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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.
O my soul, commit thy way to the Lord, trust in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
O my soule, commit thy way to the Lord, trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.
O my poor humble seeking soul, Commit thy way to the Lord alone Trust in him, who doth all control, And then be sure (as it will be known) That he shall bring to pass, for what you moan.
O my poor humble seeking soule, Commit thy way to the Lord alone Trust in him, who doth all controle, And then be sure (as it will be known) That he shall bring to pass, for what you moane.
But if thou wilt not restore me and mine, what am I that I should charge thee foolishly?
But if thou (from thy Providence) Nor me, nor mine wilt not restore, What am I, what preeminence, Have I a silly worm most poor, To charge thee foolishly, whom I adore?
But if thou (from thy Providence) Nor me, nor mine wilt not restore, What am I, what preheminence, Have I a silly worm most poore, To charge thee foolishly, whom I adore?