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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Alls Pauls Prayers.
Metphrased into words of one syllable of great Brittains language, & are to be vsed by a devout Christian soule in his priuate soliloquies, & holy solaces vvith his god.
The first Prayer.
Eph. 1. 16.
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I cease not to giue thankes to theeO god my god most iust
For all thy gifts of grace, & loue
To vs that liue in dust
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And lord I craue a glympse of lightIn Christ my lord thy sonne
That so my faith may see that sight,
And to it still may runne.
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That I may knovve thy becke thy callMy hope, my helpe, my all.
That I may haue thy povver, & strength
To helpe me vvhen I fall.
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For thou o god hast made vs seeWhat thou hast vvrought in loue
For thy svveete spouse thy church thy vvife
Thy ioy, thy simle, thy doue.
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For thou hast set our Christ, o godAt thy right hand to shine
And thou to that place vvilt vs bring
For that deare loue of thine.
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O god thou laidst my Christ full lovveWith in the earth so darke
But thou didst raise him vp on high
And settst him as a marke.
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On vvhich vve fixe our eies of faithOur harts, our minds, our loue
O bring vs all to him svveete god
That is our deere, our doue.
O god my hart is fixt on thee, and my tongue shall sing, & giue praise to thy name for aye. Psal. 108. 1.
The second Prayer.
Eph. 3. 14.
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I day by, day doe bovve to theeAnd cease not in the night
To seeke thee lord in all my thoughts
And muse of all thy might
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For of our Christ is nāde the churchOf vs that liue in clay,
And eke thy gaurd, & saincts on high
That praise thee day, by day.
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Graūt vs o lord that vve may knovveThy grace, our good, our end
And that vve may feele povver, & strength
And Christ may be our frend
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Let him dvvell in our harts o lordAnd then vve shall thee see,
With all thy saincts in breadth, & length
In depth, in height, in glee.
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Then shall vve knovve the loue of ChristThat else is past our skill
Thē shalt thou fill vs vvith thy grace
In him to doe thy vvill.
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O lord for vs this thou canst doeAnd more then all that is
Of thy good grace to vvorke in vs
In Christ hovve should vve misse.
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Praise be to thee in all the vvorld,Thy church doe sing the same,
And age to age shall eke sett forth
For aye, to ours, thy name.
O god thou art my god ere it be day vvill I seeke thee my soule, & flesh doe thirst, & long for thee as drie land vvhich vvants raine. Psal. 63. 1.
The third Prayer.
Phil. 1. 9.
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Graunt to vs lord that loue may dvvellIn these poore tents of ours
For vve must hence vve knovve full
And fade as doe the flovvers
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And graūt good lord that in thy loueIt may grovve more, & more
That vve may knovve vvhat things are ill
And lead not to thy lore.
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So may vve in the day of doomeIn Christ be void of shame
And fild vvith his faire fruits of loue
May scape the rod of blame
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Then shall vve sing the praise to theeIn midst of all thy Saincts,
Then shall our soules be glad, & ioy,
That novve is vveake, & faints.
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I cease not lord to pray for thoseThat seeke, & sue to thee
That they may knovve hovve safe, & sure
In Christ their soules may be
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And that vve all may vvalke, and vvorkeIn vvord, in vvorth, in all
As he that hath vs cald to this
And rid vs of our thrall.
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Who hath vs fred from povver of deathFrō foggs, & doggs of hell
And set vs by his chaire of state
With Christ for aye to dwell.
Saue vs o lord our god, & bring vs from those that doe not call on thee that vve may call on thee, & laud, & praise thy name for aye. Psal. 106. 47.
The fourth Prayer.
The. 3. 11.
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The lord our god our strength & stayMake vs to loue each one;
And make vs knovve hovve that vve are
Made all of flesh, & bone.
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That soe vve may grovve vp in graceAnd firme in hart, & minde
That soe to all vve may set forth
Our loue both sure, & kind.
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Yea not to cease till that our lordDoe come in clouds full bright
To iudge this earth, & all the folke
Yea all the vvorld in sight.
