<p>A fixed Palme, (whose Fingers doe appeare,<lb/> As if displayed, and advanc'd they were)<lb/> Intended by our Author, here, wee see,<lb/> To shaddow out agreeing-Minds, that bee<lb/> Establish'd in one Trust. And, well it may,<lb/> That Vertue, of the holy Church display.<lb/> For, as our hands, the better meanes can make,<lb/> To gaine, as well as to retaine, or take,<lb/> The benefits we seeke; when wee intend,<lb/> Our differing Fingers, all, to worke one end:<lb/> So, when the Church of Christ (wherein wee finde<lb/> A diffrence of Degrees ) shall with one minde,<lb/> Persue a faithfull hope; they'l soone obtaine,<lb/> That wished benefit, they seeke to gaine:<lb/> For, when but two or three shall in Gods name,<lb/> Request a blessing, he will grant the same.<lb/> Let all thy sev'rall Churches, Lord (that stand<lb/> Like many Fingers, members of one Hand )<lb/> Thy Will Essentiall with joynt love obay,<lb/> Though circumstantially, they differ may.<lb/> Some have the larger Circuit, some are stronger,<lb/> Some are of short continuance, some of longer;<lb/> But, though their Guifts may differ, yet provide,<lb/> That, still, on one Foundation, they may bide;<lb/> And, that, all those, who in one Faith agree,<lb/> May, in one Band of Love, united bee:<lb/> Till our consined Wisdome comes to know,<lb/> That, many things, for which wee wrangle so,<lb/> Would further that, whose hindrance wee doe feare,<lb/> If more our Faith, and losse our Discord were.<lb/> </p>

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A staff with a hand on top; in the background Gideon asks an angel for a sign from the Lord

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<p>God, ever will bee present, there,<lb/> Where, of one Faith, and Mind they are.</p>

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