Hymns on the Trinity, 73

Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God:
The Lord thy God that Spirit is,
Who hath on man His grace bestow'd;
Whose tender mercies never cease;
But still He doth with sinners stay,
Though grieved and tempted every day.

Transgressors of His righteous law
By sin offend His glorious eyes:
By sin we urge Him to withdraw,
And force His lingering wrath to rise,
Till from His face He vows to' expel,
And leave us to our choice in hell.

Yet spare us, O Thou God supreme,
Before we fill our measure up,
Thy true Divinity blaspheme,
And quench with Thee our latest hope:
Thy Godhead on the rebels prove,
And conquer us at last by love.

Thy living law of love reveal,
And write it in our inward parts,
Thou God of love unsearchable,
Set up Thy kingdom in our hearts,
Thy kingdom in our hearts maintain,
And we shall never sin again.