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A Hymne to God the Father.
Heare
mee, O God!
A broken heart,
Is my best part:
Use still thy rod,
That I may prove
Therein, thy Love.
A broken heart,
Is my best part:
Use still thy rod,
That I may prove
Therein, thy Love.
If thou hadst not
Beene sterne to mee,
But left me free,
I had forgot
My selfe and thee.
Beene sterne to mee,
But left me free,
I had forgot
My selfe and thee.
For, sin's so sweet.
As minds ill bent
Rarely repent,
Untill they meet
Their punishment.
As minds ill bent
Rarely repent,
Untill they meet
Their punishment.
Who more can crave
Then thou hast done:
That gav'st a Sonne,
To free a slave?
First made of nought;
Withall since bought.
Then thou hast done:
That gav'st a Sonne,
To free a slave?
First made of nought;
Withall since bought.
Sinne, Death, and Hell,
His glorious Name
Quite overcame,
Yet I rebell,
And slight the same.
His glorious Name
Quite overcame,
Yet I rebell,
And slight the same.
But, I'le come in,
Before my losse,
Me farther tosse,
As sure to win
Under his Crosse.
Before my losse,
Me farther tosse,
As sure to win
Under his Crosse.
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