A Hymn To God The Father

Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,

        Which was 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 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 wallow'd 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;

  But swear by thyself, 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.