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De profundis clamaui.
Psal. 130.
The people of God, from their bottomlesse misery, doe cry vnto God, and are heard. They confesse their sins, and flye vnto Gods mercy.
From depth of Griefe (wherein my Soule doth lye)
I doe and will (deare Lord) still call on thee:
Then, let thine eares attend mine inward Cry,
and, listen to my Prayers, and to me.
I doe and will (deare Lord) still call on thee:
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and, listen to my Prayers, and to me.
If thou fraile Flesh wilt call to strict account,
what flesh and bloud then, in thy sight shall stand?
But Mercy is with thee, as in the Fount:
then, I expect thy Mercyes Helping-hand.
what flesh and bloud then, in thy sight shall stand?
But Mercy is with thee, as in the Fount:
then, I expect thy Mercyes Helping-hand.
My Soule vpon the Faith, which thou hast plight,
hath euer staid; and still doth hope in thee;
Then from the Morning-watch, till that of Night,
let Israel still relie on Thee with me.
hath euer staid; and still doth hope in thee;
Then from the Morning-watch, till that of Night,
let Israel still relie on Thee with me.
For, with this God of Glory and of Grace,
is Grace as much as Glory; and, therein
He will redeeme the sad in sinfull Case;
with his true Israel, from all their sinne.
is Grace as much as Glory; and, therein
He will redeeme the sad in sinfull Case;
with his true Israel, from all their sinne.
To God the Father (which we doe adore)
and to the Sonne, and to their blessed Spirit,
All glory be, as it was heretofore,
is, and still shall be through Worlds infinite.
and to the Sonne, and to their blessed Spirit,
All glory be, as it was heretofore,
is, and still shall be through Worlds infinite.
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