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Zech. 13. 1.
In that day there shal be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin, and for uncleannesse.
Never was Lepers body halfe so foule
As is the sinners soule,
Each power and facultie
Polluted is, not the least part being free;
No Fullers soap, nor nitre can
Make clean this soiled soul of man,
As is the sinners soule,
Each power and facultie
Polluted is, not the least part being free;
No Fullers soap, nor nitre can
Make clean this soiled soul of man,
But lo an holy Wel is opened wide,
Which runs from Gods own side,
Whose vertue is so rare,
That it wil make the blackest Ethiop faire;
In this clear fountain sinners may
Wash all their spots and stains away.
Which runs from Gods own side,
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That it wil make the blackest Ethiop faire;
In this clear fountain sinners may
Wash all their spots and stains away.
Open it is to all, to all that be
Of Davids familie,
And of Jerusalem;
This fountaine only opened is to them
That of the faithful seed are sprung,
To them of right it doth belong.
Of Davids familie,
And of Jerusalem;
This fountaine only opened is to them
That of the faithful seed are sprung,
To them of right it doth belong.
They that are strangers to the Covenant
And saving faith do want,
This holy Well disdain,
As if it no more vertue did contain
Then Abana and Pharpar, which
Can hardly cure a scab or itch;
And saving faith do want,
This holy Well disdain,
As if it no more vertue did contain
Then Abana and Pharpar, which
Can hardly cure a scab or itch;
Much lesse the spreading leprosie of sin
Which sticks so close within
That nought can cleanse the same
But th' Aqua Vitæ which from Christs side came:
Go then, my soul, and drink thy fil,
See, from his heart it doth distil.
Which sticks so close within
That nought can cleanse the same
But th' Aqua Vitæ which from Christs side came:
Go then, my soul, and drink thy fil,
See, from his heart it doth distil.
What though thou very poor and wretched art,
In it thou may'st have part,
For tis the beggars bath
As much as tis the Kings, and he that hath
A mind for to be cleans'd indeed,
May use the same as he hath need.
In it thou may'st have part,
For tis the beggars bath
As much as tis the Kings, and he that hath
A mind for to be cleans'd indeed,
May use the same as he hath need.
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