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{ "title": "'Tis not that I did choose thee", "author": "", "tune": "Savoy Chapel", "number": "96", "lyrics": "'Tis not that I did choose thee,\nFor, Lord, that could not be;\nThis heart would still refuse thee,\nHadst thou not chosen me.\nThou from the sin that stained me\nHast cleansed and set me free;\nOf old thou hast ordained me,\nThat I should live to thee.\n\n'Twas sovereign mercy called me\nAnd taught my op'ning mind;\nThe world had else enthralled me,\nTo heavenly glories blind.\nMy heart owns none before thee,\nFor thy rich grace I thirst;\nThis knowing, if I love thee,\nThou must have loved me first.", "first_line": "'Tis not that I did choose thee," }