A Hymn to God the Father

Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,

Which is my sin though it were done before?

Wilt thou forgive those sins, through which I run,

And do run still, though still I do deplore?

When thou hast done, thou hast not done,

For I have more.

Wilt thou forgive that sin by which I've won

Others to sin? And made my sin their door?

Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun

A year or two: but wallow'd in, a score?

When thou hast done, thou hast not done,

For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I've spun

My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;

But swear by thy self, that at my death thy Son

shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;

And having done that, thou hast done,

I fear no more.