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God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
