702    7s     John Berridge
“I will take away the stony heart.” Ezek. 36. 26; 11.19; Ps. 51. 10

1 Self-condemnèd and abhorred,
  How shall I approach the Lord?
  Hard my heart, and cold, and faint;
  Full of every sad complaint.

2 What can soften hearts of stone?
  Jesus’ precious blood alone;
  When the Spirit it imparts,
  That will soften hardest hearts.

3 This would bruise my bosom well,
  Make it with God’s praises swell;
  Squeeze my idols from my breast,
  Bring the blessed gospel-rest.

4 O! the rock which Moses struck,
  Soon would make my heart a brook;
  Only this can make me feel;
  Bring it with thy burial-seal.

5 With its oil my limbs anoint;
  That will supple every joint.
  Of its honey let me eat;
  That will make my temper sweet.