The second straine.
1
O God if thou shouldst vvaighe
My vvaies, and take a vevve,
I could not scape thy rod, thy vvrath
I should in vvoe it rue.
2
O iudge me not I pray,
O sheeld me from my fall,
For in thy sight none iust doth liue
No none I say at all.
3
Large is thy loue to me,
For it vvith thee I treate
O grant me it for Christ his sake
Gainst sinnes so huge, so great.
4
O Christ vvhat vvight doth knovve?
His sinne, & faults of life
O cleanse me from my sinnes at once
Which are in me most rife.
5
And keepe me lord I craue
Least sinnes doe ore me svvay,
So shall I then be free, and faine,
To keepe thy lavve for aie.
6
This lord of thee I beg
To thee I hold vp hands,
And hart, & soule, both thirst, & gape
As doth the drought in lands.
7
As maids doe vvatch, and vvaite,
On Queenes some grace to haue
So doe I lord both day, and night
For grace both beg, and craue.
2. Sighe.
O that there vvere such an hart in
me to feare thee, & to keepe all thy
lavves that it might goe vvell vvith me
& mine for aye.