And by His Spirit into words was breathed;
By godly men the words were written down,
With all God’s fulness unto man bequeathed.
With rays divine man to illuminate;
It shines in darkness and to man reveals
What is his truest need and actual state.
Nature divine to man it doth impart;
The dead it quickens and regenerates,
Transforms the soul-life and renews the heart.
Knowledge divine to man it has to teach;
Th’ eternal purpose of the Lord it shows,
And leadeth man God’s final goal to reach.
Power divine to man it doth transmit,
Strength’ning the weak, empowering the faint,
Enabling man God’s purpose full to fit.
That as our portion God we may enjoy;
Receiving it by spirits exercised,
Our need is met, His wealth we may employ.