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Psalme. XXXVI.
The Argument.
Here wycked mens delite,Is paynted, what it is:
But blyndenes deepe in (open) sight,
In vertue whole remisse.
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In mydst of euill mans hart,Hys sinne hath blynd hym so:
Gods feare (all whole) is set a part,
From both hys eyes ago.
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For he himselfe doth glose,In hys bewitched eyes:
Tyll God his sinne (so foule) disclose
Most worthy hate to ryse.
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Hys wordes of mouth be nought,And kepes much guile in store:
To cease he biddeth hys (hart and) thought,
To worke by vertues lore.
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Shrewd turnes in irefull mood,He most in bed doth muse:
He hold on wayes not (truely) good,
No euill deede he refuseth.
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Thy mercy Lord in heauen,Yet ouer all doth spread:
Thy faythfull truth is (daily) seene,
The cloudes to reache in bread.
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Thy iustice Lord we see,As mountaynes ferme to rest:
Thy iudgements (hye O) secret bee,
Thou shalt saue man and beast.
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How worthy Lord most iust,Excelth thy grace benigne?
As Adams flocke shall (firmely) trust,
In fence of thy good wynge.
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Of thy fat houshold store,As drunken shall they bee:
And drinke (at neede) them shalt thou poure,
Of pleasures welles most free.
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For thou hast well of lyfe,With thee all health aboundth:
And Lord in thy bryght lyght so ryfe,
Of vs shall lyght be found.
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O draw thy mercy neare,To them which loue thee then:
And let thy grace (O Lord appeare,
To rightfull harted men.
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And let no foote of pryde,Approche me hawtely:
Nor wicked hand (in hate) beside,
To moue me wretchedly.
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These workers vayne of euill,In theyr owne turne be cast:
Repulse they haue in (croked) will.
From footyng be they past.
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