The Holy One did, by his Word, Create
Man in a blessed Innocent Estate;
Gave him a Righteous Law, whereby he might
Live in Eternal, Pure, Unstain'd Delight.
But th'Serpent, the most Subtil Beast i'th'Field,
Soon with a Lye our Grandmother beguil'd,
Through a vain Hope; and to Iniquity
Enslav'd poor Man, breaking the Unity
Betwixt him and his Maker; leading him
Fondly to seek a Satisfaction in
Self-hood, and Transitory Things, below
The Chiefest Good: Whereby Man came to know
Sad Disappointments; whence he could not be,
By pow'r in Self, e'er ransom'd or set free.
But, ah, the Bowels of Eternal Love
Did then, with Pity and Compassion, move
Towards his Creature, that he Promised,
The Woman's Seed should bruise the Serpent's Head:
And, in the time appointed, freely gave
His Darling Son a Sacrifice, to save
Perishing Mankind from that dreadful State,
Which was so miserable desperate;
So that believing in the Heavenly Pow'r,
He comes to know his Lord and Saviour,
Redeeming him from Sin unto Salvation,
And to Eternal Reconciliation.
Man in a blessed Innocent Estate;
Gave him a Righteous Law, whereby he might
Live in Eternal, Pure, Unstain'd Delight.
But th'Serpent, the most Subtil Beast i'th'Field,
Soon with a Lye our Grandmother beguil'd,
Through a vain Hope; and to Iniquity
Enslav'd poor Man, breaking the Unity
Betwixt him and his Maker; leading him
Fondly to seek a Satisfaction in
Self-hood, and Transitory Things, below
The Chiefest Good: Whereby Man came to know
Sad Disappointments; whence he could not be,
By pow'r in Self, e'er ransom'd or set free.
But, ah, the Bowels of Eternal Love
Did then, with Pity and Compassion, move
Towards his Creature, that he Promised,
The Woman's Seed should bruise the Serpent's Head:
And, in the time appointed, freely gave
His Darling Son a Sacrifice, to save
Perishing Mankind from that dreadful State,
Which was so miserable desperate;
So that believing in the Heavenly Pow'r,
He comes to know his Lord and Saviour,
Redeeming him from Sin unto Salvation,
And to Eternal Reconciliation.