Thus unawares cuts sense's breath, While sense trips up the heels of faith.

Her charms assuming Jesus' place, While faith's lull'd in her soft embrace; Lo! soon in dying pleasures wrapt,

Its living joy away is snapt.

SECTION IV.

THE VALOR AND VICTORIES OF FAITH.

By faith I unseen Being see

Forth lower beings call,

And say to nothing, Let it be,
And nothing hatches all.

By faith I know the worlds were made
By God's great word of might;
How soon, Let there be light, he said,
That moment there was light.

By faith I soar and force my flight,

Through all the clouds of sense;

I see the glories out of sight,

With brightest evidence.

By faith I mount the azure sky,

And from the lofty sphere,

The earth a little mote espy,
Unworthy of my care.

By faith I see the unseen things
Hid from all mortal eyes;

Proud reason, stretching all its wings,
Beneath me flutt'ring lies.

By faith I build my lasting hope

On righteousness divine;

Nor can I sink with such a prop,

Whatever storms combine.

By.faith my works, my righteousness,

And duties all I own

But loss and dung; and lay my stress
On what my Lord has done.

By faith I overcome the world
And all its hurtful charms;
I'm in the heav'nly chariot hurl'd
Through all opposing harms.

By faith I have a conqu'ring pow'r
To tread upon my foes,

To triumph in a dying hour,
And banish all my woes.

By faith in midst of wrongs I'm right, In sad decays I thrive;

In weakness I am strong in might,

In death I am alive.

By faith I stand when deep I fall,
In darkness I have light;
Nor dare I doubt and question all
When all is out of sight.

By faith I trust a pardon free,
Which puzzles flesh and blood;
To think that God can justify,
Where yet he sees no good.

By faith I keep my Lord's commands,
To verify my trust;

I purify my heart and hands,

And mortify my lust.

By faith my melting soul repents,
When pierced Christ appears;
My heart in grateful praises vents,
Mine eyes in joyful tears.

By faith I can the mountains vast

Of sin and guilt remove;

And them into the ocean cast,

The sea of blood and love.

By faith I see JEHOVAH high
Upon a throne of grace;
I see him lay his vengeance by,
And smile in Jesus' face.

By faith I'm fit to live and die,
By faith I can do all.

SECTION V.

THE HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS OF SENSE.

WHEN Heav'n me grants, at certain times,
Amidst a pow'rful gale,

Sweet liberty to moan my crimes,
And wand'rings to bewail;

Then do I dream my sinful brood,
Drown'd in the ocean main

Of crystal tears and crimson blood,
Will never live again.

I get my foes beneath my feet,
I bruise the serpent's head;
I hope the vict'ry is complete,
And all my lusts are dead.

How gladly do I think and say,
When thus it is with me,

Sin to my sense is clean away,

And so shall ever be.