
Johann Sebastian Bach
| BWV | 642 | 
| Title | If thou but suffer God to guide thee | 
| Composed | 1713, Weimar | 
| Key | A-Minor | 
| Scoring | Organ  | 
    
| Movements | Chorale | 
| Category | Orgelbuechlein | 
| Event | Lent | 
| Author of text | Georg Neumark, 1657 | 
| Text | 
      1. 
          If thou but suffer God to guide thee, 4. God knows full well when 
          times of gladness  | 
    
| Manuscript | Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Bodleian library, Oxford; Music library, Leipzig; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Goettingen; Conservatory, Brussels; Yale University, New Haven; University library, Warzawa |