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922.

[Vile and wretched as the worst]

Out of the heart . . . proceed evil thoughts, &c. —vii. 21.

Vile and wretched as the worst,
Saviour if this heart of mine
Bears not all those fruits accursed,
Thine the praise and only Thine:
What it doth of evil bear
Thou dost patiently endure
Till Thy love the root uptear,
Make mine inmost nature pure.