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Isaiah 57. 15.
Thus saith the High and Lofty one that inhabiteth Eternity, whose name is Holy, I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit:
Lord, thou hast told us that there be
Two dwellings which belong to thee,
And those two (that's the wonder)
Are far asunder.
Two dwellings which belong to thee,
And those two (that's the wonder)
Are far asunder.
The one the highest heaven is,
The mansions of eternal bliss;
The other's the contrite
And humble sprite.
The mansions of eternal bliss;
The other's the contrite
And humble sprite.
Not like the Princes of the earth,
VVho think it much below their birth
To come within the door
Of people poor.
VVho think it much below their birth
To come within the door
Of people poor.
No, such is thy humility,
That though thy dwelling be on high,
Thou dost thy self abase
To th' lowest place.
That though thy dwelling be on high,
Thou dost thy self abase
To th' lowest place.
VVhere ere thou seest a sinful soul
Deploring his offences foul,
To him thou wilt descend,
And be his friend.
Deploring his offences foul,
To him thou wilt descend,
And be his friend.
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Thou wilt come in, and with him sup,
And from a low state raise him up,
Till thou hast made him eat
Blest Angels meat.
And from a low state raise him up,
Till thou hast made him eat
Blest Angels meat.
Thus thou wilt him with honour crown
VVho in himself is first cast down,
And humbled for his sins,
That thy love wins.
VVho in himself is first cast down,
And humbled for his sins,
That thy love wins.
Though heaven be high, the gate is low,
And he that comes in there must bow:
The lofty looks shall ne're
Have entrance there.
And he that comes in there must bow:
The lofty looks shall ne're
Have entrance there.
O God since thou delight'st to rest
In the humble contrite brest,
First make me so to be,
Then dwell with me.
In the humble contrite brest,
First make me so to be,
Then dwell with me.
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