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BOOK I. He counts their sighs and falling tears, And helps them from on high.

5 Though feeble is their good, It has its kind regard ; Yea, all they would do, if they could, Shall find a sure reward.

6 He sees the wicked too, And will repay them soon, For all the evil deeds they do, And all they would have done.

7 Since all our secret ways Are mark d and known by thee, Afford us, Lord, thy light of grace, That we ourselves may see.

1 BY various maxims, forms, and rules, That pass for wisdom in the schools, I strove my passion to restrain ; But all my efforts proved in vain.

2 But since the Saviour I have known, My rules are all reduced to one, To keep my Lord by faith in view ; This strength supplies and motives too.

3 I see him lead a suff ring life, Patient amidst reproach and strife ; And from his pattern courage take To bear and suffer for his sake.

4 Upon the cross I see him bleed, And by the sight from guilt am freed ; This sight destroys the life of sin, And quickens heav nly life within.

5 To look to Jesus as he rose, Confirms my faith, disarms my foes ; Satan I shame and overcome, By pointing to my Saviour s tomb.