3 He saw with one capacious glance,
World upon world to life advance ;
And fixed the end, ere time began,
Of seraph, reptile, and of man.
4 Chosen of old, of old approved,
In Christ eternally beloved;
Adopted too, and children made,
Ere sin its baneful poison spread.
5 Then let his saints for ever praise
Th' abounding riches of his grace;
And by their conversation prove,
The influence of electing love.
1 JESUS, we bless thy Father's name;
Thy God and ours are both the same;
What heavenly blessings from his throne
Flow down to sinners through his Son!
2 "Christ, be my first elect," he said ;
Then chose our souls in Christ our Head;
Before he gave the mountains birth,
Or laid foundations for the earth.
3 Thus did Eternal Love begin
To raise us up from death and sin;
Our characters were then decreed,
"Blameless in love, a holy seed."
4 Predestinated to be sons,
Born by degrees, but chose at once:
A new, regenerated race,
To praise the glory of his grace!
who shall tell, or who can trace
The wond'rous plenitude of grace !
Our Covenant God and Father gave,
The Church whom he designed to save?
2 Before the world or man was made,
He chose the Church in Christ their Head:
And called them holy, free from blame,
When He them all, in Him did name.
3 His purpose laid the mighty plan,
To save and bless rebellious man:
In CHRIST the whole is made secure,
And JESUS lives for evermore.
4 0 wond'rous purpose! glorious grace!
To save a guilty, fallen race:
My soul arise, and sing aloud
The ancient love of Zion's God.
Election sovereign and free.
1 DEEP in the everlasting mind
The great mysterious purpose lay,
Of choosing some from lost mankind,
Whose sins the Lamb should take away.
2 Them, loved with an eternal love,
To grace and glory he ordained ;
Gave them a throne which cannot move,
And chose them both to means and end.
3 In these, he was resolved to make
The riches of his goodness known;
These he accepts for Jesus' sake,
And views them righteous in his Son.
4 No goodness God foresaw in his,
Save what his grace decreed to give,
When born again, all holiness
From Jesus' fulness they receive.
5 Faith and repentance he bestows
On such as he designs to save ;
From him their soul's obedience flows,
And he must all the glory have.
BEHOLD the potter and the clay,
He forms his vessels as he please :
Such is our God, and such are we,
The subjects of his high decrees.
2 May not the Sovereign Lord on high
Dispense his favours as he will;
Choose some to life, while others die,
And yet be just and gracious still?
3 Shall man reply against the Lord,
And call his Maker's ways unjust,
The thunder of whose dreadful word,
Can crush a thousand worlds to dust?
4 But, O my soul, if truths so bright
Should dazzle and confound thy sight!
Yet still his written word obey,
And wait the great decisive day.
5 Then shall he make his justice known,
And the whole world before his throne
With joy or terror shall confess,
The glory of his righteousness.
Election sovereign and free.
1 SONS we are, through God's election,
Who in Jesus Christ believe :
By eternal destination
Saving grace we here receive :
Our Redeemer
Doth both grace and glory give!
2 Every soul of man by sinning,
Merits everlasting pain;
But thy love, without beginning,
Formed and fixed salvation's plan;
Countless millions
Shall in life, through Jesus reign.
3 Pause, my soul! adore and wonder !
Ask, "O why such love to ME?"
Grace has put me in the number
Of the Saviour's family:
Hallelujah!
Thanks, eternal thanks to thee!
4 These are springs of consolation
To the called sons of grace :
Finished, free, and full salvation
Shining in the Saviour's face!
Free grace only,
Suits the wretched sinner's case.
5 Soon in yonder habitation,
Which my God has fore-ordained :
Soon in glory's full possession,
I shall with the chosen stand:
Free grace only,
Shall resound through Canaan's land.
1 I HEAR the great Jehovah's voice,
He speaks his everlasting choice;
Tells me its Spring, is sovereign grace :
Its End, eternal life and bliss.
2 When the Lord chose the num'rous seed,
He viewed them in their glorious Head;
He clearly saw their awful fall,
But made provision for them all.
3 In love and wisdom he decreed
A way to save the chosen seed,
Jesus, their loving Surety stands
And answers all the Law's demands.
4 Jesus, to thee I now would fly,
And on thy precious blood rely;
Find, through the conduct of thy grace,
That I am of the chosen race.
114. Election evidential of divine love. 8.8.6.
Jesus loves his own elect:
With glory they shall all be deck'd
Before his Father's face :
Not one of them for whom he bled,
But shall with joy behold their Head,
In heaven their dwelling place.
2 They are the travail of his soul,
His sweetest thoughts on them did roll
From all eternity!
And as the jewels of his crown,
He'll give them honour, peace, renown,
And full felicity!
3 Their sins on Christ, Jehovah laid,
And he the dreadful debt has paid,
(A debt no more to pay);
Their Surety in their law-place stood,
Appeased stern justice with his blood,
And bore their sins away.
Election to holiness.
1 YE sons of ignorance and pride,
Who mock at God's elect,
And wickedly their faith deride
Yet holiness affect;
2 Deceived, and deceiving, know,
The works on which you trust,
So short of what to God you owe,
Must leave you still unjust.
3 But saved by grace, through faith in him,
Complete before the throne,
Presented, without spot of sin,
Christ will his people own.
4 To glory call'd, in virtue's way,
The chosen people run;
Beneath the Saviour's gracious sway,
Finish the race begun.
Election the fount of salvation.
Were chosen in their Head,
To all eternal good,
Before the worlds were made,
Chosen to know the Prince of peace,
And taste the riches of his grace.
Chosen to faith, and hope,
To purity and love,
To all the life of God,
To all the things above
Chosen to prove salvation sure,
Chosen to reign for evermore.
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