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ANOTHER.

That I was as heretofore,
When warm in my First Love

I only lived my LORD t'adore,
And feek the Things above!

2. Upon my Head His Candle fhone,
And lavish of His Grace,

With Cords of Love He drew me on,
And half unveild His Face.

3. Butter and Honey did I eat,
And lifted up on high,

I faw the Clouds beneath my Feet,
And rode upon the Sky.

4. Far, far above all Earthly Things
Triumphantly I rode,

I foar'd to Heaven on Eagle's Wings,
And found, and talk'd with GOD.

5. Where am I now! from what an Height
Of Happiness caft down!
The Glory fwallow'd up in Night,

And faded is the Crown.

6. My first Estate I could not keep,
Fallen thro' Pride I am,

Implung'd in Sin's profoundest Deep,
And swallowed up of Shame.

7. Forlorn, forfaken, and alone,
Naked, and void of God,
My feeble Soul can scarcely groan
A Dying Ichabod!

8. Ah! woe is me! my Joy is fled,
Vanish'd my Glorious Boaft,

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My Hope cut off, my Life is dead,
My Paradife is loft!

9. Thro' the wide World of Sin and Woe: A banish'd Man I roam,

But cannot find my Reft below,

But cannot wander Home.

10. O GOD, Thou art my Home, my Reft,
For which I figh in Pain,
How fhall I 'scape into Thy Breaft,
My Eden how regain?

11. Vengeance Divine is always near ;
Wheree'r my Steps I turn,

I fee the Cherubim appear,
I see Thine Anger burn.

12. When longing oft to be reftor'd,
I would to Eden flee,

Thine Anger, as a Flaming Sword,
Preferves the Sacred Tree.

13. What shall I do? 'Tis worfe than Death To live without Thy Grace :

I yield, I yield Thee up my Breath,

So I may fee Thy Face.

14. A Sinner in Thy Hands I am,.
No farther let me fly,

But rufh upon that Sword of Flame,
And in Thy Prefence die.

15. Nothing, alas! have I to plead,
I am not fit to live,

Yet if Thy Juftice ftrike me dead,
Thy Mercy fhall revive.

16. This is the Way to find my LORD, Thy felf haft made it known,

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Be it according to Thy Word:
On me Thy Will be done.

17. Slay me, and I fhall live indeed,
With Thy Dead Men arise,

From all the Life of Nature freed,

In Love's fweet Paradise.

18. Now, LORD, Thy Death, Thy Life bring

While at Thy Feet I bow,

Enter at once, and caft out Sin,

Destroy, and fave me Now.

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After a RECOVERY.

ORD, and is Thine Anger gone,
And art Thou pacified?

After all that I have done,
Doft Thou no longer chide?
Infinite Thy Mercies are,
Beneath the Weight I cannot move,
O! 'tis more than I can bear
The Sense of Pardoning Love!

2. Let it ftill my 'Heart conftrain,
And all my Paffions fway,
Keep me, leaft I turn again
Out of the Narrow Way;
Force my Violence to be still,
Captivate my every Thought,

Charm, and melt, and change my Will,
And bring me down to nought.

3. If I have begun once more
Thy fweet Return to feel,
If ev'n now I find Thy Power
Prefent my Soul to heal,

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Still, and quiet may I lie,
Nor struggle out of Thy Embrace,
Never more refift or fly
From Thy perluing Grace.

4. To Thy Crofs, Thy Altar, bind
Me with the Cords of Love,
Freedom let me never find

From my dear LORD to move;
That I never, never more,

May with my much-lov'd Master part,
To the Pofts of Mercy's Door
O nail my willing Heart.

5. See my utter Helplesness,
And leave me not alone,
O preserve in perfect Peace,

And feal me for Thine own; More, and more Thy felf reveal. Thy Prefence let me always find, Comfort, and confirm, and heal My feeble, Sin-fick Mind.

6. As the Apple of an Eye

Thy weakest Servant keep,
Help me at Thy Feet to lie,
And there forever weep,
Tears of Joy my Eyes ore'flow
That I have any Hope of Heaven;
Much of Love I ought to know,
For I have much forgiven.

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7. Now I feem to tafte Thy Love
As for a Moment's Space,
But I cannot faithful prove
To Thy restoring Grace;
Cannot in Temptation ftand,
My own Soul I cannot keep,

If Thou once withdraw Thy Hand,

I fink into the Deep.

8. Now,

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8. Now, this inftant Now, if Sin
Were knocking at my Heart,
I fhould let the Tempter in,

And bid my LORD depart;
But Thou wilt not let me fall,
Thou wilt not from my Weakness, move,
Till I more than conquer All
Thro' Thy Redeeming Love."

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ANOTHER

ON of GOD, if Thy Free Grace
Again hath rais'd me up,

Call'd me ftill to feek Thy Face,
And gave me back my Hope;
Still Thy gracious Help afford,
And all Thy Loving-kindness fhew;
Keep me, keep me, deareft LoRE,

And never let me s

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2. Feebly if I now begin
After my Fall to rife,
Save me from my Bofom-Sin,

My Worst of Enemies;
Let me fully be restor'd,

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And caufe me All Thy Power to know;
Keep me,, keep me, &c.

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3. By me, O my Saviour, ftand

In fore Temptation's Hour,

Save me with Thine out-ftretch'd Hand,
And fhew forth All Thy Power:
O be mindful of Thy Word,

Thine All-fufficient Grace beftow;
Keep me, keep me, &c.

4. Give me, LORD, an holy Fear,

And fix it in my Heart,

That I may from Evil near
With timely Care depart,

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