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BOOK I. Partner of my throne shalt be, Say, poor sinner, lov st thou me?&quot;

6 Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint ; Yet I love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee more?

1 Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I his, or am I not ?

2 If I love, why am I thus ? Why this dull, this lifeless frame ? Hardly sure can they be worse Who have never heard his name !

3 Could my heart so hard remain, Pray r a task and burden prove, Every trifle give me pain, If I knew a Saviour s love ?

4 When I turn my eyes within, All is dark and vain and wild : FilTd with unbelief and sin, Can I deem myself a child ?

5 If I pray or hear or read, Sin is mix d with all I do ; You that love the Lord indeed, Tell me, is it thus with you ?

6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, Find my sin a grief and thrall: Should I grieve for what I feel, If I did not love at all ?

7 Could I joy his saints to meet, Choose the ways I once abhorr d, Find, at times, the promise sweet, If I did not love the Lord ?