SONG LX.
Sunday in Generall.
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Sing this as the 44 Song.
[1]
Sixe daies, oh LORD, the world to make,
And set all Creatures in aray,
Was all the leasure thou would'st take,
And then did'st rest the Seuenth day:
That day thou therefore hallowed hast,
And rightly by a Law Diuine;
(Which till the end of time shall last)
The seauenth part of time is thine.
2
Then, teach vs willingly to giue
The tribute of our daies to Thee;
By whom we now both moue, and liue,
And haue attain'd to what we be.
For, of that Rest, which by thy word
Thou hast beene pleased to enioyne,
The profit all is ours, oh LORD,
And but the praise alone is thine.
3
Oh, therefore let vs not consent,
To rob thee of thy Saboth day;
Nor rest with carnall Rest content,
But sanctifie it all wee may;
Yea, grant that wee from sinfull strife,
And all those Workes thou do'st detest,
May keepe a Saboth all our life,
And enter thy Eternall rest.
