[The Courte of Vertu contaynynge many holy songes, Sonettes, psalmes and ballettes] [by John Hall] |
Ieremie .xxxi.
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Ieremie .xxxi.
O Lorde
thou hast corrected me
For my sinfull lyuyng,
Though I did as a calf vntame
Receyue thy chastening.
For my sinfull lyuyng,
Though I did as a calf vntame
Receyue thy chastening.
Conuert me from my sinne, and so
Shall I conuerted be:
Thou art my God and only Lorde,
And others none but thee.
Shall I conuerted be:
Thou art my God and only Lorde,
And others none but thee.
So sone as thou hast turned me
From sinne, I shall returne:
Before whiche tyme I haue no powre
My selfe for to reforme.
From sinne, I shall returne:
Before whiche tyme I haue no powre
My selfe for to reforme.
Which when thou madest me perceiue
And vnderstande the same:
I smote my selfe vpon my thyghe
In my great zeale and shame.
And vnderstande the same:
I smote my selfe vpon my thyghe
In my great zeale and shame.
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For shamful thinges sure haue I done
Oh let my youth therfore
Confounded be, with his reproofe:
For nowe I them abhorre.
Oh let my youth therfore
Confounded be, with his reproofe:
For nowe I them abhorre.
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