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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03862	Seuen sobs of a sorrowfull soule for sinne comprehending those seuen Psalmes of the princelie prophet David, commonlie called Pœnitential / framed into a forme of familiar praiers, and reduced into meeter by William Hunnis ... ; wherevnto are also annexed his Handfull of honisuckles, The poore widowes mite, a dialog betweene Christ and a sinner, diuers godlie and pithie ditties, with a Christian confession of and to the Trinitie.	Hunnis, William, d. 1597.	1583 (1583)	STC 13975; ESTC S4710	56,081	186

too greeuous be and sore 14 If thou Lord be extreame to marke what sinnes be donne Alas no flesh shall saued bee that is vnder the sonne 15 O Lord if that the iust shall no time able bee To enter into iudgement thine to plead his case with thee 16 What shall become of me that dailie doo offend And of my sinne and wickednesse alas doo knowe none end 17 Most vile and wretched man and caitife wo forlorne What shall I doo but flee to thee with hart beerent and torne 18 For mercie is with thee increasing more and more Wherwith thou didst vouchsafe to come mankind for to restore 19 Wherein was satisfied thy iustice and also Thy mercie found that which it sought as we by grace doo knowe 20 How feruent was this loue to which thou didst vs bind First by the lawe of nature writ in euerie hart or mind 21 And then by lawe which was in Tables written deepe That euerie one according lie the same should hold and keepe 22 Which was that one of vs should with the other beare And thereby to fulfill thy will with pitie loue and feare 23 I knowing this am glad contented eke withall For to remit such iniuries as vnto me may fall 24 For why good Lord I know thou doost forgiue to mee Much more offenses euerie daie committed vnto thee 25 And when it shall thee please to scourge me for my sin I gladlie shall the same receiue knowing what I haue bin 26 And that thy chastisement proceeds of verie loue Which all shall turne to me such welth as no man can remoue 27 Hoping after this life my soule shall then obtaine Which hope abides still in thy word an euerlasting gaine 28 Such hope my soule hath had by grace thou gau'st to me And by the same I firmelie trust my soule shall saued be 29 The husbandman through hope his ground dooth plough and sow The same in hope dooth reape thresh that gaine thereby might grow 30 Euen so will I abide in hope of glorie thine Not onelie in my yough ô Lord or anie pointed time 31 But still from morning watch vntill the night of death Which is from youth vnto mine age when life shall passe with breath 32 Who so shall cast awaie this hope ere death proceed Shall loose the time he watcht before and want thy helpe at need 33 This hope in promise thine my soule hath safelie laid Within the bosome of hir breast for euer to be staid 34 And verie meet it is that Israëll also Which is all faithfull Christians this hope should feele and knowe 35 For blessed is the man that in the Lord dooth trust And who in man affiance puts he surelie is accurst 36 For mercie is with God and grace abundant store With which Israël is redeem'd from sinne for euermore Amen Domine exaudi Psal. 143. The first part O Lord long time I wandred haue and gone from thee astraie And lost the portion y● me gau'st in wastfull sinners waie 2 With grace thou didst replenish me therewith to follow thee But Iust and liking of the flesh hath driuen the same from mee 3 So that vnworthie farre I am for to be cald thy sonne My wickednesse so soule appeeres and faults that I haue donne 4 Yet with the wastfull child o ● Lord I doo my selfe accuse And am with shame surpriz'd caught I did my selfe abuse 5 Wherfore Lord ponder my desire and heare me when I praie And for thy truth and righteousnes attend to that I saie 6 Thou hast with gifts indued me of bodie and of mind And I the same abused haue and shew'd my selfe vnkind 7 Thy iustice still dooth threaten me with euerlasting paine Thy mercie yet dooth promise me to be restord againe 8 Enter not into iudgement then with me I humblie praie For in thy sight no man is iust as of himselfe to saie 9 We all by sinne our selues haue made more lothsome than the swine And fowler to be looked on were not for mercie thine 10 Which shall vs make like to the wooll in colour faire and white When all our sinnes thou shalt forget and cleane