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Well, with the day I see the clou… And mix the light with darkness ev… This threatening is, to travellers… Long journeys, slabby rain they’ll… Else, while I gaze, the sun doth…
Heaven is a place, also a state, It doth all things excel, No man can fully it relate, Nor of its glory tell. God made it for his residence,
He that can play well on an instru… Will take the ear, and captivate t… With mirth or sadness; for that it… Thereto, as music in it place doth… But if one hears that hath therein…
Us godly fear delightful unto thee… That fear that God himself deligh… Bear sway in them that love him? t… Thy godly mind in this request ful… By giving thee a fear that tremble…
The egg’s no chick by falling from… Nor man a Christian, till he’s bo… The egg’s at first contained in th… Men, afore grace, in sins and dark… The egg, when laid, by warmth is m…
This subject is unto the foulest p… Or fairest handled by the sons of… ‘Twill also show what is upon it w… Be it wisely, or nonsense for want… Each blot and blur it also will ex…
He wants, he asks, he pleads his p… They within doors do him an alms d… He doth repeat and aggravate his g… But they repulse him, give him no… He begs, they say, Begone; he wil…
This flint, time out of mind, has… Where crystal streams make their c… Yet it abides a flint as much as ’… Before it touched the water, or ca… Its hard obdurateness is not abate…
Look yonder, ah! methinks mine eye… Clouds edged with silver, as fine… They look as if they saw that gold… That makes black clouds most beaut… Unto the saints’ sweet incense, or…
He that is down need fear no fall, He that is low, no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide. I am content with what I have,
Now, then, if holiness thou woulds… And wouldst a tender Christian ma… Keep faith in action, let that rig… That Christ fulfilled always have… And clear distinction in thy heart…
Tis much to see how over nice some… About the body and household affai… While what’s of worth they slightl… Not doing, or doing it slovenly. Their house must be well furnished…
These lines I at this time presen… To all that will them heed, Wherein I show to what intent God saith, Convert[2] with speed. For these four things come on apac…
This homely bush doth to mine eyes… A very fair, yea, comely ruddy ros… This rose doth also bow its head t… Saying, Come, pluck me, I thy ros… Yet offer I to gather rose or bud…
Two sacraments I do believe there… Baptism and the Supper of the Lor… Both mysteries divine, which do to… By God’s appointment, benefit aff… But shall they be my God, or shal…