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Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression

Tune: WarningP. M.

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1Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression, What will thy doom be when arrayed in terror
God shall command thee, covered with pollution, "Up to the judgment, up to the judgment!"

2Oft he has called thee, but thou wouldst not hear him;
Mercies and judgments have alike been slighted;
Yet with arms unfolded Waits to embrace you.

3But if you trifle with his gracious message, Cleave to the world, and live for guilty pleasures,
Mercy, grown weary, will in righteous judgment Leave you forever.

4Then you shall call, but he will not regard you;
Seek for his favor, yet will never find it;
Cry to the rocks to hide you from his presence Deep in their caverns.

5O! guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;
Fly to the Saviour, and embrace thy pardon;
So shall you meet him, and with joy triumphant, Coming to judgment.

Meter
P. M.
Scripture
Proverbs 1:24-28; Luke 13:25

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The verse

Meter
22.21
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Ah! guilty sinner, ruined by transgression, What will thy doom be when arrayed in terror//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘22A
God shall command thee, covered with pollution, "Up to the judgment, up to the judgment!"/˘˘///˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘21B

Verse 2

Oft he has called thee, but thou wouldst not hear him;/˘˘//˘//˘/˘11A
Mercies and judgments have alike been slighted;//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘11B
Yet with arms unfolded Waits to embrace you./˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘11C

Verse 3

But if you trifle with his gracious message, Cleave to the world, and live for guilty pleasures,˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘22A
Mercy, grown weary, will in righteous judgment Leave you forever./˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘16B

Verse 4

Then you shall call, but he will not regard you;/˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘11A
Seek for his favor, yet will never find it;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘11B
Cry to the rocks to hide you from his presence Deep in their caverns./˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘16C

Verse 5

O! guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘11A
Fly to the Saviour, and embrace thy pardon;/˘˘/˘˘˘˘///˘12B
So shall you meet him, and with joy triumphant, Coming to judgment.˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘16C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.