With Satan, my accuser near

The words

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   Stanza 1. With Satan, my accuser near,My spirit trembled when I sawThe LORD in majesty appear,And heard the language of his law.

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   Stanza 2. In vain I wished and strove to hideThe tattered filthy rags I wore;While my fierce foe, insulting cried,“See what you trusted in before!”

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   Stanza 3. Struck dumb, and left without a plea,I heard my gracious Savior say,“Know, Satan, I this sinner free,I died to take his sins away.

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   Stanza 4. This is a brand which I in love,To save from wrath and sin design;In vain thy accusations prove,I answer all, and claim him mine.”

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   Stanza 5. At his rebuke the tempter fled;Then he removed my filthy dress;“Poor sinner take this robe, he said,It is thy Savior’s righteousness.

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   Stanza 6. And see, a crown of life prepared!That I might thus thy head adorn;I thought no shame or suff’ring hard,But wore, for thee, a crown of thorn.”

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   Stanza 7. O how I heard these gracious words!They broke and healed my heart at once;Constrained me to become the Lord’s,And all my idol–gods renounce.

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   Stanza 8. Now, Satan, thou hast lost thy aim,Against this brand thy threats are vain;JESUS has plucked it from the flame,And who shall put it in again?

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 77. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-77