Odes In Imitation of the Seaven Penitential Psalmes with Sundry other Poemes and ditties tending to deuotion and pietie [by Richard Rowlands] |
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In imitation of the second penitential Psal.
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In imitation of the second penitential Psal.
Beginning. Beati quorum remisse sunt: Psalm. 31.
O how much blest may they remaine
That pardon for their guylt obtaine,
And whose great il and each offence
Lies hid in contryte penitence.
That pardon for their guylt obtaine,
And whose great il and each offence
Lies hid in contryte penitence.
VVhat happy state may hee be in
To whome our Lord imputes no sin,
VVhose conscience doth no guyle retaine
That can himself beguyle againe.
To whome our Lord imputes no sin,
VVhose conscience doth no guyle retaine
That can himself beguyle againe.
I did my sinnes in sylence hold,
In grief whereof my bones grew old,
Meane whyle my dayes in plaintes of pains
VVithout redresse I spent in vaine.
In grief whereof my bones grew old,
Meane whyle my dayes in plaintes of pains
VVithout redresse I spent in vaine.
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But when o Lord thy heauy hand
No day or night I could withstand,
But that in anguish ouerworne
My conscience prickt as with a thorne.
No day or night I could withstand,
But that in anguish ouerworne
My conscience prickt as with a thorne.
Lo then o Lord I did begin
To vtter all my secret sin,
No longer list I ought conceale
But each iniustice to reueale.
To vtter all my secret sin,
No longer list I ought conceale
But each iniustice to reueale.
Against my self I said wil I
My wronges confesse and faultes defy,
To thee o Lord, o Lord to thee
That haest from all absolued mee.
My wronges confesse and faultes defy,
To thee o Lord, o Lord to thee
That haest from all absolued mee.
And since I thus thy mercies fynde
Let each of good and godly mynde,
Aproche to thee in happy tyme
To pray for pardon of his cryme.
Let each of good and godly mynde,
Aproche to thee in happy tyme
To pray for pardon of his cryme.
For such as so do sinck in sin
That stil they plunged lie therein,
Vnable are of thee to gaine
VVhat contryte sinners can obtaine.
That stil they plunged lie therein,
Vnable are of thee to gaine
VVhat contryte sinners can obtaine.
O Lord my refuge restes in thee
VVhen troubles do enuyron mee,
O free me then my freedomes ioy
From such as seeke mee to annoy.
VVhen troubles do enuyron mee,
O free me then my freedomes ioy
From such as seeke mee to annoy.
Great comfortes Lord I do conceaue
Thow mee thy seruant wilt not leaue,
But wilt instruct and guyd me right
And kepe me euer in thy sight.
Thow mee thy seruant wilt not leaue,
But wilt instruct and guyd me right
And kepe me euer in thy sight.
O yee that carelesse are of grace
Behold and see your brutish case,
And be not as the horse and mule
That liue deuoyd of reasons rule.
Behold and see your brutish case,
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That liue deuoyd of reasons rule.
And thow o Lord in mercies ryf
Voutsafe restraine their straying lyf,
VVith bit and brydle make them stay
That vnto thee wil not obey.
Voutsafe restraine their straying lyf,
VVith bit and brydle make them stay
That vnto thee wil not obey.
Since that for those of sinful trade
Ful many scourges there be made,
VVel him, that doth in God repose
VVhose mercies may his soule enclose.
Ful many scourges there be made,
VVel him, that doth in God repose
VVhose mercies may his soule enclose.
Be therefore ioyful in our Lord
All that to righteousnesse accord,
Let each with gladnesse beare his parte
That hath a pure and perfect harte.
All that to righteousnesse accord,
Let each with gladnesse beare his parte
That hath a pure and perfect harte.
All glory bee O Lord to thee
And to thy Sonne in lyke degree
As also to the holy Ghoste
Perpetual and enduring moste.
And to thy Sonne in lyke degree
As also to the holy Ghoste
Perpetual and enduring moste.
AMEN.
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