A Hymn to God the Father. 
By Jonson, Benjamin.

Hear me, O God!
A broken heart,
Is my best part;
Use still thy rod,
That I may prove
Therein thy love.

If thou hadst not
Been stern to me,
But left me free,
I had forgot
Myself and thee.

For sin's so sweet,
As minds ill bent
Rarely repent,
Until they meet
Their punishment.

Who more can crave
Than thou hast done,
That gav'st a Son,
To free a slave?
First made of naught,
With all since bought.

Sin, Death, and Hell,
His glorious Name
Quite overcame,
Yet I rebel,
And slight the same.

But I'll come in 
Before my loss
Me farther toss,
As sure to win
Under his Cross.