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Ane Co[m]pendious [buik] of godlie Psalmes and spirit[uall Sangis]

collectit furthe of sindrie pa[rtis of the] Scripture, with diueris utheris [balla]tis changeit out of prophaine [sangis] in godlie sangis, for [avodying of] sin and harlatrie. With [aug]mentation of sindrie [gude] and godlie Ballattis not contenit in the first editioun [by John Wedderburn]

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The effect of the Sacrament of Baptisme, and first institutioun thairof, declaring alswa quhat singular comfort we obtene be the samin.
 
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The effect of the Sacrament of Baptisme, and first institutioun thairof, declaring alswa quhat singular comfort we obtene be the samin.

Christ baptist was be Iohne in Iordan flude
For to fulfil for vs all richteousnes,
And our Baptisme dotit with Sanctitude,
And greit vertew: to wesche our sinfulnes
To drowne the deid, and hell for to oppres
Quhen Goddis word with water Ioynit be,
Throw Faith to gif vs life Eternallie.
For our waiknes God of his mercy sweit,
To strenth our Faith ordand this Sacrament
In Name of Father, Sone and holy Spreit,
To wesche our body, and in our minde to prent

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That worde and water outward represent,
Throw wirking of the Spirit into our hart,
That Christis blude weschis away the sin (Inwart).
Our Baptisme is ane takin, and ane signe,
That auld Adame suld drownit be and die,
And grauit in the deid of Christ our King
To rise with him to life Eternallie,
That is, we suld our sin ay mortifie,
Resistand vice, leif haly, Iust and trew,
And throw the Spirit daylie our life renew.
Be figure and be word, Christ did vs teiche,
The Fatheris voyce was hard say and full cleir
Iesus quhome I haue send my word to preiche
He is my weilbelouit Sone sa deir
In word, in wark allone ȝe fall him heir,
In him is all my plesure and delyte
To him I ȝow commit baith small and greit.
The haly Gaist come downe to testifie,
His doctrine and his Baptisme to declare
In forme of dow, sat on him soberlie:
In our Baptisme to dout not nor dispair
Baith Father, Sone, and haly Gaist ar thair,
To be our gyde and Trinitie him sell,
Hes geuin in eird with vs to dwell.
Christ bad his Apostillis preiche to all creature
That thay with sin and hell war all forlorne.
Quha will beleue, and traist my wordis sure
And Bapteist is, and new againe is borne
And Sathan and his warkis hes forsworne

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Thay sall be saif, and neuer mair sall die
Bot ting in gloir perpetuall with me.
Quha will not this greit grace beleif, to hell
Salbe condempmt, with Eternall deid
Quhair Purgatorie and pardounis will not sell
And gude Intent, thair Pylate plicht and leid
Dum ceremoneis the quhilk themself hes maid
And vowis vaine, quhilk thay did neuer keip.
Sall gar thame gnashe thair teith & eyis weip,
Our eine seis outward bot the watter cauld,
Bot our pure faith the power spirituall
Of Christis blude, inwart it dois behauld
Quhilk is ane leuand well Celestiall
Ȝit for to purge the penitent with all
Our natiue sin, in Adame to expell
And all trespas, committit be our sell.
Our Baptisme is not done all on ane day,
Bot all our lyfe, it lestis Idenitie.
Remissioun of our sin, induris for ay,
For thocht we fall, throw grit fragylitie
The cunuand an is contract faithfullie
Be our grit God, at Font sall euer remaine,
Als oft as we repent, and sin refraine,
We can not giue to God louing conding
For sa greit grace, and mercy Infinite
Quhilk Institute this Sacrament aud Sing.
Quhais greit vertew in veirs I can not dyte
Bot mony cunning Clerk of it dois wryte
Full Christianely, als the Catechisme buke,

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Declaris at lenth, quha list to luke.