3 God sent his Son to die for us,
That he might save us from the curse;
He took our weakness, bore our load;
And bought us with his precious blood.
4 Salvation is of God alone,

Life everlasting in his Son,

And he, that gave his Son to bleed,
Will freely give us all we need.

314.

True Penitence.

1 PROSTRATE, dear Jesus! at thy feet A guilty rebel lies;

And upwards to the mercy-seat

Presumes to lift his eyes.

2 Oh, let not justice frown me hence;
Stay, stay the vengeful storm :
Forbid it, that Omnipotence,
Should crush a feeble worm.

3 If tears of sorrow would suffice
To pay the debt I owe,

Tears should from both my weeping eyes
In ceaseless torrents flow.

4 But no such sacrifice I plead

To expiate my guilt;

No tears, but those which thou hast shed,
No blood, but thou hast spilt.

5 Think of thy sorrows, dearest Lord!
And all my sins forgive :

Justice will well approve the word
That bids the sinner live.

HART.

C. M.

STENNETT.

315.

The Penitent accepted.

1 THE mighty God will not despise

The contrite heart for sacrifice;
The deep-fetch'd sigh, the secret groan
Rises accepted to the throne.

2 He meets with tokens of his grace,
The trembling lip, the blushing face;
His bowels yearn when sinners pray,
And mercy bears their sins away.

L. M.

3 When fill'd with grief; o'erwhelm'd with shame,
He, pitying, heals their broken frame;
He hears their sad complaints, and spies
His image in their weeping eyes.

BEDDOME.

316.

Joys occasioned by Repentance. L. M.

1 WHO can describe the joys that rise Through all the courts of Paradise,

To see a prodigal return,

To see an heir of glory born?

2 With joy the Father doth approve
The fruit of his eternal love:
The Son with joy looks down and sees,
The purchase of his agonies.

3 The Spirit takes delight to view

The soul which he has form'd anew
While saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.

WATTS.

317.

The same.

C. M.

1 THERE'S joy in heaven, and joy on earth, When prodigals return,

To see desponding souls rejoice,

And haughty sinners mourn.

2"Come, saints, and hear what God has done,” Is a reviving sound;

O may it oft refresh our souls,
And cause our joys abound.

3 Often, O Sovereign Lord, renew
The wonders of this day,

That Jesus here may see his seed,
And Satan lose his prey.

4 Great God! the work is all thine own;
Thine be the honour too :

Let every heart and every tongue
Give Thee the glory due.

RIPPON.

JUSTIFICATION AND SANCTIFICATION.

318.

Justification not of Works.

1 IN vain do fallen sinners try
By works themselves to justify;
Thy righteousness, O God, exceeds
Men's duties, and their brightest deeds.
2 Proud Pharisees shall strive in vain
The law's perfection to attain;
While sinners, self-condemn'd, receive
The gift of righteousness, and live.
3 Jesus, thy life hath clearly shewed
What means the righteousness of God;
On thee thy people's hope is laid,
By thy obedience righteous made.
4 And where thy righteousness is giv'n,
Thy Spirit sanctifies for heav'n;
And still renews us by his grace,
Till perfected in holiness.

319.

Justification by Grace.

1 SINNERS are justified by grace,

L. M.

TOPLADY.

Through the Redeemer's righteousness; This is a glorious robe indeed,

Wrought out for Abr'ham's chosen seed.

2 Jehovah in his wise decree,
Did all his chosen people see,
As justified in his dear Son,
Long ere old time his race begun.

3 When through the Spirit, they believe,
The pleasing witness they receive,
That they are freely justified,

Through him, that for them bled and died.

4 Now they rejoice in pard'ning blood,
And triumph in the Son of God;
With joy and wonder they confess,
"Christ is the Lord our Righteousness."'

L. M.

BURNHAM.

320.

Justification by Christ.

1 JESUS acquits, and who condemns?

Cease, Satan, from thy fruitless strife:
Thy malice cannot reach our names,
To blot them from the book of life.

2 This is eternal life to know

L. M.

God, and the Lamb for sinners giv❜n ; Nor will the Saviour let us go, The ransom'd citizens of heaven. 3 Us to redeem, his life he paid, And will not he his purchase have? Who can behold Immanuel bleed, And doubt his willingness to save ? 4 Surely the Son hath made us free, Who earth, and heaven, and hell commands; Our cause of triumph this that we Are graven on the Saviour's hands. 5 To him who washed us in his blood, And lifts apostate man to heaven; Who reconciles our souls to God, Be everlasting glory given.

321.

Happiness of the Justified.

1 THEY who are justified,

Whose sins are all forgiv'n,

They, who renewed by sov'reign grace,
Are qualified for heav'n;

2

May triumph in their God,

3

4

And tune to praise their breath, Amidst the roughest storms of life, Amidst the floods of death:

Th' eternal God is theirs,

And they are ever his,

The children of adopting grace,
The heirs of endless bliss.

Garments of joy and praise,

Rich robes of righteousness,

More bright, more lasting than the sun,
Are their ennobling dress.

TOPLADY.

S. M.

GIBBONS.

322.

Fruits of Justification.

1 THRICE happy souls, in Jesus found,
And freely justified:

They shall with endless life be crown'd
By him they crucified.

2 The law on them has no demand,
Yet they its precepts love,
For, justified by grace they stand,
And wait for joys above.

3 No condemnation is proclaim'd
Against this chosen race :
Nor shall they ever be asham'd,
Before Jehovah's face.

4 They, by the Holy Spirit taught,
Both live, and walk by faith;
Till home to glory they are brought,
As God's own promise saith.

5 Nor curse, nor wrath, nor death, nor hell,
Can their blest souls destroy;

With Christ, their surety, they shall dwell,
In everlasting joy.

323.

Sanctification implored.

1 NOW may the God of love and peace,
From whom all comfort flows,

And who in his rich grants of bliss,
Nor bound, nor number knows.

2 The Holy influence of his grace
Diffuse through all our frame,
And purge out all the dross of sin
By a celestial flame.

3 Not all the good the world can boast,
With this one mercy vies,

A growing likeness to our God,
And meetness for the skies.

C. M.

IRONS.

C. M.

GIBBONS.