Shall man, a worm of earth, a child of dust,
Prescribe for God, the gracious, and the just?
Shall he report, how far his grace extends,
Tell where his love begins, and where it ends?
No, let our God himself, his ways explain;
Let him make known, his boundless love for man
Let him unfold, the purpose of his will,
And tell the world, that he is gracious still:
Declare that co-extensive with the fall,
Is Jesu’s death, and hath aton’d for all.
That all may live accepted, through his Son,
And reap eternal joy, in worlds unknown.