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2.47 R234261 1 Aim not too high Fortune My Foe Aim Not Too High O Hark, O hark, methinks I hear a voice,/ Which said, the Lord made Man for his own/ (choice, tune unclear: The Tune is, A[i]m not too high. Pepys 2.47 Wing L3016[a]C; Rollins (2) 1534 (Mch. 13, 1656, ii, 37); Rollins (2) 1535 (Mch. 1, 1675, ii, 496). Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 47 A Looking-Glass for all true Christians./ Very useful and necessary for all people of what degree soever, to look upon in these trouble-/some times of sorrow. A Looking-Glass for all true Christians, Very useful and necessary for all people of what degree soever, to look upon in these trouble- some times of sorrow. A Looking-glass for All True Christians. Very Useful and Necessary for All People of What Degree Soever, to Look Upon in These Troublesome Times of Sorrow. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 330 creased surface, uneven inking 1681-1684 Printed for I. Wright, I. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. Blagden

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O Hark, O hark, methinks I hear a voice, Which said, the Lord made Man for his own choice, And yet he will not reconciled be, To leave his sins and to live righteously, Awake, awake, thou mortal man from sleep, Repent thy sin, cry to the Lord and weep; For it is he that only must thee save, Do thou repent, and mercy thou shalt have. Remember Man that thou art made of Clay, And in this Land thou art not long to stay; Then lead thy life while thou dost here remain, That being dead, thy Soul may Heaven gain. If thou the Lord dost fear that rules the sky, And put'st thy trust in him that sits on high: Thou needst not doubt by God will thee defend, And bring thee to a true and faithfull end. But we too much delight in wicked ways, And do not yield unto the Lord due praise; If we do think his mercys for to gain, We must then think his mercys to obtan. What wicked vice hath been in former time, Which in our Land doth now begin to climb; Therefore with Nineve let us repent, The Lord to us his Messenger hath sent. But all these warnings will not serve our turn To make us leave our sins with speed and mourn But we do still offend the Lord of might, And still we follow pleasure and delight.
Here every Man takes care to please his mind, And seeks not for the Living God to find; The which they will repent when 'tis too late, When they shall ask God mercy at his gate. We all do seek for worldly wealth and pleasure, And not to have store laid up in treasure; Some do not think upon the world to come; And therefore still a wicked course do run. The Lawyer he doth think upon his fee, The Usurer Likewise on his money; The Glutton he thinks on his dainty Chear, The Drunkard on his Tobacco and Beer. And many grievous sinners more there are, And for to speak of all I do not dare; But God alone that knows the hearts of all, Will bring them all together great and small. And when that day to many doth appear, And see the Lord in judgment, then I fear Too late it will be for them to repent, With sorrow then their grief will still augment. Good Lord that men would but conceive aright, And fear the living God, the God of might; Then would they not be bent so much to sin, But now would seek a new life to begin. O Lord my God to thee I make my moan, Desiring that thy favour may by shown: And as we have offended thee full sore, Give us thy Grace, we may do so no more.
MY thoughts tell me that I have done amiss And now I seek for favour and redress; Of thee sweet Lord I here do pardon ask, That I may please thee well in this my task: Methinks I see the Land is full of Pride, And also bent on covetousness beside: Which is a thing that doth offend the Lord, In Scripture we do find it is abhor'd. Then now let us prepare our hearts to live, And to the Lord let us our Prayers give; And then no doubt but he will have respect To pardon us, our great and hainous fact. The Lord doth say if a Sinner doth repent, And turn him with a heart that'[?]s Penitent, He will forgive him his offences past, And will receive his Soul to him at last. But we in Sin do flourish and remain, And do not seek Gods favour to obtain; We think not on the judgment day at last, Neither take care untill the day is past. And then too late it will be for us to pray, When as the Soul from Body is away; Therefore in time let us our selves amend, That we may make a true and faithfull end Methinks I see the poor in great distress, The Rich to them do yield but small redress; They do complain in wofull misery, And few there be that do regard their cry. Look what men give unto the poor and needy soul, The Lord will pay agen to them ten fold Do thou regard thy brother in distress, No question thou shalt ever have the less: But 'tis no wonder now at all to see, Many like unto Judas for to be.
Who sell our Saviour Christ for gold or pay, Like unto Judas who did him betray; If that a man could think upon his death, Whilst he doth think upon the earth beneath; He could not chuse but fear the Lord on high, That made the earth, the Sea, and eke the sky. We lately have ill fortune us befall, The which is like to be a grief to all; True Loyall Subjects to our Royal King, Did turn our joys in sorrow for to sing; Which is a token of our great offence, And just reward of our sins recompence; Because the Lord hath justly took occasion To make us yield by this his kind perswasion. Remember how Jerusalem did fall, And how their enemies did them inthrall; Which were but righteous judgments from the Lord Because his holy word shall be abbor'd. The Ninevites we read did soon repent, When God the Prophet Jonah to them sent, Then why should we who have the Gospel sure Still seek our own Destruction to procure? Remember Man wha[t] wofull Torments be Prepar'd in Hell as torments you may see. The Pains are wofull to be thought upon, Besides all this, they never will be done; And other wise all those that fear the Lord, And follow after his most holy Word: Shall live with Christ in perfect joy and peace, Where Heavenly Angels sing and never cease. Now to conclude O Lord give us thy grace That we may lead our lives in such a case, That when we are departed hence away We then may live in perfect peace and joy.
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