University of Virginia Library

2108.

[Unless we faith receive]

As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, &c. —xv. 4.

Unless we faith receive
And still to Jesus cleave,
Our God we cannot please
By fruits of righteousness,
Or work a work, or speak a word,
Or think a thought, without the Lord.

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But freely justified
In Jesus we abide,
The Spirit's fruits we show,
In true experience grow;
Daily the sap of grace receive,
And more and more like Jesus live.