a command for to perform the works proper to their place and office were not at liberty but as they had received power so they must exercise it otherwise they cannot be faithful to their trust nor make any good account nor expect a reward nay they will be guilty and liable to punishment This Paul being constituted an Apostle knew full well and doth confess it saying 1 Cor. 9. 16. A necessity is laid upon me and woe unto me if I preach not the Gospel where we may observe 1. An obligation to preach the Gospel and this a necessity from the command 2. Another obligation unto punishment if he discharge not his duty From this commission we may observe many things 1. In respect of Christ. 2. of Ministers 3. Of People to whom they are sent In Christs giving this mandate is manifested his great care of the Church and his tender love to our poor souls ready to perish 1. He redeems us by his precious blood and merits unspeakable mercies for us 2. Least this blood should be shed in vain and these mercies never imparted unto us he givâ—s commission to his Apostles and Messengers furnisheth them with gifts gives them authority and power binds them to dispence the Word administer the Sacraments and use all means which he hath appointed for our conversion confirmation and eternal salvation that we in the end may attain the ultimate benefit of his death and passion and be fully and for ever saved And woe unto them if they be not diligent and faithful for he will be highly offended with them and require their blood at their hands 2. For Ministers let them consider whether they have ability and be rightly qualified before they enter upon the place whether they have authority and be sent and if they take the charge upon them let them remember their duty and the strict obligation that lies upon them If they have not ability Christ never intended to trust them they cannot discharge the place if they have not a clear call and mandate they cannot expect his assistance success or comfort if they neglect their duty woe unto them they shall be called to an account and shall be found more guilty then other men and punished with more grievous punishments and they must know that the Office of a Minister is not a place of ease worldly honour filthy gain much less of tyranny over mens consciences and proudly domineering over Christs flock 3. As for the people they must consider Christs dearest love unto them highly esteem their Ministers in love for the works sake hearken to their Doctrine obey their commands follow their directions And if they despise them they despise Christ who sent them and shall severely be punished Chap. 3. Of Christs command to go to all Nations Sect. 1. THe second proposition is concerning the Mandate the 1. part of the commission and it is to this purpose Christ commanded the Apostles to preach baptize teach all Nations And because this is a copulate compound axiom divisable into several simple axioms therefore according to the four several parts of the work and matter commanded I will deliver them in four distinct propositions which are these 1. Christ commanded the Apostle to go to all Nations 2. Christ commanded them to teach all Nations to whom they went 3. Christ commanded them to baptize all Nations taught 4. Christ commanded them to teach all Nations baptized to observe all things which he had commanded them Before I enter upon these particulars let me inform you 1. That those actions commanded are subordinate one to another the first to the second the second to the third the third to the last For they must go that they may teach or disciple They must teach or disciple that they may baptize they must baptize that they may teach the parties baptized the observation of all Christs commands 2. The general object of these actions is all nations that is the men of all nations the object of their preaching is the number of them in all nations who hear them the object of their Baptism are such as being taught are Disciples the subject or object of teaching are the baptized 3. The whole work charged upon these Apostles and their successours is reducible to the dispensation of Word and Sacraments 4. That in these words we have a clear institution of the ministery and directions for Doctrine Worship and discipline Christian. 5. The end of the ministery is the application of Christs Redemption and of his Redemption applyed remission of sins and eternal life Sect. 2. The Proposition Christ commands his Apostles to go to all Nations Here is not determined the particular time and day when thy should begin the work what Nation or Nations they should first go unto whether they should go severally or joyntly whether they should do the whole work in their own persons or some of it by assistants qualified for that purpose when their work should be finished whether in their own time or much was to be left unto their
is represented the universal and supreme and efficient cause of all things out of himself the Scriptures inform us of 3 things His Wisdom contriving All things His Will decreeing All things His Power effecting All things For God beholding himself and his Almighty power and knowing that he could do many great and glorious things out of himself and that nothing was impossible to him did before the foundation of the world exercise 1. His Wisdom in contriving all things he was pleased to effect 2â— His will in decreeing them according to his Wisdom 3. His power in effecting all things he had decreed In his Wisdom contriving we have the true Idea and model of all things in his Will decreeing the certain and unmoveable foundation of the future existence Thus all things being prepared before hand by the counsel of his will when he thought good he issues out of himself with his Almighty executive power and begins to effect what he had thus contrived and decreed And the works effected are two 1. Creation 2. Providence 1. Creation whereby he made and that by himself alone this vast stately magnificent and stupendious pile and Fabrick of Heaven and Earth and all the hosts thereof which in all Nations in all times and places proclaims his glory and his eternal power and Godhead The stuff and matter was nothing the workmanship most curious the work it self wonderful the beauty was pure and glorious and the order excellent and far above all expressions of the tongue of man The principal and most noble creatures amongst all the rest were Men and Angels immortal intellectual and free creatures created holy and righteous and capable of Eternity felicity when God finished this great work and saw that all every thing that he had made was very good he ceaseth from this work of Creation and kept his Sabbath which was a rest not from all working but only from this first for he did not leave his creatures to themselves but took care of all and every one and continued to work though in another kind and is working still For saith Christ Jo. 5. 