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['Tis not enough, at Thy command]

If thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them, &c. —xviii. 8.

'Tis not enough, at Thy command
The eye to shut, the hand to stay,
The eye I must pluck out, the hand
Cut off, and cast them both away,
The' occasions dear far off remove,
The objects of my sinful love.
Not without grief an eye is lost,
Torn from its seat with lingering smart:
And will it less of anguish cost
To tear a passion from the heart?

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Jesus, my helplessness I see,
And ask the violent grace from Thee.