Thought for the day

Be Jonson's A Hymne to God the Father read by Richard Wallace

A Hymn to God the Father

BY BEN JONSON

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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