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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

Bicause thou Lord hast Sion built thou wilt be seene therein In glorie and great maiestie with mercie for our sin 33 Wherefore most louing father deere regard our humble sute And not dispise the plaints we make nor doo our sinnes impute 34 As thou beheldst the sacrifice that Abel gaue to thee And as the praier ludith made so cast thine eie on mee 35 With those same eies vouchsafe to looke vpon vs when we praie Whereby the fame of mercie thine may wirtten befor aie 36 For those that after vs shall come by faith that borne shall be To render thanks due laud and praise vnto thy Maiestie 37 This mercie sure annexed is to nature thine diuine When all was lost through deadlie sin yet didst thou make vs thine 38 Thou Lord aloft from heauenlie throne didst view all things alowe And wouldst vouchsafe vpon the earth thy gratious eyne to throwe 39 To see and heare the plaints we make that ●ettered be in thrall And sent'st thy deere beloued sonne from sinne to loose vs all 40 And he thereby put downe the diuel of death that victor was And death in vict'rie was consum'd this hath he brought to pas 41 For why his sting of deadlie sinne thou Lord hast pluckt away To make vs thinke of goodnesse thine wherein reioise we may 42 And th●t in Sion we may shew the glorie of thy name And likewise in Ierusalem with praise to doo the same 43 That is when we togither meete in faith with one accord As well the kings as subiects poore to serue and praise the Lord. 44 Thou art ô Lord in substance one and yet in persons three To whom all powers in heauen earth obeisance giue to thee 45 Thou sendest downe thy dews of grace vpon vs for to light That we therwith good works may shew to eu'rie bodies sight 46 I answere may by no meanes else good works be wrought by me But by the vertue and the grace that dooth proceed from thee 47 Thorough thy might thy laws we kepe not of our selues we knowe But by the measure of thy grace thou didst on vs bestowe 48 And yet ô Lord I faine would know how short my daies shall be And eke how long mine enimies shall triumph ouer me 49 Which is thy Church desires to know how long she shall abide Beset with cruell enimies about on euerie side 50 To whom thou hast an answere made by Christ thy blessed sonne That still thy power with hir shall bee vntill the world be donne 51 And we hir children thee desire to bring vs to the end Of this short time that we with thee may to the heauens ascend 52 And til that time good Lord vouchsafe thou wilt continue still Thy grace and fauour towards vs according to thy will 53 And not to leaue me anie time in middle of my daies But by thine aid bring all my time to end vnto thy praise 54 That after these my temporall daies I may behold and see Thine euerlasting daies and yeeres which cannot numbred bee 55 For all times heere doo swiftlie passe as time that is vnsure But yet time of Eternitie for euer shall endure 56 For why ô Lord Eternitie is verie substance thine Which substance who so seekes to know no reason can define The third part WIthout beginning Lord thou wast and yet beginning gaue To heauen and earth and all therein which that creation haue 2 Thy hands them wrought which is thy power thy word them made also And at the last They perish shall and motion theirs forgo 3 Their substance stil they all shal kepe yet all shall changed bee For heuen and earth shall new be made of glorie great to thee 4 Likewise the bodies of all men shall perish with the rest And in another sort shall rise to thee as seemeth best 5 But thou Lord trulie shalt endure in thy high glorie great In maiestie omnipotent sitting on mercie seat 6 When all shall wax and weare awaie as garments old to see And as a vesture new put on we all shall changed bee 7 As garments to the bodie are to couer them withall So be the bodies of the soule their vestures and their pall 8 But thou art euen the selfe same one which euer doost abide That is to saie omnipotent and so is none beside 9 Inuisible thou art likewise immortall eke withall And as thy yeeres shall neuer faile so euer bide they shall 10 So shall the soules of thine elect immortallie remaine In ioie and great felicitie not knowing anie paine 11 The soules of those that wicked are immortall be also But they contraire shall endure continuall paine and wo. 12 And Lord The sonnes of seruants thine togither they shall dwell Likewise their seed shall in thy sight still prosper and doo well 13 Thy seruants Lord the prophets were Apostles thine also From whom by faith we haue receiu'd as we beleeue and know 14 And now vouchsafe most mightie God to send vs of thy grace That in this life our faith by works may