HYMN II.
1. FORGIVE me, O thou jealous God,
A wretch, who on thy laws have trod,
And robb’d thee of thy right,
A sinner to myself unknown,
’Gainst thee I have transgress’d and done,
This evil in thy sight.
2. My body I disdain’d to incline
Or worship at an idol’s shrine
With gross idolatry: