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[The men whom God pronounces just]
The men whom God pronounces just,
Just may they not themselves esteem?
No; but as sinners still they must
All righteousness ascribe to Him,
And humbled into nothing own
Holy and good is God alone.
Just may they not themselves esteem?
No; but as sinners still they must
All righteousness ascribe to Him,
And humbled into nothing own
Holy and good is God alone.
Murmuring that God should hide His face
For no offence or fault of mine,
I honour my own righteousness
Above the righteousness Divine,
And tacitly of God complain
As author of my causeless pain.
For no offence or fault of mine,
I honour my own righteousness
Above the righteousness Divine,
And tacitly of God complain
As author of my causeless pain.
But O! I now with shame confess,
If chasten'd long as life shall last,
Thou dost not punish to excess
My pardon'd sins and follies pass'd:
Justice doth still to God belong;
The King of kings can do no wrong.
If chasten'd long as life shall last,
Thou dost not punish to excess
My pardon'd sins and follies pass'd:
Justice doth still to God belong;
The King of kings can do no wrong.
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