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BOOK I. 6 Let worldlings then indulge their boast, How much they gain or spend ; Their joys must soon give up the ghost, But mine shall know no end.

1 ONCE perishing in blood I lay; Creatures no help could give ; But Jesus pass d me in the way, He saw, and bade me live.

2 Though Satan still his rule maintain d, And all his arts employ d ; That mighty word his rage restrain d, I could not be destroy d.

3 At length the time of love arrived, When I my Lord should know ; Then Satan, of his power deprived, Was forced to let me go.

4 can I e er that day forget, When Jesus kindly spoke ! &quot; Poor soul, my blood has paid thy debt, And now I break thy yoke.

5 &quot; Henceforth I take thee for my own, And give myself to thee ; Forsake the idols thou hast known, And yield thy heart to me. &quot;

6 Ah, worthless heart ! it promised fair, And said it would be thine ; I little thought it e er would dare Again with idols join.

7 Lord, dost thou such backslidings heal, And pardon all that s past ? Sure, if I am not made of steel, Thou hast prevail d at last.

8 My tongue, which rashly spoke before, This mercy will restrain ; Rh