66    L.M.     W. Tucker
Free Election. John 17. 23, 24; Rom. 8. 29

1 Deep in the everlasting mind
  The great mysterious purpose lay,
  Of choosing some from lost mankind,
  Whose sins the Lamb should bear away.

2 Them, loved with an eternal love,
  To grace and glory he ordained;
  Gave them a throne which cannot move,
  And chose them both to means and end.

3 In these he was resolved to make
  The riches of his goodness known;
  These he accepts for Jesus’ sake,
  And views them righteous in his Son.

4 No goodness God foresaw in his,
  But what his grace decreed to give;
  No comeliness in them there is
  Which they did not from him receive.

5 Faith and repentance he bestows
  On such as he designs to save;
  From him their soul’s obedience flows,
  And he shall all the glory have.