O Lord, Thy word is our sure touchstone

Anon

TextBaseEarlyTudorEnglish
AOLord14554.5
2008
STC 14554.5
Ringler 14554.5 and TP 1341. Two fragments (printer's waste?) remaining from a single sheet folio. The fragments are identical portions of the same text, save that Fragment 1 contains 20 lines and Fragment 2 has 19. The copytext is based on Fragment 1, with the first two lines supplied from Fragment 2

[O Lord thy word is our sure touchstone]
London: J. Day and W. Seres?,1549?.



Composition Date: 1549? [STC].

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	¶O Lord thy word is our sure touch-stone.
	That leadeth mankynde, to hys saluation
	Uyce for to eshewe, and all abhomination
	Ipocrysie, Idolatry, which is mans perdition
5	O Lorde is not the merites of thy passion
	A sure seale of fre pardone, and remyssion
	That once was shed for mans redemption?
	Upon the crosse was offered, that high oblacion.
	¶O Lorde thou dyddest thy fathers wrath pacify
10	Obedient thou wast vnto a shamefull death
	For mans lyfe, thou suffredest patiently
	Thou yeldest the gost, as the scripture sayth
	And rose from death, to lyfe the thyrde daye
	And sittest in heauen, with great power and maiestie
15	Coequall with the father, thys is no naye
	Makyng intercession, for vs synners perpetuallye.
	¶O Lorde howe long shall we wepe and crye
	For fault of foode, to the soule spirituall
	Thy watchmen are dome, and lie in theyr stye
20	Their filthy liuyng i[s] so abhomynable is] it 1549
	To fede thy flocke, they take no care nor payne
	To teach or preach, thy fa[y]thful testament faythful] fathful 1549gloss in left margin trimmed