Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THE SPIRITUAL PATIENT. |
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THE SPIRITUAL PATIENT.
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Come—O come, thou good Physician,Healer of the wounded soul;
See my sad and sore condition,
View me, lord, and speak me whole.
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Stricken—smitten—wounded—bruised,All disease thro' every part;
Long I have thy help refused,
Long denied thy healing art.
III
But at length convinc'd—confounded,Now thy healing art I crave;
And believe my hope well grounded,
Thou wilt not refuse to save.
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Envy, wrath, and low resentment,Never can have place in thee:
Love thou art—if mix'd with judgment,
And they both shall plead for me.
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