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gone up from us to the farthest end of the 

 heavens, and hadst left to do marvellously 

 among the sons of these last ages. O perfect 

 and accomplish thy glorious acts ; for men may 

 leave their works unfinished, but thou art a 

 God, thy nature is perfection. The times and 

 seasons pass along under thy feet, to go and 

 come at thy bidding : and as thou didst dignify 

 our father's days with many revelations, above 

 all their foregoing ages since thou tookest the 

 flesh, so thou canst vouchsafe to us, though 

 unworthy, as large a portion of thy Spirit as 

 thou pleasest ; for who shall prejudice thy all- 

 governing will? Seeing the power of thy 

 grace is not passed away with the primitive 

 times as fond and faithless men imagine, but 

 thy kingdom is now at hand, and thou standing 

 at the door. Come forth out of thy royal 

 chamber, O Prince of all the kings of the 

 earth ; put on the visible robes of thy Imperial 

 Majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre which 

 thy Almighty Father hath bequeathed thee; 

 for now the voice of thy bride calls thee, and 

 all creatures sigh to be renewed." 



THE END. 



