Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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FREE GRACE AT LIBERTY.
I
God gives, yet takes—'tis all His own;And as He takes He gives;
By which He makes His mercy known,
And praise for both receives.
II
He gives the offer of His grace,Or takes the grace away;
Or worketh in a moment's space
The wonders of a day.
III
One day with Him's a thousand years,A thousand years as one:
Cease then to tease Him with your tears,
And let your god alone.
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IV
You need not doubt who fear his name,His power, or his will;
Nor shall that heart be put to shame
That takes the hint, “Be still.”
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