<p>An Arme is with a Garland here extended;<lb/> And, as the Motto saith, it is intended,<lb/> To all that persevere. This being so;<lb/> Let none be faint in heart, though they be slow :<lb/> For, he that creepes, untill his Race be done,<lb/> Shall gaine a Wreath, aswell as they that runne.<lb/> This being so; let no man walke in doubt,<lb/> As if Gods Arme of Grace were stretched out<lb/> To some small number: For, whoe're begins<lb/> And perseueres, the profer'd Garland winns:<lb/> And, God respects no persons; neither layes<lb/> A stumbling blocke in any of our Waies.<lb/> This being so, let no man think't enough<lb/> To set his hand, a little, to the Plough,<lb/> And, then desist; but, let him still pursue,<lb/> To doe that Worke, to which that Wreath is due:<lb/> For, nor on Good beginners, nor on those<lb/> That, walke halfe-way, (much lesse on him, that goes<lb/> No stepp at all) will God this gift conferre;<lb/> But, onely, unto those that persevere.<lb/> Lord, by thy Grace, an entrance I have made<lb/> In honest Pathes ; and, thy assistance had,<lb/> To make in them, some slow proceedings too.<lb/> Oh grant me, full abilitie, to doe<lb/> Thy sacred Will ; and, to beginn, and end<lb/> Such Workes, as to thy glory, still, may tend.<lb/> That ( Walking, and continuing in the Path,<lb/> Which evermore, thine approbation hath)<lb/> I may that Garland, by thy grace, obtaine,<lb/> Which, by mine owne desert, I cannot gaine.<lb/> </p>

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<p>The Garland, He alone shall weare,<lb/> Who, to the Goale, doth persevere.</p>

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<p>PERSEVERANTI DABITUR.</p>

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Perseveranti dabitur