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Da pacem Domine. F.G.
- Give peace in these our days O Lord,
- Great dangers are now at hand:
- Thine enemies with one accord,
- Christ’s name in every land
- Seek to deface,
- Root out and race
- Thy true right worship indeed:
- Be thou our stay,
- Lord we thee pray,
- Thou helpst alone in all need.
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- Give us that peace which we do lack,
- Through misbelief and ill life:
- Thy word to offer thou dost not slack,
- Which we unkindly ‘gain strive.
- With fire and sword,
- This healthful word,
- Some persecute and oppress:
- Some with the mouth
- Confess the truth,
- Without sincere godliness.
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- Give peace, and us thy spirit down send,
- With grief and repentance true,
- Do pierce our hearts our lives to amend,
- And by faith Christ renew:
- That fear and dread,
- War and bloodshed,
- Through thy sweet mercy and grace,
- May from us slide,
- That thy truth may ‘bide,
- And shine in every place.
THE BOOK OF PSALMS
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