The Moral Perfections of Deity Imitated

Verse 1

Great Author of th' immortal mind! For noblest thoughts and views design'd; Make me ambitious to express The image of thy holiness.

Verse 2

While I thy boundless love admire, Grant me to catch the sacred fire; Thus shall my heavenly birth be known, And for thy child thou wilt me own.

Verse 3

Father, I see thy sun arise To cheer thy friends and enemies; And when thy rain from Heaven descends, Thy bounty both alike befriends.

Verse 4

Enlarge my soul with love like thine; My moral powers by grace refine; So shall I feel another's woe, And cheerful feed an hungry foe.

Verse 5

I hope for pardon through thy Son, For all the crimes which I have done: O, may the grace that pardons me Constrain me to forgive like thee!