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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The Sinners Redemption.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Wherein is de&s;cribed the ble&s;&s;ed Nativity of our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, toge|ther with his life on earth, and his precious death on the Cro&s;&s;e for Mankind.</P>
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<OPENER>To the tune of, <HI>The bleeding heart.</HI> Or, <HI>In Creet, &amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>ALL you that are to mirth inclin'd,</L>
<L>Con&s;ider well, and beare in mind,</L>
<L>What our good God hath for vs done,</L>
<L>In &s;ending his beloued Son,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>For to redeeme our &s;oules from thrall,</HI></L>
<L><HI>This was the Saviour of us all.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let all our &s;ongs of prai&s;es be</L>
<L>Vnto his heauenly Maie&s;ty,</L>
<L>And euermore among&s;t your mirth,</L>
<L>Remember Chri&s;t our Sauiours birth</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The fiue and twentieth of December,</L>
<L>Good cau&s;e haue we for to remember,</L>
<L>In Bethelem vpon that morne,</L>
<L>There was our ble&s;t Me&s;&s;ias borne.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The night before that happy tide,</L>
<L>The &s;potle&s;&s;e Virgin and her Guide,</L>
<L>Went long time &s;&eacute;eking vp and downe</L>
<L>To find their lodging in the towne.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But mark how all things came to pa&s;&s;e</L>
<L>The Inns and lodgings &s;o fill'd was,</L>
<L>That they could haue no roome at all,</L>
<L>But in a &s;illy Oxe his &s;tall.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This night the Virgin <HI>Mary</HI> mild,</L>
<L>Was &s;afe deliuered of a Child,</L>
<L>According vnto heauens decr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Mans &s;w&eacute;et &s;aluation for to be.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>N&eacute;er Bethelem did Shepheards k&eacute;epe.</L>
<L>Their herds and flocks of f&eacute;eding &s;h&eacute;ep</L>
<L>To them Gods Angels did appeare,</L>
<L>Which put the &s;hepheards ingreat fear</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Prepare and goe the Angel &s;aid,</L>
<L>To Bethelem, be not afraid,</L>
<L>There &s;hall you find this ble&s;&s;ed morne</L>
<L>The Princely Babe &s;w&eacute;et Ie&s;us born.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With thankfull heart and ioyful mind,</L>
<L>The &s;hepheards went the Babe to find,</L>
<L>And as the heauenly Angel told,</L>
<L>They did our Sauiour Chri&s;t behold.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Within a manger was he laid,</L>
<L>The Virgin Mary by him &s;taid,</L>
<L>Attending on the Lord of life,</L>
<L>Being both Mother, Maid, and Wife.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thr&eacute;e Ea&s;terne Wi&s;e men from afar,</L>
<L>Directed by a glorious &s;tar,</L>
<L>Came boldly on and made no &s;tay,</L>
<L>Vntill they came where Ie&s;us lay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And being come into the place,</L>
<L>Whereas the ble&s;t Me&s;&s;ias was,</L>
<L>They humbly laid before his f&eacute;et,</L>
<L>Their gifts of gold and odours &s;w&eacute;et</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>S&eacute;e how the Lord of heauen and earth.</L>
<L>Shew'd him&s;elfe lowly in his birth.</L>
<L>A &s;w&eacute;et example for Mankind</L>
<L>To learn to beare an humble mind.</L>
</LG>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>NO co&s;tly robes nor rich attire,</L>
<L>Did Ie&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord de&s;ire,</L>
<L>No mu&s;ick nor &s;w&eacute;et harmony,</L>
<L>Till glorious Angels from on hye,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Did in melodious manner &s;ing</L>
<L>Prai&s;es vnto our heauenly King,</L>
<L>All Honor, Glory, Might and Power,</L>
<L>Be vnto Chri&s;t for euermore.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If quiers of Angels did reioyce,</L>
<L>Well may Mankind with heart &amp; voice</L>
<L>Sing prai&s;es to the God of Heauen,</L>
<L>That vnto vs his Son hath giuen.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Moreouer let vs euery one,</L>
<L>Call vnto mind and think vpon</L>
<L>His righteous life, and how hee dy'd</L>
<L>To haue poore &s;inners iu&s;tifi'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Suppo&s;e O man that thou &s;hould&s;t lie</L>
<L>In pri&s;on &s;trong condemn'd to die,</L>
<L>And that no friend vpon the earth,</L>
<L>Could ran&s;ome th&eacute;e from cruel death:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Except thou can&s;t &s;ome partie find,</L>
<L>That for thy &s;ake will be &s;o kind,</L>
<L>His owne hearts bloud for to di&s;pence,</L>
<L>And lo&s;e his life in thy defence:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Such was the loue of Chri&s;t when we</L>
<L>Were lo&s;t to hell perpetually,</L>
<L>To &s;aue vs from the gulfe of woe,</L>
<L>Him&s;elfe much paines did vndergoe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>While in this world he did remaine,</L>
<L>He neuer &s;pent an houre in vaine,</L>
<L>In fa&s;ting and in prayer diuine,</L>
<L>He daily &s;pent away his time.</L>
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<LG>
<L>He in their Temples daily taught,</L>
<L>And many wonders &s;trange he wrought:</L>
<L>He gaue the blind their perfect &s;ight,</L>
<L>And made the lame to goe vpright.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He cur'd the Lepers of their evills,</L>
<L>And by his power he ca&s;t out deuils,</L>
<L>He rai&s;ed Lazarus from the graue,</L>
<L>And to the &s;ick their health he gaue.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But yet for all the&s;e wonders wrought:</L>
<L>The Iews his dear de&s;truction &s;ought</L>
<L>The traytor Iudas was the man,</L>
<L>That with a ki&s;&s;e betray'd him than.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then was he led to iudgment hall,</L>
<L>Like one de&s;pis'd among&s;t them all,</L>
<L>And had the &s;entence giuen, that he</L>
<L>Should &s;uffer death vpon a tr&eacute;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Vnto his execution place,</L>
<L>They brought him on with much di&s;|grace,</L>
<L>With vile reproachfull taunts &amp; &s;corns</L>
<L>They crown'd him with a wreath of thorns.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then to the cro&s;&s;e through hands &amp; f&eacute;et,</L>
<L>They nayl'd our ble&s;t Red&eacute;emer &s;w&eacute;et,</L>
<L>And further to augment his &s;mart.</L>
<L>With bloody &s;pear they pierc'd his heart</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus haue you &s;&eacute;ene and heard aright,</L>
<L>The loue of Chri&s;t, the Lord of Might,</L>
<L>And how he &s;hed his preciorus bloud,</L>
<L>Only to doe vs &s;inners good:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And to redeeme our &s;oules from thrall,</HI></L>
<L><HI>This was the Saviour of us all.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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