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The divine penitential meditations and vows of His late Sacred Majesty in his solitude…The divine penitential meditations and vovves of His late Sacred Majesty in his solitude…
The divine penitential meditations and vows of His late Sacred Majesty in his solitude at Holmby-House, faithfully turned into verse. By E.R. Gentleman.The divine penitential meditations and vovves of His late Sacred Majesty in his solitude at Holmby-House, faithfully turned into verse. By E.R. Gentleman.
London : John Clowes, Printed in the year, 1649
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I had utterly fainted, if I had not believed to see thy goodness in the land of the Living.
I had utterly fainted, if I had not believed to see thy goodnesse in the land of the Living.
Lord! I had fainted utterly If that my faith had not confirmed My drooping heart to know that I, Should see thy goodness great enthroned, Within the Land of th' living, ever owned.
Lord! I had fainted utterly If that my faith had not confirm'd My drooping heart to know that I, Should see thy goodness great enthron'd, Within the Land of th' living, ever own'd.
Let not the sins of our prosperity deprive us of the benefit of thy afflictions.
Let not the gilded swelling sins Of our prosperity be shown, To take from us thy sweet blessings, To take from us most wretched ones. The benefit of thy afflictions.
Let not the gilded swelling sins Of our prosperity be show'n, To take from us thy sweet blessings, To take from us most wretched ones. The benefit of thy afflictions.