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S121721 SOyled in sinnes (O Lorde,) a wretched sinfull Ghoste, / To thee I call, to thee I sue, that shewest of mercie moste, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 18276 The Refuge of a Sinner / Wherein are briefely declared the chiefest Poinctes / of true Saluation. The Refuge of a Sinner Wherein are briefely declared the chiefest Poinctes of true Saluation. The Refuge of a Sinner Wherein are briefly declared the chiefest Points of true Salvation. Burdet, Robert Printer Richarde Iohnes 1565-1565

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SOyled in sinnes (O Lorde,) a wretched sinfull Ghoste, To thee I call, to thee I sue, that shewest of mercie moste, Who can me helpe but thou, in whom all healpe doth rest? My sinne is more than man can mends, and that thou knowest best. On whom then shall I call, to whom shall I make mone? Sith man is mightlesse sinne to cure, I seeke to thee alone. In thee I knowe all might and power doth remayne, And at thy handes I am well sure, mercie I shall obtaine. Thy promisse can not fayle, wherein I me repose: To thee alone, (els to no man) my hart wyll sinne disclose. The Sinner thou doest save: no Saviour els I finde Thou onely satisfied hast for the sinnes of all mankynde. The Sacrifice whereof, thou offeredst once for aye: Whereby his wrath for Adams gylt, thy father put awaye. And by thy death alone, Mankinde restored is, There was no meanes mercye for man to get of hym but this. Nowe thou hast mercye bought, if man by thee will crave: And who that seeketh by other meanes, small mercie might he have. Wherefore (O Lorde) on thee, for mercie do I call: Let not my sinnes consume me cleane, and I dampned to fall. The merites of my workes, were they never so just: I here forsake, and them resigne, to suche as in them trust. There is no mummynge Masse, can make amendes for me: Nor of the Sainctes departed hence, I trust in none but thee. No pardon can me purge, but thy pardon alone, Nor yet no pillynge Pilgremage, made unto Stocke or Stone. No Psalter nor yet Psalmes, saide to thy Creatures: No ryng of Belles, no Organe Pypes, nor Song that my soule cures. Thy bloud hath bought my soule, and booteth all my bale. And not mans workes nor chaunted charmes, devisde in Mammons dale. Thou sittest where thou seest, our workes all and some: The secrete thoughts of every hart, before thy judgement come. Shall I then pleade my workes? thou knowest them bett than I, Forget them Lorde, I claime them not, for mercie do I crie. Have mercie on me Lorde, forgeve my trespasse wrought, And from hence forth graunt me thy grace, to guide me, dede & thought. That all my workes maye sounde, due glorye unto thee: That Heaven and earth, and all therein, may yeld thee praise for mee. For where as ought is done, by man after thy wyll: That worke is thyne, and thyne the praise: man can do nought but yll For of my selfe I knowe, in me is nought but sinne, In Sinne I walckte, in Sinne I suckte: in Sinne I did begin. And have I not thy grace, to Sinne againe I shall: Without thy grace so weake I am, no choyce for me but fall. Shall I than ceace to call, thy grace that I maye have? Thy faithfull promisse is to give, to them in faith that crave. Of mercy than and grace, my faith doth me assure: And by thy death to have at ende, the Joyes that shall endure.
Finis. Ro. Burdet Esquyer. Bonum quo communius eo melius. Imprinted at London by Richarde Johnes: and are to be solde at his Shoppe in Paules Churchyearde, at the Southwest Doore of Paules Churche. Anno. 1565. Aprilis. 14.