Classic Poem

To be all nought , is nought at all to be ;
and to be sinfull still, is to be nought:
Yet Sinners ARE (though dead in sinne ) we see;
as Men ARE , though they are not as they ought.

Deliuer me (deare Lord) from being such;
(such being take from me that sinfull is:)
For, better nothing be , then be so much;
because so much is more then most amisse!

Then let me be , not as I am; but what
I ought to Be; or take me as I am;
Take me to Thee , and then I will be that
I ought to be this cause is Dead and
For, then I am , when I am wholy thine;
But, I am not, while I am Sinnes or Mine .