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[Lord, if I have indeed believed]
As Jesus sat at meat in his house, &c.
—ii. 15.
Lord, if I have indeed believed,
And Thee into my heart received,
Amidst the sinful crowd
O let me never blush to own
My Master, by the world unknown,
My Saviour and my God,
And Thee into my heart received,
Amidst the sinful crowd
O let me never blush to own
My Master, by the world unknown,
My Saviour and my God,
O may I never dare despise
The most abandon'd slaves of vice,
Or scorn their company,
But humble love for sinners show,
And prove my own conversion true,
By turning them to Thee.
The most abandon'd slaves of vice,
Or scorn their company,
But humble love for sinners show,
And prove my own conversion true,
By turning them to Thee.
Not to the just, but sinners sent,
I bid them in Thy name repent,
Thy following joy to prove:
And O, that all with pardon bless'd
Would share with me the gospel-feast,
The banquet of Thy love.
I bid them in Thy name repent,
Thy following joy to prove:
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Would share with me the gospel-feast,
The banquet of Thy love.
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