| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | For the Kingdom of God | | XCIII. John Norden |
| | | THE GOD of blis, | |
| Who faithfull is, | |
| His sacred word doth send, | |
| To teach vs all | |
| On him to call, | 5 |
| And to his lawes attend. | |
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| His kingdom pure, | |
| Which shall indure | |
| For euer, doth begin | |
| In those that know | 10 |
| How here below | |
| To mortifie their sinne. | |
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| And they that will | |
| Imbrace with skill | |
| The way that traines to blis, | 15 |
| Shall quickly see | |
| That they shall be | |
| Reformde from things amis. | |
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| O God aboue, | |
| Looke thou in loue | 20 |
| On all that long to see | |
| Thy sauing health, | |
| Thy heauenly wealth, | |
| And glorious kingdom free. | |
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| Thy kingdom show | 25 |
| To vs below | |
| That wander here awry; | |
| Direct our feet; | |
| Thy statutes sweet | |
| To vs thy folke descry. | 30 |
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| Oh be not slacke, | |
| But what we lacke | |
| With speed let vs obteine; | |
| For thou dost feed | |
| Such as haue need: | 35 |
| Thou dost no poore disdaine. | | | | |
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