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Release and Pardon of my fins,
And that only by Faith.

15. What time all Flesh fhall rife again

Before the Lord of might,
And fee him with their outward eyes
Which now do give them light;
16. Then fhall our Saviour Jefus
Chrift

The Sheep and Goats divide,
That he may give eternal life
To those whom he hath try'd;
17. Within his Realm celestial
In glory for to reft,
With all the holy company

Of Saints and Angels bleft,
18. Who ferve the Lord omnipotent,
And him always adore :
To whom be all Dominion
And praise for evermore

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6. Depart not from thy paftors pure,
But aid them in their need,
Who break to us the Bread of life,
Whereon our Souls do feed.
7. Bleffed Spirit of truth, keep us
In peace and Unity:
Keep us from fects and errors all,
And from all heresy.

8. Convert all thofe who are our Foes,

And bring them to thy light, That they and we may well agree, And praise thee day and night. 9. True Faith in us, O Lord, increase; And let Love fso abound,

That man and wife may live in peace, And all about us round.

10. In our time give thy Peace, O Lord,

To Nations far and nigh: And teach them all thy Word, that they

May fing to thee, moft High !

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Teach us to know thy Word aright, 10 LORD, on whom I do depend!

That we may never fall. 2. O holy Ghost, vifit our Land, Defend us with thy shield : Against all fin and Wickedness, Lord, help us win the field. 3. O Lord, preferve our King, and blefs

His Council, that they may Be ftedfaft in the Gospel of

Our Saviour Christ alway. 4. O Lord, that giv'ft thy holy Word, Send Preachers plenteously, That in the fame we may accord, And therein live and die. 5. O holy Spirit, guide aright

The Preachers of thy Word;

That thou by them mayft cut down fin,

As it were with a sword.

Behold my careful Heart; And when thy will and pleasure is, Release me of

my

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5. For Sin hath so inclosed me, And compafs'd me about, That I am now remediless,

If Mercy help not out.

6. For mortal Man cannot release,
Or mitigate my pain;
But only Chrift, my Lord and God
Who for my fins was flain.

7.

Whose bloody Wounds are yet to fee,

Tho' not with mortal eye : Yet do thy Saints behold them, Lord, And fo I trust shall I.

8. Tho' fin doth hinder me a while, When thou shalt fee it good, I shall enjoy the Sight of Him

Who fhed for me his Blood! 9. And as thy angels and thy faints Do now behold the fame;

So truft I to poffefs that Place,

With them to praise thy Name. 10. But whilft I live here in this Vale Where finners do frequent, Affift me ever with thy grace,

My fins ftill to lament:

11. Left that I tread the finners path,
And give them my confent,
To dwell with them in Wickedness
Whereto Nature is bent.

12. Only thy Grace must be my stay;
Let that with me remain :
For if I fall, then of myself
I cannot rife again.

13. Wherefore this is yet once again
My fuit and my request,
To grant me Pardon for my fin,

That I in thee may rest.

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Be hidden from Thee then? No, no! thou know'ft them all, O Lord,

Where they were done, and when. 8. Wherefore with tears I come to

thee,
To beg and to intreat,

And in thy Church and House of Ev'n as a Child that hath done ill,

faints

Sing pfalms to thee always.

And feareth to be beat.

9. So come I to the throne of grace,
Where mercy doth abound,
Defiring mercy for my fins,
To heal my deadly wound.

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4. To thee therefore ftill will I cry, To wash away my finful crime: Thy Blood, O Lord, is not yet dry, But that it may help me in time. 5. Hafte then, O Lord, therefore I pray,

To pour on me thy gifts of grace; That when this life thall pafs away, In Heav'n with thee I may have place:

6. Where thou doft reign eternally With God, who once thee down did fend!

Where Angels do inceffantly Sing praife to thee world without end.

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In Wrath thou shouldft me pay
Vengeance for my defert:
Yet mitigate thy Mood
(Or elfe we perish all)
To the praise of thy Blood,
Wherein I Mercy! call.
2. The Scripture doth declare
No drop of Blood in thee,
But that thou didst not spare
To fhed each drop for me.
Now let thofe Drops most sweet
Moiften my Heart fo dry,
That I, with fin replete,

May live, and Sin may die;
3. That, being mortify'd
This Sin of mine in me,
may be fanctify'd

I

By Grace of thine in Thee:
And I fhall fing the fong,
(Confirmed with the juft)
Which doth to thee belong,
Who art my only Trust.

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HE Lord be thanked for his Gifts

And mercies evermore, That he doth fhew unto his Saints; To him be laud therefore. 2. Our Tongues cannot so praise the Lord,

As he doth right deferve: Our Hearts cannot of him fo think, As he doth us preserve.

