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Text:While I keep Silence, and conceal

P32d. While I keep Silence, and conceal

1 While I keep Silence, and conceal
My heavy Guilt within my Heart,
What Torments doth my Conscience feel!
What Agonies of inward Smart!

2 I spread my Sins before the Lord,
And all my secret Faults confess;
Thy Gospel speaks a pard'ning Word,
Thine holy Spirit seals the Grace.

3 For this shall every humble Soul
Make swift Addresses to thy Seat;
When Floods of huge Temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest Retreat.

4 How safe beneath thy Wings I lie,
When Days grow dark, and Storms appear,
And when I walk, thy watchful Eye
Shall guide me safe from every Snare.

Text Information
First Line: While I keep Silence, and conceal
Meter: Long Metre
Language: English
Publication Date: 1766
Scripture:
Topic: Blessings: of a person; Comfort: Holiness and Pardon; Confession: of Sin, Repentance and Pardon (5 more...)
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