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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]

Loe, William

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The third muse.

1

What if my frends doe mourne for me
And sobb, and sigh in moane;
What if my seed doe crie, and roare,
And greeue, and vvaile, and grone?

2

This vvhile my soule sees him that vvas
Once dead but novve doth liue,
And that for aye my Christ in god,
My lord that life doth giue.

3

What care I vvho doth shutt mine eies
Whē death doth make me see
As I am seene of god in Christ
And then vvith him shall be.

4

What if my life the vvorld doe not
Set out in vvords of fame
Whiles I liue vvith the god of life
What care I for the same.

5

If death shovvld still be foe to me
He harmes but my vvorst part,
My best part farre out of his reach
Scornes both his ruth, and dart.

6

And more then this my corps once dead
Feeles noe more sting of death,
But then my soule is free, and liues
In god by Christ his breath.

7

Novve then my soule sith thou dost beare
Tvvo things vvrapt vp in breast
Lett each part turne, and goe, & see
His seate, his scite, his rest.

3. Thought.

O god they that dvvelt in a darke place by thee haue seene the light, & they that vvalkt in the shade of death thou hast brought them to the light vvith great ioy, & peace. Esay. 9. 2.