Lord, to that Blessed-Station me convey

Where I may view the World, and view her so,

That I her true Condition may survey;

And all her Imperfections rightly know.

Remember me, that once there was a Day

When thou didst weane me from them with content,

Ev'n when shut up within those Gates I lay

Through which the Plague-inflicting Angel went.

And, let me still remember, that an Houre

Is hourely comming on, wherein I shall