THESAURO-PHULAKION[Greek]: or, A treasury of divine raptures Consisting of Serious Observations, Pious Ejaculations, Select Epigrams. Alphabetically rank'd and fil'd by a Private Chaplain to the Illustrious and Renowned Lady Urania The Divine and Heavenly Muse. The first part [by Nicholas Billingsley] |
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32. On a Bath.
Tears are a Bath, My soul bathe thee therein,
When Peter had defil'd himself with sin,
He washd his soul with penetential tears,
The water of Contrition heals and clears:
The tears which impure Mary did impart.
Not onely washd Christs feet, but cleans'd her heart.
When Peter had defil'd himself with sin,
He washd his soul with penetential tears,
The water of Contrition heals and clears:
The tears which impure Mary did impart.
Not onely washd Christs feet, but cleans'd her heart.
O sinners, make your eyes a flowing fount
Of tears, weep for those sins you cannot count.
Of tears, weep for those sins you cannot count.
Christs blood's a Bath, a fount set ope for sin
And for uncleanness: Go, my soul, step in
And bathe thee there, his Blood will scour so,
That crimson sins shall seem as white as snow.
O tis this Blood of Christ that lays the soul
A whitening, these two bathes do make souls whole.
And for uncleanness: Go, my soul, step in
And bathe thee there, his Blood will scour so,
That crimson sins shall seem as white as snow.
O tis this Blood of Christ that lays the soul
A whitening, these two bathes do make souls whole.
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