718    L.M.     J. Hart
Baptism. Rom. 6. 3, 4; Col. 2. 12, 13

1 Buried in baptism with our Lord,
  We rise with him, to life restored;
  Not the bare life in Adam lost,
  But richer far, for more it cost.

2 Water can cleanse the flesh, we own;
  But Christ well knows, and Christ alone,
  How dear to him our cleansing stood,
  Baptized with fire, and bathed in blood.

3 Not but we taste his bitter cup;
  But only he could drink it up.
  To burn for us was his desire;
  And he baptizes us with fire.

4 This fire will not consume, but melt!
  How soft, compared with that he felt!
  Thus cleansed from filth, and purged from dross,
  Baptizèd Christian, bear the cross.