shine in euerie place 15 That they to all may signifie how we thy seruants bee And that both soule and bodie may remaine and rest with thee De profundis Psal. 130. O God thou art the guide of those th●t blinded bee and vnto 〈◊〉 that are opprest a succour sweet we see 2 A comfort to the weake as ease to those in paine A life vnto the dead in graue that sleeping yet remaine 3 O Lord this makes me bold though wicked I be found And ouerwhelmed deepe in sinne and therein being dround 4 To call and crie to thee from depth of miserie Where none but thou can raise me vp and safe deliuer me 5 I can but mourne and weepe fetch sighs lament and crie As dooth the woman great with child whose hower draweth nie 6 She no time can take rest till she deliuered bee Nor I till that my conscience feele to be forgiuen of thee 7 It is not distance long that keepes my praiers backe Thou Lord doost heare before we call and giuest what we lacke 8 Ionas was in the sea and in the fish three daies And from the deepe he cald on thee and streight thou didst him raise 9 Out from the deepe likewise of sinne and wickednesse To thee I call Lord heare my voice and free me from distresse 10 And let thine eares sweet Lord to heare attentiue bee The voice and praier of my plaint that now I make to thee 11 And since that Christ thy sonne hath suffered for vs all From endlesse death to which by sinne we bounden were and thrall 12 Let not my sinnes then Lord to me be stop or staie Whereby by plaint should not be heard nor voice when I shall praie 13 But rather wipe awaie my sinnes for euermore The burden of the which I feele

owne iniquitie Thou shalt the same make manifest that all the world may see 8 Thou wilt him strip and naked make to his perpetuall blame When he to iudgement shall arise and liue in endlesse shame 9 And therefore blessed is the man to whom thou Lord shalt say I not impute thy sinnes to thee nor to thy charge them lay 10 He in whose spirit no fraud is found shall blessed be also And looke what thing he takes in hand shall prosper well and growe 11 If I for sinne should faine my selfe all sorowfull to bee And were not so then should be found both fraud and guile in mee 12 Or if I should account my selfe a man that liueth iust Hauing my conscience stuft with sinne so full as may be thrust 13 There should appeare great fraud in me for deepe dissembling so For why in me no goodnesse dwelles as of my selfe I knowe 14 If euer anie good were there it surelie must be thine But as for sinnes I manie haue and they by right are mine 15 For while ô Lord I helde my peace confessing not my crime My bones did waste through dailie plaints I made from time to time 16 My soule doth feeble wax and faint because I helde my peace But now I haue my sinnes confest I feele hir strength increase 17 I kept that backe I should haue told or else excuse the same And that I should haue closely kept did publish to my blame 18 I hid the sinnes that I had done and they remained still And boasted forth the good I did contrarie to thy will 19 Thus were the works that I had wrought quite lost with their reward And I among that sort remaine whom thou dost not regard 20 For day and night thy heauie hand vpon me thou hast laid And in my trouble was I turnd when I was sore afraid 21 My tribulation scourged me my moisture was made ●rie My verie back-bone striken was that I began to crie 22 My conscience likewise striken was with pricke of great remorce ●4 Although amid this water-floud of surging waues of sin We tossed be among the rocks yet are not drown'd therein 15 For thou ô Lord art my refuge from trobles all that bee And though temptations of the world about haue compast me 16 I not regard intisements theirs nor threats that they shall make For why my faith assureth me that thou my part wilt take 17 Thou Lord art onelie my defense my ioie is all in thee Thou shalt me compasse round about and safe deliuer mee 18 The tabernacle of my soule is round about me set With enimies such as doo seeke my hinderance and my let 19 But yet ô Lord thy prouidence shall me deliuer still And from all dangers me defend after thy holie will 20 Thou wilt informe and shew to me the way that I should go This life is but a pilgrimage I passe in to and fro 21 Of this way Lord thou art the end and marke whereat I shoot Grant that I may this voyage passe and foes of mine confute 22 And in the running of my course my faith so strong may bee That I may haue one of those games of immortalitie 23 Thus shall thine eie of strong defense on me be fixed sure And I with ioie shall able be this trauell to endure 24 For Lord if y● shouldst turne thy face or cast thine eie aside I should not able be to runne nor labor this abide 25 But should be as the