¶ The complaint of a Sinner who cra∣ueth of Christ, to be kept vnder hys mercye.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 WHere rightuousnes doth say lord for 〈♫〉〈♫〉 my sinfull part: in wrath y• shouldst me pay vē∣gaunce 〈♫〉〈♫〉 for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 desart. I can it not deny, but nedes
The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.
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- The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.
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- Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.
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"The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13988.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 I must confes, how yt continually thy lawes I 〈♫〉〈♫〉 doo transgres. Thy lawes I do transgresse.
But if it be thy will,
With sinners to contend:
Then all thy flock shall spill,
And be lost without end.
For who liueth here so right,
That rightly he can say:
He sinneth not in thy sight,
Full oft and euery day.
Thy scripture plaine telth me,
The righteous man offendeth:
Seuen times a day to thee,
Wheron thy wrath dependth,
So that the rightwise man,
Doth walke in no such path:
but he falth now or than,
In daunger of thy wrath,
Then since the case so standes,
That euen the man rightwise:
Falth oft in sinfull bandes,
Wherby thy wrath may ryse.
Lorde I that am vniust,
And rightwisenes none haue:
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Wherto then shall I trust.
My synfull soule to saue.
But truly to that post,
Wherto I cleaue and shall:
Whiche is thy mercy most,
Lorde let thy mercy fall.
And mitigate thy mode,
Or els we perish all:
The pryce of this thy bloud,
Wherin mercy I call.
Thy scripture doth declare,
No drop of bloud in thee:
But that thou didst not spare,
To shed eche drop for me.
Now let those drops most swet,
So moyst my hart so dry:
That I with sinne replete,
May liue and sinne may die.
That being mortifyed,
Thys synne of myne in me:
I may be sanctifyed,
By grace of thine in thee.
So that I neuer fall,
Into suche mortall sinne:
That my foes infernall,
Reioyse my death therin.
But vouchesafe me to keep,
From those infernall foes:
And from that lake so depe,
Wheras no mercy growes,
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And I shall sing the songes
Confirmed with the iust:
That vnto thee belonges,
Whiche art mine only trust.