Hymn Vi: Sinners, Turn, Why Will Ye Die? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDAA AAECFGAA AAHIECAA JJKLFFAA| Sinners turn why will ye die | A |
| God your Maker asks you why | A |
| God who did your being give | B |
| Made you with himself to live | C |
| He the fatal cause demands | D |
| Asks the work of his own hands | D |
| Why ye thankless creatures why | A |
| Will ye cross his love and die | A |
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| Sinners turn why will ye die | A |
| God your Saviour asks you why | A |
| God who did your souls retrieve | E |
| Died himself that ye might live | C |
| Will you let him die in vain | F |
| Crucify your Lord again | G |
| Why ye ransomed sinners why | A |
| Will you slight his grace and die | A |
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| Sinners turn why will ye die | A |
| God the Spirit asks you why | A |
| He who all your lives hath strove | H |
| Wooed you to embrace his love | I |
| Will you not his grace receive | E |
| Will you still refuse to live | C |
| Why ye long sought sinners why | A |
| Will you grieve your God and die | A |
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| Dead already dead within | J |
| Spiritually dead in sin | J |
| Dead to God while here you breathe | K |
| Pant ye after second death | L |
| Will you still in sin remain | F |
| Greedy of eternal pain | F |
| O ye dying sinners why | A |
| Why will you for ever die | A |
John Wesley
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