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HYMN 52. First Part. L.M.
Temptation. (cont.)

4	Sees ev'ry day new straits attend, And wonders where the scene will end.
5	Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road, Which leads us to the mount of God? Are these the toils thy people know, While in the wilderness below?
6	'Tis even so, thy faithful love Doth all thy children's graces prove; 'Tis thus our pride and self must fall, That Jesus may be all in all.

HYMN 52. Second Part. C.M.
God the Holy Ghost.

1	TEACH us, O Lord, aright to plead    For mercies from above: O! come, and bless our souls indeed,    With light, and joy, and love.
2	The gospel's promis'd land is wide,    We fain would enter in; But we are press'd on ev'ry side,    With unbelief and sin.
3	Arise, O Lord, enlarge our coast,    Let us possess the whole; That Satan may no longer boast,    He can thy work control.
4	O! may thy hand be with us still,    Our guide and guardian be; To keep us safe from ev'ry ill,    Till death shall set us free.
5	Help us on thee to cast our care,    And on thy word to rest; That Israel's God, who heareth prayer,    Will grant us our request.

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HYMN 52. First Part. C.M.
Perserverance.

1	REJOICE, believer, in the Lord,    Who makes your cause his own; The hope that's built upon his word,    Can ne'er be overthrown.
2	Tho' many foes beset your road,    And feeble is your arm, Your life is hid with Christ in God,    Beyond the reach of harm.
3	Weak as you are, you shall not faint,    Or fainting, shall not die; Jesus, the strength of ev'ry saint,    Will aid you from on high.
4	As surely as he overcame,    And triumph'd once for you; So surely, you, that love his name,    Shall triumph in him too.

HYMN 52. Fourth Part. C.M.
Victory through free grace.

1	LET me, my Saviour and my God,    On sovereign grace rely; And own 'tis free, because bestow'd    On one so vile as I.
2	Election! 'tis a word divine;    For, Lord, I plainly see, Had not thy choice prevented mine,    I ne'er had chosen thee.
3	For perseverance, strength I've none;    But would on this depend, That, Jesus, having lov'd his own,    Will love them to the end.
4	Empty and bare, I come to thee    For righteousness divine: