Sinners turn why will you die

God, the Spirit, asks you why; he, who all your lives hath strove, wooed you to embrace his love. Will you not his grace receive? Will you still refuse to live? Why, you long-sought sinners, why, will you grieve your God, and die? You, whom he ordained to be transcripts of the Trinity, you, whom he in life doth hold, you for whom himself was sold, you, on whom he still doth wait, whom he would again create; made by him, and purchased, why, why will you forever die? Turn, he cries, ye sinners turn; by his life your God hath sworn; he would have you turn and live, he would all the world receive; he hath brought to all the race full salvation by his grace; he hath not one soul passed by; why will you resolve to die?

Can ye doubt, if God is love, if to all his mercies move? Will ye not his word receive? Will ye not his oath believe? Crucify your Lord again? Why, ye ransomed sinners, why Will you slight His grace, and die? Verse 3 Sinners, turn; why will ye die? God, the Spirit, asks you why: He who all your lives hath strove, Wooed you to embrace His love;.

Will you not His grace receive? Will you still refuse to live? Why, ye long-sought sinners, why Will you grieve your God, and die? Verse 4 Can you doubt if God is love, If to all His yearnings move? Will you not His word receive? Will ye still refuse to live? O ye dying sinners, why, Why will you forever die? In he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until , when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free.

In Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in , and became a college tutor. God, your Maker, asks you why? Title: Sinners! Poetical Works , S, vol. In the Wesleyan Hymn Book. Sinners, turn; why will ye die? Let the beasts their breath resign.

What could your Redeemer do. And these have been repented in numerous collections in Great Britain and America. In the American Methodist Episcopal Hymns , , there is also a cento, "Sinners, turn while God is near," beginning with st. A separate copy of this score must be purchased for each choir member. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent e.

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