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Psalm 101.

[Of Iudgements, Lord, to thee I'le sing]

Of Iudgements, Lord, to thee I'le sing;
Where Iustice Merci shall embrace.
Such thoughts shal righteŏus use make spring,
Towărd mee gainst pleazĕst to bend thy face.
MYN house an upright hart shal guid;
Which vice shal check, which goodnes grace.
No pleazing sin shal train aside
Those eys, which thee before them place.
WHO thee forsake, from mee I'le shake;
Their woorks and them I'le ay detest.
Nor perverse imp there root shal take,
Where evil all shal be supprest.
THAT sly deceipt, the slandĕrous tong,
Which iust men heedles may beguile;
That secret seed of neighbours wrong,
Severe reproof shal strait exile.
THOSE hauti looks of swelling mynd,
Which Thee neglect, and equals scorn;
That self-love, hatred myn shal fynd;
I'le soon pul doun their lofti horn.
WHAT woorthi person through the Land
Myn ey can vieu, what faithful wight:
He graced in my Coort shal stand;
His upright service my delight.
BUT false, dissembling, flattĕring mates,
With lying tricks that plot their owne;
No harbour get within my gates;
Their tricks and They shal out be throwne.
MY kingdom then I will begin
From foul corruptiŏns clean to pare:
To hunt the wicked to their gin,
Shal be my daili earliĕst care.
SO shall Gods Citie brightly shine;
So shall his people flourish ay:
When damned crues exiled pine;
And lawles folk are swept away.