The teares or lamentations of a sorrowfull Soule Set foorth by Sir William Leighton |
A feruent prayer vnto God, that the repentant
may find fauour in Christ, whose merits and
satisfaction he offereth vnto thee O Lord, as a pleasing ransome for his sinnes.
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The teares or lamentations of a sorrowfull Soule | ||
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A feruent prayer vnto God, that the repentant may find fauour in Christ, whose merits and satisfaction he offereth vnto thee O Lord, as a pleasing ransome for his sinnes.
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Attend vnto my teares O Lord,regard my woefull moane:
And seeke to saue mee by thy word,
or I am ouerthrowne.
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For sinne doth so oppresse my minde,that I am damn'd to hell:
Vnlesse by Christ I fauour finde,
whose woundes must make me well:
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Cure thou my soule so sicke with sinneby merrits of thy sonne:
Marke not the state that I liue in,
but marke what he hath done.
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Most perfect he (though I be vild)to please when I offend:
He sits with thee (though I exild)
in glory to the end.
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My nature is inclin'd to euill,though his with good accord:
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his will to please the Lord.
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Wherefore O God which art most iust,in him my debts to pay:
In his desert my soule doth trust,
thy wrath for to alay.
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