Not all the outward forms on earth
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Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has given,Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,Can raise a soul to heaven.
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The sovereign will of God alone,Creates us heirs of grace;Born in the image of his Son,A new, peculiar race.
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The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,Breathes on the sons of flesh,New-models all the carnal mind,And forms the man afresh.
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Our quickened souls awake and riseFrom the long sleep of death;On heavenly things we fix our eyes,And praise employs our breath.