17. My Father worketh hitherto and I work For he did exercise his power in preserving and ordering all things created Hence the works Of Preservation Of Ordination 1. He preserveth supporteth all things made and continues their being so long as he will have them to enjoy their being substance vertues For by him all things do subsist If he either withhold his hand or stretch out to destroy them they perish and cease to be what they were 2. Because all things were made in an excellent order and had their ends for which they were created therefore he doth not only preserve them but directs every thing unto its end The principal subject of this Ordination are Men and Angels and especially Men and in the Ordination of men the principal work of all was Redemption which God before the world did decree and in the beginning of the world upon the fall of man did promise and in fulness of time issued out of himself by his eternal word made flesh to redeem man performed And so we come unto the second part of our Saviours Creed infolded in the word Son For as we have the most glorious being of God his eternal acting upon himself with the great and excellent works of Creation and providence implyed in the word Father so we must understand by this word Son God the word made flesh redeeming sinful man In this part of providence the Scriptures inform us 1. Of the person Redeemed 2. Of the party Redeeming 3. Of the work of Redemption 1. The party redeemed is sinful man who being tempted by the Devil sinned and fell into a miserable condition yet God pitied him and entertained thoughts of his deliverance and did chuse one who was mighty to save 2. The party redeeming was the word made flesh anointed with the Holy Ghost so that for his person he was the eternal word and Son of God for his Natures nited in one person and eternally distinct which were his Godhead and his Manhood for his Offices they are three for he was made a Prophet a Priest a King who as man was coceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary This was the way whereby the word was made flesh 3. The work of Redemption which was begun in his humiliation and accomplished by his exaltation For the Scriptures tell us that it was the will of God according to the contrivance of his wisdom that his eternal Son made flesh should so humble himself in this flesh assumed as to become a servant and in that low estate be obedient unto death the death of the Cross which he suffered with greatest patience in obedience to his heavenly Fathers command for to expiate the sin of man This he did as a Priest sacrificing himself unto God the supreme Judge and by this offering he so pleased God and was so much accepted as that by his own blood he entred the holy place of heaven and obtained eternal Redemption purged the conscience from dead works and confirmed the new covenant for ever By this Bloody sacrifice of his Consecration he satisfied divine justice and merited all mercies necessary for the eternal salvation of man That this Redemption might be complete he that was humbled so low was advanced as high and the degrees of this advancement and exaltation were 1. His Resurrection 2. His Ascension into Heaven to sit at the right hand of God to exercise all power in heaven and earth till all enemies be subdued and then he shall come to the universal judgment of the quick and the dead When Christ was set at the right hand of God and confirmed in his everlasting Priesthood the Scriptures inform us that to make his sacrifice and death effectual and communicate the blessings which he thereby had merited he first sends down from heaven the holy Ghost God from the beginning and the first promise of a Redeemer issued out of Eternity to sanctifie sinful man but when the great high Priest had offered his great sacrifice and rose again and was established in his Throne at his right hand this spirit was poured out in great abundance upon all flesh reveals the Gospel makes it effectual upon the hearts of men converts them by faith ingrafts them into Christ upon his intercession regenerates them sanctifies adopts them raiseth them up at the last day makes them fully holy and fills them with eternal joy before the face and Throne of God for ever All this is to be understood in the last word of this Creed the Holy Ghost who is thus represented to us in the Scriptures of God Sect. 3. Yet here it s to be observed 1. That though Creation and Providence be attributed and as it were appropriated unto the Father yet the Father doth neither create nor preserve nor govern the world but by the Son by the Holy Ghost 2. That
did give the promise and he was only fit to do it for there can be no doubt either of his fidelity or power as he was able so he was resolved to make good what he had said and his word was his deed and will be so unto the end He and he alone could procure the Spirit and send him down from heaven the Angels were at his command all creatures at his beck and as he had begun so he was resolved to finish the work of mans salvation This his purpose he might have concealed or reserved to himself a liberty yet he was willing to promise and by a promise not only to signifie his mind that they might know it to their comfort but also to bind himself unto them And now he cannot go back This promise is a ground of unspeakable comfort and encouragement to all faithful Ministers and doth assure us the Church shall continue to this worlds end Sect. 4. The third thing to be considered is the thing promised and that is Christs certain presence with them to the worlds end where we have 1. His presence 2. The continuance 3. The certainty of it 1. His presence is signified in these words I am with you which implies that he will not be against them nor will he be absent from them for there are enemies who are