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Resolution and assurance.

Lord, thou wilt love me. Wilt thou not?
Be shrew that not;
It was my sinne begot
That question first: Yes Lord, thou wilt;
Thy bloud was spilt
To wash away my guilt.
Lord, I will love thee. Shall I not?
Be shrew that not.
'Twas deaths accursed plot
To put that question. Yes I will,
Lord, love thee still
In spite of all my ill.
Then life and love continue still;
We shall and will
My Lord and I, untill
In his celestiall hill
We love our fill
When he hath purged all my ill.