Text:Ezekiel 33:11
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:MARTYN
Composer:S. B. Marsh

246. Ezekiel 33:11

1 Sinners, turn, why will ye die?
God, your Maker, asks you Why?
God, who did your being give,
Made you with himself to live;
He the fatal cause demands,
Asks the work of his own hands,
Why, ye thankless creatures, why
Will ye cross his love, and die?

2 Sinners, turn, why will ye die?
God, your Saviour, asks you Why?
He who did your souls retrieve,
Died himself that ye might live.
Will ye let him die in vain?
Crucify your Lord again?
Why, ye ransomed sinners, why
Will ye slight his grace, and die?

3 Sinners, turn, why will ye die?
God, the Spirit, asks you Why?
He, who all your lives hath strove,
Urged you to embrace his love:
Will ye not his grace receive?
Will ye still refuse to live?
Why, ye long-sought sinners! why,
Will ye grieve your God, and die?

Text Information
First Line: Sinners, turn, why will ye die?
Title: Ezekiel 33:11
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Gospel: Atonement Offered; Atonement: Offered; Holy Spirit: Grieved (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: MARTYN
Composer: S. B. Marsh
Meter: 7s, D
Key: F Major or modal



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