Classic Poem

Song II

1

This then is Life in Death,
That Death will set us free
From Sin, which is our spiritual Death,
And greatest miserie.
We shall no more be griev'd
With minds that are so vain.
Of Pride, or Sloth, or Worldiness,
We shall no more complain

2

Our Ignorance shall cease
So shall our Unbelief,
Our passions shall no longer be
A cause of daily grief
Against God's providence
Our hearts no more shall swell,
Nor these our unsubdued wills
Against his Will rebell.

3

Our Senses shall no longer
Be in-lets unto sin.
Nor shall there be an home-bred Thief,
To let his Comrades in.
God, whom we here offend,
And injure every day
In thought, word, deed, we shall no more
Offend him then for ay.

4

During this mortal life
We walk in midst of snares,
And we are apt to be surpriz'd
And caught at unawares.
Our subtile enemy
Us every hour besets,
Seeks to allure us by his baits
Into his deadly nets

5

He like a roaring Lion
Runs hunting for his prey,
And like a subtile Serpent he
Lies watching night and day:
Lets no advantage slip,
Whereby he may annoy us,
Draw us to sin, disturb our peace:
Distress if not destroy us.

6

Death is the Red Sea, which
When once we are got through,
Pharoah (the Divel) with his Host,
Can us no more pursue.
God will this sea divide
And make it us inclose,
Like walls, letting us pass through safe;
And then drown all our foes.

7

Th' Egyptians cannot follow
Unto the other side,
They shall be drowned in the Sea,
O'rewhelmed with the Tide.
The Tempter shall no more
A wicked thought suggest,
Nor once entice to any thing
That God and wee detest.

8

Temptations unto sin
(Which vex us here so sore,
Although they do not master us,)
Shall trouble us then no more.
Then shall our joyful souls,
Eternal praises sing,
For this their full deliverance
To that immortal King.