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8 O may I bear fome humble partot In that immortal fong! Wonder and joy fhall tune my heart, And love direct my tongue.

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CCXXIV.

A convinced finner praying for divine help and mercy. Luke xviii. 13.

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Saviour! ftill inclin'd to do Thy needy creatures good, Let me, that I thy praife may fhow, Be by thy grace renew'd.

2 Lothfome, and foul, and felf- abhor'd, I fink beneath my fin;

But if thou wilt a gracious word T Of thine can make me clean.

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3 Thou feeft me deaf to thy commands, Open, O Lord, mine ear!

Bid me ftretch out my wither'd hands, And lift them up in prayer.

Silent, alas! thou know'ft how long, My voice cannot raife, But, Lord, when thou halt loofe my The dumb will fing thy praife.[ tongue