Original sin; or, The first and second Adam,

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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 52329-53421; checksum 22bffcb9992c3ae236440841382a7da2e416900e6ba01a2034e7a1915a37bac3.

# Original sin; or, The first and second Adam,

Original sin; or, The first and second Adam

Hymn 1:57. Original sin; or, The first and second Adam, Rom. 5. 12. Psalm 51. 5. Job 11. 4.

1 Backward with humble shame we look On our original; How is our nature dash'd and broke In our first father's fall!

2 To all that's good averse and blind, But prone to all that's ill What dreadful darkness veils our mind! How obstinate our will!

3 [Conceiv'd in sin (O wretched state!) Before we draw our breath, The first young pulse begins to beat Iniquity and death.

4 How strong in our degenerate blood The old corruption reigns, And, mingling with the crooked flood, Wanders thro' all our veins!]

5 Wild and unwholesome as the root Will all the branches be; How can we hope for living fruit From such a deadly tree?

6 What mortal power from things unclean Can pure productions bring? Who can command a vital stream From an infected spring?]

7 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love Can make our nature clean, While Christ and grace prevail above The tempter, death, and sin.

8 The second Adam shall restore The ruins of the first, Hosanna to that sovereign power That new creates our dust.