444    S.M.     John Berridge
The Leper’s Prayer. Matt. 8. 2; Mark 1. 40

1 Defiled I am indeed;
  Defiled throughout by sin;
  Thy purple fountain, Lord, I need,
  To wash a leper clean.

2 The fountain open stands,
  Yet on its brink I dwell;
  O put me in with thy own hands,
  And that will make me well.