The carnal mind takes different ways

Verse 1

The carnal mind takes different ways, And different objects she surveys; She’s pleased with things that suit her taste, But hates the God of truth and grace.

Verse 2

No beauty in the Lord she views, Nor is she charmed with gospel-news; She sets at nought, with vain contempt, The Man the Lord Jehovah sent.

Verse 3

She hates him as the mighty God, The church’s Wisdom, Life, and Head; His priestly office she disdains, And wantons with his wounds and pains.

Verse 4

Whatever office Jesus bears, Or in what glorious form appears, She was, and is, and still will be Against him dreadful enmity.

Verse 5

Is this the case? Yes, Lord, ’tis true; And I’ve a carnal nature too, That fights, with all its hellish might, Against the God of my delight.

Verse 6

Yet, bless the Lord, through grace I feel I have a mind that loves him well; Nor shall the dreadful power of sin, My better part from Jesus win.

Verse 7

May grace not only live and reign, But may its powers be felt and seen; Dear God, my every foe subdue, And make me more than conqueror too.