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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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.
Let this fiery Trial consume the dross, which in long peace and plenty we had contracted.
Let this fiery Tryall consume the drosse, which in long peace and plenty wee had contracted.
O let this purging fiery Trial Consume the Canker and the dross, Which we (who never used denial) In our long peace and plenty gross, Contracted had, not to our gain but loss.
O let this purging fiery Tryall Consume the Canker and the dross, Which we (who never us'd denyall) In our long peace and plenty gross, Contracted had, not to our gain but loss.