WILLIAM STEWART TO THE church OF SCOTLAND.  
Sonnet.  

THou little Church, to whom Christ hath restored  
The clear lost light of his Evangell pure:  
Thy God doth with all diligence procure,  
That with his word, thou Mayst be still decored.   

Though thou have long his wholesome truth abhorred,  
Yet his great mercies did thy blindness cure,  
Submitting thee, unto the careful cure,  
Of such pastors, as truly teach his word.   

Out of whose hands (what great thanks) now receive,  
All David's psalms, set forth in pleasant verse:  
Agreater gift of them thou couldst not crave,  
Whose endless fruit, my pen cannot rehearse:  
For here thou hast, for every accident  
That may occur, a doctrine pertinent.