Seuen Sobs of a Sorrowful Soule for Sinne Comprehending those seuen Psalmes of the Princelie Prophet David, commonlie called Poenitentiall; framed into a forme of familiar praiers, and reduced into meeter by William Hunnis ... Whereunto are also annexed his Handful of Honisuckles; the Poore Widowes Mite; a Dialog between Christ and a sinner; diuers godlie and pithie ditties, with a Christian confession of and to the Trinitie; newly printed and augmented |
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Another dialog betweene Christ and a sinner, to be soong as the former. |
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Another dialog betweene Christ and a sinner, to be soong as the former.
CHRIST.Awake frō sleep and watch awhile,
prepare your selfe to praie;
For I mine angell will send foorth
to sound the iudgement daie;
That mine elect and chosen sort
might find my saieng true:
How that the time I shorten will,
for them and not for you.
Awake I saie, awake, awake.
SINNER.
And yet, ô Lord, the little whelps
would licke the crums that fall
The chosen sort are very few,
but many doost thou call.
CHRIST.
I call to you that will not heare,
I stretch mine armes at large,
For to embrace such as doo come,
and all your sinnes discharge.
Wherefore if you refuse to come,
I will you then forsake;
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and them my children make:
Awake therefore and rise from sleepe,
awake, I say, awake.
SINNER.
Not so, good Lord, thy mercie far
aboue our sinnes abound.
CHRIST.
And yet I will a iusticer
in iustice mine be found.
SINNER.
Thy promise is to pardon sinne,
and therein art thou iust.
CHRIST.
Your sinnes repent, and praie therefore
in vaine is els your trust.
SINNER.
O Lord thy grace must this performe,
or else it cannot be.
CHRIST.
My grace you haue, the same applie,
and blessed shall you be.
SINNER
Through this sweet grace, thy mercie
we humblie doo require
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By mercie mine I you forgiue,
and grant this your desire.
AMEN.
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