horse and mule that vnderstanding want Such of thy grace faith and good works both barren be and skant 26 They are too proud and scornful eke thy lawes to hold and keepe The lusts and pleasures of the flesh so lulleth them asleepe 27 But yet the mouths of such wilde beasts thou Lord with bit and brake Shalt snaffle them with chaine and curb that doo thee so forsake 28 For great and manie are the plagues of those that sinners bee By meanes whereof a number Lord are turned vnto thee 29 And thou ô Lord that didst them plague for their correction Wilt also giue them comfort great and consolation 30 And he that trusteth in the Lord he shall be compast in With mercie and remission of all his former sin 31 Be glad therefore ye righteous and in the Lord reioice For he by grace hath made you iust through his most louing choice 32 Which were before stifnecked proud now gentle meeke and mild Not by your merits but by grace as father to his child 33 All you that be vpright of hart in God reioise also And to his will submit your will in anguish paine and wo. 34 And as S. Paule th'apostle was made glad in his distresse So Lord in all extremitie grant me the like successe Amen Domine ne in furore Psal. 38. The first part 1. Within my soule ô Lord doe maine troubles spring Sometime by feare of punishment that temprall things may bring 2. Which happen may to me while I this life abide For mine offenses done to thee which cannot passe vnspide 3 Sometime ô Lord by feare of sicknesse and disease Which here we suffer for his guilt that first did thee displease 4 Sometime againe by feare of death that follow must Which in a time vnlooked for shall all consume to dust 5 And last by feare ô Lord of euerlasting paine Which I by sinne haue well deseru'd therein for to remaine 6 But yet ô blessed Lord when thou shalt angrie be In furie thine correct me not nor powre thy wrath on me 7 And though thy bowe be bent with arrowe set therein And readie thou my soule to wound for my committed sin 8 Yet let thy mercie mooue with ruth on me I craue Bicause thou knowest I can not giue the thing that I not haue 9 For thou must first me giue ere I can giue to thee For of my selfe and from my selfe comes but iniquitie 10 Thine arrowes I confesse so deepe haue pearst my hart That medicine none ne other craft can seuer them apart 11 For if by craft I might these wounds make whole againe And so escape eternall death and euerlasting paine 12 My feare should be the lesse my ioie a great deale more But thou ô Lord the Leach must be for sicknesse mine and sore 13 Thy hands thou hast enforst so heauie vpon me As death with dart I know right well cannot auoided be 14 O death Vnto the man that substance hath at will How sharpe and bitter is thy dart when thou comst him to kill 15 Lord in my flesh I feele no health there is at all For when I thinke most sure to stand I readiest am to fall 16 But blessed are those men which neuer did offend In sinfull lustes but haue themselues kept cleane vnto the end 17 For in their soules they find great quietnesse and rest And euerie thing they take in hand dooth

Lord before my toong thy righteousnesse can raise My lips and mouth thou open must whereby to shew thy praise 11 For else vnseemelie praise will be where lips be lickt with sin And where the mouth with wickednesse is stuffed full within 12 Good Lord the Prophet Esaie when he thy glorie sawe Confest his lips to be vncleane and there●ore stood in awe 13 Vntill such time a Seraphin thou sent'st with burning cole His lips to touch and therewithall he by and by was whole 14 I meane that his vnrighteousnes was then forgiuen him quight And all his sinnes and wickednes was cleane put out of sight 15 O Lord my God in such a sort vouchsafe my mouth to tuch That I thy glorie may set foorth to little and to much 16 To offer sacrifice to thee or offrings burnt were vaine No pleasure Lord hast thou in them nor ought in them remaine 17 They were but figures of that thing which now to passe is come That is the liuelie sacrifice of Iesus Christ thy sonne 18 To offer gold to thee ô Lord or treasure of the land It needeth not sith all the world is thine and at thy hand 19 And yet I will not emptie come but offer vnto thee An humble spirit with hart contrit● for mine iniquitie 20 This sacrifice ô Lord I knowe thou wilt no time despise But it behold and looke thereon with thy most gratious eies 21 And Lord for y● there nothing should be left behind in mee Both bodie soule and all hir powers I offer vnto thee 22 And as a liuelie sacrifice as Ezechias did Such time as he thy fauour got and health rcouerid 23 The same did Marie Magdalen offer in humble sort The theefe also vpon the crosse to his endlesse comfort 24 Great numbers mo vnspeakable