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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 banifh'd Man I roam,

But cannot find my Reft below,

But cannot wander Home.

10. O GOD, Thou art my Home, my Reit,
For which I figh in Pain,
How fhall I 'fcape 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 fhall I do? 'Tis worse 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 rush 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,

Be

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,

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Destroy, and fave me Now.

After a RECOVERY.

LORD, 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 Senfe of Pardoning Love!

2. Let it ftill my Heart constrain,
And all my Paffions fway,
Keep me, leaft I turn again
Out of the Narrow Way;
Force my Violence to be ftill,
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 ftruggle out of Thy Embrace,
Never more refift or fly

From Thy perfuing Grace.

4. To Thy Cross, 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 Presence 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.

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

If Thou once withdraw Thy Hand,
I fink into the Deep.

8. Now,

8. Now, this inftant Now, if Sin
Were knocking at my Heart,
I should let the Tempter in,
And bid my LORD depart;
But Thou wilt not let me fall,
Thou wilt not from Weakness move,

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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, dearest LORD,
And never let me go.

2. Feebly if I now begin
After my Fall to rife,
Save me from my Bofom-Sin,
My Worft of Enemies;
Let me fully be restor❜d,

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

3. By me, O my Saviour, stand
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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Sin be more than Hell, abhor'd,
Till Thou destroy the Tyrant-Foe:
Keep me, keep me, &c.

5. Never let me leave Thy Breaft,
From Thee my Saviour ftray;
Thou art my Support, and Reft,
My true and living Way,
My exceeding great Reward,
In Heaven above, and Earth below:
Keep me, keep me, &c.

6. Never let me go, till I

Upborn on Wings of Love,
Gain the Regions of the Sky,
And take my Seat above,
See Thee by All Heaven ador'd,
And All Thy Glorious Fulness know:
Keep me, keep me, dearest LORD,
And never let me go.

Groaning for REDEMPTION.

JESU, ftill, ftill fhall I groan

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Beneath the galling Yoke of Sin? Wilt Thou not claim me for Thy own,

And speak the Word, and make me clean ?

My Load is more than I can bear :

Where is the Friend of Sinners? where?

2. Is there no Balm in Thee to heal
The Anguifh of a Sin-fick Soul?
Doft Thou not know the Pangs I feel?
Doft Thou not fee the Billows roll?
My Soul is all a troubled Sea,

I cannot find my Reft in Thee.

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