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XXXIV.

[Who can forgive but God alone]

Forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians iv. 32.


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Forgiving one another, even as Christ forgave you. Colossians iii. 13.

Who can forgive but God alone,
The one great God of earth and heaven?
And for the sake of Christ His Son
He hath indeed their sins forgiven,
Who have by faith His Son confess'd
God over all for ever bless'd.
Equal to the Most High He lives,
The same authority exerts,
Who sin in His own right forgives,
And sprinkles all His people's hearts,
And numbers with the saints above
The objects of His bleeding love.
Jesus, on me Thy mercy show,
That I Thy Godhead may proclaim:
Power to forgive Thou hadst below;
And now as yesterday the same,
Thou canst a guilty soul release,
And save, and bid me go in peace.
Wherefore in me reveal the grace
Which present sure salvation brings;
So shall I with Thy people praise
The Lord of hosts, the King of kings,
The pardoning God, the' almighty Son
Return'd to Thine eternal throne.