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LXXXV. Restoring Grace

1 Jesus, friend of Sinners hear,
Yet once again, I pray,
From my Debt of sin set free,
For I have naught to pay;
Speak, O speak the kind release,
A poor backsliding soul restore;
Love me freely, seal my Peace,
And bid me sin no more.

2 Though my Sins as Mountains rise,
And swell and reach to Heav'n,
Mercy is above the Skies,
I may be still forgiv'n.
Infinite my sins increase,
But greater is thy mercy's store.
Love me freely, seal my Peace,
And bid me sin no more.

3 Sins' deceitfulness hath spread
An hardness o'er my Heart,
But if thou thy Spirit shed
The stony shall depart:
Shed thy Love, thy Tenderness,
And let me feel the soft'ning Power.
Love me freely, seal my Peace,
And bid me sin no more.

4 From th' oppressive Power of Sin
My struggling Spirit free,
Perfect Right'ousness bring in,
Unspotted Purity:
Speak, and all this War shall cease,
And sin shall give its raging o'er:
Love me freely, seal my Peace,
And bid me sin no more.

5 For this only Thing I pray,
And this I will require,
Take the Power of sin away,
Fill me with chaste desire:
Perfect me in Holiness,
Thine Image to my soul restore,
Love me freely, seal my Peace,
And bid me sin no more.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, friend of Sinners hear
• Title: Restoring Grace
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1774

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