Verse 1
Believing in the woman’s seed,
And justified by faith alone,
Abel a nobler offering made,
And God vouchsaf’d his gifts to own.
Verse 2
Witness divine he thus obtain’d,
The gift of righteousness receiv’d;
And now he wears the crown he gain’d,
And sees the Christ he once believ’d.
Verse 3
Still by his faith he speaks tho’ dead,
He calls us to the living way:
We hear; and in his footsteps tread:
We first believe, and then obey.