<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537525" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Abuse of the Gospel</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Too many, Lord, abuse Thy grace <br>In this licentious day, <br>And while they boast they see Thy face, <br>They turn their own away. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy book displays a gracious light <br>That can the blind restore; <br>But these are dazzled by the sight, <br>And blinded still the more. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The pardon such presume upon, <br>They do not beg but steal; <br>And when they plead it at Thy throne, <br>Oh! where's the Spirit's seal? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was it for this, ye lawless tribe, <br>The dear Redeemer bled? <br>Is this the grace the saints imbibe <br>From Christ the living head? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah, Lord, we know Thy chosen few <br>Are fed with heavenly fare; <br>But these, -- the wretched husks they chew, <br>Proclaim them what they are. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The liberty our hearts implore <br>Is not to live in sin; <br>But still to wait at Wisdom's door, <br>Till Mercy calls us in.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537525" data-title="Abuse of the Gospel de William Cowper" data-description="Too many, Lord, abuse Thy grace In this licentious day, And while they boast they see Thy face, They turn their own away. Thy book displays a gracious light That can the blind restore; But these are dazzled by the sight, And blinded still ..."></div> </div> </div>

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