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16. PRAYERS MUST HAVE POISE.
God, He rejects all prayers that are slight
And want their poise: words ought to have their weight.
And want their poise: words ought to have their weight.
17. TO GOD: AN ANTHEM SUNG IN THE CHAPEL AT
WHITEHALL BEFORE THE KING.
Verse. < My God, I'm wounded by my sin,
And sore without, and sick within.
Ver. Chor. I come to Thee, in hope to find
Salve for my body and my mind.
Verse. In Gilead though no balm be found
To ease this smart or cure this wound,
Ver. Chor. Yet, Lord, I know there is with Thee
All saving health, and help for me.
Verse. Then reach Thou forth that hand of Thine,
That pours in oil, as well as wine,
Ver. Chor. < And let it work, for I'll endure
The utmost smart, so Thou wilt cure.
And sore without, and sick within.
Ver. Chor. I come to Thee, in hope to find
Salve for my body and my mind.
Verse. In Gilead though no balm be found
To ease this smart or cure this wound,
Ver. Chor. Yet, Lord, I know there is with Thee
All saving health, and help for me.
Verse. Then reach Thou forth that hand of Thine,
That pours in oil, as well as wine,
Ver. Chor. < And let it work, for I'll endure
The utmost smart, so Thou wilt cure.
18. UPON GOD.
God is all fore-part; for, we never see
Any part backward in the Deity.
Any part backward in the Deity.
19. CALLING AND CORRECTING.
God is not only merciful to call
Men to repent, but when He strikes withal.
Men to repent, but when He strikes withal.
