James 3:15: Account that the long-suffering of our Lord, &c

I po with all my soul believe,
Thou hast so long my manners borne,
That I Thine image may retrieve,
And saved at last, to God return:
Entering into Thy love's design,
I now expect the grace unknown,
Saviour, conform my heart to Thine,
And let Thine utmost will be done.
ASTONISH'D at Thy patient love
Which lets me load the earth so long,
O could I from my sins remove,
Cease an indulgent God to wrong;
Answer Thy merciful design,
And in my own salvation join.

Thou bidd'st me put my sins away,
But Thou must give the' obedient power,
And therefore doth Thy Spirit stay,
Protract the acceptable hour;
Bestow the penitential space,
And lengthen out my evil days.

Year after year for this-I live,
That by long-suffering love subdued,
I may at last through faith retrieve
The favour and the form of God;
May in true holiness arise,
Meet for a throne above the skies.