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Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.

A Psalme of Reioising for the Woonderfull Loue of Christ

XII. William Hunnis

LET vs be glad, and clap our hands,

With ioie our soules to fill;

For Christ hath paid the price of sinne,

With mercie and good will.

By his good will he flesh became

For sinfull fleshe’s sake;

By his good will disdained not

Most shamefull death to take.

By his good will his blood was spilt,

His bodie all-to rent;

By his good will to saue vs all

He therewith was content.

By his good will death hath no power

Our sinfull soules to kill;

For Christ hath paid the price of sinne

With mercie and good will.

Since Christ so dearelie loued vs,

Let us from sinne refraine;

For Christ desireth nothing els

In lieu of all his paine:

And that we should each other loue,

As he vs loou’d before;

So shall his loue abide in vs,

And dwell for euermore.

Let then our loue so dwell in him,

Our wicked lusts to kill:

For Christ hath paid the price of sinne

With mercie and good will.