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SIXT SONNET Ex Psal. 102.

From profound Center of my hart I cryed
To thee O Lord, Lord let thine Eare draw neer mee,
To note my Movrnings, and quick-quickly heare mee;
Heare my Sad Grones, to thy Sweet Grace applyed.
Lord, if thou looke with Rigovr downe into Vs,
To mark our Sin, O who shall then abide it?
But, if with Pardon thou bee pleas'd to hide it
(If Mercy thou Vouchsafe) What shall Vndoo Vs?
Vpon thy Word my Sovle hath firmly reared
Her Tower of Trvst, there is my Hope possessed;
With thee is Mercy, that thou maist bee feared;
Mercy, for those that are in Sovle depressed,
Israels Redeemer, Whom thou hast endeered
Beecom's through thee, of Sinner, Saint and Blessed.