against us and there are friends which are absent and far from us but Christ will not be an enemy or a Friend at distance 2. It 's Christ that will be present I will be with you and that 's more then if all men and Angels should be for us and ever present with us 3. This presence is not bodily for Christ was justly after this promise taken up into Heaven bodily and the Heavens must contain him till the restitution of all things 4. It s a spiritual presence and the same far more excellent than that of his body for though a body may at several Times be present in many places yet it cannot be present in more places than one at one time but Christ by his Spirit might be with them in all places at all times for he promised before his death and passion to send the Comforter which should comfort their hearts in his absence teach them and lead them into all truth and upon Penticost he sent down his Spirit upon the Apostles which hath continued and will continue in the Church for ever 5. This is not a bare or meer presence for so this Spirit is present in all places at all times neither is it a presence with some general power for so he is with all things to preserve them But it s a special presence with a special active power for spiritual ends to produce spiritual and supernatural effects It is a presence not only to comfort strengthen assist and deliver them but also a powerful presence to make their Ministrry effectual for the eternal Salvation of mens Souls This Holy Ghost discended and rested upon Christ when he was ready to preach the Gospel and execute publickly his Offices When he first sent these Apostles he gave them the gifts of this Spirit After his Resurrection he breathed on them saying Receive ye the Holy Ghost commanded them to stay at Jerusalem and wait for this Spirit upon the day of Penâ—ecost as before this Spirit came upon them By this Spirit all the Members of the Church are sanctified the Ministers qualified the Word and Sacraments made effectual and sentence of the Church so valid and of such mighty force Take away this spirit you take away the life and soul of the Church the power of the Ministry the efficacy of Word and Sacraments and without it all the Preaching Praying and other works of the Ministry will not be able to convert or comfort one Soul It s said I will be with you that is with you mine Apostles and your Successors in the Ministry to assist and bless and guide you in the discharge of your trust and execution of your office Dispense you the Word and Sacraments by the faithful observance of my mandate endeavour to save poor Souls and in that work I am with you no ways else so that such as are most faithful and diligent are most certain of his gracious presence Here is no promise made unto any particular Church or Ministers more than to others here is no express mention or intimation of the Bishop or Church of Rome or Jerusalem or Antioch or Constantinople The promise is made to the Church in general and their Ministers especially to such as are most faithful in their place and office Sect. 5. This is the presence the continuance of this presence is the second thing observed and is expressed in two words 1. Always or every day 2. To the worlds end 1. Always signifies that there shall be no intermission or interruption of Christs presence and assistance He will not absent himself or neglect them or desert them for a day so that they shall never have any cause to complain or say where is my Saviour now whether is he gon why hath he forsaken me There may be sad and woful times wherein Christ may seem to hide his face and to have forgotten them for a certain time yet even then Christ is with them and his faithful Ministers though he doth not appear and instantly manifest himself He must be with them always or else he breaks his promise and that he will never do Let us therefore do our duty always and Christ will be always with us 2. He will be with us to the worlds end this may be a longer this may be a shorter time Some understand the last period and end of that present generation the destruction of Jerusalem and the death of the Apostles and the reason of this opinion may be because some take the promise to be personal and to be made only to the Apostles for their lives yet this is rather a conceit than any solid well grounded truth especially seeing the end of the world in other places signifies either a far longer time than the life of a mortal man on earth unto the consummation of the creatures and to all eternity So the person or the time of the final judgment when the world shall be no more but Christ shall raise the dead deliver up the Kingdom to the Father and God shall be all in all for when the number of Gods Saints is finished there will be no need of Word or Sacraments or Ministers and then this promise is performed to the full But whilst these continue as they shall continue to the end Christ is bound and will certainly be with them that he may make his redemption effectual by them in the 〈…〉 sion and salvation of poor sinners 〈…〉 3. The certainty of this perp 〈…〉 seems to be implyed in the note of attention Loe and in the verb of the present tense for Christ doth not say I will be but I am with you for nothing is more certain than that which is present Besides some Copies have Amen added which is a strong confirmation of the promise But this certainly doth chiefly depend upon the power and fidelity of Christ who hath made the promise and hath kept it in all times unto this day And the particle Loe doth require as their so our special attention and serious consideration both of the person promising and the thing promised that they might be fully assured of performance to the utmost By vertue of this promise it is come to pass that in the midst of the tumults and confusions of the world and af ter the ruine of so many glorious kingdoms of so many potent Empires and of so many flourishing Churches of particular Nations yet an universal Church with Word Sacraments and Ministry do continue to this day and the gates of Hell could never yet prevail against it so that we may take up the Words of the Psalmist Come behold the works of the Lord what desolations he hath made in the earth the Lord of Hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge for this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide unto death Amen FINIS