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[PART V
294,295 HYMNS.
4 My lips with shame my sins confess
Against thy law, against thy grace :
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, 1
I am condemn’d, out thou art clear.
5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath,
I must pronounce thee just in death ;
And if my soul were sent to hell.
Thy righteous law approves it well.
6 Yet save a trembling sinner. Lord,
Whose hope, still hov’ring round thy word, 1 E
Would light on some sweet promise there.
Some sure support against despair.
204.
Pleading the Promises.
1 TJEHOLD thy waiting servant. Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word.
For all my hopes are there.
2 Hast thou not writ salvation down.
And promis’d quick’ning grace ?
Doth not my heart address thy throne.
And long to see thy face ?
3 Mine eyes for thy salvation fail;
O bear thy servant up; „
Nor let the scoffing lips prevail.
Who dare reproach my hope.
4 Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord ?
Then let thy truth appear :
Saints shall rejoice in my reward.
And trust as well as fear.
295.
Value of the Saviour's Blood.
1 PROSTRATE, dear Jesus, at thy feet
A guilty rebel lies f