Classic Poem

B and of by praise O reverend Father be,
Instruct your people very curiously;
Shewing to them Gods sacred Testament,
How he his Gospell by his Sonne then sent:
On faith in C HRIST , if that they do rely,
Pleasing their GOD, they may be sav'd thereby,
Everthough mind them, faith is still requiring
Of those who have it, that some works respiring
Faith, may alive and not a dead faith shew.

Alwayes this Doctrine reverend Sir pursue,
Bestirre your self by your example too,
Onward to move them as you preach to do;
Rightly so you a Preacher alwayes shall
Duly a Lecture reade unto them all,
Instructing them more by your good example,
Noted by them, then by ten Sermons ample,
Ever bond of high praise on foes you trample.