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IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS.
3 To save the guilty world he dies ;
Sinners behold the bleeding Lamb ;
To him lift up your longing eyes,
And hope for mercy in his name.
4 Pardon and peace through him abound,
He can the richest blessings give ;
Salvation in his name is found,
He bids the dying sinner live.
5 Jesus, my Lord, I look to thee;
Where else can helpless sinners go ?
Thy boundless love shall set me free
From all my wretchedness and woe.
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The robe of riyhteouBness.
1 A WAKE, my heart, arise, my tongue,
U* Prepare a tuneful voice :
In God, the life of all my joys,
Aloud will I rejoice.
2 ’Tis he adorned my naked soul,
And made salvation mine ;
Upon a poor polluted worm
He makes his graces shine.
3 And lest the shadow of a spot,
Should on my soul be found,
He took the robe the Saviour wrought,
And cast it all around.
4 How far the heav’nly robe exceeds
- What earthly princes wear !
These ornaments how bright they shine,
How white these garments are !
5 The Spirit wrought by faith and love,
And hope and every grace ;
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