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Not words alone it cost the Lord, To purchase pardon for His own; Nor will a soul by grace restored, Return the Saviour’s words alone. Easy indeed it were to reach A mansion in the courts above, If swelling words and fluent speech, Might serve instead of faith and love. But none shall gain the blissful place, Or God’s unclouded glory see, Who talks of free and sovereign grace, Unless that grace has made him free.
Not words alone it cost the Lord, To purchase pardon for His own; Nor will a soul by grace restored, Return the Saviour’s words alone. Easy indeed it were to reach A mansion in the courts above, If swelling words and fluent speech, Might serve instead of faith and love. But none shall gain the blissful place, Or God’s unclouded glory see, Who talks of free and sovereign grace, Unless that grace has made him free.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 681 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: WORD
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