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Ben Jonson - A Hymn to God the Father
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Hear me, O God!
    A broken heart
    Is my best part.
    Use still thy rod,
    That I may prove
    Therein thy Love.

    If thou hadst not
    Been stern to me,
    But left me free,
   I had forgot
   Myself and thee.

   For sin`s so sweet,
   As minds ill-bent
   Rarely repent,
   Until they meet
   Their punishment.

   Who more can crave
   Than thou hast done?
   That gav`st a Son,
   To free a slave,
   First made of nought;
   With all since bought.

   Sin, Death, and Hell
   His glorious name
   Quite overcame,
   Yet I rebel
   And slight the same.

   But I`ll come in
   Before my loss
   Me farther toss,
   As sure to win
   Under His cross.
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