Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COMMENT ON COMMENT IN GENERAL CONFESSION OF SINS, IN CHURCH LITURGY, by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: According to thy promises - hereby Last Line: What god, thro' him, rejoices to restore. Subject(s): Confessions; Prayer; Repentance; Penitence | ||||||||
ACCORDING to thy promisesHereby, Since it is certain that God cannot lie, The truly penitent may all be sure That grace admits them to its open door; And they, forsaking all their former sin, However great, will freely be let in. Declar'dBy all the ministers of peace, God has assur'd repentance of release; And intervening penitence, we see, Could even change his positive decree; As in the Ninevites; if any soul Repent, the promise is the sure parole. Unto mankindnot only to the Jews, Christians, or Turks, in writings which they use; Writ on the tablet of each conscious heart, "Repent,from all iniquity depart;" Not for no purpose; for, the plain intent Is restoration, if a soul repent. In Christby whom true scripture has assur'd Redeeming grace for penitents procur'd; The fainter hopes, which reason may suggest, Are deeply, by the gospel's aid, impress'd: 'Twas alway hop'd forwas the promis'd good, But, by his coming, clearly understood. JesuJehovah's manifested love, In Christ, th' anointed Saviour from above; The demonstration of the saving plan, For all mankind, is God's becoming man: No truth more firmly ascertain'd than this "Repent, be faithful, and restor'd to bliss." Our Lordour new, and true parental Head; Our second Adam, in the first when dead; Who took our nature on Him, that in men His Father's image might shine forth again: Sure of success may penitents implore What God, thro' Him, rejoices to restore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER by JOHN DONNE THE RUBAIYAT, 1859 EDITION: 7 by OMAR KHAYYAM RECONCILIATION by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY (2) by JOHN BYROM |
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