A Hymn to God the Father

Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,
 Which is my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run,
 And do run still, though still I do deplore?
 When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
 For I have more.

Wilt thou forgive that sin by which I have won
 Others to sin? and made my sin their door?
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun
 A year or two, but wallowed in a score?
 When thou hast done, thou hast not done,
 For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun
 My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
Swear by thy self, that at my death thy Son
 Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore;
 And, having done that, thou hast done,
 I fear no more.