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] |
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The third muse.
1
What if my frends doe mourne for meAnd 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 vvasOnce 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 eiesWhē 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 notSet out in vvords of fame
Whiles I liue vvith the god of life
What care I for the same.
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5
If death shovvld still be foe to meHe 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 deadFeeles 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 beareTvvo 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.
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