329. God's Sovereign Grace to Us Has Given

C.M.
by T. Haweis
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God’s sovereign grace to us has given,
 
While pilgrims here below,
 
A share in all the joys of heaven,
 
And that blest heaven to know.
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” (1 Peter 2:11)
“And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:6-7)
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With thankful hearts we now can bid
 
Farewell to pleasure here!
 
With Christ in God our life is hid,
 
And all its springs are there.
“Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.” (Hebrews 11:25)
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3)
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’Tis now concealed and lodged secure
 
In God’s eternal Son,
 
And there, as He, it shall endure,
 
Though to the world unknown.
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Then, Lord, remove whate’er divides
 
Our longing souls from Thee;
 
’Tis fit that where the Head resides,
 
The members’ hearts should be.
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2)
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matthew 6:21)
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