put from thy sight 11 But yet the diuell mine enimie my soule pursueth still And hath brought lowe my life in earth a seruant to his will 12 And with his net me compast round where vaine delights doo dwell Where lust vncleane and wickednesse to bide dooth me compell 13 He hath me set in darknesse such as men that no life haue Or as those people being dead or couered in the graue 14 Now Lord My spirit so vexed is my hart is greeu'd also My conscience likewise witnesse beares of anguish mine and wo. 15 My wisdome Lord confused is by reason of my sin Repentance great my hart dooth rent to thinke what I haue bin 16 I call to mind the daies of old and works that thou hast wrought The maruellous deeds thy hands haue done I muse on in my thought 17 As in the time of Moses lawe where mercie was not showne And he that did the same transgresse by death was ouerthrowne 18 Yet in this hard and seuere time thy mercie foorth was sent By prophets thine with promise made to all that did repent 19 If thou in time of crueltie couldst then such mercie showe Much more ô Lord in time of grace on me thy mercie throwe 20 I haue spred foorth my hands to thee my soule for helpe doth crie As from the earth that moisture wants where water none dooth lie 21 That is my life I changed haue from vaine delights that bee And haue my soule spred foorth at large that thou hir filth mightst see 22 For as the earth that moisture wants must barren be by kind So if my soule be void of grace no good is there to find 23 But yet through moisture of that grace from thee that dooth proceed Vouchsafe I may thy mercie haue and that ô Lord with speed 24 Heare me ô Lord and that right soone for why my spirit is weake And feeble made much like a man that wanteth power to speake 25 The feare is such that I possesse I readie am to fall The strength wherewith my bodie liues is gone awaie with all 26 This feare of endlesse punishment which I deserued haue Had well nie brought me in despaire or I possesse the graue The second part GOod Lord turne not thy face awaie least I be like to those That doo descend into the pit where nought but horror growes 2 Thou wilt not Lord the death of him that hath offended thee But rather that he should returne and saued so to bee 3 Thou art the true and onelie God the Sauiour of mankind Without thee there is nothing else that we shall mercie find 4 Then turne to me thy countenance of amiable grace And let thy mercie shadow me while life I

haue and space 5 And lay not to my charge good Lord the sinnes that I haue donne But them forget and me forgiue for Christes sake thy sonne 6 And cause thy mercie to be heard of me before the prime For I in thee haue put my trust alone from time to time 7 Most blessed Lord grant that I may thy mercie sweet obtaine And that right soone thou me release from my deserued paine 8 With great repentance doo I call my hope assureth mee Thou wilt forgiue me all my sinnes bicause I trust in thee 9 I knowe that thou art nigh to all that call vpon thy name And wilt direct their steps aright that craue of thee the same 10 Wherefore good Lord shew me the waie I ought for to walke in For I my soule haue lifted vp to thee with all my sin 11 Lord manie times indeed thou hast directed me the waie And I haue purpos'd in my selfe no more to go astraie 12 Yea when I haue repentant bin and vowed in my hart Thy lawe for to obserue and keepe and neuer to depart 13 The diuell my deadlie enimie contriu'd the matter so But his deceit ere I was ware gaue me the ouerthrow 14 And Lord without assistance thine he vanquish will ere long All the kingdomes vpon the earth he is become so strong 15 Deliuer me from all my foes for vnto thee I flie And giue me strength my God to doo thy will effectuallie 16 For of my selfe no power I haue to doo the good I should Ne for to wish or thinke the good that verie faine I would 17 Thy mercie onelie Lord it is by which I must preuaile For man without thy helpe and aid of purpose needs must faile 18 Thou hast with reason and with will indued me I knowe But will of force without thy grace must reason ouerthrowe 19 Wherfore Lord let thy holie spirit conduct me in the waie Vnto the land of righteousnesse I thee beseech and praie 20 Where thine elect and chosen sort thy brightnesse shall behold With such heauenlie felicitie as cannot here be told 21 Not that I haue deserued Lord for to possesse the same But for