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 Secure, if thou vouchſafe to keep My feeble ſoul among thy ſheep.

The ſins and follies I have done, Humbled in duſt I would bemoan; And while paſt guilt I thus deplore I would repeat that guilt no more, But by a life of zeal and love, True faith and penitence approve: So ſhall thy grace my ſins forgive, Jeſus ſhall ſmile, and I ſhall live.

is not in my weak pow'r alone. To melt this ſtubborn heart of ſtone; My ſoul to change, my life to mend, Or ſeek to Christ, that gen'rous friend.

'Tis God's own Spirit from above, Fixes our faith, inflames our love, And makes a life divine begin In wretched ſouls, long dead in ſin.

That moſt important gift of Heav'n, To thoſe that aſk and ſeek is giv'n: Then be it my immediate care, With importunity of pray'r To ſeek it in a Saviour's name, Who will not turn my hopes to ſhame.

from on high his grace ſhall poar; My ſoul ſhall flouriſh more and more, Preſs on with ſpeed from grace to grace, Till glory end and crown the race.