SONG. XLI. The Song of the three Children.
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Oh all you Creatures of the LORD,
You Angels of the GOD most high;
You Heau'ns with what you doe afford;
And Waters all aboue the skie:
Blesse yee the Lord, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.
2
Of God you euerlasting Powres,
Sunne, Moone, and Starres, so bright that show;
You soaking Deawes, you dropping Showres;
And all you Winds of God that blow:
Blesse yee the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.
3
Thou Fire, and what doth heat containe;
Cold Winter, and thou Summer faire;
You blustring Stormes of Haile and Raine;
And thou the Frost-congealing Ayre:
Blesse yee the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.
4
Oh praise him both you Ice and Snow;
You Nights and Daies, doe you the same,
With what or Darke or Light doth showe;
You Clouds and eu'ry shining Flame:
Blesse yee the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.
5
Thou Earth, you Mountaines, and you Hils,
And whatsoeuer thereon growes;
You Fountains, Riuers, Springs, and Rils;
You Seas, and all that ebbes, or flowes:
Blesse yee the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.
6
You Whales, and all the Water yeelds;
You of the Feather'd airy breed;
You Beasts and Cattle of the Fields;
And you that are of Humane seed:
Blesse yee the LORD, him praise, adore,
and magnifie him euermore.
7
Let Israel the LORD confesse;
So let his Priests, that in him trust;
Him let his Seruants also blesse;
Yee, Soules and Spirits of the Iust:
Blesse yee the LORD, him praise, adore,
and magnifie him euermore.
8
You blessed Saints, his praises tell;
And you that are of humble heart,
With Ananias, Misael;
And Azarias (bearing part)
Blesse yee the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.
