Gar leicht der böse Hauf sich findt,
Wo diese losen Leute sind
In deinem Volk erhaben.
[HYMN FOR THE REFORMATION.]
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth.
Psa. xii. 1.
Ye have taken away the key of knowledge.
St. Luke, xi. 52.
Look down, O Lord, from heaven behold,
And let thy pity waken!
How few the flock within thy fold,
Neglected and forsaken!
Almost Thou’lt seek for faith in vain,