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BOOK III. Will he disappoint the hope Which he himself has wrought ?

5 If he shed his precious blood To bring me to his fold, Can I think that meaner good He ever will withhold ? Satan, vain is thy device! Here my hope rests assured, In that great redemption price I see the whole secured.

1 UNBELIEF the soul dismays, What objections will it raise ! But true faith securely leans On the promise, in the means.

2 If to faith it once be known, God has said, &quot; It shall be done, And in this appointed way,&quot; Faith has then no more to say.

3 Moses road, by faith uprear d, Through the sea a path prepared ; Jericho s devoted wall At the trumpet s sound must fall.

4 With a pitcher and a lamp Gideon overthrew a camp : And a stone, well aim d by faith, Proved the arm d Philistine s death.

5 Thus the Lord is pleased to try Those who on his help rely ; By the means he makes it known That the power is all his own.

6 Yet the means are not in vain, If the end we would obtain ; Though the breath of pray r be weak, None shall find but they who seek.