1 The sinner that truly believes,
And trust in his crucified God,
His justification receives,
Redemption in full through his blood;
Though thousands and thousands of foes
Against him in malice unite,
Their rage he through Christ can oppose,
Led forth by the Spirit to fight.
2 Not all the delusions of sin
Shall ever seduce him to death:
He now has the witness within,
United to Jesus by faith,
This faith shall eternally fail,
When Jesus shall fall from his throne:
For hell against both must prevail;
Since Jesus and he are but one.
3 The faith that exalts the blest Lamb,
And brings such salvation as this,
Is more than mere notion or name;
The work of God's Spirit it is;
A principle active and young,
That lives under pressure and load;
That makes out of weakness more strong,
And draws the soul upwards to God.
4 It treads on the world, and on hell,
It vanquishes death, and despair,
And (what is still stranger to tell)
It overcomes heaven by pray'r:
Permits a vile worm of the dust
With God to commune as a friend;
To see his forgiveness is just,
And look for his love to the end.
3 It says to the mountains, Depart,
That stand betwixt God and the soul:
It binds up the broken in heart,
And makes their sore consciences whole:
Bids sins of a crimson-like dye
Be spotless as snow, and as white:
And makes such a sinner as I
As pure as an angel of light.
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