A Paraphrase on The Ten Commandments in Divine Poems Illustrated With Twelve Copper Plates, shewing how Personal Punishments has been inflicted on the Transgressors of these Commandments, as is Recorded in the Holy Scripture. Never before Printed. Also, a Metrical Paraphrase upon the Creed and Lord's-Prayer. Written by George Wither |
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| A Metrical Paraphrase Upon the LORD'S PRAYER. |
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A Metrical Paraphrase Upon the LORD'S PRAYER.
Lord, at thy Mercy-seat, our selves we gather,To do our duties unto thee, Our Father.
To whom all praise, all honour, should be given:
For, thou art that great God which art in Heaven.
Thou by thy wisdom rul'st the worlds whole frame,
For ever, therefore, Hallowed be thy Name.
Let never more delayes divide us from
Thy glories view, but let Thy Kingdom come.
Let thy commands opposed be by none,
But thy good pleasure, and Thy will done.
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The very same in earth, as 'tis in heaven.
Then, for our selves, O Lord, we also pray,
Thou wouldst be pleased to Give us this day,
That food of life wherewith our souls are fed,
Contented raiment, and our daily bread.
With needful thing do thou relieve us:
And, of thy mercy, pitty And forgive us
All our misdeeds, in him whom thou didst please,
To take in offering for our trespasses.
And for as much, O Lord, as we believe,
Thou so wilt pardon us, as we forgive;
Let that love teach us, wherewith thou acquaints us,
To pardon all them, that trespass against us.
And though sometime thou find'st we have forgot
This Love, or thee, yet help, And lead us not
Through Soul or bodies want, to desperation
Nor let abundance drive, into temptation.
Let not the soul of any true Believer,
Fall in the time of tryal: But deliver
Yea, save him from the malice of the Devil,
And both in life and death keep us from evil.
Thus pray we Lord: And but of thee from whom
Can this be had! For thine is the Kingdom.
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To thee belongs the power, and the glory.
And this thy happiness hath ending never:
But shall remain for ever, and for ever.
This we confess; and will confess agen,
Till we shall say eternally, Amen.
Thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy Gates, Deut. 6. 9.
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