As the Galatians vainly dreamed

Verse 1

As the Galatians vainly dream'd, The ease can never be; Man is not by the law redeem'd, Nor yet by works made free.

Verse 2

Not by the deeds of any law Can any man be sav'd, But always kept in fear and awe, And yet remain deprav'd.

Verse 3

The carnal mind will e'er remain At enmity with God, Until the soul is born again, And cleans'd by Jesus' blood.

Verse 4

It was by covenant of grace, That God in Christ had made; He justified the fallen race, For which the Saviour bled.

Verse 5

O, why should we be so unwise! To trust to what we do; To rush on such an enterprize, That cannot bear us through.