XII. William Hunnis

O IESU sweet, grant that thy grace

Alwaies so worke in mee,

I may desire the thing to doo

Most pleasing vnto thee.

O Iesu meeke, thy will be mine,

My will be thine also;

And that my will may follow thine

In pleasure, paine, and wo;

O Iesu, what is good for mee,

I say best known to thee:

Therefore according to thy will

Haue mercie now on mee.

II.

O IESU, if thou do withdrawe

Thy comfort for a time,

Let not despaire take hold on mee

For anie sinnfull crime.

But giue me patience to abide

Thy pleasure and thy will:

For sure thy judgments all are right,

Though I be wicked still.

But yet a promise hast thou made

To all that trust in thee:

According to which promise, Lord,

Haue mercie now on me.

III.

O IESU, oft it greeueth me,

And troubleth sore my mind,

That I so weake and fraile am found,

To wander with the blind.

O Iesu deare, thou lasting light,

Whose brightnesse doth excell,

The clearnes of thy beams send downe,

Within my heart to dwell.

O Iesu, quicken thou my soule,

That it may cleaue to thee,

And for thy painefull passion sake

Haue mercie now on me.