To set his hand, a little, to the Plough,

And, then desist; but, let him still pursue,

To doe that Worke, to which that Wreath is due:

For, nor on Good-beginners, nor on those

That, walke halfe-way, (much lesse on him, that goes

No stepp at all) will God this gift conferre;

But, onely, unto those that persevere.

Lord, by thy Grace, an entrance I have made

In honest Pathes; and, thy assistance had,

To make in them, some slow proceedings too.