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When Satan our our first Parents had deceiv'd.
And them of all their Happineſs bereav'd;
When ſelf-deſtroying Mankind now did ly,
Plung'd in the deep Abyſs of Miſery,
The Lord, to whom in Time can nought enſue,
But what from all Eternity he knew;
Foreſaw how Man through Sin would foully fall,
And unto Death ſubject his Children all,
And to what Kind of Miſeries and Woes
He would himſelf and all his Seed expoſe:
In View of this, the Lord for fallen Man,
Laid in his Mind a great and glorious Plan;
Infinite Wiſdom ſo contriv'd the Scheme,
It doth the Glory of Jehovah's Name,
Both from and to Eternity proclaim.
This Way in which the Lord doth Man redeem,
It is ſo vaſt, myſterious and ſublime;
It is a Way that even doth tranſcend
The Minds of Angels for to comprehend:
Far leſs can Reaſon, at its highest Stretch,
This Myſtery be able for to reach.
God in this Work does ſhew his Glory more
Than he did by creating Power before.
Into this Work each Attribute divine
Doth with a moſt reſplendent Luſtre ſhine.
Mercy that ſeem'd obſcure, doth now appear,
And Heaven's clouded Sky begins to clear.
That God is juſt, he in this Work declar'd,
A God of Juſtice, yet the Rebel ſpar'd.
He vindicates his Truth and Verity,
Yet ſaves the Soul that he ſentenc'd to dy.
His Holineſs and Righteouſneſs doth here
Shine in this Work moſt radiant and clear.
His
