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John 13:9: With the Omniscient Spirit fill'd
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
With the Omniscient Spirit fill'd
Who knows what is in man,
Paul perceives the fiend conceal'd
From mortal view in vain;
Looks with Jesus' flaming eyes,
Which sin-consuming virtue dart,
Sees his heart without disguise,
I lis false infernal heart.
Not with angry passion fired,
But holy fervent zeal,
By his righteous Lord inspired
I lis judgments to reveal
Paul rebukes in truth severe,
The power of Jesus to display,
Gives the wizard's character,
And drags him into day.
Sharpness exercised on one
Is mercy shown to all,
Warns them of the pit unknown,
Nor suffers them to fall;
Love of truth and innocence
Are to the Lamb's apostle given,
Justify his vehemence,
And prove his zeal from Heaven.
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Who sees the miracle believes,
Who feels it is an heathen still,
Nor yet beneath the judgment grieves,
Or bows to Christ his stubborn will;
Judgments alone cannot convert,
Or chase the fiend out of his heart.
One only way doth still remain
To turn a sorcerer's heart or mine;
My heart if Jesus' love constrain,
Changed from infernal to Divine,
Him and His doctrine I receive,
And saved, to serve my Saviour live.
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