Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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A PRAYER FOR MERCY,
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A PRAYER FOR MERCY,
Or Thoughts on Psalm cxix. 94.
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If I am thine, wilt not thou save,And hide me from my foe;
Vouchsafe the blessing that I crave,
And, as I ask—bestow.
II
If I am thine, wilt thou not hear,And grant me this request,
That I at least thy name may fear,
Tho' joy forsake my breast.
III
If I am thine, thou canst but save,For then thyself art mine:
If not—thou canst adopt a slave,
And make him heir with thine.
IV
Thou canst with perfect ease performWhate'er thy pleasure will;
A sinner to a saint transform,
Tho' found a sinner still.
V
Such power to thee, my God, belongs,And to thy name alone;
And such the triumph of their songs,
Whom Mercy makes her own.
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If then thy love this grace will shew,This gift on me confer,
I shall find rest where'er I go,
And Heav'n be always near.
VII
I shall with Israel's flock be found,That lost, but ransom'd race;
And shout, thro' one eternal round,
The love that saves by grace!
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