Stay, thou insulted Spirit! stay! Though I have done thee such despite; Nor cast the sinner quite away, Nor take Thine everlasting flight. Though I have steeled my stubborn heart, And still shook off my guilty fears; And vexed, and urged Thee to depart, For many long rebellious years; Though I have most unfaithful been, Of all who e'er Thy grace received; Ten thousand times Thy goodness seen, Ten thousand times Thy goodness grieved: Yet O! the chief of sinners spare, In honor of my great High Priest; Nor in Thy righteous anger swear T'exclude me from Thy people's rest.