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681.

[May'st Thou not still conceal Thy face]

God left him, to try him, that he might, &c. —xxxii. 31.

May'st Thou not still conceal Thy face,
Withdraw the sweet delights of grace,
And from Thine own depart,
To try, and seal them for Thine own,
To show the sin which lurk'd unknown
In my deceitful heart?
Surely, before my Lord withdrew,
Hid from myself I never knew
What now I groan to feel:
Thy absence hath my pride bewray'd,
And thus convinced, I see display'd
The depths of my own hell.
Left to myself, I now confess,
My heart is desperate wickedness,
But trust Thy gracious power
To make an utter end of sin,
Thou wilt at last appear within,
And never leave me more.
 

No! Not unprovoked. J.W.