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.3.
O might those sighes & teares returne againe [f. 33v]
Into my brest & eyes, wch I have spent;
That I might in this holy discontent
Mourne wt some fruite, as I haue mournd in vaine.
In my Idolatry what showrs of raine
Myne eyes did wast? what griefes my hart did rent?
That sufferance was my Sin, now I repent;
Because I did suffer, I must suffer paine.
Th'Hydroptique dronkerd, & night-scowting theefe,
The itchy Leacher, & selfe-tickling proud,
Haue ye remembrance of past ioyes for reliefe
Of cōming ills; to poore me is allowd
No ease; for long yet vehement griefe hath beene
The effect & cause; the punishment & Sinne.
.4.
Father, part of his double interest
Vnto thy kingdome thy Sonne giues to mee;
His ioynture in the knotty trinitee
He keepes, & giues me his deaths Conquest.
This Lambe whose death wt life ye world hath blest
Was frō the Worlds beginning slayne, & hee
Hath made two Wills, wch wt the Legacee
Of his, & thy kingdome, doth thy Sonnes invest.
Yet such are thy Laws, yt Men argue yett
Whether a man those Statutes can fullfill.
None doth; but all-healing Grace & Spiritt
Revive & quicken what Law & Letter kill.
Thy Lawes abridgment, & thy last Cōmand
Is all but Love; Oh let yt last Will stand.