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rt his power, Let him in darkness dwell; And, that he vex the earth no more, Confine him down to hell. Hymn 2:157. The same. 1 Now Satan comes with dreadful roar, And threatens to destroy; He worries whom he can't devour With a malicious joy. 2 Ye sons of God, oppose his rage, Resist, and he'll be gone; Thus did our dearest Lord engage And vanquish him alone. 3 Now he appears almost divine Like innocence and love, But the old serpent lurks within When he assumes the dove. 4 Fly from the false deceiver's tongue, Ye Sons of Adam, fly; Our parents found the snare too strong, Nor should the children try. Hymn 2:158. Few saved; or, The almost Christian, the hypocrite, and apostate. 1 Broad is the road that leads to death, And thousands walk together there; But wisdom shews a narrower path, With here and there a traveller. 2 "Deny thyself, and take thy cross," Is the Redeemer's great command; Nature must count her gold but dross If she would gain this heavenly land. 3 The fearful soul that tires and faints, And walks the ways of God no more, Is but esteem'd almost a saint, And makes his own destruction sure. 4 Lord, let not all my hopes be vain; Create my heart entirely new, Which hypocrites could ne'er attain, Which false apostates never knew. Hymn 2:159. An unconverted state; or, Converting grace. 1 [Great King of Glory and of grace, We own with humble shame, How vile is our degenerate race, And our first father's name.] 2 From Adam flows our tainted blood, The poison reigns within, Makes us averse to all that's good, And willing slaves to sin. 3 [Daily we break thy holy laws, And then reject thy grace; Engag'd in the old serpent's cause Against our Maker's face.] 4 We live estrang'd afar from God, And love the distance well; With haste we run the dangerous road That leads to death and hell. 5 And can such rebels be restor'd? Such natures made divine? Let sinners see thy glory, Lord, And feel this power of thine. 6 We raise our Father's name on high, Who his own Spirit sends To bring rebellious strangers nigh, And turn his foes to friends. Hymn 2:160. Custom in sin. 1 Let the wild leopards of the wood Put off the spots that nature gives, Then may the wicked turn to God, And change their tempers and their lives. 2 As well might Ethiopian slaves Wash out the darkness of their skin; The dead as well might leave their graves, As old transgre
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