My best guess would be this.
"When they have opened a gap in the hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world, God hath ever broke down the wall itself, removed the candlestick, and made His garden a wilderness, as at this day."
It is usually marked by letters. Such as ababbcc. That shows what lines rhyme with other lines. There's also AABB, ABAB (shwing that line a rhymes with line a, then line b rhymes with line b. It goes line a, line be, line a, line b.
~Silver
Where’s the summary and what’s the story?
Answer:
Bob and Wheel
Explanation:
the stanza form is a Bob and Wheel method, short followed by long.