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[That irresistible I AM]
As soon then as He had said unto them, I am, &c.
—xviii. 6.
That irresistible I AM
Declares the present Deity,
Yet none convinced their God proclaim,
Whose power and love they feel and see;
Who struck their bodies to the ground,
He might have struck their souls to hell,
In chains of penal darkness bound,
And plunged in flames unquenchable.
Declares the present Deity,
Yet none convinced their God proclaim,
Whose power and love they feel and see;
Who struck their bodies to the ground,
He might have struck their souls to hell,
In chains of penal darkness bound,
And plunged in flames unquenchable.
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Ah, what can outward wonders do
To' o'ercome the stubbornness of man?
Unless Thou bind our spirits too,
Thy judgments cast us down in vain;
My hopes, designs, or health o'erthrow,
Yet will I not to Thee submit;
But give my heart Thy love to know,
And then I worship at Thy feet.
To' o'ercome the stubbornness of man?
Unless Thou bind our spirits too,
Thy judgments cast us down in vain;
My hopes, designs, or health o'erthrow,
Yet will I not to Thee submit;
But give my heart Thy love to know,
And then I worship at Thy feet.
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