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Remember, (good Brethren) remember with your selves, how can that Ship which saileth in the Sea, be safe in the middest of the waves, if the people within the same boor holes thorough it, or rent up the ribs of the same? How can that City be preserved, where no man will hear counsel, where no man careth for the public state, where no ⟨image 109⟩man passeth for other, where God is not in the middest?¹ Deus charitas est saith S. John, & qui in charitate est, in Deo man•t, God is charity, and he that dwelleth in charity, dwelleth in God. O, saith Solomon, Turris fortissima nomen Domini, The name of the Lord is a strong Tower: The name of God saveth the City.² David also the prophet of God saith, Nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, in vanum laborant qui custodiunt eam: Except the Lord keep the City, except the Lord defend it, saith he, they labour in vain, they watch in vain that are set to defend it.

Remember, (good Bretheren) remember with your selues, how can that Ship which saileth in the Sea, be safe in the middest of the waues, if the people within the same boore holes thorough it, or rent vp the ribs of the same? How can that Citie be preserued, where no man will heare counsell, where no man careth for the publike state, where no ⟨image 109⟩man passeth for other, where God is not in the middest?¹ Deus charitas est saith S. Iohn, & qui in charitate est, in Deo man•t, God is charitie, and he that dwelleth in charitie, dwelleth in God. O, saith Salomon, Turris fortissima nomen Domini, The name of the Lord is a strong Tower: The name of God saueth the Citie.² Dauid also the prophet of God saith, Nisi Dominus custodierit ciuitatem, in vanum laborant qui custodiunt eam: Except the Lord keep the Citie, except the Lord defend it, saith he, they labour in vaine, they watch in vaine that are set to defend it.