SONG. XLVIII. The Circumcision, or New-yeares Day.
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Sing this as the 44. Song.
1
This
Day thy flesh, oh Christ, did bleed,
Mark't by the Circumcision knife:
Because the Law, for mans misdeed,
Requir'd that Earnest of thy life.
Those droppes deuin'd that showre of blood,
Which in thine Agonie beganne:
And that great showre foreshew'd the Flood,
Which from thy Side the next day ranne.
2
Then, through that milder Sacrament,
Succeeding this; thy Grace inspire;
Yea, let thy smart make vs repent,
And circumcized hearts desire.
For, he that either is baptiz'd,
Or Circumciz'd in flesh alone,
Is but as an vncircumciz'd,
Or as an vnbaptized-one.
3
The yeare anew we now begin,
And outward gifts receiu'd haue we;
Renue vs also, Lord, within,
And make vs New-yeares-guifts for thee:
Yea, let vs with the passed yeare,
Our old affections cast away;
That we new Creaturee may appeare,
And, to redeeme the Time assay.