by this thy fauour wan And I through grace now penitent although a sinfull man 25 Doo claime no lesse of mercie thine for to be shewd to me Bicause thou art as then thou wast and euermore shalt be ●6 To Sion Lord likewise shew foorth thy fauour and thy grace That is vnto thy faithfull flocke disperst from place to place 27 Such as depend on thee alone and doo themselues forsake Vpon the walles of this thy fort thou Lord must vndertake 28 Watchmen to set continuallie the same for to defend Least that the en'mies vnawares bring all to wofull end 29 Thou knowst ô Lord of what small force mankind hath euer bin Since first our father Adam fell when he committed sin 30 Helpe vs therfore most mightie God so with thy heauenlie grace As we in building Sion here by faith may see thy face 31 So shal we then through mercie thine be squared stones meet found To building of Ierusalem whose walles doo still abound 32 With liuely stones of thy true church heere militant in earth Where thine elect still offer shall while thou shalt spare them breath 33 Such offrings burnt as thou best lou'st which is of thanks prai●e We shall not spare the same to doo while life shall length our daies 34 This sacrifice of iustice is which all thy creatures craue To giue the same onelie to thee most worthie so to haue 35 This is the bullocks of our lips whereof the Prophet saies We shall with lips vnto thy name confesse most condigne praise 36 Which shall to thee accepted bee ten thousand times much more Then were the bullocks great and fat offred in time before 37 Lord grant we may in number be of thine elected sort which shall this sacrifice present vnto our soules comfort 38 And that as burning incense sweete thou wilt receiue the same Vpon thine altar which is Christ our meane for sin and blame Amen Domine exaudi Psal. 102. The first part OBlessed and most mightie God of grace the fountaine spring Of mercie great and plentifull most rich in euerie thing 2 Thy blessed sonne in power with thee is euen the same thou art In wisedome knowledge and mercie alike in euerie part 3 Thou didst not spare him down to send from heauenlie throne aboue To suffer death mankind to saue so ardent was thy loue 4 Thou mad'st him poore was rich before to make vs rich thereby For now is he made one with vs through power of Deitie 5 Good Lord my praier hearken t● and let my dolefull crie Come vnto thee and pearse the eares of thine high Maiestie 6 Shew foorth ô Lord thy countenance of delectable showe And with the eies of pitie thine some fauour on me throwe 7 And in the daie of trouble mine thine eare bow downe to mee And turne not thou thy face awaie when I shall call on thee 8 But chee●lie at the point of death giue eare and me defend And let thy grace procure and worke in me a ioifull end 9 In whatsoeuer daie I call ô Lord with speed giue eare And me deliuer from the greefs of troubles and of feare 10 In speedie calling on thy name ô Lord thou tak'st delight And answer thine more readie is than anie may recite 11 Wherfore in hast make speed ô Lord in hearing when I praie As I by need am driuen to craue thi●e aiding helpe and staie 12 For why the time of life is short that I haue here to bide And am vncerteine of the time when time from me shall slide 13 At first thou Adam didst in due when he created was With life of immortalitie but sinne brought death alas 14 Which death from him is due to vs that beareth life this daie So that my daies like to the smoke consume and waste awaie 15 Age ouertaketh youth I see and youth by stealth dooth flie As dooth the smoke vanish awaie aloft vnder the skie 16 Yea manie times it chanceth so ere age come vs vpon That death by stroke such wound dooth make that life with speed is gone 17 Thus passeth foorth my time of life more swifter I may sa●e Than is the ship good vnder saile or eagle after praie 18 My bones are waxen verie drie as is the fierbrand Or as the pot of claie which dooth in flaming fornace stand 19 As bones of mine doo well susteine the flesh the bodie keeps So dooth the powers of soule susteine the soule that neuer sleeps 20 Which being moistned with thy grace shall quicke and liuelie bee And able for to worke those works most pleasing vnto thee 21 But if thy grace be still withdrawne then all shall drie remaine Both bodie soule and al their powers in euerlasting paine 22 Full well may man be likened i● the grasse or withered ha● My hart is striken with remorse bicause I went astray 23 So long as man by gift of grace dooth liue and worke aright So long is he greene flourishing and liuelie in thy sight 24 But when that sinne makes entrie in which causeth man to fall Then by and by he withereth and barren

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