Great God, Who, Ready to Forgive

Great God

who

rea­dy to for­give

In wrath re­mem­ber­est mer­cy still

By whose pre­serv­ing love we live

Though doomed the se­cond death to feel;

We mag­ni­fy Thy pa­tient grace

And trem­ble

while we sing Thy praise.

Had not Thy mer­cy in­ter­posed

When sleep­ing in our sins we lay

The stag­ger­ing earth had yawned

and closed

Its mouth on its de­vot­ed prey

We now had with our ci­ty fell

And quick des­cend­ed in­to hell.

But O! The Sav­ior of man­kind

Hath gained for us a long­er space

Jesus His Fa­ther’s heart in­clined

To spare a vile re­bel­li­ous race

To snatch from Cor­ah’s fear­ful doom

And save us from the wrath to come.

Then let us to our Sav­ior turn

Answer His mer­cy’s whole de­sign

With god­ly fear re­joice

and mourn

And prais­es with con­fess­ions join

Till all these low­er­ing clouds re­move

And God ap­pears: The God of love.