thine endlesse mercies sake and for thy holiename 22 Thou wilt not Lord the death of him that dailie dooth offend But that he rather doo conuert and so his life amend 23 This is thy will this is thy mind though I a sinner bee If by repentance I doo turne then wilt thou turne to me 24 And then shall I receiued be and be reuiu'd againe And through thy equitie be freed of euerlasting paine 25 For whereas I by sinne am dead spirituallie to saie I shall be thinke me of the same and for thy mercie praie 26 My bodie now by nature weake shall then in strength arise And shall in glorie shine more bright than dooth the sunne in skies 27 Where now the same â Lord is giuen to lust and lewd delight Shall then arise all spirituall and yeeld to reasons might 28 No grosenesse then but that it may pearse through the thickest stone And as for things corruptible it shall haue mind of none 29 Immortall it shall euer be impassible withall Betweene the bodie and the soule shall then no strife befall 30 Thus Lord Thou shalt bring foorth my soule from troubles all that bee And shalt mine enimies destroie through mercie shewd to mee 31 Thou shalt them vtterlie confound that doo my soule molest For I by grace thy seruant am and in thy mercie rest 32 Good Christ which gau'st thy life for me and suffredst on the tree Preserue my bodie and my soule and mercie haue on mee Amen FINIS A Handfull of Honisuckles Gathered by VVilliam Hunnis one of the Gentlemen of hir Highnesse Chapell and Maister to the Children of the same Prepard with faith confirmd with hope and furnished with loue Approch and praie so thou beelowe shalt please the Lord aboue Newlie printed by Henrie Denham 1583. Prou. 15 verse 29. The Lord is absent verie far from such as be vniust But ●●●coth heare the righteous praie Bicause in him they trust Certaine short and pithy Praiers vnto Iesu Christ our Sauiour The day shall come saith Christ and that shall manie see Who calles vpon my name shall surelie saued bee O IESV meeke ô IESV sweet ô IESV sauiour mine most gratious IESV to my call thy gratious eares incline I know good IESV ere I speake thou know'st what I would haue Iesu thy grace I know it is that bids me mercie craue O Iesu deare whose pretious bloud was shed on crosse of tree Sweet Iesu for thy passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu sweet grant that thy grace alwaies so worke in mee I may desire the thing to doo most pleasing vnto thee O Iesu meeke thy will be mine my will be thine also And that my will may follow thine in pleasure paine and wo. O Iesu what is good for mee is ay best knowne to thee Therefore according to thy will haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu deare doo thou with mee euen as thy will shall please Sweet Iesu put me where thou wilt to suffer paine or ease Iesu behold I am but thine where I be good or ill Ye● by thy grace I readie am thy pleasure to fulfill Iesu I am thy workemanship most blessed maist thou bee Sweet Iesu for thy mercie sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu meeke grant that I may repose my trust in thee For thou sweet Iesu art the peace and true tranquillitie Thou Iesu art the verie peace and quietnesse of mind The onelie rest vnto the soule that shall thy fauour find Wherfore sweet Iesu doo vouchsafe my soule this peace may see And for thy painefull passion sake haue mercie now on mee Amen O Iesu if thou doo withdrawe thy comfort for a time Let not despaire take hold on mee for anie sinfull crime But giue me patience to abide thy pleasure and thy will For sure thy iudgements all are right though I be wicked still But yet a promise hast thou made to all that trust in thee According to which promise Lord haue mercie now on me Amen O Iesu deare giue me that grace I gladlie suffer may What euer so thy pleasure be vpon me for to lay O Iesu meeke what thanks ought I to giue vnto thy name Which for my sinnes to set me free hast suffered death and shame O Iesu sweet my wickednesse I doo confesse to thee Wherefore as thou hast promised haue mercie now on me Amen O Iesu sweet a little thing sometime doeth vex me sore And makes me slowe to giue thee thanks ah wo is me therefore Iesu againe sometime I thinke still stronglie for to stand But when a little trouble coms I streight fall vnder hand Thus I susee a small thing makes temptation great to be My weakenesse Iesu doo behold and mercie haue on me Amen O