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Hymns, for the Amusement of Children

Embellished with Cuts [by Christopher Smart]
Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
  
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APPENDIX TO THE HYMNS for CHILDREN.

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HYMN V. JUSTICE.

I

O let not fraud 'gainst me prevail,
My God, my Christ avow'd;
Which weigh'st the mountains in thy scale,
And ballancest the cloud.

II

And still peculiar on my side,
Keep me from rigour free;
Make me forgive in manly pride,
All that exact on me.
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III

Pay my demander more than due,
With measure heap'd and press'd;
And rather welcome than pursue,
My brother when distress'd.

IV

O give me sense and grace to know
Thy will, and check my own;
In heav'n above, in earth below,
The Lord is judge alone.
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