Not knowing where a resting-place to find,

Whither for sanctuary should I go

But, Reverend Sir, to you?

You that have triumph'd o'er th' impetuous flood,

That, Noah-like, in bad times durst be good,

190And the stiff torrent manfully withstood,

Can save me too;

One that have long in fear of drowning bin,

Surrounded by the rolling waves of sin;