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Ionas. Cap. ii.
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Ionas. Cap. ii.
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my trouble and payne
to thee lord I did call,
my plaint thou heardest plain,
& broughst me out of thrall.
to thee lord I did call,
my plaint thou heardest plain,
& broughst me out of thrall.
Out of the womb of hell
To the when I did crye,
My voyce thou heardest well,
And holpe me louyngly.
To the when I did crye,
My voyce thou heardest well,
And holpe me louyngly.
Thou threwst me downe as dead
Full depe into the sea,
And made about my head
The floudes to compas me.
Full depe into the sea,
And made about my head
The floudes to compas me.
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The water waues in haste
Went ouer me with myght:
I thought I had ben cast
Away out of thy syght.
Went ouer me with myght:
I thought I had ben cast
Away out of thy syght.
But yet agayne shall I
Go to thy holy place:
Whiche is thy churche holy,
And thanke therfore thy grace.
Go to thy holy place:
Whiche is thy churche holy,
And thanke therfore thy grace.
In depnes where I laye,
The water sude my lyfe:
The wedes were wrapte always
About my head with stryfe.
The water sude my lyfe:
The wedes were wrapte always
About my head with stryfe.
Into the helles depnes,
Descendyng did perseuer,
In wo and great distresse
Barde in with earth for euer.
Descendyng did perseuer,
In wo and great distresse
Barde in with earth for euer.
But thou oh God my lorde,
Hast brough my lyfe agayne,
And hast my soule restorde,
From corruptible payne.
Hast brough my lyfe agayne,
And hast my soule restorde,
From corruptible payne.
When that my soule did faint
Upon the lorde I thought,
My prayer and my playnt,
Was to thy temple brought.
Upon the lorde I thought,
My prayer and my playnt,
Was to thy temple brought.
Therfore they that delyght
In vanitie so vayne,
Forsake his helpe and myght
That mercy doth retayne.
In vanitie so vayne,
Forsake his helpe and myght
That mercy doth retayne.
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But I wyll prayse and paye
That I hym vowed haue:
And thanke the lorde alwaye,
That did me helpe and saue.
That I hym vowed haue:
And thanke the lorde alwaye,
That did me helpe and saue.
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