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For is it not the loue of ChristWho did loue vs soe deare
That vve through hope of grace in him
Should liue voyd of base feare
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Lord be thou ioy to all our hartsOur vvords, our vvorkes good make,
That vve may loue, & liue in thee
For thy sonne Christ his sake.
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O god of peace, of loue, of lifeGrant vs to serue thee still
In spright, in soule, in hart, in mind
And this of thy good vvill.
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Yea keepe vs lord frō blame, & blottTill Christ doth come in skey.
So shall vve sure be of thy loue
To liue, vvhen vve shall die.
Heare me o lord, & that soone for my soule doth vvaxe faint hide not thy face from me: Least I be like them that goe dovvne to the graue. Psal. 148. 7.
The fift Prayer.
Rom. 7. 25.
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I thanke thee lord that hast sett novveIn me a fight, a iarre;
My mind, my flesh, doe day by day
In-strife sett forth a vvarre.
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My mind to thy svveete lavve giues vvay,My flesh in thrall is brought,
My mind vvould keepe thy lavve, thy lore.
And hath thy vvill still sought
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But my base flesh is prompt, & seekesThy lavve to cast me fro.
O god vvhat shall I doe in this?
With me the case is so.
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My mind vvould doe the god full faineThat thy lawes shevve to me
But still my flesh doth frett, & fume
Gainst this thy lavve to me
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For I doe not that vvhich I loue,But I doe that I hate,
And all for that my mind is vext
With this my flesh my mate.
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What shall I doe o lord my godAh vvretch vvho setts thee free?
Frō this fell death of sinne, & shame
That I thy grace may see.
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I thanke my god vvho haue me fredFor his sonne Christ his sake;
To him for aye both night, & day
My hymnes, my songs I make.
O god that thou vvouldst beat dovvne the strong, & ill man that rules, & raigns in my vveake flesh that I may say to him goe farre from me. Psal. 139. 19.
The sixt Prayer.
Ro. 16. 24.
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The grace of god be all my giudeHis povver be all my staye
His strength eke be to me a staffe
By night, & eke by day,
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For he it is that hath me taughtThat vvhich the vvorld nere knevve
Till Christ our lord vvas made to vs
Our lord, our god in vevve.
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To god in hymnes still vvill I singHis praise is all my mirth
The vvorld shall sett him forth in praise.
In all parts of the earth.
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If there be vvight that liues in lifeAnd doth not loue our god
Let him tast of the lord of hosts
His curse, his vvrath, his rod
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But let the loue of god, & graceOf Christ, be vvith you all
That loue, & looke, & long for him
To rid vs of our thrall.
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And let our god that brought from deathOur Christ, our grace, our blisse
Set vs vvith saincts in ioy, in light
Where as our Christ novve is.
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So shall vve tūe in that svveete quireMidst of those saincts in rest,
And see his saincts in light of light
And so for aye be blest.
O god let them that hate thee flie from thy sight as the mist doth from the sunne, but let them that loue thee be glad, & ioy in thee. Psal. 68. 1.
The seuenth Prayer
[illeg.]e. 13. 20.
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O God vve are poore sheepe that strayIn vvods, in vvaies of sinne
Bovve dovvne thine eare to vs, & heare
And rid vs of this dinne.
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That vve may knovve thy grace in ChristThat keepes vs as his flocke.
That leads vs forth to streames of ioy
And setts vs on a rocke.
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That soe vve may ore see this vvorldAnd all the things in it
And then doe place vs vp on high
With him in ioy to sit.
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Graūt vs good lord that vve may seeThe good that doth thee please
So shall vve liue in hart in mind
In ioy, in rest, in ease.
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Graunt lord vvhat thou dost bid [illeg.] doeThat vve may doe the same
Bid vvhat thou vvilt, & graūt vs grace
And vve vvill praise thy name
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To Christ our lord the lambe of godThat shed his bloud for sinnes,
To rid vs from the feends of hell
And all their crafts, & ginns.
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Be praisd of vs all tymes, & tydsIn vvoe, & eke in vvealth
And let the folke on all the earth
Giue laud to him for health.
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