HYMN 244. Ezekiel's evil Hearers.
To the Tune of the Ten Commandments.
Ezek. 33.30.
O Son of man thy people (still)
Are talking of thee very ill;
They talk against thee by the wall
And doors of houses where they call.
Six centuries of select hymns and spiritual songs collected out of the Holy Bible together with a catechism, the canticles, and a catalogue of vertuous women / by William Barton.
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- Six centuries of select hymns and spiritual songs collected out of the Holy Bible together with a catechism, the canticles, and a catalogue of vertuous women / by William Barton.
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- Barton, William, 1598?-1678.
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- London :: Printed by J. Heptinstall for William Cooper ...,
- 1688.
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To one another thus they talk,
Brother to Brother as they walk:
Come pray you let us hear the word
that now proceedeth from the Lord.
And they come to thee, not a few,
And as the People use to do:
They sit intent before thy face
As People whom my Name doth grace.
They hear thy Words as faithfull men,
But never will they practice them,
For with their mouth much love they show,
But after gain their heart doth go.
2. PART.
Moreover know, O Son of Man,
Thy people blame thee all they can,
They take the oportunity
To talk against thee secretly.
And whatsoever they profess
Their heart pursues their Covetousness:
And thou art as a Song most choice
Of one that hath a pleasant Voice.
As one that giveth great content
By playing on an Instrument;
For this is their perpetual spot
They hear thy Words but do them not.
And when the matters propheci'd
Are come to pass and verifi'd,
And come they must: then shall they know
They had a Prophet told them so.