SERMON VI. HYMN FOR SERMON VI. Sins and Sorrows spread before God. O that I knew the secret place, Where I might find my God! I'd spread my wants before his face, And pour my woes abroad. I'd tell him how my sins. arise, What sorrows I sustain ; How grace decays, and comfort dies, And leaves my heart ih pain. Itd say, " How flesh and sense rebel I What inward foes combine With the Vain world,and powersof hell, To vex this soul of mine !" pl He knowswhat arguments I'd take, To wrestle with my God ; .. I'd plead for his own mercy's sake; And for my Saviour's blood. My Godwill pity my complants, And heal my broken bones : Ile takes the meaning of his saints, The language of their groans. Arise, my soul, fromdeep distress, And banish every fear ; He calls thee to his throne of grace, 'To spread thy sorrows there,
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