793.
[Lust is a fire that fiercely burns]
It is a fire that consumeth to destruction, &c.
—xxxi. 12.
Lust is a fire that fiercely burns,
And sinners to destruction turns,
It ruins whom it first o'ercomes,
The body with the soul consumes,
It desolates the conscience foul,
Kindles God's wrath against the soul,
(Tremendous wrath implacable,)
And burns to the profoundest hell.
How shall a desperate slave of sin
Escape the hell that teems within,
Before the utmost judgment come,
Before the' eternal flames consume?
The pit its mouth hath open'd wide!
Plunge, sinner, in that crimson tide;
The fire of lust, the wrath of God
May now be quench'd by Jesu's blood.
