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to heaven - ben jonson - richard mitchley lyrics

good and great god, can i not think of thee
but it must straight my melancholy be?
is it interpreted in me disease
that, laden with my sins, i seek for ease?
oh be thou witness, that the reins dost know
and hearts of all, if i be sad for show
and judge me after; if i dare pretend
to ought but grace or aim at other end
as thou art all, so be thou all to me
first, midst, and last, converted one, and three;
my faith, my hope, my love; and in this state
my judge, my witness, and my advocate
where have i been this while еxil’d from thee?
and whither rap’d, now thou but stoop’st to me?
dwell, dwеll here still. o, being everywhere
how can i doubt to find thee ever here?
i know my state, both full of shame and scorn
conceiv’d in sin, and unto labour borne
standing with fear, and must with horror fall
and destin’d unto judgment, after all
i feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground
upon my flesh t’ inflict another wound
yet dare i not complain, or wish for death
with holy paul, lest it be thought the breath
of discontent; or that these prayers be
for weariness of life, not love of thee

- richard mitchley lyrics

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