O how doth God our souls surprise

Verse 1

O! how doth God our souls surprise, When he our conscience doth baptize Into the holy Nature; Where, free from all Offence and blame, We now possess in Christ the Lamb, The Fulness of his Stature. No free Are we And shall ever, In our Saviour, Stand perfected; With him to this Grace elected.

Verse 2

Free from all consciousness of Sin, We live where none can enter in; This when in Heart believed; Our Conscience answers towards God, As free from Sin, thro' Jesu's Blood, Nor can we be deceived: For he And we, In one Body, White and ruddy, Are compleated: In the Father's Glory seated.

Verse 3

Salvation now in us is wrought; Now is there one uneasy Thought, By which our Peace is spoiled: Baptiz'd into the Saviour's Name, Our Conscience answers to the Lamb, Who ne'er can be defiled. Now blest We rest From what vexes And perplexes; We are fully In and as in Jesus holy.