lQZ BAXTER'S POEMS. · PRAISE FOR REDEMPTION. Gon put at first in Adam's power Not [fixed) nature, but free-will. He could not change necessity, But he could choose the [good or J ill . God, though most holy, did permit Man's trial .and his [odious] fall; But wisdom hath improved it, · And [mercy's] glorified by all. Grace as the sun before it rise Did first send forth some [beams of] light, Which more increased by deg1 ees, Till the sun rose to [ltuman] sight~ 0 wond'rous mystery of grac~, That God [as man] in flesh cloth dwell, To save a self-destroying race From sin, [tlternselves], Satan, and Hell. 'Twas God himself who thus appear' cl [Infleslt] though not to it confin'd; Yet there to do a Saviour's work, By [wond'rous] union assigp'd ~ God walk'd with men: l}e heal'd the sick, [The lqme] the blind, he raised the dead : Innumerable wonders wrought: [Thousands] by miracle he feel. To sinners he repentance prcach'cl, Call'd man from [worldly] vanity : Faith, hope, and love, he plainly taught, And [flesltl!fJ lust to mortify.
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