[The Courte of Vertu contaynynge many holy songes, Sonettes, psalmes and ballettes] [by John Hall] |
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A voyce from heauen to you shall come,
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A voyce from heauen to you shall come,
Venite adiudicium.
O man
amend defer no tyme
but be alwayes in redines:
For if thou dwell in sinne and crime
it wyll thee bryng in great distres
for why a voyce from heauen shall come
venite ad iudicium.
but be alwayes in redines:
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it wyll thee bryng in great distres
for why a voyce from heauen shall come
venite ad iudicium.
Then blessed shall that seruant be
Whom God shall fynde in perfect mynde,
To doe his due in eche degree:
For great reward then shall he fynde.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Whom God shall fynde in perfect mynde,
To doe his due in eche degree:
For great reward then shall he fynde.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Contrary wyse the seruant yll,
That walked in offences great,
Contrary to his maisters wyll,
With many strypes he shalbe beate:
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
That walked in offences great,
Contrary to his maisters wyll,
With many strypes he shalbe beate:
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
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For God shall come ryght sodeynly
In the mydst of your wyckednes,
When you thynke least appeare wyll he:
From whose face none can you releace.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
In the mydst of your wyckednes,
When you thynke least appeare wyll he:
From whose face none can you releace.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Eche lorde and lady, Kyng and quene,
Before that lorde muste bowe theyr knee:
And then shall theyr rewarde be sene,
Lyke as their dedes and lyfe hath bee.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Before that lorde muste bowe theyr knee:
And then shall theyr rewarde be sene,
Lyke as their dedes and lyfe hath bee.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
What shall auayle you then your pryde,
Your welthy pompe and dignitie:
Your ryches then must stande asyde,
And not helpe your necessitie.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Your welthy pompe and dignitie:
Your ryches then must stande asyde,
And not helpe your necessitie.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
The shynyng face of God the Lorde,
Your stony hearts shall then appall:
Because that ye so muche abhorde,
His preceptes euangelicall.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Your stony hearts shall then appall:
Because that ye so muche abhorde,
His preceptes euangelicall.
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Then shall ye say, Wo worthe the tyme,
Your lawes agaynst the Lorde of blis,
That you made in despyte of hym,
And all that hys true members is:
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Your lawes agaynst the Lorde of blis,
That you made in despyte of hym,
And all that hys true members is:
When that a voyce from heauen shall come,
Venite ad iudicium.
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And you shall gnashe your tethe and saye,
Lo those whom we did hate and mocke:
We see them sytte in quiet staye,
Beyng the lordes elected flocke.
For nowe a voyce from heauen is come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Lo those whom we did hate and mocke:
We see them sytte in quiet staye,
Beyng the lordes elected flocke.
For nowe a voyce from heauen is come,
Venite ad iudicium.
And we lyke fooles haue erred styll,
Our worldly wyt is nowe all spent:
To plead our cause we haue no skyll,
Before the lorde omnipotent:
For nowe a voyce from heauen is come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Our worldly wyt is nowe all spent:
To plead our cause we haue no skyll,
Before the lorde omnipotent:
For nowe a voyce from heauen is come,
Venite ad iudicium.
The sonne of wisdom and of lyght,
Of vnderstanding, end of grace,
Did geue to vs no kynde of lyght:
We are vndone alas alas.
For nowe a voyce from heauen is come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Of vnderstanding, end of grace,
Did geue to vs no kynde of lyght:
We are vndone alas alas.
For nowe a voyce from heauen is come,
Venite ad iudicium.
In payns of hell thus shall they crye
That nowe doe Christ his flocke oppresse,
Tormented styll eternally
With diuels for their wyckednes:
When that a voyce from heauē shal come,
Venite ad iudicium.
That nowe doe Christ his flocke oppresse,
Tormented styll eternally
With diuels for their wyckednes:
When that a voyce from heauē shal come,
Venite ad iudicium.
Therfore let vs defer no tyme,
But be alwayes in readynes:
That we may all to heauen clyme,
With Christ the kyng of ryghteousnes:
When that a voyce frō heauen shal come,
Venite ad iudicium.
But be alwayes in readynes:
That we may all to heauen clyme,
With Christ the kyng of ryghteousnes:
When that a voyce frō heauen shal come,
Venite ad iudicium.
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