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BOOK III. 5 Tis often thus in soul concerns We gospel sluggards see ; Who, if a wish would serve their turns, Might true believers be.

6 But when the preacher bids them watch, And seek and strive and pray, At every poor excuse they catch A lion in the way.

7 To use the means of grace how loath ! We call them still in vain ; They yield to their beloved sloth, And fold their arms again.

8 Dear Saviour, let thy pow r appear, The outward call to aid. These drowsy souls can only hear The voice that wakes the dead.

1 How soon the Saviour s gracious call Disarm d the rage of bloody Saul. Jesus, the knowledge of thy name Changes the lion to a lamb.

2 Zaccheus, when he knew the Lord, What he had gain d by wrong restored; And of the wealth he prized before, He gave the half to feed the poor.

3 The woman who so vile had been, When brought to weep o er pardon d sin, Was from her evil ways estranged, And show d that grace her heart had changed.

4 And can we think the power of grace Is lost by change of time and place ? Then it was mighty, all allow, And is it but a notion now ?

5 Can they whom pride and passion sway, Who mammon and the world obey,