112. Importunity.

1 JESUS, thou hast bid us pray,
And never, never faint;
With the word a power convey,
To utter our complaint!
Quiet shalt thou never know,
Till we from sin are freed:
O, avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

2 We have now begun to cry,
And we will never end,
Till we find salvation nigh,
And grasp the sinner's Friend:
Day and night we'll speak our wo,
Importunately plead;

0, avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

3 Speak the word, and we shall be

From all our bands released; Only thou canst set us free,

By satan long oppress'd: Now thy power almighty show, Arise, thou conque ng Seed! O, avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

4 To destroy his work of sin,
Thyself in us reveal;
Manifest thyself within

Our flesh, and fully dwell:
Enter with us here below,
An!ke us free indeed :
Q, aves of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

5 Stronger than the strong man, thou

His fury canst control:
Cast him out, by en ering now,
And keep our ransom'd soul.
Satan's kingdom overthrow,
On powers of darkness tread;
O, avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

6 To the never-ceasing cries
Of thine elect, attend;
Send deliverance from the skies,
Thy mighty Spirit send:
Though to man thou seemest slow,
And not our cries to heed;
O, avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

7 Come, O come, all glorious Lord! No longer now delay, With thy Spirit's two-edged sword,

The crooked serpent slay! Bare thine arm, and give the blow, Root out the hellish seed: O, avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

8 Jesus, hear thy Spirit's call,

Thy Bride, who bids thee come Come, thou righteous Judge of all, Pronounce the tempter's doom; Doom him to eternal wo,

For all his angels made; Now avenge us of our foe, For ever bruise his head!