Hymn 28. Confession of Sin.
All People, &c.
Joh. 7.20. Isa. 3.8.
O Thou Preserver of mankind,
what shall we say or do to thee?
Six centuries of select hymns and spiritual songs collected out of the Holy Bible together with a catechism, the canticles, and a catalogue of vertuous women / by William Barton.
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- Six centuries of select hymns and spiritual songs collected out of the Holy Bible together with a catechism, the canticles, and a catalogue of vertuous women / by William Barton.
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- Barton, William, 1598?-1678.
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- London :: Printed by J. Heptinstall for William Cooper ...,
- 1688.
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Or what excuse, Lord, can we find?
for we have sinn'd in great degree.
Our ways and doings still have been
Against the Lord by grievous sin,
So to provoke the glorious eyes,
Of God, by our Iniquities.
Job 40.4.42.5. Isa. 55.9.
O we are vile in every part,
with self abhorring we relent:
And from the bottom of our heart
in dust and ashes we repent!
But, Lord, thy ways and thoughts of grace,
Are not as ours, of narrow space:
Thy thoughts transcend our thoughts as far
As Heaven and Earth in distance are.