Hymn LXXXIII. Long Metre. The divine Goodness imitated

Great author of th' immortal mind, For noblest thoughts and views design'd; Make me desirous to express The image of thy holiness.

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

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

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

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