Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THE POWER OF DIVINE VENGEANCE,
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THE POWER OF DIVINE VENGEANCE,
A SACRED SONNET.
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When God for sin shall death demand,Who can before His judgment stand!
The proud shall bend—the mighty fall,
Before the Lord, the Judge of all.
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Justice can make the Heav'ns afraid,And brightest Cherubs hide their head,
From Him who sits upon the throne,
For He is pure, and He alone.
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Compar'd with whom, all beings madeAre but the shadows of a shade:
Nought have but what He deigns to give,
In whom they move, by whom they live.
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How then shall mortals bear the sightOf such a God, and such a height!
The sons of Adam—all unclean,
In guilt conceiv'd, and born in sin.
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Yet ev'n of these, there yet shall standBefore His throne, and on each hand,
A royal race, by Him redeem'd,
Whom God approv'd, tho' men blasphem'd.
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O might my lot with theirs be cast,Who, found in Him, shall stand at last
Bold in His sight, by fear unaw'd,
And face the purity of God .
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