Prison-Pietie or, Meditations Divine and Moral. Digested into Poetical Heads, On Mixt and Various Subjects. Whereunto is added A Panegyrick to The Right Reverend, and most Nobly descended, Henry, Lord Bishop of London. By Samuel Speed, Prisoner in Ludgate, London |
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On God's presence. |
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On God's presence.
Heaven it is, ever to be with God;Without him is in Hell to take abode.
You that in Christ no beauty can behold,
Nor Heavens glory, dare you be so bold
As not to think they all things do excel?
Or can you not behold the flames of Hell?
If in God's presence you do not delight,
Oh, tremble at his absence. If your flight
Be at a distance, as if you did doubt him,
Consider well, and fear to be without him.
Lord, thou my Heaven art, my God, my Guide,
My wedded Husband; and my Soul's thy Bride.
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