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' F.CT. IV.] HYMNS.
3 She hides my follies from mine eyes.
Lifts fancied virtues to the skies;
And while the specious tale she tells
Her own deformity conceals.
'4 Rend, O ray God, the vail away,
Bring forth the monster to the day ;
Expose her hideous form to view.
And all her restless pow’r subdue.
15 So shall humility divine
Again possess this heart of mine ;
And form a temple for my God,
j Which he will make his lov’d abode.
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Spiritual Conflict. Ephes. vi. 16.
1 lYI Y soul is sad and much dismay’d;
See, Lord, what legions of my foes,
, With fierce Apollyon at their head,
i. My heav’nly pilgrimage oppose!
, 2 See, from the ever-burning lake,
s How like a smoky cloud they rise!
With horrid blasts my soul they shake,
With storms of blasphemies and lies.
3 Their fiery arrows reach the mark,
My throbbing heart with anguish tear;
Each lights upon a kindred spark,
i And finds abundant fuel there.
4 I hate the thought that wrongs the Lord;
Oh ! I would drive it from my breast.
With thy own sharp two-edged sword.
Far as the east is from the west.
5 Come, then, and chase the cruel host.
Heal the deep wounds 1 have receiv’d!
Nor let the pow’rs of darkness boast.
That I am foil’d, and thou art griev’d ! •