@3ACCORDING to thy promises@1—Hereby, Since it is certain that God cannot lie, The truly penitent may all be sure That grace admits them to its open door; And they, forsaking all their former sin, However great, will freely be let in. @3Declar'd@1—By all the ministers of peace, God has assur'd repentance of release; And intervening penitence, we see, Could even change his positive decree; As in the @3Ninevites@1; if any soul Repent, the promise is the sure parole. @3Unto mankind@1—not only to the Jews, Christians, or Turks, in writings which they use; Writ on the tablet of each conscious heart, "Repent,—from all iniquity depart;" Not for no purpose; for, the plain intent Is restoration, if a soul repent. @3In Christ@1—by whom true scripture has assur'd Redeeming grace for penitents procur'd; The fainter hopes, which reason may suggest, Are deeply, by the gospel's aid, impress'd: 'Twas alway hop'd for—was the promis'd good,— But, by his coming, clearly understood. @3Jesu@1—Jehovah's manifested love, In Christ, th' anointed Saviour from above; The demonstration of the saving plan, For all mankind, is God's becoming man: No truth more firmly ascertain'd than this— "Repent, be faithful, and restor'd to bliss." @3Our Lord@1—our new, and true parental Head; Our @3second Adam@1, in the @3first@1 when dead; Who took our nature on Him, that in men His Father's image might shine forth again: Sure of success may penitents implore What God, thro' Him, rejoices to restore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES: LOVE by ROBERT BROWNING TAM I' THE KIRK by VIOLET JACOB TO THE RIGHT HON! WILLIAM EARL OF DARTMOUTH by PHILLIS WHEATLEY CHOEPHOROI: INVOCATION OF AGAMEMNON'S GHOST by AESCHYLUS TO A HUMMING BIRD by GLADYS ARNE |