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[I.] The Song of the Pardoned.
Luke VII. 4.7.
THE Sin of my First Father is
Mine, the Just Law doth say,
The Sin of a Vile Nature, This
Doth unto me Convey.
Mine, the Just Law doth say,
The Sin of a Vile Nature, This
Doth unto me Convey.
Innumerable Sins I do
Hence madly Perpetrate;
Sins, which the Good I Have and Know;
Doth sadly aggravate.
Hence madly Perpetrate;
Sins, which the Good I Have and Know;
Doth sadly aggravate.
But, O my Precious CHRIST, I see,
THOU art my Surety made:
A Full Obedience was by Thee
To Thy Great Father Paid.
THOU art my Surety made:
A Full Obedience was by Thee
To Thy Great Father Paid.
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Thy Vast Obedience is by Him
Now freely Reckon'd mine;
And me doth unto Life Redeem
That Righteousness of Thine.
Now freely Reckon'd mine;
And me doth unto Life Redeem
That Righteousness of Thine.
O may I Love that Glorious One:
Lord, Thou deserv'st my Love;
Such Things Thy Love hath for me done,
Things all my Thoughts above!
Lord, Thou deserv'st my Love;
Such Things Thy Love hath for me done,
Things all my Thoughts above!
My God, I Love Thee; And I Grieve
That I Love Thee no more:
I Love Thee, and that I may Live
Thy Praises, I Implore.
That I Love Thee no more:
I Love Thee, and that I may Live
Thy Praises, I Implore.
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