The fool hath in his heart denied

Verse 1
The Fool hath in his Heart denied (Ps. 14:1, Ps. 53:1)
That Being whom his Deeds defied:
Corrupt is the whole Human Race, (Ps. 14:1)
Not One his Maker-GOD obeys, (Rom. 3:10-12)
Plung’d in the Depth of Adam’s Fall, (Gen. 3:6-19, Rom. 5:12)
Death, Wrath, and Curse o’rewhelm them all.

Verse 2
Jehovah from his Throne survey’d
The Creatures whom his Hands had made, (Ps. 14:2, Ps. 53:2)
Nor could his All-discerning Eye
One less corrupted Soul espy, (Ps. 14:3)
Willing his Sovereign Lord to own,
Or humbly seek a GOD Unknown.

Verse 3
They all have left the Heavenly Way, (Rom. 3:12)
And gone in Actual Sin astray, (Ps. 14:3)
Wholly corrupt and born in Sin, (Ps. 14:3, Ps. 51:5)
Atheists, and Beasts and Fiends within,
Not One, till from above renew’d,
Or does, or wills the smallest Good. (Ps. 14:3, Rom. 3:10-11, Rom. 7:18)

Verse 4
Their Brethren turn’d by Grace Divine
They hate and spitefully malign:
Their Throat is as an open Grave, (Rom. 3:13, Ps. 5:9)
Their Tongues are practis’d to deceive,
Their Lips with Adder’s Poison swell, (Rom. 3:13, Ps. 140:3)
Their Tongues are set on fire of Hell. (James 3:6)

Verse 5
Their Mouth is full of bitterest Lies, (Rom. 3:14)
Slanders, and Oaths, and Perjuries;
Swift are their Feet to shed the Blood (Rom. 3:15, Prov. 6:17, Isa. 59:7)
Of all the faithful Sons of GOD:
They own Apollyon for their King (Rev. 9:11)
And Death is in their Scorpion Sting. (Rev. 9:10)

Verse 6
Their Ways to swift Destruction tend; (Rom. 3:16)
And sure Damnation is their End;
Their Life is Sin and Misery,
Their Hearts are all a troubled Sea, (Isa. 57:20)
Nor can they rest a Moment here,
For GOD they neither love nor fear. (Rom. 3:18, Ps. 36:1)

Verse 7
Poor desperate Souls! they will not know (Ps. 14:4)
That Tophet yawns for them below, (Isa. 30:33, Jer. 7:31-32)
Who exercise their hellish Power
To hurt, my People and devour, (Ps. 14:4, Ps. 53:4)
But e’er to mention GOD disdain, (Ps. 14:4)
Unless to take my Name in vain. (Ex. 20:7, Deut. 5:11, Ps. 139:20)

Verse 8
Poor guilty Souls! they fear, they fly, (Ps. 14:5)
And fall with no Pursuer nigh, (Lev. 26:17, Lev. 26:36, Prov. 28:1)
Who mock’d the Councel of the Poor, (Ps. 14:6)
And vow’d his Ruin to ensure,
Revil’d the Lord’s Afflicted One,
The Man that hop’d in GOD alone. (Ps. 22:7-8)

Verse 9
But O, thou humbled Soul, look up,
A glad Partaker of thy Hope! (I Cor. 9:10)
The Lord hath thy Beseigers shook, (Ps. 14:7)
And all their Bones to pieces broke, (Ps. 53:5)
Thy Foes are put to endless Shame,
And Jesus is thy Saviour’s Name! (Matt. 1:21)

Verse 10
O that to All by Sin opprest
The Lord would give his perfect Rest, (Matt. 11:28-29, Heb. 4:9)
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