And that my wicked heart did prove – Modernized Edition

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 And that my wicked heart did prove
          who after sins so many
hath found such favor in thy eyes
          without deserving any.
 
O blessed ever be my God
          for his preventing grace,1A reference to the doctrine of prevenient grace, in which God’s grace occurs before a human being takes any action.
 which I unworthy have received
          in this most happy place.






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Source: Baker, p. 57; see Bodleian, p. 10 and 1658, p. 287