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HYMN 4. First Part. S.M.
Vital union to Christ in regeneration. (cont.)

1	Thro' all his perfect works    Surprising wisdom shines;    Confounds the pow'rs of hell,    And breaks their curs'd designs. Strong is his arm, and shall fulfil His great decrees, his sov'reign will.
2	And can this mighty King    Of glory condescend?    And will he write his name,    Father and my Friend? I love his name, I love his word; Join all my pow'rs, and praise the Lord.

HYMN 4. Second Part. L.M.
The justice of God.

1	ETERNAL King! the greatest, best, For ever glorious, ever blest; The great I AM, Jehovah, Lord, By seraphim and saint ador'd.
2	Justice, the firm foundation lays, Of all thy laws, thy works, and ways: Obedient souls will ever find A God that's faithful, loving, kind.
3	But he who sins, becomes accurs'd, Or God would be no longer just; Curs'd is the man, who dares withdraw Obedience from thy holy law.
4	Where then, great God, or how shall we Approach thy dreadful majesty! Thy sacred law we oft have broke, And stand obnoxious to thy stroke.
5	But O thou holy, just, and true! Tho' justice must have all its due, Thou canst be just, yet justify The soul, that doth on Christ rely.

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HYMN 4. Second Part. L.M.
The justice of God. (cont.)

6	O boundless wisdom, love and pow'r! Thy matchless mercy we adore, That found out this amazing plan, To save thy ruin'd creature, man.
7	We plead the suff'rings of thy Son, We plead his righteousness alone; He bore the curse, whence thou art just In pard'ning those, who were accurs'd.

HYMN 4. Third Part. L.M.
The justice of God.

1	INFINITE grace: and can it be That heav'n's supreme should stoop so low! A wretch to visit, vile, like me; One who has been his bitt'rest foe!
2	Can holiness and wisdom join, With truth, with justice, and with grace, To make eternal blessings mine, And sin, with all its guilt, erase?
3	O love! beyond conception great, That form'd the vast stupendous plan! Where all divine perfections meet To reconcile rebellious man!
4	There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, And justice all her rights maintains! Astonish'd angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o'er the guilty reigns.
5	Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too; In Christ harmoniously they meet: He paid to justice all her due, And now he fills the mercy-seat.
6	Such are the wonders of our God, And such th' amazing depths of grace: To save, from wrath's vindictive rod, The chosen sons of Adam's race.