And account that the long suffering of our Lord, is salvation. 2 Peter 3:15.
That even believers, considering their present weak condition, may account this long suffering of the Lord, their salvation, and bear with others also; sometimes the work of renovation is not of so quick a growth.
And are we, wretches, still alive:
And do we yet rebel!
’Tis boundless, ’tis amazing love,
That bears us up from hell.
The burden of my weighty guilt
Would sink us down to flames,
And threatening vengeance roll above,
To crush our feeble frame.
Almighty goodness cries, forbear!
And straight the thunder stays;
And dare we now provoke his wrath,
And weary out his grace?
Lord, we have long abused thy love.
Too long indulged our sin,
Our aching hearts e’en bleed to see
What rebels we have been.
No more, ye lusts, shall ye command,
No more will we obey;
Stretch out, O God, thy conquering hand,
And drive thy foes away.