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[A broken Heart (deare Lord) thy Grace respects]
The Sacrifices of God are a contrite Spirit:
A contrite and a broken Heart, O God, thou wilt not dispise.
Psal. 51. 17.
A broken
Heart (deare Lord) thy Grace respects,
as Loues best Sacrifice; then, breake my Heart
To make it sound thereby, in his Affects;
and Sinne (that wounds It still) from It to part.
as Loues best Sacrifice; then, breake my Heart
To make it sound thereby, in his Affects;
and Sinne (that wounds It still) from It to part.
How is it (Lord) that who so seekes thy Face
must with the whole-heart seeke the same to see?
Yet Broken-hearts as soone doe get thy Grace;
so, whole or broken, are all One to Thee.
must with the whole-heart seeke the same to see?
Yet Broken-hearts as soone doe get thy Grace;
so, whole or broken, are all One to Thee.
Then, breake my heart, to make it whole; that so
(being broken quite, and made whole afterward)
It, in thy Kingdome, still may currant goe,
made flat to take thy Print, with Pressures hard:
That, though the Fiend abuse thy Forme in mee,
It, through thy Test, may currant passe to Thee.
(being broken quite, and made whole afterward)
It, in thy Kingdome, still may currant goe,
made flat to take thy Print, with Pressures hard:
That, though the Fiend abuse thy Forme in mee,
It, through thy Test, may currant passe to Thee.
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