IDENTILIN$$   F186A00G|trsl. of GHerb|1669 ed.|p. 405[407]\JSC\cd(L)\3-7-02\P:EWS\o(MH)\7-3-02\C:JSC\9-13-02\p:mvf\ds(TxAM)\06-12-08
186A.00G.HE1  [see_ll.1-2]
186A.00G.001  [as_HE]%XA sheaf of Snakes used heretofore to be my Seal,
186A.00G.002  [as_HE]%X%1The Crest of our Poor family%2.
186A.00G.003  A%+Dopted in Gods Family, and so
186A.00G.004  Our old Coat lost, unto new arms I go.
186A.00G.005  The Cross (my seal at Baptism) spred below,
186A.00G.006  Does, by that form, into an Anchor grow.
186A.00G.007  Crosses grow Anchors; Bear, as thou shouldst do
186A.00G.008  Thy Cross, and that Cross grows an Anchor too.
186A.00G.009  But he that makes our Crosses Anchors thus,
186A.00G.010  Is Christ, who there is crucifi'd for us.
186A.00G.011  Yet may I, with this, my first Serpents hold,
186A.00G.012  God gives new blessings, and yet leaves the old;
186A.00G.013  The Serpent may, as wise, my pattern be;
186A.00G.014  My poison, as he feeds on dust, that's me.
186A.00G.015  And as he rounds the Earth to murder sure,
186A.00G.016  My death he is, but on the Cross, my cure.
186A.00G.017  Crucifie nature then, and then implore
186A.00G.018  All Grace from him, cruicfied[sic] there before;
186A.00G.019  When all is Cross, and that Cross Anchor grown,
186A.00G.020  This Seal's a Catechism, not a Seal alone.
186A.00G.021  Under that little Seal great gifts I send,
186A.00G.022  Works, and prayers, pawns, and fruits of a friend.
186A.00G.023  And may that Saint which rides in our great Seal,
186A.00G.024  To you, who bear his name, great bounties deal. [CW:Ut]
186A.00G.0SS  [om]
186A.00G.0$$  No ind; ll.1-2 pr. as HE--in position & size like GHerb HE on facing pg; "my Seal," in 
l.2 of this file pr. at end of l.1 in G; MH copy proofed = *EC D7187 633 pg (A)