John Ward - Consort anthem: Mount up, my soul

Visit: John Ward (1589 - 1638): Mount up, my soul. Mount up, my soul, to that high strain of zeal, Which may thee frame to thy creator’s will. Seeking by love of good, eternal weal, And ease from pain by hatred unto ill. So, being set from sin and sorrow free, Thou may’st for aye enjoy eternity. ’Ware lest thy love be turn’d to fleshly lust, Nor let thy faith be fix’d in brittle earth. Hope not to gain high place by means unjust, Nor let thy joy incline to hellish mirth. But unto Christ devote with all thy heart, Thy faith, thy love, thy hope and all thou art. And say, dear Lord, here let my heaven be, In love’s best service, still to honour Thee.