Thou knowest, Lord Henry Purcell

Funeral sentences, BCP

(1659-95)
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Thou know- est, Lord, the se - crets of our hearts; shut not,
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shut not thy mer-ci- ful ears un - to our pray-er; but spare us, Lord, spare us,
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Lord most ho - ly, O God, O God most might- y, O ho - ly and most
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Lord most ho - ly, O God, O God most might- y, O ho - ly and
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mer- ci - ful Sa- viour, thou most wor - thy Judge e - ter - nal, suf - fer us
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mer- ci - ful Sa- viour, thou most wor - thy Judge e - ter - nal, suf - fer us
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not, suf- fer us not, at our last hour, for a - ny pains of
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not, suf- fer us not, at our last hour, for a - ny pains of
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not, suf- fer us not, at our last hour, for
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not, suf- fer us not, at our last hour, for
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death, for a - ny pains of death, to fall, to fall from thee. A - men.
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death, for a - ny pains of death, to fall, to fall from thee. A - men.
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a - ny pains, for a - ny pains of death, to fall from thee. A - men.
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a - ny pains of death, to fall, to fall from thee. A - men.
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