Acts 25:22: I "would also hear the man myself

"I myself would hear the man,"
Wilt thou let thine idols go?
Nature urges thee in vain
New or curious things to know;
If from sin thou dost not cease,
Hearing must thy guilt increase.

Let the self-condemn'd and poor
Long forgiveness to receive,
Let the sick desire their cure,
Sinners languish to believe,
Faith will enter through the ear,
Come, and save the souls that hear.