midst quotes

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew18:20.

Our composition must be more accurate in the beginning and end thaninthemidst, and intheendmore than in the beginning; for through the midst the stream bears us.

- Ben Jonson
Timber: or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter (published 1640).