Seuen Sobs of a Sorrowful Soule for Sinne Comprehending those seuen Psalmes of the Princelie Prophet David, commonlie called Poenitentiall; framed into a forme of familiar praiers, and reduced into meeter by William Hunnis ... Whereunto are also annexed his Handful of Honisuckles; the Poore Widowes Mite; a Dialog between Christ and a sinner; diuers godlie and pithie ditties, with a Christian confession of and to the Trinitie; newly printed and augmented |
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 | Seuen Sobs of a Sorrowful Soule for Sinne |  |
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The second part.
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My wretchednes, O Lord,is more then may be said,
Its not alone the greefe of hart,
that maketh me dismaid.
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Ne feeblenes of strength,deprest with vices all,
Nor in the blindnesse of my soule,
which readie is to fall,
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But otherwise it coms.and stil increaseth more,
That is, where I thought comfort find,
is turned to my sore.
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My friends and neighbours Lord,in whom I put my trust,
Against me altogither stood,
and shewd themselues vniust,
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And they that stood me next,far off got them away;
And such as waited for my life,
set on me as a praie.
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The force of wicked feends,O Lord, is verie strong:
No earthly power is like to theirs,
if thou them suffer long
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To exercise their force,on sinners al that bee,
Not one among ten thousand shal
be left aliue to thee.
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They study to deceiue,by wordly pleasures vaine,
And ioies such as the flesh desires,
to bring vs endlesse paine.
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These Lord haue sought for me,and wrought me ill the while,
And with deceitfull vanities,
did daily me beguile.
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Lord many times I feele,when I thus tempted am,
Such pleasures spring, I ioy thereat,
not looking whence they came.
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Or at the least, O Lord,I would not vnderstand,
Ne see the snares for me were laid,
to bring me vnderhand.
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The pleasures of the fleshso sweet sounds in mine eare,
That what is spoken there against,
I list not for to heare.
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But as one being deafe,with silence passe away,
And as a man that dumbe is borne,
haue not a word to say.
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Indeed I must confessemy selfe I haue not sought,
Nor spake against my wickednesse
in such sort as I ought.
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But as one deafe and dumbe,that sin no time would blame,
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how to auoid the same.
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Yet true it is, O Lord,let man his faults confesse,
With sighs and sorrow from his hart,
he did thy lawes transgresse.
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Yea let him do his best,and satisfaction make;
And yet if he be void of hope,
thou wilt him sure forsake.
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For Iudas sorrow made,when he had thee betraid,
And did restore the siluer backe,
and downe againe it laid.
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He openly confest,he sinned greeuouslie,
In that he had falslie betraid
the innocent to die;
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And wanting hope, we see,into despaire he fel,
And hangd himselfe vpon a tree,
among the rauens to dwel.
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Hope is the gift, O Lord,that from thy grace proceeds,
And grace brings faith, and faith brings loue
from which brings fruitfull deeds.
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And for because that Idid alwaies hope in thee,
Thou wilt me heare, ô Lord my God,
and safe deliuer me.
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My hope is firmely fixt,and cannot be remooude;
Because thy grace assureth me,
my faith is not reprooude.
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Thus haue I said, ô Lord,least any time at all,
Mine enemies should ouer me
triumph to see me fall.
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For whiles my feet did slide,against me much they spake;
That is to saie, whiles my desires,
the waie to sinne did take,
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And were from thee remooudeto follow lothsome lust;
Then did mine enemies reioice,
to see me in the dust.
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But Lord, I me submit,vnto thy discipline,
And meekely take correction thine,
for old offenses mine.
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And haue my selfe prepardvnto the whip of paine,
Whereby my griefe and dolour may
stil in my sight remaine.
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And Lord thou knowest of old,there is no good in me;
Not one man good vpon the earth,
not one seeke after thee.
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Among thy chosen sort,vnfaithfulnes was found,
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were thousands cast to ground:
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Then how much more, alas,of wretches such as I,
That dwel in houses made of clay,
must sinne continuallie?
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I will confesse to theeall mine vngodlinesse,
And for my sinnes wil take more thought
than any can expresse.
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And yet O Lord thy gracemust worke this good in me;
By which I stedfast lie beleeue
I chosen am of thee.
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For now by grace I mindmy sinfull life t'amend,
And vnto vertue will applie
my selfe vnto the end.
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I see the follies past,wherein I tooke delight,
To be both vile, wicked and nought,
and odious in thy sight.
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And though my foes do liue,and ouer me made strong,
And they which hated me are great
and do me treble wrong:
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No maruel it's, O Lord,for why they mighty be,
And are except thy grace assist,
too strong alwaies for me.
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They haue long time deuisddeceitful crafty gins,
And by the same haue ouerthrowne
the strongest in their sins.
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If any time I fleerepentance for to find,
Then one of these malicious spirits
assaileth straight my mind;
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And with deuises new,and frauds that be vnknowne
He craftilie doth me subdue,
and so makes me his owne.
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Thus Lord when I am bent,thy goodnesse to pursue,
Mine enemies do me detract,
and breed my bale anew.
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The wicked feend (alas)doth many times me greeue;
The world also doth follow me
the daies I haue to liue.
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The flesh doth me prouokewith lust both lewd and nought:
Thus by these three mine enemies
I am in thraldome brought.
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Yet, Lord, forsake me not,ne let thy grace depart;
Least that mine enemies vnwares
do thorough pearse mine hart.
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And though sometime, O Lord,thy presence thou withdraw,
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and bring me more in aw.
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Yet Lord, thy grace restoreto me poore wretch againe,
That I thereby may him resist,
to make his trauel vaine.
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Giue heed therefore my God,which art my helpe and health,
Whose mercy and whose goodnes shewd
is to my soule cheefe wealth,
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Giue temporal health, O Lord,as vnto thee seemes best,
And to my soule thy sauing health,
in heauen with thee may rest,
Amen.
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