I.

Let others their salvation rest
On outward forms, or distant heav'n,
I want GOD'S kingdom in my breast,
And there to feel my sins forgiv'n.

II.

Some make their boast of cancel'd sin,
Before the worlds or they were made,
While still they have a hell within,
Imagine GOD their heav'n decreed.

III.

While others think some law fulfil'd
By Jesus when he bled and dy'd,
Who never knew salvation seal'd,
His life or death to them apply'd.

IV.

While many more their souls destroy,
Who wait for death to find a heav'n;
Yet strangers to the heav'nly joy,
Or the new birth, and sins forgiv'n.

V.

But I can trust in no decree;
Or law fulfil'd by Jesus Christ,
But that which works a birth in me,
And brings me to the gospel feast.

VI.

I am by nature dead in sin,
My soul bound down with heavey chains;
Then I must have my Christ within,
Or else in death my soul remains.

VII.

I have a hell within my breast,
For there is all my weight of sin;
Then Christ can give my soul no rest,
Unless he gives a heav'n within.

VIII.

My Christ forbids " lo here or there ,
" The secret chamber or desert, "
And then he doth to me declare
GOD'S kingdom is within the heart.

IX.

Then in my heart, O Jesus, reign,
With thy blest kingdom all divine;
Remove my death, break ev'ry chain,
And change my nature pure as thine.

X.

Then shall I be forever blest,
From all my sins and sorrows free,
A peaceful kingdom in my breast,
And I forevermore with thee.