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| But ſo I may thy Truth contain | |
| and ſtill adhere to thee, | |
| I fear no Perſecution, | |
| nor wicked's Injurie, | |
| More hated can I not, then thou, | |
| no more deſpiſed be: | |
| More charg'd with bitter Calumnies, | |
| nor after get the Lie. | |
| More ſcorn'd and mocked in my Fate | |
| more followed at the Back: | |
| Finger & Tongue ſhut forth withall, | Luke 23. 11. |
| murgons that Mockers make. | Pſal. 1 2. 17. |
| Leſs welcome where I offer Love: | John 1. 1. |
| leſs thanked for good Deeds: | |
| Worſe intertain'd in my Country, | |
| worſe furniſht in my needs. | |
| More friendly handled by my friends | |
| and thoſe of mine own Blood, | |
| Then thou was, I, yea not can be | |
| who ſuffer ſhall for good. | |
| What can befall me which did not | |
| before befall to thee; | |
| What more deſir'ſt for Righteouſneſs, | |
| can I expect to be? | |
| What Lodging leſs than ly thereout; | Mat. 8, 20. |
| what harder Bed, than Rocks? | |
| What ſharper reſt, than not to ſleep, | |
| or to prevent the Cocks? | |
| What ſcant or want more then to have | |
| no Peny in my Purſe, | |
| Amongſt ſuch People as me hate, | Mat. 7. 27. |
| and in their Heart me Curſe? | |
| What greater Hunger, then to faſt, | |
| end when 'tis Time to eat, |
