Believing in the woman’s Seed

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.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “The Life of Faith, Exemplified in the Eleventh Chapter of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Hebrews.” Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1740). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 211.
Publishing: Public Domain