Richard Rowlands, The Post of the World — Prayer (1576)
“ O Lorde Jesus Christe, with thy almightie everlasting & heavenly Father, in unitie with the holy Ghost, very trwe and everlivinge God, as thou diddest leade the children of Israell out of the lande of Egipt, into the lande of Promise, through the unfrequented Wildernesse, in great safetie, in the daye tyme by a Cloude, and in the darke night by a Firy Piller: Even thou O Lorde, which dyddest guyde the Wyse men from the rysing of the Sunne unto Bethlem, and home againe into their owne countrie by a Starre, preservinge them from all hurtes and daungers. ”
