God To Be First Served.

Our household-gods our parents be;
And manners good require that we
The first fruits give to them, who gave
Us hands to get what here we have.

In God's commands ne'er ask the reason why;
Let thy obedience be the best reply.

Give unto all, lest he, whom thou deni'st,
May chance to be no other man but Christ.

The gods to kings the judgment give to sway:
The subjects only glory to obey.

Pardon me, God, once more I Thee entreat,
That I have placed Thee in so mean a seat
Where round about Thou seest but all things vain,
Uncircumcis'd, unseason'd and profane.
But as Heaven's public and immortal eye
Looks on the filth, but is not soil'd thereby,
So Thou, my God, may'st on this impure look,
But take no tincture from my sinful book:
Let but one beam of glory on it shine,
And that will make me and my work divine.

How am I bound to Two! God, who doth give
The mind; the king, the means whereby I live.