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The teares or lamentations of a sorrowfull Soule

Set foorth by Sir William Leighton

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If Gluttonie solicit thee.

Thy Kingdome is not drinke nor meate,
but ioy and peace in heauen aboue:
T'is not the flesh which we doe eate,
can profit vs without thy loue:
Then with thy grace my spirit cherish,
for that's the foode which cannot perish.