Hymn 1:104. A state of nature and of grace, 1 Cor. 6. 10 11. 1 Not the malicious or profane, The wanton or the proud, Nor thieves, nor slanderers shall obtain The kingdom of our God. 2 Surprising grace! and such were we By nature and by sin, Heirs of immortal misery, Unholy and unclean. 3 But we are wash'd in Jesus' blood, We're pardon'd thro' his Name; And the good Spirit of our God Has sanctify'd our frame. 4 O for a persevering power To keep thy just commands! We would defile our hearts no more, No more pollute our hands. Hymn 1:105. Heaven invisible and holy, 1 Cor. 2. 9 10. Rev. 21. 27. 1 Nor eye has seen, nor ear has heard, Nor sense nor reason known What joys the Father hath prepar'd For those that love the Son. 2 But the good Spirit of the Lord Reveals a heaven to come: The beams of glory in his word Allure and guide us home. 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, And all the region peace; No wanton lips, nor envious eye Can see or taste the bliss. 4 Those holy gates for ever bar Pollution, sin, and shame; None shall obtain admittance there But followers of the Lamb. 5 He keeps the Father's book of life, There all their names are found; The hypocrite in vain shall strive To tread the heavenly ground. Hymn 1:106. Dead to sin by the cross of Christ, Rom. 6. 1 2 6. 1 Shall we go on to sin Because thy grace abounds, Or crucify the Lord again, And open all his wounds? 2 Forbid it, mighty God, Nor let it e'er be said That we whose sins are crucify'd Should raise them from the dead. 3 We will be slaves no more, Since Christ has made us free, Has nail'd our tyrants to his cross, And bought our liberty. Hymn 1:107. The fall and recovery of man; or, Christ and Satan at enmity, Gen. 3 1 15 17 Gal. 4. 4. Col. 2. 15. 1 Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell Adam our head, our father fell, When Satan in the serpent hid Propos'd the fruit that God forbid. 2 Death was the threatening; death began To take possession of the man; His unborn race receiv'd the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground. 3 But Satan found a worse reward; Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord, "Let everlasting hatred be "Betwixt the woman's seed and thee. 4 "The woman's seed shall be my Son, He shall destroy what thou hast done, "Shall break thy head, and only feel "Thy malice raging at his heel." 5 [He spake; and bid four thousand years Roll on;--at length his Son appears; Angels with joy descend to earth, And sing the young Redeemer's birth. 6 Lo, by the sons of hell he dies; But, as he hung 'twixt earth and skies, He gave their prince a fatal blow, And triumph'd o'er the powers below.] Hymn 1:108. Christ unseen and beloved, 1 Pet. 1. 8. 1 Not with our mortal eyes Have we beheld the Lord, Yet we rejoice to hear his Name, And love him in his word. 2 On earth we want the sight Of our Redeemer's face, Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delight To dwell upon thy grace.