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PAULO POST ORDINATIONEM, by                    
First Line: Since then thou pleased art, deer lord
Last Line: Febr. 27.
Subject(s): Clergy; Paul, Saint (1st Century); Sacraments; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Saul Of Tarsus


SINCE then Thou pleased art, deer Lord,
To afford
To most unworthy ME
This sacred Dignitie;
In endless Thanks to Thee, oh may
That Goodnes force my Heart it self to pay.

2

When to thy dreadfull Altar I
Shall draw nigh
To wait on Thee, & thence
Loves wonders to dispense;
Forgive my Sinns, & teach me how
To raise my thoughts above all things below.

3

When I thy Lambs to pasture lead;
Let me feed
Their pretious Soules with sweet
And holy wholesome Meat.
But cheifly let my Pattern teach
Them, what my Toung shall else but faintly preach.

4

When I that Balm to Soules shall deal
Which to heal
Meek wounded Bosomes, Thou
Leftst with thy Church below;
O guide my Hand with holy Skill,
Least rash in others cures, my self I kill.

5

When Life, or Death, when Honors, Pleasures,
Times, & Treasures,
Shall tempt me to betray
My Functions duty, may
Thy Grace my Buckler be, & so
No Powers thy feeble Priest shall overthrow.

Febr. 27.





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