Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression

Verse 1

Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression, What shall thy doom be when arrayed in terror
God shall command thee, covered with pollution, "Up to the judgment,

Verse 1

Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression, What will thy doom be when arrayed in terror
God shall command thee, covered with pollution, "Up to the judgment, up to the judgment!"

Verse 2

Oh be he called thee, but thou would'st not hear him;
Mercies and judgments have alike been slighted;
Yet he is gracious, and with arms unfolded Waits to embrace you.

Verse 2

Oft he has called thee, but thou wouldst not hear him;
Mercies and judgments have alike been slighted;
Yet with arms unfolded Waits to embrace you.

Verse 3

Come, then, poor sinner, come away this moment! Just as you are, come, filthy and polluted! Come to the fountain, open for uncleanness; Jesus invites you!

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Verse 4

But if you trifle with his gracious message, Cleave to the world, and love its guilty pleasures,
Mercy, grown weary, will in righteous judgment Quit you forever.

Verse 3

But if you trifle with his gracious message, Cleave to the world, and live for guilty pleasures,
Mercy, grown weary, will in righteous judgment Leave you forever.

Verse 5

Then you shall call, but he will not regard you;
Seek for his favor, yet will never find it;
Cry to the rocks to hide you from his presence Deep in their caverns.

Verse 4

Then you shall call, but he will not regard you;
Seek for his favor, yet will never find it;
Cry to the rocks to hide you from his presence Deep in their caverns.

Verse 6

Oh! guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;
Fly to the Saviour, and embrace his pardon;
No shall you meet him, and with joy triumphant, Coming to judgment.

Verse 5

O! guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;
Fly to the Saviour, and embrace thy pardon;
So shall you meet him, and with joy triumphant, Coming to judgment.