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CLI. Let wilful sinners boast and say

1 Let wilful sinners boast and say,
The Lord will never come:
We need not fear a future day,
Or wait a fearful doom.

2 The things wherof we have been told
That they should come to pass;
Are now just as they were of old,
And will forever last.

3 For, since the fathers fell asleep,
The world has took no change;
Should God our crimes in mem'ry keep,
That would be very strange.

4 Just so it was, before the flood,
Tho' men had long been warn'd;
They still despis'd the threats of God!
And lived unconcern'd.

5 When long they had despis'd his grace;
At last they found it true;
When suddenly a change took place,
Which prov'd their overthrow.

6 The righteous judgments of the Lord,
At his appointed times;
Proves daring sinners' just reward
For all their guilt and crimes.

Text Information

• First Line: Let wilful sinners boast and say
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1816
• Scripture:
  2 Peter 3:3-13
  ;
  Psalm 53
• Topic: 27th Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Public Domain.

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