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Lamentations 3:22: We should have been doom'd With devils to dwell
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
We should have been doom'd With devils to dwell,
But are not consumed, But are not in hell!
Twixt us and the sentence Our Advocate stood,
And gave us repentance, And pleaded His blood.
Unworthy to live. Our Saviour we own.
Ascribe our reprieve To mercy alone;
The boundless compassion Of Jesus we praise,
And all our salvation Expect from His grace.
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Wesley, Charles. “Lamentations 3:22: We should have been doom'd With devils to dwell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3678/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Lamentations 3:22: We should have been doom'd With devils to dwell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3678/.
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