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And that my wicked heart did proue
          who after sinnes so manie,
hath founde such fauour in thy eyes
          without deseruing anie.
 
O blessed euer be my God
          for his preuenting Grace,1A reference to the doctrine of prevenient grace, in which God’s grace occurs before a human being takes any action.
which I vnworthie haue receau’d
          in this most happie place.






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