680    C.M.     D. Herbert
Eternal Settlements. Eph. 1. 3-12; 2 Tim. 1. 9; Tit. 1. 2

1 Before all worlds, the glorious plan,
  The blest eternal deed,
  Was settled by the eternal Three,
  That Christ for man should bleed.

2 Astonished angels stand amazed,
  That Christ should die for man;
  This proves the eternal love of God,
  Who gloried in his plan.

3 But what can poor lost sinners say,
  When once they get a view;
  And hear the blessed Spirit say,
  “All this was done for you”?

4 “Why me, why me, O blessed God,
  Why such a wretch as me?
  Who must for ever lie in hell,
  Were not salvation free.”

5 All those that God had foreordained,
  These shall and must believe;
  Not all the craft of earth or hell
  Shall one of these deceive.