Base Tempter, Hence Depart

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Base tempter, hence depart

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: GREENWOOD (Sweetser)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Base tempter, hence depart,
The dreadful charge withdraw;
Too true indeed, I’ve often sinned,
But Christ has kept the law.

2 Shouldst thou with crimes accuse,
The guilty charge I own;
But trust the promise and the grace
Of God’s incarnate Son.

3 That boundless grace and love,
Which thou shalt never share,
Is the foundation of my hope,
A refuge from despair.

4 Enhanced as is my guilt,
Couldst thou increase the score,
I’d fly the swifter to the cross,
And watch and pray the more.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16241

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Base tempter, hence depart
Title:	Base Tempter, Hence Depart
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain