Electing grace; or, Saints beloved in Christ, Eph. 1. 3 &c

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Source: Project Gutenberg #13341 Source URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13341 Public domain basis: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707; 1818 Corrall printing in PG #13341). Author d. 1748. US public domain. Coverage: Complete individual poem extracted from parent edition watts-hymns-and-spiritual-songs at bytes 49971-50747; checksum 89a9f32d62fd5784c18d0b11adadb15f3f39ab0a31e71c1c7812f627f39187b6.

# Electing grace; or, Saints beloved in Christ, Eph. 1. 3 &c

Electing grace; or, Saints beloved in Christ, Eph. 1. 3 &c

Hymn 1:54. Electing grace; or, Saints beloved in Christ, Eph. 1. 3 &c.

1 Jesus, we bless thy Father's Name; Thy God and ours are both the same: What heavenly blessings from his throne Flow down to sinners thro' his Son!

2 "Christ be my first elect," he said, Then chose our souls in Christ our head, Before he gave the mountains birth, Or laid foundations for the earth.

3 Thus did eternal love begin To raise us up from death and sin; Our characters were then decreed, "Blameless in love, a holy seed."

4 Predestinated to be sons, Born by degrees, but chose at once; A new regenerated race To praise the glory of his grace.

5 With Christ our Lord we share our part In the affections of his heart, Nor shall our souls be thence remov'd Till he forgets his first belov'd.