 | Pietatis Lachrymae Teares of deuotion |  |
Lazarus in his happines.
Poore men if yee beggers be,
Learne to beare your Crosse of me:
Crosses are the way to blisse,
VVhere true patience leader is.
Learne to beare your Crosse of me:
Crosses are the way to blisse,
VVhere true patience leader is.
Patience poore mens treasure chiefe,
That doth giue the soule reliefe:
Such reliefe as rich men want,
That the beggers almes is scant.
That doth giue the soule reliefe:
Such reliefe as rich men want,
That the beggers almes is scant.
Ioy in heart, ye poorest soules,
Whom the hand of heau'n inrowles:
In the care of worldlings crosse,
VVhile the rich dye with their drosse.
Whom the hand of heau'n inrowles:
In the care of worldlings crosse,
VVhile the rich dye with their drosse.
Grieue not that the dogs doe licke yee,
Hellish stings shall neuer pricke yee:
Let them sing while ye doe crye,
Ye shall liue when they shall dye.
Hellish stings shall neuer pricke yee:
Let them sing while ye doe crye,
Ye shall liue when they shall dye.
Ye shall liue in endles ioyes,
They liue dying in annoyes:
They in soule tormented sore,
Ye reioycing euermore.
They liue dying in annoyes:
They in soule tormented sore,
Ye reioycing euermore.
Doe but then the difference see,
That twixt rich and poore may be:
They with Diues lye in hell,
Ye, with me, in heauen shall dwell.
That twixt rich and poore may be:
They with Diues lye in hell,
Ye, with me, in heauen shall dwell.
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