VI.—Praise for the Gospel.
1Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace,
and not to chance, as others do,
That I was born of Christian race,
and not a Heathen or a Jew.
2What would the ancient Jewish kings
and Jewish prophets once have given
Could they have heard those glorious things
which Christ reveal'd and brought from heaven!
3How glad the heathens would have been,
that worshipp'd idols, wood, and stone,
If they the book of God had seen,
or Jesus and his gospel known!
4Then if this gospel I refuse,
how shall I e'er lift up mine eyes?
For all the Gentiles and the Jews
against me will in judgment rise.