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P.XVI.II. How fast their guilt and sorrows rise

5 How fast their guilt and sorrows rise,
Who haste to seek some idol-god!
I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their off'rings of forbidden blood.

6 My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon:
He for my life has offer'd up
Jesus, his best belovèd Son.

7 His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right;
And be his name for ever blest,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.

8 I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepar'd
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.

Text Information

• First Line: How fast their guilt and sorrows rise
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1816
• Scripture:
  Psalm 16:5-8
• Topic: Christ's All-sufficiency

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