Songs of Sion Set for the ioy of gods deere ones, vvho sitt here by the brookes of this vvorlds Babel, & vveepe vvhen they thinke on Hierusalem vvhich is on highe. By W.L.
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Songs of Sion Set for the ioy of gods deere ones, vvho sitt here by the brookes of this vvorlds Babel, & vveepe vvhen they thinke on Hierusalem vvhich is on highe. By W.L.
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Loe, William, d. 1645.
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[Hamburg :: S.n.,
1620 (24 Jan.)]
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"Songs of Sion Set for the ioy of gods deere ones, vvho sitt here by the brookes of this vvorlds Babel, & vveepe vvhen they thinke on Hierusalem vvhich is on highe. By W.L." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06194.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2025.
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descriptionPage 89
The sixt Song.
The spouse speakes.
1.
•…•… charge ye o you soules of saincts,By roes, & hindes of loue,•…•…ake heed hovve you doo•…•…vexe, & greeueThe spright of my svveete doue.
2.
•…•…ake heed you vvrong not his great name,with life soe leaud so vaineAnd doe not dare to moue his ireWho vvould saue you so fayne.
3.
•…•…oe I doe call, & he doth heare,And sends to me his voice;My moūts of sinnes, & hills of shameHaue not so lovvd a noice.
4.
Noe roe, noe hind soe svvift cā rūneNor make such speede as heWhen I doe call, or cr•…•…e for himHe comes, he runnes to me.
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The spouse speakes.
5.
And though this vaile of my base∣fleshA full sight bares me fro,Yet vvit•…•… mine eye of •…•…aith, I lookeOn him that loues me soe.
6.
I see him as in a cleare glasse,I see him shine full bright;Through grates of vvords, & gates of lifeMy soule of him hath sight.
7.
And novve me thinkes I heare him▪ speakeAnd thus to me doth sayO church, o spouse lift vp thy headO faire one come thy vvay.
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