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They're eternally loved,
Eternally chosen,

Eternally saved,

Though hell may oppose them.

32 Is God of one mind?

Then my soul is secure ;

If his love never alter

Salvation is sure;

If God chose his people

In Christ his own Son,

Salvation is certain

Through what he has done.

33 All those for whom Jesus

The God-man was sent

In time shall believe

And in time shall repent;

Because they are sons

God the Spirit is given,
Not to make them his sons,

But to fit them for heaven.

34 Tis not man's repenting,

'Tis not man's believing,

That makes them God's people;
This is awful deceiving :

Those God has not chosen

Will never chuse him;

And all but the chosen

Will die in their sin.

35 Who art thou, vain man,

That wilt dare to complain?

Who ever sought Jesus

And sought him in vain?

"Tis Jesus seeks first,

And they know his sweet voice;

And when he has found them

Then Christ is their choice.

36 All others will never

Seek Jesus at all;

All but the redeem'd

Will lie dead in the fall;

But those Christ has died for
Shall seek and obtain ;

But they never seek him
"Till they're born again.

37 Then all is of grace

From the first to the last;

Not my hold of Jesus,

But 'tis he holds me fast.

He bought my soul dearly,
He paid down his blood;

Then all my salvation⠀⠀
Is wholly of God.'

38 All praise to that God

Who has made me to see

Salvation completed

On Calvary's tree,

Chose out by the Father,
Redeem'd by the Son,

I am taught by the Spirit
That the battle is won.

39. Then let who will cavil,

And say, 'Tis not so

These truths I'll support,
Yes, wherever I go:

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God's word is my standard,
My creed cannot fall,

For I am exactly

Agreed with Saint Paul.

40 Then read Paul's Epistles,

You rotten Arminian,

You'll find not one passage
Support your opinion;

Not one, I defy you

To point it to me;

I glory with Paul

That salvation is free.

41 When you've read these lines,

Then read them again,

Then call upon me

If you

And my errors explain;
think I am wrong,

Come, and point out the place;

You shall talk of free will

And I'll talk of free grace.

42 You'l say you have no wish
To see as I see:

Well still, though we differ,
We still may agree:

I would only say this,

And I need say no more,.

If we are both right

We both came by the Door.

43 But if it turns out

You

That you climb'd o'er the wall, build very high,

may

But your building must fall:

No other foundation

Will stand the law's shock,

But Christ as my Surety,

But Christ as my Rock.

44 I will now take my leave,

With this wish from my heart,

That in Christ's atonement

You may share a part;

Then your good works and merits,

Proud nature's vain bubble,

These all will be burnt up,

As wood, bay, and stubble.

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DEAR Jesus, smile on this my feeble aim,
nd crown my efforts to exalt thy naine,
No more I want, dear Lord; I ask no more,
n all I do, I would thy name adore ;
Eternal love, so rich, so full, so free,
et all that want a Saviour look to thee.
Had I an angel's tongue, how would I speak
Eternal love, so infinitely great;
Redemption was Jehovah's secret plan,
Before the birth of time God loved man;
Eternally the same his word must stand.
Redeemed souls are safe in Jesus' hand,
Tis Christ has paid the Law its full demand,

Salvation Complete.

SALVATION then is finish'd and complete,
Unchangeable God's love to all his sheep,
Determin'd in his will, fix'd in his plan
Before the birth of time, to save lost man;
Unsearchable his ways, past finding out;
Redemption's work Jehovah brought about;
You need not fear, poor sinner, need not doubt.
2 Salvation so complete, O glorious plan,
Unfathomable love to ruin'd man,

For ever be ador'd his precious name
For love so great, eternally the same;

O look, poor sinner, look to Calv'ry's tree:
Lord, set ten thousand sin-bound captives free,
Keep them, dear Lord, who want to trust in thee.

Sabbath Morning.

1 I'll go unto the house of pray'r;

Who knows but Jesus may be there
To bless my soul to-day?

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He knows I long to see his face,
And taste sweet tokens of his grace;
I would both praise and pray.
2 O Lord, direct me to the place
Where Jesus shews his smiling face
And feeds his chosen people;
If in some barn, I care not where,
It matters not if Christ be there,

In meeting house or steeple. 3 But ah! I cannot like the place Where more is made of works than grace, 'Tis poor Arminian leaven:

I want to hear of Christ the Way;
Whatever learned men may say,
Christ is the Way to heaven.

4 Where Christ is preach'd I would be found,
Because I love the joyful sound,
'Tis precious news to me;

To hear redemption's work complete, - Eternal life for all the sheep,

All settled on the tree.

5 'Tis sweet to hear of love divine,
To know that God in Christ is mine,
And I am his by choice;

To know salvation's work is done,
My debts all paid by God the Son,
'Tis then I can rejoice.

6 Lord, send me to some place to-day
Where I may hear the preacher say
Salvation is completed

For all God's royal chosen seed,
For whom God's Equal stoop'd to bleed,
And hell's dark plan defeated.
7 But some pretend to preach, and say
That God's elect may fall away,
God chose them on condition,

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