Charles Fitch Lament - Our Lament

 "This is my case. 

Christ has died for my sins. 

The government of God is ready to set me free-but who shall save me from "an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God?" (Hebrews 3:12).

With such a heart, 

---influenced by the temptations of the devil, 

---and the allurements of a sinful world, 

I am just as sure (left to myself) to sin eternally, 

as Satan is, 

and must take up my abode with him forever. 

 

Holy beings fell before the wiles of that subtle tempter, 

who, like a roaring lion, 

seeks to devour me, 

and my evil heart will surely make me a willing prey.

 

I find it said to Joseph, by the angel, in relation to the promised Messiah. Mat. 1:21. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus:" (i.e., Savior) " for he shall save his people from their sins." 

For this very purpose, then, He is my Savior, to save me from my sins." Charles Fitch