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2.--AN HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER.

Hear me, O God!

A broken heart
Is my best part:

Use still thy rod,

That I may prove
Therein thy love.

If thou hadst not

Been stern to me,
But left me free,

I
had forgot
Myself and thee.

For sin's so sweet
As minds ill bent that.
Rarely repent
Until they meet
Their punishment.


Who more can crave

Than thou hast done?
Thou gay'st a Son

To free a slave,

First made of nought,
With all since bought.

Sin, death, and hell

His glorious name
Quite overcame;

Yet I rebel,

And slight the same.

But I'll come in

Before my loss
Me farther toss,

As sure to win

Under his cross.



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