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122 Surely I now shall boast no more, Nor censure, nor complain.

1 THE Lord proclaims his grace abroad ! "Behold, I change your hearts of stone ; Each shall renounce his idol-god, And serve, henceforth, the Lord alone.

2 "My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds To wash your filthiness away ; Ye shall abhor your former deeds, And learn my statutes to obey.

3 &quot; My truth the great design ensures, I give myself away to you ; You shall be mine, I will be yours, Your God unalterably true.

4 &quot; Yet not unsought or unimplored The plenteous grace shall I confer; Noyour whole hearts shall seek the Lord, I ll put a praying spirit there.

5 &quot; From the first breath of life divine, Down to the last expiring hour, The gracious work shall all be mine, Begun and ended in my power.&quot;

1 As birds their infant brood protect, And spread their wings to shelter them ; Thus saith the Lord to his elect, "So will I guard Jerusalem."

2 And what then is Jerusalem This darling object of his care? Where is its worth in God s esteem. Who built it? who inhabits there.

3 Jehovah founded it in blood. The blood of his incarnate Son ;