Hear me, O God! <br />A broken heart <br />Is my best part. <br />Use still thy rod, <br />That I may prove <br />Therein thy Love. <br /> <br />If thou hadst not <br />Been stern to me, <br />But left me free, <br />I had forgot <br />Myself and thee. <br /> <br />For sin's so sweet, <br />As minds ill-bent <br />Rarely repent, <br />Until they meet <br />Their punishment. <br /> <br />Who more can crave <br />Than thou hast done? <br />That gav'st a Son, <br />To free a slave, <br />First made of nought; <br />With all since bought. <br /> <br />Sin, Death, and Hell <br />His glorious name <br />Quite overcame, <br />Yet I rebel <br />And slight the same. <br /> <br />But I'll come in <br />Before my loss <br />Me farther toss, <br />As sure to win <br />Under His cross.<br /><br />Ben Jonson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-hymn-to-god-the-father-4/