3. His benefits they be fo great

To us, who are but fin,
That at our hands a recompence
He cannot hope to win.

4. O finful Man, that thou shouldst have

Such Mercies of the Lord! Who doft deferve moft worthily Of him to be abhorr'd.

WHERE Righteoufnefs doth 5. Nought elfe but Sin and wretched

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And ftubbornly against the Lord
We daily act our Parts.

6. The Sun that in the firmament

Is fet for us a light,
Doth fhew itself more clear and
Than we be in his fight.

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7. The Heav'ns above, and all there-
in,

More holy are than we :
They serve the Lord in their eftate,
Each one in his degree.
8. They do not strive for mastership,
Nor light their office fet,
But ferve the Lord and do his Will;
There's nothing can them let.
9. Alfo the Earth, and all therein,

Of God doth stand in awe,
Obferving the Creator's Will,
By fkilful nature's law.
10. The Sea and all that is therein,
Doth bend when God doth beck;
Spirits beneath do tremble all,

And fear his wrathful Check.
11. But we, alas! for whom all these

Were made, them for to rule, Do not fo know or love our Lord,

As doth the Ox and Mule.

12. A Law, he gave us, for to know

What was his holy Will:
He would us Good, but we would

not

Avoid the thing that's ill.

13. Not one of us that feeketh out,

The Lord of life to please; Nor doth the thing that might us lead

To Chrift and quiet Eafe.

14.

Thus we are all his Enemies ;
We can it not deny:
And he again, of his good Will,

Would not that we should die.
15. Therefore when Remedy was

none

To bring us unto Life,
The Son of God our Flesh did take,
To end our mortal strife.

16. And all the Law of God the

Lord

He fully did obey;

And for our Sins, upon the Crofs,
His Blood our debts did pay.
17. And that we never should forget,
What good for us he wrought;
A Sign he left, our Eyes to tell,
That he our Bodies bought.

18. In Bread and Wine, here visible
Unto thy eyes and taste,
His mercies great thou mayst record,
If that his grace thou haft.
19. As once the Corn did live and

grow,

And was cut down with Scithe,
And threshed out with many stripes,
Out of its husk to drive;

zo, And as the Mill with violence
Did tear it out fo small,
And made it like to earthly duft,

Not fparing it at all;

21. And as the Oven with fire red
Doth close it up with heat;
And all this done, as I have faid,

That it fhould be our Meat:
22. So was the Lord in his ripe Age

Cut down by cruel Death; His foul he gave in torments great, And yielded up his Breath. 23. Because that he to us might be An everlafting Bread, With much reproach and Troubles great

On earth his Life he led. 24. And as the Grapes in pleasant time

Are preffed very fore,
And plucked down when they be
ripe,

And let to grow no more;
25. Because the juice that in them is,
As comfortable drink
We might receive, and joyful be,
When forrows make us fhrink:

26. So

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e 26. So was the Blood of Christ also
Prefs'd out with Nails and Spear;
The Juice thereof doth fave all thofe 1.
That rightly do him fear.

27. And as the Corns by unity

Into one Loaf are knit :

So is the Lord and his whole Church,

Tho' he in heav'n do fit.

28. As many grapes make but one
Wine;

So fhould we be but one

d, In Faith and Love in Christ above,
And into Chrift alone.
d29. Leading a life without all ftrife,
In Quiet, reft and peace,
From Envy and from Malice both
Our hearts and tongues fhould
cease.

30. Which if we do, then shall we

fhew

That we his chofen be,
By Faith in him to lead a Life,
As always willed he.

31. And that we may fo do indeed,
God fend us all his Grace:
Then after death we shall be sure,
With him to have a Place.

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will hard with faith go

IT Chrift,

you,

Your Sorrows shall not cease;
And yet in your afflictions,
I am your perfect Peace.

2. For in the world ye fhall have

3,

woe,

Because ye are unknown,

And because ye are not the World's,
(The World will love its own.)
Be fervent therefore to the death
Against all their Decrees,
And God fhall furely fight for thee
Against thine enemies.

4. Commit thy cause unto the Lord,
Revenge not any Ill;

5.

And thou fhalt fee the wicked mifs,
When thou shalt have thy Will.
In all your doings and your deeds
Let Mercy ftill remain :
For with the measure that ye mete,
Shall ye be met again.

6. Be friendly to the fatherless

And all that are oppreft;
Affift them always out of hand,
And fee them set at rest.

[Ha&enus è Liturgia Eccl. Angl. 7. Be always lowly in your life,

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Let Love enjoy her own:
The highest trees are feldom fure,

But fooneft overthrown.

8. Exhort your Children to be chaste,
Rebuke them for their ill,

And let them not in any wife
Be wedded to their Will.

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