Circumcision, or Newyeares-Day

THis Day thy flesh, oh Christ, did bleed,
Markt by the Circumcision-knife;
Because the Law for mans misdeed,
Requir'd that earnest of thy life.
Those drops diuin'de that showre of bloud,
Which in thine Agonie began:
And that great showre foreshewd the floud,
Which from thy side the next day ran.

Then, through that milder Sacrament,
Succeeding this, thy grace inspire;
Yea, let thy smart make vs repent,
And circumcized hearts desire.
For, he that either is baptiz'd,
Or circumciz'd in flesh alone,
Is but as an vncircumciz'd,
Or as an vnbaptized-one.

The yeare anew we now begin,
And outward guifts receiu'd haue we;
Renue vs also LORD within,
And make vs new-yeares-gifts for thee:
Yea, let vs with the passed yeare,
Our old affections cast away;
That we new-creatures may appeare,
And to redeeme the Time assay.