XXII. A Song of Praise for Pardon of Sin.
1
My God a God of Pardon is,
His Bosom gives me Ease;
I have not, do not please my God,
Yet Mercy Him doth please.
My Sins aloud for Vengeance call,
But Lo! a Fountain Springs
From Christ's pierc'd Side, which loude crie
And speaketh better Things,
2
My Sins have reach'd up to the Heav'ns,
But Mercies Height exceeds.
Gods Mercy is above the Heav'ns,
Above my sinful deeds.
My Sins are many, like the Stars,
Or Sands upon the Shore;
But yet the Mercies of my God
Are infinitely more.
3
My Sins in Bigness do arise
Like Mountains great and Tall,
But Mercy, like a mighty Sea,
Covers these Mountains all.
This is a Sea that's Bottomless,
A Sea without a Shore.
For where Sin hath abounded much,
Mercy abounds-much more.
4
Manasseh, Paul and Magdalen
Were pardon'd all by Thee.
I Read it and Believe it, Lord,
For thou hast pardon'd Me.
When God shall search the World for Sin,
VVhat trembling will be there?
O Rocks and Mountains Cover us,
VVill be the Sinners prayer.
5
But the Lambs wrath they need not fear
VVho once have felt his Love.
And they that walk with God below
Shall dwell with God above.
Rage Earth and Hell, come Life, come Death,
Yet still my Song shall be,
God was and is and will be good
And Merciful to Me.
