The Church.
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Then let each houre
Of my whole life one grief devoure;
That thy distresse through all may runne,
And be my sunne.
Of my whole life one grief devoure;
That thy distresse through all may runne,
And be my sunne.
Or rather let
My sev'rall sinnes their sorrows get;
That as each beast his cure doth know,
Each sinne may so.
My sev'rall sinnes their sorrows get;
That as each beast his cure doth know,
Each sinne may so.
Since bloud is fittest, Lord, to write
Thy sorrows in, and bloudie sight;
My heart hath store; write there, where in
One box doth lie both ink and sinne:
Thy sorrows in, and bloudie sight;
My heart hath store; write there, where in
One box doth lie both ink and sinne:
That when Sinne spies so many foes,
Thy whips, thy nails, thy wounds, thy woes,
All come to lodge there, Sinne may say,
No room for me, and flie away.
Thy whips, thy nails, thy wounds, thy woes,
All come to lodge there, Sinne may say,
No room for me, and flie away.
Sinne being gone, oh fill the place,
And keep possession with thy grace;
Lest Sinne take courage and return,
And all the writings blot or burn.
And keep possession with thy grace;
Lest Sinne take courage and return,
And all the writings blot or burn.
¶ Redemption.
HAving been tenant long to a rich Lord,
Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,
And make a suit unto him, to afford
A new small-rented lease, and cancell th' old.
Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,
And make a suit unto him, to afford
A new small-rented lease, and cancell th' old.
In heaven at his manour I him sought:
They told me there, that he was lately gone
About some land, which he had deerly bought
Long since on earth, to take possession.
They told me there, that he was lately gone
About some land, which he had deerly bought
Long since on earth, to take possession.
