And shall we then go on to sin

Verse 1

And shall we then go on to sin, that grace may more abound? Great God, forbid that such a thought should in our breast be found!

Verse 2

When to the sacred font we came, did not the rite proclaim, that, wash'd from sin, and all its stains, new creatures we became?

Verse 3

With Christ the Lord we dy'd to sin; with him to life we rise, to life, which now begun on earth, is perfect in the skies.

Verse 4

Too long enthrall'd to Satan’s sway, we now are slaves no more; for Christ hath vanquish'd death and sin, our freedom to restore.