Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#57a

57a. A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon

1 While I keep silence and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my conscience feel!
What agonies of inward smart!

2 I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess;
Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word,
Thine holy spirit seals the grace.

3 For this shall every humble soul
Make swift addresses to thy seat:
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat.

4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark and storms appear?
And when I walk, thy watchful eye,
Shall guide me safe from every snare.

Text Information

• First Line: While I keep silence and conceal
• Title: A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 32
• Topic: Blessings: of a person; Comfort, Holiness and Pardon; Confession: of sin, repentance, and pardon; Conscience: its guilt relieved; Faith: in the blood of Christ; Grace: without merit; Guilt of Conscience relieved; Justification free; Obedience: sincere; Pardon: and confession; Repentance: Confession and Pardon; Sincerity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Second Part

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