Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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THE TRUE SCHISMATICKS. |
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THE TRUE SCHISMATICKS.
“These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.”
—Jude, 19.
Lord! save us from presumption's sin,
Where such unhappily exists;
Since here thy word hath shown wherein
The deadly guilt of schism consists.
Where such unhappily exists;
Since here thy word hath shown wherein
The deadly guilt of schism consists.
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No varying views of outward rites
Can for this imputation plead;
He who for these a brother slights,
Is only outward in his creed.
Can for this imputation plead;
He who for these a brother slights,
Is only outward in his creed.
The true schismatick is not one
Who may for conscience' sake withdraw;
Those who would such seceder shun,
Have never learnt Love's holy law.
Who may for conscience' sake withdraw;
Those who would such seceder shun,
Have never learnt Love's holy law.
They only can deserve the name,
Whose lives and conversation show,
By proofs no candour can disclaim,
That they thy holy faith forego.
Whose lives and conversation show,
By proofs no candour can disclaim,
That they thy holy faith forego.
Who separate themselves from Thee,
Their sensual lusts to gratify;
And, while refusing Thine to be,
The Spirit they have quench'd—deny.
Their sensual lusts to gratify;
And, while refusing Thine to be,
The Spirit they have quench'd—deny.
This is the schism whose end is death!
Lord! keep us in thy righteous way;
That, built on thy most holy faith,
We in the Spirit still may pray:—
Lord! keep us in thy righteous way;
That, built on thy most holy faith,
We in the Spirit still may pray:—
And kept by grace in stedfast love
Of Thee, may thy salvation own,
Looking for mercy from above,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord alone.
Of Thee, may thy salvation own,
Looking for mercy from above,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord alone.
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