Spiritual Songs, or, Songs of Praise to Almighty God Upon several Occasions Together with The Song of Songs Which is Solomons. First Turn'd, then Paraphrased in English Verse. The Second Edition, Corrected, with an Addition of a Sacred Poem on Dives and Lazarus [by John Mason] |
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XXVIII. A Song of Praise for Deliverance from spiritual Troubles.
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I that am drawn out of the Depth,Will Sing upon the Shore.
I that in Hells dark Suburbs lay,
Pure Mercy will Adore.
The Terrours of the living God
My Soul did so affright,
I Fear'd, left I should be Condemn'd
To an Eternal Night.
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Kind was the pity of my Friends,But could not Ease my Smart;
Their words indeed did reach my Case,
But could not reach my Heart.
Ah then what was this World to Me,
To whom Gods Word was dark!
Who in my Dungeon cou'd not see
One Beam or shining Spark.
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What then were all the Creatures Smiles,When the Creator frown'd?
My Days were Nights, my Life was Death,
My Being was my wound.
Tortur'd and wrack'd with Hellish fears,
VVhen God the blow should give,
Mine Eyes did fail, my Heart did sink,
Then Mercy bid me live.
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Gods Furnace doth in Sion stand,But Sions God Sits by;
As the Refiner Views his Gold
VVith an observant Ey.
Gods Thoughts are high, his Love is wise,
His VVounds a Cure intend.
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He loves unto the End.
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Thy Love is constant to its Line,Tho' Clouds oft come between.
O could my Faith but pierce these Clouds,
It might be alwayes seen.
But I am weak, and forc'd to Cry,
Take up my Soul to Thee,
Then as thou ever art the same,
So shall I ever be.
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Then shall I ever, ever Sing,Whilest thou dost ever Shine,
I have thine own dear Pledge for this,
Lord, thou art ever mine.
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