Songs of Sion Set for the ioy of gods deere ones, vvho sitt here by the brookes of this vvorlds Babel, & vveepe vvhen they thinke on Hierusalem vvhich is on highe. By W. L. [i.e. William Loe] |
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The second straine.
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O God if thou shouldst vvaigheMy vvaies, and take a vevve,
I could not scape thy rod, thy vvrath
I should in vvoe it rue.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And keepe me lord I craueLeast sinnes doe ore me svvay,
So shall I then be free, and faine,
To keepe thy lavve for aie.
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This lord of thee I begTo thee I hold vp hands,
And hart, & soule, both thirst, & gape
As doth the drought in lands.
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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.
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