They have left thee naked, Lord, O that they had! This garment too I wish they had deny'd.... Thee with thy self they have too richly clad; Opening the purple wardrobe in thy side. O never could there be garment too good For thee to wear, but this of thine own Blood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Lord, when the wise men came from far, Led to thy cradle by a star,... Then did the shepherds too rejoice, Instructed by thy angel's voice. Blest were the wise men in their skill, And shepherds in their harmless will.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Once at thy Feast, I saw thee Pearle-like stand 'Tween Heaven and Earth, where Heavens Bright glory all... In streams fell on thee, as a floodgate and Like Sun Beams through thee on the World to Fall. Oh! Sugar sweet then! My Deare sweet Lord, I see Saints Heaven-lost Happiness restor'd by thee.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When Sir Robert Walpole was dying, he told Ranby his surgeon that he desired his body might be opened. Ranby acting great horror c...ried, "Good God, my Lord, don't talk of that!" "Nay," said Sir Robert, "it will not be till I am dead, and that I shall not feel it--nor you neither."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.... For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »